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**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-and-games-with-mr-austin-wemba/232126 "2005-05-12T17:56:47Z")
Contrary to advice I have previously given, I decided to reply to one of the multitude of email scammers (it was 22 million dollars this time, so he must be telling the truth!) --- ## [Anyone here work at Hermes or Louis Vuitton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-work-at-hermes-or-louis-vuitton/564998)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-work-at-hermes-or-louis-vuitton/564998 "2010-12-24T00:28:39Z")
Some dude on the internet complained saying that he was given the run around at an Hermes store for not buying enough despite making a custom order request. Someone in response wrote, So, anyone here work as a sales a… --- ## [Pulling spark plug wire while engine running = bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-spark-plug-wire-while-engine-running-bad/574310)
**Author:** [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2011, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-spark-plug-wire-while-engine-running-bad/574310 "2011-03-12T08:59:53Z")
I remember reading a thread here some time ago where one of our resident auto mechanics claimed pulling a spark plug wire with the engine running could cause damage to one or more of the electronic ignition components of… --- ## [Can't cable companies tell what I'm watching? How is Nielsen still relevant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-cable-companies-tell-what-im-watching-how-is-nielsen-still-relevant/684409)
**Author:** [@randomplanck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomplanck)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-cable-companies-tell-what-im-watching-how-is-nielsen-still-relevant/684409 "2015-07-08T17:30:10Z")
I’ve never met a Nielsen family in my life. According to Cecil’s answer about Nielsen ratings, there are only about 25,000 Nielsen families in the entire country. The channel I’m tuned to on my cable box channel MUST be… --- ## [Let me know about some lesser known scifi movies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-know-about-some-lesser-known-scifi-movies/640440)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-know-about-some-lesser-known-scifi-movies/640440 "2013-02-08T19:28:52Z")
Here are some I ended up watching by chance, or found it hard to run across even being a big movie fan. Quintet- Contemplative and philosophical post apoc movie starring Paul Newman, slow but creates a great mood. Phas… --- ## [Why is the sky dark at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sky-dark-at-night/709346)
**Author:** [@qazwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qazwart)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sky-dark-at-night/709346 "2015-02-02T21:55:58Z")
Why is the sky dark at night? Cecil missed the big reason why the sky is dark at night: The redshift. First, the farthest stars we can see are 13 billion light years away which is about the same time the Universe formed… --- ## [I weep for Americans (Global warming poll).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-americans-global-warming-poll/514881)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-americans-global-warming-poll/514881 "2009-11-06T23:03:43Z")
Just released today is a poll by the Pew Research Center showing that belief that there is evidence for global warming has fallen to its lowest level ever. Only 57% of US citizens believe that their is solid evidence th… --- ## [in the Hare and Hounds game, will Hare always win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-hare-and-hounds-game-will-hare-always-win/569378)
**Author:** [@drhess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhess)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-hare-and-hounds-game-will-hare-always-win/569378 "2011-02-10T07:27:43Z")
Assuming perfect play by both sides in the Hare and Hounds game, will Hare always win? Several websites sponsor Java coded versions of the game and even after learning to win as hounds several times, the version that I p… --- ## [Have I mentioned lately how much I hate "manufactured demand?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-lately-how-much-i-hate-manufactured-demand/534125)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-mentioned-lately-how-much-i-hate-manufactured-demand/534125 "2010-03-31T21:53:10Z")
Manufactured demand - (From this site.) Whenever it comes across my consciousness again, I’m reminded just how much I hate this practice. It ties into the idea that there are never enough profits for a business (contro… --- ## [Medical Ethics - as Required of MD's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-ethics-as-required-of-mds/782287)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-ethics-as-required-of-mds/782287 "2017-05-04T12:07:32Z")
Yes, usedtobe and his damned kidney failure, redux. My PCP since 2009 has decided she will no longer write the prescriptions I require for not only pain control, but even sleep. I can use either a benzodiazepine (temaz… --- ## [Why does a rock band tour need 20 trailor trucks of gear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-rock-band-tour-need-20-trailor-trucks-of-gear/485788)
**Author:** [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-rock-band-tour-need-20-trailor-trucks-of-gear/485788 "2015-05-26T16:24:03Z")
On the streets outside Madison Square Garden yesterday, where the band Rascal Flatts was playing, you could see a huge number of semi-trailor trucks decorated with the band’s name and Tour 2009. I don’t know anything abo… --- ## [Is it illegal to have or build a hidden storage compartment in a car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-illegal-to-have-or-build-a-hidden-storage-compartment-in-a-car/535524)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Luongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chris_Luongo)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-illegal-to-have-or-build-a-hidden-storage-compartment-in-a-car/535524 "2010-04-14T23:13:45Z")
I’m a member of a message board for members of the mobile-electronics industry. It’s populated by manufacturer representatives, shop owners, salespeople, installers, technical support staff, and so on. Recently there w… --- ## [Uses of Aluminum for medieval weapons and armor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uses-of-aluminum-for-medieval-weapons-and-armor/220060)
**Author:** [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uses-of-aluminum-for-medieval-weapons-and-armor/220060 "2004-01-04T15:45:50Z")
OK, first of all I’m not a metallurgist or expert on medieval weapons, so feel free to correct any misunderstandings I might reveal. My understanding is that aluminum is a very common element, however it is almost alway… --- ## [Released Guantanamo Detainees Planned Fizzled Plane Explosion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/released-guantanamo-detainees-planned-fizzled-plane-explosion/522903)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/released-guantanamo-detainees-planned-fizzled-plane-explosion/522903 "2010-01-06T04:16:15Z")
ABC News says that two of the four leaders said to have planned the al Qaeda attempt to blow up a jet plane over Detroit with a suicide bomber were former Gitmo detainees, released into a “rehabilitation program” run by … --- ## [Florida Gov. Rick Scott cancels high speed rail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-gov-rick-scott-cancels-high-speed-rail/571645)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-gov-rick-scott-cancels-high-speed-rail/571645 "2011-04-15T20:56:51Z")
Newly elected baby eater, Tea Partier and Medicare defrauder Rick Scott canceled the Central Florida high speed rail link today. Now, I have no personal interest in a high speed rail network, because I have no plans to … --- ## [Pro-lifers: What should the punishment for getting an abortion be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-what-should-the-punishment-for-getting-an-abortion-be/347899)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 478\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-what-should-the-punishment-for-getting-an-abortion-be/347899 "2006-03-20T17:02:41Z")
With the seating of Samuel Alito on the Supreme Court and the passage of anti-abortion legislation by South Dakota this question is moving from the theoretical to the practical. The fundamental argument of the pro-life … --- ## [Michael Jackson Verdict Reached!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-verdict-reached/308130)
**Author:** [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2005, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-verdict-reached/308130 "2005-06-29T08:00:55Z")
It will be announced at 1:30 PST, 4:30 my time. On tenterhooks over here…geez… Guilty on all counts except maybe some of the conspiracy counts and the drinking (nobody seems to have seen MJ give the kids a drink himsel… --- ## [Does unconditional love really exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-unconditional-love-really-exist/574333)
**Author:** [@donnie\_darko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnie_darko)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-unconditional-love-really-exist/574333 "2013-06-24T15:56:14Z")
I would hope the answer is yes. However, would a parent still love their child if they pulled Jeffrey Dahmer-type stuff on them? I wonder, is there always SOME condition? Like for example, with a marriage, you might lov… --- ## [Why would any guy wear tidy whities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-guy-wear-tidy-whities/656855)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-guy-wear-tidy-whities/656855 "2013-04-30T22:00:37Z")
Tidy whities smash up your junk and make your balls sweat. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Boxers let my junk hang free and tickle my knee. :cool: Well, not quite. It is a nice rhyme that I couldn’t resist. But I do like my rod … --- ## [Yesterday (2019 film)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-2019-film/829769)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-2019-film/829769 "2022-12-27T17:45:12Z")
From the makers of Slumdog Millionaire. A struggling musician gets hit by a car and wakes up in a world where no-one ever heard of the Beatles or their music…and HE becomes a Rock God. --- ## [What do you call "African Americans" in other countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-african-americans-in-other-countries/195415)
**Author:** [@tlt1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tlt1)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-african-americans-in-other-countries/195415 "2003-08-20T01:20:06Z")
I’ve been wondering, what is the correct term for blacks in say Canada, Australia, and the UK? African American wouldn’t be right. Can you just call them “African”? That would not be politically correct in the US woul… --- ## [Obama attempts to "modify" the BIG THREE entitlements, I will remove his 2012 sticker from my Jeep!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-attempts-to-modify-the-big-three-entitlements-i-will-remove-his-2012-sticker-from-my-jeep/590118)
**Author:** [@Cyclone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyclone)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-attempts-to-modify-the-big-three-entitlements-i-will-remove-his-2012-sticker-from-my-jeep/590118 "2011-07-30T20:34:16Z")
Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid have been Democratic ideals since 1932, and President Obama is willing to play poker with their future? As a lifelong Dem I have stopped contributing to the party, and I am on rec… --- ## [Rand Paul and Chris Christie believe vaccines should be optional](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-and-chris-christie-believe-vaccines-should-be-optional/711654)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-and-chris-christie-believe-vaccines-should-be-optional/711654 "2015-02-07T16:58:12Z")
Not exactly sure why they’re jumping on the anti vaccine movement. While they may be able to lock up the relatively small number of rabid anti vaccine voters, this doesn’t seem to be an issue that can help them or the … --- ## [Job Hunting Question: Can employers verify salary info?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-question-can-employers-verify-salary-info/398432)
**Author:** [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-question-can-employers-verify-salary-info/398432 "2007-04-04T05:58:50Z")
I’m considering changing companies. There are a myriad of reasons why this has come to pass, but one of them is that I’m feeling slightly underpaid compared with what I can get out there at another shop. Every time I’v… --- ## [What is so scary and mysterious about iTunes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-scary-and-mysterious-about-itunes/543293)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-scary-and-mysterious-about-itunes/543293 "2011-06-21T12:04:46Z")
I’ve talked to a lot of people and read a lot of threads here and on other boards about how people “hate,” “fear,” or “don’t understand” iTunes. This I have never understood. IMHO iTunes is one of the simplest, most us… --- ## [Hil's too sexy for this pic, Sec of State's gonna leave me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hils-too-sexy-for-this-pic-sec-of-states-gonna-leave-me/581255)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hils-too-sexy-for-this-pic-sec-of-states-gonna-leave-me/581255 "2011-05-13T23:23:40Z")
New York Hasidic newspaper photoshops Hillary and counter-terrorism analyst Audrey Tomasen out of situation room picture. The editors say it’s for modesty reasons and I can almost see Tomasen’s sexy V-notch at her throa… --- ## [Farrah Abraham's sex tape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farrah-abrahams-sex-tape/655669)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farrah-abrahams-sex-tape/655669 "2013-05-14T21:56:34Z")
Funny story. Farrah Abraham, one of the stars on the reality show Teen Mom, has been trying to sell a sex tape she’s in. She has been saying it was an amateur tape that she made for herself but has now decided to sell. … --- ## [Car shakes when braking from high speeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-shakes-when-braking-from-high-speeds/339383)
**Author:** [@StewieGriffin420](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StewieGriffin420)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-shakes-when-braking-from-high-speeds/339383 "2006-01-11T19:50:42Z")
When I am braking from more than say 50 mph and coming to a stop, my car vibrates really bad. The pads are practically new and the rotors are fine. What might be causing this? --- ## [Phantom Menace Is The Worst Film Ever Made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-menace-is-the-worst-film-ever-made/713988)
**Author:** [@The\_Winkler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Winkler)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-menace-is-the-worst-film-ever-made/713988 "2015-03-13T19:09:59Z")
I mean for major, big budget films. Considering the track record of those involved, the money put into this film, the talent of most of the lead actors, the cultural impact and magic of the first two films (ANH and ESB)… --- ## [American Idol Feb. 20-22](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-feb-20-22/392988)
**Author:** [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Replies:** 458\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-feb-20-22/392988 "2007-02-27T13:51:54Z")
So is everyone prepared to be Idoled out this week? We’ll have episodes not just tonight and tomorrow night, but a third (results) show on Thursday. Whew. Tonight over a two-hour time span we’ll hear from the top 12 guy… --- ## [Canada: GovGen dissolves Parliament, Carney drops the writ, and the election is on!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 925\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985 "2025-11-04T12:45:08Z")
Canadians go to the polls on April 28, one of the shortest election periods allowed by the Elections Act Carney asks Canadians for a strong electoral mandate; says this is the most important election of our lifetimes, … --- ## [Men: do you notice a woman's nail polish and/or shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-notice-a-womans-nail-polish-and-or-shoes/573101)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-notice-a-womans-nail-polish-and-or-shoes/573101 "2011-03-08T15:46:34Z")
In another thread, there’s a debate (mostly between me and two other posters) about whether or not men care about a woman’s nails, shoes, and other aesthetic accessories. As I stated, I do not care. But I am now genuine… --- ## [How long to rebuild civilization only from knowledge in people's heads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-rebuild-civilization-only-from-knowledge-in-peoples-heads/584265)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-rebuild-civilization-only-from-knowledge-in-peoples-heads/584265 "2011-07-10T16:44:04Z")
An alien race visits us and without any communication they simultaneously destroy all human Artifacts. All machines , factories , buildings , tools , electronics, books etc just vanish. Farmland is left as farmland but a… --- ## [Empire: Total War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-total-war/486492)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-total-war/486492 "2010-12-21T20:53:53Z")
Anyone getting it? I’m a bit worried my computer isn’t gonna be able to handle it at (single core processor) and the period isn’t my favourite (frankly I would have prefered Rome II: Total War) - too much ‘charge of the … --- ## [Isn't it time for atheists to stop telling the Galileo myth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-atheists-to-stop-telling-the-galileo-myth/478411)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-atheists-to-stop-telling-the-galileo-myth/478411 "2008-12-29T05:46:00Z")
By the Galileo myth, I mean claims like the ones in this thread. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482007&highlight=Galileo That thread is certainly not unique, and similar claims are made by just ab… --- ## [What is the evidence that races are equal in intelligence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-that-races-are-equal-in-intelligence/67996)
**Author:** [@Autumn\_Wind\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Wind_Chick)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-that-races-are-equal-in-intelligence/67996 "2001-09-08T22:51:33Z")
I realize that this is a topic that gets peoples’ emotions running high, but I’m curious. I imagine that this thread will get moved pretty fast. Anyway, my question is: What is the evidence that races are equal (in gene… --- ## [Battlestar Galactica 4.19 - "Someone to Watch Over Me" (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-4-19-someone-to-watch-over-me-spoilers/487684)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-4-19-someone-to-watch-over-me-spoilers/487684 "2009-03-06T14:35:02Z")
Spoiler policy: If you want to discuss a plot point from an upcoming episode, something you know is going to happen because it’s been revealed in interviews or some other canon source, including the preview for the follo… --- ## [An otherwise normal man with holes in his socks - how weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-otherwise-normal-man-with-holes-in-his-socks-how-weird/636777)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-otherwise-normal-man-with-holes-in-his-socks-how-weird/636777 "2012-10-15T04:09:03Z")
How weird is it for an otherwise normal, well socialized, middle class man to have a hole in his sock? Not a threadbare, ratty sock…just a normal sock that happens to have a hole at the big toe or at the heel, which he … --- ## [When you live in Television.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-live-in-television/542182)
**Author:** [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-live-in-television/542182 "2010-06-30T15:04:57Z")
Your car is always clean and shiny. Especially if you’re an international spy. You never have to use the washroom, except to have important conversations no one else is supposed to hear, or unless you’re there to a… --- ## [NJ Senator Menendez indicted on multiple corruption charges {2023-09-22} - Convicted on all counts on July 16, 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-senator-menendez-indicted-on-multiple-corruption-charges-2023-09-22-convicted-on-all-counts-on-july-16-2024/990544)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 385\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-senator-menendez-indicted-on-multiple-corruption-charges-2023-09-22-convicted-on-all-counts-on-july-16-2024/990544 "2025-04-22T13:26:54Z")
He has been indicted in the past and escaped due to a hung jury. Some of his charges: The three-count indictment, which also charges the senator’s wife and three New Jersey businessmen, accuses him of using his offici… --- ## [Bernie Sanders makes it official. How far will he go in 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-makes-it-official-how-far-will-he-go-in-2020/829821)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-makes-it-official-how-far-will-he-go-in-2020/829821 "2019-04-16T11:51:03Z")
So much has been made of Sen. Bernie Sanders since 2016 and in the time since November 2016. I’m wondering what dopers think of his chances in 2020. What, if anything, will be different about his campaign this time arou… --- ## [The Court may finally force my neighbor to eat his own shit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-court-may-finally-force-my-neighbor-to-eat-his-own-shit/158191)
**Author:** [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-court-may-finally-force-my-neighbor-to-eat-his-own-shit/158191 "2003-03-08T15:22:48Z")
Several of you are aware that my family and I have had to go through a real ordeal over the past 9 months or so. I started a thread on this right after the incident but later asked to have it removed since it was sugges… --- ## [What does it feel like to get sprayed by a fire extinguisher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-to-get-sprayed-by-a-fire-extinguisher/528503)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-to-get-sprayed-by-a-fire-extinguisher/528503 "2014-05-16T20:04:00Z")
Is it cold? Will it soak your clothes? Does it irritate the skin? Is it painful, merely uncomfortable, or fun? Is it dangerous? We can assume it’s a standard ABC extinguisher. If the answers would change for other clas… --- ## [Ugh, do I REALLY have to schedule ANOTHER colonoscopy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-do-i-really-have-to-schedule-another-colonoscopy/989304)
**Author:** [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Replies:** 450\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-do-i-really-have-to-schedule-another-colonoscopy/989304 "2025-04-18T20:58:21Z")
I JUST had one like three years ago. The procedure itself was fine – best nap ever – and it was fun losing 11 pounds at Weight Watchers that week, but the prep was nothing I ever want to go through again. Can’t I just ke… --- ## [The media should name all rape accusers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-media-should-name-all-rape-accusers/707686)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-media-should-name-all-rape-accusers/707686 "2015-01-12T20:06:20Z")
After the mess from the Rolling Stone/Virginia phony rape allegations, it is time for the media to end the absurd policy of not providing the full name of rape accusers. The pendulum has swung too far. For the crime to h… --- ## [Is heighth a word? If not, why do people say it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-heighth-a-word-if-not-why-do-people-say-it/588059)
**Author:** [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-heighth-a-word-if-not-why-do-people-say-it/588059 "2015-01-31T16:55:06Z")
Occasionally, in conversation, someone will substitute heighth for height. Is there some linguistic reason people do this, or are they just being strange? Why is this such a common affectation? Maybe it’s not very commo… --- ## [Realising you'll never amount to anything.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realising-youll-never-amount-to-anything/711323)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realising-youll-never-amount-to-anything/711323 "2015-02-05T02:35:49Z")
It’s funny hitting that point in life where you realise that clearly you probably will never starve but you’ll probably never do anything that merits even a footnote in anyone’s account of anything ever again. I just too… --- ## [Anti-nuclear power idiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-nuclear-power-idiots/490159)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-nuclear-power-idiots/490159 "2015-11-08T18:29:18Z")
If aliens landed tomorrow and told us: “We bring you a new way to generate power. It will not release pollution into your atmosphere, it will not generate greenhouse gasses, you have enough fuel for it to last hundreds o… --- ## ["How Much Did That Cost?" I Hate That Question!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-that-cost-i-hate-that-question/596058)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-that-cost-i-hate-that-question/596058 "2012-03-31T01:32:55Z")
Every time I buy something, pick up the check for dinner, pay my bills, etc, I get asked the same question. I hate it. It’s rude, personal and obnoxious. But thats just me. You? --- ## [Female singers with low voices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-with-low-voices/215429)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singers-with-low-voices/215429 "2003-12-02T02:25:49Z")
We have had some threads about high falsetto male voices, so I guess turnabout is fair play— what female singers have good low voices? Cher immediately springs to mind, of course, but I can also think of Toni Braxton and… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=207&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=209&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)