# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=210&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:** 211 --- ## [Do you (guys) or your man (ladies) groom his pubes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-or-your-man-ladies-groom-his-pubes/530146)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-or-your-man-ladies-groom-his-pubes/530146 "2010-03-04T08:03:15Z")
I know there has always been trends among women in grooming themselves down below, but based upon my unofficial observation polls at the gyms there is an increase in man-grooming. I’m wondering if there is a trend based… --- ## [Rock Festival in wisconsin - 70s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-festival-in-wisconsin-70s/219903)
**Author:** [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-festival-in-wisconsin-70s/219903 "2021-04-26T01:13:37Z")
After I astounded and amazed my twenty year old son with the shows I’d seen at the Fillmore East when I was just lass, I started telling him of other, stranger musical events. Do you remember a ‘rock festival’ held in … --- ## [The Greatest Character in Sitcom History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-character-in-sitcom-history/484821)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-character-in-sitcom-history/484821 "2009-02-17T14:55:16Z")
Someone in the current “Office” thread nominates Dwight Shrute. I think that’s a pretty strong contender. Define “greatest” any way you like. Who’s the greatest sitcom character ever? --- ## [Jesus loves me, this I know. Does the Bible tell me so?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-loves-me-this-i-know-does-the-bible-tell-me-so/611801)
**Author:** [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-loves-me-this-i-know-does-the-bible-tell-me-so/611801 "2013-03-01T21:01:54Z")
I am not particularly familiar with the Bible, especially the New Testament, as I had a mostly secular upbringing. Does the Bible actually say that Jesus loves us - in those exact words? Is this actually given as the r… --- ## [Which progressive ideas have not worked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-progressive-ideas-have-not-worked/639378)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-progressive-ideas-have-not-worked/639378 "2012-11-05T00:01:14Z")
I’m admittedly a teleologist, as one of my professors used the term, meaning that I think progress is being made generally. I’m a radical progressive, meaning that I think that new and radical solutions to many problems… --- ## [Why so many "Smiths"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-smiths/493025)
**Author:** [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-smiths/493025 "2009-11-13T04:42:06Z")
I talked to someone today with the surname ‘Smith’ and wondered, why are there so many Smiths? It obviously derives from some sort of smith, some of which were blacksmiths but there are probably others. But no matter h… --- ## [Wherein Scylla admonishes the left wing for casting Plame upon Rove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-scylla-admonishes-the-left-wing-for-casting-plame-upon-rove/370737)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 427\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-scylla-admonishes-the-left-wing-for-casting-plame-upon-rove/370737 "2006-09-10T02:08:42Z")
…and probably gets gangbanged by the lefties in the process when it all backfires on him. It wasn’t Rove. It wasn’t Cheney. It wasn’t revenge. It was Richard Armitage, notorious Washington gossip who was the source f… --- ## [Mad-Men: 7.07 "Waterloo" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-7-07-waterloo-open-spoilers/689257)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-7-07-waterloo-open-spoilers/689257 "2014-07-13T14:38:39Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Don is troubled by a letter; Peggy may seek a new future on a risky venture; Roger receives a phone call; Pete and Cutler butt heads. \[/QUOTE\] Last episode of the year; which is a huge shame given that las… --- ## [How safe is riding on a Greyhound bus in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-safe-is-riding-on-a-greyhound-bus-in-the-us/723368)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-safe-is-riding-on-a-greyhound-bus-in-the-us/723368 "2015-06-30T02:31:29Z")
I was thinking about traveling to the United States and exploring the vastness of the country by using Greyhound buses. I did a search on Youtube for videos about the subject. Here are some of the titles that came up: M… --- ## [scrambledeggs, please, give the threads a rest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrambledeggs-please-give-the-threads-a-rest/454433)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrambledeggs-please-give-the-threads-a-rest/454433 "2008-07-07T20:29:53Z")
Look, I’m not one to talk about too much posting. :wink: However, it seems that most of your posts are in threads that you yourself have started. You have about 51 posts, according to your profile-and you’ve posted 33… --- ## [Before the Big Bang: why the huge silence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-the-big-bang-why-the-huge-silence/674684)
**Author:** [@Kamakiri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamakiri)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-the-big-bang-why-the-huge-silence/674684 "2015-01-01T06:01:31Z")
Okay, maybe not the “huge silence,” but a silence, anyway. Just for the record, I’m an atheist firmly planted in the real world, don’t believe conspiracy theories in general, and usually trust smart, accredited scientist… --- ## [So, which part of my life do I give up to avoid being raped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-which-part-of-my-life-do-i-give-up-to-avoid-being-raped/285339)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 320\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-which-part-of-my-life-do-i-give-up-to-avoid-being-raped/285339 "2005-02-06T04:59:40Z")
egarding a few threads about rape and responsibility… I don’t want to get raped, and if I do get raped, I do not want to be blamed. What am I allowed to do or not to do? I make more money if I work the night shift, but… --- ## [Why does everyone hate Thomas Kinkaide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-thomas-kinkaide/487592)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-thomas-kinkaide/487592 "2009-03-07T17:57:02Z")
I wanted to know what the fuss was about, so I Googled his stuff. Okay, maybe he’s a bit boring (it seems to be mostly houses) and cheesy, but I don’t see why anyone would get all foamy at the mouth about him. He’s just…… --- ## ["V" Pilot Tonight — \[Open Spoilers after it airs\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-pilot-tonight-open-spoilers-after-it-airs/516169)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-pilot-tonight-open-spoilers-after-it-airs/516169 "2009-11-09T17:10:15Z")
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**Author:** [@jvauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jvauerbach)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-big-4-accounting-firms-over-work-employees/490173 "2009-04-01T19:03:03Z")
Not sure if similar debates have come up in the past but this article is raging through email forwards within the Big 4: \ The article is humorous in nature, and many of this guy’s articles are very f… --- ## [My friend made a weird observation about license plates in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-made-a-weird-observation-about-license-plates-in-movies/166122)
**Author:** [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-made-a-weird-observation-about-license-plates-in-movies/166122 "2025-04-07T21:42:12Z")
My friend claims that he has observed the license plate initials “PCE” show up in movies unusually often; Can anyone confirm or deny this? Is he just crazy, or, indeed, are these initials used for a purpose?? --- ## [Why are you idiots clapping when the plane lands? (mild)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-idiots-clapping-when-the-plane-lands-mild/556975)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-idiots-clapping-when-the-plane-lands-mild/556975 "2010-10-17T10:31:14Z")
Did you think not turning the plane into a fireball and crashing into a mountain was a special treat? Do you think we are Lindburg, making the dangerous crossing to Newark for the first time? And it’s not like the pilo… --- ## [North Korea - Why aren't we focused on helping them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-why-arent-we-focused-on-helping-them/663467)
**Author:** [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-why-arent-we-focused-on-helping-them/663467 "2013-07-20T06:16:41Z")
North Korea is a horrible dystopia. It is basically a slave state, ruled by a mad family. Except with slaves, the masters at least mostly feed them. With the propaganda, the concentration camps, etc, it is not incomparab… --- ## [Do you say "Shtreet" instead of "Street"? Is this a regional variation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-shtreet-instead-of-street-is-this-a-regional-variation/525389)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-shtreet-instead-of-street-is-this-a-regional-variation/525389 "2011-05-29T07:46:08Z")
How do you pronounce “str”, as in “street” or “destroyed”? Do you pronounce it “shtr” instead of “str”? If so, where are you from? This came up in a thread about Michelle Obama’s accent in an appeal for help for Haiti. … --- ## [One-Sided Toast - Calling all U.K.ers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sided-toast-calling-all-u-k-ers/48439)
**Author:** [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sided-toast-calling-all-u-k-ers/48439 "2021-04-28T14:33:46Z")
I only knew this bit of data from Sting’s “Englishman in New York” song: “I don’t drink coffee I take tea my dear, I like my toast done on one side” I thought: “Wow, do the English really only toast their bread on one… --- ## [Mafia: Evil Dead - Signups and Night Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-evil-dead-signups-and-night-zero/476736)
**Author:** [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-evil-dead-signups-and-night-zero/476736 "2008-12-19T03:14:02Z")
With the SDMB Mafia game now concluded, this seems like an optimal time to open up sign-ups for the next game. Mafia: Evil Dead is now open for business. Please sign-up by posting to this thread. The game has two possibl… --- ## [I know that moose get big, but yikes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-that-moose-get-big-but-yikes/521651)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-that-moose-get-big-but-yikes/521651 "2009-12-19T21:29:45Z")
Like the title says… Thisguy looks to be about 8 feet tall at the shoulder. Walking down a road This is shopped, right? Shadow doesn’t look right. --- ## [Has there ever been a real-life equivalent to the "Kobayashi Maru" test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-real-life-equivalent-to-the-kobayashi-maru-test/686119)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-real-life-equivalent-to-the-kobayashi-maru-test/686119 "2024-01-10T20:15:47Z")
The Kobayashi Maru scenario is a famous fictional test given to cadets at Star Trek’s Starfleet Academy. The situation is designed to be unwinnable and the real test is to evaluate how the candidate thinks and performs u… --- ## [Why do we add Bay leaves to our soups/stews?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-add-bay-leaves-to-our-soups-stews/316366)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-add-bay-leaves-to-our-soups-stews/316366 "2005-08-11T03:28:54Z")
I’m currently baby-sitting a pot of beef stew on the stove, and I added a couple Bay leaves. I always have Bay leaves on hand, and reflexively add them to soups & stews, mainly because Mom always did, and recipes often c… --- ## [What "pet" names do you call your significant other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pet-names-do-you-call-your-significant-other/536373)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pet-names-do-you-call-your-significant-other/536373 "2014-11-30T18:38:22Z")
Not going to make it a poll as I would expect that the possibilities are too great to accurately represent all of them. I would expect there will be a lot of traditional ones such as: honey, sweetie, and darling. So wh… --- ## [What does it mean to be 'needy' in a relationship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-to-be-needy-in-a-relationship/501161)
**Author:** [@khere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/khere)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-to-be-needy-in-a-relationship/501161 "2009-07-02T01:11:36Z")
In your opinion, what are the marks of being ‘needy’, in a relationship context? Do you think a needy person will always be like that, in every relationship, as a characteristic of their personality? Would you consider … --- ## [Things you just don't get.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-just-dont-get/303711)
**Author:** [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Replies:** 280\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-just-dont-get/303711 "2005-05-31T18:05:01Z")
For me: "And then one thing led to another . . ." On the radio this morning, a woman called in to say that while she was engaged, she met up with an ex for drinks, that “one thing led to another,” they had sex, she the… --- ## [Appropriateness of an employee flirting with a customer/client](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriateness-of-an-employee-flirting-with-a-customer-client/483014)
**Author:** [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriateness-of-an-employee-flirting-with-a-customer-client/483014 "2009-01-31T04:34:49Z")
So I was having this discussion with a friend of mine and was wondering what you all think. As I’m working in retail a lot of customers come and go. Some are regulars, some just show up once and you never see again. S… --- ## [Captain Midnight is a Fat-Ass!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-midnight-is-a-fat-ass/552787)
**Author:** [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-midnight-is-a-fat-ass/552787 "2010-09-12T16:06:55Z")
In \[thread, Captain Midnight posts the following: \[QUOTE=Captain Midnight\] I am overweight in the Jackie Gleason/Chris Farley mode… Many people who eat with me think that I will eat hordes of food at one sitting which… --- ## [It's the economy stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-economy-stupid/988866)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 350\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-economy-stupid/988866 "2024-06-26T15:14:45Z")
Famous line by James Carville, during the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign. I was living in Little Rock during that time and met Carville at lunch one day at a downtown eatery. Interesting man and strategist. He was… --- ## [Why Are Republicans Allowed To Vote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-allowed-to-vote/729570)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-allowed-to-vote/729570 "2015-09-09T23:50:26Z")
The latest PPP poll (so new that there’s no link yet, but their rep announced the results on this evening’s Rachel Maddow show) shows that among Republicans, Ted Cruz is leading Barack Obama by double digits. Not in fav… --- ## [The Bishop is a drunkard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bishop-is-a-drunkard/708457)
**Author:** [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bishop-is-a-drunkard/708457 "2015-10-28T10:17:20Z")
There’s really not much I can add to this but it seems Maryland’s first female bishop is a bit of a drunkard. And now she has killed someone with her car. This isn’t the first time she’ been DUI. --- ## [Tonights special: apologist apoplexy du rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonights-special-apologist-apoplexy-du-rjung/357068)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2006, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonights-special-apologist-apoplexy-du-rjung/357068 "2006-06-01T11:53:48Z")
I think any introduction, would probably take away from the effect, so… http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7368036&highlight=apologists#post7368036 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p… --- ## [It's my birthday, so I get to start a new Sequential Thread thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 479\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-so-i-get-to-start-a-new-sequential-thread-thread/541798 "2010-07-18T02:01:21Z")
OK, my birthday isn’t for another week and a half. But it’s close enough to retire the other thread. An honest tragedy, and a request for advice for someone affected (long) Van der Sloot’s killed again! Yes, that’s t… --- ## [How many ways are there to skin a cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-ways-are-there-to-skin-a-cat/552159)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-ways-are-there-to-skin-a-cat/552159 "2015-05-19T02:57:46Z")
Obviously there is more than one way. But how many? Two, three, hundreds, thousands, more? Using a practical definition of a ‘way to skin a cat’ as one that has been demonstrated to work, it could not be infinite because… --- ## [What happens if I complain to a Fast Food place?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-i-complain-to-a-fast-food-place/631645)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-i-complain-to-a-fast-food-place/631645 "2012-09-01T05:35:16Z")
I tried to tell the teenager working serveral times I wanted a volcano burrito, but I got a volcano taco. This time it pissed me off enough that I actually left feedback to Taco Bell. So what do they actually do with tha… --- ## [The Walking Dead, SERIES PREMIERE, (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-series-premiere-open-spoilers/559026)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-series-premiere-open-spoilers/559026 "2010-11-09T01:45:27Z")
Ninety minute premiere at 10pm on AMC. I watched it last week and without putting spoilers in my OP I can safely say you won’t be disappointed. :wink: --- ## [Fukushima Reactor 1 Core Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fukushima-reactor-1-core-meltdown/581716)
**Author:** [@SherwoodAnderson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SherwoodAnderson)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fukushima-reactor-1-core-meltdown/581716 "2011-06-08T05:58:58Z")
It seems TEPCO are pretty sure that the fuel rods have melted out of the reactor pressure vessel in the Fukushima Reactor #1. It probably happened pretty soon after the march 11 Tsunami. No further information on how far… --- ## [Who do so many men want to have sex with young boys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-so-many-men-want-to-have-sex-with-young-boys/351371)
**Author:** [@suezeekay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suezeekay)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-so-many-men-want-to-have-sex-with-young-boys/351371 "2006-04-06T12:51:37Z")
This story is of course shocking, mostly because of the risks that this guy took actually giving out his office phone number to a child. http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060404/BREAKING/60404013 Th… --- ## [Humans eating birdseed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-eating-birdseed/511199)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-eating-birdseed/511199 "2014-02-08T03:16:16Z")
What would be the effects on a human eating a cupful of commercial birdseed (besides having a strange and perhaps efficient bowel movement the next day?) Any ill effects? Benefits? The only thing I could find was an a… --- ## [Is Carbon Monoxide flamable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-carbon-monoxide-flamable/619262)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-carbon-monoxide-flamable/619262 "2013-07-27T10:45:42Z")
Before you answer with “Duh, of course it’s not!”, read my reasoning: Burning something is really just reacting that thing with oxygen, causing an exothermic chain reaction. CO2 is CO with an extra O atom. I am presum… --- ## [How come my dishwasher doesn't get tea stains off mugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-my-dishwasher-doesnt-get-tea-stains-off-mugs/569893)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-my-dishwasher-doesnt-get-tea-stains-off-mugs/569893 "2016-08-31T16:08:49Z")
My dishwasher is new-ish. About 3 years old, Kitchenaid, not cheap. It does an OK job with most things, but for some reason, it will not get stains out of mugs used for tea. I’m not talking big horrible stains - if I pul… --- ## [How accurate was the battle style portrayed in The Patriot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-was-the-battle-style-portrayed-in-the-patriot/582124)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-was-the-battle-style-portrayed-in-the-patriot/582124 "2011-11-15T14:44:10Z")
I caught this Mel Gibson movie on TV the other day. Near the end, when the British and the American forces were fighting, they would have a line of redcoats march up, wait for the Americans to fire, then fire back, and … --- ## [NFL Playoffs Division Weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-division-weekend/709426)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-division-weekend/709426 "2015-01-17T19:03:28Z")
Saturday starting at 4:35 ET Ravens @ Patriots Panthers @ Seahawks Sunday at 1:05 Cowboys @ Packers Colts @ Broncos Surprised Ravens @ Pats is the early game. Don’t they usually have the more prominent game later? --- ## [Genetic Freedom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-freedom/237192)
**Author:** [@castaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/castaway)\ **Replies:** 464\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-freedom/237192 "2004-04-24T02:20:18Z")
Here’s some straight dope (not marajuana). http://www.geneticsreligion.com/geneticfreedom/latest-conversation-starter.htm I’ll be happy to clarify anything not understood. --- ## [Can you tell masterpieces from junk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-masterpieces-from-junk/672138)
**Author:** [@Don\_Simus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Simus)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-masterpieces-from-junk/672138 "2014-03-08T23:06:23Z")
Can you tell the best writer from the worst one, masterpieces of art from doodles, famous musicians from unknown ones, a genius from an idiot? Take these quizzes to find out: http://reverent.org/quizzes.html --- ## [I AM NOT THE "GRAPIST"!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463)
**Author:** [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-the-grapist/277463 "2005-01-24T17:05:32Z")
I have been posting on several message boards for a long time now, and my posts are ALWAYS purple. The only exceptions are those boards with a colored background which doesn’t allow certain colors to be read when posted.… --- ## [He Hate Me FF keeper league](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league/359113)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 293\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-ff-keeper-league/359113 "2007-06-26T03:53:44Z")
The He Hate Me More league is now open. Draft time is Monday, September 4th at 10:30pm EST. (Labor Day.) A new feature to yahoo allows you to copy rules from a previous league, so I copied all the rules from last year’… --- ## [The Orville season 3 (now on Disney+ also)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 405\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946 "2023-04-12T13:00:43Z")
The release date has been pushed forwards a few months, but there is a preview clip: --- ## [Tell me about being a newspaper carrier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-being-a-newspaper-carrier/586718)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-being-a-newspaper-carrier/586718 "2011-06-27T20:48:24Z")
I’m applying for a few newspaper carrier jobs, and I’m wondering what to expect. I will begin applying tomorrow morning. Is there an interviewing process? No one mentioned it on the phone. Paperwork was mentioned, howev… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=209&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=211&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)