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**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-ebay-item-to-ukraine-via-usps-priority/670264 "2013-10-04T15:24:35Z")
I’m selling an item on ebay (I’m in the USA). I have a bidder in Ukraine who has sent me a message asking if I would be willing to ship USPS Priority Mail International to his country. Calculating the postage is easy en… --- ## [How small is the smallest microchip? How large are vaccine needles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-small-is-the-smallest-microchip-how-large-are-vaccine-needles/949218)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-small-is-the-smallest-microchip-how-large-are-vaccine-needles/949218 "2021-08-28T11:52:39Z")
People who believe conspiracies (not necessarily Conspiracy Theorists, but also people who aren’t ‘all in’) have said microchips are being put into vaccines to track people or for some other nefarious purpose. My sister… --- ## [Wal-Mart sinks to a new low](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-sinks-to-a-new-low/488301)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-sinks-to-a-new-low/488301 "2009-03-06T16:26:06Z")
There’s a commercial with a seemingly middle class looking couple gushing that wal-mart will only charge then $2.00 or something to cash their payroll check and how this will save them 200.00 per year. Who the fuck cash… --- ## [geography trick questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trick-questions/223496)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trick-questions/223496 "2004-01-11T20:39:22Z")
I heard the following questions and thought they were amusing. Do you have any to add to these? Which city is further west? Reno, NV or LosAngeles, CA? Reno. If you drew a line directly south from Atlanta, GA where w… --- ## [My cat growls when she's petted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-growls-when-shes-petted/673312)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Gutgore_Blooddrink)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-growls-when-shes-petted/673312 "2013-11-08T20:15:04Z")
I’ve never encountered this before with any of the kitties I’ve owned. She’ll flop on my lap and purr away. When I go to pet her, though, she growls and flattens her ears, yet she still purrs between pets and even rubs… --- ## [Jokes in your profession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-your-profession/341560)
**Author:** [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2006, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-your-profession/341560 "2006-02-13T08:13:06Z")
Defence lawyers make fun of prosecutors, nurses make fun of doctors, structual engineers make fun of electrical engineers…tell your favourite professional in-joke here. I’ve got a couple of medical ones: Q: What is a d… --- ## [Your Kids Can't Have Toys...? (mild)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-kids-cant-have-toys-mild/196925)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2003, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-kids-cant-have-toys-mild/196925 "2003-08-28T10:12:17Z")
My oldest son plays with the neighbour’s boys from a few doors down. They are always very nice, albeit stern, but all-in-all good kids. They are home-schooled by their Mom and seem well educated for their age. They cut… --- ## [Anti-evolutionary disbelief (“I’m not descended from monkeys.”)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-evolutionary-disbelief-i-m-not-descended-from-monkeys/686716)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-evolutionary-disbelief-i-m-not-descended-from-monkeys/686716 "2014-04-25T22:40:28Z")
Ever since Darwin, enemies of evolution have been protesting that they’re “not descended from monkeys.” Ok, Darwin in fact said that we and monkeys had a common ancestor. Be that as it may, why are these people still hun… --- ## [Ask the ExecDir of nonprofit wildlife care facility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-execdir-of-nonprofit-wildlife-care-facility/650295)
**Author:** [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-execdir-of-nonprofit-wildlife-care-facility/650295 "2013-02-19T23:27:35Z")
Suggested by this post, which was triggered by this post. Our motto is Wildlife Recovery… Human Discovery. We treat sick, injured and orphaned native species, and return recovered individuals to the wild. We also deal w… --- ## [FYI: changing usernames to insult people in the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-changing-usernames-to-insult-people-in-the-pit/338910)
**Author:** [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-changing-usernames-to-insult-people-in-the-pit/338910 "2006-01-23T11:22:08Z")
There has been some confusion about whether or not there is a rule against changing someone’s username in order to insult them. I want to clarify that there is no such rule in the Pit. I suspect the confusion originate… --- ## [Sequential Threads of Doom...oom...oom!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-of-doom-oom-oom/377571)
**Author:** [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-of-doom-oom-oom/377571 "2006-11-12T05:53:24Z")
From New Threads: \*\*What’s the stupidest statement someone around you has made Vegemite Is Now BANNED In America! \*\* Of course that’s stupid. You can still get Vegemite as long as it’s in a container of four ounces o… --- ## [Did dinosaurs have souls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dinosaurs-have-souls/91611)
**Author:** [@Lolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lolo)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dinosaurs-have-souls/91611 "2001-11-06T21:11:38Z")
Do all of a supposed God’s creations have souls? If so, did dinosaurs have souls? Also, did humans always have souls? Or did the soul evolve as did the human? Do all theists believe in the soul of humans? discuss --- ## [Neophyte wanting to build a gaming PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neophyte-wanting-to-build-a-gaming-pc/540703)
**Author:** [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neophyte-wanting-to-build-a-gaming-pc/540703 "2010-06-04T13:37:30Z")
Hey, Dopers. I’ve asked this question on a more specialized board as well, but I figured I’d take advantage of the caliber of SDMB posters and ask here as well. I wasn’t sure whether this fit better in the General Ques… --- ## [Another Democrat Crook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-democrat-crook/484284)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-democrat-crook/484284 "2009-02-06T14:23:55Z")
Never mind the ex Illinois governor’s crookedness. Tim Geithner,Tom Daschle, and now Nancy Killefer These are Democrats who are often charged with wanting to raise everyone’s taxes. Except their own of course. In these … --- ## [This is the Best Thread Ever!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-best-thread-ever/366258)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-best-thread-ever/366258 "2006-07-28T20:19:45Z")
WOW! It’s all cats and weather and Bush-bashing (hey baby, wanna do some Bush-bashing?). There’s 1920’s style death rays in here, swashing, buckling, a few people over there swashbuckling (perverts), in this corner we … --- ## [Soldiers not allowed to wear commercial body armor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldiers-not-allowed-to-wear-commercial-body-armor/340377)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldiers-not-allowed-to-wear-commercial-body-armor/340377 "2006-04-05T12:34:07Z")
Army Orders Soldiers to Shed Dragon Skin or Lose SGLI Death Benefits Not only will the administration not BUY the soldiers body armor, they won’t even allow them to wear the armor they bought themselves. What the fuck … --- ## [Is it appropriate for the legislature to debate the constitutionality of a law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-the-legislature-to-debate-the-constitutionality-of-a-law/743256)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-appropriate-for-the-legislature-to-debate-the-constitutionality-of-a-law/743256 "2016-01-22T22:44:53Z")
I’m actually trying to settle an internal debate that arose as I read an email I received today. I get a weekly summary of specific topics being discussed in the Missouri Legislature. Today’s said in part " In the Senat… --- ## [There is not one single thing wrong with buttered saltines.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-not-one-single-thing-wrong-with-buttered-saltines/639091)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-not-one-single-thing-wrong-with-buttered-saltines/639091 "2012-10-30T05:17:21Z")
That is all. --- ## [What was this toy called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-toy-called/656414)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-toy-called/656414 "2016-12-19T04:19:52Z")
When I was little, mid-'60s, I had a Naval toy consisting of a motorised ship and a torpedo-firing submarine; both in ‘battleship grey’. The ship might have been about 12" long, and the sub was probably shorter. The sh… --- ## [Songs you do not need to hear again in this lifetime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353)
**Author:** [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-do-not-need-to-hear-again-in-this-lifetime/332353 "2005-12-06T11:57:27Z")
What are the songs you have heard enough times for one lifetime? They aren’t necessarily bad, just that you’ve heard them sooo many times that you just aren’t getting any pleasure from hearing them again - or maybe you n… --- ## [Rope Bridges in the Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rope-bridges-in-the-movies/772775)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rope-bridges-in-the-movies/772775 "2016-12-04T20:25:52Z")
I just saw this, with pictures of actual rope bridges in the world: It seems to me that whenever you see a Rope Bridge in a movie, you almost invariably see that same bridge collapse later, taking Bad Guys with it, or… --- ## [Has a Woman ever been convicted of rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-woman-ever-been-convicted-of-rape/153713)
**Author:** [@Gjorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gjorp)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-woman-ever-been-convicted-of-rape/153713 "2003-02-09T04:19:57Z")
With the current legal definition, it seems possible. As long as the man doesn’t soberly consent. So, if the man was drunk, and the woman takes advantage of him, it’s legally rape. The thing is, it seems that it would… --- ## [2006/07 Ashes Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-07-ashes-series/381530)
**Author:** [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-07-ashes-series/381530 "2007-01-05T20:48:46Z")
Well, folks, here it is. Supposedly the most anticipated cricket series of all times - Australia v England 06/07 and the First Test at Brisbane is well and truly underway. And what an unmitigated disaster it has been fo… --- ## [A Nazi Earth-was it ever possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nazi-earth-was-it-ever-possible/225249)
**Author:** [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nazi-earth-was-it-ever-possible/225249 "2004-01-24T02:08:58Z")
I’ve been having this dicussion with a friend of mine and would like to throw this out there. Simply put: Is it possible for Nazi Germany to win World War 2 by knocking the USA out of the war(presumably after having don… --- ## [How much mass could Earth safely lose and retain its atmosphere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-mass-could-earth-safely-lose-and-retain-its-atmosphere/546074)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-mass-could-earth-safely-lose-and-retain-its-atmosphere/546074 "2010-07-12T19:07:37Z")
Mars lost its atmosphere because it didn’t have the gravity to retain it. Earth retains its atmosphere because it has. But we’re beginning to explore beyond Earth. This involves the Earth losing mass. Right now these ar… --- ## [Video games where you can be the bad guy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-where-you-can-be-the-bad-guy/345894)
**Author:** [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-where-you-can-be-the-bad-guy/345894 "2006-02-26T02:28:57Z")
I know the Star Wars game on PS2 (forget the proper name) you can do this, which made it so appealing to the pervert in me. I’ve heard not so good things about the second one, so any other good ones? --- ## [Use of alliteration in prose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-alliteration-in-prose/604555)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-alliteration-in-prose/604555 "2011-12-01T20:20:24Z")
I’ve been reading (well, listening. Audiobooks.) to the Dexter series of books and something he does frequently is use alliteration. For example he’ll refer to “dear darling Dexter” or something. I typically think of all… --- ## [This is poison ivy right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-poison-ivy-right/691714)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-poison-ivy-right/691714 "2014-07-16T18:05:48Z")
Right? I mean, if I saw this in the woods I’d give it a wide berth. But it’s placement makes my doubt my certainty. Any possibility it’s something else? --- ## [Hospital sends Handyman home with bullet in neck.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-sends-handyman-home-with-bullet-in-neck/615529)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-sends-handyman-home-with-bullet-in-neck/615529 "2012-03-14T06:36:10Z")
This has to be a new low in hospital care. They tell him to go home for the weekend and go to a clinic Monday. Man, these people really care about their patients. :rolleyes: --- ## [Babylon 5 and Farscape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-and-farscape/461702)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-and-farscape/461702 "2008-09-23T03:28:02Z")
After 3 days at Dragoncon I was inspired to watch the pilots of Babylon 5 and Farscape. I had watched an episode or two of B5 many years ago and thought… meh. Same with the pilot. It actually reminded me a little of S… --- ## [What!? No Idol thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209)
**Author:** [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209 "2007-02-02T09:45:16Z")
tap, tap Hello? Is this thing on? I hate the baby-talking newlywed and the Pickler wannabe with the “Mah Daddy shot hisself in the throat and now he’s paralyzed” schtick, but I love the muppet-headed boy that wants to… --- ## [Roofing question... shingling using no nails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roofing-question-shingling-using-no-nails/449574)
**Author:** [@cedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roofing-question-shingling-using-no-nails/449574 "2008-05-17T21:48:27Z")
I’m building a gazebo for my daughters to use as a bus stop shelter. The inside roof going to be open (no ceiling) and I don’t want the roofing nails sticking through the wood. Is there a way to attach roofing shingles w… --- ## [What does "weakened" mean in D&D (4e)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-weakened-mean-in-d-d-4e/558988)
**Author:** [@SurveyorAlpha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurveyorAlpha)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-weakened-mean-in-d-d-4e/558988 "2010-11-03T17:50:25Z")
Thread title says it all. --- ## [What if I ate only one meal a day for an extended period?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-ate-only-one-meal-a-day-for-an-extended-period/543020)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-ate-only-one-meal-a-day-for-an-extended-period/543020 "2010-06-14T01:45:56Z")
I know that crash diets or intermittent fasting is bad for you, in that (IIRC) it puts strain on your heart and doesn’t work well anyway, as your body assumes you’re undergoing famine conditions and starts packing away e… --- ## [Reasons not to try a restaurant.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-try-a-restaurant/385833)
**Author:** [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-try-a-restaurant/385833 "2006-12-29T21:06:19Z")
Besides your taste in food, what are some reasons you might pass by a restaurant? Or leave without ordering after you’ve gone in? I will pass by places with valet parking. To me, it shrieks ‘pricey and pretentious’. … --- ## [Natural Selection 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-selection-2/639402)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-selection-2/639402 "2013-12-05T06:47:22Z")
Natural Selection 2 was released today, after years of vaporware status. Heller was nice enough to his his Columbian cartel connections to land me a free copy. It’s a multiplayer-only hybrid RTS/FPS game with asymetric … --- ## [Original "Shaggy Dog" Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-shaggy-dog-story/131275)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-shaggy-dog-story/131275 "2002-10-09T00:50:22Z")
Hi, I think everyone knows what a ‘Shaggy Dog’ story IS. You know, a long, involved narrative that typically builds to a somewhat twisted groaner of a punchline. OK, but was the ORIGINAL story that gave us the ‘shaggy… --- ## [Breeding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breeding/754826)
**Author:** [@Papertrail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papertrail)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breeding/754826 "2016-05-16T14:32:55Z")
Now… I am not sure if I want to have kids or not, but I wanted to bring up this topic because I am curious to hear your opinions. Apparently I am one or those people that are blessed with very good genetics. First let m… --- ## [Math Teacher Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-teacher-help/516912)
**Author:** [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-teacher-help/516912 "2009-11-13T12:42:19Z")
I am currently teaching three sections of a low-level Algebra II class. It is becoming more and more clear to me that many of these students really should not have passed Pre-Algebra. The material I am teaching/reviewing… --- ## [Opposite of "The Blues"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264 "2011-12-19T14:48:45Z")
Is there a muscial term for music that is the oppoiste in style to that of Blues music? What words are used? …Allegro? Others? --- ## [I Pit Michael Skakel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-michael-skakel/229070)
**Author:** [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-michael-skakel/229070 "2018-05-05T01:44:14Z")
Yanno, the whole Michael Skakel/Martha Moxley case pisses me off. Immensely. First off, let’s look at fact number one: For 25 years Michael Skakel was the prime suspect in the case. However, it wasn’t until he said s… --- ## [Ways you coped with a fundie upbringing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-you-coped-with-a-fundie-upbringing/322953)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-you-coped-with-a-fundie-upbringing/322953 "2005-10-01T14:04:06Z")
I grew up in the Church of God in Christ, a fundamentalist church based in my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. (Okay, technically they’re Pentacostal, not fundamentalist, but they share the fundamentalist movements views… --- ## [The Wire, HBO series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-hbo-series/691659)
**Author:** [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wire-hbo-series/691659 "2014-07-07T20:22:15Z")
I keep hearing how great this show is so I started watching it. I’ve watched the first five episodes and I’m not really impressed. Does it get better? Don’t get me wrong, it’s not horrible but it doesn’t seem to be anyth… --- ## [What Did You Do On Your 18th Birthday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-do-on-your-18th-birthday/486920)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-do-on-your-18th-birthday/486920 "2009-02-25T18:58:02Z")
Today is my cousin’s twin girl and boy’s 18th birthday. It got me to thinking about starting this thread to see if most people remember what they did that day and/or night. For me- it was July of 1986. I had just grad… --- ## [Books about time travel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-time-travel/563556)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-time-travel/563556 "2010-12-11T03:38:21Z")
Gonna have some time on my hands this holiday. Looking for recommendations; Books where time-travel figures prominently. Any suggestions? I’ll start with Replay by Ken Grimwood. My favorite time-travel novel to date.… --- ## [SDMB lolcatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lolcatz/451369)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-lolcatz/451369 "2008-06-06T20:24:15Z")
On icanhascheezburger.com you can go in and recaption the photos. I say we go in and make SDMB related lolcatz! Like this. And this. And also this. Anyone else want to play along? --- ## [Is Your Home Your Castle? Apparently Not In U.K.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-home-your-castle-apparently-not-in-u-k/279095)
**Author:** [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-home-your-castle-apparently-not-in-u-k/279095 "2004-12-17T17:19:47Z")
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1377062004 I don’t want to exaggerate the differences between the U.K. and the U.S. I’d like to think the U.K. is not full of a bunch of pansy-ass el fagote criminal huggers, and the … --- ## [(Mild) If I hear 'git-r-done' one more time, I'm setting fire to Larry the Cable Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393)
**Author:** [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-if-i-hear-git-r-done-one-more-time-im-setting-fire-to-larry-the-cable-guy/344393 "2006-02-18T04:51:18Z")
‘s hat. That, or ‘’-tell-you-what’. God I’m so sick of this contrived asswipe and people who think he is funny. You suck! And your jokes are lame! How illiterate must one be to find this guy funny? If I have to hear… --- ## [Willow bottoms out (Buffy 11/27 SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willow-bottoms-out-buffy-11-27-spoilers/95632)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2001, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willow-bottoms-out-buffy-11-27-spoilers/95632 "2001-12-06T06:21:21Z")
So Willow (and Amy) are addicted to magic and Buffy’s addicted to Spike? Interesting. --- ## [This is my Boom Stick!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-boom-stick/700614)
**Author:** [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-my-boom-stick/700614 "2016-10-21T18:12:50Z")
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