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**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-names-in-sports/578867 "2011-08-05T17:38:37Z")
I just ran across an article this morning about a baseball fan whose last name happens to be “Choate.” I was immediately reminded of pitcher Randy Choate, and I’ve long believed that to be one of the most unfortunate nam… --- ## [You see a heavily pregnant woman smoking - what do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-a-heavily-pregnant-woman-smoking-what-do-you-do/576258)
**Author:** [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-a-heavily-pregnant-woman-smoking-what-do-you-do/576258 "2011-04-02T14:53:22Z")
Here in the Balkans smoking is very common, so much that everyone assumes you’re a smoker unless you specifically state you aren’t. And several times over the past few years I have seen very pregnant women smoking while… --- ## [Mad-Men: 5.04 "Signal 30" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-04-signal-30-open-spoilers/618907)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-04-signal-30-open-spoilers/618907 "2012-04-22T14:14:06Z")
\[QUOTE=TVGuide\] Lane makes an interesting friend. \[/QUOTE\] So Dawn or the mob mistress? Joan is also back to work (or she’s still on leave and there’s a random flasback to her working). --- ## [Airline sued for "eeny meenie miney mo"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-sued-for-eeny-meenie-miney-mo/154352)
**Author:** [@RenMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RenMan)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-sued-for-eeny-meenie-miney-mo/154352 "2004-07-06T01:22:32Z")
Frivolous lawsuit #35,005,558!!! Did anyone else grow up learning that the thing you caught by its toe in “Eeny Meeny Miney Moe” was a tiger, and not… that other word, you know the “N” word? I don’t remember when I lear… --- ## [In America, has an armed civilian ever taken down a rampaging psycho?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-america-has-an-armed-civilian-ever-taken-down-a-rampaging-psycho/628962)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-america-has-an-armed-civilian-ever-taken-down-a-rampaging-psycho/628962 "2012-08-14T03:39:34Z")
Apropos of recent tragic events. America is one of, if not the, most armed society in the world, with 90 guns per 100 people. When a random lunatic decides to go on a rampage with one of said firearms, have there ever be… --- ## [How to describe different Asian ethnicities appearance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-describe-different-asian-ethnicities-appearance/613966)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-describe-different-asian-ethnicities-appearance/613966 "2012-03-01T23:15:25Z")
I’m not known for being politically correct, but I certainly don’t want this to sound ignorant. There are obviously differences between various Asian groups’ appearances, Japanese and Chinese always seeming to be the ste… --- ## [Punt on 3rd down.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punt-on-3rd-down/524269)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punt-on-3rd-down/524269 "2012-10-25T09:26:16Z")
Is there ever a situation where punting on 3rd down makes sense? I’ve heard of this happening but can’t wrap my head around a situation where you would want to do this. --- ## [Why is my nose tingling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-nose-tingling/639564)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-nose-tingling/639564 "2012-11-02T13:25:04Z")
This is weird. For the past 24 hours or more my nose feels like someone is tickling it. It’s not inside the nose, it’s on the exterior skin, just up from the tip. It feels as if someone is tickling it with a feather, or … --- ## ['Peter Pan,' 'Lady and the Tramp,' and 12 More Kids' Classics Marred by Racism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-pan-lady-and-the-tramp-and-12-more-kids-classics-marred-by-racism/706389)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-pan-lady-and-the-tramp-and-12-more-kids-classics-marred-by-racism/706389 "2014-12-09T13:11:33Z")
I suppose the author can find some movies and novels somewhere which are 100% politically correct and don’t reflect at any point negatively about some ethnic group, gender, occupation, religion, age, culture, etc–but … --- ## [US military salute question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-salute-question/520183)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-salute-question/520183 "2013-01-09T08:15:25Z")
If an enlisted person of one branch comes across an officer of another branch, does he or she have to salute the officer? --- ## [Incoherent rage re: El Salvador and abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incoherent-rage-re-el-salvador-and-abortion/351957)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incoherent-rage-re-el-salvador-and-abortion/351957 "2007-02-07T14:44:41Z")
Holy shit. There’s an article in today’s NYT Magazine that should be required reading for everbody on either side of the abortion debate. El Salvador has a ban on all abortions - no exceptions. What’s more, prosecutors a… --- ## [The United Way. It works for no one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-way-it-works-for-no-one/542643)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-way-it-works-for-no-one/542643 "2010-06-22T15:01:11Z")
Hello. I really dislike the fund raising tactics of the United Way. I have written this before on another website in 2008. I reworded it a bit to make it more grammatically correct. When I am writing and thoughts are in… --- ## [Why do semis block all lanes of traffic on the interstate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-semis-block-all-lanes-of-traffic-on-the-interstate/659280)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-semis-block-all-lanes-of-traffic-on-the-interstate/659280 "2014-08-30T23:59:25Z")
If there are 2 lanes on the interstate it is not uncommon for 2 semis to block them both, driving side by side so nobody can pass them. Either they will be staggered or they will be side to side and they will drive like … --- ## [It's sad to see racial prejudice alive and well in business and banking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sad-to-see-racial-prejudice-alive-and-well-in-business-and-banking/588207)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sad-to-see-racial-prejudice-alive-and-well-in-business-and-banking/588207 "2011-09-26T22:50:37Z")
I grew up just as the Civil Rights movement ended. I was only a few years old when lunatics murdered Dr. King and Bobby Kennedy. People celebrating the death of the Nigger lover Kennedy and then cheering when Dr. King wa… --- ## [Is this sentence grammatically correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-sentence-grammatically-correct/518963)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-sentence-grammatically-correct/518963 "2010-03-12T22:05:58Z")
I just came across the following sentence in a book I’m reading: “The snow fell nor did it cease to fall.” Beyond simply sounding awkward, I think it’s also in error grammatically. By that I mean mustn’t some form of a… --- ## [Meaning of "was to certain poor shepherds"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-was-to-certain-poor-shepherds/521873)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-was-to-certain-poor-shepherds/521873 "2009-12-23T04:22:27Z")
From the traditional Christmas carol “The First Noel”: The first Noel, the angels did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay… Is “certain” here a verb (to make them sure of God’s grace), or an adjecti… --- ## [Really lousy Christmas presents.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-lousy-christmas-presents/475040)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-lousy-christmas-presents/475040 "2008-12-23T00:23:44Z")
I hope I don’t get something like last year. All I was given was herpes. --- ## [Let's name some SDMB posting 'moves'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-some-sdmb-posting-moves/695104 "2014-08-14T22:53:20Z")
Let’s get snarky! What I mean by posting ‘moves’: in this thread, I suggested that the posting ‘move’ of “making an assertion, and upon being challenged on this assertion, immediately backing off with no defense and mak… --- ## [Mary Mary, quite contrary, a garden MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-mary-quite-contrary-a-garden-mmp/624005)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-mary-quite-contrary-a-garden-mmp/624005 "2012-06-11T12:35:51Z")
Life continues to slap me up alongside my head, so I was pleased when Sunday’s forecast for rain did not happen; instead here in north western Washington we had some clouds overhead in the morning but the afternoon was s… --- ## [Will dilute bleach harm a wood floor finish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-dilute-bleach-harm-a-wood-floor-finish/656997)
**Author:** [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-dilute-bleach-harm-a-wood-floor-finish/656997 "2013-04-30T21:46:01Z")
When I used to work in food service we would mix 1 tablespoon bleach with 1 gallon of water to sanitize counter-tops ect. My dog went diarrhea all over (like walked around) my hardwood floor. Will this mix ( 1 table… --- ## [Opt-out organ donation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opt-out-organ-donation/647579)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opt-out-organ-donation/647579 "2013-01-23T01:27:20Z")
Are there any well-reasoned numbers on how many lives would be saved if the US went to an opt-out organ donation system like some other countries have? What are the commonly cited reasons not to do this? --- ## [What's the one place you've been to that no other Doper has visited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390 "2007-09-10T12:04:12Z")
Inspired by this thread, which was in turn inspired by another thread. We have a theme going now, I guess. I’ll start: any other Dopers ever been to Nuweiba’, Sinai, Egypt? --- ## [Could a human being eat dog and cat food and be healthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-human-being-eat-dog-and-cat-food-and-be-healthy/586355)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-human-being-eat-dog-and-cat-food-and-be-healthy/586355 "2015-06-04T20:26:31Z")
For the purposes of this thread, let’s restrict it to dog and cat food only. No birdfeed or rabbit food or anything like that I’ve heard of really poor people buying pet food for the canned meat. I have tried it mysel… --- ## [How Can I Get Over Fear of Growing Up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-over-fear-of-growing-up/589586)
**Author:** [@honeybee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honeybee)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-over-fear-of-growing-up/589586 "2015-12-31T19:23:06Z")
Ok, so I realize this isn’t some type of counseling site, and many of you may not want to read about my depressing story. But I didn’t have anyone else I could express these feelings to w/o feeling embarrassed. (Psycholo… --- ## [Cool stuff that's gone (Plus: Cecil's column!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-stuff-thats-gone-plus-cecils-column/520064)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-stuff-thats-gone-plus-cecils-column/520064 "2015-04-18T00:04:35Z")
Svobada’s Nickelodeon Tavern- Bar and grill with antique amusment collection. Riverview- Amusement park. Kiddieland- Another amusement park near Stony and 95th. The Pickle Barrel- Restaurant with peanut shells on the … --- ## [What's wrong with faith?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-faith/565156)
**Author:** [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2011, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-faith/565156 "2011-01-04T10:27:28Z")
Today I’m going to ask the question, “what’s wrong with faith”? It’s a more broad question than the one that prompted it which is, “what’s so important about being right”? I had a friend who a few years ago became a bor… --- ## [Surprising? No "pro-gun rights" Senators would go on Meet the Press Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-no-pro-gun-rights-senators-would-go-on-meet-the-press-sunday/644325)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-no-pro-gun-rights-senators-would-go-on-meet-the-press-sunday/644325 "2012-12-19T21:02:52Z")
I just want to talk about this politically. Is this unusual? Did this happen after the Sikh shooting or the Aurora shooting? Does is have any significance? I’m not interested in yet another gun rights or gun contro… --- ## [Does anyone here actually sleep with the sheets tucked in at the foot of the bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-actually-sleep-with-the-sheets-tucked-in-at-the-foot-of-the-bed/426553)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-actually-sleep-with-the-sheets-tucked-in-at-the-foot-of-the-bed/426553 "2007-11-16T18:23:57Z")
I think you know what I mean, but when you go to hotels they have this. They take all the sheets and to “make” the bed they tuck the bottom under the mattress. I for one always pull them out as soon as I go to bed. I ha… --- ## [A 15-year-old girl has a crush on me, apparently.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-15-year-old-girl-has-a-crush-on-me-apparently/467716)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-15-year-old-girl-has-a-crush-on-me-apparently/467716 "2008-10-17T00:04:33Z")
Background: I’m 20, and a sophomore in college. Last Friday, I visited my high school, partially because it was homecoming. After lunch, I spent a bit of time in the choir room (I did choir all four years of high school… --- ## [When the hell are they going to have a decent Superman movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-hell-are-they-going-to-have-a-decent-superman-movie/543815)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-hell-are-they-going-to-have-a-decent-superman-movie/543815 "2010-07-28T17:47:08Z")
The last Superman flick was kind of weak, poorly acted, and poorly scripted. When are they going to have a decent non-Luthor, non-origin Superman movie that doesn’t piss all over the canon like the last one did? There… --- ## [Dental Implants - is it supposed to feel weird when you chew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implants-is-it-supposed-to-feel-weird-when-you-chew/648645)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implants-is-it-supposed-to-feel-weird-when-you-chew/648645 "2019-08-23T18:37:11Z")
Dentist put the porcelain crown on my implant post last Thursday. Overall a expensive 6 month project, but thankfully pain free. Except, it feels weird chewing on that implant. There’s no pain. It’s more of a pressure s… --- ## [How much sex does Bruce Wayne have? Is he any good in bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-sex-does-bruce-wayne-have-is-he-any-good-in-bed/458862)
**Author:** [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-sex-does-bruce-wayne-have-is-he-any-good-in-bed/458862 "2008-08-06T20:54:41Z")
We all know that billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne can always be found with a bevy of cuties on his arm, but how often is he taking these women home and getting busy with them? I’m thinking not much: – he’s way too obses… --- ## [How much % of a public swimming pool is pee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-public-swimming-pool-is-pee/695392)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-public-swimming-pool-is-pee/695392 "2014-08-20T00:57:57Z")
a lot of people use public swimming pools (be it on a hotel, sports centre, gym, etc. A pool is visited by many people on a single day. It is quite likely that a few people end up urinating in the pool. That can’t be cle… --- ## [Help me cheat on this quiz- "Do you know your baseball?" ...Then what's the score?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat-on-this-quiz-do-you-know-your-baseball-then-whats-the-score/499457)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat-on-this-quiz-do-you-know-your-baseball-then-whats-the-score/499457 "2009-06-11T18:18:26Z")
Help me cheat on this office quiz. I have no clue as to the answer. \*\* “Do you know your baseball?” \*\* Picture of desk clock with hands at 3:55 (no AM or PM indication) next Picture of tilted 5th sized liquor bottl… --- ## [Why would climate change be a hoax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-climate-change-be-a-hoax/719773)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-climate-change-be-a-hoax/719773 "2015-05-30T19:18:25Z")
Mah stoopid, it burns! It should be obvious, I guess, why approximately one gob of climatologists would fudge their data at the direction of a plethora of government leaders in a harmony that would make the London Philh… --- ## [The Beatles, not a rock band?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-not-a-rock-band/624549)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-not-a-rock-band/624549 "2012-07-06T05:20:04Z")
I have a friend who insists that the Beatles are not a rock band but rather a “pop” band. Now, the Wikipedia page, both on the Beatles and on the history of rock, seem to agree with me. But I’ve heard more than one perso… --- ## [Who does this recent Jeopardy! contestant remind you of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-this-recent-jeopardy-contestant-remind-you-of/605909)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-this-recent-jeopardy-contestant-remind-you-of/605909 "2013-04-17T23:03:57Z")
Go to Jeopardy’s Winners Circle for a picture and video of Glenn Sullivan from Lexington, VA who was a contestant on and around November 18, 2011. There’s a cartoon character that could have been modeled on him and I ca… --- ## [Common English phrases that, when you really think about it, don't make sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-english-phrases-that-when-you-really-think-about-it-dont-make-sense/601080)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-english-phrases-that-when-you-really-think-about-it-dont-make-sense/601080 "2011-11-05T13:20:55Z")
I am prompted to this thread by one I just used: “turns out”. We all know what it means: “it became apparent” or “it was revealed”. It refers to something unknown which became known. I just used it to say that I was ta… --- ## [An 1830's Style MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-1830s-style-mmp/598406 "2011-10-10T09:33:44Z")
Every year, Old Sturbridge Village has Apple Days during the first weekend in October. It’s when they harvest their apples and do various demonstrations of what people in the 1830’s would have done with the apples. The f… --- ## [Any current companies you see circling the bowl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-current-companies-you-see-circling-the-bowl/673351)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-current-companies-you-see-circling-the-bowl/673351 "2013-11-19T18:22:36Z")
I was reading this thread about Blockbuster Video’s demise, and got to thinking about today’s lunchtime trip to Best Buy (to get some canned air. It seems to me that Best Buy is in the midst of some kind of change- thei… --- ## [How Come Pipe Smoke Smells Good, But Cigarette Smoke Smells Like Ass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-pipe-smoke-smells-good-but-cigarette-smoke-smells-like-ass/331124)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-pipe-smoke-smells-good-but-cigarette-smoke-smells-like-ass/331124 "2005-11-16T15:52:23Z")
I’ve known a couple of people who smoke tobacco with a pipe and several who smoke cigarettes. I’ve noticed that the smoke from the former tends to have a rather pleasant aroma, while the latter has a very foul stench. Wh… --- ## [Songs you would have sworn were sung by somebody else.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-would-have-sworn-were-sung-by-somebody-else/512239)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-would-have-sworn-were-sung-by-somebody-else/512239 "2009-11-22T16:51:08Z")
I would have bet my last dollar that “Rescue Me” was sung by Aretha Franklin instead of Fontella Bass, an artist I’ve never heard of. The wiki even mentions that it is often misattributed to Aretha. What are yours? --- ## [Breastfeeding, "nipple nazis," and "helpful" advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastfeeding-nipple-nazis-and-helpful-advice/463104)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastfeeding-nipple-nazis-and-helpful-advice/463104 "2008-09-18T09:48:03Z")
Perhaps it was inevitable - in this thread on parenting advice, the topic of breastfeeding came up. And with it the topics of evil La Leche League bitches, intolerant breastfeeding advocates accosting mothers in public,… --- ## [Friend talkin \*\*\*\* about my daughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-talkin-about-my-daughter/566131)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-talkin-about-my-daughter/566131 "2011-01-09T05:17:33Z")
Last night was bitter-sweet to say the least. I lost my best friend over him running his mouth about wanting to have sex with my underage daughter. I told him that I had let her know about it. He said that he would punch… --- ## [When and why did casual daytime drinking become unacceptable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-casual-daytime-drinking-become-unacceptable/612269)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-casual-daytime-drinking-become-unacceptable/612269 "2012-02-15T18:05:40Z")
It’s my understanding that for most of the 20th century, people in American cities drank a lot. It wasn’t necessarily that they’d be sitting down and getting hammered in one sitting; more that they’d be consistently drin… --- ## [Return of the King - talkback (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-king-talkback-spoilers/219504)
**Author:** [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-king-talkback-spoilers/219504 "2003-12-29T03:08:59Z")
Wooo. Just got back from a midnight showing of RotK. Yes, yes, it was amazing. There were so many things to like that I can’t really organize my thoughts, so here we go. Great battle scenes, of course. Big audience … --- ## [Amanda Peet or Natalie Portman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173 "2010-12-01T00:15:27Z")
Who wins? You specify whatever criteria you want to judge by. --- ## [Who's in the wrong here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-in-the-wrong-here/655753)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-in-the-wrong-here/655753 "2013-04-26T20:07:19Z")
Husband and I are in the car, him in the drivers seat, driving on the highway. It is two hours before rush hour and there is not much traffic. We need some info from his smartphone, it might have been the GPS that didn’… --- ## [Homeless Because Of Horn-Locking Vehicles!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-because-of-horn-locking-vehicles/708357)
**Author:** [@NoiseNatzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoiseNatzi)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-because-of-horn-locking-vehicles/708357 "2015-01-27T13:29:48Z")
KICK THE BUM OUT OF HIS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS! There's no right to quiet enjoyment of your home in America today. I am now being evicted from another apartment complex. I just received a legal notice from a lawyer. It … --- ## [Turning a developing country into a developed one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-developing-country-into-a-developed-one/540023)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-developing-country-into-a-developed-one/540023 "2010-06-01T18:11:13Z")
You’re an insanely, mindbogglingly rich, eccentric philantropist with a huge amount of political clout. You don’t own whole countries but you possibly could. You decide to take a country like say the Central African Repu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=318&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=320&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)