# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=31&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:** 32 --- ## [What's the funniest single panel cartoon you've ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 304\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-funniest-single-panel-cartoon-youve-ever-seen/768531 "2020-03-08T16:21:24Z")
Here’s mine: An enormous favor It cracks me up every single time. \[sub\]which may say more about me than it says about humor, I admit\[/sub\] --- ## [How concerned are you about this Coronavirus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-are-you-about-this-coronavirus/847164)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 636\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-are-you-about-this-coronavirus/847164 "2020-04-23T21:59:21Z")
I’m pretty concerned. It has a two week incubation period. --- ## ["How Did We Become Bitter Political Enemies?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-we-become-bitter-political-enemies/789112)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 652\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-we-become-bitter-political-enemies/789112 "2017-07-05T15:44:48Z")
Have you seen the front page of the NY Times yet? Great article outlining how political party, not race, “is the No. 1 cleavage in contemporary American society.” Using a scale of one to one hundred, American now rate … --- ## [Does Babylon 5 get any better? (pilot episode spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-babylon-5-get-any-better-pilot-episode-spoilers/564021)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 487\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-babylon-5-get-any-better-pilot-episode-spoilers/564021 "2011-11-20T13:30:28Z")
I just watched the 1.5 hour pilot. I did like the central plot, of the Vorlon ambassador and the attempted assassination, and the fact of what Babylon 5 represents. But oh my, the acting was terrible. It was flat and wo… --- ## [Abortion & gay marriage should not even be controversial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-gay-marriage-should-not-even-be-controversial/612125)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 417\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-gay-marriage-should-not-even-be-controversial/612125 "2012-02-24T04:38:18Z")
More abortion controversy, this time about the Komen Foundation cutting funding to Planned Parenthood. Let’s keep all this in its proper perspective: Abortion, like gay marriage, is one of those controversial things th… --- ## [Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2022 Breaking News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 696\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022 "2023-01-03T18:24:57Z")
Here we go again. In case anyone wants to easily find the previous threads: Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News As I did last year… --- ## [Are environmentalists cowards on immigration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-environmentalists-cowards-on-immigration/585086)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 569\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-environmentalists-cowards-on-immigration/585086 "2011-07-08T23:03:55Z")
It seems to me that they might be. Where is the Sierra Club on this issue? In fairness, I can see they’re torn like this guy between their concern for the environment and being accused of prejudice, but surely they can… --- ## [Red Rover, Red Rover, send Rand Rover over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-rover-red-rover-send-rand-rover-over/490739)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 624\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-rover-red-rover-send-rand-rover-over/490739 "2009-04-04T04:15:16Z")
In a number of threads now, Rand Rover has interrupted a stream of commiseration, pity, compassion, whining, or complaining (take your pick as to the characterization that applies) with a very black-and-white, confident… --- ## [Mental illness is exaggerated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-illness-is-exaggerated/660522)
**Author:** [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Replies:** 511\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-illness-is-exaggerated/660522 "2013-07-19T16:09:02Z")
I believe psychiatry tries to take every little human quirk that makes humans, humans and tries to call it a mental illnesses. They do this because most psychiatrists are mentally ill themselves and it makes them feel b… --- ## [A new song title game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883)
**Author:** [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Replies:** 1837\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-song-title-game/324883 "2006-01-16T22:45:22Z")
I’d like to see if we can get a music title and artist game thread going like the original movie game thread. Here are the rules: Someone plays a song or album title and lists the group or artist that performs the song… --- ## [So tell me about Ben Carson...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-ben-carson/706154)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 378\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-ben-carson/706154 "2015-08-15T08:11:41Z")
Somebody asked me this past weekend about Ben Carson. I had never heard of him. I apparently don’t watch enough Fox News. So this morning I read today’s CNN article about him: http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/02/politics/be… --- ## [HE is gay? Who the hell woulda thunk it...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-gay-who-the-hell-woulda-thunk-it/240237)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 339\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-gay-who-the-hell-woulda-thunk-it/240237 "2017-10-31T00:42:32Z")
The former manager of Robbie Williams (official site here, or for an older pick (here) says the singer is definitely gay (and by gay I mean homosexual). This is news to… uh… a thirteen year old girl in Bristol, maybe? S… --- ## [Every English Alphabet Three-Letter Abbreviation in Pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 466\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204 "2025-12-08T18:38:43Z")
Similar to Count To Infinity In Pictures, but much more finite. In order, please (AAA, AAB, AAC, etc.) :slight\_smile: There’s more than a few to choose from to start, but I have to go with the obvious - Travel With S… --- ## [Doctor Who Series 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-7/632859)
**Author:** [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-7/632859 "2012-11-08T00:01:05Z")
Well, series 7 of the resurrection of Doctor Who is almost here. The gods of sanity have prevailed, as they have done for the last year or so, and the show will be broadcast on the same day, Saturday the 1st of September… --- ## [There's rust on my tea kettle. How unhealthy is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-rust-on-my-tea-kettle-how-unhealthy-is-this/532827)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-rust-on-my-tea-kettle-how-unhealthy-is-this/532827 "2012-11-12T21:05:38Z")
I have a kettle on the stove I use to boil water for coffee, ramen noodles, etc. It appears to be made out of stainless steel. While cleaning it today, I notice that it is beginning to rust under the lid where the stea… --- ## [Why isn't Hillary clinton in jail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 394\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125 "2015-07-27T16:04:17Z")
Key reason, self incriminating actions of\* personal \* known individual to sort through emails to determine what is Private and what is not. Then the destruction of evidence immediately after and not just any ordinary “de… --- ## [How do native Vietnamese pronounce the surname Nguyen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-native-vietnamese-pronounce-the-surname-nguyen/573970)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-native-vietnamese-pronounce-the-surname-nguyen/573970 "2011-03-10T07:42:07Z")
Americans who’ve never seen the name go into paroxysms trying to say “in-goo-yin” or “nig-yoon” (like that chick trying to pronounce “Nagheenanajar” on Office Space, heh). I’ve only ever heard an Anglicized version utter… --- ## [The Celebrity Death Pool 2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 756\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359 "2005-01-05T05:46:10Z")
It’s time once again for the sickest thread on the board – the Celebrity Death Pool 2004! The Rules: 1. You pick 13 celebrities whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2004. If any of your celebrities dies… --- ## ["Of course Trump fucking won! What's everyone so fucking shocked about?" - Jonathan Pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-trump-fucking-won-whats-everyone-so-fucking-shocked-about-jonathan-pie/778132)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 304\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-trump-fucking-won-whats-everyone-so-fucking-shocked-about-jonathan-pie/778132 "2017-02-01T14:35:42Z")
In which British newsman Jonathan Pie lays it all out as to why Trump won. Those who are wise will take his words to heart. Those who aren’t, won’t. --- ## [Woody Allen Is A Scumbag (rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489)
**Author:** [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Replies:** 430\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allen-is-a-scumbag-rant/204489 "2020-03-12T18:34:39Z")
This is old news but I am heavily involved in adoption issues and the rights of birthmothers on a daily basis and with Woody Allen back in the news with his latest movie I just had to rant. And yes I am a Christian and … --- ## [How did the bloody glove get to OJ's house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-bloody-glove-get-to-ojs-house/686139)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-bloody-glove-get-to-ojs-house/686139 "2017-03-11T15:24:04Z")
Ok, so someone (probably OJ) killed 2 people at Nicole Brown’s house. That person is now wearing 2 blood soaked gloves and has a bloody knife. That person takes off 1 glove…and continues to wear the other blood soaked … --- ## [I think I may have lost my only guy friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-have-lost-my-only-guy-friend/727288)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 509\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-have-lost-my-only-guy-friend/727288 "2015-08-31T17:33:42Z")
So I’ve known Guy Friend since high school. We never dated or hooked up, just ran in the same circles. We lose touch after high school. Don’t think about him until… He messages me on Facebook. It was a completely innocu… --- ## [Guns: Newsweek proposes a compromise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-newsweek-proposes-a-compromise/725345)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 411\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-newsweek-proposes-a-compromise/725345 "2015-08-14T03:17:44Z")
A leftist author at a leftist media outlet proposes a compromise on the great gun debate: http://www.newsweek.com/2015/07/24/bullet-initiative-354203.html To summarize, he wants to give gun control advocates the follow… --- ## [Why did Michael feel he had to kill Fredo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-michael-feel-he-had-to-kill-fredo/76713)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-michael-feel-he-had-to-kill-fredo/76713 "2016-07-29T18:32:50Z")
Was he just crazy with paranoia and revenge by the end of Godfather Part II? Or did he have some kind of justification in mind like in the killing of Carlo and Tessio (in that they would always be a potential threat to t… --- ## [Reasons guys like women to be fully shaved, other than pedophillia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839)
**Author:** [@mythoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mythoughts)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839 "2015-02-03T14:12:59Z")
It’s a stupid argument, but it keeps popping up, and recently it popped up on The Mindy Project, where Danny says that if a guy likes that he is a pedo. And of course more men do like it all shaved off compared to any o… --- ## [Funny Exclamations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-exclamations/163424)
**Author:** [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-exclamations/163424 "2013-10-18T13:45:26Z")
What funny exclamations have you heard someone say either in response to something or as a prelude to a comment? For instance, one of the most humorous ones I’ve heard was “Jesus tap-dancing Christ, are you insane”. --- ## [Is Sarah Palin dumber than Ronald Reagan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 500\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sarah-palin-dumber-than-ronald-reagan/561453 "2010-12-01T23:50:59Z")
I’ve never really taken a position on Sarah Palin one way or another. Though I would vote for her before I would vote for John McCain, even she could not get me to vote for their ticket in '08 simply because McCain was o… --- ## [My Husband is at a Strip Club and I Can't Stop Crying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-is-at-a-strip-club-and-i-cant-stop-crying/467557)
**Author:** [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-is-at-a-strip-club-and-i-cant-stop-crying/467557 "2012-03-31T17:16:19Z")
Dear husband, Why the fuck did you have to go there tonight? Really, why did you fucking have to?!?! “It’s my buddy’s bachelor party. Do you really want me to miss it?” you said. Like that somehow makes this all right. … --- ## [Important News for Friends of norinew \[RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727)
**Author:** [@thebadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thebadman)\ **Replies:** 424\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727 "2011-08-08T09:58:37Z")
My name is Ben, and I’m the boyfriend of The Thread Pirate Roberts, who is noranew’s daughter. This evening, noranew was admitted to the hospital with a severe blockage in her liver. The complications are serious enough … --- ## [Nov '04 Election Comments Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 913\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563 "2004-11-04T03:14:38Z")
I’m surprised no one started a thread for this purpose yet. Might as well get things started… I’ve got CNN in the background and things seem to be going OK so far, although they are reporting some irregularities in Flo… --- ## [I may actually go insane with anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 503\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-actually-go-insane-with-anger/631848 "2012-08-29T00:41:12Z")
TL/DR: Evil always triumphs. Crime pays. Fuck everyone you can; it don’t cost nothin. If you’re a juror and someone claims insanity for murdering someone that hurt their family - acquit them before lunch and head for … --- ## [Disputation and The Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disputation-and-the-straight-dope-message-board/843977)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 759\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disputation-and-the-straight-dope-message-board/843977 "2019-12-21T20:27:54Z")
I have separated this out from Bone’s thread to focus on this query exclusively. \*\*Bone is no longer a moderator on this board. \*\* Like all of us, he had times when he was glorious and times when he was wretched. All… --- ## [Getting 110 volts from a 220 volt outlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-110-volts-from-a-220-volt-outlet/614455)
**Author:** [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-110-volts-from-a-220-volt-outlet/614455 "2014-06-27T05:17:43Z")
My daughter just had to purchase a new washer and dryer combo since her old one died. The problem is that the old one, which came with the house, is a combination unit, and had only a single 220v plug which ran both the … --- ## [Whats this strange ticking sound in my house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-strange-ticking-sound-in-my-house/534428)
**Author:** [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-strange-ticking-sound-in-my-house/534428 "2017-03-31T02:45:54Z")
During the quiet of the night I can often hear a faint tick…tick…tick… sound coming from a specific area in our house. I have been trying to work out what it is but am completely stumped. Before you get too excited - it… --- ## [Shut the fuck up, Ricky Gervais.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-ricky-gervais/717851)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Replies:** 410\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-ricky-gervais/717851 "2015-04-23T09:17:11Z")
So, a woman named Rebecca Francis shot and killed a giraffe. She then posed for a picture beside the body. This picture somehow found its way to full-time comedian and part-time judgemental dickhead Ricky Gervais who r… --- ## [Do ticks burrow under your skin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ticks-burrow-under-your-skin/451018)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ticks-burrow-under-your-skin/451018 "2015-07-17T21:45:36Z")
In this thread , there is much lamenting about the evil nastiness of ticks and lots of tick anecdotes. jellyblue posted about a tick that had burrowed into his girlfriend’s arm, such that only the legs were sticking out… --- ## [SDMB FF Dynasty League: Year Three](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-three/588388)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 647\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ff-dynasty-league-year-three/588388 "2012-12-04T23:44:09Z")
Welcome back! It feels like a jinx to start this thread before the NFL’s labor dispute is settled, but here goes. To doubly jinx this thing, it would appear that all 12 of us from last year will return, which is great.… --- ## [Why does the Minnesota Twins logo have a C in it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-minnesota-twins-logo-have-a-c-in-it/492639)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-minnesota-twins-logo-have-a-c-in-it/492639 "2010-04-21T14:23:00Z")
I suppose I’m overlooking something simple and basic, but I can’t see why the Twins’ hats have a bit T overlaying a big C. What’s the C for? And, to add insult to injury (to a Chicago fan) the C looks very much like th… --- ## [Just when you think that people are decent...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-think-that-people-are-decent/594167)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 460\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-think-that-people-are-decent/594167 "2011-12-08T19:01:51Z")
A friend of mine showed me a picture that a friend of his took of the vehicle parked in front of his in a downtown parking lot yesterday. It was a large black pickup truck, complete with testicles dangling off the trail… --- ## [GQ as GD: Facts vs. opinions re: the afterlife and other unprovable stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-as-gd-facts-vs-opinions-re-the-afterlife-and-other-unprovable-stuff/562876)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 531\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-as-gd-facts-vs-opinions-re-the-afterlife-and-other-unprovable-stuff/562876 "2010-12-20T16:52:51Z")
I am prepared to be shown that I am wrong about this, because it’s bound (or maybe it isn’t?, we shall see) to get all science-y, and I freely confess that my brain shrinks like testicles on ice when people start throwin… --- ## [Der Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs/516150)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 710\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs/516150 "2009-11-23T20:27:49Z")
Der Tris, I’m not a religious man. I haven’t been to church in years. But one thing I do know is that hate isn’t good. You don’t seem to do anything but hate when it comes to religion. That ain’t healthy. The overly… --- ## [Another Africa thread hijacked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-africa-thread-hijacked/576767)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 587\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-africa-thread-hijacked/576767 "2011-04-19T03:38:09Z")
Congrats. It took three pages, but you racist gang of assholes finally did it. --- ## [Kate Middleton is pregnant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 404\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859 "2013-07-22T23:25:34Z")
I don’t normally take much interest in this stuff, but I’m bored… Too early for a sweepstake on names? I’m hoping for a girl called Elizabeth. --- ## [Present evidence for the existence of your deity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/present-evidence-for-the-existence-of-your-deity/619737)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 512\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/present-evidence-for-the-existence-of-your-deity/619737 "2012-05-23T00:23:45Z")
For all those who say things like this: this is the thread to present your evidence. --- ## [Super Bowl XLVII: Seahawks vs. Broncos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 517\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248 "2014-12-05T04:29:16Z")
So it’s Denver against Seattle in the Super Bowl. Talking points: Manning and the cold. Manning vs. the Seattle secondary Wilson vs. the depleted Denver secondary. All I know is it should be an interesting 2 weeks f… --- ## [→ ← ↑ ↓ Is there a 'Diagonal Arrow' symbol for websites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-diagonal-arrow-symbol-for-websites/484147)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-diagonal-arrow-symbol-for-websites/484147 "2017-04-13T18:36:43Z")
Are there diagonal arrow symbols that can be used in text documents/websites and the like? I found four standard here (→ ← ↑ ↓), but can’t seem to find how to make diagonals? Do these exist? --- ## [RIP Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 357\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-autolycus/640014 "2013-02-10T19:39:16Z")
I just got word that Autolycus passed away unexpectedly this morning. I don’t have any details. Here’s to you, John. :frowning: --- ## [Covington Catholic High (in case it hasn't been mentioned already)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090)
**Author:** [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Replies:** 848\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090 "2019-01-30T07:50:22Z")
Well, you may have already seen it if you use any social media and haven’t reduced your feed to a bunch of Ann Coulter wannabees, but let put it out there. A bunch of kids from this school were in DC for the March For L… --- ## [Sleeping in a closed car w/ the engine off. Can you run out of oxygen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-closed-car-w-the-engine-off-can-you-run-out-of-oxygen/606625)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-closed-car-w-the-engine-off-can-you-run-out-of-oxygen/606625 "2017-11-18T03:58:06Z")
Just curious. If you fall asleep in a car with the engine off and the windows all the way up can you eventually use up all the oxygen in the air and asphyxiate yourself if you are asleep long enough or are cars designed … --- ## [Movie Game IV (son of a son of a...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 2014\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751 "2005-09-04T02:12:18Z")
Thanks to Roger Thornhill, we completed round 3 at 20+ pages. Well played, all! Sternvogel suggested we start with The Stepford Wives (2004). To which I say: Nicole Kidman. (And good luck, Sternvogel – I passed the te… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=30&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=32&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)