# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=197&period=all&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 198 --- ## [what (if anything) do other cultures think is gross in American diets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-do-other-cultures-think-is-gross-in-american-diets/268271)
**Author:** [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-do-other-cultures-think-is-gross-in-american-diets/268271 "2004-10-20T19:26:02Z")
Somehow I ended up talking with my 7 year old son about how some cultures eat dogs and eyes and snails and other nasty things. Strange how the conversations always turn in such directions with him. He asked why they eat … --- ## [How do I get Rich Girl Hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rich-girl-hair/612230)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rich-girl-hair/612230 "2012-02-19T19:26:32Z")
Sorry for the shallow question, but anyway… what products/techniques get me that thick, shiny, bouncy rich-girl-hair look, like Charlotte from Sex And The City? My hair is fine Caucasian hair with a very slight wave. I … --- ## [Celibacy or How Long Have YOU Gone Without?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celibacy-or-how-long-have-you-gone-without/597329)
**Author:** [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celibacy-or-how-long-have-you-gone-without/597329 "2018-08-18T11:18:47Z")
Just curious how long others have gone with no intimate contact, and why. Being intimate with yourself doesn’t count :slight\_smile: I’m single and I don’t date, coming up on four years for me. Why? Abusive marriage, … --- ## [Defence of torture and torturers, really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defence-of-torture-and-torturers-really/707016)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defence-of-torture-and-torturers-really/707016 "2014-12-15T10:21:20Z")
What the fuck is happening in this thread? We have posters in 2014 defending torture and torturers, a practice every civilised country in the world finds unacceptable to the extent that it’s one of the few things, along… --- ## [RO: Spreading Disease via the mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-spreading-disease-via-the-mail/601917)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-spreading-disease-via-the-mail/601917 "2011-11-14T01:26:08Z")
http://www.kpho.com/story/15896021/cbs-5-investigates-mail-order-diseases " Doctors and medical experts are concerned about a new trend taking place on Facebook. Parents are trading live viruses through the mail in orde… --- ## [Skiiers: What's so bad about "air"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skiiers-whats-so-bad-about-air/529677)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skiiers-whats-so-bad-about-air/529677 "2010-02-27T11:11:39Z")
I’ve been watching skiing at the Olympics, and I notice that the commentators always seem to refer to “getting air” - that is, flying through the air - with disapprobation. Why? Seems to me that there’s less friction in… --- ## [Return address same as deliver to address - illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-address-same-as-deliver-to-address-illegal/96219)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-address-same-as-deliver-to-address-illegal/96219 "2013-03-06T07:20:50Z")
I was under the impression that putting the “deliver to” address in the “return address” are was illegal. The idea behind doing this would be to mail a letter without postage. Since the return address is the same as the … --- ## [Sequential threads - You'll shoot your eye out, kid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 377\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-youll-shoot-your-eye-out-kid/561276 "2010-12-31T12:25:27Z")
Here’s a new thread for the holidays folks. What would antimatter look like? Nuclear war aftermath… --- ## [Ew. Blackmailing girls using a web cam.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874)
**Author:** [@palacheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palacheck)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ew-blackmailing-girls-using-a-web-cam/536874 "2012-02-06T15:10:26Z")
I came across a post on another forum I visit warning parents not to let their teenagers use webcams in random chat rooms because of the risk of “blackmail”. Apparently it’s sort of a favorite activity among certain gro… --- ## [The pithiest advice you ever got...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067 "2024-06-12T03:32:41Z")
“It only shoots where you point it.”- my marksmanship instructor --- ## [I just found out I've been presupposing naturalism my whole life. Is this a fallacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-ive-been-presupposing-naturalism-my-whole-life-is-this-a-fallacy/592693)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-ive-been-presupposing-naturalism-my-whole-life-is-this-a-fallacy/592693 "2011-08-27T18:09:20Z")
While listening to an old Don Johnson Christian Debates podcast, he pointed out that his guest was presupposing naturalism. My gut response was “Well …duh.” If I see card trick, I would never consider the option that i… --- ## [I don't think I can say this in the Elections forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-say-this-in-the-elections-forum/771297)
**Author:** [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-i-can-say-this-in-the-elections-forum/771297 "2016-11-13T04:15:26Z")
Let me preface this by saying… Hahahahahaha to all the smug liberals now crying the tastiest of tears. The sheer despair of watching the liberal sheep in Hollywood, the media, on social media, on this board and in real … --- ## [How long for garlic to leave your system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-for-garlic-to-leave-your-system/478835)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-for-garlic-to-leave-your-system/478835 "2011-10-10T15:34:27Z")
I’m meeting a friend in a couple of hours, and am aware that I currently reek of garlic. I had a fantastic curry last night, and every single part of the meal was covered in either fresh or pureed garlic. Any idea how … --- ## [Trump Tower has a direct server connection to a Russia bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tower-has-a-direct-server-connection-to-a-russia-bank/770309)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tower-has-a-direct-server-connection-to-a-russia-bank/770309 "2021-10-30T09:23:15Z")
Remember my thread about Donald being a Putin Patsy? Maybe I need to reconsider. Maybe Donald Trump is an active Russian agent. This article talks about how, while investing recent Russian hacking schemes, a group of … --- ## [African-American neighborhood does not want a Trader Joe's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-neighborhood-does-not-want-a-trader-joes/680538)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-neighborhood-does-not-want-a-trader-joes/680538 "2014-02-13T21:05:07Z")
Community activists in an African-American neighborhood of Portland, OR are against the idea of a Trader Joe’s opening in their neighborhood. Link. I find this interesting, as I have heard African-Americans complain t… --- ## [Kentucky's Ark Encounter: $100 million boondoggle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentuckys-ark-encounter-100-million-boondoggle/758907)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentuckys-ark-encounter-100-million-boondoggle/758907 "2016-08-14T00:15:09Z")
Even though I’m Christian, I do not believe that the Noah’s Ark story was a worldwide flood. It would be geologically impossible, among other things. In the meantime, Ken Ham, a longtime apologetic who has debated a nu… --- ## [We are not smart/savvy enough to work at a Walmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-smart-savvy-enough-to-work-at-a-walmart/533189)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-smart-savvy-enough-to-work-at-a-walmart/533189 "2010-03-24T19:42:22Z")
I was helping my daughter apply online with Walmart. This would be her first real job. She was confused when she came to the part where you have to answer a series of hypothetical work-situation questions, as she’s never… --- ## [gun grabbers and gun nuts: Would you take this grand bargain on guns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-grabbers-and-gun-nuts-would-you-take-this-grand-bargain-on-guns/657138)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-grabbers-and-gun-nuts-would-you-take-this-grand-bargain-on-guns/657138 "2013-05-15T16:57:05Z")
I think we are at about the most rational moment as can be expected on the gun debate. All gun legislation is dead, the gun nuts are done gloating about it and the gun grabbers are over their disappointment and have res… --- ## [What Would The Anti-Stimulus-ers Have Preferred?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-anti-stimulus-ers-have-preferred/554443)
**Author:** [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-anti-stimulus-ers-have-preferred/554443 "2010-10-08T17:30:16Z")
Out here in, purple and dreadfully confused SW Pennsylvania we’ve got a hot congressional race (Jason Altmire versus I Haven’t A Clue Who Because He’s Not Advertising Yet) and a hot senate race (Joe Sestak versus Pat Too… --- ## [Songs you didn't "get" as a kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-get-as-a-kid/536775)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-get-as-a-kid/536775 "2010-04-24T23:58:03Z")
I guess there were plenty I never really “got.” One that comes to mind is Deuce, by Kiss. The only reference to “deuce” that I’d ever heard was in cards: as in “all I got is a pair of deuces.” I thought the song was … --- ## [Truly evil characters in film and literature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-characters-in-film-and-literature/572988)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-evil-characters-in-film-and-literature/572988 "2011-03-15T04:30:47Z")
I’ve been re-watching Oz on DVD recently. While many of the characters depicted on that show are of the most despicable type imaginable, Vern Schillinger has to be at the top of as far as evil bastards on that show goes… --- ## [Universal Gun Background Checks: How would this work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-gun-background-checks-how-would-this-work/651349)
**Author:** [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-gun-background-checks-how-would-this-work/651349 "2013-04-18T18:50:19Z")
During the State of the Union, Obama had several requests regarding gun control. One of them was requesting background checks: Whenever people talk about universal background checks or closing the “gun show loophole” … --- ## [Face Off Season 6 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-off-season-6-thread/678856)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-off-season-6-thread/678856 "2014-04-23T17:09:09Z")
Here’s the season 6 cast. Some good news. McKenzie Westmore and guest judge Patrick Tatopoulos Are Engaged! There’s some good talent this season. They are also promising much bigger challenges. They must have gotten a … --- ## [Great diplomat Obama strikes again. "Ignorance and incompetence"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-diplomat-obama-strikes-again-ignorance-and-incompetence/623541)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-diplomat-obama-strikes-again-ignorance-and-incompetence/623541 "2012-06-01T18:37:09Z")
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-30/polish-premier-demands-u-s-response-to-obama-death-camp-remark.html “The White House will apologize for this outrageous mistake,” Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski wrote on his … --- ## [Tesla Motors vs. the NYT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-motors-vs-the-nyt/650301)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-motors-vs-the-nyt/650301 "2013-03-05T17:45:20Z")
Tesla Releases Driving Logs Contradicting NYT’s Scathing Review of Model S ISTM that Tesla is claiming outright lying by the NYT reviewer. This would have to be pretty unusual behaviour for a reporter from that paper, b… --- ## [Manual or Hydrostatic lawn tractor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-or-hydrostatic-lawn-tractor/535558)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-or-hydrostatic-lawn-tractor/535558 "2010-04-10T03:55:43Z")
I’m going to buy a John Deere this weekend. I’m going to buy one from their LA100 series. I’ve narrowed it down to two - the LA105 (manual) or the LA115 (hydrostatic). Every single thing on these two machines is exactly… --- ## [The latest Racist Fire to be fanned? Black Panther charges dropped.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-racist-fire-to-be-fanned-black-panther-charges-dropped/545957)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-racist-fire-to-be-fanned-black-panther-charges-dropped/545957 "2010-07-19T16:50:17Z")
Left Fox and friends on for a while this morning as I occaionally do just to see what they’re doing. I was shocked to hear them go on about the case of the Black Panthers outside a polling place in Philly and being charg… --- ## [Well, Somebody's Gotta Do The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 417\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-somebodys-gotta-do-the-mmp/653241 "2013-03-25T16:39:39Z")
So it might as well be me. :smiley: Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN ‘Tis a very cloudy, drizzly 60 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 78 and probably rain throughout the day. Then we shall have a cool do… --- ## [Ruth Bader Ginsburg's replacement nomination fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-replacement-nomination-fight/783020 "2018-11-10T12:55:32Z")
This is a jumping off point for a debate with the following hypothetical predicates: (1) Democrats filibuster Gorsuch; (2) Republicans remove the filibuster rule for Supreme Court nominees; (3) Gorsuch is confirmed to… --- ## [Should the U.S. Military allow Humanist/Secularist/Atheist chaplains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-u-s-military-allow-humanist-secularist-atheist-chaplains/774801)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-u-s-military-allow-humanist-secularist-atheist-chaplains/774801 "2016-12-24T01:49:36Z")
I found an interesting article on Wondering Eagle about the ongoing effort to allow Secular/Humanist/Atheist chaplains in the U.S. Military. Apparently many major universities have Humanist chaplains, including U.S.C., H… --- ## [How much force is required to tear off a human ear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-force-is-required-to-tear-off-a-human-ear/233994)
**Author:** [@mendelrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mendelrat)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2004, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-force-is-required-to-tear-off-a-human-ear/233994 "2004-03-17T08:18:52Z")
A friend of mine told me that it was relatively easy to tear off a human ear, but does anyone know just how much force is required on the average adult male? Any documented cases available? --- ## [What's for dinner tonight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/694266)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/694266 "2014-08-31T15:03:01Z")
These are often fun. :smiley: I baked a couple of potatoes over the weekend and then they didn’t get eaten (long story, alcohol was involved) so tonight will be baked potato soup. I have carrots and green onions (and ch… --- ## [Are religious people crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-religious-people-crazy/589739)
**Author:** [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-religious-people-crazy/589739 "2011-07-25T13:52:30Z")
If someone were to read a Harry Potter book and believe every word of it, believe in witches and warlocks and magic, believe that anyone who didn’t believe in them was at best doomed, and at worst in league with evil, wo… --- ## [What happens after you get arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-after-you-get-arrested/547408)
**Author:** [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-after-you-get-arrested/547408 "2010-07-26T13:17:49Z")
So you committed a crime, jaywalking or something, and the police come to get you. They break down your door, shoot your dog, taser your cat, verbally threaten your hamster, and then handcuff you and take you away. So … --- ## [Ask the (hopefully soon-to-be-former) Hoarder/Clutterer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hopefully-soon-to-be-former-hoarder-clutterer/620303)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hopefully-soon-to-be-former-hoarder-clutterer/620303 "2012-05-19T18:05:37Z")
Hi. I know this topic’s been done before in a couple of different shades: Ask the adult child of a hoarder/clutterer and Ask the girl who went from squalor to show home are two mentioned in the very useful “Ask the…” com… --- ## [Those who dislike indian food.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-who-dislike-indian-food/559064)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-who-dislike-indian-food/559064 "2010-11-09T03:46:44Z")
( In various threads dopers stated their dislike for indian food). What part of the food do you dislike? Is it that there is spice in almost everything? Or is it the amount of spice per dish? Or is it any particular sp… --- ## [Harder to fake - a british accent or an american accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harder-to-fake-a-british-accent-or-an-american-accent/563669)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harder-to-fake-a-british-accent-or-an-american-accent/563669 "2010-12-15T03:07:55Z")
Maybe it’s my boorish americanism showing but it seems like british people don’t do a very good job of faking an American accent - Hugh Laurie excluded. --- ## [Are acrylic nails trashy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-acrylic-nails-trashy/443747)
**Author:** [@bubble\_pop\_electric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubble_pop_electric)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-acrylic-nails-trashy/443747 "2013-02-01T16:00:15Z")
Can’t decide if this should be in MPSIMS. Do you associate fake nails with low class? Does it make a difference whether they look like, say, this as opposed to this or even this ? --- ## [Celebrities on your Top 5 List -- With Conditions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-your-top-5-list-with-conditions/492249)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-on-your-top-5-list-with-conditions/492249 "2009-04-13T03:19:43Z")
Alright, I think we all know about how this little caveat to monogamy works… you get to choose 5 famous people that your significant other would be willing to let you sleep with if the occasion ever arose. But there’s a … --- ## [Not pit-level annoyance, just a peeve about pedo and rape hysteria...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-pit-level-annoyance-just-a-peeve-about-pedo-and-rape-hysteria/562470)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-pit-level-annoyance-just-a-peeve-about-pedo-and-rape-hysteria/562470 "2010-12-03T14:52:08Z")
I’d just like to say that I’m really sick of the over-the-top outrage displayed by so many at every imaginable instance of sexual activity in anyone, especially females, under the age of 18. 18 is an arbitrary, (but cer… --- ## [Britain's Got Talent meets Les Miserables](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britains-got-talent-meets-les-miserables/492906)
**Author:** [@Scathach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scathach)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britains-got-talent-meets-les-miserables/492906 "2009-05-11T07:31:06Z")
I had a look through the forums and couldn’t see this posted anywhere else. You may agree or disagree, but I think this video is unmissable. I don’t really want to describe it before people see it, because I think it lo… --- ## [Surprised by American food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-by-american-food/396668)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprised-by-american-food/396668 "2007-03-28T15:43:43Z")
When I visited London a little over a year ago I noticed that a common item on menus were baked potatoes topped with tuna, baked beans, or other items that to an American seem weird. Before my trip I had never seen tuna… --- ## [Highest name ordinal suffix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-name-ordinal-suffix/410518)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-name-ordinal-suffix/410518 "2014-11-07T19:24:40Z")
Does anyone know what the highest numeric suffix following a name - of a civilian, not a Royal or a Pope - is? As in John Smith, Sr - John Smith, Jr - John Smith III - etc.? Googling found me a guy with VII after his na… --- ## [Fucking Stupid Democrat Fraudulent Voters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-stupid-democrat-fraudulent-voters/650986)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-stupid-democrat-fraudulent-voters/650986 "2013-03-15T08:22:18Z")
Sorry for the Fox news link, but the CNN ‘article’ is a video. Ohio has pretty good evidence that a bunch of Obama supporters voted multiple times in the election. The CNN video has a woman saying, “yes, I voted twice.” … --- ## [When (and why) the fuck did checking out at a store become such a goddamned stupid ordeal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-the-fuck-did-checking-out-at-a-store-become-such-a-goddamned-stupid-ordeal/654803)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-the-fuck-did-checking-out-at-a-store-become-such-a-goddamned-stupid-ordeal/654803 "2013-04-08T16:33:20Z")
Egad I’m crabby! My wifes car had a flat tire this morning. I’m pretty sure it has a slow leak in the valve. Rather than going through the trouble of jacking up the car and such, I decided to get a can of Fix-a-Flat and… --- ## [Taking the leap into polyamory; advice and experiences appreciated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-leap-into-polyamory-advice-and-experiences-appreciated/764843)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-leap-into-polyamory-advice-and-experiences-appreciated/764843 "2018-03-14T20:23:27Z")
I don’t know if polyamory is the right term but I think so. My gf (of about a year and a half) and I have decided to open up our sex lives a bit and explore adult fun with another couple. Those with personal experience… --- ## [Super Bowl Commercials!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079 "2010-02-10T18:22:52Z")
Abe Vigoda! Ha! (Snickers) --- ## [What is the lesson of Passover?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lesson-of-passover/529963)
**Author:** [@Frank\_apisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_apisa)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lesson-of-passover/529963 "2010-03-29T15:54:06Z")
In another thread, I questioned the lesson being taught in the Biblical story of Adam and Eve…and then asked a question of the theists participating here in the forum. In this thread, I’d like to question the lesson bei… --- ## [Exsplain to a "Nerf" generation kid just how dangerous things were....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exsplain-to-a-nerf-generation-kid-just-how-dangerous-things-were/602764)
**Author:** [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exsplain-to-a-nerf-generation-kid-just-how-dangerous-things-were/602764 "2011-11-21T15:40:09Z")
I am trying to get a 12 yr old to believe how cushioned, sheltered and protected his life has been, compared to mine (I am 50). I am looking for your suggestions and examples. Feel free to go back to 1900, if you like … --- ## [Ramifications of Self-Driving Cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramifications-of-self-driving-cars/753350)
**Author:** [@MegaNazz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaNazz)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramifications-of-self-driving-cars/753350 "2016-07-02T01:47:52Z")
A FB friend of mine shared an auto shop blog article about self-driving cars being “the wave of the future.” I enjoy driving for the most part but could definitely get behind taking a Johnny Cab to work everyday for a mo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=196&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=198&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)