# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=301&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:** 302 --- ## [If USA is a secular country, how come "in God we trust" is written on its money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-usa-is-a-secular-country-how-come-in-god-we-trust-is-written-on-its-money/620361)
**Author:** [@gvozd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gvozd)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-usa-is-a-secular-country-how-come-in-god-we-trust-is-written-on-its-money/620361 "2012-05-07T12:14:05Z")
Easy question, and waiting answers. --- ## [Do lobsters feel pain when boiled alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lobsters-feel-pain-when-boiled-alive/481165)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lobsters-feel-pain-when-boiled-alive/481165 "2018-01-31T12:31:44Z")
A few weeks ago, when my wife and I were buying lobster, we were mulling over this very question. Though I’m no scientist and certainly no Cecil I was able to think this through a bit. My conclusion is that animals a… --- ## [Draft Dodger \[Harrison Ford\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-dodger-harrison-ford/677947)
**Author:** [@tdlong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdlong)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-dodger-harrison-ford/677947 "2015-08-01T00:55:01Z")
Was Harrison Ford a draft dodger during the Vietnam War? --- ## [Things that most business owners know to be true that just...aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-most-business-owners-know-to-be-true-that-just-arent/566802)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-most-business-owners-know-to-be-true-that-just-arent/566802 "2011-01-14T02:21:04Z")
My first job out of high school was at a gym. Near the end of my time there, I worked the night shift at the front desk. The owner impressed upon me the importance of the members coming in and handing me their membersh… --- ## [Girlfriend is moving away. How do we end it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-is-moving-away-how-do-we-end-it/287013)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-is-moving-away-how-do-we-end-it/287013 "2013-04-09T20:54:35Z")
She got an incredible job promotion which regrettably involves a transfer out of state. She made the decision to accept it about a month ago. Neither of us has any interest in a long-distance relationship. We are making … --- ## [So Trump may have avoided paying taxes by carrying over a huge loss. So what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-may-have-avoided-paying-taxes-by-carrying-over-a-huge-loss-so-what/767563)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trump-may-have-avoided-paying-taxes-by-carrying-over-a-huge-loss-so-what/767563 "2016-10-05T18:55:24Z")
According to a Trump tax return obtained and authenticated by the New York Times, Trump declared a huge loss in 1995. This loss could be carried over to subsequent years to offset income, and possibly have excused him fr… --- ## [A Beautiful Mind Question (answer requires spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-beautiful-mind-question-answer-requires-spoilers/116418)
**Author:** [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-beautiful-mind-question-answer-requires-spoilers/116418 "2002-07-04T00:03:01Z")
So, I just rented “A Beautiful Mind” and I have a question that I have not yet seen addressed on the boards. The scene where Nash goes to the Pentagon, and does his pattern-seeing bit with the wall full of numbers… did … --- ## [Time For The Fence Along The Border](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-fence-along-the-border/357640)
**Author:** [@randyjet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randyjet)\ **Replies:** 434\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-fence-along-the-border/357640 "2006-06-06T01:09:30Z")
It has become obvious to all concerned that we basically have an open border on our south with Mexico. Any person has the ability to simply walk across with little or no impediment, and the chances of being caught violat… --- ## [The Great Outage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-outage/752846)
**Author:** [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-outage/752846 "2016-04-27T01:47:53Z")
Might as well start this one. Boy, that outage sure sucked. --- ## [How many languages can the average human speak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-languages-can-the-average-human-speak/136993)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-languages-can-the-average-human-speak/136993 "2016-01-15T16:44:18Z")
I guess the title says it all. --- ## [Hitchcock's "The Birds." Why? (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcocks-the-birds-why-spoilers/185383)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcocks-the-birds-why-spoilers/185383 "2003-07-01T19:28:02Z")
My wife and I watched Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” for the first time last night. It was an interesting story and we enjoyed the movie. However, the movie’s abrupt ending left me with some questions that weren’t answ… --- ## [do female cats in heat seek out males despite the pain involved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-female-cats-in-heat-seek-out-males-despite-the-pain-involved/533635)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-female-cats-in-heat-seek-out-males-despite-the-pain-involved/533635 "2010-03-29T19:42:33Z")
if the mating hurts, why don’t they just go hide somewhere until the heat is over to avoid it? Do they have an urge to hang around males regardless at this time? Or are they essentially too stupid to remember the experie… --- ## [Are there any ways in which the past really was better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-ways-in-which-the-past-really-was-better/629340)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-ways-in-which-the-past-really-was-better/629340 "2012-08-12T17:08:29Z")
Within your lifetime or beyond. Not just personally, as in “yes, back then I had all my teeth,” but at least some large or small aspect in which a typical person transported back in time would say, “why yes, this is bett… --- ## [Biblical Genealogies: Who begat them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblical-genealogies-who-begat-them/537544)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblical-genealogies-who-begat-them/537544 "2010-05-05T23:03:21Z")
Ah, the begats. If you didn’t know, the Old Testament contains genealogies connecting Adam to King David, and then the New Testament contains genealogies connecting Jesus to King David (and on back to Abraham and Adam).… --- ## ["Cheese-eating surrender monkeys"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-eating-surrender-monkeys/151340)
**Author:** [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-eating-surrender-monkeys/151340 "2003-02-10T18:57:46Z")
Think about what referring to French people as “cheese eating surrender monkeys” really is. Maybe I’ve had a humour bypass, but it sounds like bigotry to me. I don’t think it’s funny to continually disparage a whole nati… --- ## [Why do people stop after the police PIT maneuver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stop-after-the-police-pit-maneuver/582247)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stop-after-the-police-pit-maneuver/582247 "2011-05-21T04:42:28Z")
The PIT Manuever is a police tactic used during a car chase where the pursuing officer spins out the vehicle he’s chasing with a bump to the side of the back bumper. However, whenever I see this on TV, less so now but a… --- ## [I would like to know what everyone thinks of this Yale thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-know-what-everyone-thinks-of-this-yale-thing/736984)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-know-what-everyone-thinks-of-this-yale-thing/736984 "2018-01-01T05:21:12Z")
I’m seeing a lot of discussion about this on the web, but I don’t really know any of those people very well so I’m wondering what Dopers think about it all. I will provide very basic context, but refrain from going into… --- ## [New Rule Says Banks Must Prove Ownership Before Foreclosing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-says-banks-must-prove-ownership-before-foreclosing/540469)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-says-banks-must-prove-ownership-before-foreclosing/540469 "2010-05-25T19:18:58Z")
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/real-estate/new-rule-says-banks-must-prove-ownership-before-704290.html?cxtype=ynews\_rss After reading the article, I’m still not sure what to make of it. What’s to stop me from forec… --- ## [Spring cleaning – a tidying swap-meet MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 310\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711 "2010-03-15T02:42:09Z")
OK, by the calendar, the vernal equinox isn’t for another couple of weeks. But in my little corner of the world, we’re being promised a week of mild temperatures and no more freezing at night. Close enough. Spring dem… --- ## [Rock star with the highest IQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-with-the-highest-iq/726986)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-with-the-highest-iq/726986 "2017-02-14T00:22:33Z")
This one’s a spinoff of the “money grabbers” thread. Who do you think is the rock musician with the highest IQ? There are a few obvious ones - Neil Peart, Brian May, and other people have nominated Todd Rundgren and Bi… --- ## [Can a public school teacher call his/her students any name they wish? (actual court case)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-public-school-teacher-call-his-her-students-any-name-they-wish-actual-court-case/960998)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-public-school-teacher-call-his-her-students-any-name-they-wish-actual-court-case/960998 "2022-04-20T22:26:40Z")
The subject of this thread is prompted by this article: A Kansas teacher is suing school officials for requiring her to address students by their preferred names, saying the policy violates her religious freedom While… --- ## [Let's all think of the shittiest sitcom idea we can pitch FOX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691)
**Author:** [@robgotabingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgotabingbang)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-think-of-the-shittiest-sitcom-idea-we-can-pitch-fox/537691 "2010-05-05T04:42:32Z")
I was thinking about one where these three brat kids don’t have a dad because he’s in the clink, so they meet this pedo-bear lookin’ Zach Galifinakis/Jack Black- hybrid slacker and promise to, I don’t know, get him high … --- ## [Bizarre Signage - A Directionless MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signage-a-directionless-mmp/725679)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2015, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-signage-a-directionless-mmp/725679 "2015-07-27T10:36:42Z")
The building I work in is having refurbishments done and we have to use the facilities in the building next door. In the ladies toilets is a sign that says “please flush toilet paper down the toilet and flush”. It amus… --- ## [Steam-Powered Cars-Why Not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-powered-cars-why-not/120926)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-powered-cars-why-not/120926 "2003-06-18T03:37:45Z")
Now that hybrid electric-gas cars seem to becoming feasible. I am wondering why the steam car hasn’t been revived. To my mind, a steam car has some advantages: -it can burn fuel that is almost non-polluting (like alcoho… --- ## [Mike Rowe jean commercial - Racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-rowe-jean-commercial-racist/551914)
**Author:** [@EVIL\_COW\_PIE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EVIL_COW_PIE)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-rowe-jean-commercial-racist/551914 "2010-11-03T15:00:31Z")
It just hit me that way. Youtube link. What say ye? --- ## [Odd or amusing ways to say "I find him/her attractive"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-or-amusing-ways-to-say-i-find-him-her-attractive/463880)
**Author:** [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-or-amusing-ways-to-say-i-find-him-her-attractive/463880 "2008-09-18T19:58:28Z")
Recently, a friend told me that a co-worker of his would say this about any woman he found attractive. “I’d pee in her butt.” This cracked me right up. I’m giggling about it now as I type this. Another friend says “Sh… --- ## [Why does America money have value](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-america-money-have-value/468882)
**Author:** [@Jesus\_Harold\_Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesus_Harold_Christ)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2008, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-america-money-have-value/468882 "2008-10-24T09:03:05Z")
I know money has value because people will accept it for payment, but what gives it its underlying value? I know it is no longer backed by gold or anything else. I know money can be used to pay taxes. Is that where all t… --- ## [How I Met Your Mother: The Ducky Tie Spoiler!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-the-ducky-tie-spoiler/597743)
**Author:** [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-the-ducky-tie-spoiler/597743 "2011-10-07T19:02:08Z")
Is it just me or did the whole plot about Barney trying to cop a feel on Lily’s breasts seem over the top? He never made a pass at her when she was staying in his apartment and Marshal and Lily were broken up and he actu… --- ## [Seat rage in planes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-rage-in-planes/715927)
**Author:** [@Caneknife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caneknife)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-rage-in-planes/715927 "2015-04-22T16:08:09Z")
Do u get pissed off when the person in front of u puts there chair back after seatbelt light goes off in a plane, It turns me into the Incredible Hulk, I hate it, does it annoy u, --- ## [Cold Stone ice cream assholes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-stone-ice-cream-assholes/394504)
**Author:** [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-stone-ice-cream-assholes/394504 "2007-06-27T14:50:33Z")
So I went to Cold Stone creamery last night for the last time. This ties in with the other Pit thread on snobish vs. white-bread establishments. I ordered what I thought was a simple enough request: “A waffle cone with o… --- ## [People That Refuse To Turn The Heat (Or A/C) On "Out Of Principle"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-refuse-to-turn-the-heat-or-a-c-on-out-of-principle/637235)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-refuse-to-turn-the-heat-or-a-c-on-out-of-principle/637235 "2012-10-11T19:47:12Z")
In this Cafe Society thread about foods with cooking processes that make the house warm, I am reminded again that there are people out there with some sort of value system that tells them when it’s okay to turn the heat … --- ## [Any love for Big Bang Theory here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832 "2009-02-13T22:46:10Z")
I just started watching this show this summer. It wasn’t exactly what I’d suspected, especially given the creator. I like that if focuses more on the guys than on the budding relationship with the cute girl across the … --- ## [Interchangeability of US and Canadian coins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interchangeability-of-us-and-canadian-coins/602300)
**Author:** [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interchangeability-of-us-and-canadian-coins/602300 "2014-11-03T15:06:10Z")
In my experience, Canadian shopkeepers don’t really care if you give them a US coin or two, but Canadian coins are refused in the US, even very low denominations. Is this a legal or cultural difference? --- ## [Conveniently forgotten historical facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conveniently-forgotten-historical-facts/501087)
**Author:** [@TheMadEngineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadEngineer)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conveniently-forgotten-historical-facts/501087 "2009-07-09T06:33:47Z")
My mother’s doing research for a book she’s writing, which is giving me some interesting historical perspective. For instance, blacks made up 50-80% of the armed forces fighting in the American Revolution, and this was … --- ## [Interpretation of a two-handed handshake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpretation-of-a-two-handed-handshake/308386)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2005, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpretation-of-a-two-handed-handshake/308386 "2005-06-16T10:19:09Z")
The two-handed handshake is when somebody shakes your right hand with his, while holding the back of your right hand with his left hand, or alternately holding onto your wrist or forearm while shaking hands. What messag… --- ## [Suppose Prince Charles doesn't want to be King for long (or at all)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-prince-charles-doesnt-want-to-be-king-for-long-or-at-all/664546)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-prince-charles-doesnt-want-to-be-king-for-long-or-at-all/664546 "2013-08-04T15:08:21Z")
First off, I’m an American, so I have no strong emotional feelings about any of this in general. Ok, let’s say that when Queen Elizabeth finally passes away Prince Charles is crowned King Charles (the First I guess?), b… --- ## [Food trends that can stop right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-trends-that-can-stop-right-now/666740)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-trends-that-can-stop-right-now/666740 "2013-08-25T04:03:51Z")
\#1) Salted caramel-I’m sure that some genius sometime discovered that by adding a touch of salt to caramel it enhanced the flavor. This has been distorted into the idea that caramel should taste salty. Caramel should b… --- ## [Band names that don't fit their style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-dont-fit-their-style/691576)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-dont-fit-their-style/691576 "2014-07-03T19:25:03Z")
First one that comes to mind for me is Incubus. A demon that has sex with women as they sleep; has to be an extreme metal band, right? What, you say it’s a poppy modern rock band? Wouldn’t have expected that. --- ## [Old scifi tropes that have fallen out of use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-scifi-tropes-that-have-fallen-out-of-use/614115)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-scifi-tropes-that-have-fallen-out-of-use/614115 "2012-03-02T06:24:31Z")
Clone as not human or robotic- This has pretty much fallen out of style to the point you have a filn like The Island which concerns to a large part the idea of freewill of clones. However in old sci fi you often see clo… --- ## [Gummy removable adhesive--what is it exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-removable-adhesive-what-is-it-exactly/291390)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gummy-removable-adhesive-what-is-it-exactly/291390 "2013-04-28T05:18:09Z")
Have you ever bought a gift card (HomeDepot, Barnes&Noble, etc.) which was a plastic card “stuck” to a cardboard backing? When you pull the card off the backing, you see this thin gummy line that was being used as an ad… --- ## [Expensive in the USA but cheap in Europe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expensive-in-the-usa-but-cheap-in-europe/782138)
**Author:** [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pearl_Clutching_Provocateur)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expensive-in-the-usa-but-cheap-in-europe/782138 "2017-04-17T13:47:01Z")
With every healthcare debate, people point out that Americans pay 2.5 times more per capita for healthcare compared to Europe and receive much poorer results. I’m skeptical of this in large part because I perceive ever… --- ## [A Tip of the Hat - to Ringo Starr's drumming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tip-of-the-hat-to-ringo-starrs-drumming/664104)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tip-of-the-hat-to-ringo-starrs-drumming/664104 "2019-02-13T22:24:17Z")
Sunday morning - the heat wave has broken a bit in the Northeast US so it is a bit more humane. Listening to the couple-years-old Mono remaster of Revolver. There is a POV about Ringo Starr’s drumming - “he isn’t even … --- ## [How long does it take for unhealthy food to register as fat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-unhealthy-food-to-register-as-fat/581929)
**Author:** [@isaiahrobinson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isaiahrobinson)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-unhealthy-food-to-register-as-fat/581929 "2013-07-06T17:56:56Z")
Say you sneakily buy a large box of chocolates and devour the whole thing in one go. 1000 calories. How long will that take to show up as fat on your hips, legs, stomach, or wherever? 12 hours, 24 hours, 2 days, 3 days? … --- ## [Black hair=hispanic apparently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hair-hispanic-apparently/615725)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hair-hispanic-apparently/615725 "2012-08-17T21:13:35Z")
“Are you Spanish can you read this(thrusts a peso at me and points to a part)?” “Erm what?” “You know Mexican and Colombian” “Well no” “Ah nevermind” “It says the fifth of May, Mexican independence day” “I thought … --- ## [Should women abort a clearly defective fetus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-abort-a-clearly-defective-fetus/695273)
**Author:** [@EndlessEntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EndlessEntropy)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-abort-a-clearly-defective-fetus/695273 "2014-09-04T20:36:21Z")
With the progression of medical technology and prenatal screening, the health of a developing fetus can be determined more significantly and viewed for disorders or issues. With these facts in mind, should it be socially… --- ## [2012 Tour de France](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-tour-de-france/626813)
**Author:** [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-tour-de-france/626813 "2012-07-27T02:06:41Z")
The prologue was today, won by Fabian Cancellara. I’ll just be reading along for the most part, but we’ve got a good core of cycling fans on the board. Since Matthew Bushe (local kid) didn’t make it for the Radio Shack… --- ## [Gonzomax's banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonzomaxs-banning/603824)
**Author:** [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonzomaxs-banning/603824 "2011-12-04T03:14:10Z")
Marley23 has opened and then locked a thread about Gonzomax being banned for frequent personal insults in threads not in the Pit. I read each of the examples cited and in almost every case it seemed to me that other pos… --- ## [And the absolute worst cover ever done to any hit song by professional entertainers is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-absolute-worst-cover-ever-done-to-any-hit-song-by-professional-entertainers-is/552364)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-absolute-worst-cover-ever-done-to-any-hit-song-by-professional-entertainers-is/552364 "2014-01-03T04:50:56Z")
Chris Kenner’s Land of a Thousand Dances, amended and made a hit by Cannibal and the Headhunters, made absolutely legendary by Wilson Pickett, then held against its will in a dungeon room, starved, reduced to a persisten… --- ## [Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (no major spoilers in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-no-major-spoilers-in-op/450054)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-no-major-spoilers-in-op/450054 "2008-07-31T12:25:16Z")
Just got back from a company-sponsored advance screening. Following is a review free of significant spoilers. Also, for the benefit of those who haven’t seen it and just want to know how it is, I’m proposing we keep thin… --- ## [Steve Bannon - odds he will show up on Monday for his trial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956 "2024-10-31T13:09:10Z")
I think it is slim. Am I wrong? He ignored the summons. He tried to get the trial delayed to closer to mid term elections hoping for Repubs to regain control and then it would go away. If/when he doesn’t show, can/wi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=300&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=302&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)