# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=345&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:** 346 --- ## [the dangers of blowing glass (early death?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dangers-of-blowing-glass-early-death/372348)
**Author:** [@metonymic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metonymic)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dangers-of-blowing-glass-early-death/372348 "2006-09-13T18:34:44Z")
I was reading a thread on glass blowing at another message board, where a poster cautioned that glass blowers traditionally and currently die early deaths due to the inherant dangers of glass blowing, specifically with r… --- ## [More D&D on the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-d-d-on-the-sdmb/677527)
**Author:** [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-d-d-on-the-sdmb/677527 "2014-01-17T00:22:47Z")
It’s been a long time since we’ve had a successful D&D game running here on the SDMB. I was re-reading the old Middle Earth game with some fondness, so I thought I’d bring it up. Is anyone else interested in playing, eit… --- ## [Mega Star Actors who you think have fallen into mediocrity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-star-actors-who-you-think-have-fallen-into-mediocrity/592391)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-star-actors-who-you-think-have-fallen-into-mediocrity/592391 "2011-08-22T01:14:28Z")
Tom Hanks. What was the last movie he was in that you actually wanted to see? He had a few huge hits in the 90’s (Apollo 13 and FG for 2) and since then is always touted as a big movie star but he hasn’t starred in anyt… --- ## [Is there anything a hot woman can say that will make men not want to fuck her](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-a-hot-woman-can-say-that-will-make-men-not-want-to-fuck-her/678226)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-a-hot-woman-can-say-that-will-make-men-not-want-to-fuck-her/678226 "2014-01-15T06:52:43Z")
This article went quasi-viral. A woman creates a fake profile, uses a models face and tries to make the profile as vile as she thinks she can hoping to see how many, if any, men will respond. She was embittered by her on… --- ## [Compleat List of Fexual Acts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compleat-list-of-fexual-acts/27005)
**Author:** [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2000, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compleat-list-of-fexual-acts/27005 "2000-10-19T11:44:41Z")
Due to the explicit sexual content of this thread, This Mundane pointless (other than to make folks chuckle) thread is here in the Pit. If you think it needs to be moved, then be my guest. It was Mr. Cynical’s idea, and… --- ## [Most evil female characters in film history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-evil-female-characters-in-film-history/252667)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-evil-female-characters-in-film-history/252667 "2004-09-11T12:44:04Z")
I’m doing a comparison/contrast on male v. female evil characters in film (film can mean movies, television or any other filmed genre) to determine what the most defining “evil” traits are per gender (i.e. what makes the… --- ## [Mini Tuesday April 26 Primaries discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-tuesday-april-26-primaries-discussion-thread/753095)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-tuesday-april-26-primaries-discussion-thread/753095 "2016-04-29T10:43:24Z")
Here’s a thread to discuss the 5 primaries being held on April 26. Pennsylvania: 71 R delegates (54 are unbound) 181 D delegates Maryland: 38 R delegates 105 D delegates Delaware: 16 R delegates 27 D delegates Rhode … --- ## [Was Q (on Star Trek: TNG) good or evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-q-on-star-trek-tng-good-or-evil/494109)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-q-on-star-trek-tng-good-or-evil/494109 "2009-04-29T19:15:56Z")
A couple of things before we start. First off, I am referring to the character portrayed by John DeLancie, not to any other Q or the Q continuum as a whole. Secondly, for purposes of this discussion I would like to ign… --- ## [Obama's economic record - positive or negative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-economic-record-positive-or-negative/629908)
**Author:** [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-economic-record-positive-or-negative/629908 "2012-08-19T16:38:40Z")
Facts- Official UE is persistently high at 8.2% with many other jobless unaccounted for. GDP is considerably better than than the -8.9 annual rate of q4 2008 and has been positive since mid-2009. Inflation is nearly d… --- ## [Queen Elizabeth was conceived through artificial insemination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-was-conceived-through-artificial-insemination/573534)
**Author:** [@Lazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazy)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-was-conceived-through-artificial-insemination/573534 "2011-03-12T14:39:43Z")
I have just read this claim for the first time. Apparently it was made in Kitty Kelley’s book The Royals. The claim is that, George VI being impotent, Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret were made possible by anony… --- ## [Documentary fans: What documentaries do you recommend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentary-fans-what-documentaries-do-you-recommend/543843)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentary-fans-what-documentaries-do-you-recommend/543843 "2010-09-23T14:52:10Z")
Im a big fan of Herzog´s films, especially Grizzly man and Mein Liebster Feund. Also enjoy most features on HBO: Paradise Lost, Tyson etc… Everything with Louis Theroux also at the top of my mind: -Man on wire (amazi… --- ## [How does light from Welding burn your eyes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-light-from-welding-burn-your-eyes/655991)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-light-from-welding-burn-your-eyes/655991 "2013-04-22T19:51:15Z")
I’ve always wondered how light can burn your eyes. My cousin worked as a welder for a few years. He got zapped several times. Usually a guy working close to him would ask a question about something. He’d raise his shiel… --- ## [Quickest way to dry wet fabric you're wearing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickest-way-to-dry-wet-fabric-youre-wearing/505420)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickest-way-to-dry-wet-fabric-youre-wearing/505420 "2009-08-06T15:49:52Z")
So you just spilled something on your 100% cotton polo and got back from the restroom removing the stain in the sink. You now have a 7" wet spot on your shirt. So returning to your desk do you- A) Sit forward so your … --- ## [Conservative Dopers...Trump's accomplishments so far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-trumps-accomplishments-so-far/792653)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-trumps-accomplishments-so-far/792653 "2017-11-08T20:18:37Z")
I’m trying to get a handle on this, so thought I’d turn to conservative 'dopers to ask what, in your opinions, has Trump accomplished thus far in his presidency. You don’t have to like him, but of the conservative or ju… --- ## [Does the use of Epsom Salts for muscle pain really work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-use-of-epsom-salts-for-muscle-pain-really-work/500176)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-use-of-epsom-salts-for-muscle-pain-really-work/500176 "2009-06-19T20:58:49Z")
I am having some pain in my foot due to starting jogging. I decided to reach for Mom’s age-old solution: soak in hot water and Epsom salts. Which of course made me start to wonder: are there any credible studies showin… --- ## [Ottawa plans to kill the penny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ottawa-plans-to-kill-the-penny/617212)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ottawa-plans-to-kill-the-penny/617212 "2013-02-11T00:12:55Z")
In other coin-related news, the Federal government has announced that it will end production of the Canadian one-cent coin starting in fall 2012. Prices will be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents. Link from the CB… --- ## [Help me name my halloween graveyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-halloween-graveyard/461555)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-halloween-graveyard/461555 "2008-09-04T17:44:16Z")
I need help! While I’ve got a ghastly graveyard facade made, I cannot for the death of me dig up any good names for a cemetery. Best name wins the right to be painted in on the sign, and my everlasting gratitude. It’s … --- ## [Doctor Who (reboot) S08E08 -- Mummy on the Orient Express (boxed spoilers until aired)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-reboot-s08e08-mummy-on-the-orient-express-boxed-spoilers-until-aired/701023)
**Author:** [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-reboot-s08e08-mummy-on-the-orient-express-boxed-spoilers-until-aired/701023 "2014-10-22T16:17:26Z")
The Rule: no unboxed spoilers until after this episode airs on the west coast of the USA (i.e., “Pacific Time” \[sorry Alaska/Hawaii\]. In other words, boxed spoilers until 3:00 AM UTC). BBC synopsis: Link to BBC page… --- ## [Why were Allied tanks so crap in World War 2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-allied-tanks-so-crap-in-world-war-2/627563)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-allied-tanks-so-crap-in-world-war-2/627563 "2012-07-10T20:42:56Z")
Shermans, Cromwells, Churchills, even the T-34 - all fall down on comparison with German armour. In Normandy a Tiger I wiped out 14 Allied tanks in as many minutes. Allied tankers pretty much agree that the Tiger was the… --- ## [Has anybody ever been killed by a bobcat? (Not urgent)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-been-killed-by-a-bobcat-not-urgent/663835)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-been-killed-by-a-bobcat-not-urgent/663835 "2013-07-20T11:14:00Z")
I was wondering if a human has ever been killed by a bobcat. Or a lynx. What is the smallest cat that has been able to kill an adult human? Any info would be appreciated. And no, it is not urgent, as I am not presently… --- ## [McCain Supporter Attacked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272 "2008-10-27T17:36:52Z")
For some reason thishas Tawana Bradley written all over it. For one thing, the “B” is a mirror image which suggests that it could have been done by the woman herself. This is not to say that a crazed Obama supporter coul… --- ## [Life Begins at Conception - Arguments against?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-begins-at-conception-arguments-against/445328)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 314\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-begins-at-conception-arguments-against/445328 "2008-04-22T23:42:59Z")
What are the argument against the idea that life begins at conception? It seems self evident that life begins at the point of conception, but this point gets argued about in the abortion debate - for example, Senator Oba… --- ## [makin chili, how much chili powder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makin-chili-how-much-chili-powder/396751)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makin-chili-how-much-chili-powder/396751 "2007-03-24T21:39:08Z")
I have a pound of dried beans, a pound or 3 of beef, and other assorted goodies to go in this mess. I havent been all that succesful with chili so far. I am wondering if somewhere between 3 and say 6 table spoons of chi… --- ## [Average shooting day for a TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-shooting-day-for-a-tv-show/681531)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-shooting-day-for-a-tv-show/681531 "2014-02-17T22:18:57Z")
For the average filmed episode of a TV show, how long is the shooting day? How many minutes of an episode are filmed on an average day? Has this changed over the last 20 years or so? And are episodes filmed every week… --- ## [federal government shutdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-government-shutdown/803079)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-government-shutdown/803079 "2017-12-20T14:02:30Z")
I haven’t seen a thread on this here or in GD, so I figured I’d start one. Here’s where things stand today: Trump, Democrats Cast Preemptive Shutdown Blame It seems like the shoe is on the other foot now, as is often… --- ## [Drafted during the Vietnam War: Saying you were gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drafted-during-the-vietnam-war-saying-you-were-gay/514026)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drafted-during-the-vietnam-war-saying-you-were-gay/514026 "2009-10-18T19:23:50Z")
During the Vietnam War, if you were drafted, could you have walked into the draft board, said that you were gay, and then been excused, no further questions asked? If so, I can’t imagine why, and I know that there was f… --- ## [Some People See Me as THE STRAIGHT DOPE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-see-me-as-the-straight-dope/799626)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-see-me-as-the-straight-dope/799626 "2017-11-01T14:44:38Z")
No, I don’t mean I’m seen as the poster child of the SDMB, or as the person most associated with it. I’m a long way from that. Also not the real deal, the genuine article, the “shoot from the hip / tell it like it is” … --- ## [Killing animals for food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-animals-for-food/765066)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-animals-for-food/765066 "2016-10-11T20:31:50Z")
Is it right or wrong? I have mixed feelings. I mean it just tastes so good, but I know saying that makes me a monster. --- ## [Shrinking Middle Class in the US(?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinking-middle-class-in-the-us/739992)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinking-middle-class-in-the-us/739992 "2016-01-14T11:36:02Z")
This is a theme I hear a lot in my own family…how the middle class in the US is shrinking, leading to…something bad. I was reading on CNN today, and this article caught my eye…it’s about this very subject. And if you w… --- ## [Aborting gay fetuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aborting-gay-fetuses/486662)
**Author:** [@3cushion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3cushion)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aborting-gay-fetuses/486662 "2009-02-28T20:43:06Z")
If it becomes indisputable that one’s sexual preference is indeed genetic in origin, will it be a hate crime to abort a fetus just because it is gay? Just sort of wondering what that will do to the Pro Choice position o… --- ## [Sequential Threads: Time for green beer and leprechauns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-time-for-green-beer-and-leprechauns/532532)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 362\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-time-for-green-beer-and-leprechauns/532532 "2010-05-04T11:34:00Z")
\*\*Zodiac Killer- Weird Wiki Entry Unbelievable facts that turn out to be true. “I’m gonna live forever” says my grandpa “This Too Shall Pass” Rube Goldberg device - simply AWESOME!!!\*\* --- ## [Tom Cruise Scientology video, via Archive Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-scientology-video-via-archive-guy/433647)
**Author:** [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cruise-scientology-video-via-archive-guy/433647 "2008-02-01T03:42:20Z")
\*\*Archive Guy \*\* posted this in another older thread and I didn’t want it to get lost over there, its that good. --- ## [No big deal, right? She wasn't your daughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-deal-right-she-wasnt-your-daughter/514194)
**Author:** [@Myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myself)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-deal-right-she-wasnt-your-daughter/514194 "2009-10-28T16:35:16Z")
There are no words foul enough, nor in sufficient quantity to even faintly begin to describe, much less explain, the festering mental and moral sickness of, and the mad-dog inhumanity shown by, those even remotely involv… --- ## [Bit parts when they were not so famous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bit-parts-when-they-were-not-so-famous/271521)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bit-parts-when-they-were-not-so-famous/271521 "2005-08-26T10:22:38Z")
Acting is a tough career. Most actors don’t just step off the street and into academy award winning roles. Sometimes they’re lucky to get 1 line in a movie. It’s always fun to watch an older movie and see your favorite a… --- ## [Judge forces 16-year old Moroccan girl to marry her rapist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-forces-16-year-old-moroccan-girl-to-marry-her-rapist/615798)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-forces-16-year-old-moroccan-girl-to-marry-her-rapist/615798 "2012-03-24T04:52:49Z")
The poor kid then commits suicide. Story Fuck this judge. Fuck the Moroccan government for allowing this barbarity. Words fail me, I’m just sick to my stomach. --- ## [Can you punt a field goal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-punt-a-field-goal/561480)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-punt-a-field-goal/561480 "2013-12-06T12:46:25Z")
My stupid football question of the week. The Bills had the lead late in the game and they were punting the ball. They wanted to make sure the Bengals couldn’t return the kick so they were punting it into the endzone. T… --- ## [Meanwhile back in the world of faith-based child molestation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meanwhile-back-in-the-world-of-faith-based-child-molestation/616313)
**Author:** [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meanwhile-back-in-the-world-of-faith-based-child-molestation/616313 "2012-04-20T10:11:41Z")
Dutch Roman Catholic Church 'castrated at least 10 boys Suffer the little children to come unto me, indeed. --- ## [FUCK! Fucking Facebook.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-fucking-facebook/664950)
**Author:** [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-fucking-facebook/664950 "2013-08-07T09:15:47Z")
DAMN IT DAMN IT DAMN IT DAMN IT DAMN IT FUCKING MISERABLE SONOFABITCHING FACEBOOK!!! I’m in a club at a university. For most of the 16 years that I’ve been going I’ve helped run the stupid thing. Most of our current memb… --- ## [Don't experiment on rental cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-experiment-on-rental-cars/524391)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-experiment-on-rental-cars/524391 "2010-01-31T17:54:38Z")
I pit this asshole now in General questions. He wants to mix some diesel with gasoline/gasohol to run a car with. Fine, it may possibly have some advantages. Though I am somewhat dubious and even if it does there would… --- ## [The restaurant tab conundrum.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-restaurant-tab-conundrum/846132)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-restaurant-tab-conundrum/846132 "2020-01-24T22:39:10Z")
I welcome an legalese to this thread, but what I’m really interested in is your opinion. The hypo: Man (we’ll call him Bob) in a restaurant finishes dining. Waitress slaps the 15 dollar tab on the table and says: “I’ll… --- ## [Queen Elizabeth is 90. Should she have held power as Queen this long vs letting Charles rule?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-is-90-should-she-have-held-power-as-queen-this-long-vs-letting-charles-rule/775632)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-is-90-should-she-have-held-power-as-queen-this-long-vs-letting-charles-rule/775632 "2017-01-03T17:32:20Z")
I’m not up on the formalities of letting go of “Queen” power under English law, but Prince Charles is now 68. Is hanging onto power this long the right thing to do? --- ## [How can Madonna Badger not kill herself or go insane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-madonna-badger-not-kill-herself-or-go-insane/607687)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-madonna-badger-not-kill-herself-or-go-insane/607687 "2012-01-27T15:01:08Z")
No, not because her name is “Madonna Badger,” though frankly that is grounds for killing oneself or going insane. Those of us on the East Coast have been reading about this ghastly story: All three of her children dea… --- ## [NBA post-season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-post-season/811802)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-post-season/811802 "2018-07-25T14:32:11Z")
Still four or five regular season games remaining for teams but might as well make this a play-off thread - surprised one wasn’t already started. Nice of the Raptors to pick this part of the season to play their most ab… --- ## [How do you break a bottle without hurting yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-break-a-bottle-without-hurting-yourself/490978)
**Author:** [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-break-a-bottle-without-hurting-yourself/490978 "2009-03-29T09:11:04Z")
Need answer fast! (Joking.) In movies you see people breaking the bottoms off of bottles to use in bar fights or whatever. However, it seems like it would be hard to prevent the whole bottle shattering in your hand. S… --- ## [The Indians on Hispaniola couldn't see Christopher Columbus' ships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-indians-on-hispaniola-couldnt-see-christopher-columbus-ships/557872)
**Author:** [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-indians-on-hispaniola-couldnt-see-christopher-columbus-ships/557872 "2010-10-22T18:47:53Z")
I first heard this on what “the Ble@p do we know “and recently from a co-worker that the Indians brains could not process the boats of Columbus Apparently in 1492 it was so far out of their frame of reference the ships … --- ## [Gaelic translation, please (need answer fast-ish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaelic-translation-please-need-answer-fast-ish/749781)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaelic-translation-please-need-answer-fast-ish/749781 "2016-09-19T15:45:34Z")
I’m doing a newsletter and noting the death of an Irish priest. This Gaelic sentence was included in his obituary on the website of the funeral home. Ar deis Dê go raib a anam dílis. Can someone translate this for me? … --- ## [Do Any Neighboring Nations Have a Better Relationship Than The U.S. and Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-neighboring-nations-have-a-better-relationship-than-the-u-s-and-canada/576543)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-neighboring-nations-have-a-better-relationship-than-the-u-s-and-canada/576543 "2011-08-02T18:00:43Z")
The title pretty much says it all, but are there any adjacent nations around the world that have a better relationship than America and the Canucks up north? Define better however you’d like. I know that for years the ol… --- ## [My heart is broken... (about Obama)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heart-is-broken-about-obama/515144)
**Author:** [@lurking\_guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurking_guest)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-heart-is-broken-about-obama/515144 "2009-11-02T10:46:32Z")
Are you kidding me? We “Loved” that Oboma was “different”… That he promisded change… One again…another potlitician has been an abject liar. Lets let the ‘Reality’ discourse begin. Something…hmm…something makes Obama … --- ## [Okay, so what is the argument FOR parental consent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-what-is-the-argument-for-parental-consent/335517)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 357\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-what-is-the-argument-for-parental-consent/335517 "2005-12-29T17:16:14Z")
Parental consent for a minor to undergo an abortion is one of the issues deeply dividing our country. I understand the argument against it – a chief one being that a teenage girl could get beaten up by her father when s… --- ## [Poster Warned then Suspended for debating in Great Debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-warned-then-suspended-for-debating-in-great-debates/842092)
**Author:** [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-warned-then-suspended-for-debating-in-great-debates/842092 "2019-10-27T03:26:57Z")
A poster has been Warned then Suspended for daring to debate a subject in Great Debates, due it seems to one Mod making up specific rules for that poster, then wrongly applying those rules. This makes a mockery of the w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=344&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=346&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)