# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1992&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:** 1993 --- ## [Best national anthem/patriotic song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-national-anthem-patriotic-song/480710)
**Author:** [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-national-anthem-patriotic-song/480710 "2009-01-13T10:27:27Z")
What is the best patriotic song? It doesn’t necessarily have to be a national anthem (but they’re not excluded, either), and it doesn’t have to be about your home country, either. I’m an American, but I think Rule, Brit… --- ## [Propane Exchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-exchange/407208)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-exchange/407208 "2007-06-21T12:20:08Z")
Why can’t they get this right? Every propane exchange is some shady deal set up in a steel cage outside some legitimate place of business, but you have to go inside to set up the deal. What’s the proper etiquette? Do … --- ## [Would you testify against a dear (but probably guilty) friend in this discrimination lawsuit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-testify-against-a-dear-but-probably-guilty-friend-in-this-discrimination-lawsuit/767295)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-testify-against-a-dear-but-probably-guilty-friend-in-this-discrimination-lawsuit/767295 "2016-10-04T02:26:00Z")
I’m working half days now, so this seems a good time to ease back into my signature thread. Proofing is very difficult for me, so expect many typos. No apologies, just the explanation. Today’s tale is about SHANNON, ag… --- ## [Could a severed human head be kept alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-severed-human-head-be-kept-alive/601023)
**Author:** [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-severed-human-head-be-kept-alive/601023 "2011-10-29T12:49:06Z")
Dear Fans: Say I had a setup that was like a external Jarvick-7 (first generation heart-pump)linked to a dyalisis blood filter, piped into an areated reservour of blood, (like an aquarium fulla blood with an areator), a… --- ## [Faking accents in England](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faking-accents-in-england/192566)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faking-accents-in-england/192566 "2003-08-11T12:11:00Z")
You want mundane and pointless? OK, you’ve got mundane and pointless! :slight\_smile: Here in America, it appears to me that the most favorite accent for us to fake is an English accent. I can’t get any more specific t… --- ## [I got a jury duty summons today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-jury-duty-summons-today/919765)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-jury-duty-summons-today/919765 "2021-08-19T06:38:41Z")
It’s slated to start at the end of the month; I’m #409 FWIW. I’ve been called up once before, in 1996, and I was hoping I would be selected because I was about to be laid off (business relocation) and tensions were high… --- ## [Erin Moran has died at 56](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-moran-has-died-at-56/785038)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-moran-has-died-at-56/785038 "2017-04-29T04:55:13Z")
Hard to believe. I guess she had a hard lifestyle. RIP. --- ## [Should a parent's reluctance to donate an organ to one's ill child be reason to lose custody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-parents-reluctance-to-donate-an-organ-to-ones-ill-child-be-reason-to-lose-custody/549856)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-parents-reluctance-to-donate-an-organ-to-ones-ill-child-be-reason-to-lose-custody/549856 "2010-08-12T02:45:26Z")
Otherwise known as another stupid Rhymer hypothetical; jeez, I wish that guy would get a life. Today’s story is about Pat and Chris, a divorced couple both in their 40s, and their pre-teen child, Sean. Pat has primary c… --- ## [Proposed: The Warrior by Scandal is the definitive 80’s pop song.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-the-warrior-by-scandal-is-the-definitive-80-s-pop-song/466141)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-the-warrior-by-scandal-is-the-definitive-80-s-pop-song/466141 "2008-10-03T02:08:48Z")
Proposed: The Warrior by Scandal is the definitive 80’s pop song. Check the video Arguments for. It was written and produced in 1984, to coincide with the launch of the eighties. As most people know, th… --- ## [The SDMB 2008 Awesome-est Post of the Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2008-awesome-est-post-of-the-year/457480)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2008-awesome-est-post-of-the-year/457480 "2009-01-25T17:28:23Z")
I come to the Dope to relax. I like reading posts, and in particular, like the ones that make me laugh. I have been kicking around the idea of a ‘local’ award for the funniest damn post of the year on the SDMB. I’m not… --- ## [Churches that ban(ned) divorced women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/churches-that-ban-ned-divorced-women/714250)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/churches-that-ban-ned-divorced-women/714250 "2015-03-11T16:11:46Z")
We got into this discussion at a soup supper this evening at my Episcopal church. Our pastor experienced this when he was a kid, in a different denomination, in the early 1970s. :mad: Not only was his mother told that … --- ## [What was it that I saw mounted on the trunk of the state trooper's car (+ bonus question)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-it-that-i-saw-mounted-on-the-trunk-of-the-state-troopers-car-bonus-question/582158)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-it-that-i-saw-mounted-on-the-trunk-of-the-state-troopers-car-bonus-question/582158 "2011-05-18T14:22:14Z")
I noticed something today on a state trooper’s car that I can’t remember seeing before (maybe I haven’t been paying attention). On each side of the trunk lid there was mounted a black boxlike contraption. I didn’t get a… --- ## [How do you signal in a roundabout?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-signal-in-a-roundabout/463921)
**Author:** [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-signal-in-a-roundabout/463921 "2008-09-18T02:23:42Z")
Roundabouts (small traffic circles, or “rotaries” as they call them in New England) have been appearing one by one in my area, like a stealth invasion force of ellipsoid asphalt aliens. My Driver’s Ed class was for shit … --- ## [My Wife, The Angel of Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-the-angel-of-death/61666)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-the-angel-of-death/61666 "2001-09-22T01:28:35Z")
I think of my wife as the angel of death. She is half Italian, half German. A dangerous combination right there. She’s 5 foot 8, 125 pounds, brown hair, huge brown eyes, she has a slightly bent nose where it got broken … --- ## [Economic analyses of Obama/Romney plans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-analyses-of-obama-romney-plans/639592)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-analyses-of-obama-romney-plans/639592 "2012-11-05T02:21:05Z")
These were done by a friend of mine. This is an analysis comparing Obama and Romney’s tax policies — An analyst's perspective: What Will Mitt Romney Do To My Taxes? This is an analysis showing that the U.S. economy is … --- ## [Star Trek: How lousy ARE their military tactics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-how-lousy-are-their-military-tactics/69028)
**Author:** [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2001, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-how-lousy-are-their-military-tactics/69028 "2001-06-24T18:12:11Z")
Here’s a couple of simple facts of war: Fire when you see the whites of their eyes, and don’t stop firing 'til they’re dead. So how come our friends of the Federation can’t do that? It’s a common occurence… an enemy sh… --- ## [Picking apart 'My Cousin Vinny':](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-apart-my-cousin-vinny/151401)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-apart-my-cousin-vinny/151401 "2003-01-31T16:51:32Z")
I was thinking about posting this in ‘Cafe Society,’ but I thought it might be moved here. If this is in the wrong forum, I apologize. I just saw this movie, and I was wondering what artistic liberties the film took. I… --- ## [How old was Mary when Jesus was conceived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-mary-when-jesus-was-conceived/827610)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-mary-when-jesus-was-conceived/827610 "2019-01-22T17:11:40Z")
Also, how old was Joseph at that time? --- ## [Disturbing Search Requests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-search-requests/43139)
**Author:** [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2000, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-search-requests/43139 "2000-12-06T10:03:11Z")
I stumbled on this site earlier tonight. I thought I might share. As far as I can tell, these are requests submitted to search engines that webmasters have found funny and decided to post. The ‘How to be a Pimp’ got a … --- ## [Bob's Burgers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers/648249)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers/648249 "2013-01-31T11:35:38Z")
Why was I not informed of how good this show is?! I remember hearing about it on a podcast interview with Eugene Mirman back when it came out, but frankly thought it sounded kinda lame. Then the recent Archer episode f… --- ## [Free unlimited energy is here, now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-unlimited-energy-is-here-now-what/679995)
**Author:** [@Consensus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Consensus)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-unlimited-energy-is-here-now-what/679995 "2014-01-30T21:56:22Z")
So somewhere somebody discovers a method to generate say 15kW from a small handheld cube. Quantumfluctuating strings in a darkmatterfield :confused: but basically safe and limitless. The inventor decides not to make mon… --- ## [Six word stories...show us your Hemingways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715)
**Author:** [@Maia\_s\_Well](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maia_s_Well)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715 "2009-02-07T11:40:10Z")
Caught this book review on Newsweek: That’s So Romantic. And So Brief. I immediately thought of you 'Dopers. The book referenced is on love and relationships, and there was a previous one that featured six-word memo… --- ## [I found an iPod on the road today - any chance it still works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-an-ipod-on-the-road-today-any-chance-it-still-works/538208)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-an-ipod-on-the-road-today-any-chance-it-still-works/538208 "2010-05-06T05:11:59Z")
It was in a protective case, but the front glass is completely busted up (so some of the circuits are exposed). It has obviously been driven over many times. Is there any chance of it still working if I get new glass put… --- ## [Airline Boarding Procedures. WTF!!??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-boarding-procedures-wtf/380647)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-boarding-procedures-wtf/380647 "2006-11-28T12:18:18Z")
I just got home from another excruciatingly painful flight that was two hours late on account of weather, and another forty-five minutes late departing. I’m tired and agitated, but that’s not why I’m pitting. I fly quit… --- ## [What changes would you have suggested for the Lord of the Rings novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-changes-would-you-have-suggested-for-the-lord-of-the-rings-novel/959782)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-changes-would-you-have-suggested-for-the-lord-of-the-rings-novel/959782 "2022-03-01T22:25:48Z")
Tolkien wrote the book, I think, pretty much on his own. I just finished another re-read of it and I love it more than almost any other book out there. I have no idea how much genius could be contained within one mind an… --- ## [Was the Soviet Union good in some aspects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-soviet-union-good-in-some-aspects/296244)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-soviet-union-good-in-some-aspects/296244 "2005-04-04T02:15:51Z")
I’ve been reading on the history of the Soviet Union, on how some of its main objectives were to improve literacy, Soviet ‘Electrication’ Secular policies, now I know repression of Religion and Nationality are a good cou… --- ## [The U.S. Constitution is deliberately Godless. Discuss.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-constitution-is-deliberately-godless-discuss/328888)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-constitution-is-deliberately-godless-discuss/328888 "2005-11-06T16:12:26Z")
From: Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, by Susan Jacoby: This post is continued in the next post… --- ## [Ed Wood ..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wood/516153 "2009-11-06T13:30:11Z")
The infamous director. Why did he make those movies ? Someone would have surely told him his movies suck .:dubious: --- ## [Why do people have children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-have-children/215699)
**Author:** [@sweetfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweetfreak)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-have-children/215699 "2003-12-07T20:10:11Z")
I am really looking for people’s opinions on both sides of the topic. Personally, I have yet to find any logical reasons to have them. If someone has one, please let me know. Here are my reasons NOT to have children. … --- ## [What happens to the energy emitted by stars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-energy-emitted-by-stars/792052)
**Author:** [@UncleFred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleFred)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-energy-emitted-by-stars/792052 "2017-08-01T19:38:05Z")
This comes from having only a low level of knowledge of physics and cosmology but here goes… The sun emits a tremendous amount of energy. Only a tiny bit of it hits and is absorbed by things orbiting it (Me on the beach… --- ## [What do fresh olives not in brine taste like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-fresh-olives-not-in-brine-taste-like/700479)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-fresh-olives-not-in-brine-taste-like/700479 "2014-10-07T11:51:32Z")
I’ve never tasted green or black olives not in brine, my favorite is kalmata but it is impossible to find uncanned or unbrined olives in my experience. Were olives always brined? How did people eat them in say biblical … --- ## [The United States devoted 90% of its war effort against Germany in WW2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-devoted-90-of-its-war-effort-against-germany-in-ww2/826239)
**Author:** [@Kamaski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamaski)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-devoted-90-of-its-war-effort-against-germany-in-ww2/826239 "2018-12-22T12:14:46Z")
Feel free to disagree if I’m wrong. In the excellent BBC documentary “the world at war” from the 1970s, it was said that a month or two after Pearl Harbor (maybe Feb 1942?) FDR had a meeting with the top military planne… --- ## [Big Bang Theory 11/28--The Parking Lot Escalation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-11-28-the-parking-lot-escalation/642513 "2012-11-30T22:51:06Z")
When the University reassigns Sheldon’s parking spot to Wolowitz, their fight affects the whole gang. --- ## [Forgotten/Obscure Masterpieces of Literature Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-obscure-masterpieces-of-literature-thread/148014)
**Author:** [@Adam\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adam_P)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-obscure-masterpieces-of-literature-thread/148014 "2003-09-20T22:36:13Z")
Here’s a thread for forgotten or obscure books, books too bizarre and weird to make it into the traditional canon. John Ashbery has called these kind of books “The Other Tradition”, meaning books with small groups of e… --- ## [Whence American exceptionalism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-american-exceptionalism/653554)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-american-exceptionalism/653554 "2013-03-23T18:41:53Z")
I often hear politicians and commentators refer to America and Americans as exceptional. Do people actually believe that, or is it merely an jingoistic excuse for various positions/policies? If folk do believe it, why … --- ## [Destiny's Child - Soldier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/destinys-child-soldier/287160)
**Author:** [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/destinys-child-soldier/287160 "2005-02-01T21:45:49Z")
Here are the lyrics to the new Destiny’s Child single, Soldier. I’m not too street, so let me know if my interpretation is correct. Basically, you need to be a scarred up, tattoed gangbanger, carrying a gun and dealing… --- ## [30 Nation Coalition for War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-nation-coalition-for-war/162526)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-nation-coalition-for-war/162526 "2003-03-26T16:51:27Z")
An article at CNN tells us that the U.S. put together a 30 Nation coalition for war against Iraq. All I can say is, thank God we got the all important Eritrea vote, plus that of two long-time players on the stage of worl… --- ## [Personal experience is not evidence? The hell you say!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-experience-is-not-evidence-the-hell-you-say/353196)
**Author:** [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-experience-is-not-evidence-the-hell-you-say/353196 "2006-04-21T14:55:34Z")
In reading (admittedly belatedly) lissa’s fine pitting of suezeekay, I naturally followed the link to the the rant inspiring thread , where at Post No. 99 I encountered this increasingly familiar meme – You might even… --- ## [Little Girl Takes Six Bullets for her Mother -- the Ultimate RO thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-girl-takes-six-bullets-for-her-mother-the-ultimate-ro-thread/429086)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-girl-takes-six-bullets-for-her-mother-the-ultimate-ro-thread/429086 "2007-12-19T01:32:22Z")
If this story turns out to be substantially true as presented here , we have perhaps the best target yet for our Recreational Outrage: some loser shot his girlfriend, and her seven-year-old\* daughter stepped in front of… --- ## [Are Zildjian Cymbals anything Special?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-zildjian-cymbals-anything-special/523204)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-zildjian-cymbals-anything-special/523204 "2010-01-06T21:27:20Z")
I just caught a local TV show about this 400 year old family business. Zildjian’s claims to be in business since ca. 1620. Their factory is in Norwood MA now, and they claim to have a secret formula to make the best cymb… --- ## [How Much Cash From a Bank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-from-a-bank/245030)
**Author:** [@Sisyphus\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sisyphus_Stone)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-from-a-bank/245030 "2004-05-14T22:16:56Z")
Say you went to a bank without warning, just walked in off the street. Your account has sufficient funds to cover whatever you hoped to withdraw. What would be the maximum amount you could withdraw? I would guess that i… --- ## [The hippies are getting worse...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hippies-are-getting-worse/652999 "2013-03-21T21:57:39Z")
I just bought a pack of bean sprouts at my local shop- they’re organically grown, as are most of the produce there; which is fine by me, I have no problem with reducing pesticides and fertilizer use especially on somethi… --- ## [To lekatt something or pull a lekatt means...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-lekatt-something-or-pull-a-lekatt-means/161080)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-lekatt-something-or-pull-a-lekatt-means/161080 "2007-07-01T01:13:57Z")
To lekatt something or pull a lekatt means… I think that Lekatt’s determined efforts to remain in ignorance and spread it despite and in spite of logic and facts, and his use of false personal anecdotes for what has bee… --- ## [will sound stupid if u dont know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sound-stupid-if-u-dont-know/337541)
**Author:** [@i\_have\_the\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/i_have_the_z)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sound-stupid-if-u-dont-know/337541 "2006-01-01T17:34:53Z")
im 17. im from ny… i have this feeling like i am here to do something… i cannot figure out what it is… i know there is something out there more then this more then what i have come to know in my life already… i dont know… --- ## [Pop songs featuring a kazoo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-featuring-a-kazoo/149208)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-featuring-a-kazoo/149208 "2003-01-18T01:36:16Z")
I can think of Ringo Starr’s version of “You’re Sixteen”. What are some others? --- ## [TV Trivia Game- Little help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-game-little-help/628460 "2012-07-19T16:08:15Z")
I mentioned in another thread that I’m putting together a TV & Movies trivia event. One category I’d like to do under TV is a ‘guess the show from the sound effect’. I’ve managed to grab enough for a 10 question movie v… --- ## [You know who your real friends are when ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-your-real-friends-are-when/589938)
**Author:** [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-your-real-friends-are-when/589938 "2011-07-24T00:10:13Z")
Name some situations that you’ve had in which you’ve learned who truly has your back vs. who just hangs out with you. I have 2 in particular: Moving. If someone helps you lug your heavy couch up a flight of stairs o… --- ## [Why are there taxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-taxes/804949)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-taxes/804949 "2018-01-02T14:57:53Z")
Weird question, and I wasn’t sure where to put it. I don’t mean a historical explanation, I mean a justification in light of the fact that in the US economy anyway (and I’m referring specifically to economies that work … --- ## [When brushing your teeth...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-brushing-your-teeth/714900)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-brushing-your-teeth/714900 "2015-03-14T00:19:12Z")
…how do you rinse? Or do you rinse at all? Somehow I got into a discussion of tooth brushing habits. After I brush, I always use a little cup (usually a Dixie cup) and rinse my mouth out. A friend thought that was wast… --- ## ["I liked the episode where..." Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-the-episode-where-game/802658)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-the-episode-where-game/802658 "2017-11-29T18:55:39Z")
You have to describe the episode you like in such a manner that no one could possible tell which one it was. I’ll give some examples. I liked the episode of Star Trek TOS with the guy with pointy ears in a blue shirt. R… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1991&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1993&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)