# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=228&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:** 229 --- ## [White Elephant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 397\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400 "2006-11-29T23:05:39Z")
Any takers? I’m happy to organize it again if anyone has boxes of crap they want to send to unsuspecting dopers. --- ## [Simpsons Throwaways and Tossoffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082)
**Author:** [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082 "2004-04-04T20:43:10Z")
I’m talking about when Homer is getting defibrillated in the heart attack episode and uses the blackjack players “another card” signal so they’ll “hit” him again. Probably, my all time favorite is in the soul doughnut e… --- ## [Teach Me How To Say "I Love You" In Other Languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-say-i-love-you-in-other-languages/660082)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-say-i-love-you-in-other-languages/660082 "2013-06-15T16:19:51Z")
I already know Japanese- Aishi teru Spanish- Te amo Russian- Ya lublu tibya But, I want to know many many more ways. Before anybody asks, I don’t want to use Google translate or a similar service. They just don’t wor… --- ## [US Big Brother 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-big-brother-3/118122)
**Author:** [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Replies:** 457\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-big-brother-3/118122 "2002-09-26T16:11:09Z")
Starting July 10th, we get 12 new houseguests: Name: Chiara Berti Age: 25 Name: Amy Crews Age:23 Name: Lisa Donahue Age: 26 Name: Josh Feinberg Age: 28 Name: Jason Guy Age: 24 Name: Gerry Lancaster Age: 51 N… --- ## [How do I ID a porn star?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-id-a-porn-star/450792)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-id-a-porn-star/450792 "2014-07-20T00:32:36Z")
A friend forwarded me a porn clip over the weekend because he thought he might have known the guy in it. I’m more interested in the woman. Is there a photographic database or something of that nature on line? --- ## [Serious Questions About the Collapse of Civilization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-questions-about-the-collapse-of-civilization/995512)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-questions-about-the-collapse-of-civilization/995512 "2024-06-02T20:06:14Z")
Whenever society collapses and money no longer means anything, what will happen to all the former billionaires hiding in their bunkers? Since money would have no value, what is to stop the security guards of the for… --- ## [Interesting ways to say ordinary things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-ways-to-say-ordinary-things/86966)
**Author:** [@Spoonbender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoonbender)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-ways-to-say-ordinary-things/86966 "2017-03-07T16:26:36Z")
We all have them: some slightly interesting or unusual way of saying something ordinary. It doesn’t have to be brilliant, or hilarious, or even original (although I’m not talking about tired cliches, either). Just someth… --- ## [Who would be king or queen of an independent Scotland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-king-or-queen-of-an-independent-scotland/681318)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-king-or-queen-of-an-independent-scotland/681318 "2017-01-19T21:25:06Z")
Assume that Scotland becomes independent and decides to remain a monarchy, but in order to better distinguish itself from the rump UK, decides not to keep Elizabeth II as its monarch. To whom are they most likely to off… --- ## ["Men in Black" Interpretation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-black-interpretation/508307)
**Author:** [@Taenia\_spp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taenia_spp)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-black-interpretation/508307 "2009-09-07T01:26:19Z")
Alright, so this has been bugging me for a little while now. In the 1997 movie “Men in Black” starring Will Smith as Kevin Brown, I could never really judge what was happening when his character is “interviewing” for th… --- ## [What do you refuse to do out of principle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-do-out-of-principle/549428)
**Author:** [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-do-out-of-principle/549428 "2010-08-16T17:38:17Z")
For me, it’s read any book on Oprah’s book list. And I think less of people if I see them reading one. :wink: --- ## [The Walking Dead; 3.05 "Say the Word" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-05-say-the-word-open-spoilers/640741)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-05-say-the-word-open-spoilers/640741 "2012-11-16T13:11:23Z")
Lori and T-Dog are dead, Carol may or may not be dead, the gang has an infant to care for, and Andrea & Michonne are still the Governor’s houseguests. --- ## [Random searches on the New York Subway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-searches-on-the-new-york-subway/313545)
**Author:** [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 454\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-searches-on-the-new-york-subway/313545 "2005-07-31T02:45:28Z")
In response to bombs galore in London’s tube and bus system, the powers that be in New York have decided to react by approving random searches of all commuters in the subway system, on buses, and on the LIRR. \ FU… --- ## ["Government Workers are Lazy and Inefficient" attitude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-workers-are-lazy-and-inefficient-attitude/773636)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-workers-are-lazy-and-inefficient-attitude/773636 "2016-12-09T14:56:51Z")
I have overheard so many conversations where people claim that all government workers are lazy, stupid, inefficient, etc., to the point where they “probably couldn’t even get a job in the private sector”. How long has t… --- ## [Understanding Political Philosophy - Progressives vs Conservatives vs Independents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-political-philosophy-progressives-vs-conservatives-vs-independents/533855)
**Author:** [@jrodefeld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrodefeld)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-political-philosophy-progressives-vs-conservatives-vs-independents/533855 "2010-04-20T00:52:37Z")
I am writing this in an attempt to ascertain an understanding of the philosophic underpinnings that form your political beliefs. I think this is critical to be able to define our terms because it seems almost none of th… --- ## [Spicy food and diarrhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicy-food-and-diarrhea/534549)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2010, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spicy-food-and-diarrhea/534549 "2010-04-02T07:11:12Z")
Spicy food is well known to cause diarrhea in those who don’t partake regularly. OTOH, I imagine that people in regions where spicy (and very spicy) foods is the norm would have regular stool. What’s mechanism for this? … --- ## [Teachers giving misinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-giving-misinformation/573625)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-giving-misinformation/573625 "2011-03-16T21:18:00Z")
This thread isn’t about common myths and misinformation such as you would find in Lies My Teacher Told Me that lots of teachers erroneously teach. I’m thinking more about just one or two teachers being wrong. When I wa… --- ## [For Sci-Fi fans: Was Robert Heinlein a Fascist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sci-fi-fans-was-robert-heinlein-a-fascist/48550)
**Author:** [@tclouie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tclouie)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2001, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sci-fi-fans-was-robert-heinlein-a-fascist/48550 "2001-01-23T12:08:50Z")
If you read a lot of science-fiction writers, you will eventually notice some recurring themes and even be able to point out some personality traits. For instance, Arthur C. Clarke is the visionary; Robert Sawyer is the … --- ## [African-Americans have dense bones & sink easily, Asians have porous bones & they float. T or F?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-americans-have-dense-bones-sink-easily-asians-have-porous-bones-they-float-t-or-f/668541)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-americans-have-dense-bones-sink-easily-asians-have-porous-bones-they-float-t-or-f/668541 "2013-09-13T02:23:13Z")
Is this claim from this health related websitetrue or false? --- ## [Guys: Is Claire Danes hot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-claire-danes-hot/354747)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-claire-danes-hot/354747 "2006-05-01T15:15:24Z")
I saw the movie \*Stage Beauty \* just recently, wherein Danes plays a woman breaking into the traditionally male-only world of Shakespearean acting. Through the whole movie, I was wondering if Danes was cast because she … --- ## [What killed Whitney Houston?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-killed-whitney-houston/612581)
**Author:** [@Pablo\_O\_Malley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablo_O_Malley)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-killed-whitney-houston/612581 "2012-03-24T03:43:04Z")
:DNo cause of death has been reported yet for Whitney Houston so let’s try to guess before it is, as this remains a mystery for now here’s what’s known, according to news accounts: the body was found in a bathtub, no ev… --- ## [Student Kidnaps the Eucharist... PZ Myers to the Rescue!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-kidnaps-the-eucharist-pz-myers-to-the-rescue/456147)
**Author:** [@Jillyvn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jillyvn)\ **Replies:** 383\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-kidnaps-the-eucharist-pz-myers-to-the-rescue/456147 "2008-07-19T15:54:28Z")
(Has this been pitted yet? If so, I couldn’t find it…) Context here: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/07/its\_a\_goddamned\_cracker.php#more A UCF student has launched somewhat of a controversy by “stealing/kidna… --- ## [Where are we going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-we-going/406859)
**Author:** [@lightwait](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightwait)\ **Replies:** 401\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-we-going/406859 "2007-08-06T17:54:16Z")
The Kingdom of God/Heaven: The Christian community has a place for all of man to go—evolve into, if you must. Where does the secular community have for all of man to go? Please treat this as an honest question and not… --- ## [Original ending of the quote "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-ending-of-the-quote-do-not-meddle-in-the-affairs-of-dragons/344776)
**Author:** [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-ending-of-the-quote-do-not-meddle-in-the-affairs-of-dragons/344776 "2006-02-17T01:50:09Z")
I have seen T-Shirts and bumper stickers with the following phrase on them: “Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!” Is this an altered version of some other phrase or… --- ## [What alternatives to IP laws have been proposed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-alternatives-to-ip-laws-have-been-proposed/614881)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-alternatives-to-ip-laws-have-been-proposed/614881 "2012-03-13T16:12:30Z")
I think copying digital content without permission is approximately as evil as stealing a candy bar. I.e., not very evil, but certainly not a morally upstanding thing to do. I think the very-minorly-evil nature of the a… --- ## [Is Root Beer an American?Canadian Thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-root-beer-an-american-canadian-thing/667459)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-root-beer-an-american-canadian-thing/667459 "2013-09-17T15:46:48Z")
Just wondering if root beer is popular in other countries (outside the US/Canada)? --- ## [What do you believe firmly with zero evidence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-believe-firmly-with-zero-evidence/960129)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-believe-firmly-with-zero-evidence/960129 "2022-03-17T21:30:55Z")
Personally, I’m sure that certain prominent GOPers (Trump, Lindsay Graham, Marco Rubio, and very possibly dozens of others) have been blackmailed (possibly by Putin) into taking the positions they have. I’m not sure that… --- ## [Should our RV be getting only 7 mpg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-our-rv-be-getting-only-7-mpg/586218)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-our-rv-be-getting-only-7-mpg/586218 "2011-06-27T06:51:25Z")
Hi all. We have recently travel about 1000 miles cross country in an RV. Long story short is the gas mileage seems to be particulary bad on this trip. My SO swears back before my time on the scene the RV got something l… --- ## [Help me remember what was so great about Bonnie and Clyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-what-was-so-great-about-bonnie-and-clyde/569442)
**Author:** [@kevlaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevlaw)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-what-was-so-great-about-bonnie-and-clyde/569442 "2013-12-16T06:49:28Z")
I’ve trying to round out my teenage son’s education with some great movies from days past. I’ve had very mixed success. For many of my favourite movies (to kill a mocking bird, cool hand luke), he shrugs or says “meh”.… --- ## [Great story songs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-story-songs/708187)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-story-songs/708187 "2015-02-23T05:08:33Z")
I’m sure this has been done but I just listened to Joe Ely, The Road Goes on Forever again and thought I’d throw it out there. What ya got? --- ## [16th amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-amendment/541747)
**Author:** [@justhetruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justhetruth)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-amendment/541747 "2010-06-03T21:56:58Z")
The 16th amendment had been sent out in 1909 to the state governors for ratification by the state legislatures after having been passed by Congress. There were 48 states at that time, and three-fourths, or 36, of them we… --- ## [Is there a convenient drug a layman can use to knock somebody out very quickly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-convenient-drug-a-layman-can-use-to-knock-somebody-out-very-quickly/544378)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2010, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-convenient-drug-a-layman-can-use-to-knock-somebody-out-very-quickly/544378 "2010-06-26T09:32:20Z")
Another (kind of hackneyed) question for my book. I know, of course, that an anesthesiologist can put you down for the count before you count down to eight. And I’m sure that those men in the white coats have something… --- ## [The Voice: Season 6 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-season-6-thread/682194)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-season-6-thread/682194 "2014-05-21T06:24:38Z")
Guess I’ll start the thread. What did you think of the first nights auditions? Biff Gore (the church singer) was really good with that Sam Cooke song. I think he made a mistake picking Usher. Usher seemed very reluctan… --- ## [Greatest National Leader elimination game (game thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-national-leader-elimination-game-game-thread/540098)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-national-leader-elimination-game-game-thread/540098 "2010-07-19T17:54:32Z")
Setup thread here: Greatest National Leader elimination game (setup thread) - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board. The three-word (or longer) descriptions have been edited as necessary for accuracy, clarity and/… --- ## [When Good Cooks Go Bad: Wiener Gravy and Other Disasters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-cooks-go-bad-wiener-gravy-and-other-disasters/143396)
**Author:** [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-good-cooks-go-bad-wiener-gravy-and-other-disasters/143396 "2003-07-27T15:05:34Z")
The boss took our group (seven of us) to lunch today for a Christmas gift. After the meal, we got on the subject of bad cooks. A co-worker related a couple of stories about his mother, who would cook meat until it was … --- ## [Biological reason behind Harvey Fierstein's voice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biological-reason-behind-harvey-fiersteins-voice/648012)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biological-reason-behind-harvey-fiersteins-voice/648012 "2013-01-27T03:55:28Z")
Is there a reason why his voice sounds like that? Did it natually form that way? Does he smoke 10 packs a day? Biolocially speaking, what are the vocal cords doing that makes them sound like that as opposed to more, u… --- ## [The doxing of Violentacrez: yup or nope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doxing-of-violentacrez-yup-or-nope/637926)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doxing-of-violentacrez-yup-or-nope/637926 "2012-10-21T20:06:21Z")
Over the weekend, Gawker exposed the identity of one of the more infamous users on Reddit, Michael Brutsch, aka Violentacrez. Violentacrez, a 49-year-old programmer, earned a name for himself as a kind of one-man goatse-… --- ## [Dave Ramsey questions...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-ramsey-questions/489062)
**Author:** [@cedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedman)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-ramsey-questions/489062 "2010-10-07T00:10:11Z")
I have a friend, Ray, who follows the advice of financial talk show host Dave Ramsey and is probably his biggest fan. I’ve never listened to the show, but hey, if the plans and suggestions offered there save you money an… --- ## [The Great Phi Theory.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-phi-theory/92076)
**Author:** [@Hiyruu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hiyruu)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-phi-theory/92076 "2002-12-15T07:51:31Z")
I’ve posted my ideas about the number Phi (1.618…) and the unified field theory here before, and people have not accepted it that well. So, I have changed my approach, I will present the ideas in the simplest terms possi… --- ## [Is Affirmative Action focused on the wrong things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-affirmative-action-focused-on-the-wrong-things/783792)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-affirmative-action-focused-on-the-wrong-things/783792 "2017-04-10T23:18:53Z")
This black teenager was recently accepted to all 8 ivy league schools. She seems well qualified to have been accepted to at least one but all 8 is the sort of achievement that is largely restricted to a small subset o… --- ## [What was the distance from The Shire to Mordor (LOTR)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-distance-from-the-shire-to-mordor-lotr/323602)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-distance-from-the-shire-to-mordor-lotr/323602 "2005-09-28T17:38:52Z")
Is there anyone that could give an estimate, if possible, of (1) The distance from Hobbiton to Mount Doom, as the crow flies. (2) The distance that Frodo actually journeyed, which was probably in a somewhat roundabout … --- ## [I Am Going To Blow People Mind's At My Funeral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-going-to-blow-people-minds-at-my-funeral/75280)
**Author:** [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-going-to-blow-people-minds-at-my-funeral/75280 "2003-04-29T18:42:24Z")
I have always been a little different(to say the least huh). So I really don’t want to have a boring funeral like everybody else has. I mean it is depressing enough that somebody died then people go and wear black and ha… --- ## [Loud hotel neighbors - what to do, if anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-hotel-neighbors-what-to-do-if-anything/226834)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-hotel-neighbors-what-to-do-if-anything/226834 "2025-04-13T06:11:39Z")
As a perk of my job, I had the pleasure of spending the other night in beautiful downtown Cincinnati. It is amazing how warm 20 degrees seems after Chicago’s single digits! Checked into a very comfortable hotel room ri… --- ## [How many US people born in 1927 still alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-people-born-in-1927-still-alive/497581)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-us-people-born-in-1927-still-alive/497581 "2012-02-27T00:33:46Z")
I’ve Googled all sorts of things on longevity, life expectancy, mortality rates, etc and still can’t seem to find this. Being born in that year, I’m curious as to what percentage of us are still on the right side of the… --- ## [Journalist outs transgender con man while investigating story - Unethical or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journalist-outs-transgender-con-man-while-investigating-story-unethical-or-not/679491)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journalist-outs-transgender-con-man-while-investigating-story-unethical-or-not/679491 "2014-02-01T15:26:51Z")
In this byzantine story a purported scientist and inventor promoting an innovative golf club design that actually (apparently) works better than the competition, however when the scenario is investigated by a journalist … --- ## [Post your mundane explicable stories here, and I will bunk them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-mundane-explicable-stories-here-and-i-will-bunk-them/544060 "2010-07-07T00:34:09Z")
Maybe you ordered lasagna at a restaurant and they brought you manicotti by mistake, and you actually kind of wished you had ordered the manicotti. Maybe you had a song on your head and later heard it on the radio. Maybe… --- ## [Lack of evidence Jesus existed. Do we typically have evidence of historical figures from that time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-evidence-jesus-existed-do-we-typically-have-evidence-of-historical-figures-from-that-time/756155)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-evidence-jesus-existed-do-we-typically-have-evidence-of-historical-figures-from-that-time/756155 "2016-06-10T12:35:40Z")
So, leaving aside all the magic stuff, if I understand correctly, there is no evidence that a man named Jesus Christ existed some 2000 years ago. Is that typical of ANY historical figure from that time frame? And what … --- ## [Turn signal doesn't blink: What's likely wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-signal-doesnt-blink-whats-likely-wrong/632842)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-signal-doesnt-blink-whats-likely-wrong/632842 "2012-08-28T17:09:24Z")
Lights come on. Hazard lights come one. Turn signal comes on, but doesn’t blink. (And. . . just in case you’re wondering. . . No, I don’t:D) --- ## [Am I the only one who finds the NSFW thread kinda creepy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-finds-the-nsfw-thread-kinda-creepy/462538)
**Author:** [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-finds-the-nsfw-thread-kinda-creepy/462538 "2008-09-13T00:34:41Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482194 I’m not really pitting the thread per se, because I’m not calling for its closing, but I didn’t want to threadshit over there so I figured I’d open up somethin… --- ## [Very vaguely creepy, The Sequel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-vaguely-creepy-the-sequel/36769)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-vaguely-creepy-the-sequel/36769 "2001-09-10T03:51:59Z")
Second verse Same as the first! --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S01E03: The Asset (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e03-the-asset-spoilers/670743)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e03-the-asset-spoilers/670743 "2013-10-18T15:37:49Z")
Invisible forces hijack a SHIELD caravan and kidnap Professor Hall, a former teacher of FitzSimmons. Learning of this assignment allows Skye to take a break from her halfhearted training session with Ward. Investigating … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=227&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=229&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)