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**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer/780248 "2017-11-29T19:23:32Z")
I love beer. I’ve loved beer since college, almost two decades ago. Unlike my college years, though, I don’t drink to get drunk any more – I haven’t been drunk in at least 10 years. In the last 10 years, I’ve actually… --- ## [Why are umbrellas pointed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-umbrellas-pointed/314448)
**Author:** [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-umbrellas-pointed/314448 "2019-07-12T20:41:35Z")
Simple question I was pondering after breaking out my new golf umbrella today on the way to the office… Why do umbrellas have pointed ends? I’m not talking about the little mini-fold umbrellas that usually terminate in… --- ## [Angry illegal aliens who were deported ---under President Obama!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-illegal-aliens-who-were-deported-under-president-obama/815093)
**Author:** [@ned12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ned12)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-illegal-aliens-who-were-deported-under-president-obama/815093 "2018-05-30T20:43:53Z")
I want internet links to stories of discontented illegal aliens residing in the USA who were deported from January 21, 2009 to Jan. 19, 2017. There were plenty of people who were living in houses and apartments when Obam… --- ## [Must See! Video taken from the front of a cable car in 1906 SF.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381 "2010-05-15T07:19:42Z")
I guess this was before traffic laws. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Downwind faster than the wind -- theoretical limits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downwind-faster-than-the-wind-theoretical-limits/559889)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downwind-faster-than-the-wind-theoretical-limits/559889 "2011-12-19T17:40:41Z")
Some clever makers have built a wind-powered cart that can travel downwind faster than the wind is blowing. Here’s a video that shows it in action. Watch for the point where the red flags stop blowing forward and start… --- ## [How do you define 'hometown'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-hometown/559729)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-hometown/559729 "2010-11-10T15:21:49Z")
I was born in L.A. (Actually Lakewood, which is in L.A. County and is part of Greater L.A.) But I spent my formative years in San Diego, and my teens in Lancaster (also L.A. County). I spent most of my life in Los Ang… --- ## [Should Procedural Filibustering Be Abolished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-procedural-filibustering-be-abolished/486789)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-procedural-filibustering-be-abolished/486789 "2009-03-02T01:09:36Z")
Taken from a quasi-hijack in this thread. Topic speaks for itself. Filibustering has changed from a Mr. Smith Goes To Washington endurance fest to a simple act of the rules thus requiring a supermajority to pass much l… --- ## [Wireless printing on non-wireless printer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-printing-on-non-wireless-printer/620289)
**Author:** [@CastleAnthrax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastleAnthrax)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-printing-on-non-wireless-printer/620289 "2012-04-30T22:18:13Z")
I have a Canon MP280, which is easily the best color printer I’ve owned. I use the photos for outdoor display and even on cheap photo paper got prints that have stood up to weeks of direct sunlight with no visible fadin… --- ## [Constructing a parabolic dish (for the mathematically inept/lazy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constructing-a-parabolic-dish-for-the-mathematically-inept-lazy/446235)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constructing-a-parabolic-dish-for-the-mathematically-inept-lazy/446235 "2008-04-25T23:08:53Z")
I want to make a parabolic dish out of plywood or thin MDF - I think it should be easy enough to construct in approximately the right shape by cutting out a big circle, dividing it into segments, then making each of thos… --- ## [Rich person in a car accident, hurts me, am I rich now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-person-in-a-car-accident-hurts-me-am-i-rich-now/546225)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-person-in-a-car-accident-hurts-me-am-i-rich-now/546225 "2010-07-14T17:41:25Z")
Reading about Lindsey Lohan… Question, if some rich intoxicated person gets into a traffic accident with me which causes me to break my arm and muck up my car, how much money could I get? Would I be necessarily rich? Or… --- ## [Worst. Jew. Ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-jew-ever/667997)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-jew-ever/667997 "2013-09-06T14:28:18Z")
That’s me. My parents just emailed me wishing me a happy New Year (Rosh Hashana). Who new?? Evidently, not me. \ So Shana Tova to all my fellow semites. p.s. you’d think one of you would have bothered to give … --- ## [vapourizing vs bong for cannibas smoking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vapourizing-vs-bong-for-cannibas-smoking/550890)
**Author:** [@jakesteele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakesteele)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vapourizing-vs-bong-for-cannibas-smoking/550890 "2010-08-22T05:51:50Z")
I haven’t smoked pot for years and the last big innovation in smoking back in my day was the bong. Now I see ads for “vapourizers” as the best way to smoke. Is this true? And if so, why? --- ## [Should rational adults be allowed to commit suicide with the help of society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-rational-adults-be-allowed-to-commit-suicide-with-the-help-of-society/753580)
**Author:** [@GlowingDarkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GlowingDarkness)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-rational-adults-be-allowed-to-commit-suicide-with-the-help-of-society/753580 "2016-05-05T01:33:12Z")
I can understand why we must try to prevent teens from committing suicide due to things like bullying, parental abuse, etc. And also people who have depression caused by chemical imbalances. Because these can be (not in… --- ## [Best Recurring Sitcom Guest Star (that never became a regular cast member)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-recurring-sitcom-guest-star-that-never-became-a-regular-cast-member/312220)
**Author:** [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-recurring-sitcom-guest-star-that-never-became-a-regular-cast-member/312220 "2005-07-16T05:01:45Z")
I am watching the final season of Just Shoot Me in syndication, and though the Rena Sofer/“Vicki” character added to the main cast bogged down an otherwise decent sitcom, I am incredibly impressed by the “Simon Leeds” ch… --- ## [Heroes 11/24/08 "The Eclipse, part I" (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-24-08-the-eclipse-part-i-spoilers/474363)
**Author:** [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-11-24-08-the-eclipse-part-i-spoilers/474363 "2008-11-30T06:54:30Z")
Once again, it is time to discuss and whine about Heroes. Perhaps more one than the other. This week, the reality-bending eclipse is back, no doubt casting both America and Japan into shadow once more. Everybody’s ass… --- ## [Doctors and other medical pros: Strangest, most interesting cases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-and-other-medical-pros-strangest-most-interesting-cases/353935)
**Author:** [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-and-other-medical-pros-strangest-most-interesting-cases/353935 "2006-05-01T14:49:52Z")
What can I say? I’m on a medical kick of late. I read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Dr. Oliver Sacks recently, and I saw one of “House, M.D.”'s more medically inaccurate episodes, and participated in a QtM th… --- ## [Emotional Lines from the Space Program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-lines-from-the-space-program/667216 "2013-10-16T01:15:20Z")
Maybe I’m an old softy, but there are several phrases from the Space Program that make me emotional - some for good reasons, other for bad. Here are a couple of examples: “Go at throttle up” “Houston, we have a proble… --- ## [Defense News: Seawater into fuel "Game Changer" tech.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defense-news-seawater-into-fuel-game-changer-tech/685957)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defense-news-seawater-into-fuel-game-changer-tech/685957 "2014-04-29T19:32:09Z")
The US Navy has apparently worked out how to take CO2 & hydrogen from seawater and turn it into a useable fuel for about 3-6 bucks/gallon. Should we be excited? US Navy: Converting Seawater Into Fuel a ‘Game-Changer’ --- ## [The lies we tell our kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lies-we-tell-our-kids/663493)
**Author:** [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lies-we-tell-our-kids/663493 "2013-07-18T13:18:25Z")
How many of you “learned” growing up that swallowed gum takes 7 years to clear you system or you can derail a train by leaving a penny on the track or public pools have a urine-detecting chemical added to the water? What… --- ## [I guess making young people look older with makeup is very difficult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-making-young-people-look-older-with-makeup-is-very-difficult/720664)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-making-young-people-look-older-with-makeup-is-very-difficult/720664 "2015-05-28T17:13:08Z")
I wonder why it’s so hard to make young people look older convincingly. I recently watched a very recent very high budget movie and there’s a scene early on with young actors made to look older. I instantly knew these … --- ## [If you have a tablet, when and where do you use it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-tablet-when-and-where-do-you-use-it/690345)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-tablet-when-and-where-do-you-use-it/690345 "2014-06-12T17:24:28Z")
I bought a Samsung Galazy 10.1" tablet about 2 1/2 years ago, thinking I’d get a lot of use out of it. But I haven’t. Not because it isn’t a nifty device - it is - but when I’m home, my PC is is more practical (bigger s… --- ## [Please explain Holocaust denial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-holocaust-denial/511421)
**Author:** [@Cat\_In\_A\_Top\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_In_A_Top_Hat)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-holocaust-denial/511421 "2009-09-29T21:41:34Z")
So I saw an article, today, about how the President of Iran says that he doesn’t believe the Holocaust actually happened. I don’t really understand this. I mean, what do people mean when they say that the Holocaust did… --- ## [Did Mohammed instruct his followers to spread the faith by the sword?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mohammed-instruct-his-followers-to-spread-the-faith-by-the-sword/372814)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mohammed-instruct-his-followers-to-spread-the-faith-by-the-sword/372814 "2006-09-18T16:39:39Z")
From time.com ‘Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.’" The media, as usual, are doing a… --- ## [Botticelli, Round 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-round-15/450101 "2008-06-04T14:36:05Z")
Having won Round 11 but been too busy to start a new thread then, here goes… I’m JL. --- ## [Should the law allow trusts and other dead hand control?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-law-allow-trusts-and-other-dead-hand-control/824510)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-law-allow-trusts-and-other-dead-hand-control/824510 "2018-12-04T19:29:56Z")
I get frustrated when I read some of these trust documents. A person died in 1967 and yet their wishes still control the disposition of real property or money. I understand that they owned this stuff in 1967, but why d… --- ## [Christopher Walken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-walken/306246)
**Author:** [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-walken/306246 "2005-06-05T01:36:46Z")
Is Christopher Walken’s signature speech pattern for real or is a very successful gimmick that has made his a household name? -rainy --- ## [Does anyone else object to being called "sir"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-object-to-being-called-sir/294164)
**Author:** [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-object-to-being-called-sir/294164 "2005-03-14T22:56:28Z")
Or of course whatever is gender appropriate for you. I moved here from New Zealand and find that people in stores (and other places) almost always call me “Sir”. It drives me batshit crazy. I realise it is meant to be po… --- ## [What's your favorite superhero HQ/base?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-superhero-hq-base/724322)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-superhero-hq-base/724322 "2016-10-06T16:14:50Z")
An ever-popular trope of superhero comic books/cartoons/TV shows is the headquarters/retreat/home base that the superhero can visit when he/she is stressed out and needs down time, or do homework on supervillains, or wha… --- ## [Do you say "car mel" or do you say "car amel"?-](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-car-mel-or-do-you-say-car-amel/564640)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-car-mel-or-do-you-say-car-amel/564640 "2010-12-22T20:47:23Z")
Just curious. --- ## [Tourist giving birth on american soil. How much would it cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-giving-birth-on-american-soil-how-much-would-it-cost/150497)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-giving-birth-on-american-soil-how-much-would-it-cost/150497 "2003-01-24T19:42:36Z")
I just got a phone call from my cousin. A friend of hers in Morocco is apparently pregnant and is considering the option of coming to the US on a tourist visa to give birth. From what I gathered, if the child is born he… --- ## [Was Meade at fault for not catching Lee after Gettysburg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-meade-at-fault-for-not-catching-lee-after-gettysburg/381800)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2006, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-meade-at-fault-for-not-catching-lee-after-gettysburg/381800 "2006-12-05T07:45:08Z")
An American Civil War question… The Battle of Gettysburg raged from July 1-3, 1863. Lee finally withdrew, defeated, towards Virginia. “Push forward,” Halleck wired Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac, “and fig… --- ## [Boy Scouts of America: Let's Piss Everyone Off This Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scouts-of-america-lets-piss-everyone-off-this-time/656199)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scouts-of-america-lets-piss-everyone-off-this-time/656199 "2013-04-23T14:44:07Z")
BSA is announcing a new policy of allowing openly gay youth to be members, but not to allow openly gay adult leaders. This is absolutely unacceptable. In fact, as a gay person myself, I think this policy is even worse t… --- ## [How do you make egg salad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625 "2011-03-31T04:05:17Z")
Eggs are on sale this week. How do I know this? Mom just gifted me with two dozen of them. I am craving an egg salad sandwich. However, when I make egg salad it always seems… lacking. I chop up eggs, add mayo, yellow mu… --- ## [Fringe April 1 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-april-1-2010/534688)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-april-1-2010/534688 "2010-04-06T16:00:01Z")
Wow, they de-aged Walter really well, actually. Also, loved the 1985 opening credits. Very cool. --- ## [LOTR - Gollum Golem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-gollum-golem/435823)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-gollum-golem/435823 "2008-02-02T20:23:57Z")
Is there any connection between the Jewish folklore golems and the character Gollum from LOTR or is it just a coincidence that the names are so similiar? --- ## [Fuck Apple and their fucking iPod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple-and-their-fucking-ipod/357368)
**Author:** [@username\_taken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/username_taken)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-apple-and-their-fucking-ipod/357368 "2006-05-23T20:04:32Z")
:mad: My beloved iPod mini is dead. DEAD. I don’t know if I should blame myself of Apple for their shitty design. Here goes: I bought it over a year ago and have used it almost daily. About 6 months ago the battery g… --- ## [Fear Factor Full Frontal - Would You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-factor-full-frontal-would-you/103979)
**Author:** [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-factor-full-frontal-would-you/103979 "2002-04-17T22:56:11Z")
Once again stretching the limits of Cafe Society – How many people caught Fear Factor last night? One of the stunts required you to take it all off, walk down a runway and stand on a revolving turntable for a couple of… --- ## [How can these houses be afforded ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-these-houses-be-afforded/779126)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-these-houses-be-afforded/779126 "2017-02-08T01:32:41Z")
This is a new sub-division just outside of Fort Worth. http://walshtx.com/ The MINIMUM price of the houses there is just short of 300k with the higher priced ones being closer to 2-3 million and most of the land is on … --- ## [How old is 'Ducky' Mallard on NCIS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-ducky-mallard-on-ncis/700728)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-ducky-mallard-on-ncis/700728 "2014-10-30T10:37:44Z")
From IMDb \[bolding mine\]: In tonight’s episode, ‘So It Goes’, Ducky is seen in flashback just before he joins the Army Medical Corps. Time Of The Season is playing at a party, so it’s probably 1968. If Ducky was born… --- ## [Can you fix a hole in a sweater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fix-a-hole-in-a-sweater/430757)
**Author:** [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-fix-a-hole-in-a-sweater/430757 "2007-12-21T04:22:24Z")
I have two sweaters that are just about my favorite things in the entire world, and I’ve noticed that both have holes in them this year. :frowning: The first is a rather expensive Patagonia wool sweater that has two ho… --- ## [Tipping the "to-go" person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-the-to-go-person/322655)
**Author:** [@TygerDralion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TygerDralion)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-the-to-go-person/322655 "2005-09-27T17:44:01Z")
What do you normally tip the “to-go” person at your favorite tipped (sit down, i.e. Applebee’s, Ruby Tuesday’s, O’Charley’s, Outback, etc.) restaurants? I’ve heard that the standard tip is 10-15% percent, but I can’t fi… --- ## [Porn Mags..Holy Sh.....What Changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-mags-holy-sh-what-changed/202909)
**Author:** [@flat\_pitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flat_pitch)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-mags-holy-sh-what-changed/202909 "2003-09-23T02:02:01Z")
Hey Millions I like porn as much as any normal peson. I must confess however, that with the ease if the Net, I haven’t cracked open a Penthouse mag or the like for a few years. I was over at a buddies house and spotted … --- ## [Prince Caspian (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-caspian-open-spoilers/449467)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-caspian-open-spoilers/449467 "2008-05-28T08:20:39Z")
Haven’t seen it yet, but I will on Saturday. I’m going to be optimistic about this movie as well. The first one was well done. The trailers look decent. Yes, Prince Caspian is too old. But, if that is the only major cha… --- ## [Was there really such thing as Satanism/Diabolism/Black Mass, ever, before LaVey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-such-thing-as-satanism-diabolism-black-mass-ever-before-lavey/515567)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-such-thing-as-satanism-diabolism-black-mass-ever-before-lavey/515567 "2009-11-01T07:51:57Z")
Witch trials in medieval and early modern Europe were based on the assumption that “witches” were Devil-worshipers. Black Mass figured in popular imagination from the Baroque period onward. But did such a thing as Sata… --- ## [Homemade taco seasoning - don't need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-taco-seasoning-dont-need-answer-fast/798397)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-taco-seasoning-dont-need-answer-fast/798397 "2017-10-20T15:05:23Z")
I was making tacos last night and realized I had forgotten to pick up a packet of taco seasoning while I was at the store. Oh well, I thought… I can do this. So I winged it (wung it?) and made my own. And it was OK, but … --- ## [Shortest distance between places you've lived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718395)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718395 "2015-05-04T18:23:55Z")
We’ve talked about the farthest distance between places you’ve lived. What’s the shortest distance between any two different places you’ve considered “home”? Rules: Moving back to the same address, e.g. your parents’ h… --- ## [Orbital Combustion Engine... what happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orbital-combustion-engine-what-happened/66920)
**Author:** [@cathy\_n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cathy_n)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orbital-combustion-engine-what-happened/66920 "2001-05-30T05:45:38Z")
An Australian friend tipped me off today that one of the local heroes from Perth is a man named Ralph Sarich, who invented a two-stroke engine suitable for use in motorcars that didn’t have the typical pollution troubles… --- ## [Have You Found Jesus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-found-jesus/62656)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-found-jesus/62656 "2001-07-10T02:44:00Z")
No, this isn’t a witness thread. It’s not a spoiler, either, because I’m not going to divulge anything here. But if you want to know who will win Survivor II, you can listen to eYada’s interview with Jesus, a TV union wr… --- ## [What type of refrigerator do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-refrigerator-do-you-have/675076)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-refrigerator-do-you-have/675076 "2013-12-02T21:22:10Z")
The big, cool guy in your kitchen. What’s he like? --- ## [Would tobacco prohibition actually work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-tobacco-prohibition-actually-work/736632)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-tobacco-prohibition-actually-work/736632 "2015-11-08T15:04:43Z")
Prohibition has obviously been disastrous for alcohol and marijuana, and I’d always assumed that it would be that way for tobacco too, but then I saw an episode of Minority Report where some folks were growing illegal to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1941&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1943&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)