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**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 550\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realised-i-am-old/1009575 "2026-10-08T20:51:32Z")
I am watching a premier league football game (I do not often watch football) and I see a bunch of kids running around. --- ## [Explain the ending "All You Zombies" Heinlein story (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-ending-all-you-zombies-heinlein-story-open-spoilers/695440)
**Author:** [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2015, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-ending-all-you-zombies-heinlein-story-open-spoilers/695440 "2015-04-09T08:55:49Z")
I understand the entire timeline of events, but I don’t understand the protagonist’s lamentations at the very end, where he says: What is your interpretation of this? Does the main character believe he is the only real … --- ## [Femoral artery vs carotid artery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/femoral-artery-vs-carotid-artery/665028)
**Author:** [@Claire98909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire98909)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/femoral-artery-vs-carotid-artery/665028 "2013-08-01T13:15:31Z")
I was watching a program about shark attacks today and one of the victims had both legs severed and died on the shore because he was losing so much blood from his femoral arteries. I’ve always been curious about the fem… --- ## [Movies that portray mental illness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-portray-mental-illness/546357)
**Author:** [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-portray-mental-illness/546357 "2010-07-23T20:34:29Z")
In early August I am scheduled to teach psych nursing to a class of LVN students. I am looking for accurate portrayals of mental illness in movies. The first one that I thought of was “A Beautiful Mind”, maybe a little … --- ## [why did the dinosaurs not evolve back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-dinosaurs-not-evolve-back/666138)
**Author:** [@breakneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breakneck)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-dinosaurs-not-evolve-back/666138 "2018-01-10T15:45:56Z")
why did the dinosaurs not evolve back? why were they so massive? does that mean the plants they fed on were massive too? why didnt the large plants re evolve ? why were they so large ? I have a theory about this and i wa… --- ## [Glee: 2.03 "Grilled Cheesus" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-2-03-grilled-cheesus-open-spoilers/556187)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-2-03-grilled-cheesus-open-spoilers/556187 "2010-10-24T03:41:47Z")
Tonight’s episode sounds like a good one (though it’s hard to imagine something worse than last week). Kurt should be getting some major sreentime with his father being hospitalized. --- ## [THEMED Celebrity Death Pool 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2019/825444 "2019-12-31T23:14:39Z")
NOTE: This is a NEW change for 2018. Themed Death Pool Lists will be posted and tracked in a separate thread. If you are looking for the 2019 Celebrity Death Pool thread, click here phungi (aka: the Death Shroom) checki… --- ## [Men, how high do you wear your pants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-high-do-you-wear-your-pants/657518)
**Author:** [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-high-do-you-wear-your-pants/657518 "2013-05-07T15:10:12Z")
And how old are and what country are you from? My theory based on limited observation is that the older men are the higher they wear their pants. That doesn’t mean as you get older you start lifting them, but it seems t… --- ## [Alright. Whats in Caligula that is so bad?!?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whats-in-caligula-that-is-so-bad/86841)
**Author:** [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whats-in-caligula-that-is-so-bad/86841 "2002-10-14T05:17:37Z")
In this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92424 people keep bringing up Caligula as a movie to never watch due to the gross out factor or something. I myself have never seen the movie. I’… --- ## [Is this acceptable to libertarians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-acceptable-to-libertarians/648528)
**Author:** [@cultivar07](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cultivar07)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-acceptable-to-libertarians/648528 "2013-02-17T21:44:42Z")
A is dying in a desert, B sees him and offers him a deal, he writes down a deal, which would require A to give him all his property and money in return for getting out of the desert alive. Is this acceptable to libertar… --- ## [When am I no longer "young"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-am-i-no-longer-young/546951)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-am-i-no-longer-young/546951 "2011-08-25T01:05:34Z")
I’m 26 years old now, and I’ve noticed that each year seems to pass more swiftly than the one before it. :eek: I turn 27 in a month, and my 30th birthday is beginning to seem not-terribly-far off. I’m pretty sure than t… --- ## [What kind of gift should you give your bridesmaids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-gift-should-you-give-your-bridesmaids/540146)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-gift-should-you-give-your-bridesmaids/540146 "2010-09-07T19:35:13Z")
For my wedding in August I have 2 bridesmaids (co-matrons of honor actually) who have been wonderful with the wedding. They’ve planned a kick-ass bachelorette party and helped get discounted airfare for many of the gues… --- ## [Story saturation and fatigue: a new limit to pop culture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-saturation-and-fatigue-a-new-limit-to-pop-culture/721314)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-saturation-and-fatigue-a-new-limit-to-pop-culture/721314 "2015-06-08T21:20:59Z")
This post is related to, and probably redundant with respect to, this post of mine: Stories are hard, so movies are hard (to do well) Feel free to tell me if it’s just me. Maybe it is. But I’m kind of sick of stories. … --- ## [Do (or Did) Some Fraternities Initiate Pledges by Paddling Them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-or-did-some-fraternities-initiate-pledges-by-paddling-them/99338)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-or-did-some-fraternities-initiate-pledges-by-paddling-them/99338 "2017-03-29T13:23:44Z")
Watching National Lampoon’s Animal House on DVD last night raises the question in the title. I know that most forms of “hazing” are illegal these days. I also know that when I rushed Sigma Nu in college I saw a paddle h… --- ## [In the (first) movie, Jurassic Park, were Grant and Sattler in a relationship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-first-movie-jurassic-park-were-grant-and-sattler-in-a-relationship/560577)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-first-movie-jurassic-park-were-grant-and-sattler-in-a-relationship/560577 "2010-11-29T09:33:51Z")
Inspired by the discussion in this thread. I thought they were. Sattler clearly wants Grant to like kids–probably so they can start a family. They’re pretty touchy and flirty at the dig and throughout the film. And I in… --- ## [A Pilot Is Grounded. A Lawyer Is Disbarred. A Doctor Is:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pilot-is-grounded-a-lawyer-is-disbarred-a-doctor-is/711987 "2015-02-09T22:37:04Z")
What (if anything) is the term for a doctor whose authority to practice medicine has been revoked? --- ## [BBC's Sherlock on PBS \[OPEN SPOILERS\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbcs-sherlock-on-pbs-open-spoilers/558246)
**Author:** [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbcs-sherlock-on-pbs-open-spoilers/558246 "2010-11-22T02:57:00Z")
The BBC series \*Sherlock \*premiered tonight on PBS Masterpiece Mystery. It will be repeated several times through this week, with a two more episodes to show on 31 Oct and 7 Nov. It’s a 21st century reimagining with Bene… --- ## [Would you support a war with Iran?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-support-a-war-with-iran/610795)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-support-a-war-with-iran/610795 "2012-01-30T22:15:00Z")
A war with Iran is beginning to be talked about in a serious way as a preemption against it attaining nuclear weapons. Would you support such an action? What could be the implications of a war or Iran acquiring nuclear c… --- ## [Would a Country Work Better if Only Intellectuals Participated in Government?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-country-work-better-if-only-intellectuals-participated-in-government/714331)
**Author:** [@Contemporary\_Logic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemporary_Logic)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-country-work-better-if-only-intellectuals-participated-in-government/714331 "2015-03-12T15:52:04Z")
This is more speculation than an idea ready-made for implementation. I’m not proposing any heuristic for testing whether a person meets this criteria or not. I’m simply asking if society would meet utilitarian goals bett… --- ## [I bet Merrick Garland will join SCOTUS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-merrick-garland-will-join-scotus/749867)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-merrick-garland-will-join-scotus/749867 "2017-01-26T00:38:56Z")
I have a hunch that, despite GOP obstructionism, Garland will eventually take his seat on the U.S. Supreme Court - either before Election Day (unlikely), or in a lame-duck session (a bit more likely), or between the co… --- ## [American Civilization=Roman Empire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-civilization-roman-empire/584726)
**Author:** [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-civilization-roman-empire/584726 "2011-06-16T18:58:29Z")
I recently heard on Fox News that a second Great Depression is one we would never recover from. The panel also said that the problems we had were akin to the Romans in many ways. Obesity became a growing problem with the… --- ## [Agile, Waterfall, Scrum. WTF? Do I really need to know this stuff to write code?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agile-waterfall-scrum-wtf-do-i-really-need-to-know-this-stuff-to-write-code/647516)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agile-waterfall-scrum-wtf-do-i-really-need-to-know-this-stuff-to-write-code/647516 "2013-04-27T12:12:49Z")
So I’m between jobs and talking on the phone with various headhunters and direct employers. Yesterday, a headhunter asked me about what design methodology I like to use. We were discussing web development so I mumbled so… --- ## [Song Black Betty - whats it saying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-black-betty-whats-it-saying/629444)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-black-betty-whats-it-saying/629444 "2012-07-27T19:08:33Z")
One of my favorite hard rock songs. By Ram Jam. Black Betty also by Lead Belly. Whats it about? Is it mostly celebrating mind blowing sex with a Black lady? They got rhythm and all. This song is from the late 70’s and… --- ## [London Thanks the USAF for Their Support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-thanks-the-usaf-for-their-support/312150)
**Author:** [@Ithaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ithaka)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-thanks-the-usaf-for-their-support/312150 "2005-07-21T20:03:25Z")
US Forces Banned From London Cheers, guys. Next time you need help invading a country, do let us know. --- ## [Grab-handles above passenger car windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-handles-above-passenger-car-windows/92443)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-handles-above-passenger-car-windows/92443 "2001-11-10T01:57:34Z")
I’ve always wondered what the purpose is for those little handles you almost always see in cars, above every window but the driver’s. Looking at it one way, it’s fairly safe to assume that the driver doesn’t need one bec… --- ## [2014 Ontario Provincial Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-ontario-provincial-election/690559)
**Author:** [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-ontario-provincial-election/690559 "2014-06-26T15:30:36Z")
Well, the election’s tomorrow, and there doesn’t seem to be anything posted about it yet. I’d heard of the general feeling of apathy that Ontarians seem to be holding towards their politicians this go-round but seeing n… --- ## [Sarah Palin: I can beat Obama in 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-i-can-beat-obama-in-2012/561080)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-i-can-beat-obama-in-2012/561080 "2010-11-27T18:22:59Z")
Ms. Palin, who is not one of my favorite people, had made the statement that she can, in fact, defeat President Obama for the Presidency of the USA in the year 1912.http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2010/11/17/1313… --- ## [Science Question - Two masses suspended from a pulley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-question-two-masses-suspended-from-a-pulley/665484)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-question-two-masses-suspended-from-a-pulley/665484 "2013-08-11T19:47:15Z")
The eleven year old sat a nationwide science test recently (he did exceptionally well but you will be glad to hear that the parental boasting section of this post is now over). He was able to bring the paper home. One … --- ## [Fantasy Books with a Female Lead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-books-with-a-female-lead/687031)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-books-with-a-female-lead/687031 "2014-05-05T21:00:56Z")
I’ve had great success in the past getting book recommendations from this crew, so I figure I’ll try again. But, this time it’s not for me. My girlfriend is seeking a new book to read on a trip we have planned and menti… --- ## [Can anyone explain Saturn from "Beetlejuice?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-saturn-from-beetlejuice/611314)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-saturn-from-beetlejuice/611314 "2018-12-13T20:29:55Z")
In the movie Beetlejuice, what is the sandworm infested Saturn supposed to represent? A ghost hell? --- ## [Soldiers raising/killing dogs - Any validity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldiers-raising-killing-dogs-any-validity/672583)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldiers-raising-killing-dogs-any-validity/672583 "2015-04-20T17:46:49Z")
Way back in the day, I had an 8th grade Social Studies instructor who had served in WWII and told us how the elite Nazi SS soldiers would be given a German Shepherd puppy to raise & train and then, at some point, had to … --- ## [American Idol 2/23-25](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-23-25/530154 "2010-02-26T07:32:18Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s on 3 nights this week. They have to narrow it down until there are 12 finalists, if memory serves. --- ## [Does Drano work on hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-drano-work-on-hair/738137)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-drano-work-on-hair/738137 "2016-02-19T00:45:08Z")
There’s a lot of hair shreds go down my bathroom sink. Beard trimmings, shaving my neck and cheekbones, clipping off the bangs after my barber ignores “I hate bangs!”, that sort of thing. I clean up the larger pieces bef… --- ## [Supreme Court rules in favor of Westboro protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-westboro-protests/573222)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-westboro-protests/573222 "2011-03-13T03:09:36Z")
An 8-1 decision with Alito dissenting As contemptable as the Phelps clan may be, this is the right decision. Free speech is free speech. A quote from Roberts, who wrote the majority: Roberts is right. They were on pu… --- ## [Whatcha Readin' March 2010 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-march-2010-edition/530742)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-march-2010-edition/530742 "2010-04-01T01:40:32Z")
Tomorrow is March 1st and spring can’t be too far off. We may have a few more snow storms, but we should be beyond the worst of it. No doubt when July/August gets here I’ll be looking back on the cool weather fondly, b… --- ## [Is there any meaning to life? or is it really just nothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-meaning-to-life-or-is-it-really-just-nothing/541051)
**Author:** [@Swarog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swarog)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-meaning-to-life-or-is-it-really-just-nothing/541051 "2010-06-16T02:40:38Z")
I can become fairly nihilistic every once in a while, and I’m wondering whether or not there’s a reason to feel that way. If you can grasp that there is no set morality except that which you’ve been taught, which itself … --- ## [If you give 2 weeks notice on a job, and they ask you to leave immediately...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-give-2-weeks-notice-on-a-job-and-they-ask-you-to-leave-immediately/257496)
**Author:** [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-give-2-weeks-notice-on-a-job-and-they-ask-you-to-leave-immediately/257496 "2004-08-03T22:28:05Z")
…are they in any way obligated to pay you for the two weeks you were willing to work? If not (and I’m thinking not, since most states are “at will” when it comes to employment), is asking you to not work your 2 week not… --- ## [What dog breeds are naturally smellier/less smelly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dog-breeds-are-naturally-smellier-less-smelly/484998)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dog-breeds-are-naturally-smellier-less-smelly/484998 "2009-02-09T19:55:50Z")
I know individuals vary all over the place, and since I’ll be looking at shelter mutts anyway trying to tell what breed characteristics express themselves is kind of a crap shoot, but is it fair to say that “dog reek” is… --- ## [To Russia with love. President sends openly gay athletes to Sochi.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-russia-with-love-president-sends-openly-gay-athletes-to-sochi/676645)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-russia-with-love-president-sends-openly-gay-athletes-to-sochi/676645 "2014-03-01T17:09:24Z")
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/national/to-russia-with-love-president-obama-sends-message-picks-openly-gay-athletes-for-sochi-winter-games I’m okay with this. You think Putin will get the message? --- ## [Things your family ate that aren't common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-family-ate-that-arent-common/685777)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-family-ate-that-arent-common/685777 "2014-04-16T01:44:23Z")
Growing up, my family ate fried chicken gizzards. You could buy them by the pound in the market. No bones and they were probably cheap. And they were delicious! Do they still sell them? What uncommon foods did you e… --- ## [Misleading trailers that ruined the movie for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-trailers-that-ruined-the-movie-for-you/549466)
**Author:** [@FrigidLizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrigidLizard)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-trailers-that-ruined-the-movie-for-you/549466 "2017-05-04T20:13:17Z")
I just came from a thread about Last Action Hero, and it was suggested that people didn’t like the movie because of the misleading trailer. I was wondering what other movies may have been ruined this way. For instance, w… --- ## [Is there a way to effectively attack the idea of fetal personhood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-effectively-attack-the-idea-of-fetal-personhood/679195)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-effectively-attack-the-idea-of-fetal-personhood/679195 "2014-02-19T23:58:37Z")
One thing that’s struck me (though it’s not surprising) in reading and listening to debates (online in particular) is how often one side doesn’t seem to get how irrelevant or useless some of their major arguments are whe… --- ## [What is the most embarrassing thing you witnessed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-embarrassing-thing-you-witnessed/65552)
**Author:** [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2001, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-embarrassing-thing-you-witnessed/65552 "2001-08-01T07:28:41Z")
For some reason I remembered something today I forgot about for years. So, I thought I would ask if anyone else had any other painfully embarrassing situations they have been witness too. It does not even necessarily som… --- ## [Would you date a fat person that wore tight clothes all the time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077 "2014-07-28T20:40:14Z")
I certainly wouldn’t. I feel that a person who cares so little in how they look are going to be pretty apathetic about a lot of other things. A lot of dysfunctional people like to sell themselves as “eccentric” when at t… --- ## [Friend slices finger in half- docs turn him away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-slices-finger-in-half-docs-turn-him-away/297888)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-slices-finger-in-half-docs-turn-him-away/297888 "2005-04-13T19:34:08Z")
My friend cut his finger severly with a machete while cutting a coconut last night. He severed an artery and most likely a few nerves. He was gushing blood. Luckly, he was across the street from a medical clinic when it… --- ## [Carpentry: What tool is used to cut notches in wood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpentry-what-tool-is-used-to-cut-notches-in-wood/240834)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpentry-what-tool-is-used-to-cut-notches-in-wood/240834 "2004-04-19T19:39:33Z")
I want to take two 3/4" planks: 2’ x 5’, and place them edgewise in a ‘X’ shape. So in the middle of each plank, I want to cut a 3/4" wide notch that’s 1 foot long. That way, I can slide the two notches over each other a… --- ## [What is the least gender/race/ethnicity specific name combination we can come up with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-least-gender-race-ethnicity-specific-name-combination-we-can-come-up-with/690381)
**Author:** [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-least-gender-race-ethnicity-specific-name-combination-we-can-come-up-with/690381 "2014-06-15T01:56:12Z")
When one hears the name Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall for the first time, one can pretty reasonably assume that the person in question is about as male and English as a person can be. Similarly, when you hear first the nam… --- ## [Finish the sentence: I must be the only person here who...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sentence-i-must-be-the-only-person-here-who/548411 "2010-08-29T02:47:06Z")
In this thread asking people to tell me about stuff that people always seem to complain about but which never happens to them, Acantha posted that she has “had more bizarre one in a million experiences than most people I… --- ## [Sports jerseys with your own name on them. Lame?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-jerseys-with-your-own-name-on-them-lame/592894)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-jerseys-with-your-own-name-on-them-lame/592894 "2011-08-19T11:14:14Z")
Pretty much what it says in the title. With Cadillac Williams gone from Tampa, my Buccaneers jersey has to be retired. I’m a little leery of the chances that the players I like will be on the team for more than a year or… --- ## [Child actors we havn't seen since they were kids. All grown up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-actors-we-havnt-seen-since-they-were-kids-all-grown-up/503723)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-actors-we-havnt-seen-since-they-were-kids-all-grown-up/503723 "2009-07-26T17:57:26Z")
There are plenty of famous child actors we’ve seen plenty of since their glory days, we know who they are. But then there are those who did not linger, the ones who have long since fallen off our radar screens. It sure i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=338&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=340&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)