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**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761 "2009-11-03T02:14:34Z")
I’m not going to renew my paid subscription to the SDMB because of the rdiculously long wait between each search. :frowning: Peace, mangeorge --- ## [I ate moldy bread...Ahhhh!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-moldy-bread-ahhhh/2375)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 1999, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-moldy-bread-ahhhh/2375 "1999-08-09T05:58:00Z")
So, I inadvertantly ate some moldy bread, funny it tatsed ok. Now, can this stuff hurt me? Or will it just cure some minor infections? --- ## [Do big stars make the same for cartoon voice work as they do normally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-big-stars-make-the-same-for-cartoon-voice-work-as-they-do-normally/645340)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-big-stars-make-the-same-for-cartoon-voice-work-as-they-do-normally/645340 "2012-12-29T08:24:04Z")
See title. --- ## [Likelihood of being a bone marrow donor match?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likelihood-of-being-a-bone-marrow-donor-match/573808)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likelihood-of-being-a-bone-marrow-donor-match/573808 "2011-03-09T16:18:51Z")
Contemplating joining the National Bone Marrow Donor Program. In their FAQ, one of the question is If I join the Be The Match Registry, how likely is it that I will donate to someone? Their answer is “We cannot predict… --- ## [How in the fuck did this slip through?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-fuck-did-this-slip-through/177889)
**Author:** [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-fuck-did-this-slip-through/177889 "2003-05-30T19:42:19Z")
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030527/ap\_en\_mo/phone\_number I would be pissed off something terrible if it was my number they used in the film. Isn’t this exactly why the 555 prefix is supposed to b… --- ## [Why is education always the first thing cut in government budget?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-education-always-the-first-thing-cut-in-government-budget/746439)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-education-always-the-first-thing-cut-in-government-budget/746439 "2016-02-19T14:37:25Z")
When a town or state government wants to save money, or lower taxes, they always take that money from the schools. You want to save taxpayer money, then lower your own salary before cutting anyone else’s. There is a pro… --- ## [Should I go to court over this speeding ticket or just pay it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-to-court-over-this-speeding-ticket-or-just-pay-it/168066)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-to-court-over-this-speeding-ticket-or-just-pay-it/168066 "2003-04-22T00:56:22Z")
So I’m cruising down state route 235 at 7:30 AM on my way to work this morning. It’s a rural area, visibility is excellent, the road is very straight, and traffic is almost non-existent. A state trooper passes me going… --- ## ["This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-program-has-performed-an-illegal-operation-and-will-be-shut-down/543671)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-program-has-performed-an-illegal-operation-and-will-be-shut-down/543671 "2010-06-19T14:33:48Z")
I had almost forgotten that horrible message. Then I fired up my old computer with Windows 98 on it today. It was like entering the time tunnel. 186 Mb of RAM? --- ## [Favorite old pieces of software (not games)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-old-pieces-of-software-not-games/932059)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-old-pieces-of-software-not-games/932059 "2021-04-05T13:16:13Z")
Guys and gals, look at what I found… :cry: (If you can’t see the pic, it’s the CD-ROM shell case for Microsoft’s ‘Multimedia Beethoven: 9th Symphony’, released in 1993.) I haven’t e… --- ## [Could a bunch of fish swimming together break a fishing boat's winch, a la Finding Nemo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-bunch-of-fish-swimming-together-break-a-fishing-boats-winch-a-la-finding-nemo/657652)
**Author:** [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-bunch-of-fish-swimming-together-break-a-fishing-boats-winch-a-la-finding-nemo/657652 "2013-05-07T13:50:42Z")
I was watching Finding Nemo recently — again —and got to wondering about the plausibility of the climactic scene. Here’s the scene in question. In it, because the fish can talk to each other, a school of fish trapped i… --- ## [Is there any evidence that a work out rest days matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-that-a-work-out-rest-days-matter/543390)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-that-a-work-out-rest-days-matter/543390 "2010-06-22T00:05:09Z")
Certainly it is accepted sports medicine and fitness program dogma. I’ve learned it and repeat it myself to others: Avoid weight training the same body parts two days in a row; if primarily aerobic training alternate ha… --- ## [Johnson/Hanks in 2020-After Trump, is anything possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnson-hanks-in-2020-after-trump-is-anything-possible/787279)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnson-hanks-in-2020-after-trump-is-anything-possible/787279 "2017-06-03T19:35:22Z")
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced what he called a serious bid for President on SNL, picking Tom Hanks as his running mate. Normally I’d laugh something like this off…but after the Trump Debacle I’m wondering I’d rath… --- ## [Catholics and belief in evolution.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholics-and-belief-in-evolution/535678)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholics-and-belief-in-evolution/535678 "2010-04-16T12:06:25Z")
It is my understanding that the previous pope declared that Catholicism is not incompatible with the theory of evolution. (I am not a Catholic, and if I am mistaken, I would appreciate correction.) I am curious to know… --- ## [Do you stay in touch with the person you lost your virginity to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-stay-in-touch-with-the-person-you-lost-your-virginity-to/211771)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-stay-in-touch-with-the-person-you-lost-your-virginity-to/211771 "2003-11-22T19:11:28Z")
As for me, no. I never saw her again, and it’s just as well. --- ## [Sons of Guns star Will Hayden charged with child rape.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sons-of-guns-star-will-hayden-charged-with-child-rape/696646)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sons-of-guns-star-will-hayden-charged-with-child-rape/696646 "2014-09-08T14:25:35Z")
This is bad. Really, really bad. Will was always a bit of a control freak on his show. His top gunsmith quit from the verbal abuse. No idea he’d do something like this. He was originally arrested on suspicion of child … --- ## [postdated checks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postdated-checks/557490)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postdated-checks/557490 "2010-10-26T21:17:22Z")
If I try to deposit a post dated check at my bank, will they tell me to bring it back on the date of the check or will they deposit it and wait until the date to present it for payment? --- ## [Money grabbing bastard supermarkets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-grabbing-bastard-supermarkets/457145)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-grabbing-bastard-supermarkets/457145 "2008-07-24T21:29:25Z")
Last week a medium sized can of garden peas cost 23p in my local s/market. I just got back from my twice weekly shopping and the same can now costs 43p :eek: WTF? how in the name of Jacks diseased kidneys can they just… --- ## [What's the DJ doing in a live performance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dj-doing-in-a-live-performance/706345)
**Author:** [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dj-doing-in-a-live-performance/706345 "2014-12-10T03:41:01Z")
Please don’t take this as a “kids today and their artificial music, in my day we had bands who played instruments, get off of my lawn!”-type comment. I may be getting old, but I do appreciate the artistry and craftsman… --- ## [Fuck Coal. It's Time Has Passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-coal-its-time-has-passed/774891)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-coal-its-time-has-passed/774891 "2016-12-20T21:13:39Z")
Look, I am sorry that you come from a long line of coal miners. Really. I know it’s part of your identity. But it’s over. The world is leaving it behind, and now comes word that black lung is massively on the rise (or pr… --- ## [The obscure and eclectic at Disneyland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obscure-and-eclectic-at-disneyland/754719)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obscure-and-eclectic-at-disneyland/754719 "2016-06-07T19:03:42Z")
For reasons that are both essential and ridiculous, I am going to Disneyland in 2 weeks. I’m not really crazy about this trip, but I kinda have to (long story) and since I was there last year with my Mom, I’ve been on j… --- ## [Entities formed with the sole or primary purpose of bringing about their own demise/destruction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entities-formed-with-the-sole-or-primary-purpose-of-bringing-about-their-own-demise-destruction/613676)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entities-formed-with-the-sole-or-primary-purpose-of-bringing-about-their-own-demise-destruction/613676 "2012-02-26T21:39:01Z")
I was thinking about the delicious futility of this object the other day (a machine that is designed to unplug its own power supply), and another device I saw a while back consisting of a box with a switch on it which, w… --- ## [So you want a man who knows how to treat a lady. Well, how do you treat your man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-a-man-who-knows-how-to-treat-a-lady-well-how-do-you-treat-your-man/277525)
**Author:** [@prisoner6655321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prisoner6655321)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-a-man-who-knows-how-to-treat-a-lady-well-how-do-you-treat-your-man/277525 "2004-12-03T14:10:01Z")
I see this all the time when looking through the personals: “Looking for a gentleman who knows how to treat a lady.” Sure, all well and good for the ladies. But what about the guys? Don’t they deserve to be treated ri… --- ## [Do the police investigate serial killers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-police-investigate-serial-killers/532600)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-police-investigate-serial-killers/532600 "2010-03-25T01:30:44Z")
Suppose that there was a series of murders, all in the same city, and the police began to suspect that they had a serial killer on their hands. Would they be obliged to turn the case over the most local FBI office - in … --- ## [Cat has large blood clot in bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-has-large-blood-clot-in-bladder/666561)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-has-large-blood-clot-in-bladder/666561 "2013-08-20T21:29:04Z")
My 16-year old Bengal Cat, Zubin, on Friday, had some blood show up in the litter box It was only a tiny amount, so waited to see what happened. Yesterday (Saturday) there was more. Not sure whether it was rectal or uri… --- ## [Things that used to be villified/outlawed by religions, now accepted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-villified-outlawed-by-religions-now-accepted/507344)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-villified-outlawed-by-religions-now-accepted/507344 "2009-08-30T04:46:08Z")
I’m just curious what sort of things that are now readily accepted as fact or as permissible were once outlawed by one or more religions. For instance, experimenting on cadavers, believing that the earth revolved around… --- ## [FIREFLY question: where did the image of River in a box come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-question-where-did-the-image-of-river-in-a-box-come-from/613670)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Christopher_Robin_Davies)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-question-where-did-the-image-of-river-in-a-box-come-from/613670 "2012-02-26T22:10:19Z")
We did a FIREFLY marathon over the last few nights. In the pilot episode, River Tam first appears naked and in suspended animation. It’s a very striking image and I seem to recall it being similar to something I saw in a… --- ## [Ok to wear scarves in the spring and summer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-wear-scarves-in-the-spring-and-summer/535544)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-wear-scarves-in-the-spring-and-summer/535544 "2010-04-13T16:05:57Z")
I’m not talking about the scarves to keep you warm, but the “fashion” scarves. I just started wearing them last winter, and I have not paid attention to if people wore them when it is warm outside or not. --- ## [Survivor 11/9](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-9/602452)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-9/602452 "2011-11-12T01:42:56Z")
Should be an interesting episode - no need for any RI coverage as there is only one person there. There is a very small chance that Cochrane will quickly see that Hantz is crazy and be able to mine him for information t… --- ## [To the asshole who dented my car today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-asshole-who-dented-my-car-today/337010)
**Author:** [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-asshole-who-dented-my-car-today/337010 "2005-12-30T00:45:17Z")
Dear Fuckwit: When you leave a 6 inch dent in the door of someone’s brand new Mustang (temp tags still on it, even), it is customary to leave a note or your insurance information. Any decent person who damages somethin… --- ## ["Uncle Tom" in other minority groups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncle-tom-in-other-minority-groups/627559)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncle-tom-in-other-minority-groups/627559 "2012-07-15T23:22:46Z")
On Facebook one of my disabled “friends” considers himself a Republican. IMO it’s a “class betrayal” of his fellow disabled. (Yeah, I agree it’s a dramatic overreaction) What would the disabled “Uncle Tom” be called? --- ## [Sin City read order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sin-city-read-order/286587)
**Author:** [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sin-city-read-order/286587 "2005-01-25T19:59:14Z")
So I picked up a whole butt load of Frank Miller’s Sin City books for a song the other day. I mean, tons of them. I’m not sure that I’ve got the full run of everything ever done, but I think it’s close. Something lik… --- ## [For those in "open marriages" how do you deal with your SO going on a date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-in-open-marriages-how-do-you-deal-with-your-so-going-on-a-date/287263)
**Author:** [@Roland\_Deschain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Deschain)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-in-open-marriages-how-do-you-deal-with-your-so-going-on-a-date/287263 "2005-02-04T20:01:13Z")
I’m picturing getting home from work and suggesting that we go get something to eat only to be told “sorry I’ve got a date with Bob tonight”. Do people in these relationships ever walk in on their SO’s in intimate posi… --- ## [Disturbing commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804)
**Author:** [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804 "2007-03-09T23:23:08Z")
Pepto-Bismal has recently updated I-can’t-believe-they-did-that commercial of people doing a symptom-specific knockoff of the Macarena with an even worse version, featuring giant monsters doing the same thing. My life wa… --- ## [Exploring libertarianism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploring-libertarianism/150618)
**Author:** [@nogginhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nogginhead)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploring-libertarianism/150618 "2003-02-07T19:06:06Z")
This is a continuation of a thread with a distasteful title. You may have noticed that subtlety is not one of my strong points. I’m honestly trying to get an understanding of what you mean, and rephrasing in my own w… --- ## [We find life on Mars - do you care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-find-life-on-mars-do-you-care/555005)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-find-life-on-mars-do-you-care/555005 "2010-09-29T17:11:14Z")
I started a thread a while back on how the world would react to conclusive proof of extraterritorial intelligence - an obviously world-view changing event for pretty much everyone. However, apropos of a program I watched… --- ## [Average IQ of Typical Trump Supporter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-iq-of-typical-trump-supporter/854743)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-iq-of-typical-trump-supporter/854743 "2020-08-04T23:50:46Z")
I concede there are very intelligent Trump supporters, specifically those in high income tax brackets who are all about the GOP core tenants of lower taxes and pro corporate policies. However, I have a real hard time und… --- ## [Sorry boobs, you have to go.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-boobs-you-have-to-go/407698)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-boobs-you-have-to-go/407698 "2007-06-16T03:00:30Z")
I am finally, and officially not breastfeeding anymore. My 23 months-old made abundantly clear, “no more boobies!”. I don’t know how long it will take to stop producing milk, but this is the first step in the plan to get… --- ## [Is anyone going to do anything about Rick Rolling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-going-to-do-anything-about-rick-rolling/442901)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-going-to-do-anything-about-rick-rolling/442901 "2008-04-01T06:37:09Z")
Or any other type of “rolling”, i.e. posting a link and lying about where it goes. Post which brought this concern up - http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?postcount=6&p=9614916 I joined this board and gla… --- ## [The Case of the Missing Editor/Proofreader.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-editor-proofreader/732243)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-editor-proofreader/732243 "2015-09-26T06:00:51Z")
Has anyone else read a book where you wonder where the F was the proofreader/editor? Mine is a book I checked out from the library called The Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless History Fact-O-Pedia. The title fit… --- ## [How do I block Microsoft from downloading into my computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-block-microsoft-from-downloading-into-my-computer/923137)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-block-microsoft-from-downloading-into-my-computer/923137 "2021-01-03T14:33:53Z")
It happened again. Microsoft dumped another load of unwanted crap in my computer. And then it shut down my computer without asking so it could launch all of this crap. And it produced the usual result; I’m now finding pr… --- ## [Peanut brittle and other things that were only sold door-to-door](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-brittle-and-other-things-that-were-only-sold-door-to-door/666554)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-brittle-and-other-things-that-were-only-sold-door-to-door/666554 "2013-08-25T13:57:00Z")
I recall that when I was a kid in the '70s, my dad was a big fan of peanut brittle (brickle), but back then you couldn’t get it in the supermarket (at least in the Midwest where we lived). Once a year a peanut brittle se… --- ## [Best and worst prequels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-prequels/630873)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-prequels/630873 "2012-08-10T13:50:59Z")
What are the best and worst prequels? This question covers novels, narrative poetry, TV shows, movies, comic books, and any other narrative fiction works. For the purpose of this question, a prequel is a prequel regard… --- ## [What If Everyone Could Swap Bodies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-everyone-could-swap-bodies/712062)
**Author:** [@Lewis47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lewis47)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-everyone-could-swap-bodies/712062 "2017-05-11T13:19:38Z")
What if everyone could swap bodies? Imagine the possibilities and experiences you could have. If you’re a guy, you could see what it feels like to be an attractive woman and vice versa. Who would you swap bodies with … --- ## [What does “rural addressing” mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-rural-addressing-mean/717720)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-rural-addressing-mean/717720 "2015-04-17T01:18:39Z")
I was browsing through the website of Bandera County in Texas. Apparently, two county employees are charged with “rural addressing”. I have no idea what that means. Do they make up street names and assign house numbers (… --- ## [Japan and technology.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-and-technology/848258)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-and-technology/848258 "2020-02-26T18:15:58Z")
Japan is often thought of as the country of cutting edge, futuristic technology, but that might not always be true. I recently read that lots of people in Japan still use fax machines and a lot of Japanese companies stil… --- ## [Do you feel Col. Kaddafi deserved his fate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-col-kaddafi-deserved-his-fate/683001)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-col-kaddafi-deserved-his-fate/683001 "2014-03-13T18:49:07Z")
You guys can probably fill people in on all the bad things he did from the time he took power (better than me.) But just from the point of view of a Filipino, he helped broker peace talks between the Philippine Governmen… --- ## ['chopping broccoli' by Dana Carvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopping-broccoli-by-dana-carvey/171500)
**Author:** [@The\_Calculus\_of\_Logic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Calculus_of_Logic)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chopping-broccoli-by-dana-carvey/171500 "2003-04-29T02:33:19Z")
Is this song based on a real song, and if so what was the name of it. --- ## [Obama Cancels Missile Shield: Putin to Reciprocate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-cancels-missile-shield-putin-to-reciprocate/510514)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-cancels-missile-shield-putin-to-reciprocate/510514 "2009-09-26T21:19:42Z")
The NY Times reported that President Obama has decided to stop work on the missiles, which were to be placed in Poland, intended to protect Eastern Europe from attack. The Poles and Czechs are furious-but the Russians a… --- ## [At 8pm tonight I became a Permanent Resident of Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-8pm-tonight-i-became-a-permanent-resident-of-canada/463541)
**Author:** [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-8pm-tonight-i-became-a-permanent-resident-of-canada/463541 "2008-09-19T18:52:53Z")
YEAH! It was years in the making, several thousand dollars in fees, and lots of forms, but we got our papers tonight at the border. Even though I’m living in Canada I have to “land” at the border. We had to leave and re… --- ## [Sub-Machine Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sub-machine-guns/507048)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sub-machine-guns/507048 "2009-08-22T01:46:13Z")
Why are the magazines for these weapons curved?. I would have thought that having a straight magazine similar to the WW2 German Schmeisser would make more sense as that gives the shooter something to grip. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1952&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1954&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)