# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=206&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:** 207 --- ## [Unregistered bull, how about defecating here instead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unregistered-bull-how-about-defecating-here-instead/319673)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 368\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unregistered-bull-how-about-defecating-here-instead/319673 "2005-09-13T04:34:09Z")
You asshole, this is the appropriate place for you to shit all over people. Mind doing it here? Daniel --- ## [Tell me about Ruth's Chris Steak House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-ruths-chris-steak-house/580674)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-ruths-chris-steak-house/580674 "2011-05-13T19:09:22Z")
My mother is turning 50 this September. In the past i’ve usually taken her for her birthday to fairly inexpensive chain restaurant for the occasion (Red Lobster, a Chinese buffet, etc.) The past 2 years I missed her birt… --- ## [Islam, the religion of peace...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-the-religion-of-peace/138055)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 362\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-the-religion-of-peace/138055 "2002-12-11T22:41:04Z")
And if you even suggest that it is not I will stab, stone and burn you alive… http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,71115,00.html --- ## [Forget Trump: Impeach Mitch McConnell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-trump-impeach-mitch-mcconnell/834833)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-trump-impeach-mitch-mcconnell/834833 "2019-07-11T17:27:17Z")
Mitch McConnell Says He’d Go After Supreme Court Vacancy In 2020: ‘We’d Fill It’ If you don’t think this is exactly the abuse of partisan party politics that they founders wanted to stamp out, your reading in history i… --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S01E22:Beginning of the End (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e22-beginning-of-the-end-open-spoilers/688406)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e22-beginning-of-the-end-open-spoilers/688406 "2014-06-07T22:17:40Z")
“Beginning of the End” Directed by David Straiton Written by Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon They threw everything at us in this excellent, if a bit too overstuffed, final episode of the first season. Enemies are va… --- ## [McDonald's Really Messing With Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-really-messing-with-me/533583)
**Author:** [@baprisbrey\_aol.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baprisbrey_aol.com)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-really-messing-with-me/533583 "2010-03-30T17:49:05Z")
I had the terrifying experience of taking my kids to McDonald’s the other night. Wise as they are, the kids only drank some chocolate milk. I, on the other hand, found myself eating their food as well as my own. I’d … --- ## [Thor : the Dark World (spoilers are boxed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-the-dark-world-spoilers-are-boxed/673276)
**Author:** [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-the-dark-world-spoilers-are-boxed/673276 "2013-12-03T18:17:24Z")
Just come back from seeing this movie. I wasn’t sure if it was going to be any good to be honest. The trailers didn’t do a great job of selling it to me, and I felt the original was fun, but probably weakest of all the n… --- ## [Disabling guns: how easy or difficult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabling-guns-how-easy-or-difficult/562457)
**Author:** [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabling-guns-how-easy-or-difficult/562457 "2010-12-08T23:41:31Z")
(Don’t need answer fast:)) Hypothetical scenario, which comes up often in fiction: the good guys are searching through the bad guys house/ car/ stuff and happen unto a gun. They think the gun might be used by the bad gu… --- ## [This kid must be high](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kid-must-be-high/347345 "2012-06-07T19:45:56Z")
Not that it’ll completely destroy his life or anything like that, but what kind of dumbass consents to let a major metropolitan newspaper quote you saying that you use illegal drugs, and seem to intend to keep using them… --- ## [Did the date 9-11 have some significance for the terrorists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-date-9-11-have-some-significance-for-the-terrorists/563790)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-date-9-11-have-some-significance-for-the-terrorists/563790 "2010-12-16T17:39:42Z")
IIRC Timothy McVeigh bombed the Murrah Federal Building on the anniversary of the Ruby Ridge confrontation, which had really upset him. Did 9-11 have some particular meaning for Mohamed Atta et al.? --- ## [You can bring back one extinct species - what do you choose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-bring-back-one-extinct-species-what-do-you-choose/533544)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-bring-back-one-extinct-species-what-do-you-choose/533544 "2010-04-13T19:31:07Z")
We’re always fascinated by species that are extinct, from dodos to velociraptors, and eager to prevent it happening to species that are heading that way now. So a silly question - you can bring back exactly one individu… --- ## [This week's Luann: watch out for those brownies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-weeks-luann-watch-out-for-those-brownies/730410)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-weeks-luann-watch-out-for-those-brownies/730410 "2021-08-09T17:26:47Z")
This may not end well… --- ## [Skeletons in the closet – a scandalous MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401 "2012-05-20T15:07:53Z")
As a kid, I figured I came from a boring, squeaky clean, all-American family. We made the Cleaver family look like drunken whore-monger axe-murderers!! :eek: OK, that bubble burst with one uncle’s multiple marriages, :e… --- ## [Text messages late at night. Yay or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-messages-late-at-night-yay-or-nay/622412)
**Author:** [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-messages-late-at-night-yay-or-nay/622412 "2012-05-27T19:53:15Z")
This is not something I get in a fuming rage about, but I’m just curious what people think the etiquette is about sending text message to mobile phones late at night. Now, I suppose we can all agree you don’t ring peopl… --- ## [was Titanic larger/smaller/comparable to your typical Carnival cruise ship today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-titanic-larger-smaller-comparable-to-your-typical-carnival-cruise-ship-today/619118)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-titanic-larger-smaller-comparable-to-your-typical-carnival-cruise-ship-today/619118 "2013-02-28T02:53:55Z")
Sounds like the “number of souls aboard” is probably comparable, but in terms of size (both vertical and horizontal) - when you are riding on a typical Carnival ship (I know there are others - Royal, NCL, etc, but Carniv… --- ## [Claims of "Ritual Abuse". Whats the reason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claims-of-ritual-abuse-whats-the-reason/648254)
**Author:** [@Steener122](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steener122)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claims-of-ritual-abuse-whats-the-reason/648254 "2022-09-24T14:26:03Z")
I recently downloaded a book on Kindle (it was free or I wouldn’t have wasted my money) called Rabbithole. It is supposed to be about the horrible Satanic Ritual Abuse that a man went through. By the time I got to the se… --- ## [Supergirl Season 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379 "2018-06-23T15:26:33Z")
The Girl of Steel returns tonight. CW Official trailer Some casting news: Odette Annable joins the cast as Kara’s mother Alura will played by (former Lois Lane) Erica Durance, replacing Laura Benanti. When we last … --- ## [So, why does one need a prescription for distance glasses, but not reading ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-does-one-need-a-prescription-for-distance-glasses-but-not-reading-ones/505117)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-does-one-need-a-prescription-for-distance-glasses-but-not-reading-ones/505117 "2009-08-14T12:08:55Z")
\[sub\]Disclaimer: I looked. I looked here on the boards, and on the SD main page. To my knowledge, the question has not been asked.\[/sub\] I was walking through a store today, and noticed they always seem to have readi… --- ## [Uber Uber Alles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uber-uber-alles/714105)
**Author:** [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uber-uber-alles/714105 "2015-03-06T18:55:33Z")
The mods have ruled that this thread on the Uber cab service cannot stray from discussion on the Uber app. Nothing can be said against Uber, Uber commands, lest those running the company threaten the complainer and… --- ## [Religion - how do the religions explain dinosaurs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-how-do-the-religions-explain-dinosaurs/669615)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-how-do-the-religions-explain-dinosaurs/669615 "2013-09-29T23:49:26Z")
I have a couple of questions to ask those that have much more religious study and knowledge that I do. This is the first one. I know the following couple of paragraphs greatly simplifies the story, but bear with me for… --- ## [The Voice - Season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-season-4/654680)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-season-4/654680 "2013-06-19T20:27:05Z")
What, no thread yet? Season 4 is in swing, second week, so we’re up for hour 6 tonight (2 hr Mon, 1 hr Tue). No Xtina or CeeLo this season. We’ve got Usher and Shakira to skake things up. Oddly they put Shakira next t… --- ## [I will be working to defeat Ilhan Omar in her next election, if she's still around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-working-to-defeat-ilhan-omar-in-her-next-election-if-shes-still-around/830818)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-working-to-defeat-ilhan-omar-in-her-next-election-if-shes-still-around/830818 "2019-03-20T08:33:22Z")
Although I do not live in her district, I am a member in good standing of the DFL (what the state Democratic Party is called here in Minnesota), and I have contacted my congressman, state senator, and state rep (all DFLe… --- ## [Why am I so attracted to the Gazelle.com spokeswoman? Also hotties in advertising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-attracted-to-the-gazelle-com-spokeswoman-also-hotties-in-advertising/608150)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-attracted-to-the-gazelle-com-spokeswoman-also-hotties-in-advertising/608150 "2012-01-08T06:42:28Z")
I can’t help but watch every Gazelle.com commercial because I am so inexplicably attracted to that spokeswoman. Maybe it’s her smile or her voice but she’s so sexy to me. Reminds me of the original “I’m going to colleg… --- ## [Why does my oil light flicker on only when I idle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-oil-light-flicker-on-only-when-i-idle/385524)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-oil-light-flicker-on-only-when-i-idle/385524 "2012-08-18T13:37:29Z")
My oil light flickers on when I idle, but only when I idle in drive. If I’m at an intersection and change to park, it goes away. I’m not sure if this has anything to do with it, but my engine shakes just a little(maybe… --- ## [What would have been required to win in Vietnam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-required-to-win-in-vietnam/704466)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-required-to-win-in-vietnam/704466 "2015-03-12T02:52:48Z")
I heard that the Tet Offensive was a military failure but political success, as it scared the US citizens back home into thinking we were not in the dominant position that the politicians claimed we were in. Support turn… --- ## [Do you think there's anything strange going on here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-theres-anything-strange-going-on-here/566526)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-theres-anything-strange-going-on-here/566526 "2011-01-12T17:37:12Z")
Some pictures of former model Stephanie Seymour at the beach. (Generally SFW but she’s in a bikini.) picture picture picture picture picture What’s the problem you ask. Seymour’s visiting the beach with a younger man an… --- ## [Views you've never heard expressed anywhere except the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/views-youve-never-heard-expressed-anywhere-except-the-sdmb/519440)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/views-youve-never-heard-expressed-anywhere-except-the-sdmb/519440 "2009-12-31T23:24:27Z")
Any time someone posts a thread about mobile/cellular phones there will invariably be heaps of people coming in to brag how they don’t have a phone, they don’t need one, NOBODY needs one except doctors and emergency serv… --- ## [Why didn't Hitler take Switzerland ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-hitler-take-switzerland/509334)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-hitler-take-switzerland/509334 "2014-08-05T23:40:23Z")
After reading an answer in this thread, I wondered (strangely enough) for the first time why Hitler didn’t take Switzerland ? The Germans could have taken it by assault in a minute, couldn’ they? And it would have been e… --- ## [Bri1600BV Has Shown Me The Light!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bri1600bv-has-shown-me-the-light/506898)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bri1600bv-has-shown-me-the-light/506898 "2009-08-29T03:16:13Z")
The poor are leeches! They are scum! They are not human beings! They should not be allowed to have nice things! They should only be allowed to eat food that has been shit out by the rich! They are only poor because they … --- ## [How can I de-carbonate soft drinks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-de-carbonate-soft-drinks/556010)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-de-carbonate-soft-drinks/556010 "2010-10-05T13:33:53Z")
Not inspired by the thread about how to add carbonation, but because I prefer my colas flat. (Just one of the quirks that make me amusing , I choose to believe.) Other than by opening a can of pop (soda–terms to be use… --- ## [Can I use a Coleman latern indoors - need answer fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-a-coleman-latern-indoors-need-answer-fast/594544)
**Author:** [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-a-coleman-latern-indoors-need-answer-fast/594544 "2011-08-30T05:49:42Z")
Due to a generator failure in town, we’re going to have rolling blackouts for the next few days. Our power is supposed to off from 6pm (40 mins from now) to 10pm tonight and I was planning on using our Coleman propane l… --- ## ["Saturday, in the park, I think it was the 4th of July..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289 "2011-09-16T17:12:02Z")
Ya think? Let’s see, ya also remember a lot of firecrackers, cherry-bombs, and stuff like exploding all around you? Might be a clue there, Einstein… --- ## [Extracting a very small stripped screw head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extracting-a-very-small-stripped-screw-head/108546)
**Author:** [@Opus1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opus1)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extracting-a-very-small-stripped-screw-head/108546 "2002-05-12T16:15:14Z")
I’m disassembling a mini electronic device that sporadically malfunctions. Unfortunately, I can’t get out the last two screws. They’re Philips head, and the heads appear to have been stripped. These are very small screws… --- ## [Why are Italian-American names so badly mispronounced, even by their owners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-italian-american-names-so-badly-mispronounced-even-by-their-owners/295660)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-italian-american-names-so-badly-mispronounced-even-by-their-owners/295660 "2022-10-18T18:12:03Z")
It seems to me this actually happens more with Italian names than with others. Granted, we Americans tend to have a hard time with foreign names, but with all the experience of Italian immigration in the early XX centu… --- ## [Mexicans control your damn kids while in public!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209)
**Author:** [@jackofsevens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackofsevens)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209 "2009-06-24T00:31:55Z")
Ok this my first post after lurking for a long time. I don’t mean to sound racist, but why cant Mexicans control their fucking kids in public? I’m eating lunch today, in walks a Mexican couple with a baby and 2 toddler… --- ## [my sister is a CUNT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-is-a-cunt/687024)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-is-a-cunt/687024 "2017-10-15T23:10:47Z")
Yes that’s right she’s a CUNT with a capital C I have friends who hate the word Cunt and even they agree if there ever was a woman to to be called a cunt, my sister is a cunt. You know some people will call a family m… --- ## [Is Slavomir Rawicz's story true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-slavomir-rawiczs-story-true/178635)
**Author:** [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-slavomir-rawiczs-story-true/178635 "2016-07-04T22:11:09Z")
According to his memoir The Long Walk, Polish writer Slavomir Rawicz claims that he escaped from a Soviet gulag in 1939 and walked all the way to southern India over a duration of two years. However, there is apparent do… --- ## [Talk to me about safety razors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-safety-razors/627104)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-safety-razors/627104 "2014-08-12T14:08:53Z")
A couple of people mentioned in another thread that they saved money by switching from cartridge to safety razors. I did the math, and… wow. So, where to begin? What’s the best model for a woman? The best blade? Do … --- ## [Its been a while since we had a White Elephant Exchange - anyone keen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-since-we-had-a-white-elephant-exchange-anyone-keen/576637)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-since-we-had-a-white-elephant-exchange-anyone-keen/576637 "2011-07-08T19:00:17Z")
Does anyone have a hankerin’ to unload a box of your cra…uh, stuff in exchange for someone else’s stuff? If enough people are keen I’ll set it up again. Here’s some back ground if you have no idea what I’m on about: h… --- ## [Secrets/Confessions/Random Facts About Yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-confessions-random-facts-about-yourself/519403)
**Author:** [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-confessions-random-facts-about-yourself/519403 "2009-12-11T15:55:52Z")
Title says it all. The mundane and scandalous are both acceptable. I’ll get us started: Sometimes I read neo-Nazi messageboards. I do this for the same reason that I used to watch Wally George back in the day: to be d… --- ## [Police: Teens killed man -- just because](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-teens-killed-man-just-because/666717)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-teens-killed-man-just-because/666717 "2013-08-28T13:46:33Z")
Christopher Lane, a promising 22-year-old Australian athlete, was gunned down in Duncan, Oklahoma. The motive, police say? Three teens who had nothing better to do. No controversy here. No neighborhood watch. No threa… --- ## [Is there a "White" culture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-white-culture/660347)
**Author:** [@Tracijo67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracijo67)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-white-culture/660347 "2013-06-11T16:14:21Z")
I have been attending an anti racism seminar for the past few days. Most of what is being said is a general rehash of what I’ve already learned from previous sessions. But today we talked a little bit about cultural raci… --- ## [What would Tudor-era spoken English actually sound like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-tudor-era-spoken-english-actually-sound-like/526700)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-tudor-era-spoken-english-actually-sound-like/526700 "2010-01-29T16:02:20Z")
While watching The Tudors, I couldn’t help but wonder how accurate a reflection it was of actual spoken English in the 16th century (among the educated upper class, anyway.) Apart from the words used, did it sound any di… --- ## [The Bush Administration Trashes Civil Liberties of Americans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-administration-trashes-civil-liberties-of-americans/335856)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 422\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-administration-trashes-civil-liberties-of-americans/335856 "2005-12-24T03:25:27Z")
Well, I can’t say I’m suprised about this. Thank goodness somebody in the intelligence community has enough of a conscience to talk to reporters. Bush Said to Let U.S. Tap Calls Without Courts From the article: What… --- ## [If a food item makes you gag when you try to eat it, is it fair to say you're allergic to it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-food-item-makes-you-gag-when-you-try-to-eat-it-is-it-fair-to-say-youre-allergic-to-it/695624 "2014-08-26T03:22:54Z")
Because that seems to sway people a lot easier than saying: “I don’t like green peas”. All too often people will respond: “Oh you don’t like green peas? Well, you haven’t tried MY green peas. You simply must try them!” … --- ## ["Atlas Shrugged, Part One" finished filming, now in post production](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlas-shrugged-part-one-finished-filming-now-in-post-production/549745)
**Author:** [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlas-shrugged-part-one-finished-filming-now-in-post-production/549745 "2010-08-14T02:37:34Z")
\*Atlas Shrugged, Part One \*has now finished filming and will take about six months to edit. March 2011 is the projected release date unless it is accepted for the Cannes film festival, which will mean a June release. Pau… --- ## [Key copying accuracy - Home Depot vs. Ace Hardware](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-copying-accuracy-home-depot-vs-ace-hardware/694067)
**Author:** [@weef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weef)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-copying-accuracy-home-depot-vs-ace-hardware/694067 "2020-04-22T08:23:28Z")
I recently had to make a number of copies of house and car keys and depending where I was at the time I either chose Home Depot or Ace Hardware. Until this point in my life I don’t think I’ve ever had a copied key that d… --- ## [BART police officer gets involuntary manslaughter for killing passenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bart-police-officer-gets-involuntary-manslaughter-for-killing-passenger/546036)
**Author:** [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bart-police-officer-gets-involuntary-manslaughter-for-killing-passenger/546036 "2010-07-14T14:56:22Z")
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci\_15467680?nclick\_check=1 He walks, using a defense that he thought what he was reaching for was his taser when it turned out to be his gun. Couple thoughts: Avoid downtown … --- ## [What movies have you actually walked out of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900 "2014-01-31T21:06:23Z")
Only once have I actually walked out of a movie theater in protest. It was Epic Movie, and it was just so painfully lame and unfunny that the wife & I decided we were wasting our time, so we left and went to the diner a… --- ## [What kind of oil is "shredder lubricant"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-oil-is-shredder-lubricant/513470)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-oil-is-shredder-lubricant/513470 "2014-07-12T00:35:32Z")
Office Depot sells it for about $5.00 for 4 oz. I gotta believe that the same thing can be bought much cheaper. Anyone know? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=205&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=207&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)