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**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-states-other-than-new-york-have-an-upstate/623501 "2016-07-04T21:35:34Z")
You always hear the term Upstate New York, are there other Upstates? I have heard the term downstate a few times but I’m not aware of any Downstate X as a common name for a place. Please enlighten me. --- ## [Why is Plum Brandy (Slivovitz) So Nasty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-plum-brandy-slivovitz-so-nasty/534110)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-plum-brandy-slivovitz-so-nasty/534110 "2015-11-04T15:00:51Z")
I was given a bottle of this stuff by my Czech BIL-opened it last night. The stuff is awful-burns and has a nasty taste to it. Which is strange, because a good brandy or armagnac is usually smooth and has a nice flavor. … --- ## [Sensitive ass SUV drivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509)
**Author:** [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2001, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensitive-ass-suv-drivers/30509 "2001-03-08T04:40:46Z")
I was reading and added my thoughts to a thread over in IMHO, and you know what, I think a lot of these drivers are overly sensitive pricks, here’s the thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid… --- ## [Why do we no longer fight fire with fire with Russia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-no-longer-fight-fire-with-fire-with-russia/703527)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-no-longer-fight-fire-with-fire-with-russia/703527 "2014-11-28T23:44:37Z")
I never got to see any aspect of the Cold War firsthand, but I have read of numerous geopolitical battles done through proxy means. It reads like something right out of a historical fiction novel. And it seems to have wo… --- ## [We need a News of Weird, Racism version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-news-of-weird-racism-version/590562)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-news-of-weird-racism-version/590562 "2011-07-31T00:32:22Z")
Because this story is just CRAZY! In summary: Black girl earns highest GPA out of the whole class. She is told she will be the valedictorian. School administrators worry of a “big mess” if a black student carries th… --- ## [London Hit By Terror Attacks (What is the appropriate response?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-hit-by-terror-attacks-what-is-the-appropriate-response/311438)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 358\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-hit-by-terror-attacks-what-is-the-appropriate-response/311438 "2005-07-13T17:17:00Z")
Bus and subway explosions. Obviously too soon to know for sure who might be responsible. It’s been more than ten years since a large-scale IRA attack. Of course, my thoughts naturally go to Al-Queda. And if it is, I t… --- ## [Mmp! Mmp! Mmp!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297 "2015-05-25T12:48:38Z")
OK, I’ll start. Talk amongst yourselves.:smiley: --- ## [The Bible and the Trinity: What did Jesus have to say about the Trinity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-and-the-trinity-what-did-jesus-have-to-say-about-the-trinity/652771)
**Author:** [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-and-the-trinity-what-did-jesus-have-to-say-about-the-trinity/652771 "2013-03-25T11:36:38Z")
For those who are Christians, most have had at least a casual relationship with the Church from birth. While doctrinal issues are often studied, questioned or even challenged, the question of who God is, is rarely questi… --- ## [Are you happily married?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630 "2014-07-05T21:34:58Z")
Poll in a moment. And no, I’m not including options for people who are not currently married, because that would be stupid. But I’m also not gonna define marriage, because that would be too much work. --- ## [Fall 2018 Central America migrant caravan to the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2018-central-america-migrant-caravan-to-the-us/823313)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-2018-central-america-migrant-caravan-to-the-us/823313 "2018-12-10T23:41:55Z")
By now most Dopers are prolly aware that there’s a huge caravan of migrants coming through Mexico, making their way to the United States in hopes of finding a place where they can make a better life for themselves and th… --- ## [How has running changed your body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-running-changed-your-body/534163)
**Author:** [@yuliya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yuliya)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-running-changed-your-body/534163 "2010-04-01T23:46:21Z")
Sure, running helps your live longer and all that crap. But the real reason I want to start running? I am a vain, vain girl. I was always able to eat whatever I wanted and stay thin, but, now that I’m an “adult,” my me… --- ## [Tell your fart stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-your-fart-stories/494394)
**Author:** [@Moglet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moglet)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-your-fart-stories/494394 "2010-05-17T23:45:13Z")
I need a laugh right now, and nothing, nothing is funnier than a funny fart story. I recall reading a funny fart thread a few years ago which was so good my belly ached from laughter. Whaddaya got? --- ## [Women, explain this "going commando" thing to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941 "2012-12-17T20:21:24Z")
Another celebrity has been photographed flashing her lady parts. (Anne Hathaway if you’re keeping score.) She was at a film premiere, wearing a fancy dress with no underwear, and when she got out of the limo, the cameras… --- ## [All you poor, deluded sufferers of communist health care in Europe, take heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-poor-deluded-sufferers-of-communist-health-care-in-europe-take-heart/619855)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-poor-deluded-sufferers-of-communist-health-care-in-europe-take-heart/619855 "2012-04-28T04:41:03Z")
There is hope for a better tomorrow. Maybe with the proper reforms you too can someday be a country where debt collectors stalk emergency rooms and demand payment before treatment is given America is just a wealthy ver… --- ## [What Is The STUPIDEST Fight You've Had With Your Significant Other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidest-fight-youve-had-with-your-significant-other/499482)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidest-fight-youve-had-with-your-significant-other/499482 "2009-06-22T13:29:38Z")
I thought this might be interesting to hear. The only catches are it has to be someone you were romantically involved with (straight or gay), and it has to be long term, not a few dates. It doesn’t have to be a current “… --- ## [men shaving their testicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869)
**Author:** [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2011, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869 "2011-05-05T09:27:31Z")
I barely get why apparently many/most young women now shave all the hair off their genital area. I assume this might have gotten started by porn stars, but I’m not sure. As a clinical researcher in a hospital, I’m con… --- ## [The sideways peace sign and puckered lips. Whaddup wid dat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sideways-peace-sign-and-puckered-lips-whaddup-wid-dat/523148)
**Author:** [@Libre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Libre)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sideways-peace-sign-and-puckered-lips-whaddup-wid-dat/523148 "2010-01-01T01:32:57Z")
What is the origin of this combo hand sign/facial expression? http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/2600505463\_e56be8c111.jpg My daughter and her friends all do this on Facebook. I asked her, and she doesn’t even know w… --- ## [New Hyundai Christmas Commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237 "2011-02-25T15:53:51Z")
FYI - I’m calling dibs for Imaginary Girlfriend on the girl in the new Hyundai Christmas commercials. You have been warned. --- ## ["Server" memory vs. "desktop" memory?!?! AND - how to tell ECC v Non](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/server-memory-vs-desktop-memory-and-how-to-tell-ecc-v-non/542008)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/server-memory-vs-desktop-memory-and-how-to-tell-ecc-v-non/542008 "2013-04-04T15:28:08Z")
Question 1: I am trying to buy PC5300 DDR2 667 240 pin ECC Ram for my Mac Pro. I have found it, many times. But the least expensive versions of it are listed as “Servers only!” without the slightest indication o… --- ## [A sad, busy trip to Cottonfield County: this week's MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-busy-trip-to-cottonfield-county-this-weeks-mmp/605893)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-busy-trip-to-cottonfield-county-this-weeks-mmp/605893 "2011-12-19T11:10:52Z")
This is a placeholder for my OP, which I haven’t yet had time to write. Y’all carry on until I can tell my tale later today. Oh, and blurf\[sup\]3\[/sup\]. --- ## [How to clean the grease off a griddle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-clean-the-grease-off-a-griddle/488547)
**Author:** [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-clean-the-grease-off-a-griddle/488547 "2009-03-11T21:31:57Z")
I bought Mr. BEG an electric griddle to make his Pancake Sundays a little easier on him. While cleaning it, I noticed a few sticky, greasy areas on the cooking surface that didn’t come off with regular (gentle) cleaning … --- ## [The Supreme Court may be considering the legalization of bribery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-may-be-considering-the-legalization-of-bribery/753877)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-may-be-considering-the-legalization-of-bribery/753877 "2016-09-09T20:52:13Z")
Extending the philosophy of the 2010 Citizens United v Actual Citizens decision, the Supreme Court may be ready to legalize political bribery — it’s just another form of protected free speech. The Scumbags don’t have Sc… --- ## [Origin of "Wanna come up and see my etchings?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-wanna-come-up-and-see-my-etchings/279076)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-wanna-come-up-and-see-my-etchings/279076 "2004-12-12T21:20:17Z")
There’s a pop-cultural cliche I’ve sometimes encountered in sources dating from the 1950s or '60s such as Mad magazine: The cad trying to seduce a chick comes out with the line, “Wanna come up to my place and see my etch… --- ## [If your boss was having an extramarital affair with one of your co-workers...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-boss-was-having-an-extramarital-affair-with-one-of-your-co-workers/681287)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-boss-was-having-an-extramarital-affair-with-one-of-your-co-workers/681287 "2016-05-10T14:02:53Z")
…would you want him/her to resign? Let’s say they were passing you over for the choice assignments that would increase your bonus and giving them to your co-worker. Always taking the co-worker on exotic work boondoggle… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 5.15 "Try" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-15-try-open-spoilers/715734)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-15-try-open-spoilers/715734 "2015-03-29T04:09:59Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] When life within the walls begins to mimic life outside, the group realizes that sheltered life may not be possible. \[/QUOTE\] Last episode before the season finale; Chandler Riggs, Gale Ann Hurd, & Yvette … --- ## [Women, revealing clothes, rape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-revealing-clothes-rape/470670)
**Author:** [@Ted\_Y](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ted_Y)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-revealing-clothes-rape/470670 "2008-11-09T22:11:14Z")
I’m making this topic in hopes for a healthy debate on the relationship between the three things listed in the title and anything that might branch off from it. Comparisons with men would inevitably be included if people… --- ## [Little facts people get wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-facts-people-get-wrong/768575)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-facts-people-get-wrong/768575 "2016-10-24T16:51:23Z")
Sometimes I feel like I’m constantly hearing little mistakes that are very common but if I correct people I feel like a jerk. Like if someone uses less instead of fewer, or if they think that soldier is a blanket term fo… --- ## [A proposal for gun control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposal-for-gun-control/644419)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposal-for-gun-control/644419 "2012-12-21T17:35:55Z")
Yes, this is another gun thread. My apologies. Feel free to click away now… So here’s my proposal for controlling guns in America: \[ol\] \[li\]No semi-autos. Period.\[/li\]\[li\]No handguns. Period.\[/li\]\[li\]No detachable mag… --- ## [tvshack.cc has been seized!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvshack-cc-has-been-seized/562332)
**Author:** [@MinkyBinks735](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkyBinks735)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvshack-cc-has-been-seized/562332 "2010-12-04T20:21:39Z")
ICE and Homeland Security has shut down the oh so popular “media viewing” website which has been host to thousands of tv shows and movies. Heads up other websites and torrent sites, ICE coming your way! --- ## [What goes on inside a gay bathhouse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555)
**Author:** [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-inside-a-gay-bathhouse/276555 "2004-11-26T16:35:12Z")
I keep hearing the term “Gay Bathhouse,” but I’m still not really sure what it means. My guess is that it’s a place where gay men go and sit in hot tubs nude with each other, and that there are rooms where they can go of… --- ## [In the early days of VHS & BETA, did it really cost 80 - 100 bucks to buy a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-early-days-of-vhs-beta-did-it-really-cost-80-100-bucks-to-buy-a-movie/413177)
**Author:** [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-early-days-of-vhs-beta-did-it-really-cost-80-100-bucks-to-buy-a-movie/413177 "2007-07-27T15:27:53Z")
I was around back then, but didn’t get a VCR of my own for several years. However, I seem to vaguely recall seeing prices in the three figure range? Am I remebering correctly? --- ## [How do you pronounce "Taoiseach"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-taoiseach/575018)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-taoiseach/575018 "2011-11-25T22:19:10Z")
It looks like “Tao is each” but I think it’s supposed to be something like “'Tis each” or “'Tis echh”! Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everybody! --- ## [Really, how safe are store-bought mushrooms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-safe-are-store-bought-mushrooms/647140)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-how-safe-are-store-bought-mushrooms/647140 "2015-06-16T11:04:42Z")
Made a jalfrezi curry and tossed in some mushrooms from the store. You know, the white button type. And it got me thinking: mushrooms are notoriously difficult to sort edible from toxic. Every year there’s a slew of stor… --- ## [Detente Invitation to Pro-Trump and Anti-Trump camps.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detente-invitation-to-pro-trump-and-anti-trump-camps/782171)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detente-invitation-to-pro-trump-and-anti-trump-camps/782171 "2017-03-18T14:26:01Z")
In an effort to ease tension and reach a better understanding of positions between the Pro-Trump and Anti-Trump factions, I’m proposing we lay down our arms and try to find, if at all possible, some sort of common ground… --- ## [All-Time Best Newbery Medal Book, In Your Opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-best-newbery-medal-book-in-your-opinion/778836)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-best-newbery-medal-book-in-your-opinion/778836 "2017-07-10T19:09:40Z")
Here’s a list of all of the books to win the Newbery Medal, except the most recent, which is The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill. (Which I’ve read and is excellent, by the way.) Which one do you think is the … --- ## [Boardwalk Empire is back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boardwalk-empire-is-back/597681)
**Author:** [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boardwalk-empire-is-back/597681 "2011-12-15T21:08:08Z")
Episode One of the new season aired last night. Any reactions? --- ## [Jerry Lewis: still an asshole at 90](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-still-an-asshole-at-90/775232)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-still-an-asshole-at-90/775232 "2016-12-27T15:59:01Z")
If this was a comedy bit, it was over my head. I think he’s just being a prick. --- ## [Starting a new job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-new-job/667278)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-new-job/667278 "2015-10-22T14:24:24Z")
(Pre-edit: I’m writing a damn book here. Read at your own risk.) (Pre-edit 2: Seriously, on preview, frakkin’ wall-O’Text to follow) Well, after seven and a half years working as a cook in the convention business, I’m … --- ## [where do Black Americans vacation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-black-americans-vacation/560824)
**Author:** [@marieq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marieq)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-black-americans-vacation/560824 "2013-05-07T22:32:17Z")
just really curious. we have gone on numerous cruise vacations, and have only seen a handfull of Black americans onboard, most are on carnival , maybe several dozen on the ships we were on. the higher ‘fancy’ ships, lik… --- ## [Housewifely Frugality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housewifely-frugality/516046)
**Author:** [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housewifely-frugality/516046 "2009-11-06T23:03:00Z")
I’m on a Mommy Board and - while this has been a noticeable background noise there for years - with the economy its really noticeable. It seems somewhere we have lost - for a lot of women (possibly people, although I su… --- ## [Books without covers...Why are they stolen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-without-covers-why-are-they-stolen/472910)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-without-covers-why-are-they-stolen/472910 "2008-11-21T21:38:51Z")
Usually, on one of the first few pages of a paperback, there’s a notice that says something like this: “If you bought this book without a cover, it was stolen.” What the hell does that mean? Why would someone buy a book … --- ## ["Microagression Theory" seems like a silly concept but the wiki is actually kind of interesting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microagression-theory-seems-like-a-silly-concept-but-the-wiki-is-actually-kind-of-interesting/739495)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microagression-theory-seems-like-a-silly-concept-but-the-wiki-is-actually-kind-of-interesting/739495 "2015-12-16T00:32:04Z")
Microaggression Theory wiki here In thinking about the nature of social interactions while it’s possible to control some of the more overt aspects of it I have to think some of the nature of microaggression behavior is… --- ## [GFCI outlet and GFCI breaker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gfci-outlet-and-gfci-breaker/575690)
**Author:** [@randyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randyj)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gfci-outlet-and-gfci-breaker/575690 "2012-10-18T21:04:51Z")
Hopefully I won’t get bashed and belittled here or inundated with theory and quoted sections of the NEC as I was in another forum when I asked this question. I simply want to know which way is right or wrong to install … --- ## [The official 2019 SDMB NCAAF thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576 "2020-01-23T21:00:26Z")
I’ll get it started: Quack! Quack! = Croak! Croak! --- ## [Never Forget 9/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-forget-9-11/668580)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-forget-9-11/668580 "2013-11-12T03:56:24Z")
I didn’t want to shit in here. So I suppose I need to post in here. I was told to “Never Forget” just this morning. Got me to wondering about the motivation behind the order. Am I to Never Forget an event that njtt co… --- ## [How many pints of blood have you donated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-pints-of-blood-have-you-donated/561269)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-pints-of-blood-have-you-donated/561269 "2018-02-03T15:55:56Z")
With all the other blood donation threads running around, I was curious. --- ## [Sexual stamina: how much is too much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-stamina-how-much-is-too-much/543363)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-stamina-how-much-is-too-much/543363 "2010-06-22T16:35:13Z")
I realize that a guy who finishes moments after beginning is not ideal, but why is it that it seems like guys think the longer they can last, the better? I hear guys bragging about it and gather that this is a commonly h… --- ## [What the hell should I get my boyfriend for his birthday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-should-i-get-my-boyfriend-for-his-birthday/208198)
**Author:** [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-should-i-get-my-boyfriend-for-his-birthday/208198 "2003-10-23T20:26:21Z")
My boyfriend’s turning 23 next month, and although he keeps insisting that I don’t have to buy him anything, I can’t let the day slip by unnoticed. The thing is, I honestly can’t think of anything he wants - he’s the typ… --- ## [Dr. Strangelove. What dis the Russian ambassador doing with that pocket watch at the end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-what-dis-the-russian-ambassador-doing-with-that-pocket-watch-at-the-end/652456)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-what-dis-the-russian-ambassador-doing-with-that-pocket-watch-at-the-end/652456 "2013-04-22T01:52:23Z")
And why does Sellers stand up and exclaim “I can walk!”. --- ## [Once Agains the Pessimists Are Wrong \[Iraq elections\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-agains-the-pessimists-are-wrong-iraq-elections/533987)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-agains-the-pessimists-are-wrong-iraq-elections/533987 "2010-04-26T20:16:01Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/03/26/iraq.election/index.html?hpt=T2 The secularists have won the Iraqi Parliamentary Elections narrowly and probably should be seated in a few months once all the wrangling is done.… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=249&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=251&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)