# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=261&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:** 262 --- ## [Is the Bose Wave system worth the steep price?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bose-wave-system-worth-the-steep-price/659829)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bose-wave-system-worth-the-steep-price/659829 "2013-06-04T01:28:01Z")
Here are the specs from Amazon, although I understand it might be smarter to buy it from Bose. I’ve lusted after it for years, but is it worth $450? --- ## [What were your favorite OBSCURE(?) children's books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-obscure-childrens-books/433684)
**Author:** [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-obscure-childrens-books/433684 "2016-07-12T00:55:28Z")
Honest to God, I thought of this thread idea last night, and only just now saw Cartooniverse’s thread. I popped in there and didn’t see a lot of overlap, so I hope I’m not treading on any toes. Anyway, the other day I … --- ## [Passive aggressiveness and higher social economic class.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passive-aggressiveness-and-higher-social-economic-class/528018)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passive-aggressiveness-and-higher-social-economic-class/528018 "2010-06-20T03:21:29Z")
Has anyone noticed that people become more passive aggressive the higher their social economic class? I grew up in a middle-class neighborhood, but I went to school with lower-class kids. I also spent a lot of time work… --- ## [What to See and Do in Washington DC - an Informative MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-see-and-do-in-washington-dc-an-informative-mmp/439919)
**Author:** [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Replies:** 602\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-see-and-do-in-washington-dc-an-informative-mmp/439919 "2008-03-10T05:08:14Z")
I’ve lived in the Washington DC metro area for over 32 years now, much longer than I ever lived anywhere else. It should feel like my “home” yet I still look fondly on times I lived in Michigan and Delaware. But that wil… --- ## [No, I don't have $5 to give you for gas.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-dont-have-5-to-give-you-for-gas/518505)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-dont-have-5-to-give-you-for-gas/518505 "2009-12-09T07:11:27Z")
Tonight I was leaving the movie theater with my wife, walking out to my car, and some guy approaches us saying he needs to buy two gallons of gas. Being at night I quickly rebuff him, saying I don’t have any money on me,… --- ## [Does bleach evaporate out into water and salt(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bleach-evaporate-out-into-water-and-salt-s/555155)
**Author:** [@Bamboo\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bamboo_Boy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bleach-evaporate-out-into-water-and-salt-s/555155 "2010-09-29T03:12:36Z")
I seem to recall hearing that household bleach upon evaporation only leaves innocuous salts behind, I remember hearing it as a reason bleach was such a great household agent. Is this true? If not, are the residues left … --- ## [Gah!!!!!!! Spider!!!!!!! Spider!!!!!!!! Spider!!!!!!!!! Spider in my pants!!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-spider-spider-spider-spider-in-my-pants/166017)
**Author:** [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-spider-spider-spider-spider-in-my-pants/166017 "2003-08-27T17:06:36Z")
I’m not afraid of spiders. I don’t seek them out on a regular or even semi-regular basis, but I’m not afraid of them. An ex-roommate of mine had 3 tarantulas and we used to lie on the floor and let them crawl all over us… --- ## [Why don't cell phones work on airplanes at 30,000 ft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-cell-phones-work-on-airplanes-at-30-000-ft/492960)
**Author:** [@shallora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shallora)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-cell-phones-work-on-airplanes-at-30-000-ft/492960 "2011-09-12T02:30:31Z")
Why don’t cell phones work on airplanes at 30,000 ft? Okay so 30,000 ft is 5.6 miles high and you’re going 300 mph (ground speed) in a steel can over mostly sparsely populated land . . . so is it: a) simply a matter tha… --- ## [Ask the Pastured Poultry Farmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pastured-poultry-farmer/584333)
**Author:** [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2011, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pastured-poultry-farmer/584333 "2011-08-16T10:58:52Z")
In the June mini rants thread in the BBQ Pit, \*\*congodwarf \*\*expressed interest in my occuption-pastured poutry farming-and rather than hijack that thread, I’ve decided to start an “Ask the…” thread to answer his/her que… --- ## [Is it illegal to hang an air freshener from your rearview?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-illegal-to-hang-an-air-freshener-from-your-rearview/346393)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-illegal-to-hang-an-air-freshener-from-your-rearview/346393 "2011-01-04T04:38:17Z")
My fiance was given a ticket for having a small air freshener from her rearview. Personally I think it was an “end of the month” thing. But is it really against the law? --- ## [Redpill, you are a loathsome Neanderthal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redpill-you-are-a-loathsome-neanderthal/559517)
**Author:** [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redpill-you-are-a-loathsome-neanderthal/559517 "2010-11-09T04:47:14Z")
Your opinions are boorish, despicable and incorrect. You are a troglodyte posing as a modern man. Your douchebaggery is palpable. No-one wants to hear you spew your sexist vomit–not women, who are directly offended, nor … --- ## [Pedophile vs. Ephebophile: What's the difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedophile-vs-ephebophile-whats-the-difference/375121)
**Author:** [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedophile-vs-ephebophile-whats-the-difference/375121 "2006-10-05T17:38:40Z")
Well, obviously, the difference, technically speaking, is the ephebophile is attracted to the post-pubescent, and the pedophile the pre-pubescent. There are likely to be significant neurological and psychological differ… --- ## [Medusa's snakes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medusas-snakes/550989)
**Author:** [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medusas-snakes/550989 "2010-08-28T22:05:49Z")
My daughter (age 6) is in love with these dolls. The boy, Deuce Gorgon, is apparently the son of Medusa. This had lead to me telling her about mythology. All is well, learning opportunities and such, until she asks me … --- ## [NBA off-season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-off-season/661723)
**Author:** [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-off-season/661723 "2013-08-03T01:09:15Z")
The draft is Thursday, and free agency starts on July 1st. While the draft is rather light on big names and immediate-impact guys, free agency isn’t: Andrew Bynum, Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, Andre Iguodala, David West, C… --- ## [Vizio TV and sound quality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vizio-tv-and-sound-quality/624655)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vizio-tv-and-sound-quality/624655 "2012-06-13T16:19:48Z")
Anyone here with a Vizio flat screen tv? I bought one about a year and a half ago (44"). The picture quality is excellent, but the sound is awful. Basically, I listen to most things with the volume on 2 or 3, yet a lo… --- ## [WWII planes that have no surviving examples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-planes-that-have-no-surviving-examples/654737)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-planes-that-have-no-surviving-examples/654737 "2013-06-27T20:52:09Z")
I am referring specifically to planes that saw combat in WWII, but none exist anymore, not even non-flying examples in a museum. One is the Douglas Devastator torpedo bomber. After more than half of all of those in exi… --- ## [Minimum weapon to damage an Abrams tank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-weapon-to-damage-an-abrams-tank/573305)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-weapon-to-damage-an-abrams-tank/573305 "2011-03-07T19:42:42Z")
It’s time for the gaming group I’m in to agree on a new campaign again and we’re debating various possibilies. One discussion we’ve had got bogged down on the subject of tanks and anti-tank weapons (for simplicity’s sake… --- ## [Help me diagnose a hidden water leak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-diagnose-a-hidden-water-leak/600988)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-diagnose-a-hidden-water-leak/600988 "2014-09-02T10:24:39Z")
The last two months my water usage has increased by over 4000 gallons. Gotta be a leak somewhere, according to the water company. I did the dye test on the two toilets and they look good. Turned them both off overnight … --- ## [Kathy Griffin and Trump Derangement Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-griffin-and-trump-derangement-syndrome/787740)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-griffin-and-trump-derangement-syndrome/787740 "2017-06-08T12:21:36Z")
https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/869654650844098562 Another example of this election costing some liberals their minds. --- ## [Draft: how easy was it to get out by flunking boot camp or missing performance goals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-how-easy-was-it-to-get-out-by-flunking-boot-camp-or-missing-performance-goals/618362)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-how-easy-was-it-to-get-out-by-flunking-boot-camp-or-missing-performance-goals/618362 "2012-04-16T20:28:38Z")
In the US military of today, everyone who joins wants to be there and, especially considering the economic situation right now, there’s a great deal of pressure to “make it”. Back in the days when the draft was in effec… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread - December 2014 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-december-2014-edition/706032)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-december-2014-edition/706032 "2014-12-30T13:59:36Z")
Last month’s thread: Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread - November 2014 Edition - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board I’m about a hundred pages into Edmund Morris’s Colonel Roosevelt, about Theodore Roosevelt’s pos… --- ## [Why does everyone hate Fred Durst so vehemently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-fred-durst-so-vehemently/158593)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-fred-durst-so-vehemently/158593 "2003-03-06T01:53:55Z")
I know nothing about him or Limp Bizkit but I saw a brief street interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live and he came off like a tool. I know that he is hated by many but has he done something specific? --- ## [Governor Scott Walker just sealed his own fate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-scott-walker-just-sealed-his-own-fate/572417)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-scott-walker-just-sealed-his-own-fate/572417 "2011-03-05T21:57:18Z")
This taped prank call shows without a question that he is not serving the people of Wisconsin but a couple of Billionaires. Wisconsin voters should re-call him. --- ## [Is it worth it to try and remove monuments and names honoring white supremacists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-worth-it-to-try-and-remove-monuments-and-names-honoring-white-supremacists/626258)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-worth-it-to-try-and-remove-monuments-and-names-honoring-white-supremacists/626258 "2012-07-13T19:36:24Z")
Former South Carolina senator and governor Benjamin Tillmanhas a statue outside the South Carolina state house and buildings named after him at some SC universities. He said this, never repenting (from what I’ve been ab… --- ## [Is God Evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-evil/528668)
**Author:** [@RedRemnant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRemnant)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-evil/528668 "2010-02-25T23:46:08Z")
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why… --- ## [Any Signs of Long-Predicted Anti-Muslim "Backlash"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-signs-of-long-predicted-anti-muslim-backlash/523090)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-signs-of-long-predicted-anti-muslim-backlash/523090 "2010-01-08T04:22:50Z")
This is a serious question, one that calls for a statistical, quantitative answer. Every time a Muslim carries out a terrorist attack, there is a certain amount of hand-wringing over an imminent anti-Muslim “backlash,” … --- ## [An ellipsis at the end of a sentence: three periods, or four?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ellipsis-at-the-end-of-a-sentence-three-periods-or-four/219710)
**Author:** [@Back\_Lot\_Brawl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Back_Lot_Brawl)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ellipsis-at-the-end-of-a-sentence-three-periods-or-four/219710 "2014-06-29T16:33:45Z")
Okay, as part of my (new) job, I have to edit text so that it’s grammatically correct. This is rather straightforward…most of the time. However, I’m having a rather difficult time with one particular punctuation mark: … --- ## [Right-handed but can only snap the fingers of the left hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-handed-but-can-only-snap-the-fingers-of-the-left-hand/539488)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-handed-but-can-only-snap-the-fingers-of-the-left-hand/539488 "2017-11-15T09:09:33Z")
I did a Google search and found that other people do this same thing, but I couldn’t find any reason for it. A search on the SDMB proved fruitless. So I direct my query to you GQMFs. I’m right-handed, but I can only sna… --- ## [Another awkward party situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-awkward-party-situation/694717)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-awkward-party-situation/694717 "2014-08-07T05:10:23Z")
I don’t attend parties that often. I average one per year. So there are some social conventions that I may not be aware of. This may be one of them. So yesterday I was invited to a coworker’s husband’s birthday party… --- ## [Should Hawaii look for Ann Soetoro's delivery records?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-hawaii-look-for-ann-soetoros-delivery-records/565637)
**Author:** [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-hawaii-look-for-ann-soetoros-delivery-records/565637 "2011-01-03T02:29:29Z")
Apparently Governor Ambercrombie wants to lay the birthers to rest for good. From here: \*"For Abercrombie, it’s personal. The 72-year-old governor actually knew Obama’s parents, Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham, when th… --- ## [Busting the Moon Hoax believers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/busting-the-moon-hoax-believers/550935)
**Author:** [@Ironcross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ironcross)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/busting-the-moon-hoax-believers/550935 "2012-09-08T00:17:51Z")
I know we went to the moon. I have touched a moon rock at both the Cape and the Air and Space museum. My question is and Goddard could do this for surveying purposes I guess. Why don’t they aim Hubble at the moon and get… --- ## [Recommend books for 10th grade boys who don't like to read](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-books-for-10th-grade-boys-who-dont-like-to-read/242416)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-books-for-10th-grade-boys-who-dont-like-to-read/242416 "2004-05-04T23:26:31Z")
Mrs. Blue Sky will be teaching a literature class in the fall. The class will be made up of 15-16-yr-old boys who aren’t exactly keen on the idea of reading, but have to take the class. Long drawn novels are out. It’ll … --- ## [We've added share buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-added-share-buttons/580521)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-added-share-buttons/580521 "2011-06-18T19:28:02Z")
OK, so we don’t put a lot of stock in being on the cutting edge of technology around here. Nonetheless, we were a little embarrassed to be the only media outlet on earth that didn’t have “share” buttons (Facebook, Twitte… --- ## [I need a book with a happy ending](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-book-with-a-happy-ending/587051)
**Author:** [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-book-with-a-happy-ending/587051 "2011-08-01T22:36:13Z")
Life has kicked me in the ass lately, and I need something light-hearted to read. Preferably not a romance novel, but I am open to anything. I tend to like novels (Water for Elephants, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, The … --- ## [Why lift windshield wipers off glass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-lift-windshield-wipers-off-glass/609067)
**Author:** [@60wag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/60wag)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-lift-windshield-wipers-off-glass/609067 "2015-02-08T13:41:40Z")
I noticed an increasing number of people lift their wiper blades off the wndshield when snow is expected. Is there a good reason for this or is it herd mentality? I’ve heard people say it’s to keep the blades from free… --- ## [Foods that should taste good but don't.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-should-taste-good-but-dont/780158)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-should-taste-good-but-dont/780158 "2017-02-25T21:11:08Z")
A friend of my wife hosted an in home sales party, something like Tupperware. Only it was for a brand of chocolates. One of the items my wife brought home was a jar of Cocoa Roma pasta sauce. It wasn’t sampled at the par… --- ## [Game of Thrones 5.03 "High Sparrow" 4/26/15 \[Show Discussion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-5-03-high-sparrow-4-26-15-show-discussion/718583)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-5-03-high-sparrow-4-26-15-show-discussion/718583 "2015-05-10T03:33:55Z")
5.01 The Wars to Come 5.02 The House of Black and White This is for the discussion of the TV show as its own entity. The books do not exist in this thread. No book comparisons, references, anything. The current open s… --- ## [U.S. Open \[TENNIS\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-open-tennis/594476)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-open-tennis/594476 "2011-09-13T20:46:02Z")
So the U.S. Open starts Monday and normally we have a thread going a couple of days in advance. So thoughts? Djokovic is still x-2 on the year with no particular end in sight to his winning ways. Speculation can be mad… --- ## [2012 NFL Coaching Carousel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-coaching-carousel/608191)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-coaching-carousel/608191 "2012-01-30T04:39:34Z")
Well, folks, for 20 of the NFL teams the season is over and the hot stove is heating up. There’s 3 major components to the NFL offseason, the draft, free agency and the coaching carousel. With the big news today that th… --- ## [Should Antifa violence be condemned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-antifa-violence-be-condemned/819902)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 351\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-antifa-violence-be-condemned/819902 "2018-09-02T08:54:04Z")
I don’t think this will be particularly controversial but here we go. I think there have been times when Antifa has done damage to people and property that goes beyond the mere clashes with the white nationalists. They d… --- ## [Is it taboo in some countries for men to urinate standing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-taboo-in-some-countries-for-men-to-urinate-standing/664777)
**Author:** [@lew\_cody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lew_cody)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-taboo-in-some-countries-for-men-to-urinate-standing/664777 "2018-01-17T22:13:11Z")
I find the weirdest things to ask about. Anyway, I was looking over some German etiquette regulations at this website: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20120510-42465.html …and it seems that sitting is the preferred mode… --- ## [Rape exceptions to abortion bans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-exceptions-to-abortion-bans/554772)
**Author:** [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-exceptions-to-abortion-bans/554772 "2010-10-30T20:12:33Z")
While reading this abortion thread, I thought of a question I have had for a while for pro-lifers. Not wanting to derail thread, I thought I would start a new one. It’s not the standard accusation of hypocrisy, though.… --- ## [Music groups that used to be very popular and get very little radio play today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-groups-that-used-to-be-very-popular-and-get-very-little-radio-play-today/688930)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2015, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-groups-that-used-to-be-very-popular-and-get-very-little-radio-play-today/688930 "2015-08-17T05:42:02Z")
My local oldies station doesn’t play a lot of pre 1980’s music that often. I’ve started listening to the 60’s and 70’s channels on DirecTV. Channels 803, 804, 837 and 808 for classic country. DirecTV dropped SiriusXM a f… --- ## [Running out of battery power for an electric car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-out-of-battery-power-for-an-electric-car/671687)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-out-of-battery-power-for-an-electric-car/671687 "2013-10-22T18:35:03Z")
My son asked me this question and I didn’t know the answer. I know that the hybrids have both and electric engine and a gasoline engine, so running out of gas is no more likely or inconvenient than in a conventional car… --- ## [Effect of Occupy Wall Street on the 2012 elections?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-occupy-wall-street-on-the-2012-elections/599697)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-occupy-wall-street-on-the-2012-elections/599697 "2011-10-23T01:08:50Z")
It would have seemed impossible a year ago, with the Tea Party and all, that there would be a massive grassroots protest movement in America from what amounts to Obama’s left, but here it is. But, is it starting too lat… --- ## [Can a .docx be a virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-docx-be-a-virus/675742)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-docx-be-a-virus/675742 "2013-12-11T16:42:19Z")
I got an email from my step mom, who never emails me, that went out to a huge list of people, Titled “Sure would love to see you” and attached is a .docx document that says “Christmas Party.” I am highly suspicious that… --- ## [Individualist trends and fads: kids just phoning it in these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individualist-trends-and-fads-kids-just-phoning-it-in-these-days/575631)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individualist-trends-and-fads-kids-just-phoning-it-in-these-days/575631 "2011-04-02T22:27:01Z")
The 50’s, the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s - seemed like youth had something to say. Or something to do, or show off, or just bug their parents. I’m not seeing it that much these days. As we grow older, are we going to be cared for… --- ## [Jamestown Necrocannibals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamestown-necrocannibals/657290)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamestown-necrocannibals/657290 "2013-05-20T14:18:17Z")
From here: I’ve pitted the eating of other people’s faces, but I never thought I’d temper that with, “but at least the victim was alive.” Yeesh. Sure, the Jamestown settlement was a long time ago, but the evidence has… --- ## [IS IT IMPEACHMAS YET?Surveillance reserved for overseas?This bug's for you...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impeachmas-yet-surveillance-reserved-for-overseas-this-bugs-for-you/335882)
**Author:** [@alaricthegoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alaricthegoth)\ **Replies:** 378\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2006, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impeachmas-yet-surveillance-reserved-for-overseas-this-bugs-for-you/335882 "2006-01-25T07:47:25Z")
"Mr. Bush’s executive order allowing some warrantless eavesdropping on those inside the United States including American citizens, permanent legal residents, tourists and other foreigners is based on classified legal o… --- ## [Botticelli November 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721)
**Author:** [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721 "2011-12-27T03:47:47Z")
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