# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1986&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:** 1987 --- ## [If you could bring back one assassinated person . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-assassinated-person/682977)
**Author:** [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-assassinated-person/682977 "2014-03-13T21:01:34Z")
If, through some special magic, you were granted the ability to bring back one historical figure who was assassinated, who would you choose? Anyone you bring back is guaranteed to live out a reasonably long lifespan. Yo… --- ## [Simple statistics question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-statistics-question/707054)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-statistics-question/707054 "2014-12-15T04:53:37Z")
I understand that, when you take a sample of a population, the mean of the sample is an approximation of the mean of the population. And one standard deviation of the sample is an approximation of one standard deviation … --- ## [Monkey see, monkey do, monkey...owns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-see-monkey-do-monkey-owns/694968)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-see-monkey-do-monkey-owns/694968 "2014-08-22T17:12:06Z")
Apparently a monkey who stole a photographer’s camera andtook a selfieis in the midst of a legal battle. Well, not the monkey, but the photographer whose camera it stole is This is the photo in question. Its been add… --- ## [Recommend me an enjoyable Greek Mythology read.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-enjoyable-greek-mythology-read/535382)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-enjoyable-greek-mythology-read/535382 "2010-04-26T13:34:51Z")
After watching Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and The Clash of the Titans I have a renewed interest in finding some enjoyable reading material about Greek Mythology. What do you guys recommend? It … --- ## [Minor suggestion about "User X has been banned" threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-suggestion-about-user-x-has-been-banned-threads/746018)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-suggestion-about-user-x-has-been-banned-threads/746018 "2016-02-23T00:42:34Z")
Could the mod who writes/creates the thread label the most recent warning? It’s always fun to see what straw broke the camel’s back. --- ## [Why all the fuss over a sonic boom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-fuss-over-a-sonic-boom/347107)
**Author:** [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-fuss-over-a-sonic-boom/347107 "2011-11-27T02:53:36Z")
So, I was on a Concord today, in fact, I was on 2 concords today (Paris air and space museum.) Not all that, I guess it was OK. But researching the plane after I got home as well as the Russian answer and the Boeing pr… --- ## [Is this a jerkish impulse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-jerkish-impulse/556510)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-jerkish-impulse/556510 "2010-10-11T23:22:45Z")
On my little sister’s facebook page, she has a statement to the effect that she is engaging in the Breast Cancer Walk in honor of our mother, who died of breast cancer, and two of our aunts, who died of other varieties o… --- ## [How Did Draft Dodging To Canada Work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-draft-dodging-to-canada-work/570901)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-draft-dodging-to-canada-work/570901 "2011-02-12T01:13:14Z")
I was watching an episode of Maude, which it’s revealed Arthur’s son, Arthur Jr, evaded the draft by moving to Canada. I was wondering just how this worked. It would be easy enough to get across the border, but how did … --- ## [Why is there something instead of nothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-something-instead-of-nothing/814351)
**Author:** [@senoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/senoy)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-something-instead-of-nothing/814351 "2018-05-24T19:21:33Z")
The greatest metaphysical question. I have yet to hear any satisfactory answer. It makes sense to me anyway that a state of “Nothing” is a state with the fewest contingencies and thus most expected. For ‘Nothing’ to ‘ex… --- ## [Next US government faces the world's opinion on the USA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-us-government-faces-the-worlds-opinion-on-the-usa/198651)
**Author:** [@Aldebaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aldebaran)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-us-government-faces-the-worlds-opinion-on-the-usa/198651 "2003-09-09T23:22:35Z")
Seen the fact that the current US president and government managed to convince about the entire world that the US can never be trusted for one single second that the US is governed by spoiled children who make “fre… --- ## [Are men getting the shaft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-men-getting-the-shaft/39264)
**Author:** [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2000, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-men-getting-the-shaft/39264 "2000-11-07T19:52:16Z")
If this thread has already been done, I apologize in advance; I looked and didn’t see one. IRead an article the other day http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/10/19/mens\_choice/index.html and it made me think, so I’l… --- ## [Why does the US forces the witnesses to appear in court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-us-forces-the-witnesses-to-appear-in-court/646460)
**Author:** [@oyster11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oyster11)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-us-forces-the-witnesses-to-appear-in-court/646460 "2013-01-16T14:54:02Z")
In the US, witnesses are legally required to participate in a trial or they face criminal penalties. However, it seems in other common law countries such as Australia and New Zealand, the witnesses have the right to not … --- ## [McDLT comeback?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdlt-comeback/595002)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdlt-comeback/595002 "2011-09-03T18:28:02Z")
Hello Again, Just talking to my wife and recounting fond memories of the 80’s and we started talking about the McDLT. This was by far my absolute favorite fast food hamburger and I would drive 40 miles today to get one.… --- ## [Why did corporate profits grow so fast from 2002-2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-corporate-profits-grow-so-fast-from-2002-2006/531755)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-corporate-profits-grow-so-fast-from-2002-2006/531755 "2010-03-26T15:22:31Z")
Before tax profits were about $800 billion a year from 1999-2002, after tax profits from 1994-2002 were stable at around $400-600 billion a year. http://luckybogey.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/corporate-profits.jpg http… --- ## [Speeding up baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-up-baseball/535569)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-up-baseball/535569 "2010-04-15T13:01:25Z")
Commenting on this article Do umpires even enforce the 12 second rule anymore? If not, get a small box where you press a button when the pitcher gets the ball and vibrates 12 seconds late. Call the “ball” The Rule… --- ## [We Couldn't have seen this coming...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-couldnt-have-seen-this-coming/543846)
**Author:** [@lurking\_guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurking_guest)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-couldnt-have-seen-this-coming/543846 "2010-06-21T19:51:27Z")
WE Pray…we hope…we believe… Obama’s challenge for the White House…We watched it… We watched it come to be. He won. And…he sold out -pick your “sold out to…” OBAMA Bill Clinton George Bush (And every other ‘George… --- ## [How to Eat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eat/124801)
**Author:** [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eat/124801 "2002-08-27T02:33:47Z")
It’s come to my attention that people no longer know how to eat in large groups. We used to – our hunter-gatherer ancestors did it all the time, and history is replete with feast after feast. Maybe it’s Americans’ penc… --- ## [Can CDs hung from rear-view mirrors int rfere with radar? How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cds-hung-from-rear-view-mirrors-int-rfere-with-radar-how/51711)
**Author:** [@Hokienautic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokienautic)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cds-hung-from-rear-view-mirrors-int-rfere-with-radar-how/51711 "2001-01-26T21:47:02Z")
Was listening to the radio this morning, and the hosts professed ignorance as to a recent trend towards hanging CDs from rear-view mirrors (their complaint was that if sunlight reflects off of it, other drivers are momen… --- ## [Do light bulbs ever burn out while they're on???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-light-bulbs-ever-burn-out-while-theyre-on/254547)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-light-bulbs-ever-burn-out-while-theyre-on/254547 "2004-07-13T16:23:02Z")
In all my life I don’t think I’ve ever seen a lightbulb burn out while it was on, nor have I ever noticed that a lightbulb had shuffled off it’s mortal coil (pun intended) while it was turned off. It’s always as the lig… --- ## [how old are the characters on teen titans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-the-characters-on-teen-titans/295439)
**Author:** [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-the-characters-on-teen-titans/295439 "2005-03-21T04:34:23Z")
just curious as to how old the characters are supposed to be on teen titans on cartoon network. specifically raven but curious about the rest too. --- ## [Disgraceful nephew](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgraceful-nephew/460259)
**Author:** [@DoItDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoItDan)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgraceful-nephew/460259 "2008-08-20T22:11:35Z")
My nephew is a pro magician and one of his female assistants just got pregnant. He told her that if she doesn’t get an abortion, she’s out of the act. Plain and simple. Because he will hire a replacement when she can’t f… --- ## [Music so beautiful it makes you cry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946 "2018-05-22T18:27:31Z")
Well, what the thread title says. In the past, I have created threads about weird versions of well-known tunes, and about music that scares the s\*\*t out of you. Now, I want to hear about music so beautiful, so exquisit… --- ## [Czarcasm, tamaraqueenofgoths, and Aesiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-tamaraqueenofgoths-and-aesiron/241561)
**Author:** [@whattheheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whattheheck)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-tamaraqueenofgoths-and-aesiron/241561 "2004-04-27T15:49:03Z")
Czarcasm - no it was not a “Yet another disguised boasting thread started by someone confusing the ‘centimeter’ side of the ruler with the ‘inches’ side.” I do know that there is approximately 2.54 cm in an inch and I do… --- ## [Ask the Professional Belly Dancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-professional-belly-dancer/146226)
**Author:** [@CastleAnthrax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastleAnthrax)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-professional-belly-dancer/146226 "2003-01-28T02:47:04Z")
Everyone else has an “Ask the” thread but me, so here goes. Let me answer a few things right off the bat. It’s not stripping. It’s not done solely for the titillation of the watcher. It’s a cultural thing- not just f… --- ## [Zero-Candy Policies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-candy-policies/441210)
**Author:** [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2008, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-candy-policies/441210 "2008-03-25T10:40:48Z")
Just picked this up from CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/12/skittles.suspension.ap/index.html " Story Highlights 8th grader Michael Sheridan bought bag of skittles from a classmate last month That violates scho… --- ## [Geodesic Dome Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geodesic-dome-home/423157)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geodesic-dome-home/423157 "2007-10-23T14:05:53Z")
I’m looking to buy a house, and I came across an ad for a Geodesic Dome Home almost in my price range. I have many questions, and I don’t know where to go for answers. It looks like it’s in a lovely woodsy quiet area, … --- ## [Why you can't start all the train cars at once](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-cant-start-all-the-train-cars-at-once/623578)
**Author:** [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-cant-start-all-the-train-cars-at-once/623578 "2012-06-04T16:37:26Z")
From Why don’t freight trains have cabooses anymore: At the risk of being obnoxiously pedantic… It seems to me that it’s probably an issue of too much friction, not too much inertia. The friction on a non-moving obje… --- ## [John Basedow's chest freaks me out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-basedows-chest-freaks-me-out/282754)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-basedows-chest-freaks-me-out/282754 "2005-01-27T04:29:27Z")
His website Mr. Basedow has been on TV for some time advertising his Fitness Made Simple videos. There’s something about his chest (or, at least, his upper torso) that weirds me out. I don’t know exactly what it is. Ma… --- ## [Iranian lawmakers want to ban dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-lawmakers-want-to-ban-dogs/579000)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-lawmakers-want-to-ban-dogs/579000 "2011-04-23T03:54:21Z")
They view dog ownership as a “Western” custom. (To Muslims dogs are unclean, meaning that if you wash your hands and face for prayers (which Muslims do) and happen to touch one, you have to wash up again before you pray… --- ## [Does the notion of "passing" still have any currency in your community, Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-notion-of-passing-still-have-any-currency-in-your-community-americans/815761)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-notion-of-passing-still-have-any-currency-in-your-community-americans/815761 "2018-06-15T03:56:37Z")
Consider an imaginary woman named Emily. She is the daughter of a man from Sweden and a woman from Kenya. Her paternal grandparents were Swedes, and her maternal grandparents were Kenyans; she knows no more of her ancest… --- ## [Asteroid Passes Within 7500 Miles Of Us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-passes-within-7500-miles-of-us/587072)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-passes-within-7500-miles-of-us/587072 "2011-07-01T17:47:23Z")
I just caught the tail end of this story on the news. Can anyone fill us in? Thanks Q --- ## [Japanese phrases(rambling?) that Amy from Futurama says](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-phrases-rambling-that-amy-from-futurama-says/243086)
**Author:** [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-phrases-rambling-that-amy-from-futurama-says/243086 "2004-05-03T16:48:54Z")
She has this one phrase that she repeats when she’s mad, Bender repeated it mockingly once I think. Anyone know what she’s saying? --- ## [Fact-checkers claim Hillary is most accurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fact-checkers-claim-hillary-is-most-accurate/750432)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fact-checkers-claim-hillary-is-most-accurate/750432 "2016-03-31T09:26:56Z")
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/fact-checkers-confirm-hillary-clinton-is-more-honest-than-any-of-her-2016-opponents/ Hillary: Bernie Sanders: Donald Trump: --- ## [What's the best ad blocking software for Windows 7/Internet Explorer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-ad-blocking-software-for-windows-7-internet-explorer/658981)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-ad-blocking-software-for-windows-7-internet-explorer/658981 "2013-09-12T14:26:02Z")
I’m looking to block ads, especially when viewing Youtube. What are the best ad blocking programs out there? Free would be nice but if the best is for a price, I’ll pay it if it makes a big difference. I’ve tried severa… --- ## [How doth Shakespeare decide which verbs end in "-th"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-doth-shakespeare-decide-which-verbs-end-in-th/533013)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-doth-shakespeare-decide-which-verbs-end-in-th/533013 "2010-03-20T15:30:31Z")
When reading Shakespeare or the King James Version of the Bible or any other English text from that period, some verbs end in “-th” or “-st” while others don’t. This page explains the grammatical basis, namely that only… --- ## [There is a gas panic in San Antonio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-gas-panic-in-san-antonio/795197)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-gas-panic-in-san-antonio/795197 "2017-09-05T10:22:41Z")
It started last night with posts on social media, “my brother works at Halliburton and he said…”. Things were OK this morning, even up to 11am, but things are starting to go downhill. Lots of stations already out of gas… --- ## [Guitarists, is Esteban for real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-is-esteban-for-real/267140)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2004, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-is-esteban-for-real/267140 "2004-10-04T08:25:59Z")
Last night I saw another Esteban infomercial for guitars. I decided to go online and find out if he was for real. It seems he may be a guy by the name of Stephen Paul who really did study with Segovia, and indeed had the… --- ## [Experience and "character" don't mean jack to voters, so it's really issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-and-character-dont-mean-jack-to-voters-so-its-really-issues/777099)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-and-character-dont-mean-jack-to-voters-so-its-really-issues/777099 "2017-01-16T01:37:37Z")
Upon reflection I think it’s safe to say that voters do not give a damn about experience or character when it comes to who they support. These things are often brought up by people but they smack me as the kinds of post… --- ## [How to be POTUS for as many years as you want](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-potus-for-as-many-years-as-you-want/673505)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-potus-for-as-many-years-as-you-want/673505 "2013-11-21T15:47:55Z")
Without violating the constitution, specifically the 22nd Amendment. I heard this years ago so I might have the details wrong. The idea is completely impractical and would never actually work in reality, I’m just asking… --- ## [The Nuremberg Trials and ex post facto justice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nuremberg-trials-and-ex-post-facto-justice/711980)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nuremberg-trials-and-ex-post-facto-justice/711980 "2015-02-08T01:42:44Z")
I have an ignorant layman question: Did the Nazis ever use the following logic/argument at the Nuremberg Trials ? “What we did technically wasn’t illegal at the time (the Holocaust was perfectly “legal” in Nazi Germany… --- ## [My Son's Father Resurfaces After 14 Year Absence (So very long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sons-father-resurfaces-after-14-year-absence-so-very-long/705385)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sons-father-resurfaces-after-14-year-absence-so-very-long/705385 "2014-12-06T18:07:21Z")
I don’t really need advice, although you could give it if you really feel a pressing need. Just wanted to share this long and tawdry story with my buddies here. So I never married my youngest son’s father. We did live… --- ## [Is this the most unflattering product photo or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-most-unflattering-product-photo-or-what/602820)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-most-unflattering-product-photo-or-what/602820 "2011-11-16T16:37:12Z")
So I run a shop on CafePress and they’ve recently, as in the last 2 weeks, added like 8 new products, which I’ve been adding to my shop. Among them is a women’s nightshirt. By way of example, here is the product image f… --- ## [Monopoly - which monopoly is the best one to have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-which-monopoly-is-the-best-one-to-have/527440)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-which-monopoly-is-the-best-one-to-have/527440 "2010-09-15T15:11:46Z")
Based on The chessman thread, I started thinking about Monopoly. Is there a particular monopoly that is better to have than any other, based on the location on the board? In my own experience playing Monopoly, I’m goin… --- ## [2 year old smokes 40 cigarettes a day. WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-smokes-40-cigarettes-a-day-wtf/541401)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-smokes-40-cigarettes-a-day-wtf/541401 "2010-06-02T08:10:29Z")
Lol. I know I shouldn’t laugh but GODDAMN that’s some funny stuff. The picture of the boy with the cig in his mouth is a hoot. I hope his family can straighten out and get him off the smokes but in the meantime GODD… --- ## [legal to copy/sell an unpatented product?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-to-copy-sell-an-unpatented-product/534209)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-to-copy-sell-an-unpatented-product/534209 "2014-05-16T01:46:43Z")
Not seeking specific legal advice, just curious about how the business world/free market works, and whether, in the absence of a patent, “anything goes.” Suppose Person A makes/sells a widget. Person A holds no patent … --- ## [Does Thomas Jefferson deserve our adulation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-thomas-jefferson-deserve-our-adulation/362827)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-thomas-jefferson-deserve-our-adulation/362827 "2006-07-03T17:08:38Z")
“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” - \[RIGHT\] – Thomas Jefferson \[/RIGHT\] Let me begin by saying straight off that I have always liked Jefferson.… --- ## [Most Egregious Examples of False Advertising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-egregious-examples-of-false-advertising/295725)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-egregious-examples-of-false-advertising/295725 "2005-03-26T12:53:42Z")
Example 1: I don’t do much grocery shopping, so people might have better examples. But what I’m about to describe was quite shocking to an inexperienced shopper. I went to the supermarket last week and bought Hot Pock… --- ## [I can't sleep, and it's getting serious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-sleep-and-its-getting-serious/694617)
**Author:** [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-sleep-and-its-getting-serious/694617 "2014-08-16T12:47:57Z")
These days I’m going to bed at around 10 or 11. And I get up at about 3 or 4. I’m not even sleeping all that time either…a lot of it is tossing and turning. This is not going well with my 10-plus-hour work days. Befo… --- ## [Rush is no more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-no-more/807246)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-is-no-more/807246 "2018-01-29T15:59:07Z")
Alex Lifeson is saying that Rush won’t tour or record any more. I knew that Peart was having physical issues. I knew that they weren’t planning on touring. Now it appears it is offical, Rush is no more. Link. This get… --- ## [Telescoping handles on rollaway luggage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telescoping-handles-on-rollaway-luggage/706228)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telescoping-handles-on-rollaway-luggage/706228 "2014-12-10T01:36:59Z")
I cannot find this on a google search. Does anyone know if the telescoping handles on rollaway suitcases are strong enough that it is safe to use one to pull the suitcase up a flight of stairs by the handle? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1985&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1987&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)