# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=243&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:** 244 --- ## [Songs where the different choruses have a slight change of lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-different-choruses-have-a-slight-change-of-lyrics/634965 "2016-07-21T18:31:40Z")
e.g., Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville: Chorus #1–But I know, it’s nobody’s fault… Chorus #2–But I think it could be my fault… Chrous #3–But I know it’s my own damn fault. Similarily, Looking Glass’s Brandy (You’re a fi… --- ## [Is Canada a free country or is it not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-canada-a-free-country-or-is-it-not/649506)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-canada-a-free-country-or-is-it-not/649506 "2013-03-04T19:12:12Z")
Inspired by the third page of this thread – Canada being offered as an example of reasonable gun control in a free country, gun-rightsers counter by denying that Canada rates high on free speech or religious freedom. I’… --- ## [How to make the SDMB more social?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-the-sdmb-more-social/555897)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-the-sdmb-more-social/555897 "2010-10-12T19:00:21Z")
Looking for suggestion applicable to the Board in general, and also to members assuming the board remains the way it is… I’m a visual person, so it takes me a really long time to associate any particular screenname with… --- ## [I never would have guessed that's how you spell it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-would-have-guessed-thats-how-you-spell-it/712754)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-would-have-guessed-thats-how-you-spell-it/712754 "2015-02-28T23:13:17Z")
Zihuatanejo --- ## [What Web Search Engine Do You Prefer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-web-search-engine-do-you-prefer/765268)
**Author:** [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-web-search-engine-do-you-prefer/765268 "2016-09-12T18:21:18Z")
Inspired by a nascent hijack in this GQ thread (drewder used the neologism “binged” as a past participle for “searched for something on the internet using the Bing search engine”), I am inspired to ask what web search en… --- ## [Starfield - November 11, 2022. How excited are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 551\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328 "2026-05-20T14:48:47Z")
Starfield is more or less the reason Elder Scrolls VI has not entered full production…or at least why it has been 10 years since Skyrim without a new Elder Scrolls. Anyway, I was absolutely not anticipating Starfield un… --- ## [People who look better after age 40](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932)
**Author:** [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932 "2011-02-16T17:58:11Z")
My nominee is Candice Olson. I can’t get over how good she looks these days. She was always attractive, but to my eye, she looks better now than she did even a few years ago. I don’t think it is just the haircut. Here s… --- ## [(Un)Common Knowledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-common-knowledge/780524)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-common-knowledge/780524 "2017-04-20T22:23:13Z")
What do you factual knowledge do you possess that you are surprised that more people are clueless about? The one thing I feel I’ve done more than my share of explaining is the 1st/2nd/3rd cousins one/twice/etc., removed… --- ## [Ignorant Douches Who Get Japanese (or other) Tattoos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-douches-who-get-japanese-or-other-tattoos/412698)
**Author:** [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-douches-who-get-japanese-or-other-tattoos/412698 "2007-08-13T16:56:01Z")
Per this OP, dude this guy’s tatts will have more substance/merit than yours. Why on earth get a tatt that you don’t/can’t understand? --- ## [Do two wireless mice interfere with each other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-two-wireless-mice-interfere-with-each-other/534972)
**Author:** [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-two-wireless-mice-interfere-with-each-other/534972 "2010-04-06T11:20:22Z")
I just picked up two wireless mice for my wife and myself, both Logitech M305 (different colors). We both tried one of them to see how it was, but haven’t opened the second yet. If we both try to use the same model, wi… --- ## [Come on down, motherfucker, yes, that's you VC03!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-down-motherfucker-yes-thats-you-vc03/415455)
**Author:** [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-down-motherfucker-yes-thats-you-vc03/415455 "2007-08-18T05:24:30Z")
I’d like to know what the fuck you were thinking when you drew the conclusion that because I had a migraine I must have been doing “poppers.” You are an asshole and couldn’t even bother to apologize when I told you that… --- ## [How do men carry their glasses around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-carry-their-glasses-around/763239 "2016-08-23T19:20:45Z")
My husband hates carrying his reading glasses around, for example to a restaurant. In the winter he can tuck them (inside their case) into his coat pocket, but in warm weather the glasses case is too big to fit in his pa… --- ## [NFL Week 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/669276)
**Author:** [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-3/669276 "2013-10-02T15:22:08Z")
With apologies to SenorBeef, but the Thursday night game has already begun: Thursday KC @ PHI Sunday early GB @ CIN STL @ DAL SD @ TEN CLE @ MIN TB @ NE ARI @ NO DET @ WSH NYG @ CAR HOU @ BAL Sunday late AT… --- ## [Who gets/got more hatred: Bush or Obama:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-got-more-hatred-bush-or-obama/647635)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-got-more-hatred-bush-or-obama/647635 "2013-08-15T01:34:55Z")
Inspired by this post of Debaser’s in this thread on RW paranoia: Well, that ain’t how I remember it. Liberals gave Bush a chance. At the start of his term, their general attitude was, “Oh, well, the Pub stole the ele… --- ## [Morality and animals labeled as "pests"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morality-and-animals-labeled-as-pests/542887)
**Author:** [@GavinB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GavinB)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morality-and-animals-labeled-as-pests/542887 "2010-06-30T21:54:03Z")
I had an argument with a friend about the use of glue traps. He said he used them to catch some mice… okay, that’s fine, sometimes that is necessary. This is despite my moral qualms with glue traps, I am of the belief th… --- ## [Just like reality? \[Race, crime, and home security commercials\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-like-reality-race-crime-and-home-security-commercials/485592)
**Author:** [@Paleface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paleface)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-like-reality-race-crime-and-home-security-commercials/485592 "2010-01-20T22:24:40Z")
I’m sure you’ve seen those Brinks Home Security commercials. You know the ones, where there are one or two people at home, female, usually after dark and there are one or two thugs lurking around outside waiting for the … --- ## [How long did you wait to say 'I love you'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-did-you-wait-to-say-i-love-you/536597)
**Author:** [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-did-you-wait-to-say-i-love-you/536597 "2010-04-22T11:12:56Z")
So I have been seeing this girl for a couple of months. We met online dating at the start of the year and exchanged emails for a while, due to time constraints we didn’t meet in the flesh until February, but we immediate… --- ## [Will the bank cash this check that I spilled tea on? It's still legible.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bank-cash-this-check-that-i-spilled-tea-on-its-still-legible/502930)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-bank-cash-this-check-that-i-spilled-tea-on-its-still-legible/502930 "2009-07-15T14:33:02Z")
Well the title pretty much says it all. I had a check on the seat of my car that I spilled my Yerba Maté Tea on, it only soiled one quarter of the check itself. The numbers and letters are all intact. Basically it just l… --- ## [I say "Germany." What's the first thing you think of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-germany-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/610507)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-germany-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/610507 "2012-12-12T20:48:43Z")
Inspired by this bit of stand-up by Dylan Moran. What’s the very first thing that springs to mind when you think of Germany? Or has you-know-who coloured your first impressions of it? --- ## [Good gift in honor of becoming an American Citizen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gift-in-honor-of-becoming-an-american-citizen/301073)
**Author:** [@Obsidian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obsidian)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gift-in-honor-of-becoming-an-american-citizen/301073 "2005-04-26T20:00:37Z")
A good friend of mine is taking his citizenship oath next week. We’ve all taken off of work to attend the ceremony and are going have a day in the city with him, have a fancy dinner, etc. to celebrate. I was thinking of … --- ## [Anyone have Fitocracy invites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-fitocracy-invites/593943)
**Author:** [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-fitocracy-invites/593943 "2011-12-04T15:05:36Z")
Discovered on XKCD. Anyone have an invite to share? --- ## [Celebrities you had assumed were of a different race.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-had-assumed-were-of-a-different-race/540931)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-had-assumed-were-of-a-different-race/540931 "2010-06-03T06:59:20Z")
In the American Idol thread a lot of people seemed surprised that Joe Cocker was white. Personally, I had always assumed that KC of KC and the Sunshine Band was black. Then during the Super Bowl in Houston a few years b… --- ## [Be afraid, be very afraid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-afraid-be-very-afraid/564750)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-afraid-be-very-afraid/564750 "2010-12-24T21:37:50Z")
to disagree with a moderator when he is NOT acting as a moderator, nor is he issuing official warnings. In this thread, \*\*Czarcasm \*\* busts in and informs me that my request to have all personal remarks hijacking in the… --- ## [Oak's College Pick'em](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem/550808)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem/550808 "2011-07-13T00:03:23Z")
I don’t remember there being a college pick’em league last year, so I’ve started one at Yahoo. Oak’s College Pick’em Group ID# 10141 The password is cecil. We’ll be using confidence points, with tie-breakers to resol… --- ## [Lynn Bodoni is in the hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-is-in-the-hospital/180106)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-is-in-the-hospital/180106 "2003-06-13T03:48:18Z")
Lynn Bodoni, longtime SDMB administrator and rightly feared moderator of the Pit, is entering the hospital today (Friday 6/6/03) on her doctor’s orders. Without getting into details, it’s serious. Lynn’s health has not b… --- ## [Mitt Romney and his Temple Garment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-romney-and-his-temple-garment/612832)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-romney-and-his-temple-garment/612832 "2012-02-17T16:16:44Z")
Maybe TMI :stuck\_out\_tongue: His Temple Garment undershirt is clearly visible under his shirt. The neckline is pretty unique and that’s not a regular T-shirt. I really don’t want the image of his cotton cod piece in m… --- ## [What is the coldest temperature a human can survive in without clothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-coldest-temperature-a-human-can-survive-in-without-clothing/481320)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-coldest-temperature-a-human-can-survive-in-without-clothing/481320 "2009-01-18T13:01:17Z")
Let’s say you’re inside an empty, windowless room that can somehow maintain a specific temperature all the time. Whatever heat your body radiates into the environment is removed quickly. If you’re standing in there com… --- ## [Is DeLay going down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-delay-going-down/298028)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-delay-going-down/298028 "2013-01-08T00:30:10Z")
Alternate title: “Has The Hammer met a harder anvil?” We should all know by now that House Majority Leader and Representative from Texas (22nd District) has been taking it hard on the ol’ ethics front lately. Fundrais… --- ## ["Some marriages between consenting adults should be recognized, but not others"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-marriages-between-consenting-adults-should-be-recognized-but-not-others/704988)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-marriages-between-consenting-adults-should-be-recognized-but-not-others/704988 "2014-11-21T20:26:45Z")
As long as we are referring only to consenting adults, is there any logical argument that could be used in favor of gay marriage that does not apply also to incestuous or polygamous marriage? “Incestuous or polygamous… --- ## [I Quit Drinking And Now I Can’t Stop (#1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-drinking-and-now-i-can-t-stop-1/614469)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-drinking-and-now-i-can-t-stop-1/614469 "2012-03-02T16:11:28Z")
For various reasons I stopped drinking 3 weeks ago. To be honest I didn’t quit completely, I have 1 beer about every other night after dinner but that’s it. This is a fairly drastic change and so far I’m pleased with the… --- ## [DOES anyone on this board believe in ghosts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-on-this-board-believe-in-ghosts/548862)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-on-this-board-believe-in-ghosts/548862 "2010-08-18T06:15:47Z")
Reading this thread got me wondering, is there actually anyone who posts on here who thinks there’s the possibility of ghosts existing? Seems to me in every “ghost” topic on here, there’s one of two kinds of people: P… --- ## [Why Did They Fight So Stupid in Revolutionary War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-fight-so-stupid-in-revolutionary-war/38643)
**Author:** [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-fight-so-stupid-in-revolutionary-war/38643 "2014-09-02T19:08:48Z")
I know you can tell this came from “The Patriot”. But I am wondering who thought of that dumb way to fight you know standing line waiting to be shot and why? There is no I would fight like that. I mean I would fight for … --- ## [Why is the Government ignoring illegal immigration issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-government-ignoring-illegal-immigration-issues/626348)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-government-ignoring-illegal-immigration-issues/626348 "2012-07-04T13:57:03Z")
I could blame the Democrats specifically, but the Republicans play the game too, although to a lesser extent. There are an estimated 24 million illegal immigrants or about 7.7% of the US population. There are numerous … --- ## [Instant Death poisons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-death-poisons/538926)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-death-poisons/538926 "2014-02-22T02:37:10Z")
In movies you often see the enemy agent who is about to be questioned quickly take a hidden poison pill, gurgle and die within about 5 seconds. Are there any such poisons that really work that fast? And if so when did t… --- ## [Re choreographer Jerome Robbins and his rejection of the "implicit homosexuality of that depiction"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-choreographer-jerome-robbins-and-his-rejection-of-the-implicit-homosexuality-of-that-depiction/552579)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-choreographer-jerome-robbins-and-his-rejection-of-the-implicit-homosexuality-of-that-depiction/552579 "2012-08-02T21:23:06Z")
Re this wiki note on the life of noted choreographer Jerome Robbins what are they talking about re What/whose depiction are the talking about re that statement? " The "The Fleet’s In!" paintingdoesn’t seem gay so they… --- ## [How long does it take to lose alcohol tolerance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-lose-alcohol-tolerance/341049)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-lose-alcohol-tolerance/341049 "2006-01-23T20:21:10Z")
How long would it take for an alcohol tolerant person abstaining from alcohol before he looses the tolerance he has built up and becomes a “lightweight” again. --- ## [Abbreviations / diminutives that make you grind your teeth.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-diminutives-that-make-you-grind-your-teeth/710521)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-diminutives-that-make-you-grind-your-teeth/710521 "2015-02-05T15:27:19Z")
I’ve noticed something over the years- the one thing that for some reason irrationally irritates the piss out of me is pointless or flat-out stupid abbreviations and diminutives. To wit: Calling pizza “za”. For some r… --- ## [Need an idea for a simple 5 minute "team building exercise"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-idea-for-a-simple-5-minute-team-building-exercise/561968)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-idea-for-a-simple-5-minute-team-building-exercise/561968 "2010-12-07T14:00:12Z")
Here’s the deal. At the company where I work, we have a regular Tuesday morning team meeting. My “team” is spread across 4 different geographic locations, so each section of the team “dials in” to the meeting from their… --- ## [The elephant in the room. 4063 active members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-in-the-room-4063-active-members/788139)
**Author:** [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-in-the-room-4063-active-members/788139 "2026-01-02T19:12:55Z")
Anyone concerned? Not an appropriate question? --- ## [Difference between white vinegar and white wine vinegar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-white-vinegar-and-white-wine-vinegar/643505)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-white-vinegar-and-white-wine-vinegar/643505 "2012-12-10T08:35:06Z")
I asked a friend to buy me some white vinegar (for cleaning) and she brought me white wine vinegar. How are they different? Can I use the wine vinegar in the same way? --- ## [Obama Executive Actions on Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-executive-actions-on-guns/742260)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-executive-actions-on-guns/742260 "2016-01-13T02:57:59Z")
The White House released a fact sheet on the new executive actions here. These are not executive orders, but actions. My understanding is that these are not legally binding in the same way that executive orders would b… --- ## [Portable, free-standing room air conditioner-good idea or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portable-free-standing-room-air-conditioner-good-idea-or-no/494788)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portable-free-standing-room-air-conditioner-good-idea-or-no/494788 "2009-05-18T16:17:50Z")
I would appreciate any opinions or advice you can give me about these. I looked at a few in the Home Depot today. They stand abput 3 ft. high, cost. about $400 and up…My mother had an old outside central air type thing… --- ## [this is for all racists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267)
**Author:** [@thanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thanatic)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267 "2015-02-01T20:58:05Z")
Abdesselam Jelloul is the man with highest IQ score in the world. He scored 198 in IQ test held in 2012. He holds the record to have highest score in Advance IQ test. The test included 13 different dimensions of intellig… --- ## [Historical myths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-myths/359940)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-myths/359940 "2006-07-27T20:50:50Z")
Historical myths are sometimes hard to shake. They seem to creep in to the history books, and get repeated (by later historians). These are two I’ve always wondered about: (1) In the 1920’s an Italian general named Giul… --- ## [Islam and Empathy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-and-empathy/689489)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2014, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-and-empathy/689489 "2014-06-04T06:50:58Z")
Here’s something that I never really understood and it bugs be quite a bit. I’ve spent the last thirteen years or so watching Muslims in places like Pakistan and Afghanistan express their rage and hatred of all things A… --- ## [Who or what is Coldfire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-or-what-is-coldfire/540307)
**Author:** [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-or-what-is-coldfire/540307 "2010-05-30T03:15:41Z")
I reference this post. I’m getting the sense that he/she was a former mod, and a particularly jerk-ish one at that? Or am I, as usual, completely off base? Just a-wonderin’… --- ## [What happens to the QAnon movement now-- do they mutate & move the goalposts, or die out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211 "2021-05-02T22:48:02Z")
Democrats and Hollywood Liberals are satan-worshipping, child-eating pedophiles! trump is the savior appointed to round them all up! The storm is coming! Trust the plan! I’m guessing it will partly die out, partly mutat… --- ## [Eating Vick's VapoRub?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-vicks-vaporub/764041)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-vicks-vaporub/764041 "2018-03-11T18:14:43Z")
For some reason my late paternal grandmother would have her son, my father, eat Vick’s VapoRub when he was sick as a child. This was back in the late '50s-early '60s. My dad also recalls another relative eating the stuf… --- ## [Problematic Moderation: Rico and Curtis LeMay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problematic-moderation-rico-and-curtis-lemay/523323)
**Author:** [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problematic-moderation-rico-and-curtis-lemay/523323 "2010-02-02T04:08:16Z")
I understand that Curtis LeMay’s posting privileges are under review because he asked whether anybody vandalizes Wikipedia. This is not against the law. The rule cited was “\[Vandalizing Wikipedia\] is being a jerk. You’r… --- ## [Do people get shunned at work like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-get-shunned-at-work-like-this/613414)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-get-shunned-at-work-like-this/613414 "2012-02-23T18:53:45Z")
Recently we were hanging out with my friend and his wife. His wife was venting about her job, which she had recently quit because it was “too stressful”. We were curious about it because she had only been working there f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=242&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=244&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)