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**Author:** [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-shoot-a-propane-tank/589207 "2011-07-18T15:52:58Z")
OK, let’s say that I know this guy who is in a pitched gunfight with a group of bad guys, and he notices that they are standing next to a propane tank which has presumably slipped their attention. What will happen if he … --- ## [Which large cities have the best and worst public transit systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-large-cities-have-the-best-and-worst-public-transit-systems/517082)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-large-cities-have-the-best-and-worst-public-transit-systems/517082 "2009-11-20T20:11:39Z")
The only one I am familiar with is San Diego. In San Diego I’d rate their bus system a C+ and their train system an A-. The busses generally aren’t that great as they ran late a good deal of the time, however their trai… --- ## [Asian men and Black women: Left behind in the interracial dating game (?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asian-men-and-black-women-left-behind-in-the-interracial-dating-game/458369)
**Author:** [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asian-men-and-black-women-left-behind-in-the-interracial-dating-game/458369 "2008-08-12T18:02:36Z")
A quick look at the US census shows that both groups, when compared to their opposite sex counterparts, are not seeing nearly as much success in terms of interracial marriages. Even just a day people-gazing in a multi-e… --- ## [This is how you blow a very winnable election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-blow-a-very-winnable-election/919094)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 386\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-you-blow-a-very-winnable-election/919094 "2020-09-05T08:50:18Z")
We are SO close. I am going to be extremely irate if BLM and the hard left snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. This is what a moral panic looks like. A really bad look, especially when it is synchronous with viol… --- ## [The case for Hillary Clinton 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-for-hillary-clinton-2020/802607)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-for-hillary-clinton-2020/802607 "2017-11-30T00:51:40Z")
Salon published an interesting article: What do you guys think? I for one am completely convinced. Hillary 2020! It’s her turn (for reals this time)! --- ## [Crib rail height extender? (need answer fast!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crib-rail-height-extender-need-answer-fast/598468)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crib-rail-height-extender-need-answer-fast/598468 "2011-10-04T21:47:14Z")
The Dudeling just figured out how to climb out of his crib. \*\*\* THUMP \*\*\* There’s little in it to climb on, and watching him in action it seems as if he doesn’t need the extra boost. Solutions we’ve thought of so far inc… --- ## [Mod comings and goings - welcome and farewell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-comings-and-goings-welcome-and-farewell/711020 "2015-02-27T14:43:45Z")
Please join me in welcoming two new moderators to the Straight Dope Message Board, Asimovian and IvoryTowerDenizen. Ivory reports she has a fever at the moment and is laying low, but Asimovian will be jumping in right aw… --- ## [SDMB - Fair and Balanced ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fair-and-balanced/310353)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 379\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fair-and-balanced/310353 "2005-07-07T14:58:37Z")
Reading the posts in this thread, I was struck by the fact that the first post favorable to the President was in post #64. Each of us has a right to think that the speech is bunk, but I think it illustrates the leftwa… --- ## [A thought for Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thought-for-excalibre/360782)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thought-for-excalibre/360782 "2006-06-20T20:57:10Z")
\[QUOTE=Excalibre\] Why is it that I suddenly seem to find you following me around and insulting me constantly? {referring to roger thornhill} Shouldn’t you, like, have a life or something? \[/QUOTE\] You have crossed p… --- ## [Best movie "comeuppance" scenes (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-comeuppance-scenes-spoilers/361901)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-comeuppance-scenes-spoilers/361901 "2012-08-19T22:44:33Z")
What are some of the best scenes in which the bad guy gets his satisfying comeuppance? Of course we can pick where the bad guy just dies horribly, like, say, Rob Roy, but I’d prefer the eternal humiliation / disgrace an… --- ## [Ideas on what REALLY happened to the Andrea Gail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-on-what-really-happened-to-the-andrea-gail/23714)
**Author:** [@Palimpsest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palimpsest)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-on-what-really-happened-to-the-andrea-gail/23714 "2013-07-01T01:06:31Z")
Hola, I live in MA, just a piece down the road from Gloucester. The entire region is overrun with Perfect Storm fever, which made me wonder if the teeming millions had any opinions as to what REALLY happened to the Andr… --- ## [Let's Tax Lottery Winnings at 90%](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tax-lottery-winnings-at-90/589175)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tax-lottery-winnings-at-90/589175 "2011-07-25T21:55:09Z")
Seems like the perfect win/win: conservatives will like it because it’s increasing taxes on the poor since they’re the ones playing the lottery\[sup\]1\[/sup\] \[sup\]2\[/sup\] \[sup\]3\[/sup\] ; meanwhile liberals will like it bec… --- ## [Resolved: Fred Goldman is an asshole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-fred-goldman-is-an-asshole/419571)
**Author:** [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-fred-goldman-is-an-asshole/419571 "2018-08-11T02:36:12Z")
Typically, the father of a murder victim would have a hard time exhausting all the empathy I have for a person who finds themselves in such a situation, but I really I beginning to feel that Fred Goldman is a huge asshol… --- ## [Is it true that you can be arrested for sleeping in your car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-you-can-be-arrested-for-sleeping-in-your-car/568689)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-you-can-be-arrested-for-sleeping-in-your-car/568689 "2011-01-24T14:40:01Z")
If this is true, why? --- ## [Why are white babies bald?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-white-babies-bald/462181)
**Author:** [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-white-babies-bald/462181 "2022-08-09T06:31:45Z")
Speaking generally, it seems that white babies are born bald, while babies of all other ethnic groups are born with hair. Why is that? --- ## [What are the easiest and most difficult musical instruments to play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-easiest-and-most-difficult-musical-instruments-to-play/296672)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-easiest-and-most-difficult-musical-instruments-to-play/296672 "2016-01-31T04:03:48Z")
Is there some kind of generally agreed-upon “degree of difficulty” scale for musical instruments ranging from easiest to learn how to play proficiently to most difficult? For example, is it harder to become good at the … --- ## [Non-Sleeper cell -- for those who want to ramble at night, not bright and early](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sleeper-cell-for-those-who-want-to-ramble-at-night-not-bright-and-early/919990)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 696\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sleeper-cell-for-those-who-want-to-ramble-at-night-not-bright-and-early/919990 "2021-04-12T06:57:02Z")
The Monday Morning Post topics (né threads) are popular. But they are so… morning. Where is the place for insomniacs and others who are up late with the SDMB? Beckdawrek suggested it might be nice to have an omnibus top… --- ## [Best harmonies by band and song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-harmonies-by-band-and-song/419278)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-harmonies-by-band-and-song/419278 "2007-09-18T18:08:44Z")
I’m a sucker for a good harmony, especially a three or five part harmony. Vocal harmonies that is. I don’t have the theory chops to sub-divide the different types of harmony, but I know what I like when I hear it. The … --- ## [How do actors play dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-actors-play-dead/460610)
**Author:** [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-actors-play-dead/460610 "2008-08-26T23:47:49Z")
How do actors “play dead” in their roles? How do they keep from moving or breathing or having us see their blood pulsing through their veins? --- ## [Did Jim Henson die of AIDS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jim-henson-die-of-aids/327888)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jim-henson-die-of-aids/327888 "2023-10-28T00:07:15Z")
I remember that Jim Henson suddenly “dropped dead” of pneumonia with little-to-no previous symptoms of health problems. It always struck me as bizarre at the time, but it seems even weirder in retrospect - how can a comp… --- ## [Why does cheese make me sweat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cheese-make-me-sweat/539458)
**Author:** [@SurveyorAlpha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurveyorAlpha)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cheese-make-me-sweat/539458 "2010-05-15T20:00:37Z")
For some reason, cheese causes me to break into a cold sweat, most especially on my cheeks. This is usually caused by sharp cheddars, or a stout blue cheese. I have often wondered what it was that caused the problem, a… --- ## [Did the Nazi medical experiments later turn out to be useful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-nazi-medical-experiments-later-turn-out-to-be-useful/44418)
**Author:** [@Zarathustra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zarathustra)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-nazi-medical-experiments-later-turn-out-to-be-useful/44418 "2011-04-09T01:54:59Z")
I’ve heard this factoid bantered about over the years, but I can’t really cite a specific reference–some Discovery channel show might be the closest I could get. In any case, was it true that US doctors, particularly US … --- ## [Plural of campus... why isn't it campi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-of-campus-why-isnt-it-campi/143600)
**Author:** [@Bum\_Farto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bum_Farto)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-of-campus-why-isnt-it-campi/143600 "2013-07-13T12:33:59Z")
Hello all, This is my first post here, so please be kind. I have often wondered why the plural of campus (campuses) does not follow the pattern of similar words such as octopus, cactus, or radius(Octopi, cacti, and radi… --- ## [Post Interview Thank You Note-Group Interviewers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-interview-thank-you-note-group-interviewers/356396)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-interview-thank-you-note-group-interviewers/356396 "2011-04-01T23:09:44Z")
At the last 10 job interviews that I went to (State) I have had group interviewers. I don’t think that one should send a Thank You note to each one of them, but if not, to whom? Thanks, hh --- ## [I Agree with Everything She Said, and yet, NNNYYYRRRRRAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-agree-with-everything-she-said-and-yet-nnnyyyrrrrraaaaaarrrrrrrggghhhh/535611)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-agree-with-everything-she-said-and-yet-nnnyyyrrrrraaaaaarrrrrrrggghhhh/535611 "2010-04-21T01:36:10Z")
Okay, Chicago Fox News, last night… Lisa Madigan is proposing a new law in Illinois, which would be the first in the nation if it gets passed. She wants all rape kits to be delivered to forensic labs within ten days of… --- ## [Do democrats want illegal alien votes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-democrats-want-illegal-alien-votes/606195)
**Author:** [@IntelliQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IntelliQ)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-democrats-want-illegal-alien-votes/606195 "2011-12-18T20:01:05Z")
Is it really a good idea to have illegal aliens voting in American elections? What are the consequences? (My question is sparked by this tidbit in the news today: New Haven Democrat mayor wants to allow non-citizen vote… --- ## [Resurrecting an improperly stored motorcycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-an-improperly-stored-motorcycle/600060)
**Author:** [@nolonger\_lurking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nolonger_lurking)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-an-improperly-stored-motorcycle/600060 "2013-04-17T21:24:11Z")
More than 4 years ago, I purchased my first (and only) motorcycle, a 1996 Honda Shadow 600 VLX Deluxe. I had taken the MSF course and enjoyed riding it, putting on about 3k miles in the first year and a half. Unfortunat… --- ## [So what is a hipster exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-a-hipster-exactly/600226)
**Author:** [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-a-hipster-exactly/600226 "2011-10-22T12:50:52Z")
I see when people post pics of hipsters, they show these pretty ridiculous looking people wearing ridiculous clothes example : Being a Dickhead's Cool - YouTube I often see these people when i go to the hipster neighb… --- ## [One million dollars needed for retirement?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-million-dollars-needed-for-retirement/1000593)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 321\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-million-dollars-needed-for-retirement/1000593 "2024-06-20T13:25:56Z")
Perhaps I should of asked this question before retiring last month. I have noticed several websites saying that you need a million USD to retire and even then you can run out of money. For example, this page describes … --- ## [Cat with lymphoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-with-lymphoma/526796)
**Author:** [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-with-lymphoma/526796 "2015-01-13T17:37:28Z")
One of my cats had a biopsy on her liver and intestines around Christmas-time, and it’s now official; she has systemic cancer. The vet says it’s a slow-progressing kind, and she might live up to 2 more years with treatme… --- ## [Why are people selling their SUVs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-selling-their-suvs/454583)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-selling-their-suvs/454583 "2008-07-02T01:11:24Z")
I’ve seen a lot of press lately on people trying desperately to sell their SUVs. But I can’t for the life of me figure out why so many SUV owners are all trying to sell at the same time. Is it just some crazy coinciden… --- ## [Does Zicam cold remedy really work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-zicam-cold-remedy-really-work/228260)
**Author:** [@JejuLife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JejuLife)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-zicam-cold-remedy-really-work/228260 "2004-02-10T18:46:07Z")
Just got a package from back home and along with the valentine’s day socks, I got a little bottle of something called, “Zicam”. The label claims the medicine “actually shortens the cold”. Is this true? Has anyone used… --- ## [Why are some US states "squarish" in shape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-us-states-squarish-in-shape/553036)
**Author:** [@malefucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malefucius)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-us-states-squarish-in-shape/553036 "2010-09-09T21:17:21Z")
Non-american here, will be delighted if anyone could come up with a helpful explanation of how and why most of the mid-western states are squarish while those especially in the east are more irregular in shape (as seen o… --- ## [Creepiest rock song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2009, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-rock-song/476943 "2009-04-02T06:31:53Z")
I just heard the Rolling Stones’ “Under My Thumb” and was thinking, wow, that is one creepy song: Another nominee is Joe Tex’s “I Gotcha,” which appears to be about a girl who promised a guy she’d date him when she bro… --- ## [Is David Cross an asshole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-cross-an-asshole/352921)
**Author:** [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-david-cross-an-asshole/352921 "2010-12-30T05:52:19Z")
I keep hearing that David Cross is known for being pretentious and just an overall asshole. However, I haven’t heard any of the specifics of this. Does anyone know where this comes from and stories? --- ## [White House likley altered video of Jim Acosta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-likley-altered-video-of-jim-acosta/824242)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-likley-altered-video-of-jim-acosta/824242 "2018-11-21T22:42:11Z")
Jim Acosta recently had his press badge revoked after an incident with a intern. Frame by frame analysis shows that the WH version is sped up to make Acosta’s actions look more aggressive than they actually were. Bria… --- ## [What's the least important thing that you're really, really good at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-important-thing-that-youre-really-really-good-at/530166)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-important-thing-that-youre-really-really-good-at/530166 "2010-04-15T19:37:21Z")
I am quite possibly the world’s best shot with a rubber band. I hit what I aim at 90% of the time. Once as a kid I hit a driver in the face through that little triangular vent window cars used to have. A moving car. Yeah… --- ## [What's wrong with Emo Phillips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-emo-phillips/284573)
**Author:** [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-emo-phillips/284573 "2013-03-22T23:19:41Z")
Or is it ALL an act? I’m watching him on “The World Stands Up” on Comedy Central, and he’s changed a LOT from UHF and when I heard him on the Dr. Demento show. He seems to be incapable of controlling his body, except w… --- ## [The 14th Annual Steelers March to the Super Bowl Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-14th-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/765315 "2017-01-30T14:34:55Z")
The season starts in less than 24 hours, so it’s time for this year’s installment of what may be the longest, most self-aggrandizing (as I’m sure some of you will agree) anthology in the history of the Straight Dope Mess… --- ## [Clever (and not so clever) rhymes in songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-not-so-clever-rhymes-in-songs/762588)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-not-so-clever-rhymes-in-songs/762588 "2017-03-23T20:44:17Z")
More as I think of them, but just to get the ball rolling… In Terry Allen’s Amarillo Highway… “I don’t wear no Stetson But I’m willin’ to bet son That I’m a big a Texan as you are” --- ## [Jenny McCarthy gets a talk show (and the antivax movement)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jenny-mccarthy-gets-a-talk-show-and-the-antivax-movement/496833)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jenny-mccarthy-gets-a-talk-show-and-the-antivax-movement/496833 "2009-06-08T21:04:00Z")
Jenny McCarthy is an aggressive force of stupidity and evil who has somehow has had her looney and destructive views heard by millions, probably because the media is also often stupid and evil. She’s the celebrity spoke… --- ## [Survivor Finale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale/539686)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-finale/539686 "2010-05-21T18:09:13Z")
What’s your prediction? Russell bullies his way to a win? Jerri coattails it through? Colby’s been sandbagging all season and puts on an immunity run to the final? Lets hear it. --- ## [Halloween: what are you going to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769 "2012-10-31T15:09:18Z")
What I wanted to be: I wanted to tell my friends I was dressing up as Mitt Romney’s tax returns. What I’m actually going to be: Grown up Honey Boo Boo. I’m going to walk around all night saying, “I’m Alana. I’m 26. And… --- ## [is multi-space parking illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-multi-space-parking-illegal/487056)
**Author:** [@SeanArenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanArenas)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-multi-space-parking-illegal/487056 "2009-02-25T22:34:45Z")
I know “Double-parking” is illegal - that’s where people are parked at the side of the street and someone else parks next to them so they can’t get out of their spot. I’m talking about multi-space parking, where you tak… --- ## [Political crisis in Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-crisis-in-canada/474765)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-crisis-in-canada/474765 "2008-12-10T18:59:09Z")
During a late-night cruise of the news sites, I was startled to read that federal finance minister Flaherty plans to table a budget bill that would, among other things, strip all political parties of their per-vote publi… --- ## [Amputation without anesthesia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amputation-without-anesthesia/686451)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amputation-without-anesthesia/686451 "2024-01-28T23:12:45Z")
On disaster movies sometimes we see people getting limbs stuck on places like buildings, rocks, derbies, etc etc etc, and the person ends up having to amputate the limb. Would it be possible to survive the humongous pain… --- ## [What does it say about a candidate who calls Obama an "appeaser"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-say-about-a-candidate-who-calls-obama-an-appeaser/605569)
**Author:** [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2011, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-say-about-a-candidate-who-calls-obama-an-appeaser/605569 "2011-12-27T07:15:34Z")
Will withhold my own opinion in the interest of discussion. --- ## ["How could anybody be &@#$\*ing STUPID enough to buy that and breathe?" products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-anybody-be-ing-stupid-enough-to-buy-that-and-breathe-products/438651 "2008-03-24T18:47:36Z")
What are your votes for “anybody who buys this needs to go in a database for immediate sterilization” products? I’ll lead with one that, I warn, is going to be pretty hard to beat: Peter Popoff’s Miracle Manna Loaf Po… --- ## [Do you own a gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-gun/518111)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-gun/518111 "2009-12-16T01:11:25Z")
Yes or no? --- ## [Starving Kitten: AKA...What the Hell Is Wrong With People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-kitten-aka-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-people/547457)
**Author:** [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-kitten-aka-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-people/547457 "2010-07-31T00:38:32Z")
I could rant and rave, but in the interests of brevity, I will try to keep this short and simple. If not sweet. About five years ago, I started working at a bar. About a year after that, I went to my manager’s house to … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=274&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=276&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)