# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=217&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:** 218 --- ## [My refrigerator is empty: a hungry MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-refrigerator-is-empty-a-hungry-mmp/636374)
**Author:** [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-refrigerator-is-empty-a-hungry-mmp/636374 "2012-10-08T15:42:25Z")
My refrigerator can have all kinds of food in it and will still be considered empty if there’s no: \[ul\] \[li\]Milk\[/li\]\[li\]Bread\[/li\]\[li\]Yogurt\[/li\]\[li\]Eggs\[/li\]\[li\]Ritter milk chocolate with hazelnuts\[/li\]\[li\]Sugar snap… --- ## [Bad one-liners your Dad (or Mom) repeatedly subjected you to,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-one-liners-your-dad-or-mom-repeatedly-subjected-you-to/651753)
**Author:** [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-one-liners-your-dad-or-mom-repeatedly-subjected-you-to/651753 "2014-10-01T20:52:00Z")
When I was young my dad had his standard repertoire of bad one-liners that he would roll out when the situation dictated. Some may have found them amusing wittisims, but to me and my sister they were so oft repeated tha… --- ## [Dying Girl Bullied Online by 33 Year Old Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-girl-bullied-online-by-33-year-old-neighbor/557125 "2012-01-16T14:32:32Z")
This news comes from the city about 5 miles south of me. What is the world coming to? This little girl is dying from Huntington’s Disease, which killed her mother. Her neighbor posts horrific pictures of her on Facebook… --- ## [so why all the hate for captain morgan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-all-the-hate-for-captain-morgan/673678)
**Author:** [@Jay4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay4)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-all-the-hate-for-captain-morgan/673678 "2015-08-16T21:39:22Z")
is it just alcohol snobs or is private stock really that much better then regular captain morgan.cuz this stuff(captain morgan private stock) aint really that bad or at least straight --- ## [A Mountains, Furniture, and Dogs MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mountains-furniture-and-dogs-mmp/450625)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Replies:** 567\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mountains-furniture-and-dogs-mmp/450625 "2008-06-11T20:27:17Z")
Last week we took our trip to Idaho to deliver snowbunny’s furniture to her and to enjoy a few days in the mountains in the process. It was a complicated maneuver – we had packed her stuff into a moving cube, which was … --- ## [Dad up and died and left me to deal with my mom's Alzheimer's. I need so much advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-up-and-died-and-left-me-to-deal-with-my-moms-alzheimers-i-need-so-much-advice/950581)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 302\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-up-and-died-and-left-me-to-deal-with-my-moms-alzheimers-i-need-so-much-advice/950581 "2022-06-07T15:54:29Z")
Good god, where do we even start. My dad has had faltering health all year. We’ve been in and out of the ER numerous times since January, fighting the symptoms of what ultimately ended up being untreatable heart failure.… --- ## [Hefner's Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hefners-law/697168)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hefners-law/697168 "2014-09-05T01:47:17Z")
I propose “Hefner’s Law”: If you don’t pose for any nude pictures, there won’t be any nude pictures of you. --- ## [The sleazy fucking jerk. No, she's not interested in you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sleazy-fucking-jerk-no-shes-not-interested-in-you/476818)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sleazy-fucking-jerk-no-shes-not-interested-in-you/476818 "2008-12-17T13:42:38Z")
Right now I’m at a tiny corner Starbuck’s in my neighborhood, where they have a group of four easy chairs in one corner, next to an outlet (so I always try to sit in that area with my computer. I got the corner seat to… --- ## [Lubricant for wooden drawers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lubricant-for-wooden-drawers/481807)
**Author:** [@spike404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spike404)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lubricant-for-wooden-drawers/481807 "2009-01-18T23:34:31Z")
I have a wooden desk that is about 50-60 years old. Great piece of furniture, but as of late, the drawers seem to be harder to pull open. Perhaps just wear? I have searched, and wax or soap seem to be the popular reco… --- ## [Was Green Lantern too "Comic Booky" for general audiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-green-lantern-too-comic-booky-for-general-audiences/587866)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-green-lantern-too-comic-booky-for-general-audiences/587866 "2012-06-18T22:52:12Z")
So I think it is official that Green Lantern was a bomb. The question is why? I knew GL would be a tough sell but based on trailers alone, of the super hero movies this summer so far, Thor looked to be the weakest. Surpr… --- ## [Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke harasses, threatens Packer fan.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milwaukee-county-sheriff-david-clarke-harasses-threatens-packer-fan/777636)
**Author:** [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milwaukee-county-sheriff-david-clarke-harasses-threatens-packer-fan/777636 "2017-09-01T21:11:02Z")
Here’s the story. My précis of the timeline. Last Sunday, the Green Bay Packers played the Dallas Cowboys in a playoff football game. Also last Sunday, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke was flying from Dallas to M… --- ## [Simple factual errors that drive you nuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-factual-errors-that-drive-you-nuts/486504)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-factual-errors-that-drive-you-nuts/486504 "2009-02-26T16:28:24Z")
I’ll share some so you can get the point and join in: TERMS FOR ‘other than full’ SIBLINGS If one of your parents, either one, has a child with a person who isn’t your parent, that child (if a boy) is your half brother… --- ## [I don't understand what Jenn Sterger is up to (regarding Farve)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-jenn-sterger-is-up-to-regarding-farve/558177 "2010-10-29T16:26:34Z")
Hmm…she’s been saying for weeks that she “may” talk to the NFL. Why is this taking weeks to sort out? Is she working out some sort of paid silence deal with Farve? Is she working all of the book/Inside Edition/Playb… --- ## [Marine throws puppy off a cliff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marine-throws-puppy-off-a-cliff/440093)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marine-throws-puppy-off-a-cliff/440093 "2008-03-09T13:42:29Z")
YouTube took the video down, but it’s linked here, along with the news article, so you can read the article without clicking on the video (which I have no intention of doing.) Everyone at the Marine base in Hawaii is ho… --- ## [Why all the hostility toward looking nice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-hostility-toward-looking-nice/336367)
**Author:** [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Replies:** 357\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-hostility-toward-looking-nice/336367 "2006-01-09T20:03:40Z")
Inpired somewhat by this thread: but also by similar threads I have seen on the boards. Why do so many people seem to be against the idea of putting any effort into their appearance? I see this quite a bit, what with … --- ## [The Great 2012 SDMB Summer Postcard Exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522 "2012-08-21T14:26:26Z")
Hi, everyone, Last year, we had fun with the 2011 Summer Postcard Exchange (well, except for the little uncertainties caused by postal unpleasantness in Canada However, PM Harper took care of that for us, God bless’im.… --- ## [What happens if you drop a grenade down a tanks gun barrel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-drop-a-grenade-down-a-tanks-gun-barrel/678335)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-drop-a-grenade-down-a-tanks-gun-barrel/678335 "2014-04-12T04:43:07Z")
Assuming it’s a regular fragmentation grenade and not an anti-tank grenade (although I don’t think one would fit) you managed to drop down a main battle tanks gun barrel, how much damage would it cause? Would it blow up … --- ## [Don't we also have to respect cheaters and sociopaths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-we-also-have-to-respect-cheaters-and-sociopaths/287204)
**Author:** [@Roland\_Deschain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Deschain)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2005, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-we-also-have-to-respect-cheaters-and-sociopaths/287204 "2005-02-05T10:46:45Z")
In my diversity, and multiculturalism in American Religion class last semester we discussed how it is important to respect even those we disagree with. As examples she offered Satanists, Objectivists (think of Ian Rand)… --- ## [Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic Jewish relations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-benedict-xvi-and-catholic-jewish-relations/483564)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-benedict-xvi-and-catholic-jewish-relations/483564 "2009-03-20T15:56:54Z")
The Pope rehabilitates a Holocaust denier bishop and is surprised that it throws off Catholic Jewish relations? It does seem that this Pope is undoing much of what Vatican 2 accomplished in warming Catholic Jewish relat… --- ## ["Americans - the most brainwashed people of the World"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-the-most-brainwashed-people-of-the-world/540685)
**Author:** [@No\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Man)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-the-most-brainwashed-people-of-the-world/540685 "2010-05-29T17:08:42Z")
I googled “the most brainwashed people” and “the most brainwashed nation” and came up with this title. My opinion is that people everywhere are too brainwashed. Mostly we don’t think, but if we think we don’t act. To m… --- ## [Get building permits for a bathroom remodel? Yea or Nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-building-permits-for-a-bathroom-remodel-yea-or-nay/611519)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-building-permits-for-a-bathroom-remodel-yea-or-nay/611519 "2012-02-03T23:05:41Z")
We’re going to be remodeling our bathrooms (all 3) soon and my wife and I are arguing about whether we need to get building permits. (For reference, we’re in San Jose, CA.) Most of the work will be replacing existing f… --- ## [Anyone else's BS meter going off in response to the pyjama pants girl thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-elses-bs-meter-going-off-in-response-to-the-pyjama-pants-girl-thread/109902)
**Author:** [@JaxBeachBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaxBeachBoy)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-elses-bs-meter-going-off-in-response-to-the-pyjama-pants-girl-thread/109902 "2002-05-28T14:55:00Z")
I see all these people developing a deep emotional attachment to this whole thread, and would hate to see this turn out to be another internet “story” type hoax. Please tell me I’m not the only one who has some problems… --- ## [What cultures \*really\* do consider fat and/or obese women as beautiful or preferred?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cultures-really-do-consider-fat-and-or-obese-women-as-beautiful-or-preferred/546925)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cultures-really-do-consider-fat-and-or-obese-women-as-beautiful-or-preferred/546925 "2010-07-20T21:29:42Z")
I’ve heard this all the time on the SDMB and real life; in location X, large women are admired and considered more desirable than the thinner and weight-proportionate-to-height women that are generally considered the ide… --- ## [Fishy mangoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishy-mangoes/610357)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishy-mangoes/610357 "2019-06-11T04:36:59Z")
I do enjoy mangoes. A good mango is a delicious treat, and mango salsa with fish is a divine meal. Having said that, 90% of the mangoes I eat have at least a very, very slight fishy flavor to them, for at least a taste… --- ## [Ah honest attempt to 'see the other side' by a Progressive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-honest-attempt-to-see-the-other-side-by-a-progressive/926354)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 417\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-honest-attempt-to-see-the-other-side-by-a-progressive/926354 "2020-12-18T20:25:03Z")
There are a couple threads here where posters have told Progressives or Dems in general to see the world from a Trumpers point of view. I am very Progressive and have been for a while. I started out my adult life as a … --- ## [porn industry, semen, and how it all works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-industry-semen-and-how-it-all-works/88845)
**Author:** [@ScottHaneda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottHaneda)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-industry-semen-and-how-it-all-works/88845 "2001-10-23T00:05:49Z")
Not trying to be a sicko here, but I just started wondering something, so I ask a serious question, and hope that people do not take offense to it. Unfortuneately, searches on these matters on the internet yield not much… --- ## [Sidekicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 366\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidekicks/788559 "2017-10-06T15:20:39Z")
Name the hero/superhero/protagonist that the sidekick in question is paired with. I’ll start with a tricky one, because it could have 2 answers: Dum Dum. --- ## [I can "Hear" when electronics are on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hear-when-electronics-are-on/516879)
**Author:** [@Shane121](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shane121)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hear-when-electronics-are-on/516879 "2016-10-06T17:23:25Z")
Just about a few years ago I started noticing that when any electronic in my house is turned on, (tv, laptop, etc.) I can here a steady low frequency noise. It’s loud enough for me to definitley know its there, but it’s… --- ## [Pantyhose - under or over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242 "2010-08-02T20:07:35Z")
Perhaps the Dope can resolve an age old question. :slight\_smile: Are panties worn under or over pantyhose? Or, omitted altogether? I’ve taken my own informal research back in my dating days. :slight\_smile: Seems like… --- ## [Why did my bananas split open?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-bananas-split-open/576675)
**Author:** [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-bananas-split-open/576675 "2013-05-24T17:26:16Z")
I bought a bunch of bananas yesterday at the perfect stage of ripeness, i.e. a little green. My husband and daughter each ate one. Today, the four bananas left had split open their skins all down the length of the banan… --- ## [RO: Somebody sends letter to neighbours telling them to kill their son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-somebody-sends-letter-to-neighbours-telling-them-to-kill-their-son/666699)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-somebody-sends-letter-to-neighbours-telling-them-to-kill-their-son/666699 "2013-08-28T19:14:00Z")
Family Of Boy With Autism Receives Shockingly Offensive Letter Max Begley is a thirteen year old with autism who lives in Newcastle, Ontario. Apparently one of the neighbours is unhappy with that. So she wrote a letter … --- ## [Trump & Cuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cuba/789150)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cuba/789150 "2017-10-03T22:21:21Z")
No, not this Cuba; this Cuba. Today Mr. Trump announced that he was abandoning and/or altering various aspects of the previous administration’s stance, including re-instituting a people-to-people travel ban and other sa… --- ## [The NRA's response to Sandy Hook - An armed policemen in every. single. school. in the US.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nras-response-to-sandy-hook-an-armed-policemen-in-every-single-school-in-the-us/644754)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nras-response-to-sandy-hook-an-armed-policemen-in-every-single-school-in-the-us/644754 "2012-12-29T22:06:19Z")
Don’t focus on or even think about controlling access to certain high powered guns. Instead we need to put an armed policemen in every. single. school. in the US. That’s their serious answer. An armed guard in every sin… --- ## [Askthepizzaguy V Bricker- The Great Pizza Debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askthepizzaguy-v-bricker-the-great-pizza-debate/641573)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askthepizzaguy-v-bricker-the-great-pizza-debate/641573 "2012-11-29T23:41:22Z")
From this thread: I issued this challenge: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15715907&postcount=157 \*\*Request: No other posters besides myself and Bricker, to provide accommodation for his assertion… --- ## [How long does it take for food to pass through my body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-food-to-pass-through-my-body/297722)
**Author:** [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-food-to-pass-through-my-body/297722 "2015-04-19T19:23:18Z")
Suppose at dinnertime, I pig out, and eat three pounds worth of food. Naturally, if I get on a scale afterwards, I will weight three pounds heavier than before. How long will it take for that three pounds of fine cuisi… --- ## [2001: A Space Odyssey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2001-a-space-odyssey/472997)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2001-a-space-odyssey/472997 "2022-04-22T19:29:20Z")
I watched this about 1970. As a dumb teenager I thought it was great. Tonight I tried to watch it again. The funereal pace drove me insane- I gave it aay after an hour. Is this movie good, great, or way over rated? --- ## [A multiparty system is better for America than a two-party system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-multiparty-system-is-better-for-america-than-a-two-party-system/495658)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-multiparty-system-is-better-for-america-than-a-two-party-system/495658 "2009-05-15T04:36:02Z")
As it’s relevant to current discussion in this thread on the GOP’s future direction, I decided to create a zombie-clone of this old thread of mine. Arise! I have often argued here for electoral-system reforms which wou… --- ## [Favorite Ren and Stimpy quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ren-and-stimpy-quotes/80369)
**Author:** [@EvilGhandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilGhandi)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ren-and-stimpy-quotes/80369 "2013-07-24T22:45:08Z")
Stimpy you EEEEdiot. Rens Peter Laurie voice still cracks me up in re-runs. But my all time favorite has to be, “The presidents head is full of carmal corn” --- ## [Why am I always dehydrated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-always-dehydrated/228453)
**Author:** [@freewill39](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freewill39)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-always-dehydrated/228453 "2013-02-28T02:22:49Z")
Ok, I’ve consistantly had this problem, for yeras…and I’m not qute sure why. I dehydrate very easily. My mouth and throat get dry quickly. When I sleep, I wake up completely dehydrated, despite how much I drink befo… --- ## [It's not even winter and I already hate you motherfuckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-even-winter-and-i-already-hate-you-motherfuckers/676354)
**Author:** [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-even-winter-and-i-already-hate-you-motherfuckers/676354 "2014-01-04T02:04:45Z")
Fuck you cunts who can manage to shovel your driveway but can’t be fucked to figure out the fucking sidewalk. Cram it in your fucking cramholes. Up yours to the assholes who think that if they cover their dog shit with… --- ## [What would you do about a car pool mate who was constantly 3 to 8 minutes late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-about-a-car-pool-mate-who-was-constantly-3-to-8-minutes-late/642436)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-about-a-car-pool-mate-who-was-constantly-3-to-8-minutes-late/642436 "2013-01-09T21:06:53Z")
Subject pretty much says it all. For the better part of 6 months now I’ve been car-pooling with two guys; we meet at a gravel park-and-ride spot off the highway. The first guy is pretty good, although he is a minute or… --- ## [I Am Leaving My Husband. Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-my-husband-help/374963)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 328\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-my-husband-help/374963 "2006-10-12T19:50:03Z")
I am leaving my husband. Rather asking him to leave. However, I have been having a moral dilemma. Prior to our marriage we signed a prenuptial agreement. I had assets, he did not. It was pretty standard, I keep mine… --- ## [Pop Culture tropes that infuriate you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-tropes-that-infuriate-you/816269)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-tropes-that-infuriate-you/816269 "2018-07-23T04:00:58Z")
This thread was inspired by my answer to the other one in this forum about offensive ads. Something I have always found annoying is the Big Dumb Average Guy, who appears in both the sitcoms and ads. This is a very old th… --- ## [The system worked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-system-worked/522908)
**Author:** [@Sinaijon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaijon)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-system-worked/522908 "2010-01-07T14:05:03Z")
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2009/12/28/clueless-napolitano-now-concedes-system-failed-miserably What a fucking dimwit. Can we agree that this dunce is completely over her head in regards to terrorism?… --- ## [Game of Thrones, The Kingsroad, 4/24/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-the-kingsroad-4-24-11/579563)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-the-kingsroad-4-24-11/579563 "2011-04-29T19:14:41Z")
Alright, the first week had some discussion about how the format of the threads should go. This week we’re going to go for NO SPOILERS! Boxed or otherwise. This thread is only for discussion of what happens in the episod… --- ## [What are legal ways to get rid of dreadful neighbors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-legal-ways-to-get-rid-of-dreadful-neighbors/539740)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-legal-ways-to-get-rid-of-dreadful-neighbors/539740 "2010-05-22T05:45:44Z")
The old lady who is my downstairs neighbor smokes like a chimney. It seeps in through my fireplace (even through the shrink wrap) and makes it almost impossible to garden out on my balcony. Almost every time I go to pl… --- ## [Your GF/Wife passes out during mid coitus: D you finish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gf-wife-passes-out-during-mid-coitus-d-you-finish/720601)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gf-wife-passes-out-during-mid-coitus-d-you-finish/720601 "2015-11-16T00:29:51Z")
Keep in mind, this is your GF or Wife. The two of you have had consensual sex hundreds of times. For whatever non-life-threatening reasons, your wife/gf passes out mid coitus\* You’re confident you only have about two or… --- ## [What is up with Disney World and its following?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-disney-world-and-its-following/602123)
**Author:** [@zombiemommy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombiemommy)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-disney-world-and-its-following/602123 "2012-06-06T14:49:15Z")
I recently began researching a trip to Disney World and have come across people who have been to Disney literally hundreds of times. We travel alot and have never encountered a destination with such a fanatical followin… --- ## [Fuck you, Wayne Burgarello & fuck that jury too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-wayne-burgarello-fuck-that-jury-too/721352)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-wayne-burgarello-fuck-that-jury-too/721352 "2015-06-09T21:09:49Z")
\[ \](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ce8d124ef387463eb0be72fdcc14e0e1/prosecutor-man-who-killed-trespasser-sought-confrontation)As usual here in Nevada, as long as you say the magic words, you get to walk away after kill… --- ## [When a Mentalist or Sherlock Holmes "read" someone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-mentalist-or-sherlock-holmes-read-someone/713160)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-mentalist-or-sherlock-holmes-read-someone/713160 "2018-03-14T20:52:37Z")
When a mentalist or Sherlock Holmes “read” someone is that real or is it pure fiction ? In other words, can you look at a persons clothes, dialogue and body language and determine that they are a recently unemployed acco… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=216&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=218&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)