# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=249&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:** 250 --- ## [Dirty water in only one toilet bowl- clogged vent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-water-in-only-one-toilet-bowl-clogged-vent/737303)
**Author:** [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-water-in-only-one-toilet-bowl-clogged-vent/737303 "2015-11-15T23:57:43Z")
We have one guest bathroom on our first floor, and a main bathroom plus guest bathroom on the second. About a week ago, after flushing the 1st floor toilet, I noticed that the water that filled the bowl was vaguely clou… --- ## [Jon Stewart and Charlton Heston on Ground Zero Mosque](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-and-charlton-heston-on-ground-zero-mosque/550885)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-and-charlton-heston-on-ground-zero-mosque/550885 "2010-08-25T21:35:37Z")
Start at around 7 minutes in (although of course the rest is funny too). Obviously this could be on Cafe Society, so what’s the debate? Well, two things: (1) Anyone disagree with Jon and Charlton’s point? (2) Why is … --- ## [If you legally own a gun you can shoot an intruder: Now on to the weather.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-legally-own-a-gun-you-can-shoot-an-intruder-now-on-to-the-weather/413221)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-legally-own-a-gun-you-can-shoot-an-intruder-now-on-to-the-weather/413221 "2012-01-07T21:18:06Z")
In reference to this grisly home invasion in Connecticut, Chris Cuomo on GMA this morning said …"If you legally own a permitted gun you can shoot an intruder without having to prove you were fleeing…and now for the weath… --- ## [Do you get this joke? Is it "gettable?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-this-joke-is-it-gettable/645383)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-this-joke-is-it-gettable/645383 "2012-12-31T20:35:44Z")
This is my wife’s favorite joke: . . . . . . . . . . . She says it’s a joke about jokes. I sort-of understand the idea of what she’s trying to do, but it’s not funny, no matter how hard I analyze it. Litt… --- ## [The Mobile MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mobile-mmp/622580)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mobile-mmp/622580 "2012-05-28T05:23:48Z")
As y’all know, we’re preparing for a move this summer. I’ve been think a lot about all the places I’ve lived over the years- Grew up in Buffalo and moved to the 'burbs when I was 9. Moved to outside Boston for college … --- ## [Things that most dopers would hate you for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-most-dopers-would-hate-you-for/702986)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-most-dopers-would-hate-you-for/702986 "2014-11-21T04:15:59Z")
I…feed the pigeons in the park. Yes my kid loves watching the swarm and running at them and getting them to take wing, so if we have some stale or moldy bread I bring it and give it to the flying rats. I’m sure many he… --- ## [The Who vs. Led Zeppelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-vs-led-zeppelin/429984)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-vs-led-zeppelin/429984 "2012-08-14T20:52:07Z")
Classic Rock match up! Both bands had fantastic people at the same four spots. Position by position, who was better? This is obviously opinion, but let’s hear it. I’d be very interested to hear some reasons too, especia… --- ## [Are there any countries with literal second class citizens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-countries-with-literal-second-class-citizens/644968)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-countries-with-literal-second-class-citizens/644968 "2013-01-08T04:29:37Z")
The term “second class citizen” gets thrown around a lot. It usually doesn’t refer to a true, de jure second and lesser type of national citizenship, but refers to some group that are supposed to be full citizens but, f… --- ## [My husband was arrested for domestic violence today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-was-arrested-for-domestic-violence-today/655716)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-was-arrested-for-domestic-violence-today/655716 "2013-04-20T02:14:21Z")
It started as a stupid argument. Then he blocked my way and I tried to pushed by him to get through. Then he kicked and pushed me, and I called the cops. He was arrested, but will be released tonight. The kids (all 4… --- ## [Guitar for beginner - advice needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-for-beginner-advice-needed/654385)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2013, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-for-beginner-advice-needed/654385 "2013-05-05T09:32:50Z")
Not sure if this is Cafe Society or GQ, but given I’m asking for advice, I’ll go with GQ. If you want the TL: DR version, skip down a bit. A couple months ago, I decided I needed a project. I thought a few days, then r… --- ## [Is there anybody else out there who wanted to bludgeon Ferris Bueller?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anybody-else-out-there-who-wanted-to-bludgeon-ferris-bueller/610844)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anybody-else-out-there-who-wanted-to-bludgeon-ferris-bueller/610844 "2012-02-01T08:12:50Z")
News of Matthew Broderick reprising Ferris Bueller for some kind of Superbowl commercial (teaser) has me wondering. I’ll admit I had lust for Matthew Broderick at the time, but I thought the character was one of the mos… --- ## [ML Baseball 2010, talk to tide us over!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ml-baseball-2010-talk-to-tide-us-over/528546)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ml-baseball-2010-talk-to-tide-us-over/528546 "2010-04-04T22:45:37Z")
Well, Football (American) is over, so it MUST be time to start talking about baseball, since nothing else important happens between now and April when the season starts! :stuck\_out\_tongue: So here is a thread for gener… --- ## [Why are there brown spots on my walls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-brown-spots-on-my-walls/602094)
**Author:** [@Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romeo_and_Whatsherface)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-brown-spots-on-my-walls/602094 "2015-08-07T02:53:52Z")
On my kitchen and bathroom walls, there are brownish spots and streaks. I’m on city water, not well water. (I live in a small, rural town.) The spots are tan, about the color of cafe au lait. The water looks clear in a … --- ## [How offensive is this bumper sticker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-offensive-is-this-bumper-sticker/351239)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-offensive-is-this-bumper-sticker/351239 "2006-04-06T22:47:46Z")
On the way in to work this morning, I saw a bumper sticker. On the left hand side was a confederate flag. On the top of the right it said, “If I’d known this”. On the bottom of the left hand side it said, “I would hav… --- ## [My oven's hot when it's not on -a problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ovens-hot-when-its-not-on-a-problem/551332)
**Author:** [@Sinisterniik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinisterniik)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ovens-hot-when-its-not-on-a-problem/551332 "2010-08-26T04:22:28Z")
I just recently moved into a new apartment. As usual, there are little things wrong with it and some things we should have known were wrong but missed when we were initially looking at the place -but that’s life. Recent… --- ## [The Office: "The Lover" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-lover-open-spoilers/514809)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-the-lover-open-spoilers/514809 "2009-10-29T22:37:05Z")
Man, Pam was a giant C-word in this episode, to Michael especially, but also to her mom, to Jim and to her coworkers. Michael actually had a legitimate HR complaint against her. I don’t remember her ever being this wrong… --- ## [Should POLAND Give Back East Prussia To Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-poland-give-back-east-prussia-to-germany/261593)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-poland-give-back-east-prussia-to-germany/261593 "2015-07-25T20:50:27Z")
Everybody talks about the injustices visited upon the Palestinians…but nobody seems to talk about what happened to the german inhabitants of what used to be Prussia and East Prussia! The parts of what are now western Pol… --- ## [Correcting my understanding of Liberalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correcting-my-understanding-of-liberalism/602732)
**Author:** [@shakabroh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shakabroh)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correcting-my-understanding-of-liberalism/602732 "2012-01-13T12:13:55Z")
People have corrected my understanding of Liberalism before here. So I approach you again. My father, a Christian, always told me that liberalism is an over-reaction to imperfection. It is the idea that no one, especial… --- ## [Could someone as unqualified as Trump get elected in any other modern, wealthy developed nation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-as-unqualified-as-trump-get-elected-in-any-other-modern-wealthy-developed-nation/774567)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-as-unqualified-as-trump-get-elected-in-any-other-modern-wealthy-developed-nation/774567 "2017-04-27T14:22:47Z")
I don’t think Berlusconi was as bad as Trump, but that is who people compare him to. Granted, I do not know a lot about Berlusconi, but wasn’t he an actual self made billionaire (implying he had some business sense)? He … --- ## [Mortifying slips of the tongue.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortifying-slips-of-the-tongue/614750)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortifying-slips-of-the-tongue/614750 "2012-04-04T23:29:09Z")
Last week at work, I embarrassed myself in front of a new hire by commenting on a box of documents sitting at reception, observing that they had to have been left by a certain staff member. (Let’s call her “Amber.”) Th… --- ## [Retail secrets usually only known by the employees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-secrets-usually-only-known-by-the-employees/596822)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-secrets-usually-only-known-by-the-employees/596822 "2011-09-27T00:50:21Z")
I was just thinking back to learning about this in 5th grade. There was a drug store (I think it was Snyder’s or Woolworth’s) that had the price they paid for the item on the pricetag using the code BLACKSTONE. Here’s ho… --- ## [That’s Some Bad Puns... The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-s-some-bad-puns-the-mmp/421905)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 505\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-s-some-bad-puns-the-mmp/421905 "2007-10-15T06:02:01Z")
Ok, I assume most of y’all know that Dean Martin classic That’s Amore. There was this thread at Skip’s Magic Board that got outta hand like pretty much every thread does over there and went from gluin’ stuff to various p… --- ## [Where did the slurs "Wop" and "Kike" come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-slurs-wop-and-kike-come-from/253568)
**Author:** [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-slurs-wop-and-kike-come-from/253568 "2004-07-05T05:23:32Z")
What the hell do they mean? I’ve heard it so many times. Other ethnic groups have understandable derogatory slurs (Nigger is a corruption of Negro, Polack is obvious, Spic I assume comes from ''Hispanic,") and the list … --- ## [Imagine-ary Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-ary-dopers/425119)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-ary-dopers/425119 "2007-11-25T05:11:17Z")
I saw this post and chuckled, then I wondered: how do we see each other here on the SDMB? What I want is for you to pick one of the Dopers, and provide a link to a photo of how you envision them to be. No actual photo… --- ## [Is date rape less wrong than stranger rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-date-rape-less-wrong-than-stranger-rape/527197)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2010, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-date-rape-less-wrong-than-stranger-rape/527197 "2010-02-04T07:37:08Z")
In this thread the topic of stranger rape vs. date rape came up, when one poster thought that perhaps a date rapist would be less likely to be a bad father than stranger rapist. This exchange came up: The rape by a … --- ## [Sage Rat on Slavery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sage-rat-on-slavery/743843)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sage-rat-on-slavery/743843 "2016-01-25T22:13:37Z")
Sage Rat’s magnum opus on slavery. I don’t usually do the quote parsing thing, but his great work needs to be appreciated in detail. Part the First: Not wanting to be owned makes you a “problem case” who probably deser… --- ## [Ever Had Your Car Damaged In An Automated Car Wash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-your-car-damaged-in-an-automated-car-wash/620637)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-your-car-damaged-in-an-automated-car-wash/620637 "2013-03-11T18:53:06Z")
I’m curious about people’s experiences with vehicle damage with automatic car washes. Full disclosure, I operate a pair of tunnel washes in the Midwest and damage claims are the bane of my existence. I’d like to hear yo… --- ## [Thread for those whose knickers aren't in a twist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-those-whose-knickers-arent-in-a-twist/487374)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-those-whose-knickers-arent-in-a-twist/487374 "2009-03-03T17:37:17Z")
Anyone else want to hang out with me here while the drama queens finish exhausting themselves? Jesus, all this Chicken Little “it’s the end of the SDMB!” bullshit is getting very seriously on my nerves. Just made a love… --- ## [It's a New Traditions MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882 "2013-12-16T03:28:49Z")
My life has changed dramatically since I joined both the SDMB and the MMP, and this year I lost my mom, and so I feel the need to begin some new traditions, and recognize those which have already established themselves. … --- ## [April mini-rants.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-mini-rants/491743)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-mini-rants/491743 "2009-05-05T22:44:09Z")
I’m sitting in class right now. One of my classmates is doing a presentation, which seems to consist entirely off her reading off her powerpoint slides. I’m pretty sure this is a violation of the Geneva Convention. Ki… --- ## [Merry Fucking Easter!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568)
**Author:** [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568 "2011-04-28T14:38:12Z")
Just thought I’d check in and mention that Jesus, if he ever existed, wasn’t supernatural and his corpse has long since degraded to dust. And like all of us, upon death his consciousness dissolved into oblivion and ended… --- ## [Why do some people stop so far back from red lights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-stop-so-far-back-from-red-lights/661280)
**Author:** [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-stop-so-far-back-from-red-lights/661280 "2014-11-18T12:43:48Z")
I wasn’t sure which board this should go in as I’m not sure there is a “factual” reason for this occurence. I’m not a native New Yorker. I moved here a handful of years ago. So there’s a thing motorists do around here t… --- ## [War cows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-cows/584115)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-cows/584115 "2011-06-15T19:13:56Z")
Why didn’t anyone ever use cows or other bovine as cavalry? The advantage I see is that bovines are naturally inclined to charge and gore, while equines just kick. So if I am charging a group of infantry, a cow seems l… --- ## [IT'S! . . . monty python's monday mundane posts \[MMP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-monty-pythons-monday-mundane-posts-mmp/614123)
**Author:** [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-monty-pythons-monday-mundane-posts-mmp/614123 "2012-03-09T18:20:29Z")
Technically, it’s not midnight where I am, but it is in Texas, where I’d like to be. I’m in! --- ## [Many hundreds of unmarked graves of Indigenous children discovered at Canadian residential schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-hundreds-of-unmarked-graves-of-indigenous-children-discovered-at-canadian-residential-schools/943674)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-hundreds-of-unmarked-graves-of-indigenous-children-discovered-at-canadian-residential-schools/943674 "2023-09-04T07:55:20Z")
Investigators used ground-reading radar to uncover over 200 unmarked graves of children at a former residential school run by a Roman Catholic order under the auspices of the federal government. Calls being made for f… --- ## [Maybe a dingo ate your baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-a-dingo-ate-your-baby/386524)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-a-dingo-ate-your-baby/386524 "2007-01-06T01:03:58Z")
Okay, let’s see. Reference from MPSIMS. There, Admin Lynn suggested that discussion on this matter come here. There are still people talking about it there, but since someone continues to challenge me about my grandson … --- ## [Have you ever been involved in a threesome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-involved-in-a-threesome/514408)
**Author:** [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-involved-in-a-threesome/514408 "2011-05-12T23:40:01Z")
Inspired by a post in MPSIMS, I thought this would be a fun poll. It’s private, although you can expound in a reply if you wish. --- ## [I Pit the Hadley CRU and the jerks that hacked their emails.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-hadley-cru-and-the-jerks-that-hacked-their-emails/518347)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-hadley-cru-and-the-jerks-that-hacked-their-emails/518347 "2009-11-26T12:09:09Z")
So the big to-do today on this Friday before a weekend is that some hacker managed to access the confidential email of the Hadley CRU and posted 'em online. The Hadley CRU, by the way, is the University of East Anglia’s… --- ## [Do Native Americans really use all parts of the buffalo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-native-americans-really-use-all-parts-of-the-buffalo/420124)
**Author:** [@Trik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trik)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-native-americans-really-use-all-parts-of-the-buffalo/420124 "2007-10-01T18:00:45Z")
There seems to be a general understanding that Native Americans were much less wasteful than everyone else, and they used every single part of the animal. We all read growing up that when they killed a buffalo, they use… --- ## [Please explain the symbolism of Fight Club (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-symbolism-of-fight-club-open-spoilers/450316)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-symbolism-of-fight-club-open-spoilers/450316 "2008-06-02T15:40:03Z")
I love the movie Fight Club. When I first saw it, I thought it was a brilliant “mindfuck” of a movie, what with its unexpected plot twist about 3/4 of the way through. The second time I watched it, knowing of the inter… --- ## [What to do about neice touching my legs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-neice-touching-my-legs/645464)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-neice-touching-my-legs/645464 "2013-01-03T02:47:16Z")
Hi today I was showing my 5 year old niece Barbie and she was touching my hairy legs a few times. I eventually just got up and said she can sit out the chair and I found another chair. BTW at her house she is sometimes w… --- ## [Hidden Figures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-figures/776625)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-figures/776625 "2020-07-08T18:24:18Z")
Saw it yesterday, enjoyed it a lot. I thought it was a great feel-good movie, as well as being an important story that needed to be told, and a sometimes painful reminder of discrimination that existed and still exist. W… --- ## [How you doin': the Doper romance thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-you-doin-the-doper-romance-thread/549231)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-you-doin-the-doper-romance-thread/549231 "2012-08-24T18:09:45Z")
There have been a couple threads around here lately that made me feel like there should be a thread for singles. I know there’s precedent - several years ago, a friend of mine posted in one and ended up dating another D… --- ## [Should women be drafted into combat units (USA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-be-drafted-into-combat-units-usa/681455)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-be-drafted-into-combat-units-usa/681455 "2014-02-19T16:52:30Z")
Now that the are eligible for combat units they should be eligible to be drafted for same units. --- ## [I pit the pig that is Monica Lewinsky, over some pork chops on the barbie (BBQ)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pig-that-is-monica-lewinsky-over-some-pork-chops-on-the-barbie-bbq/692161)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pig-that-is-monica-lewinsky-over-some-pork-chops-on-the-barbie-bbq/692161 "2014-07-05T17:06:53Z")
The re-emergence of Ms. Lewinsky has stirred up old feelings in me. This woman is a pig, through and through. In the literal sense, she resembles a pig. In the metaphorical sense, because she takes a “buffet-all-you-can… --- ## [Justify a Progressive Income Tax Structure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justify-a-progressive-income-tax-structure/559515)
**Author:** [@Olfatbut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olfatbut)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justify-a-progressive-income-tax-structure/559515 "2010-11-16T01:04:54Z")
The US has always, in modern times anyway, embraced a progressive version of the income tax. But lately-- and maybe this was just campaign rhetoric but I think not-- it’s not hard to find people angrily claiming that a p… --- ## [Seems on time/early people are rude even when people \*aren't\* late (LONG)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-on-time-early-people-are-rude-even-when-people-arent-late-long/153673)
**Author:** [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-on-time-early-people-are-rude-even-when-people-arent-late-long/153673 "2003-02-14T01:42:47Z")
Sorry, I couldn’t ungeneralize the subject enough. It would be too long of a title then. Relevent link #1 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=161350 Older, also appropriate link http://boa… --- ## [Sam's Club vs. CostCo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sams-club-vs-costco/659579)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sams-club-vs-costco/659579 "2013-06-03T17:42:38Z")
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I’m moving back to the midwest. Among the many, many things that this means is that I will be able to take my car to a membership/warehouse club and buy pallets of toilet paper, fifty-five g… --- ## [Are you willing to go broke to maintain the present lockdown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-willing-to-go-broke-to-maintain-the-present-lockdown/852471)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 399\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-willing-to-go-broke-to-maintain-the-present-lockdown/852471 "2020-05-01T14:15:47Z")
There was a thread early on asking if people were willing to die for the economy. A bit hyperbolic, completely mischaracterizing many of the arguments in favor of loosening lockdown orders, but most said they thought thi… --- ## [How bad is Borderline Personality really? Examples?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-borderline-personality-really-examples/544864)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-borderline-personality-really-examples/544864 "2013-09-20T18:49:54Z")
Borderlines are the patients psychologists fear most. As many as 75% hurt themselves, and approximately 10% commit suicide — an extraordinarily high suicide rate (by comparison, the suicide rate for mood disorders is abo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=248&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=250&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)