# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1985&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:** 1986 --- ## [Measuring shoe laces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-shoe-laces/571635)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-shoe-laces/571635 "2011-02-19T04:12:51Z")
I need a new pair of shoe laces because one lace broke. So I unthread the whole one and measure it from aglet tip to aglet tip with my handy dandy metal measuring tape. 38 inches. So I go to several stores, looking for … --- ## [When otherwise intelligent people stun you with their lack of knowledge.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-otherwise-intelligent-people-stun-you-with-their-lack-of-knowledge/104025)
**Author:** [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-otherwise-intelligent-people-stun-you-with-their-lack-of-knowledge/104025 "2002-04-22T18:15:39Z")
First off, everyone has their strong points educationally. I am not writing this to say that everyone who doesnt know the answers to every question is stupid. (Look at that, I cant even construct a simple sentence myself… --- ## [Suppose Stalingrad was Not a German Defeat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-stalingrad-was-not-a-german-defeat/741637)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-stalingrad-was-not-a-german-defeat/741637 "2016-01-02T20:08:10Z")
Stalingrad was surrounded by Russian forces in 1942 (November). As everyone knows, the German 6th Army was starved and forced to surrender-this marked the beginning of the end for Germany. the loss was severe, over 1 mil… --- ## [The agony of big boobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-agony-of-big-boobs/391193)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-agony-of-big-boobs/391193 "2007-02-08T18:06:15Z")
While visiting my best friend on Saturday, I was forced to buy some new clothes. She didn’t like the fact that my pants were 2 sizes too big and my shirt was 4 sizes too big. She didn’t like my excuse that I gain and los… --- ## ["acting" is not a career, and reuires no talent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acting-is-not-a-career-and-reuires-no-talent/78915)
**Author:** [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acting-is-not-a-career-and-reuires-no-talent/78915 "2001-09-06T16:57:12Z")
parroting lines in front of the oh-so-important tee-vee camera is not a career. There is no “talent” there, actors of the world. It is something about 90% of society can do, but most of them have better things to do with… --- ## [What does "Miss Thing" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-miss-thing-mean/57241)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-miss-thing-mean/57241 "2016-06-06T16:48:01Z")
In books or movies, it’s usually pimps or gay guys who say this. I had thought it was some kind of '70s pimp slang, but I just saw the term in a Hubert Selby Jr. novel from the '50s. What the heck does it mean? --- ## [Bubble Tea Neti Pot (ouch)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-neti-pot-ouch/586235)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-tea-neti-pot-ouch/586235 "2012-12-28T01:33:52Z")
Today I decided to have a Bubble Tea, I got watermelon with lychee, no tapioca. So I’m moseying back to the office, sucking on my Bubble Tea but all the jellies are in a huge bunch at the bottom and won’t suck up the st… --- ## [Phone call answered by: "You'll mark the word..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-call-answered-by-youll-mark-the-word/725200)
**Author:** [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-call-answered-by-youll-mark-the-word/725200 "2015-08-24T21:59:04Z")
The strangest thing just happened. I called my sister’s cell phone (area code 313, prefix 715) and the first time I called it, something picked up immediately and said: “You’ll mark the word SOON now.” It did this thre… --- ## [This teacher is not fit to teach !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-teacher-is-not-fit-to-teach/732299)
**Author:** [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-teacher-is-not-fit-to-teach/732299 "2015-09-24T23:01:10Z")
http://zap2it.com/2015/09/oklahoma-4-year-old-left-hand-evil-sinister-teacher/ --- ## [True Blood 11/16/08 -- OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-11-16-08-open-spoilers/473098)
**Author:** [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-11-16-08-open-spoilers/473098 "2008-11-21T16:39:51Z")
Despite the predictability of a lot of this episode, it was pretty satisfying. It would have been more satisfying without Sookie and Sam, but there ya go. Apparently the woman who bailed Tara out of jail is the naked w… --- ## [What's The Optimum Way To Mow an Irregular Shaped Lawn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-optimum-way-to-mow-an-irregular-shaped-lawn/625575)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-optimum-way-to-mow-an-irregular-shaped-lawn/625575 "2012-06-19T06:24:24Z")
The mover mfg. recommends that yo mow in a grid pattern-that is, mow in one direction, turn 180 degrees and mw that way-repeat till you have covered the lawn. Wouldn’t it be better to mow in a circular spiral pattern? T… --- ## [Cleaning up milk-based vomit from carpeting (kinda urgent)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-milk-based-vomit-from-carpeting-kinda-urgent/717060)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-milk-based-vomit-from-carpeting-kinda-urgent/717060 "2015-04-12T14:39:08Z")
Can anyone help me? We have a large spot on our carpet… The vomit consisted of a number of organic items, the worst of which was whole milk (there was also some fruit). But the milk seems to be the culprit for the sou… --- ## [Critic Jay Raynor damns restaurant Le Cinq in The Guardian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critic-jay-raynor-damns-restaurant-le-cinq-in-the-guardian/784121)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critic-jay-raynor-damns-restaurant-le-cinq-in-the-guardian/784121 "2017-04-12T19:24:16Z")
This is a deliciously damning review of Le Cinq in the Guardian. The language he continues to use is a delight to read. --- ## [Are almost all canid and almost all felid species able to breed, theoretically?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-almost-all-canid-and-almost-all-felid-species-able-to-breed-theoretically/537244)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-almost-all-canid-and-almost-all-felid-species-able-to-breed-theoretically/537244 "2010-04-26T23:08:54Z")
(Not with each other, obviously) Assuming it’s only a matter of mixing the egg and sperm and putting the embryo someplace to grow where it won’t cause a problem, at what degree of separation is it no longer possible for… --- ## [When is it okay for a minister to tell their assistant to buy sex toys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-okay-for-a-minister-to-tell-their-assistant-to-buy-sex-toys/800134)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-okay-for-a-minister-to-tell-their-assistant-to-buy-sex-toys/800134 "2017-11-12T00:49:01Z")
Unless you’re researching them, pretty much never, right? So, resign already! Telegraph article here; Guardian article here. --- ## [What determines whether a person gets a public defender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-determines-whether-a-person-gets-a-public-defender/475485)
**Author:** [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-determines-whether-a-person-gets-a-public-defender/475485 "2008-12-08T05:55:38Z")
The Miranda warning says, quoting from Wikipedia, “If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.” What does that mean exactly? Lawyers are expensive. I don’t most people people who aren’t at least uppe… --- ## [Apprentice: 9/23/04 (possible spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apprentice-9-23-04-possible-spoilers/265634)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apprentice-9-23-04-possible-spoilers/265634 "2004-09-27T18:01:37Z")
We might as well start now. I have a couple of little tidbits from the news that might offer some hints about what’s going to happen. They’re both from mainstream new sources but I’ll spoilerize them anyway. The firs r… --- ## [Dating in Europe/UK vs USA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-in-europe-uk-vs-usa/477431)
**Author:** [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-in-europe-uk-vs-usa/477431 "2008-12-18T05:39:31Z")
Touched upon in the What event officializes a 1 on 1 relationship? thread, I’m wondering how the dating scene is the same/different in Europe and the UK as opposed to in the U.S. I’ve only dated a few women from Europe a… --- ## [Great body/okay face or okay body/great face- which do you prefer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155 "2005-07-23T15:47:22Z")
This is a continuation of the morning’s water cooler conversation in my workplace. Which do you find sexier: -a \[gender of your choice\] who has a beautiful/handsome (whichever term is appropriate) face \[everything clic… --- ## ["I love you, but I'll be leaving you in 2 years."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-you-but-ill-be-leaving-you-in-2-years/174357)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-you-but-ill-be-leaving-you-in-2-years/174357 "2003-05-28T07:01:40Z")
Well, shit! Thanks for the warning, honey! This is the continuing tale of the 5 year romance between Quasi and uh, Esmerelda (for want of a more pit-like name - I am a gentleman after all!). So anyway, she wants to mov… --- ## [How to Quickly and Safely Break a Window](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-and-safely-break-a-window/610144)
**Author:** [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quickly-and-safely-break-a-window/610144 "2012-01-28T20:15:17Z")
The background: A family member took a job which requires him to spend a lot of time waiting at the local motor vehicles department. Surprisingly, the waiting area where he will be spending time is on an upper floor and… --- ## [Are vests (3-piece suits) back in style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2014, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362 "2014-05-02T05:55:19Z")
I am having a hard time figuring out where and if they are appropriate. Personally I like the look(it helps hide my beer gut), but I wonder if in the work environment if it is a little too much, or smacks of faddish hip… --- ## [From This Group, Who Is Your Favorite Guitarist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-group-who-is-your-favorite-guitarist/489476)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-group-who-is-your-favorite-guitarist/489476 "2009-03-19T16:43:57Z")
Just from this list, who’s your favorite to listen to, in order? Who do you think is the most skillful? Give an explanation if you like. Jimi Hendrix Eric Clapton Jimmy Page Duane Allman Stevie Ray Vaughn My choice… --- ## [Bad Movie Club](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-club/475778)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-club/475778 "2008-12-15T05:54:33Z")
The discussion in the Theodore Rex thread inspired me to see if anyone was interested in taking a few more bullets for the team? Anyone want to watch a handful of truly bad movies–bad by accident, or by committee, not on… --- ## [The backlash against helicopter parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backlash-against-helicopter-parents/495322)
**Author:** [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-backlash-against-helicopter-parents/495322 "2009-05-06T14:24:08Z")
There have been a lot of articles and books recently like A Nation of Wimps By: Hara Estroff Marano http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20041112-000010.html -Stop worrying about your children! http://www.salo… --- ## [Kids party, can I ask the parents to pay their own way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-party-can-i-ask-the-parents-to-pay-their-own-way/529180)
**Author:** [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-party-can-i-ask-the-parents-to-pay-their-own-way/529180 "2010-02-17T01:51:54Z")
Or, there’s no good way out of this, is there? I’m planning a paintball party for my late elementary school aged son. He wants to invite seven friends, and I have talked with the parents of five of the boys. Of course… --- ## [Intense songs by women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intense-songs-by-women/500216)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intense-songs-by-women/500216 "2009-06-24T20:07:40Z")
Every once in a while, just for fun, I keep to a theme in my listening. Sometimes I’ll go through my music files and play songs by harmonica players. Sometimes it’ll be songs about crying, or drinking, or songs with nu… --- ## [Have you never driven a rear-wheel-drive car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-driven-a-rear-wheel-drive-car/678388)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-driven-a-rear-wheel-drive-car/678388 "2014-01-12T05:35:46Z")
I’m 43. I grew up riding in, and ultimately learned how to drive in, a rear-wheel-drive car. The first car I owned was also RWD. My second and third cars were FWD, and I was always annoyed at how they tended to unders… --- ## [Share any experience with buying quinine in Mexico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-any-experience-with-buying-quinine-in-mexico/583023)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-any-experience-with-buying-quinine-in-mexico/583023 "2011-05-27T19:26:55Z")
My spouse and her doctors think that quinine is the best treatment to prevent cramp. She, and her doctors think the US law is silly and that the persons defending the US law are silly. I have nothing better to do than g… --- ## [Spoiled children or Selfish Adults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiled-children-or-selfish-adults/633279)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiled-children-or-selfish-adults/633279 "2012-09-04T16:32:51Z")
Yesterday I walked into a conversation that my employees were having over lunch. They were talking about an upgraded expensive electronic that was coming out soon and one mother was wondering if she should purchase it f… --- ## [Sandra Bernhard makes rape funny again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254)
**Author:** [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bernhard-makes-rape-funny-again/466254 "2008-10-13T06:54:09Z")
Sandra brings the house down I guess it was only a matter of time before someone said that Palin should be raped, but why did it have to be a Jewish comedian? When David Duke can take the high moral ground over you, you… --- ## [Let Americans Provide Their Own Security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-americans-provide-their-own-security/262351)
**Author:** [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-americans-provide-their-own-security/262351 "2004-09-30T06:21:20Z")
An interesting OP-ED piece with which I agree in the Miami Herald Government interference in firearms ownership is a mistaken attempt to provide security, but it’s making us less secure, instead, and raising our taxes, … --- ## [How is the name Ilan pronounced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-name-ilan-pronounced/465021)
**Author:** [@johnsonlnl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnsonlnl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-name-ilan-pronounced/465021 "2008-09-25T04:41:41Z")
I have a meeting coming up with a person of Jewish descent whose name is Ilan. We’ve only communicated via email to this point. I’m not 100% sure how to pronounce his name. Anyone have a certain answer on this? I wou… --- ## [Newhart ending vs St. Elsewhere ending](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newhart-ending-vs-st-elsewhere-ending/513723)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newhart-ending-vs-st-elsewhere-ending/513723 "2009-10-15T03:18:29Z")
I generally only hear nothing but praise about how Newhart ended, and nothing but disdain about how St. Elsewhere ended. And I pretty much feel the same way, but… Thinking about it, why is it bad that everything that h… --- ## [Have you or anyone in your household actually ordered something from a TV advert/infomercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-anyone-in-your-household-actually-ordered-something-from-a-tv-advert-infomercial/554970)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-anyone-in-your-household-actually-ordered-something-from-a-tv-advert-infomercial/554970 "2010-09-27T19:32:00Z")
“It’s a pillow! It’s a pet! It’s a pillow pet!” When someone says “infomercial” I typically think of late night television but I see shorter, minute-long commercials for random shit available for order all throughout th… --- ## [Spavined Gelding, come here please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spavined-gelding-come-here-please/120442)
**Author:** [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spavined-gelding-come-here-please/120442 "2002-07-26T17:43:57Z")
I don’t wish to say this in Kricket’s thread, so I’ll say it here. You went and posted this: Unless I’m reading you completely wrong, you’ve just painted me, and people like me, with responsibility for the despicable,… --- ## [Is there a term for wasting money to get something free?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-wasting-money-to-get-something-free/726592)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-wasting-money-to-get-something-free/726592 "2015-08-03T19:56:02Z")
I’m sure we have all encountered someone who will spend money and time beyond what something is worth to get it if it is free, two examples I can think of. Driving across town to eat free samples at a Sam’s Club or Cost… --- ## [Where to start with the Cocteau Twins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-start-with-the-cocteau-twins/704864)
**Author:** [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-start-with-the-cocteau-twins/704864 "2014-11-20T20:42:52Z")
So the other day I heard the song “Pearly-dew Drops’ Drops” by the Cocteau Twins and I’m completely in love. I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to discover them because I love this type of dreamy, atmospheric music. … --- ## [I'm a rapist!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-rapist/470556)
**Author:** [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-rapist/470556 "2008-11-04T04:59:39Z")
Or so my town would have my believe. Within ten minutes of walking into a local bar, this tall sexy redheaded girl dressed up as Jessica Rabbit starts flirting with me. I, of course, flirt back and we’re getting very p… --- ## [Let's say US Nationalized Health Care is considered - What are the real world costs & issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-us-nationalized-health-care-is-considered-what-are-the-real-world-costs-issues/772763)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-us-nationalized-health-care-is-considered-what-are-the-real-world-costs-issues/772763 "2016-11-26T15:18:33Z")
Just as a hypothetical exercise let’s assume US medical care continues to flounder along and at some point in the future it’s dysfunctional enough that the US starts talking seriously about nationalized, single payer typ… --- ## [What would President Trump do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-president-trump-do/757295)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-president-trump-do/757295 "2016-06-15T18:41:42Z")
Here’s the basic idea. Imagine that Donald Trump is the President of the United States. How would he handle a currently significant issue? A few rules: This is not a joke thread. If you want to just bash Trump, do it… --- ## [Bridging the great divide (partisan politics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridging-the-great-divide-partisan-politics/768347)
**Author:** [@Kearsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridging-the-great-divide-partisan-politics/768347 "2016-10-27T08:45:46Z")
How would you go about bridging this seemingly insurmountable gap we have dividing our country? Everything, in my view, has gotten so divisive and the media just seems to promote it. It’s working, at an alarming rate. W… --- ## [Knock-Knock jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock-jokes/391132)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-knock-jokes/391132 "2007-02-09T12:08:04Z")
My little’un has started getting into Knock-Knock jokes, but still doesn’t really know any and I can’t remember any simple ones. Anyone? --- ## [Poll: Who is the most famous person from your country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-is-the-most-famous-person-from-your-country/276668)
**Author:** [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-who-is-the-most-famous-person-from-your-country/276668 "2004-11-29T20:51:08Z")
My wife (Brynda) and I were talking the other day about famous people and we got to thinking about who the most famous people are from the countries we are from. I am from the UK and Brynda is from the US. I suggested t… --- ## ["Cardiac Arrest" is NOT a cause of death...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardiac-arrest-is-not-a-cause-of-death/534700)
**Author:** [@omeinv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omeinv)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardiac-arrest-is-not-a-cause-of-death/534700 "2010-04-14T18:29:24Z")
It’s an effect. In this otherwise splendid response: Hawkeye, makes the statement “Michael Jackson’s case, on the other hand, was more complicated: the cause of his death (cardiac arrest) was known, but the manner (h… --- ## [The "British Invasion"- Which Were The Six Bands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-invasion-which-were-the-six-bands/596523 "2011-09-17T18:52:53Z")
I’m asking of the six bands identified by Wiki. I’m also asking for answers off the top of your head- no googling. I would have guessed three I believe (two are obvious). --- ## [Traffic around the Arc de Triomphe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-around-the-arc-de-triomphe/575250)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-around-the-arc-de-triomphe/575250 "2011-03-20T16:12:30Z")
Is it really the free-for-all it appears to be or is there some semblance of rhyme or reason to it? --- ## [Plagued by a wrong number fax machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plagued-by-a-wrong-number-fax-machine/85414)
**Author:** [@zber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zber)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plagued-by-a-wrong-number-fax-machine/85414 "2001-11-07T18:18:50Z")
For about three weeks I have been receiving phone calls several times a day from a fax machine. I don’t have a fax machine but it seems that my phone number is stuck in the assaulting machine’s redialer system. The solu… --- ## [Resurrection starts tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrection-starts-tonight/683311)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrection-starts-tonight/683311 "2014-04-30T22:05:37Z")
ABC has been running previews for several weeks. Older couple answers the door and theres a 5 year old kid claiming to be their son. Who had actually died decades earlier. The kid asks, whats green and flies a 100 mph? … --- ## [Lost my "Charter Member" label? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-label-why/371330)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-label-why/371330 "2006-09-06T18:48:39Z")
Hey guys, quick question – I subscribed here way back when it first went to a pay site, and I’ve kept my membership up ever since. I think I was late this last year, and I note my tag now just reads “Member.” Any gap w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1984&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1986&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)