# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=247&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:** 248 --- ## [Evidence of a Creator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-of-a-creator/525307)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-of-a-creator/525307 "2010-01-21T10:43:46Z")
What is the origin of anything? What was there in the beginning? How did “stuff” begin? Well, to answer this question, we know that the answer falls within one of two deliberately very broad categories: Something has … --- ## [Why do so many Trekkers hate "Star Trek:Voyager" so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-trekkers-hate-star-trek-voyager-so-much/129220)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-trekkers-hate-star-trek-voyager-so-much/129220 "2011-11-16T01:27:20Z")
I mean, geez. I’ve yet to hear anyone say anything good about it, in this forum or anywhere else. It wasn’t THAT bad. In fact, I never missed it. It was quite well-written and acted, compared to 99% of the rest of what w… --- ## [Who are the top 3 most secure people on Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-top-3-most-secure-people-on-earth/628246)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-top-3-most-secure-people-on-earth/628246 "2012-07-16T13:02:39Z")
To elaborate, if someone were an assassin and wanted to perform a hit they would find these people to have the most security protection in the world. I’m assuming that the President of the United States is way up there,… --- ## [Does black pepper go bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-black-pepper-go-bad/627933)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-black-pepper-go-bad/627933 "2012-07-16T04:55:46Z")
While refilling my salt & pepper shakers, I noticed the black pepper box has a sell-by date of October 2004. Is it still safe to use? For what it’s worth, it still smells vaguely peppery. --- ## [Why is Google Search horrible now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-google-search-horrible-now/628291)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-google-search-horrible-now/628291 "2012-07-30T15:16:43Z")
I’m assuming there is a factual answer for this. If not this may be a GD. I understand why they improved their searches to account for abbreviations so that looking for “Dr.” will also find sites using “Doctor” and vic… --- ## [What is the song "Wildfire" about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-wildfire-about/152154)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-wildfire-about/152154 "2021-03-09T22:49:43Z")
Okay, most of us know that song that goes, “She ran calling Wiiiiiiiiiiildfireeeeeee…” What is it about? It sounds like some young girl who had a horse named Wildfire (d’uh), and then she died, and the horse was depres… --- ## [What does "Oh snap!" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-oh-snap-mean/594203)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-oh-snap-mean/594203 "2011-08-28T13:04:42Z")
Every once in a while someone will respond to a post with the phrase, “Oh snap!”. For example, the second message in this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14185272 What does it mean, and wh… --- ## [Ask the OneNote Power User](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-onenote-power-user/579602)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-onenote-power-user/579602 "2020-04-19T17:24:18Z")
I have been asked to start a OneNote thread. I think this program is the bees knees, and I’ve used it pretty extensively since the first Office2003 version. It is one of Microsoft’s best kept secrets. To kick things off… --- ## [Pleated pants a gross fashion faux-pas: why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pleated-pants-a-gross-fashion-faux-pas-why/495741)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pleated-pants-a-gross-fashion-faux-pas-why/495741 "2009-05-12T15:39:42Z")
In recent years, I’ve been hearing people say that pleated pants are just about the worst thing one can wear over their legs. All f my pants have a flat front, but it’s mainly been a response to the “don’t wear pleated … --- ## [Free Will.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will/687677)
**Author:** [@Roooster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roooster)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will/687677 "2014-05-15T06:19:58Z")
I suspect that this will not be the first thread on this topic, but I could not find a historical thread on the message board. I recently posed the following question to Cecil: “I get twisted up in the logic regarding t… --- ## [RosieWolf, Idnew, wardensu, Little Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosiewolf-idnew-wardensu-little-potato/37326)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosiewolf-idnew-wardensu-little-potato/37326 "2000-10-29T20:35:07Z")
Here is your very own thread to have your Jerry Springer Family Reunion in. If you wish to take pot shots at each other, do it in this thread, and this thread only. Otherwise, take it to email, or take it face to face. J… --- ## [Things I'm Certain Of But Cannot Prove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-im-certain-of-but-cannot-prove/1003156)
**Author:** [@2outta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2outta3)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-im-certain-of-but-cannot-prove/1003156 "2024-07-21T03:20:07Z")
Within five minutes after the “internet” went live - and despite the lack of images and graphics - someone, somewhere posted “adult” material in some shape, form or fashion. --- ## [Okay, who ordered the phoenix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604)
**Author:** [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604 "2013-06-24T17:59:43Z")
Could you pick up your order now, please. Every time we cook the thing, it pops up out of its own ashes. --- ## [How do I let my wife know I don't find her stupid, just her birth culture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-let-my-wife-know-i-dont-find-her-stupid-just-her-birth-culture/735516)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-let-my-wife-know-i-dont-find-her-stupid-just-her-birth-culture/735516 "2015-11-20T13:00:52Z")
I’m sure this post will just give ammo to people, or be seen as a joke or something. Context my wife is from Trinidad, we live here. I think a news article can get across the nonsense in the area she grew up better than… --- ## [Could there be four sadder words?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599 "2014-10-03T16:50:52Z")
“Unable to authenticate session.” --- ## [Why is "Fratboy" such an insult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fratboy-such-an-insult/492126)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fratboy-such-an-insult/492126 "2009-04-11T13:53:44Z")
I am going to charitably assume here that no reader requires a citation to the many instances in which “fratboy” is offered as a dismissive pejorative for certain kinds of mindset and behavior. I was reading one today, i… --- ## [Using Electricity from home to charge car battery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-electricity-from-home-to-charge-car-battery/676859)
**Author:** [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-electricity-from-home-to-charge-car-battery/676859 "2013-12-23T08:17:56Z")
It there an appliance that can be plugged into a 15 amp outlet in the house and connect to an auto via the cigarette lighter to jump start the battery? I have searched in Google and just come up with gizmos to charge a c… --- ## [Anyone know what is supposedly up with John Travolta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-what-is-supposedly-up-with-john-travolta/621529)
**Author:** [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-what-is-supposedly-up-with-john-travolta/621529 "2012-07-19T14:37:27Z")
I have been out of town for the past week, and literally didn’t watch ANY news, read ANY papers or go online at all for 8 days (It’s actually a great feeling if you can get away with it, you might be surprised…) but when… --- ## [Hush up, Lance Strongarm.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hush-up-lance-strongarm/633651)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hush-up-lance-strongarm/633651 "2015-11-04T18:05:11Z")
In this thread on SSM, lance has participated avidly. Start around post 338 to see the quality of his participation, ranging from a wacky theory about how marriage is really about whom you exclude, to the idea that if I… --- ## [Atheism is a religion!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheism-is-a-religion/528276)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheism-is-a-religion/528276 "2010-02-11T22:39:28Z")
There, I’ve said it! Boy, do I feel better. C’mon guys, why can’t we just admit it to the non-non-believers? Now that the secret’s out, I feel like I can finally divulge the other secrets of the religion. First of al… --- ## [Family debate: isn't this reasonable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-debate-isnt-this-reasonable/755665)
**Author:** [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-debate-isnt-this-reasonable/755665 "2016-11-10T23:39:36Z")
There’s a feud brewing in a branch of my family. Three years ago, over my sister’s objections, her former mother-in-law bought my nephew a brand new car (Hyundai hatchback). My sister felt he wasn’t responsible enough ye… --- ## [Did any enormously talented person have an equally enormously talented child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-enormously-talented-person-have-an-equally-enormously-talented-child/626244)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-enormously-talented-person-have-an-equally-enormously-talented-child/626244 "2012-07-15T14:27:12Z")
As Kinky Friedman puts it “No matter how good Hank Williams Jr. is, someone has to come up to him after every concert and say ‘You’re not as good as your daddy was.’” So who was/is the highest talented offspring of a hi… --- ## [Greatest episodes of television ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-episodes-of-television-ever/835764)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-episodes-of-television-ever/835764 "2024-08-31T01:15:52Z")
What are your favorite episodes of television ever? Use your own definition for greatness. I will say that generally speaking, for me it’s the episodes that are unlike any other episodes in a series that tend to stand ou… --- ## [Will this election also be decided by the perverse American fetish for GUNS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-election-also-be-decided-by-the-perverse-american-fetish-for-guns/840259)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 346\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-election-also-be-decided-by-the-perverse-american-fetish-for-guns/840259 "2019-09-27T21:19:32Z")
Why are guns so wonderful? So we can protect our families? Shoot at targets or clipped-wing quail when we need sexual release and the wife is tired of giving us blow jobs? Be ready to fight the redcoats, terrorists, M… --- ## [yet another Doper name game! give it a shot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438)
**Author:** [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438 "2002-07-19T02:42:43Z")
This one popped into my head, and sounded rather interesting, if not challenging. Group the Dopers’ usernames together by synonymity and similarity.(somewhat Roget’s style). example: category 1: Rocks \[li\]Geobabe\[/li… --- ## ["Best" route from Indiana to Wisconsin - Need Answer Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-route-from-indiana-to-wisconsin-need-answer-today/723968)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-route-from-indiana-to-wisconsin-need-answer-today/723968 "2015-07-18T12:21:51Z")
My employer has paid for me to travel from Highland, Indiana to Grafton, Wisconsin for business purposes. Yay expense account. Last time I took the Tri-State Tollway. Just fucking shoot me in the head already, OK? I … --- ## [Weffriddles. Maybe we can help each other out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170 "2006-12-15T22:13:20Z")
Apparently there are about 60 of these things. I’m currently on number 11. They really make you learn to be observant, think in different ways, and work out your brain muscles. They’re also pretty damn addicting. I fin… --- ## [What Beer To Put In Chili?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-to-put-in-chili/566918)
**Author:** [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-to-put-in-chili/566918 "2014-01-09T02:17:27Z")
So what kind of beer do you like putting in chili? I’ve traditionally gone with Newcastle or Guinness but wanted to try something different this time. I make the chili with ground beef, beans, various chilis, tiny bit o… --- ## [Which is nicer: Albuquerque or Santa Fe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-nicer-albuquerque-or-santa-fe/574191)
**Author:** [@howardck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howardck)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-nicer-albuquerque-or-santa-fe/574191 "2011-03-11T03:18:50Z")
I ask this because my wife and myself, from British Columbia, Canada, are going to be spending a week driving around northwest New Mexico (including the Four Corners area) in May and are wondering which city it might be … --- ## [Is a lightning bolt a racist symbol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-lightning-bolt-a-racist-symbol/69876)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-lightning-bolt-a-racist-symbol/69876 "2001-07-01T03:48:22Z")
I want to get a lightning bolt tattoo for certain personal reasons, but it brings to mind Nazi’s and White supremacists. I know that the double lighting bolt symbol is a Nazi sybol, but what about one? Even if it’s not t… --- ## [So, Otto.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-otto/423915)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-otto/423915 "2007-10-29T16:14:55Z")
It has been a week and you haven’t been seen back at your thread. A couple of people have thrown jokes around about this in other threads, but you still continue to avoid the issue. What is it, then? Are you a liar, a… --- ## [Canadian Politics 2022-2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-politics-2022-2023/962633)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 390\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-politics-2022-2023/962633 "2024-11-20T23:31:19Z")
A new thread to unite some varied topics. What is your impression of the recent budget? Ontario election coming up in June. Inflation, legislation, expectations, machinations… --- ## [Tipping makes no sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-makes-no-sense/542466)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-makes-no-sense/542466 "2010-07-08T18:48:49Z")
Based on this recently-posted question to Cecil. No doubt this has been thrashed out on SD before, but let’s have it again: tipping is daft – it slows down countless transactions and is often unfair (e.g. tipping the ba… --- ## [is my boyfriend gay or repressed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-boyfriend-gay-or-repressed/95411)
**Author:** [@pati12812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pati12812)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-boyfriend-gay-or-repressed/95411 "2012-01-13T03:00:29Z")
I have a serious question here…And now this isn’t a joke…My boyfriend is almost standoffish when it comes to sex…He is 42. Catholic, and was very withdrawn & shy when I met him…He is a deep thinker with alot of opinions … --- ## [Romney: Let's get rid of estate taxes because dodging them is too much work and too pricey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-lets-get-rid-of-estate-taxes-because-dodging-them-is-too-much-work-and-too-pricey/636030)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-lets-get-rid-of-estate-taxes-because-dodging-them-is-too-much-work-and-too-pricey/636030 "2012-09-29T19:10:02Z")
Here is the source I’m basing this on – a Bloomberg story about one method Romney and other wealthy people avoid gift and estate taxes. It’s based on some old information, though still relevant in light of the controver… --- ## [Rand Rover's a non-tipping, SUV-driving, Republican, picky-eater fatty who hovers over toilet seats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259)
**Author:** [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259 "2010-03-22T17:45:50Z")
Normally too easy of a target, but this one post on this threadtakes him to a whole new level: \[QUOTE=Rand Rover\] Well, someone’s gotta be at the bottom of the pile. If it weren’t single black women, it would be someon… --- ## [Slipped under the radar?? \[About me getting kicked out of gym\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-under-the-radar-about-me-getting-kicked-out-of-gym/593872)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slipped-under-the-radar-about-me-getting-kicked-out-of-gym/593872 "2011-08-29T18:25:00Z")
There are those who, in response to certain posts of mine, continue to bring up the unfortunate incident(s) that led to me getting kicked out of the gym that I had called home for more than a decade. This is true, howev… --- ## [The I Didn't See One So I Started One MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305 "2015-08-03T00:19:48Z")
because someone has to, and I haven’t in a while. You know those dreams you have when Nature is trying to get you to wake up and take care of business? Where there are no loos, or only broken ones, or they work but the … --- ## [I don't understand the parable of the Ten Minas.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-parable-of-the-ten-minas/515998)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-parable-of-the-ten-minas/515998 "2009-11-04T12:36:39Z")
It’s in the New Testament, all of the Jesus books I think. For some reason, I can’t “get” the point of it. Here’s a summary: This really rich guy has been declared a king of a country he apparently doesn’t even live i… --- ## [Parking the wrong way ticketable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-the-wrong-way-ticketable/608318)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-the-wrong-way-ticketable/608318 "2016-02-19T21:59:55Z")
I realize this will probably vary from state to state, or even city to city, but: is parking the opposite direction of traffic a ticketable offense? --- ## [A note on the (now closed) thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-the-now-closed-thread/393884)
**Author:** [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-on-the-now-closed-thread/393884 "2007-03-01T20:37:21Z")
I had to retire to my couch and be horizontal for a while because I had a whacking great headache and was awful tired by evening, and last eve I wasn’t home. To those who still had unanswered questions; I’ll reply via P… --- ## [How did Penn & Teller read my mind during their act?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-penn-teller-read-my-mind-during-their-act/600940)
**Author:** [@zswickey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zswickey)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-penn-teller-read-my-mind-during-their-act/600940 "2011-10-29T00:54:51Z")
I feel like a googling pro but I still can’t track down how this trick is done (found a video link with the purported evidence but it’s no longer up). Anyway, last year went to Vegas and hit up Penn and Teller’s show, a… --- ## [Fuck the NRA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-nra/733184)
**Author:** [@Grsz11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grsz11)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-nra/733184 "2020-08-07T16:31:03Z")
That is all. --- ## [Famous Names of Airplanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-names-of-airplanes/521701)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-names-of-airplanes/521701 "2011-11-29T23:38:59Z")
I overheard because, well once again I was listening to someone yell into a cell phone, and anyway she said she was going to list a bunch of famous airplane names. Then she got off the bus. Anyway, I got to thinking, I… --- ## [Best movie of the last 3 years? 2014-2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-the-last-3-years-2014-2016/772016)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-the-last-3-years-2014-2016/772016 "2016-12-22T20:37:40Z")
I like to restrict time down like that and see what people will say? What is the best complete movie from the last 3 calendar years? Yes, you can name a few, but try to pick your top. I’d honestly say: Mad Max Fury Roa… --- ## [Foreign Words That Look Like English, But Don’t Mean The Same](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-words-that-look-like-english-but-don-t-mean-the-same/540902)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-words-that-look-like-english-but-don-t-mean-the-same/540902 "2010-06-01T18:09:06Z")
There are lots of times that words look similar in different language, but by no means does it mean the same! Here are some examples of German words that look like most people who speak English would understand, but you… --- ## [How do you solve a problem like Tuberville](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-tuberville/987571)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-tuberville/987571 "2023-12-20T12:42:10Z")
According to this post on the Maddowblog (below), Democratic members of the Senate are appealing to McConnell to try and pry Tuberville away from his blockade of military appointments. As the article says, good luck with… --- ## [Standup Comedy Is Hard, I Am Learning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standup-comedy-is-hard-i-am-learning/567455)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standup-comedy-is-hard-i-am-learning/567455 "2012-09-05T03:57:05Z")
So one of my New Year’s resolutions was to get out and do more things and meet more people. I thought, why not combine that with a chance for public humiliation? So I’m taking the Second City Training Centre Standup 10… --- ## [Double doors, one locked. Wtf??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-doors-one-locked-wtf/613504)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-doors-one-locked-wtf/613504 "2012-02-24T21:20:20Z")
See this a lot in small businesses. One of the double doors is locked. Very annoying. Why do this? --- ## [Intelectuallly Inferior Dopers, UNITE!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelectuallly-inferior-dopers-unite/255640 "2004-12-21T23:24:18Z")
I know we’re all about fighting ignorance and all that. But you can’t fight ignorance without a little imput from, well… the ignorant. How else could you all know what goes through the minds of the intelectually challeng… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=246&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=248&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)