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**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-centrism-in-american-politics-today/750410 "2016-04-04T20:57:46Z")
I am familiar with posters on this board that I would consider Conservative and some that are from hardline Progressive to fairly firmly Liberal. (My own imagining of myself as a slightly Left of Center Centrist has to c… --- ## [Pull teeth to avoid infections?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-teeth-to-avoid-infections/535436)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-teeth-to-avoid-infections/535436 "2010-04-14T00:51:30Z")
The NY Times book review yesterday was a review of a book by Norris Church Mailer, Morman Mailer’s last wife that mentions that his life started to go downhill after his surgeons insisted that he get all his teeth pulled… --- ## [English Football, End of Season 2007-2008](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-football-end-of-season-2007-2008/447909)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-football-end-of-season-2007-2008/447909 "2008-06-05T11:41:07Z")
So it’s almost all over bar the shouting. Seems to be either manure or chelski for the premiership, the relegation issues will be decided next week (apart from Derby who were doomed yonks ago) Man City … --- ## [Actual gym rants!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-gym-rants/275344)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-gym-rants/275344 "2004-11-21T00:10:45Z")
Inspired by this thread, but I didn’t want to cut into what is emerging as an excellent “You’re a homo- no, YOU’RE a homo” slugfest, so I’ll take this to my own thread. While not buying into most of Trunk’s rant, I am g… --- ## [Who remembers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers/917822)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers/917822 "2020-09-17T13:29:29Z")
10base-2 Ethernet? (I don’t know if this should be in the Game Room or not). --- ## [Why are dogs so fucking stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-dogs-so-fucking-stupid/773186)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-dogs-so-fucking-stupid/773186 "2016-12-02T16:11:15Z")
Dog being used in the gender fashion. Male canines are dogs. Females are bitches. Dogs are easy-going, but complete idiots. Bitches are the smart ones. Why? --- ## [Dress it up, Scout!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-it-up-scout/485798)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-it-up-scout/485798 "2009-02-15T14:25:30Z")
Ten-HUT! It was bad enough a couple weeks ago when I was ushering with some recent confirmandi and one of them was wearing a tee shirt, rolled his eyes at our resident trannie, and sat on the floor in the back of the ch… --- ## [Derek and Alex King on Dateline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derek-and-alex-king-on-dateline/509244)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derek-and-alex-king-on-dateline/509244 "2014-09-18T13:44:25Z")
Just caught (most of) this. Am as confused and torn as I was upon first hearing about the case eight years ago. Some random thoughts… The coverage was ridiculously dramatic and treacly – did they really need all that mu… --- ## [Explain this Quote from "Aliens"- "Assholes and Elbows"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-quote-from-aliens-assholes-and-elbows/456268)
**Author:** [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-quote-from-aliens-assholes-and-elbows/456268 "2008-07-30T16:24:01Z")
Apone says it in the loading dock to the rest of the grunts…“Ok, people let’s move it; assholes and elbows!” The gist of it is that he wants them to get busy, and quick. Is this a common military term, like “Drop your Co… --- ## [How common, really, was the single income family with working father and stay at home mother?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-really-was-the-single-income-family-with-working-father-and-stay-at-home-mother/979473)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-really-was-the-single-income-family-with-working-father-and-stay-at-home-mother/979473 "2023-02-16T11:46:27Z")
Inspired by recent Cecil column comments. We know the trope; families in previous generations had the father going to work and the mother staying at home to care for kids and maintain the household. Except…granted this… --- ## [You've got a lane! Use it already!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-lane-use-it-already/539006)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-lane-use-it-already/539006 "2010-06-03T21:16:50Z")
Hey you! Yes you, in the shitty little Sante Fe! Can’t you see that your holding up traffic? Can’t you see that your little right turn exit thingy HAS ITS OWN FUCKING LANE?!? What the fuck is wrong with you?? You don’t e… --- ## [Eggceptionality eggspensive eggs - what are the prices like in your town?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggceptionality-eggspensive-eggs-what-are-the-prices-like-in-your-town/1012719 "2026-04-16T01:46:45Z")
Went to the grocery store today to pick up a few things and was shocked by the price of eggs. Yes, I know it’s due to the bird flu. They were asking $6.42 (USA dollars) for a dozen. What are the prices like in your town? … --- ## [Fantasy equivalents of modern terms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-equivalents-of-modern-terms/778231)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-equivalents-of-modern-terms/778231 "2017-04-29T10:51:35Z")
There are some words that you just can’t use in fantasy fiction (unless it’s urban fantasy) because they sound too modern. Too jarringly out of place. Even if your made-up society has equivalent concepts. So what would … --- ## [I watched a man die last night (possibly TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-man-die-last-night-possibly-tmi/654040)
**Author:** [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-man-die-last-night-possibly-tmi/654040 "2013-04-02T19:31:15Z")
Neither mundane nor pointless to those involved, but I need to vent these emotions somewhere “safe”. My husband and I are staying on a little island off the coast of Belize. It has an airstrip, a small dock, and about … --- ## [Uneducated Voters Are Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uneducated-voters-are-republican/950894)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uneducated-voters-are-republican/950894 "2021-09-25T14:41:40Z")
This thread is prompted by the current Twitter trend about the 'diploma divide" in the California recall and how much more pronounced it is compared to the original gubernatorial race only a few years ago. But this is… --- ## [So what WAS in Eowyn's terrible "stew" in the Two Towers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-was-in-eowyns-terrible-stew-in-the-two-towers/827113)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-was-in-eowyns-terrible-stew-in-the-two-towers/827113 "2019-01-04T22:04:44Z")
I’ve seen a few LOTR forums which vary in their assessment of what the ingredients are supposed to be; some say fish, others say some kind of animal fat, plus some random greens. Has anyone been able to confirm what is i… --- ## [Intelligent critique of raw food diets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligent-critique-of-raw-food-diets/497780)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligent-critique-of-raw-food-diets/497780 "2009-07-03T13:54:02Z")
When I was in the Navy I became a vegetarian that ate only eggs and the salad bar for 1 year. I’ve never really cooked for myself - I just ate what was available. The motivation was that I am spontaneous and it was somet… --- ## ["Star Trek TNG" nitpick: How could the Ferengi not have scientists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-nitpick-how-could-the-ferengi-not-have-scientists/325860)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-nitpick-how-could-the-ferengi-not-have-scientists/325860 "2005-10-14T20:40:32Z")
In one episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Dr. Crusher volunteers to help a Ferengi scientist with his astrophysics research. He acknowledges that he is an oddball among his people: “I realize a Ferengi scientist… --- ## [Would you prefer a life of loveless sex or a life of sexless love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-prefer-a-life-of-loveless-sex-or-a-life-of-sexless-love/491040)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2009, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-prefer-a-life-of-loveless-sex-or-a-life-of-sexless-love/491040 "2009-03-30T11:13:41Z")
Driving down the freeway one day, you find yourself being followed by a hot, vaguely Mediterranean brunette driving a Ferrari. She follows you to your exit, corners you, and informs you that she is, in fact, Aphrodite, … --- ## [Paul Newman only has weeks to live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-only-has-weeks-to-live/459403)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-newman-only-has-weeks-to-live/459403 "2008-09-27T21:14:53Z")
Story here Apparently he has been released from the hospital so he can die at home --- ## [Aaacckkkk! Couple sues over evolution website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaacckkkk-couple-sues-over-evolution-website/332866)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaacckkkk-couple-sues-over-evolution-website/332866 "2005-11-30T19:32:18Z")
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10217105/ From the article…“they object to the teaching of evolution as scientific fact” Do stupid people keep getting stupider? Aaacckkk! --- ## [How many colors are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-colors-are-there/497480)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-colors-are-there/497480 "2009-05-27T02:14:46Z")
In the visible spectrum, how many colors, eh? I’m assuming it’s something less than infinite. As I understand the world, sounds are generated in a certain number of cycles per second so that would definitely be a knowa… --- ## [Why can I pick up a faraway AM radio signal late at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-pick-up-a-faraway-am-radio-signal-late-at-night/119309)
**Author:** [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-pick-up-a-faraway-am-radio-signal-late-at-night/119309 "2016-08-18T03:43:58Z")
On vacation recently, I wondered (as I do every year) why we can pick up the news on AM radio from home (400 miles/640 km away) late at night, but not during the day. Is there less interference at night? Do the AM radi… --- ## [Holding on to the treadmill while walking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-on-to-the-treadmill-while-walking/648405)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-on-to-the-treadmill-while-walking/648405 "2013-01-29T03:03:04Z")
I have been thrown 3 times when these things quit suddenly, and hurt once, and I hold on to the front bar. Someone told me I am getting less out of my workouts doing so. 6% inclination, 4 mph walk for 3 miles. Does it ma… --- ## [Legalize Shrooms!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalize-shrooms/833623)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalize-shrooms/833623 "2019-06-05T13:07:06Z")
Voters in Denver today have the option to decriminalize possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms for people 21 and over. I’m not sure this is a good idea, but I’m not convinced them being illegal is a good idea either… --- ## [Smell you later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smell-you-later/600359 "2011-10-24T14:04:22Z")
If you could pick a scent that would cause people to remind them of you, what would it be? Also, what scents remind you of people you’ve known? I think my scent would be anise. Whenever I smell cinnamon it reminds me o… --- ## [How do Indian (as in the country) names work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-indian-as-in-the-country-names-work/786165)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-indian-as-in-the-country-names-work/786165 "2017-09-20T02:17:11Z")
I have three students who are natives of India. They came to the USA as small children. All three are girls and have the same parents. However, their names differ from their parents. The girls names are Sue Smith, Sa… --- ## [Good movies that you never want to see again...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933 "2006-07-15T17:16:25Z")
You all have at least one- a quality movie that it was good for you to watch but that you never want to see it again because it got to you too much. What’re yours? Three of mine- the TV miniseries SYBIL (soon out on DV… --- ## [Anyone have that new fangled plastic plumbing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-that-new-fangled-plastic-plumbing/497520)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-that-new-fangled-plastic-plumbing/497520 "2009-05-27T03:48:45Z")
I just had my entire house replumbed. They aren’t finished with the kitchen and bathroom remodel yet, but the hose bibs work so I can water my yard. A friend mentioned I might get a plastic taste to my water. Tonight … --- ## [Is Hierarcy a natural Human condition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hierarcy-a-natural-human-condition/715226)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hierarcy-a-natural-human-condition/715226 "2015-03-25T01:13:11Z")
In the animal kingdom, it has been stated that the main organisational principle is mutualism, where cooperation is complimentary towards each other, rather than competitive. If this is the case, what lessons can be draw… --- ## [Conservatives: Do you hope that the stimulus plan fails to work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-do-you-hope-that-the-stimulus-plan-fails-to-work/486136)
**Author:** [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-do-you-hope-that-the-stimulus-plan-fails-to-work/486136 "2009-02-20T07:33:17Z")
Do you hope that the stimulus plan fails to lift us out of this recession? I am not asking if you think it will, but do you hope that it will? I have heard that Republicans in the House and most Republicans in the Senate… --- ## [U2 the modern Beatles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2-the-modern-beatles/558733)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2-the-modern-beatles/558733 "2010-11-03T15:19:22Z")
That’s what Todd Rundgren thinks, apparently. I attended his lecture on the Beatles at IU and I asked him, during the Q&A section: “Is there a band today that you think is equivalent to the Beatles?” He said he thought i… --- ## [TV trivia challenge: name the show from the minor character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140 "2007-02-12T04:54:42Z")
Here’s the premise: I will name a minor character from a TV show, one that is rarely seen, if ever, and maybe mentioned by name a bit more than that, and you tell me the show he/she/it is from. Special consideration nee… --- ## [Ask the chick who did the HCG diet (non-homeopathic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-who-did-the-hcg-diet-non-homeopathic/599685)
**Author:** [@Soliloquy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soliloquy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-who-did-the-hcg-diet-non-homeopathic/599685 "2011-10-15T20:40:15Z")
Ok… I said I would start this in this thread, so here it is. I put it in the title, but I will reiterate it here, and explain. I did not use homeopathic HCG when I did my diet. About a year and a half ago, give or take,… --- ## [Blasphemous social views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blasphemous-social-views/492281)
**Author:** [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blasphemous-social-views/492281 "2009-04-13T02:27:08Z")
When talking to my friends and colleagues, I realize that I have some views that most find incomprehensible. Though I have learned to keep my views to myself, I’ve been wanting to share them with the Dopers. Here they… --- ## [All right ... so how do I sue U-Haul in small claims court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-so-how-do-i-sue-u-haul-in-small-claims-court/131207)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-so-how-do-i-sue-u-haul-in-small-claims-court/131207 "2023-09-02T16:47:38Z")
I just moved over Labor Day weekend (from NYC upstate to Ulster County, NY). I was supposed to have been getting a truck from U-Haul. I made a reservation 45 days in advance. I got no truck. I had to rent from another co… --- ## [The last three books I read used discrete instead of discreet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-three-books-i-read-used-discrete-instead-of-discreet/689243)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-three-books-i-read-used-discrete-instead-of-discreet/689243 "2014-05-28T02:16:38Z")
When I came across it in Hugh Howey’s Wool, I figured, ok, first book, self published author, it happens sometimes. When I was reading Phil and Kaja Foglio’s novelisation of Girl Genius and they used discrete instead of … --- ## [Thanksgiving: slow cooker turkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-slow-cooker-turkey/602423)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-slow-cooker-turkey/602423 "2011-11-14T01:25:01Z")
It turns out that many of my friends are family-less for various reasons come this Thanksgiving, so my small dinner with friends has swollen to 11-13 people. I certainly don’t mind: it’s not that much harder to make a bu… --- ## [Comedy sequels that worked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sequels-that-worked/576935 "2011-04-04T16:52:13Z")
Ebert has tweeted lately about his confusion over the excitement for the Hangover II. He loved the first one, but he points out that comedies can rarely ever have sequels that are as funny or fresh as the original. They … --- ## [Best 80s records by 60s-70s rock bands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-80s-records-by-60s-70s-rock-bands/795068)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-80s-records-by-60s-70s-rock-bands/795068 "2017-09-13T18:54:17Z")
The 80s are generally considered a time when many rock bands who originated in the 1960s or 1970s lost the plot and put out subpar material. What are some 80s records by 60s/70s bands that actually live up to the band’s… --- ## [It's Rainin' Sequential Thread Titles!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-rainin-sequential-thread-titles/278632)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-rainin-sequential-thread-titles/278632 "2005-01-04T06:18:42Z")
All from the “New Posts” search: What personality type are you? An Isaac Asimov teaser What are the most obscure musicals in your CD collection? Forensic Skull Reconstruction Five Kitchen Utenils You Can’t Live With… --- ## [Is buying a used laptop a good idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-buying-a-used-laptop-a-good-idea/603589)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-buying-a-used-laptop-a-good-idea/603589 "2011-11-21T22:43:11Z")
My laptop is about to kick and I am in the market for a new one. I can get a fairly decent (for me) new one for $400-500 or so on tigerdirect (or a refurbished one for a bit less), or I can find a deal somewhere since it… --- ## [what is this piano piece in "Kings" (US tv show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537)
**Author:** [@drhess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhess)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-piano-piece-in-kings-us-tv-show/490537 "2009-03-24T22:53:56Z")
As butterlies make a crown on David’s head, what is this tune? http://www.hulu.com/watch/62485/kings-the-butterfly-crown Thanks. --- ## [You Are A Billionaire - Want A Chauffeur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-want-a-chauffeur/615393 "2012-03-12T17:56:02Z")
You have far too much money, have a cleaning staff, gardeners, cook, personal trainer, personal stylist and a few other assorted employees for your mansion. Would you want a personal chauffeur? --- ## [Why aren't collega professors taught to teach?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-collega-professors-taught-to-teach/309625)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-collega-professors-taught-to-teach/309625 "2005-06-28T15:30:03Z")
To be a K-12 teacher, you have to get a BEd, get certified, meet lots of criteria. But to teach college freshmen calculus, you have only but to be a Master’s student who speaks passable English\[sup\]1\[/sup\]. Why is teac… --- ## [how do airplanes fly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-airplanes-fly/18030)
**Author:** [@bantmof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bantmof)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2000, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-airplanes-fly/18030 "2000-12-29T21:59:08Z")
This subject came up in another thread and rather than interrupt that one, I figured a new one might be in order. I don’t know if this might belong in GC, but there are so many misconceptions floating around that it seem… --- ## [I wonder if anyone knows more about "Yamantau" than the internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301 "2013-06-10T00:23:38Z")
“Yamantau” translates into “evil mountain” located in Russia … you can look it up, but it won’t get you any closer to knowing what it is all about in my humble opinion Russia is thinking way ahead of the USA --- ## [Since Nov: (R) favorability stable. (D) drops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-nov-r-favorability-stable-d-drops/786872)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-nov-r-favorability-stable-d-drops/786872 "2017-05-21T12:57:58Z")
I call it “the anti-Trump hysterics effect”: Republican Party Favorability: Nov: 39% Today: 39% Democratic Party Favorability: Nov: 45% Today: 40% --- ## [Did Columbo make a mistake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-columbo-make-a-mistake/355793)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-columbo-make-a-mistake/355793 "2006-05-10T04:26:58Z")
On today’s episode, shown on the Hallmark Channel, Lt. Columbo is, of course, investigating a murder. In the course of his investigation, a logic puzzle comes up. He solves the puzzle, but I think an important point wa… --- ## [Trump to put nut on fed reserve board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-put-nut-on-fed-reserve-board/925738)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-put-nut-on-fed-reserve-board/925738 "2020-12-06T04:02:44Z")
She was nominated a while back and just now will be OKd Probably see a lot more of this in the next 2 months. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1916&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1918&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)