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**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-detox-diets/608432 "2012-01-05T23:25:51Z")
I’ve been hearing from friends and looking at stuff on the internet that states when starting a diet, the body first needs to “detox.” Basically for 7 to 10 days you eat nothing but fruits and veggies an drink water so a… --- ## [Ending a sentence with "you're"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-a-sentence-with-youre/695388)
**Author:** [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-a-sentence-with-youre/695388 "2014-08-15T00:15:30Z")
“I’m a faster runner than you’re.” That doesn’t sound right… but why not? Plenty of other contractions sound perfectly fine at the end of sentences. This site explains that there are “weak” and “strong” versions of som… --- ## [Need Some Support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-support/474100)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-support/474100 "2008-11-25T13:59:37Z")
Hi all: I’ve been here quite a while in Doper-Time, and lurk everyday but don’t post much. However, now I need a bit of insight into a gnarly situation I am in. I’m not asking for medical/psychological/etc advice, just … --- ## [The non-evolution of the human anus???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-evolution-of-the-human-anus/456605)
**Author:** [@dfreeman87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dfreeman87)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-evolution-of-the-human-anus/456605 "2008-07-18T21:06:58Z")
There’s no real good way to ask this…so here it is: Why do I have to wipe my ass? I find it to be nothing short of a tragedy that humans have to wipe their ass to stay hygienic. Animals the world over seem to have dev… --- ## [Best Games for each system?(Old and New)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-games-for-each-system-old-and-new/487962)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-games-for-each-system-old-and-new/487962 "2009-03-11T13:44:59Z")
All right, choose ONE game for each system you are familiar. No wishy washy choices, just choose one or none if you don’t know. Atari 2600: Adventure \*\*NES: Final Fantasy III(J) \*\*SNES: Final Fantasy VI(III in the USA… --- ## [Jenna Bush busted again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jenna-bush-busted-again/67054)
**Author:** [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jenna-bush-busted-again/67054 "2001-06-11T05:20:27Z")
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010530/us/bush\_daughter\_1.html This girl is becoming to come off as pretty dense. I don’t think it’s wrong for a 19 year old girl to have a beer, but shouldn’t she realize that she is b… --- ## [Microsoft: Take your Xbox One, and your paperclip, and stick them both UP YOUR FUCKING ASS!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-take-your-xbox-one-and-your-paperclip-and-stick-them-both-up-your-fucking-ass/775764)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-take-your-xbox-one-and-your-paperclip-and-stick-them-both-up-your-fucking-ass/775764 "2017-01-04T10:51:17Z")
I’ve enjoyed my day playing NBA2K17 on my year old XBOXOne yesterday afternoon and early this morning, and God forbid, made the decision to change from that game t NHL2K16. This, like you would imagine MOST video game co… --- ## [POLL: Choose between your spouse and your soon-to-be-born child (warning -- morbid)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-choose-between-your-spouse-and-your-soon-to-be-born-child-warning-morbid/207864)
**Author:** [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-choose-between-your-spouse-and-your-soon-to-be-born-child-warning-morbid/207864 "2003-10-19T03:56:34Z")
This is a very touchy subject and I’d like to state up front that I cannot fathom having to go through anything like this and my deepest condoloences if this is something that anyone reading has had to go through. Havin… --- ## [What do you do for a living?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850)
**Author:** [@KateSmack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KateSmack)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850 "2005-06-22T05:10:09Z")
:wally --- ## [Is this good medical advice of just viral pimping of a new product by Bayer Aspirin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-good-medical-advice-of-just-viral-pimping-of-a-new-product-by-bayer-aspirin/521393)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-good-medical-advice-of-just-viral-pimping-of-a-new-product-by-bayer-aspirin/521393 "2011-03-23T23:07:43Z")
A friend of mine forwarded this email quoted below. It seems like reasonable advice, but given it’s specific reliance on this new type of aspirin by Bayer it did raise my eyebrows as to the source of this email. The ori… --- ## [Greatest rock drummers of the past 20 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-rock-drummers-of-the-past-20-years/618163)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-rock-drummers-of-the-past-20-years/618163 "2012-04-12T12:57:50Z")
I lurve Peart and Moon, and I like Bonham. I don’t know Portnoy. But propose to me rock band drummers to listen to who debuted in the public consciousness in the past 20 years. --- ## [Why can't they make a better IC atkinson cycle engine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-they-make-a-better-ic-atkinson-cycle-engine/706540)
**Author:** [@EdwinAmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EdwinAmi)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-they-make-a-better-ic-atkinson-cycle-engine/706540 "2014-12-09T17:39:05Z")
here’s a serious question. Why the hell are we still using the same damned internal combustion engine? Why the hell can’t they use the double-linkage Atkinson cycle? I always read that there’s “issues with vibration and … --- ## [The paradox of enlightenment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paradox-of-enlightenment/412967)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paradox-of-enlightenment/412967 "2007-08-04T16:29:10Z")
…is that ultimately there is nothing “you” can do to become enlightened. You, yourself, in fact are the obstacle to enlightenment; an ego stubbornly clinging to the illusion of self. But if you ignore the whole subject o… --- ## [Got incredibly drunk and said some perverted things to some friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-incredibly-drunk-and-said-some-perverted-things-to-some-friends/745601)
**Author:** [@Name\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Name_1)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-incredibly-drunk-and-said-some-perverted-things-to-some-friends/745601 "2016-02-21T07:20:13Z")
Sorry for the blog post ahead of time. So, I went out with a few friends recently and ended up getting absolutely plastered. I’ve been drunk before, but it’s never been like this. It was a pretty enjoyable night even if… --- ## [Freedom of Religion: Mennonite refuses to participate in death penalty murder case.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-of-religion-mennonite-refuses-to-participate-in-death-penalty-murder-case/809751)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-of-religion-mennonite-refuses-to-participate-in-death-penalty-murder-case/809751 "2018-03-05T16:23:47Z")
There has been another freedom of religion case that popped up here in Colorado. It seems that an investigator who did work for the defense team of a murderer has been jailed for contempt as she has been refusing to ans… --- ## [Lightsaber kid files lawsuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsaber-kid-files-lawsuit/191024)
**Author:** [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsaber-kid-files-lawsuit/191024 "2003-07-31T00:51:03Z")
Remember that schoolkid who swung a golfclub as a lightsaber while the camera was running, and the video was posted on the internet (complete with goofy sound effects?) As it turns out, he’s filed a lawsuit against the … --- ## [Older TV shows: How are they squished . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-tv-shows-how-are-they-squished/797900)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-tv-shows-how-are-they-squished/797900 "2017-10-26T02:03:56Z")
. . . into shorter run times? ISTM there were far fewer commercials in the '70s and '80s and shows had longer run times. Inquiring mind(s) on a Love Boat and Policewoman binge want to know. So far as I can tell opening/… --- ## [March...in like a XXX out like a YYY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-in-like-a-xxx-out-like-a-yyy/531043)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-in-like-a-xxx-out-like-a-yyy/531043 "2010-03-09T06:45:07Z")
Well? --- ## [Good twins/Evil twins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584 "2009-01-12T20:54:04Z")
How many examples can we come up with of the old ‘exact mirror image doubles’? They can be clones, alternate universe copies, seperated at birth twins, whatever. But - one good, one evil. How many times has this occur… --- ## [Optometrist vs Opthamologist for a specific issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optometrist-vs-opthamologist-for-a-specific-issue/649018)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optometrist-vs-opthamologist-for-a-specific-issue/649018 "2013-02-04T00:57:26Z")
I have no medical insurance and not much money at the moment. The county here lets you use their medical system to a limited degree at a heavy discount - so basically I can see a GP, get some basic prescriptions, and get… --- ## [Hobbits: Absorbed into the Big Folk, extremely well-hidden, or gone the way of the dodo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbits-absorbed-into-the-big-folk-extremely-well-hidden-or-gone-the-way-of-the-dodo/543212)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbits-absorbed-into-the-big-folk-extremely-well-hidden-or-gone-the-way-of-the-dodo/543212 "2010-06-17T16:05:59Z")
The dearth of Tolkien threads in CS distresses me. I blame the Obama Administration in general and Sharon Riggles in particular. Anyway, though I made this a poll, I am perfectly happy if a discussion breaks out. --- ## [Famous guides (e.g. Sacagawea)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-guides-e-g-sacagawea/584315)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-guides-e-g-sacagawea/584315 "2011-06-07T16:15:28Z")
I’ve been asked to do some posters for a set of online guides. For poster graphics I want to do famous guides for each one (all signage on a college campus needs graphics if you expect anybody to read it and a screencap… --- ## [How do spammers get cell phone numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-spammers-get-cell-phone-numbers/435759)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-spammers-get-cell-phone-numbers/435759 "2008-02-01T15:30:49Z")
I’d guess at first that there are just random phone dialers that hit any and every kind of phone. But I just got a new phone, same phone number as before, and I’m getting lots of junk messages. Now, no one, except my w… --- ## [Going "underground" to avoid the draft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-underground-to-avoid-the-draft/624373)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-underground-to-avoid-the-draft/624373 "2012-06-08T16:20:56Z")
Reading about the draft during the Vietnam era, one finds that many young male Americans were very anxious about being drafted for service in the US military and being sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam. They explor… --- ## [number of giraffes in the US: on an IQ test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-giraffes-in-the-us-on-an-iq-test/326770)
**Author:** [@drhess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhess)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-giraffes-in-the-us-on-an-iq-test/326770 "2005-10-20T00:36:18Z")
I recall being told once that there is an IQ test, or maybe just reasoning test, that asks the subject to reason out loud about how many giraffes are in the US. The point is to see if they can…well I’m not sure what the … --- ## [Motion sickness wrist bands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-wrist-bands/191418)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-wrist-bands/191418 "2003-07-30T13:16:10Z")
Some people have said that motion sickness wrist bands, such as No-Queeze, which allegedly work on the basis of accupressure are actually useful. I am skeptical. Does anyone know if these things really work, or whether… --- ## [Are headphones extinct, or is it courtesy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-headphones-extinct-or-is-it-courtesy/705734)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-headphones-extinct-or-is-it-courtesy/705734 "2014-12-04T20:48:20Z")
Seems like just about everywhere I go, people are watching/listening to videos or music on phones or laptops, with the volume cranked up so that everyone within at least 20 feet has to listen to it too. Aside from the IM… --- ## [A Christian practices Christianity. What Does a Jedi Practice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christian-practices-christianity-what-does-a-jedi-practice/632100)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christian-practices-christianity-what-does-a-jedi-practice/632100 "2012-08-31T11:26:14Z")
You know other than self-restraint at killing Jar Jar that is. --- ## [The McCain Campaign Has Officially Godwinized the Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mccain-campaign-has-officially-godwinized-the-election/469608)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mccain-campaign-has-officially-godwinized-the-election/469608 "2008-10-27T15:17:29Z")
From the AP, an e-mail approved by the McCain campaign sent to 75,000 Jewish Americans in Pennsylvania: A similar one indeed. Does that mean, by internet rules, Obama wins? --- ## ["American" = white?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-white/487766)
**Author:** [@SomeBodyUK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeBodyUK)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-white/487766 "2009-03-04T01:14:41Z")
I’m a British-Indian guy in living in the US. Why is it that a lot of people call white Americans “American”. I’ve heard this from many minorities born and raised in the US. To me, they’re all American! Have you guys … --- ## [New S Hersh article reveals US Govt version re what happened in killing Bin Laden was 99% BS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-s-hersh-article-reveals-us-govt-version-re-what-happened-in-killing-bin-laden-was-99-bs/719750)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-s-hersh-article-reveals-us-govt-version-re-what-happened-in-killing-bin-laden-was-99-bs/719750 "2015-05-18T21:56:29Z")
Explosive article here - The Killing of Osama bin Laden by Seymour M. Hersh Quite a read. If true it’s a blockbuster story. The main issue is that it relies primarily on the veracity of one source, and as the Rolling S… --- ## [Jack In The Box, or McDonald's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-in-the-box-or-mcdonalds/687130)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-in-the-box-or-mcdonalds/687130 "2014-05-01T22:52:01Z")
Those are the only two choices. Everyone knows there are better (much better) burgers out there. Given the choice of these two, which do you like better? --- ## [How big can you buy a rosemary plant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-can-you-buy-a-rosemary-plant/657574)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-can-you-buy-a-rosemary-plant/657574 "2015-05-13T16:02:10Z")
We’d like something this size. I doubt we could get one like that at a nursery, but how big can we get? --- ## [Why are so many Americans offended by foreigners commenting on American politics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-americans-offended-by-foreigners-commenting-on-american-politics/246680)
**Author:** [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2004, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-americans-offended-by-foreigners-commenting-on-american-politics/246680 "2004-05-26T08:14:28Z")
I’ve noticed this on message boards before. The message board where I’ve spent most of my internet time since ever is about half American, but lately I’ve been spending more time on predominantly American-populated mess… --- ## [Rent strike in the USA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rent-strike-in-the-usa/852981)
**Author:** [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rent-strike-in-the-usa/852981 "2020-05-05T23:34:39Z")
Debate: I take the position that now is a good time for workers to show how much they have to sacrifice in normal circumstances. Is now a bad time for workers to seek more control? Or should they allow capital to main… --- ## [Doctor and daughter buried in Jerusalem on what was to be her wedding day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-and-daughter-buried-in-jerusalem-on-what-was-to-be-her-wedding-day/201016)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-and-daughter-buried-in-jerusalem-on-what-was-to-be-her-wedding-day/201016 "2003-09-12T22:46:51Z")
Dr. David Applebaum, head of the emergency department of Shaarei Zedek hospital in Jerusalem (where he treated many terrorist victims) was killed in Jerusalem when a bomb went off in a cafe where he and his daughter were… --- ## [Does My Cat Know What Lions Sound Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-cat-know-what-lions-sound-like/453442)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-cat-know-what-lions-sound-like/453442 "2008-06-25T18:07:07Z")
The other day I was watching I Am Legend, and in the beginning, there’s a scene where a lion jumps out, roars and attacks. My TV is hooked up to my stereo speakers, and it was pretty loud. My cat was standing on the co… --- ## [Lying with statistics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-with-statistics/627453)
**Author:** [@purple\_cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_cow)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-with-statistics/627453 "2012-07-10T22:32:10Z")
We all know the old quote (Twain or whoever). What are your favorite (or most hated) examples. Many will be political but i’d like to keep value judgements out of it and focus how the statistics are fudged to make them s… --- ## [I pit Dr. Gosnell (babykiller)(alledged)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dr-gosnell-babykiller-alledged/568391)
**Author:** [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dr-gosnell-babykiller-alledged/568391 "2011-01-25T03:53:40Z")
Dr. Gosnell, 69 years old, was charged Wednesday with eight murders—those of the woman who was overdosed and of seven babies whose spinal cords were severed with scissors after they were born alive at the Women’s Medical… --- ## [Getting rid of cable TV: questions and pitfalls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-cable-tv-questions-and-pitfalls/554792)
**Author:** [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-cable-tv-questions-and-pitfalls/554792 "2010-09-27T12:39:23Z")
My wife and I recently decided, as part of a broader austerity campaign, to get rid of cable TV. After a few days of seeing how well we got reception using just a simple antenna, we’ve decided that we should be able to p… --- ## [Mr. President. Soviet premier is on the hotline.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-president-soviet-premier-is-on-the-hotline/696297)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-president-soviet-premier-is-on-the-hotline/696297 "2014-08-26T01:40:11Z")
It’s 1983\* and you’re the President of the United States, asleep in front of the TV in the White House. You’re shaken awake, the Strategic Air Command informs you a Soviet nuclear strike is inbound, following a launch at… --- ## [Shitting on Hamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitting-on-hamas/484130)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitting-on-hamas/484130 "2009-02-05T21:03:24Z")
A day or two after the ceasefire in Gaza, video reports showed Hamas back to restoring tunnels for weapons acquisition, and now Hamas is firing rockets again determined for more bloodshed amongst their own people. The us… --- ## [Forget Crushes, let's talk about objects of lust....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-crushes-lets-talk-about-objects-of-lust/25878)
**Author:** [@ChrisP\_One\_Kenobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisP_One_Kenobe)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-crushes-lets-talk-about-objects-of-lust/25878 "2000-07-20T16:54:31Z")
Okay, thanks, I’ll go first. A Girl…good Lord…amazing AudreyK…she loves my fake NY accent…definite turn on. Wacky Ninja…A Tick fan…need I say more… GolfWidow…acknowledged me…that’s good enough for me. Oh man, I know… --- ## [Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271 "2015-08-02T03:58:30Z")
Before the SO moved in, breakfast was whatever leftovers happened to be in the fridge. Could be curry, could be pizza. Since she’s been living here, we have what she calls ‘breakfast food’. Hashbrowns (made from scrat… --- ## [Palin's church burned; suspected arson (RO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-church-burned-suspected-arson-ro/477136)
**Author:** [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-church-burned-suspected-arson-ro/477136 "2008-12-16T05:53:35Z")
Link. Regardless of what you think of other peoples’ religion or politics, arson is not an acceptable method of expressing your disagreements. --- ## [Make up some real-sounding small town names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-some-real-sounding-small-town-names/463471)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-some-real-sounding-small-town-names/463471 "2008-09-17T02:13:15Z")
Turtle Lick, KY Plum Chuckles, IA Cumbubble, DE La Quinta Huevos, NM Boonpickin, GA Dougville, MO Sweeter Balls, WI --- ## [Asking all armchair aqualinguists: "Freestyle" vs "front crawl" in your language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-all-armchair-aqualinguists-freestyle-vs-front-crawl-in-your-language/660364)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-all-armchair-aqualinguists-freestyle-vs-front-crawl-in-your-language/660364 "2015-03-11T19:55:49Z")
That swimming style where you make circular motions with your arms and pull back the water, propelling yourself forward somewhat… what do you call it in your language? In the distant past, I lived in Taiwan only ever he… --- ## [Which games give you the most re-play value?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-games-give-you-the-most-re-play-value/625242)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-games-give-you-the-most-re-play-value/625242 "2012-06-18T14:27:13Z")
This thread was brought on by the fact that I have re-purchased Sims 3 and am in the process of re-installing and this thread about a 10 year old Civ II game. There are a few games that I will play over and over again (… --- ## [How many times should you chew your food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-should-you-chew-your-food/214078)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-should-you-chew-your-food/214078 "2003-11-20T17:03:02Z")
I recall hearing in the past that after you chew your food 19 times your mouth releases a chemical in your saliva that makes your stomach think your full. Now that I think about it, this sounds like total bull. Anyone … --- ## [Does this bother you as much as it does me? (John Edwards)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-bother-you-as-much-as-it-does-me-john-edwards/254001)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-bother-you-as-much-as-it-does-me-john-edwards/254001 "2004-10-04T19:49:25Z")
I followed this link from Fark.com. ‘Junk science’ propelled Edwards’ career? Now, I donated money to this guys presidential campaign, and it is not going to swing my vote, but this type of shit really bothers me. \*Su… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1925&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1927&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)