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**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-contains-dye-made-from-ants-insects/592717 "2022-09-29T16:04:13Z")
Is this true? I read it on the internet, so it must be, right? --- ## [Does the lawyer usually know if their client is guilty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-lawyer-usually-know-if-their-client-is-guilty/718178)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-lawyer-usually-know-if-their-client-is-guilty/718178 "2016-06-21T19:56:30Z")
In say a murder case. The client is pleading not guilty even though he did it. Does he usually tell the lawyer everything, or does he lie to the lawyer too? Maybe it’s just implied, but not spoken about directly? I reali… --- ## [Cecil Adams isn't real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-isnt-real/605386)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-isnt-real/605386 "2012-05-14T17:01:40Z")
The question “Is there a Cecil Adams?” came up again in GQ and, once again, Una is pulling her usual gimmick of “the ways of Cecil are mysterious, and so is he, as I talk to him all the time.” No. You don’t. Ever. Cec… --- ## [Ron Howard refuses to remove gay joke despite protets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-refuses-to-remove-gay-joke-despite-protets/559212)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-refuses-to-remove-gay-joke-despite-protets/559212 "2010-11-10T06:52:39Z")
Story here Ron Howard? That’s funnier than the actual joke. --- ## [Why is there so much anti Dane Cook sentiment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-so-much-anti-dane-cook-sentiment/577116)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-so-much-anti-dane-cook-sentiment/577116 "2011-04-10T00:20:52Z")
I think Dane Cook is a good comedian. But there seems to be negative comments on every youtube clip of him, and anti Dane COok sites. I dont get it, what inspires such loathing? What’s the big deal? --- ## [Up The Butt, Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-the-butt-bob/17439)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2002, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-the-butt-bob/17439 "2002-05-24T09:36:39Z")
Yesterday, while waiting for Straight Dope to finish its maintenance, I visited a site that examines Urban Legends. Warning: the cited site is littered with annoying web-effects and overdone graphics, and has crashed my … --- ## [Should I visit my estranged father on his deathbead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-visit-my-estranged-father-on-his-deathbead/587836)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-visit-my-estranged-father-on-his-deathbead/587836 "2012-01-24T19:07:05Z")
I’ll keep this short. My parents were divorced when I was about 5, and my father didn’t have much to do with the kids after that. We visited him sometimes, but my mom remarried a wonderful man who was the father figure… --- ## [Ban abortions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ban-abortions/165145)
**Author:** [@Magnetic\_Flux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magnetic_Flux)\ **Replies:** 531\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ban-abortions/165145 "2003-04-17T00:41:15Z")
Do you agree or disagree that America, as well as other countries, should ban abortions although it’s a womens alternative? --- ## [So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 - 2008](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-4-2008/449763)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-4-2008/449763 "2008-08-10T17:18:32Z")
at 2200 this Thursday, May 22. I am so excited! While I didn’t agree with the winner or some of the choices I did greatly enjoy the season. Now begins a new year to look at gorgeous girls in skimpy outfits dancing. (I… --- ## [Your toothless, 61-times pregnant sister-momma slurps it from Army boots, orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-toothless-61-times-pregnant-sister-momma-slurps-it-from-army-boots-orcenio/529616)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-toothless-61-times-pregnant-sister-momma-slurps-it-from-army-boots-orcenio/529616 "2010-03-05T15:34:23Z")
Fresh from South Carolina’s East Butthurt River PS-1 (aka “Thurd graid siunce clas / Cumunitee Collej / Bowlin’ Allee & Gloree Hole Emporium”), comes the delightfully mondaine, world-wise bon vivant, and all-around inca… --- ## [What is that flap of skin under my tongue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-flap-of-skin-under-my-tongue/125883)
**Author:** [@Church\_Key\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Church_Key_Kid)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2002, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-flap-of-skin-under-my-tongue/125883 "2002-09-02T08:10:38Z")
That vertical flap of skin connected to my tongue: What is it called? What is it for? Do I need it? Is it possible to trim it up? I’m thinking about getting my tongue pierced several times in a line, and it seem… --- ## [Help me untangle this logical paradox involving mental conception](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-untangle-this-logical-paradox-involving-mental-conception/615243)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-untangle-this-logical-paradox-involving-mental-conception/615243 "2012-03-17T19:16:16Z")
I just wrote and submitted a Philosophy paper and managed to discover a logical paradox that will now haunt me forever (that or I’m stressed and being stressed is making me think dumb): The mind cannot conceive a scenar… --- ## [Open Secrets in Hollywood: what else is out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-secrets-in-hollywood-what-else-is-out-there/798995)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-secrets-in-hollywood-what-else-is-out-there/798995 "2017-11-02T17:36:45Z")
I admit that I had often heard about Bill Cosby’s sexual allegations long before Hannibal Buress resurrected them. I have no idea why it didn’t catch on and get rolling before, but it certainly did then. Harvey Weinstei… --- ## [What were those terrible tissue paper copiers called in the 1970's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-those-terrible-tissue-paper-copiers-called-in-the-1970s/620556)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-those-terrible-tissue-paper-copiers-called-in-the-1970s/620556 "2012-05-02T17:53:09Z")
I remember these from junior high. The paper was tissue thin and the copies were pretty terrible. As students we dreaded getting tests or class material from these worthless copiers. I can’t recall what the technology wa… --- ## [How many bullets can a person survive being hit by?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bullets-can-a-person-survive-being-hit-by/194093)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bullets-can-a-person-survive-being-hit-by/194093 "2012-04-05T03:23:41Z")
Now, rifle bullets, to me, seem rather lethal in nature with high muzzle velocity, greater mass, accuracy, etc. However, I am curious as to how many bullets a person can survive from a small-caliber submachine gun. I kn… --- ## [Why is anal stimulation pleasurable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-anal-stimulation-pleasurable/647835)
**Author:** [@Starnexus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starnexus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-anal-stimulation-pleasurable/647835 "2014-10-11T21:13:23Z")
I understand that there are nerve evendings in the anus and the prostate for men and the back of the vagina for women but my question is WHY are there pleasure sensors in this part of the body? I mean I understand why pe… --- ## [How Is A 'Wet Willy' So Different From Rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-a-wet-willy-so-different-from-rape/204484)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-a-wet-willy-so-different-from-rape/204484 "2003-10-01T23:17:41Z")
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, a ‘wet willy’ is a procedure typically performed by children whereby the perpetrator sneaks up behind the victim, moistens his or her pinky fingers by licking them, then… --- ## [Muslim taxi drivers in USA refuse to take passengers carrying wine bottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-taxi-drivers-in-usa-refuse-to-take-passengers-carrying-wine-bottle/374732)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 257\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-taxi-drivers-in-usa-refuse-to-take-passengers-carrying-wine-bottle/374732 "2006-10-15T14:37:36Z")
this news article reports that in the airport at Minneapolis, some Muslim taxi drivers are refusing to accept any passenger who is carrying alcohol. Three quarters of the 900 drivers are from Somalia, most of whom are M… --- ## [What was cartman saying in German in the latest southpark episode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-cartman-saying-in-german-in-the-latest-southpark-episode/238660)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-cartman-saying-in-german-in-the-latest-southpark-episode/238660 "2021-07-17T20:27:17Z")
http://www.spscriptorium.com/Season8/E804script.htm when I say “Es ist Zeit für sauberen,” you all chant back “Wir müssen die Juden ausrotten.” What does that mean? --- ## [US image worsens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-image-worsens/205207)
**Author:** [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-image-worsens/205207 "2003-10-23T23:35:05Z")
This can only mean more tensions and more terrorism. It is the logical consequence of the irrational policies of the present US Administration and it is not a good thing. Madelaine Albright predicted it as well as man… --- ## [Tell Us About Your Odd Co-Workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-odd-co-workers/592340)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-odd-co-workers/592340 "2011-08-29T18:24:48Z")
Or cow-orkers if you prefer. I’m not necessarily thinking about specific stories exactly, I am more interested in the characters and their odd traits. I’ll start it off, but some of the funniest tid-bits might pin me d… --- ## [Efficiency of hunting and gathering versus agriculture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/efficiency-of-hunting-and-gathering-versus-agriculture/580543)
**Author:** [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/efficiency-of-hunting-and-gathering-versus-agriculture/580543 "2011-05-04T22:00:26Z")
I saw a site the other day claiming that hunting and gathering was “more efficient” than agriculture. This caused by BS detector to ring , until I considered the different possible meanings of “efficient.” Obviously, a… --- ## [Words that have changed spelling in your lifetime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-have-changed-spelling-in-your-lifetime/652997)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-have-changed-spelling-in-your-lifetime/652997 "2013-03-22T21:01:00Z")
My computer gives me a red squiggly when I write the word “catalogue.” I guess the current vogue is for “catalog,” though the “-ue” were definitely included when I was a kid. I was also taught to write “catsup” instead… --- ## [Civil War Mythology \[pigs eating battlefield dead\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-mythology-pigs-eating-battlefield-dead/521015)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-mythology-pigs-eating-battlefield-dead/521015 "2009-12-18T16:15:20Z")
I recall in college we were discussing Arkansas experiences in the Civil War. There was one rather disturbing story about a famous battle on the Missouri/Arkansas border. Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke launched a preempti… --- ## [TV Comedies without Laugh Tracks--Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-comedies-without-laugh-tracks-recommendations/667963)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-comedies-without-laugh-tracks-recommendations/667963 "2014-07-19T02:51:39Z")
Anyone? Thanks. --- ## [Wanna name my wine group?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-name-my-wine-group/309224)
**Author:** [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-name-my-wine-group/309224 "2005-06-21T22:00:00Z")
Simple enough question…and thought you guys may have a good time coming up with some interesting names. I can only submit one name for the official vote though–the hostess/organizer is a tad on the strict side. But I’ll … --- ## [Tell us about your favorite movie made before 1950.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-movie-made-before-1950/690923)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-favorite-movie-made-before-1950/690923 "2014-07-03T14:43:24Z")
In which we discuss our favorite movies released on or before 31 December 1949. If you want to list and discuss 2 such movies–or 3 or 4 or 5–knock yourself out. 12 in one post is probably excessive, but I don’t really c… --- ## [Kalle Blomkvist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kalle-blomkvist/546766)
**Author:** [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kalle-blomkvist/546766 "2012-01-18T15:07:57Z")
In the The Girl… trilogy by Steig Larsson, one of the main characters is named Mikael Blomkvist. In the first book we’re introduced to him and a reference is made to a nickname he has picked up in the media, Kalle Blomk… --- ## [Why all the "adult" shops at the WI border?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-adult-shops-at-the-wi-border/594453)
**Author:** [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-adult-shops-at-the-wi-border/594453 "2011-09-25T23:01:59Z")
I’ve noticed that all the major highways I’ve driven up to WI have, right across the border, cheese shops, firework shops, and porn shops. The reasons for the first two are obvious (local specialty and illegal in IL, res… --- ## [What do you call a three dimensional rectangle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-three-dimensional-rectangle/345700)
**Author:** [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-three-dimensional-rectangle/345700 "2006-02-24T20:59:44Z")
The title pretty much sums it up. By “three dimensional rectangle”, I mean the shape formed by taking a rectangle and extending it along the z-axis. Three dimensional circle = sphere Three dimensional square = cube T… --- ## [Enterprise vs. Honor Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-vs-honor-harrington/585042)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-vs-honor-harrington/585042 "2011-09-11T02:17:08Z")
Who would win in a fight between: The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 (no bloody A, B, C, or D), commanded by Captain James T. Kirk; and A Manticoran dreadnought, commanded by Dame Honor Harrington? --- ## [Inappropriate wedding reception songs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569 "2012-08-06T07:24:37Z")
I’ve been asked to DJ a wedding reception for a girl that is like a niece to me. She knows my sense of humor (dry and sarcastic) and expects me to use it. In addition to the traditional stuff, I’m trying to think of so… --- ## [Log Cabin Republicans: go sit on splintery split-rail dildos the lot of ye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/log-cabin-republicans-go-sit-on-splintery-split-rail-dildos-the-lot-of-ye/463854)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/log-cabin-republicans-go-sit-on-splintery-split-rail-dildos-the-lot-of-ye/463854 "2008-09-25T01:16:34Z")
For the life of me I can’t understand Log Cabin Republicans. “Women for the Return of Corsets” or “Vegetarians for More Slaughterhouses” or “Buddhists for Scientology for Jesus” would be no more improbable or oxymoroni… --- ## [Suggest a wedding song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540)
**Author:** [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540 "2009-12-10T05:15:11Z")
That’s it. My fiancee and I do not have an “our song” or anything like that. I’m also a crappy dancer, so it can’t be an 8 minute power ballad. Something about 3-4 minutes, even tempo, and romantic as hell. Thanks. --- ## [Do kids have a lot more homework now than 20 years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-have-a-lot-more-homework-now-than-20-years-ago/681019)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-have-a-lot-more-homework-now-than-20-years-ago/681019 "2014-03-17T01:20:39Z")
I have friends on facebook with kids a couple years older than mine or so, who are complaining that their kids have to spend hours every night on homework. These are academically inclined people. Their kids are in life f… --- ## [What does your username mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069)
**Author:** [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069 "2019-01-25T05:07:39Z")
Mine is an obscure reference to the Zork universe. Mumberthax was one of the Flathead rulers. I chose the name because it sounds cool, and it’s an obscure geek reference. --- ## [Most unethical business you've worked for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unethical-business-youve-worked-for/623091)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unethical-business-youve-worked-for/623091 "2012-07-10T10:50:14Z")
I wanna hear some stories about businesses doing fucked up things to their customers and/or employees. I’ve posted that my last employer wanted us to run through stop signs. Well, that was a drop in the bucket compared … --- ## [What does etv78 bring to this board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-etv78-bring-to-this-board/687205)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-etv78-bring-to-this-board/687205 "2014-05-02T21:34:16Z")
etv78 is a lying troll who consumes attention and exudes a finely-perfumed mist of bullshit. I’ve never crusaded for a bannination before, and I’m not starting now. But he brings nothing positive to the board. So can we … --- ## [Am I too fat for a scooter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-too-fat-for-a-scooter/453158)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-too-fat-for-a-scooter/453158 "2008-06-20T19:45:48Z")
Half the time I commute to work, I’m traveling alone. The other half of the time, I take my three kids to school. I keep seeing little scooter things buzzing the back streets and I wonder if this is at all practical fo… --- ## [1. Why are so many people into having sex using their mouth and rear which spreads lots of germs IMO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-why-are-so-many-people-into-having-sex-using-their-mouth-and-rear-which-spreads-lots-of-germs-imo/709562)
**Author:** [@1jow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1jow)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-why-are-so-many-people-into-having-sex-using-their-mouth-and-rear-which-spreads-lots-of-germs-imo/709562 "2015-01-17T02:13:57Z")
Why are so many people into having sex using their mouth and rear which spreads lots of germs IMO? 2. Mainly because how can you tell who has been where before you are infected? Such as, when a friend told me of thei… --- ## [Red Haired People Are Fucking Repulsive.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433)
**Author:** [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433 "2006-09-30T15:41:32Z")
Red haired people are gross. People may mock blondes for being dumb, but redheads are singled out the worst. People make Blonde Jokes, but you never hear a Redhead joke; its always redhead slurs. Ginger tossers. Nobody… --- ## [Chernobyl on HBO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chernobyl-on-hbo/833606)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chernobyl-on-hbo/833606 "2019-11-08T18:54:49Z")
Did anyone watch this last night? I didn’t know if I would be into it, but I thought I would check out a few minutes to see, and I found it absolutely riveting and went right through the whole episode. The very beginni… --- ## [Hey soldiers in the airports. You look like shit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-soldiers-in-the-airports-you-look-like-shit/475614)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-soldiers-in-the-airports-you-look-like-shit/475614 "2008-12-10T02:13:43Z")
Disclaimer up front: I am currently active duty military and have traveled to/from the desert in uniform as well as other military destinations. None of the following is expected when they are deployed or in the field … --- ## [A parting gift for the homophobes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-parting-gift-for-the-homophobes/127299)
**Author:** [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-parting-gift-for-the-homophobes/127299 "2002-09-16T00:56:59Z")
A parting gift for the homophobes Your time is at an end. It has finally reached the point where enough people have seen your arguments for the thinly-veiled hatred they really are. The more we argue against your bigotr… --- ## [Can the US president carry a weapon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-us-president-carry-a-weapon/338105)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-us-president-carry-a-weapon/338105 "2017-11-06T08:02:23Z")
There’s been a lot of publicity photos, past and current, showing the Pres of the time out hunting in his “private” life. I was wondering, does the post of President, as CinC, allow the imcumbent to carry a weapon? Seein… --- ## [Who is the woman in the Archer credits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-woman-in-the-archer-credits/575760)
**Author:** [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-woman-in-the-archer-credits/575760 "2015-01-14T15:04:05Z")
I’ve been wondering about the woman in the Floyd County Productions picture for a while. She looks familiar and the recent Victoria Jackson thread made me realize that’s who she reminds me of. Is it her? If not who is i… --- ## [I'm about to do something insanely stupid, and I need your help.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-do-something-insanely-stupid-and-i-need-your-help/666801)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-do-something-insanely-stupid-and-i-need-your-help/666801 "2013-10-01T08:21:08Z")
(TL;DR below) For years I’ve been posting various threads on the Dope asking for advice with traveling and expatriating. I think I’m about ready to pull the proverbial trigger. I just turned 34. I recently got out of a… --- ## [Netanyahu's speech on Iran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netanyahus-speech-on-iran/714132)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netanyahus-speech-on-iran/714132 "2015-03-15T14:20:31Z")
Here’s a transcript. The bottom line seems to be this: Netanyahu’s argument that we can get a better deal is: Does anyone agree? I don’t see why we would think that we could get a better deal if only we tried harde… --- ## [Moments that ruin suspension of disbelief \*spoilers!\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-that-ruin-suspension-of-disbelief-spoilers/572902)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-that-ruin-suspension-of-disbelief-spoilers/572902 "2011-03-10T05:43:47Z")
I’m not talking about bad movies where suspension of disbelief never kicks in in the first place, I mean scenes in otherwise good movies where through a lack of effort, knowledge, or a genuine mistake on the producers pa… --- ## ["If any of you know cause as to why these two should not be wed..." in real life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-any-of-you-know-cause-as-to-why-these-two-should-not-be-wed-in-real-life/606592)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-any-of-you-know-cause-as-to-why-these-two-should-not-be-wed-in-real-life/606592 "2011-12-28T21:16:20Z")
In the stereotypical wedding, the officiant addresses the audience and asks that if any person knows any cause as to why the couple should not be wed, they should “speak now, or forever hold their peace.” Is this as co… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=342&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=344&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)