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**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-make-mr-pibb-anymore/650073 "2015-04-21T03:08:31Z")
Hello Everyone, Shopping recently at Wally World and Publix I noticed that I don’t see Mr. Pibb on the shelves there. Come to think of it I can’t regiment the last time I saw it or even an advertisement for it. I recall… --- ## [Ask the painting contractor chick.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-painting-contractor-chick/590548)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-painting-contractor-chick/590548 "2016-05-29T03:32:13Z")
I’ve been a painting contractor (was licensed in the early 1980s in California and have done it ever since with a couple of short breaks, currently in Michigan) since 1979. I can identify some paint brands by odor alone,… --- ## [Do libertarians have classicidal ideations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-libertarians-have-classicidal-ideations/720075)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-libertarians-have-classicidal-ideations/720075 "2015-06-03T20:14:45Z")
I’ve learned a lot about the so-called “libertarian” movement ala Tea Party and Ron Paul over the past few years, and the message I get from them is that those who are not able to “carry their weight” and need public ass… --- ## [Nevada Democratic Debate February 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209 "2020-02-23T01:35:18Z")
Just about 30 minutes left until face-off (or whatever you call the start of a debate; I’m a hockey fan). Streaming feeds all over the place online including: this CBS news site this other CBS News site NBC News MSN… --- ## [Hell's Kitchen season 11? holy crap they're already up to 11 seasons of this? wow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-season-11-holy-crap-theyre-already-up-to-11-seasons-of-this-wow/652759)
**Author:** [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hells-kitchen-season-11-holy-crap-theyre-already-up-to-11-seasons-of-this-wow/652759 "2013-08-26T11:06:57Z")
Anyway, starts tonight (3/12), 2hr premiere. 8-10pm EDT on Fox. I don’t know if anyone else is still planning to watch. I probably wouldn’t be if there was much else to watch on Tuesdays. Anyway, if you care to discuss… --- ## [The nakedest, lengthiest bondage scene on basic cable TV (Saving Grace)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nakedest-lengthiest-bondage-scene-on-basic-cable-tv-saving-grace/419723)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nakedest-lengthiest-bondage-scene-on-basic-cable-tv-saving-grace/419723 "2007-09-25T12:25:48Z")
So, for at least the first ten minutes of Monday Night’s showing of Saving Grace, Holly Hunter is tied naked and face down on a bed, in an upper spreadeagle, her ankles tied together. Nice. With a happy face on her back.… --- ## [US General uses "V" word in Afghan War - Only 4 US Combat Deaths since Jan 1.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-general-uses-v-word-in-afghan-war-only-4-us-combat-deaths-since-jan-1/652554)
**Author:** [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-general-uses-v-word-in-afghan-war-only-4-us-combat-deaths-since-jan-1/652554 "2013-04-04T01:08:26Z")
How many readers are aware that only four Americans have been killed in combat in Afghanistan for the past 2 months and 10 days. That is a huge decrease in casualties not seen that low since 2007. We have the outgoing U… --- ## [The new Sherlock Holmes film. Boxed spoilers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-sherlock-holmes-film-boxed-spoilers/522176)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-sherlock-holmes-film-boxed-spoilers/522176 "2010-01-15T08:49:41Z")
I’ve just seen it, and it is pretty much as predicted by posters in previous threads, most neatly summed up thusly: This is it precisely. IMO, it bears less resemblance to the original than Will Smith’s I, Robot did to… --- ## [Why is extramarital affairs cause for resignation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-extramarital-affairs-cause-for-resignation/640574)
**Author:** [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-extramarital-affairs-cause-for-resignation/640574 "2012-11-14T21:37:34Z")
The director of CIA just resigned because it became known he had an extramarital affair. Everyone seems to agree that he’s very competent and well suited for the job, but this still seems to be the expected decision. To … --- ## [Israeli Knesset election 03/17/15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-knesset-election-03-17-15/712965)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-knesset-election-03-17-15/712965 "2015-03-22T00:59:27Z")
Wiki article. And some scandals about Bibi just broke. Will that hurt the whole Likud Party’s chances, I wonder? --- ## [Is the US wrong to ban the Iranian UN ambassador from entering the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-wrong-to-ban-the-iranian-un-ambassador-from-entering-the-usa/685920)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-wrong-to-ban-the-iranian-un-ambassador-from-entering-the-usa/685920 "2014-04-25T09:21:24Z")
Congress has passed a fast track bill to allow Immigration to deny access to the US for the duly appointed Iranian Ambassador to the UN (as required by the founding treaty of the UN which decided to site the headquarte… --- ## [What exactly is required for a PHd in (Christian) Theology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-required-for-a-phd-in-christian-theology/681784)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-required-for-a-phd-in-christian-theology/681784 "2014-03-01T01:55:21Z")
Because, to be quite honest, there is not much in the bible that is too complicated, most of it can be understood by a 10th grader very easily, certainly all of it could be understood (understand, not agree) by your aver… --- ## [How are Germany and Japan so rich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-germany-and-japan-so-rich/532919)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-germany-and-japan-so-rich/532919 "2010-03-25T19:20:10Z")
So less than a single lifetime ago, Germany and Japan and just lost the largest war in human history, and had been bombed into tiny little bits, had a huge percentage of their population killed, and were generally in ver… --- ## [Does America need to maintain the Marines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-america-need-to-maintain-the-marines/567306)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-america-need-to-maintain-the-marines/567306 "2011-01-18T20:52:46Z")
From the January 10, 2011, New Yorker: Should America maintain the Marines as a separate branch? Or would it be more efficient to subsume the Marines’ functions into the Army and Navy? Would we save money by eliminatin… --- ## [Ex Husband is a jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-husband-is-a-jerk/614445)
**Author:** [@purplelady666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplelady666)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-husband-is-a-jerk/614445 "2012-03-11T03:51:55Z")
My ex husband is a jerk. It was his birthday this past Sunday and he didn’t take our daughter for his weekly visitation because he was “busy all day” for his birthday. What type of father doesn’t want to spend time with… --- ## [Why is my serial killer cat leaving dead animals at my doorstep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-serial-killer-cat-leaving-dead-animals-at-my-doorstep/365674)
**Author:** [@Feces\_Of\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feces_Of_Death)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-serial-killer-cat-leaving-dead-animals-at-my-doorstep/365674 "2014-01-30T17:09:42Z")
Last year my inside cat became an outside cat. The last few months, she has gone on a killing spree. 4 different kinds of animals so far (mice, birds, a frog, and today a rat). She always leaves them at either the front… --- ## [A passenger does not need to provide ID to a police officer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-passenger-does-not-need-to-provide-id-to-a-police-officer/647931)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-passenger-does-not-need-to-provide-id-to-a-police-officer/647931 "2013-01-24T03:30:55Z")
But is it a good idea? Yesterday, I was a passenger in a vehicle on a rural interstate. We noticed a state police car see us, hit his lights, and turn across the grass median to chase us. I looked at the driver and as… --- ## [OK, NOW I'm REALLY annoyed with the Anti-vaccination crowd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-now-im-really-annoyed-with-the-anti-vaccination-crowd/420704)
**Author:** [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-now-im-really-annoyed-with-the-anti-vaccination-crowd/420704 "2007-10-01T17:19:47Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s OK to talk about something I read on another message board, isn’t it? (I won’t mention which one.) A mother was talking about her concerns regarding her preschool-age child who has not received any… --- ## [the whole nine yards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-nine-yards/527852)
**Author:** [@shuffledigfoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shuffledigfoot)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-nine-yards/527852 "2015-08-12T21:31:22Z")
I was speaking to a friend’s father who was in the US Army Air Force during WWII. As a gunner of 50cal. machine guns, the ammo was in belts of twenty seven feet (about 350 rounds) or nine yards. When firing the whole be… --- ## [The Next Iron Chef, season 4: The Super Chefs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-iron-chef-season-4-the-super-chefs/601338)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-iron-chef-season-4-the-super-chefs/601338 "2012-01-31T02:47:23Z")
The 4th season of this show starts tonight. There’s a gimmick this year that these chefs are some of the already well-known “super” chefs out there, though I suspect they are only super because they’re probably familiar… --- ## [How do you say goodbye to someone who's dying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-goodbye-to-someone-whos-dying/626008)
**Author:** [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-goodbye-to-someone-whos-dying/626008 "2012-07-05T15:51:58Z")
In a week I will be flying down to Texas to see my great good friend who is dying of cancer. She has stage 4 glioblastoma. Her tumor is on her brain stem, as I understand it, and she has completed a round of chemo and … --- ## [Just seen Iron Man 3 \[OPEN SPOILERS\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-seen-iron-man-3-open-spoilers/656699)
**Author:** [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-seen-iron-man-3-open-spoilers/656699 "2013-05-27T16:00:25Z")
It was all rather good actually. It seemed more densely plotted than your average Super Hero movie, not counting Dark Knight, but this managed to get lots of humour in there as well as the drama. Some good twists too. It… --- ## [FinnAgain is a bigger fuckwipe than I thought! Shmendrick sucks too!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finnagain-is-a-bigger-fuckwipe-than-i-thought-shmendrick-sucks-too/752800)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finnagain-is-a-bigger-fuckwipe-than-i-thought-shmendrick-sucks-too/752800 "2016-04-27T01:52:58Z")
In re: this thread- handsomeharry is an idiot - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board I just stumbled upon it tonight. Or, if I had stumbled upon it earlier, I didn’t give it much attention. Just found this thread… --- ## [Meredith Baxter is gay? Who gives a fuck???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meredith-baxter-is-gay-who-gives-a-fuck/519832)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meredith-baxter-is-gay-who-gives-a-fuck/519832 "2009-12-24T10:02:25Z")
Is being gay still so “taboo” and “out there” that a fucking Z-list celebrity like Meredith Baxter coming out is front page news??? Seriously?? What the fuck? I could see it being news if some A-list sex-symbol who was … --- ## [Pro-lifers, pregnancy, medical costs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-pregnancy-medical-costs/596597)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-pregnancy-medical-costs/596597 "2011-10-04T11:55:18Z")
Just posing some hypotheticals here… Not that I’ve read everything out there, but I’ve read the standard pro-life and religious responses to situations in which girls or women became pregnant as the result of rape or in… --- ## [How "Deplorabe" are you? Do you fit in hilliarry' basket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deplorabe-are-you-do-you-fit-in-hilliarry-basket/765956)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deplorabe-are-you-do-you-fit-in-hilliarry-basket/765956 "2016-10-15T20:23:38Z")
Let’s see, I’m “deplorable” because… I’m a firearm owner I’m a strong defender of the 2nd amendment I own some “scary” semiautomatic “weapons of war” And I WILL NOT give them up. I hate ALL religions I believe ille… --- ## [Oily Taint is funny as all heck-- and hopefully going to jail.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oily-taint-is-funny-as-all-heck-and-hopefully-going-to-jail/512728)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oily-taint-is-funny-as-all-heck-and-hopefully-going-to-jail/512728 "2009-12-31T04:00:24Z")
Soviet expatriot, provisional lawyer and birther extrodinair Orly Taitz has answered Judge Land’s request for her to explain why he shouldn’t fine her $10,000 with this motion of batshit crazy. Some of her points as des… --- ## [The Jew Question \[defining Jew and Christian. ed. title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jew-question-defining-jew-and-christian-ed-title/501809)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jew-question-defining-jew-and-christian-ed-title/501809 "2009-07-14T10:39:39Z")
I need this cleared up once and for all. Can one be called a Jew and a Christian at the same time ? --- ## [Brits tell US to lay off the oil spill rhetoric](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-tell-us-to-lay-off-the-oil-spill-rhetoric/542726)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-tell-us-to-lay-off-the-oil-spill-rhetoric/542726 "2010-06-15T23:47:52Z")
What the fuck is wrong with these people? The criticism is that the only reason the US is attacking BP is because it’s a British company, and they’re whining about losing money from their pension funds. Dear fuckheads:… --- ## [English Public Schools and Buggering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-public-schools-and-buggering/97075)
**Author:** [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-public-schools-and-buggering/97075 "2013-05-05T04:28:16Z")
I was reading the faggot etymology thread and was reminded of a line from\* Four Weddings and a Funeral\*. Hugh Grant is talking to a guy in the pub and this guy is recalling someone he knew in school. “He buggered me sen… --- ## [The Worst Building in the History of Mankind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-building-in-the-history-of-mankind/435829)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-building-in-the-history-of-mankind/435829 "2019-01-23T03:40:22Z")
Yeah, I think this does win. My God this is bad. --- ## [Do people really put mayo on Philly cheese steak sandwiches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662 "2020-07-24T01:18:53Z")
Article today (that I’m not going to bother to find) about the 10 highest calorie Subway sandwiches. #1 was the Philly cheese steak. Then came this moment when I almost literally heard an audible record scratch… The a… --- ## [How do the Japanese view Pearl Harbor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-japanese-view-pearl-harbor/535849)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-japanese-view-pearl-harbor/535849 "2010-04-14T18:16:49Z")
We just got home from a vacation to Hawaii, which included a visit to Pearl Harbor. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to visit the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial (we had gotten there at 10:30 am last Sunday, and all of the ticket… --- ## [Is spackle sturdy enough to hold a screw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-spackle-sturdy-enough-to-hold-a-screw/411918)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-spackle-sturdy-enough-to-hold-a-screw/411918 "2007-07-17T05:44:07Z")
This is, no doubt, one of the more idiotic questions asked on these boards, but when it comes to home improvement/repair, I am indeed an idiot. Scenario: Just got a place and went to put up curtain rods. After screwing … --- ## [Movies so bad ,they became cult .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-so-bad-they-became-cult/516267 "2009-11-15T00:21:35Z")
Based on Ed Wood thread started by me . What movies , do you think ,will fit into the "so bad, hence cult " category ? --- ## [Gentrification is bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentrification-is-bad/805935)
**Author:** [@Nadnerb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadnerb)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentrification-is-bad/805935 "2018-05-23T15:00:26Z")
Why it’s bad: It causes a community to be less affordable. It prices out long time residents. It is profit driven, and not community driven. And allow me to cite some references: \*7 Reasons Why Gentrification Hurts C… --- ## [SDMB Newbie Diplomacy game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 622\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-newbie-diplomacy-game/149873 "2003-05-08T17:29:42Z")
OK, I’m starting this new thread as a jumping off point to the request for a newbie game of Diplomacy made in Abe Babe’s New Diplomacy thread. I offered to try my hand at GMing for the first time with all you rookies. T… --- ## [Whose the most famous person you know well enough to casually email?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-person-you-know-well-enough-to-casually-email/569216)
**Author:** [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-the-most-famous-person-you-know-well-enough-to-casually-email/569216 "2011-02-25T05:03:43Z")
For me, it’s sf writer Jack McDevitt, whom I’ve met a couple of times and stay in touch with. How about you? --- ## [When did oral sex become a common part of sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-oral-sex-become-a-common-part-of-sex/822902)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-oral-sex-become-a-common-part-of-sex/822902 "2018-10-23T19:16:18Z")
Let me begin by acknowledging that my premise may be off, but it’s my understanding that: it is typical during modern heterosexual sex for oral sex to be used as a part of foreplay, and that fellatio/cunnilingus are oc… --- ## [Cataract surgery failure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataract-surgery-failure/527348)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataract-surgery-failure/527348 "2015-12-23T20:01:04Z")
I’ve heard that not all cataract surgeries are successful. I’m assuming that there’s nothing wrong with the new lens itself, so there must be other factors that can go wrong. What are they? --- ## [Do cats "understand" speech like dogs do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-understand-speech-like-dogs-do/460091)
**Author:** [@metronome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metronome)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-understand-speech-like-dogs-do/460091 "2013-05-15T16:54:25Z")
I grew up with a dog, and I know that dogs don’t really “understand” human speech, but they can learn their name and commands like, “No teeth!” and “Sit!” and “No!” Last weekend, I got my first cat (mandatory cat pict… --- ## [Botticelli - October 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 507\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156 "2015-11-02T17:56:31Z")
Okay, my turn again. I’ll go with L --- ## [Justified returns tonight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justified-returns-tonight/646492)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justified-returns-tonight/646492 "2013-02-15T06:00:34Z")
On FX, of course. This season won’t have an uber-villain, according to the producers, but instead will deal with a 30-year old mystery. Looking forward to it. --- ## [Mellow, but happy songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mellow-but-happy-songs/530510)
**Author:** [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mellow-but-happy-songs/530510 "2011-05-08T05:57:07Z")
As I work on getting out of this depressive funk I’m in, I’m putting together a CD of songs that will help me. Basically, I want songs that are mellow (read: relaxing), but positive (not sad, lover’s lament stuff). I w… --- ## [Future of guns and mass killings in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-of-guns-and-mass-killings-in-the-us/733411)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-of-guns-and-mass-killings-in-the-us/733411 "2015-11-03T20:01:26Z")
The way I see it, there is no way for strong gun control to pass in the US any time in the foreseeable future. And there is not much we are doing as a society to keep the mentally ill from access to guns. Given the abo… --- ## [Safest/Simplest Way to Open Twist-Off Bottles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safest-simplest-way-to-open-twist-off-bottles/398287)
**Author:** [@xiix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xiix)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safest-simplest-way-to-open-twist-off-bottles/398287 "2007-04-02T20:19:11Z")
I seem to have a bit of a fixation with Stewarts Fountain Classics Rootbeer that has led me to consume multiple bottles per day. While I love the drink, I’m not overlyfond of the bottle, specifically, the ‘twist-off cap… --- ## [Is there any real risk of a right wing coup de etat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-real-risk-of-a-right-wing-coup-de-etat/533408)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-real-risk-of-a-right-wing-coup-de-etat/533408 "2010-04-01T16:46:40Z")
Due to minor changes to our health insurance system, many right wingers are exploding with rage. So my question is, is there any real risk of a political coup or meaningful domestic terrorism (meaningful implying the de… --- ## [Do people grow cocaine here in the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-grow-cocaine-here-in-the-united-states/315413)
**Author:** [@who\_knows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/who_knows)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-grow-cocaine-here-in-the-united-states/315413 "2022-03-27T16:50:44Z")
Recently, I was reading an article that was discussing the growing number of people in the US who are growing marijuana. The article said that most were growing marijuana for sale, while others were growing it for their… --- ## [Yet Another Photo Thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-photo-thread/487301)
**Author:** [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-photo-thread/487301 "2009-03-02T16:01:39Z")
You guys, is it too soon for another Doper Photo Thread? I love photo threads. It’s so much fun to put names and faces together. (Yes, this is some of my only entertainment. Can you tell I don’t have much of a life? :D… --- ## [THOR: Ragnarok- Seen It!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-ragnarok-seen-it/800574)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-ragnarok-seen-it/800574 "2023-11-28T15:06:45Z")
Thanks to the glory of AMC Stubs, your man Scrappy was at the Opening Night Fan Event! I enjoyed it thoroughly. Visually awesome, flowed well, lots of call-outs to the comics. They thanked a couple of specific Thor writ… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=201&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=203&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)