# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=286&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:** 287 --- ## [Whatever happened to 1980s "life extension" authors Dirk Pierson and Sandy Shaw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-1980s-life-extension-authors-dirk-pierson-and-sandy-shaw/214630)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-1980s-life-extension-authors-dirk-pierson-and-sandy-shaw/214630 "2024-12-16T13:49:52Z")
Back in the 1980s, these two writers/researchers/biochemists were major champions of mega-vitamin therapy and other iffy propositions they claimed would radically extend lifespans and general health. I recall a rerun of… --- ## [House of Cards, Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-cards-season-2/681292)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-cards-season-2/681292 "2014-07-03T19:00:34Z")
So, who else is eagerly awaiting the second season of House of Cards? Trailer --- ## [Straightdope Jeopardy IV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iv/465079)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 334\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iv/465079 "2008-09-26T02:21:36Z")
So I decided to make a game really fast so I could run it today. This will be the fourth game I’ve made and run on here. The rules are simple. Standard Jeopardy rules apply. For those that don’t know Jeopardy rules, h… --- ## [Why do I suck at chess?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-suck-at-chess/641455)
**Author:** [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-suck-at-chess/641455 "2017-02-10T08:50:30Z")
OK, you may not be able to answer that question literally. But I cannot get this game. I know what the pieces do. I just can’t put that knowledge into practice. I just got a new chess game for iOS, Mastersoft Chess. I ca… --- ## [Which Back to the Future movie is the best one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-back-to-the-future-movie-is-the-best-one/632757)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-back-to-the-future-movie-is-the-best-one/632757 "2012-08-30T22:44:53Z")
It’s that easy, folks. Which is the best one? --- ## [Mahi-Mahi / Dolphins vs. real Dolphins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mahi-mahi-dolphins-vs-real-dolphins/143954)
**Author:** [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mahi-mahi-dolphins-vs-real-dolphins/143954 "2016-01-04T04:09:00Z")
It has recently come to my attention that there is a fish called a dolphin, and it is also known as mahi-mahi or dorado. Why in the world would they name a fish the same name as a completely different animal? In trying… --- ## [Anyone realize they had emotionally/psychologically abusive parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-realize-they-had-emotionally-psychologically-abusive-parents/690612)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-realize-they-had-emotionally-psychologically-abusive-parents/690612 "2014-06-25T19:26:01Z")
So I realize fully well this board hates these kind of emotionally bare topics, and I’ll probably get a pit thread…but anyway. So my mom called and I wasn’t home, and she talked to my wife. She tried to get my wife to t… --- ## [Will Egypt Have an Iran-Style Revolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-egypt-have-an-iran-style-revolution/569520)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-egypt-have-an-iran-style-revolution/569520 "2011-02-10T19:21:56Z")
I hope not. But seriously, all the ingredients are there-a bitter, fed-up population, an extremely strong muslim group (the Muslim Brotherhood), a powerful army faction…and a healthy hate for the USA. I fully expect Mub… --- ## [Fine white powder on (organic) pitted prunes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-white-powder-on-organic-pitted-prunes/634454)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-white-powder-on-organic-pitted-prunes/634454 "2018-05-14T07:41:09Z")
I like my prunes. Alas, there may be a problem with my favourite brand of pitted prunes (= Organic House - containing no preservatives etc.). Within days of opening the sealed plastic bag they come in, the prunes become… --- ## [This is why I can't stomach the Catholic Church - still against condoms in Africa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-cant-stomach-the-catholic-church-still-against-condoms-in-africa/489774)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-cant-stomach-the-catholic-church-still-against-condoms-in-africa/489774 "2009-03-25T15:52:07Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap\_on\_re\_af/af\_pope\_africa\_14 They are complicit in the AIDS crisis in Africa with their anti-condom stance, and apparently this (utterly evil) policy will continue. Fuck 'em. Not w… --- ## [Commercials you ABSOLUTELY HATE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-absolutely-hate/78209)
**Author:** [@gorewonfla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gorewonfla)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-absolutely-hate/78209 "2002-11-01T05:34:32Z")
\-The Wrangler jeans commercial with “Fortunate Son” playing in the back, carefully edited to make it a patriotic instead of protest song. I really hope John Fogerty either files suit or got a LOT of money for them to do … --- ## [Are fire engines universally red?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fire-engines-universally-red/515866)
**Author:** [@vifslan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vifslan)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fire-engines-universally-red/515866 "2009-11-07T01:28:15Z")
What it said. I remember the first time I went to Germany and realised that police cars could be green and white instead of the ultramarine and white that I was used to. Red is the easiest colour to notice and react to, … --- ## [A serious question for gun control advocates: effect of loosening gun laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-gun-control-advocates-effect-of-loosening-gun-laws/753127)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-gun-control-advocates-effect-of-loosening-gun-laws/753127 "2016-05-11T15:13:54Z")
Not only have most states become “Shall Issue” for carry permits, but an increasing number have dropped all permit requirements altogether. According to the presumption that more guns means more gun crime, this should ha… --- ## [Movies that could not be made in today's PC world.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-todays-pc-world/570073)
**Author:** [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-todays-pc-world/570073 "2011-02-10T17:35:57Z")
In the thread George Lucas is even more evil than we thought Dangerosa wrote “Frankly though, movies (society in general, in my opinion) have gotten much more prudish over the last 20-30 years. Isn’t there a scene in Ani… --- ## [Can birds cross-breed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-birds-cross-breed/361220)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-birds-cross-breed/361220 "2012-10-11T18:08:53Z")
I’m pretty sure the answer is no, or else we would be seeing mutt birds everywhere. But why is this? Why can’t a robin and a blue jay mate and produce a mix between the two? Why not a duck and a goose or an eagle and a h… --- ## [Why Are We So Fat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-so-fat/486917)
**Author:** [@MichaelJohnBertrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelJohnBertrand)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-so-fat/486917 "2009-03-04T20:58:42Z")
This is xposted from another thread about human obesity on this MB. Let’s say we have critter A and critter B. Critter A can store unlimited amounts of fat. Critter B will be sleek and thin for life. It will always eat … --- ## [Is it rude to guess where someone's from based on their accent? How rude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-guess-where-someones-from-based-on-their-accent-how-rude/632935)
**Author:** [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2014, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-guess-where-someones-from-based-on-their-accent-how-rude/632935 "2014-07-23T12:21:26Z")
Like many Americans, I love hearing people speak in an accent, be it English, Russian, French, or anything else, partially because I like hearing words pronounced differently, and partially because I like to ask, “Are yo… --- ## [Russia could have beaten Germany without the Western Allies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-could-have-beaten-germany-without-the-western-allies/630894)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-could-have-beaten-germany-without-the-western-allies/630894 "2012-08-16T19:00:45Z")
Let’s get historical. I was discussing World War II with a chum, who holds the opinion that the Soviet Union would have been able to beat Germany without the aid of the Western Allies–except, instead of being a six-year… --- ## [Boticelli Oct. 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166)
**Author:** [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Replies:** 461\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166 "2019-11-01T02:16:44Z")
I am \[COLOR=“SeaGreen”\]G.\[/COLOR\] --- ## [Mack the Knife lyrics interpretation, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mack-the-knife-lyrics-interpretation-please/508383)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mack-the-knife-lyrics-interpretation-please/508383 "2009-09-09T14:40:57Z")
One of the middle verses of Mack the Knife (working with the Bobby Darin version, from memory) goes: There’s a tugboat down by the river With cement bags, just a-droopin’ on down Oh that cement is just there for the w… --- ## [Oh beautiful, beautiful meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-beautiful-beautiful-meltdown/469306)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-beautiful-beautiful-meltdown/469306 "2008-10-28T18:51:34Z")
The Pubs have begin to savage each other like starving junkyard dogs. McCain is ripping into Bush. Others are bailing on McCain. Rumors are flying that Palin is setting herself up for next election and has already tur… --- ## [The molested grow up to be molesters. Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-molested-grow-up-to-be-molesters-really/506457)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-molested-grow-up-to-be-molesters-really/506457 "2014-11-29T06:58:02Z")
A recent thread in the pit got me to thinking about this. Years ago, my sister and I along with a group of friends were supposed to go out. My sister wasn’t going to be able to go because she couldn’t find a baby sitter… --- ## [Parents, "Wow, I wish someone had warned me about that!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-wow-i-wish-someone-had-warned-me-about-that/586326)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-wow-i-wish-someone-had-warned-me-about-that/586326 "2011-07-01T17:43:19Z")
When you brought your new baby home from the hospital they were all cute and cuddly and life just felt like everything was perfect…that is, until you discovered that she only slept for about 2 hours at a time or that you… --- ## [Workplace Griping Spinoff - Shredder Guy and other tales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-spinoff-shredder-guy-and-other-tales/585014)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-spinoff-shredder-guy-and-other-tales/585014 "2011-07-07T03:17:31Z")
It was suggested (by me!) that we should have a spinoff from the Workplace Griping thread. flatlined entertained us with many stories of her illustrious coworker, Shredder Guy. I have compiled her stories here. Please… --- ## [MLB: July 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2011/587663)
**Author:** [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2011/587663 "2011-08-01T13:37:08Z")
The Mariners are still hovering around .500, which is all I’m hoping for this season. The offense is still bad, but not historically bad like last year. The pitching is great. Jason Vargas just pitched his third complete… --- ## [Better Call Saul 1.08 "Rico" 3/23/15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-1-08-rico-3-23-15/715799)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-1-08-rico-3-23-15/715799 "2015-03-29T11:04:01Z")
Previous threads: 1.01 Uno and 1.02 Mijo 1.03 Nacho 1.04 Hero 1.05 Alpine Shepherd Boy 1.06 Five-o 1.07 Bingo --- ## [Do I need to let all the faucets in my house drip on very cold nights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-let-all-the-faucets-in-my-house-drip-on-very-cold-nights/651931)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-let-all-the-faucets-in-my-house-drip-on-very-cold-nights/651931 "2013-03-06T04:42:20Z")
Growing up my parents would let all the faucets drip on very cold nights. Now I have my own home and my father in-law says that only the last faucet in the pipe line needs to drip. Is my father in-law correct or my par… --- ## [Moral Dilemma: How Can We Eat Without Killing Anything For Food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilemma-how-can-we-eat-without-killing-anything-for-food/638929)
**Author:** [@JellyBeanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JellyBeanz)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilemma-how-can-we-eat-without-killing-anything-for-food/638929 "2012-10-27T17:51:06Z")
I am a vegetarian but recently I have come to realize that being vegetarian means I am supporting the murder of plants and the plant’s children which are harvested to be planted and killed at their prime. Every plant is … --- ## [Shooting in DC, at Washington Navy Yard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-in-dc-at-washington-navy-yard/668964)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-in-dc-at-washington-navy-yard/668964 "2013-10-31T13:02:18Z")
News story here. This is about a block from where I work, and I go to the Navy Yard several times a week for meetings/etc. I can see more than a dozen police cars and ambulances right outside the base entrance. Crazy. … --- ## [Super Bowl 51: Patriots vs Falcons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-51-patriots-vs-falcons/779093)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-51-patriots-vs-falcons/779093 "2017-02-15T00:05:10Z")
Thought I’d make a new thread since a lot of people will be watching the Super Bowl who weren’t watching the playoffs thus far. Tom Brady and the Patriots are after their 5th superbowl ring in the Bellichick era, wherea… --- ## [Blonde hair, red beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blonde-hair-red-beard/141835)
**Author:** [@satanslawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/satanslawyer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blonde-hair-red-beard/141835 "2011-10-18T02:39:15Z")
What is the cause of this. Could it be the wide mix of Europeon genetics? Or a particular heritage? --- ## [Anti-gerrymandering measures on Florida ballot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gerrymandering-measures-on-florida-ballot/551396)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gerrymandering-measures-on-florida-ballot/551396 "2012-01-31T18:37:12Z")
This has been tried before: The Committee for Fair Elections in 2006 collected enough petition signatures to place on the ballot a measure that would have taken the redistricting power away from the state legislature an… --- ## [Is Islams global image beyond repair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-islams-global-image-beyond-repair/746824)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-islams-global-image-beyond-repair/746824 "2016-03-04T17:14:14Z")
I know all religions have/are/can be barbaric, but something came to my attention, and it made me think about Islams image at large, I’ll explain. I was watching about the Chinese crackdown on the Uighurs on YouTube, an… --- ## [New Poll Shows Democratic Incumbents in Big Trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poll-shows-democratic-incumbents-in-big-trouble/672902)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poll-shows-democratic-incumbents-in-big-trouble/672902 "2013-12-14T01:16:58Z")
Today brings a new poll from Democracy Corps titled “Revolt against DC and the Republican Congress.” And it’s true: their polling shows that even in Republican districts, the GOP’s brand has taken a beating. But once … --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread - November 2014 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2014-edition/703208)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2014-edition/703208 "2014-12-01T15:32:44Z")
It’s November! How many of us are participating in National Novel Month? I’m two thirds of the way through Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke, it’s not mind boggling but I am enjoying it. Khadaji was one of the earlier mem… --- ## [Worst musical artists, ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-musical-artists-ever/555729)
**Author:** [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-musical-artists-ever/555729 "2010-10-14T05:18:20Z")
There are no criteria on which to base this other than the singers/bands/artists, spanning all genres of music, who you feel are the very worst you’ve ever had the displeasure of listening to and/or seeing in a live conc… --- ## [Teach Me About Smoking Little Cigars!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-smoking-little-cigars/521160)
**Author:** [@Baby\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Driver)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-smoking-little-cigars/521160 "2010-09-24T19:55:54Z")
A friend and I were driving around town this afternoon, and we passed a gas station that advertised Cheyenne little cigars for $1.79/pack. In the spirit of adventure (and the lure of a good bargain), we each bought a pa… --- ## [What Common Core math technique was that check mocking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-common-core-math-technique-was-that-check-mocking/732162)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-common-core-math-technique-was-that-check-mocking/732162 "2015-11-08T21:35:54Z")
The internets have been abuzz with the parent who mocked common core math by sending his school a check written in “common core” form. Pretty typically of reporting standards nowaday (IMO) none of the articles I have re… --- ## [The mindset of Creationists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mindset-of-creationists/508613)
**Author:** [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mindset-of-creationists/508613 "2009-10-08T14:38:21Z")
First, I’m normally a lurker in GD, so if even if I don’t respond to this thread, I’ll still be reading it. I’ve been reading certain threads, like this one, where people who don’t believe in evolution have schools and … --- ## [An Intruder Breaks Into Your Home -- What Are You Gonna Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-breaks-into-your-home-what-are-you-gonna-do/56456)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-breaks-into-your-home-what-are-you-gonna-do/56456 "2001-03-22T03:12:19Z")
You’re in bed. It’s late at night. You hear something in another room of your home. Is it the wind? No, it’s not the cursed wind. The damn ferret? Uh-uh, you don’t have a ferret. Did something fall by itself? Not bloo… --- ## [Mad-Men: season 6 premiere (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-season-6-premiere-open-spoilers/655103)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-season-6-premiere-open-spoilers/655103 "2013-04-14T16:02:16Z")
Season 6 starts tonight at 9pm with a 2 hour episode, The Doorway, which involves Christmas decorations and location shots in Hawai’i. To sum up where we left of last season; Roger & Jane divorced, Megan’s foray into a… --- ## ["Who do you think you are?" (celebrity Genealogy series on NBC)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-you-are-celebrity-genealogy-series-on-nbc/532585)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-you-are-celebrity-genealogy-series-on-nbc/532585 "2011-03-06T00:56:39Z")
Has anybody else watched this? It’s an Americanization of the British version (which I haven’t seen) in which celebrities meet with genealogists and travel to places associated to places associated with their family his… --- ## [So now Slate has decided to suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-slate-has-decided-to-suck/669513)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-slate-has-decided-to-suck/669513 "2013-10-22T06:12:28Z")
Slate was one of my daily reads, but probably not anymore. They just redesigned their web site, apparently with the goal of making it unreadable and awful. They have done two incredibly annoying things to the site when … --- ## [Another botched execution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-botched-execution/693930)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-botched-execution/693930 "2014-08-21T00:19:54Z")
I’ve been mugged. Not once or twice but about four times including once at gunpoint. I’ve had my bike stolen. My car was broken into three times. My husband’s best friend was murdered the summer after they graduated fro… --- ## [Mexican TV dinners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-tv-dinners/587278)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-tv-dinners/587278 "2014-04-15T20:56:14Z")
I hate to admit it, but I love them. Patio made the best, but I don’t find any Mexican dinners in the store. What happened? Are they not PC or something? --- ## [Where do antique dealers buy antiques?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-antique-dealers-buy-antiques/571584)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-antique-dealers-buy-antiques/571584 "2014-12-04T23:23:16Z")
I was on a short vacation last weekend (in-state, but it was my first non-family-visiting vacation in years), and spent a little time in an antique shop, the sort with booths for many different dealers. There were thous… --- ## [Who has gone without sex the longest and the shortest amount of time (at the time of your reply)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-gone-without-sex-the-longest-and-the-shortest-amount-of-time-at-the-time-of-your-reply/513304)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-gone-without-sex-the-longest-and-the-shortest-amount-of-time-at-the-time-of-your-reply/513304 "2014-06-24T17:18:40Z")
A contest, of sorts. Looking for the person, in this thread, who has gone the longest without sex…and the person who has most recently had sex. Some rules: Masturbation/Sex with self doesn’t count. :stuck\_out\_tongue: … --- ## [The sickness in the film Vertical Limit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sickness-in-the-film-vertical-limit/45314)
**Author:** [@wooba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wooba)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sickness-in-the-film-vertical-limit/45314 "2012-11-23T14:04:28Z")
Can anyone tell me what was that sickness the trapped people got in Vertical Limit and what were they injecting? Thanks… --- ## [Thinking About Leaving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169)
**Author:** [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Replies:** 339\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169 "2004-08-19T21:33:06Z")
I’m not getting enough attention. I’m a big fuckup and not as funny or as smart as the rest of you! My threads sink like a stone and nobody loves me. Please come in and tell me how much you want to have my babies and h… --- ## [Jewish influence over the president candidates (Trump and Clinton)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-influence-over-the-president-candidates-trump-and-clinton/734770)
**Author:** [@Scandic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scandic)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-influence-over-the-president-candidates-trump-and-clinton/734770 "2015-10-25T21:04:58Z")
How much Jewish influence is present over the two top-candidates (Trump and Clinton). How will this affect the presidency ? (if elected):confused: Trumps daughter have converted to judaism (her husband is Jewish):smack: … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=285&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=287&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)