# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=225&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:** 226 --- ## [Games that require no equipment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-require-no-equipment/514478)
**Author:** [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-require-no-equipment/514478 "2009-10-31T01:26:28Z")
My friends and I have two games we regularly play on car trips, while standing in line at the movies, or whenever else we’re just hanging around with time to kill. The first is “MOVIES”. Someone names a movie, then the… --- ## [Why is the speed of light different from all other speeds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-speed-of-light-different-from-all-other-speeds/535014)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-speed-of-light-different-from-all-other-speeds/535014 "2010-04-16T21:18:39Z")
I’ve read Asimov on Physics and Martin Gardner’s Relativity for the Million and various other popular-science works trying to explain Einsteinian physics to the layman. One thing I’ve never seen explained any of them: W… --- ## [Actors that don't really act](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-dont-really-act/603343)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-dont-really-act/603343 "2011-11-24T06:57:33Z")
I’m not talking about actors that are terrible actors (Julia Roberts) or those that are typecast into one role (Richard Gere). I’m talking about well-known actors that just show up on set and the director tells them to … --- ## [Inserting song lyrics into alternate tunes: List your faves!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-song-lyrics-into-alternate-tunes-list-your-faves/555419)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-song-lyrics-into-alternate-tunes-list-your-faves/555419 "2010-11-03T23:14:43Z")
Not long ago it was pointed out to me that a lot of song lyrics fit well into other well-known tunes. Specifically, that the words for Amazing Grace fit nicely into the tune for Gilligan’s Island, and vice versa. I fou… --- ## [Does this auto repair cost (exhaust system) sound reasonable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-auto-repair-cost-exhaust-system-sound-reasonable/588634)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-auto-repair-cost-exhaust-system-sound-reasonable/588634 "2014-09-11T10:53:25Z")
1999 Toyota Sienna minivan. We took it in because the muffler sounds like it’s not doing its job (understatement) and the place just called us back to say that the “front Y-pipe” is rotted out and needs to be replaced. A… --- ## [Things you see in TV commercials that never happen in the real world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112 "2020-12-07T16:30:37Z")
For example: Doctors who present slide shows on their tablets, facing the screen out and away from them. A perfectly multiethnic group of conventionally attractive BFFs. - white, black (light skin with type 3A or 3… --- ## [Ask the Guy who worked at Skywalker Ranch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-worked-at-skywalker-ranch/639371)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-worked-at-skywalker-ranch/639371 "2017-05-26T00:12:49Z")
With the recent news of Disney’s purchase of my former employer, it seemed to be a good time to come out of the woodwork as someone who was working for Lucasfilm for most of the time I’ve been a Doper (though it’s been o… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 7.01 "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548 "2016-11-02T02:52:23Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] As the members of the group remain helpless, Negan takes action that will forever haunt those who survive \[/QUOTE\] Season 7 premieres and we finally get to find out who Negan killed. Unless of course the … --- ## [On vitriol and the state of America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-vitriol-and-the-state-of-america/835295)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-vitriol-and-the-state-of-america/835295 "2019-06-22T14:59:14Z")
Not sure if this belongs in GD, IMHO, or the Pit. Started it in GD to allow us to talk about our personal feelings while hopefully keeping it civil (and not naming any names of posters). In the last year or two, I find … --- ## [Can a pet walrus be kept?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-pet-walrus-be-kept/502526)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-pet-walrus-be-kept/502526 "2009-07-15T16:25:09Z")
Say I had a large farm, including a lake, in a place like northern Maine; could a walrus be kept as a pet in this kind of environment? I assume it would survive alright if it had a steady diet of fish during the cold sea… --- ## ["Our House" - "two cats in the yard?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-house-two-cats-in-the-yard/495476)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-house-two-cats-in-the-yard/495476 "2015-09-23T01:21:42Z")
I’ve always liked the song Our House by Crosby Stills Nash and Young, who are one of my favorite bands. (I saw them all together a few years ago - they were truly amazing, and Neil Young’s voice in particular sounds exac… --- ## [AIDS free Giraffe board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-free-giraffe-board/524280 "2010-01-26T19:08:40Z")
I keep seeing these pop up ads for something like girraffe board. The ads say things like “a board that won’t give you AIDS” or “a board that won’t ruin your life” and maybe some other similiar stuff that I can’t recall… --- ## [Men: do you prefer a good body or a pretty face?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-a-good-body-or-a-pretty-face/231657)
**Author:** [@seaworthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seaworthy)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-prefer-a-good-body-or-a-pretty-face/231657 "2004-03-04T17:49:53Z")
I recall seeing a poll in some stupid women’s magazine (probably Cosmo, Christ I hate it but if I am within 10 feet of it I have to read it) that said men would rather have a woman with a good body than a pretty face. I … --- ## [Acceptable conduct in the Pit - NON-PIT RULES APPLY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acceptable-conduct-in-the-pit-non-pit-rules-apply/477615)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acceptable-conduct-in-the-pit-non-pit-rules-apply/477615 "2008-12-24T07:21:45Z")
The SDMB staff has discussed the situation in the BBQ Pit and has concluded as follows: Some posters and staff (myself included) feel the Pit can sometimes get out of hand, where a small minority of overly abusive pos… --- ## [Planet Fitness gym: anyone have experience with them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-fitness-gym-anyone-have-experience-with-them/647422)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-fitness-gym-anyone-have-experience-with-them/647422 "2013-01-17T22:49:12Z")
Planet Fitness website. Their membership starts at $10 a month (“plus applicable taxes”) with a one-year commitment and $29.00 to join. Last gym I belonged to was significantly more spendy, and I really didn’t use the s… --- ## [But February made me shiver - (mini rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-february-made-me-shiver-mini-rants/778764 "2017-03-03T02:36:37Z")
Bad news on the doorstep, indeed. But, since this is mini-rants and the rest of the forum is full of major rants, here’s mine: I am so incredibly tired of coughing. I’m tired of people looking at me like I’m Typhoid M… --- ## [Why is my bruise warm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-bruise-warm/390825)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-bruise-warm/390825 "2007-02-05T15:32:47Z")
Why is my bruise warm. I have a bruise on my butt about the size of my hand. The surrounding area (leg, rest of butt, back, abdomen) is relatively cool to the touch, but the bruise is very warm. Why is this? --- ## [Secret Santa 2005](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459)
**Author:** [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Replies:** 411\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459 "2006-02-27T20:59:44Z")
Has anyone thought about the Secret Santas for 2005 yet? I realize it’s a bit early, but since we do have folks from around the world, it’s probably good to get a head start on it. And no, I’m -not- volunteering to run i… --- ## [Employer won't pay travel time. WWYD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employer-wont-pay-travel-time-wwyd/632317)
**Author:** [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employer-wont-pay-travel-time-wwyd/632317 "2015-09-27T21:20:55Z")
Okay. This is a ‘what would you do’ thread. I’m not asking if the situation is legal. Last week, I received a call from a staffing agency saying that they had a job for me working for a local firm. I was advised that … --- ## [Exactly how bad was James Doohan's "Scotty" accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exactly-how-bad-was-james-doohans-scotty-accent/583493)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exactly-how-bad-was-james-doohans-scotty-accent/583493 "2011-06-09T13:18:27Z")
I first became aware of Scotland when as a child I asked my mother why Star Trek’s Scotty’s speech sounded different. When she said “he’s Scottish.” I replied, "No, his name is ‘Scotty.’ " Once I caught on to what she wa… --- ## [If the man and woman are the same height, who usually weighs more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-man-and-woman-are-the-same-height-who-usually-weighs-more/624150)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-man-and-woman-are-the-same-height-who-usually-weighs-more/624150 "2012-06-08T13:57:44Z")
My boyfriend is the same height as me. Last time we weighed ourselves, I weighed 3 lbs. more than him. This creeps me out because in my head, the man should weigh more than the woman, but perhaps I just think this beca… --- ## [Battlestar Galactica 4.17 - "No Exit" (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-4-17-no-exit-spoilers/485696)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-4-17-no-exit-spoilers/485696 "2009-02-22T04:01:15Z")
Spoiler policy (revised as of last week; please make note): 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… --- ## [ObamaCare: The Worst That Can Happen vs. Shutdown & Debt Ceiling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-the-worst-that-can-happen-vs-shutdown-debt-ceiling/670702)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-the-worst-that-can-happen-vs-shutdown-debt-ceiling/670702 "2013-10-23T23:40:32Z")
For the sake of debate, I’m going to assume that Republicans who are against ObamaCare are doing so out of a genuine concern that it will hurt this country. But who will it hurt? And how much? If the law doesn’t work … --- ## [Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570 "2022-08-03T14:34:13Z")
BANGKOK – A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-run, poli… --- ## [What do you think will happen when the water level at Lake Mead falls below 1050 feet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-happen-when-the-water-level-at-lake-mead-falls-below-1050-feet/954201)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-happen-when-the-water-level-at-lake-mead-falls-below-1050-feet/954201 "2026-10-26T05:05:55Z")
Lake Mead sits just outside Las Vegas, created by the construction of the Hoover Dam back in the 1930s. Lake Mead is the largest capacity water reservoir in the US and that water is used, in part, to generate electricit… --- ## [Alex Jones gets cyber-slapped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202 "2022-03-31T17:28:32Z")
Notice how Facebook only responded when trillion-dollar Apple showed some balls and removed Alex Jones. Facebook, YouTube (Alphabet/Google), and Twitter soon followed. Hopefully this becomes a thing. --- ## [Overwriting a third party check endorsement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overwriting-a-third-party-check-endorsement/571369)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overwriting-a-third-party-check-endorsement/571369 "2011-03-14T18:37:46Z")
Suppose I get a check from someone and endorse it on the back payable to someone else. Then I decide to make it payable to a different entity. Do I just cross out or white out the initial endorsement (and initial it?) Or… --- ## [TSA's Groin check? Going too far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsas-groin-check-going-too-far/560853)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsas-groin-check-going-too-far/560853 "2010-11-30T18:55:52Z")
From this story about a man who refused to be screened in the new body scanner. They offered him a pat down but informed him his groin would be touched. He refused. They escorted him from the airport and are now threa… --- ## [Your monthly commercial thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-monthly-commercial-thread/633771)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-monthly-commercial-thread/633771 "2012-10-30T21:46:51Z")
So let’s have a general commercial thread. What do you like out there? What do you hate? What do you want better? I will never get enough of Dish’s Hoppah! commercials. I laugh every time. I also laugh every time I s… --- ## [Windshield replacement - use my insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-replacement-use-my-insurance/504014)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-replacement-use-my-insurance/504014 "2009-12-07T04:20:28Z")
I had my car in for service today and asked for a price to replace my windshield which developed a crack over the weekend. The service writer recommended that I turn it over to my insurance! I’ve read something about th… --- ## [NC Federal House Districts unconstitutionally gerrymandered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-federal-house-districts-unconstitutionally-gerrymandered/806306)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 257\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-federal-house-districts-unconstitutionally-gerrymandered/806306 "2018-11-08T02:35:30Z")
A 3-judge panel unanimously found that the NC legislature had unconstitutionally gerrymandered federal house districts for partisan purposes. This was apparently the money quote, from the Republican who oversaw redistric… --- ## [Non-USA Dopers: Stand and be counted. Please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2006, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/366707 "2006-10-25T08:50:59Z")
In the new thread Which SDMB minority are you in? it has become obvious that the Doper population outside the USA is both non-trivial and poorly (at least to me) understood. In the interest of building some numbers for … --- ## [Please explain the "fun" of hunting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-fun-of-hunting/705242)
**Author:** [@nogwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nogwart)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-fun-of-hunting/705242 "2014-12-01T11:17:55Z")
I am NOT the anti-gun, anti-hunting, anti-killin-shit-dat-need-ta-be-kilt, or any other tree-huggin kind of sentimental crap type of person. While I’m not enthusiastic about hunting as a “sport”, I’d like to think that … --- ## [What constitutes an off-topic comment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-an-off-topic-comment/656134)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-an-off-topic-comment/656134 "2013-04-25T18:46:53Z")
Loach may not think this is worth an ATMB thread, but I do. Could the administration/moderating team please explain to me why a joke made at the expense of the subject of the OP is an off-topic comment? If someone posts… --- ## [Stephen King's new book "Under The Dome"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-new-book-under-the-dome/517013)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-new-book-under-the-dome/517013 "2009-12-17T13:07:03Z")
Anyone bought it yet? Read it? Have any strong opinions on it? After I finish the Thrawn Trilogy and the Book of Basketball I’ll be looking for a new book and it’s been a year or so since I read any King. I haven’t reall… --- ## [Did Magnum die in the last episode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-magnum-die-in-the-last-episode/57783)
**Author:** [@Fate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fate)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-magnum-die-in-the-last-episode/57783 "2001-03-14T21:55:01Z")
One of my favorite shows was Magnum P.I. I have watched the last show dozens of time but I cant figure out if he died or not. The show is very cryptic (sp?) to me. At face value it looks like he is alive at the end but I… --- ## [Best Subtle Moment in a Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-subtle-moment-in-a-movie/421899)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-subtle-moment-in-a-movie/421899 "2019-09-24T00:55:02Z")
Ground rules: Has to be extremely subtle, something that you missed the first few times you saw the movie or something that someone had to point out to you Something the director wanted you to see. Some guy tripping i… --- ## [Remember this \[Wikipedia\] SDMB game? Let's try it again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694 "2009-11-22T11:27:57Z")
Okay, I’m a little fuzzy on the details; but basically, it involved being given a set of two widely disparate Wikipedia pages, and then seeing if you could get from one to the other following links in the pages only. (i… --- ## [Crunchy Frog's Welcome Wagon (newbies take note)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frogs-welcome-wagon-newbies-take-note/39958)
**Author:** [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Replies:** 409\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frogs-welcome-wagon-newbies-take-note/39958 "2001-02-13T23:15:22Z")
OK, I’m bored at work (almost constantly) so I would like newbies (or anyone who’d be interested for that matter) to pop in here, tell me about yourself (don’t write a novel or anything, just a couple quick sentences) an… --- ## [Is sex overrated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sex-overrated/629849)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sex-overrated/629849 "2012-08-09T13:38:41Z")
Please tell us if you’re male or female. I’m a male and find sex to be overrated, though there are a lot of factors that might make me feel as though it is. Some are private, but a big one is that I’m on anti-depressan… --- ## [The Dems will sweep into power in both the House and the Senate as well as the Presidency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dems-will-sweep-into-power-in-both-the-house-and-the-senate-as-well-as-the-presidency/754482)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dems-will-sweep-into-power-in-both-the-house-and-the-senate-as-well-as-the-presidency/754482 "2016-11-11T20:54:45Z")
There! I said it. I see a looming Republican catastrophe. Also, I predict many of us, including me. will be seriously disappointed with how little the Democrats will change course their rightward trends. --- ## [1 second human "flight" not possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-second-human-flight-not-possible/421313)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-second-human-flight-not-possible/421313 "2007-10-06T21:48:34Z")
I was watching Sport Science the other day and they stated that a human cannot jump up and stay in the air as long as a second. This astounds me. Not even a second? Does anyone know if this is true? They were talking a… --- ## [English as the "official" language of the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-as-the-official-language-of-the-us/621066)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-as-the-official-language-of-the-us/621066 "2012-05-13T18:46:03Z")
I know, at least I don’t think, that it ever was. I’m wondering about requirements that other languages be used. What landmark legislation or court cases started the ball rolling? Federal or state. Initially and even… --- ## [There an exact name for people who can pick up things with their toes? And can you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-an-exact-name-for-people-who-can-pick-up-things-with-their-toes-and-can-you/323176)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-an-exact-name-for-people-who-can-pick-up-things-with-their-toes-and-can-you/323176 "2018-09-24T00:38:00Z")
I almost put this in GQ. So my roomate just came through a couple of minutes ago and saw a peice of paper on the floor. Instead of bending down to pick it up, he did something that I only previously thought I was good a… --- ## [gms453 is a troll.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gms453-is-a-troll/637116)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gms453-is-a-troll/637116 "2012-11-14T18:04:30Z")
From this thread about another Doper’s prenuptial agreement and her impending divorce, came the following: Understandably, the thread was completely derailed at that point. gms453, you took a giant shit all over that … --- ## [So a kid showed up at school today dressed as Hitler...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-kid-showed-up-at-school-today-dressed-as-hitler/515795)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-kid-showed-up-at-school-today-dressed-as-hitler/515795 "2009-11-05T05:19:49Z")
The title pretty much sums it up. He was in full dress complete with moustache and swastika. Obviously dressed up for Halloween. He is about 14 years old. My question is how would you respond as a: Teacher Princip… --- ## [Awesome D&D campaign stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-d-d-campaign-stories/614155)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-d-d-campaign-stories/614155 "2012-03-03T17:35:43Z")
Not entirely sure what forum to put this in- Dungeon & Dragons, is Game Room, stories are Cafe Society, a game so good it was serialized as a story belongs…? I often lurk at the Order of the Stick forum in GitP. I like … --- ## [World's Ugliest Buildings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-ugliest-buildings/513830)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-ugliest-buildings/513830 "2012-11-05T15:13:32Z")
Portland is Number One! W00t! In your FACE, Seattle! Travel & Leisure: The World’s Ugliest Buildings --- ## [Return of the Movie Game!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 447\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-movie-game/523916 "2010-01-21T15:02:59Z")
We haven’t played for a while, I don’t think (with key words like “movie” and “game,” I’m not even going to look). The rules are simple: one person names a movie; the next person names someone in that movie; the next p… --- ## [Homeland: Starts Tonight On Showtime (Spoilers?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-starts-tonight-on-showtime-spoilers/669957)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-starts-tonight-on-showtime-spoilers/669957 "2014-01-02T23:25:18Z")
Really like this show and it moves along at an amazing pace. I am looking forward to the new season and seeing what happens tonight. I read an interview with one of the writers and they hinted that this season was goin… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=224&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=226&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)