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**Author:** [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434 "2018-07-12T04:09:52Z")
From the recently-closed Netflix exec thread: Racist twaddle and trolling horseshit. Ditto. Dibble’s warning was entirely warranted. And his ire is entirely understandable. Patronizing dickheads come in and start … --- ## [Ladies, how do you make online dating suck less? :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-make-online-dating-suck-less/661151)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-make-online-dating-suck-less/661151 "2013-07-25T19:08:11Z")
Ladies. Men have their own set of issues that don’t interest me. So… sigh. I’m thinking of trudging my ass back to OK Cupid. I’ve recently changed my dating angle from half-assed to using my whole ass, and it’s kind of … --- ## [What's up with Steorn's "Orbo" (free-energy perpetual-motion promises)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-steorns-orbo-free-energy-perpetual-motion-promises/407373)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-steorns-orbo-free-energy-perpetual-motion-promises/407373 "2007-09-05T19:19:09Z")
Inspired by this thread on the “Oil Crash.” Wikipedia article here. Steorn website here. Possibilities: They’ve actually got something. It’s an elaborate fraud. But why? How can they make money out of it if th… --- ## ["Money talks, bullshit walks."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-talks-bullshit-walks/367995)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-talks-bullshit-walks/367995 "2015-08-17T20:50:04Z")
What does this actually mean? --- ## [My wife died in my arms this morning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-died-in-my-arms-this-morning/581006)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-died-in-my-arms-this-morning/581006 "2011-06-07T14:48:35Z")
My wife Pam died this morning at 1:30am after a long illness. She had been diagnosed with diffuse scleroderma in 2006, and over the past 5 years, it slowly robbed her of her ability to breathe and digest food, among othe… --- ## [Is pledge anti-American?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pledge-anti-american/175808)
**Author:** [@blue22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue22)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pledge-anti-american/175808 "2003-06-09T16:12:45Z")
I find the pledge of allegiance somewhat disturbing, and even a bit fascist in thought. The concept of the pledge is to swear unwavering loyalty to the state, but that seems remarkably anti-American in a country where in… --- ## [Are there any Italian surnames not ending in a vowel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-italian-surnames-not-ending-in-a-vowel/333780)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-italian-surnames-not-ending-in-a-vowel/333780 "2018-12-18T22:07:06Z")
I have never, in my entire life, seen a single Italian surname not ending in I, E, O or A. Are there any? --- ## [Rock Star Stops Concert To Make A Point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-stops-concert-to-make-a-point/689956)
**Author:** [@StayseaDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StayseaDee)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-stops-concert-to-make-a-point/689956 "2014-06-10T22:48:58Z")
STAIND's AARON LEWIS Berates 'A\*\*hole' Concertgoers For 'Molesting' Crowd-Surfing Girl (Video) - BLABBERMOUTH.NET The link above will send you to an article written about the lead singer of Staind, Aaron Lewis, performi… --- ## [Canadianisms!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadianisms/783368)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadianisms/783368 "2017-05-09T20:56:49Z")
From Mental Floss: Also, http://www.dchp.ca/dchp2/pages/welcome STUBBY-The stubby was a shorter-necked beer bottle that was standard in Canada from the 1960s until the early 1980s. Some current beer companies have be… --- ## [Supreme Court poised to strike down affirmative action in Harvard and UNC cases - let's talk about the ramifications (now struck down, June 29, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-down-affirmative-action-in-harvard-and-unc-cases-lets-talk-about-the-ramifications-now-struck-down-june-29-2023/981710)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-down-affirmative-action-in-harvard-and-unc-cases-lets-talk-about-the-ramifications-now-struck-down-june-29-2023/981710 "2024-01-05T16:18:24Z")
There are existing threads but I figured it might be best to start a new one. The Supreme Court is poised to deliver rulings on two cases: SFFA vs. Harvard and SFFA vs. University of North Carolina. Rulings will probabl… --- ## [family secrets you learned when you were older.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-secrets-you-learned-when-you-were-older/623909)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-secrets-you-learned-when-you-were-older/623909 "2012-06-12T16:47:37Z")
A friend at work in his early thirties just found out he has a half sister in her mid forties. He got an email from her and thought was a prank or a scam until he saw the photo. He talked to his Mom and Dad and they wer… --- ## [No Joker for third Batman movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-joker-for-third-batman-movie/541982)
**Author:** [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-joker-for-third-batman-movie/541982 "2010-06-12T13:04:37Z")
Good call IMHO. No one could top Ledger. --- ## [Creative answers for a question of "Where are you from"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-answers-for-a-question-of-where-are-you-from/555257)
**Author:** [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-answers-for-a-question-of-where-are-you-from/555257 "2010-10-10T07:00:12Z")
So, I’ve got an accent. You wouldn’t think that that would be a problem in the melting pot of the US, and with friends/acquaintances, it really isn’t. But after the first 12 years or so, having complete strangers asking… --- ## [Movies you thought were awesome when you were a kid but now cringe at](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-were-awesome-when-you-were-a-kid-but-now-cringe-at/492123)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-were-awesome-when-you-were-a-kid-but-now-cringe-at/492123 "2009-04-15T18:53:39Z")
What are some movies you really liked when you were little, but when you watch now you think to yourself, “Man, I can’t believe I was ever that naive”? For me that would be “No Retreat No Surrender,” the 1986 martial ar… --- ## [How did the cuckoo call become a synonym for someone who is crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-cuckoo-call-become-a-synonym-for-someone-who-is-crazy/120476)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-cuckoo-call-become-a-synonym-for-someone-who-is-crazy/120476 "2018-10-31T22:20:56Z")
I think the OP explains itself. I want to know how this interesting bird’s call became a popular euphemism for someone that has lost his or her sensibilities --- ## [Why is it offensive to connect a type of food to an ethnicity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-offensive-to-connect-a-type-of-food-to-an-ethnicity/590062)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-offensive-to-connect-a-type-of-food-to-an-ethnicity/590062 "2011-07-28T01:43:13Z")
Detroit Tigers’ television color man, Rod Allen, last night made reference to the team needing to get some “rice and beans” for the post-game spread, as the team is currently fielding about a dozen players that come from… --- ## [How do you pronounce "Edinburgh"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070)
**Author:** [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-edinburgh/626070 "2012-06-25T21:17:46Z")
I won’t post a poll, because there are too many combinations of pronunciation and location. I guess the two main ones are “Edinbruh” and “Edinburrow”. I tend to hear the latter from Americans, but not exclusively so. … --- ## [Somebody set off a bomb in a Target Womens' Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-set-off-a-bomb-in-a-target-womens-room/756949 "2016-06-13T04:07:03Z")
No one was hurt. It was a small bomb. Evanston, IL. I’m so angry I can’t even talk. --- ## [Which software company(s) wrote the Obamacare .gov system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-software-company-s-wrote-the-obamacare-gov-system/670687)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-software-company-s-wrote-the-obamacare-gov-system/670687 "2013-10-31T18:31:05Z")
I find it interesting that in all the brouhaha about the colossal failure of the Obamacare Internet roll-out, the prime contractors have not even been identified, let alone held up to account. For comparison–this is not… --- ## [Why do I have to take off my hat for the national anthem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-to-take-off-my-hat-for-the-national-anthem/589087)
**Author:** [@supergalactic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergalactic)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-to-take-off-my-hat-for-the-national-anthem/589087 "2011-08-18T05:12:58Z")
In other words, what’s so important about the top of my head that people need to see it during a song? The basic idea behind this country is freedom of self-expression; now I have to conform to a rule that on the surface… --- ## [LSD: what is the nature of a "bad trip?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lsd-what-is-the-nature-of-a-bad-trip/705222)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lsd-what-is-the-nature-of-a-bad-trip/705222 "2015-12-06T12:41:50Z")
Inspired by this video (found in this thread), in which a 1950’s housewife ingests LSD and reports on her experience while being filmed for posterity. She struggles to find the words to express what she’s experiencing, … --- ## [Belly button and penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belly-button-and-penis/592005)
**Author:** [@diegojones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diegojones)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belly-button-and-penis/592005 "2011-08-11T02:21:28Z")
Again, if one of my threads has been discussed and I’m just not finding it; please help me refine how I search. Cleaning my belly button is a painful experience. Maybe not pain, but a tickle/itch feeling on the end of … --- ## [Movies With Ambiguous Endings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ambiguous-endings/650643)
**Author:** [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-ambiguous-endings/650643 "2013-06-11T23:08:19Z")
I often (but not always) enjoy films with ambiguous endings that force the audience members to draw their own conclusions on what really happened. Sometimes I think it is satisfying and intriguing, and other times I jud… --- ## [Prelude to South Africa 2010: the 2009 Confederation Cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prelude-to-south-africa-2010-the-2009-confederation-cup/499553)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prelude-to-south-africa-2010-the-2009-confederation-cup/499553 "2009-07-01T20:43:01Z")
Beginning this Sunday, June 14th, we’ll get a preview of what next summer\* in South Africa will be like. The Confederations Cupruns from June 14 - 28 in several of the locations that will be used for next year’s World C… --- ## [No more trips there: a drastic decision (a wise one?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trips-there-a-drastic-decision-a-wise-one/758013)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trips-there-a-drastic-decision-a-wise-one/758013 "2016-07-20T15:21:05Z")
After the fiasco with Metrolink last Thursday, and my trip to Riverside and back by car yesterday (in 100 - degree plus heat), I have given very serious consideration to the decision not to go to Riverside again, no mat… --- ## [How many people knew FDR could not walk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-knew-fdr-could-not-walk/655075)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-knew-fdr-could-not-walk/655075 "2013-07-14T01:47:01Z")
The press knew, I assume Congress knew. But the general public did not know , correct? --- ## [Nonbelievers: How Would You React to the Following Events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbelievers-how-would-you-react-to-the-following-events/574363)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbelievers-how-would-you-react-to-the-following-events/574363 "2011-04-02T19:05:18Z")
Nonbelievers, how would you react if the following events happened to you? You hear God speak quite explicitly while awake and engaged in daily life but no one but you has heard it. You hear God speak and everyone … --- ## [Burning an aluminum can in the fireplace"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-an-aluminum-can-in-the-fireplace/648575)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-an-aluminum-can-in-the-fireplace/648575 "2015-12-29T04:45:11Z")
Is it true that burning an aluminum can in the fireplace gets rid of creosote, and thus helps to prevent a chimney fire? --- ## [We're No. 1! Pattaya Named Top Sin City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-no-1-pattaya-named-top-sin-city/659441)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-no-1-pattaya-named-top-sin-city/659441 "2013-06-26T19:28:09Z")
Story here. The complete list: Berlin Macau Manama (Bahrain) New Orleans Moscow Rio de Janeiro Las Vegas Amsterdam Tijuana Pattaya! Actually, I can’t stand Pattaya. It’s too over-the-top even for me! --- ## [Henry Ford: Bad or Good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-ford-bad-or-good/558350)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-ford-bad-or-good/558350 "2026-04-08T16:11:48Z")
In reading about Henry Ford (the man who put America on wheels), I find much to admire about the man: -he was a humble machinist, but built the Ford Motor Co. into a globe-spanning giant -his adoption of the production… --- ## [Good songs with terrible lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-with-terrible-lyrics/719782)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-with-terrible-lyrics/719782 "2015-07-08T21:54:11Z")
I was listening to Cream’s “Badge” for the first time in who knows how long and those lyrics are really, really bad, as if they threw a bunch of unrelated sentences together just to fit the rhyme. In fact, I think the … --- ## [A Word, Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-shodan/510537)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-shodan/510537 "2009-09-23T23:02:36Z")
You participated in my “Impeach (Ex) President Bush” thread over in GQ. Perhaps it will assist your reading comprehension if I spell things I set up in the OP out for you: It’s a HYPOTHETICAL situation, set up to get… --- ## [Are residential streets considered as public property?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-residential-streets-considered-as-public-property/635687)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-residential-streets-considered-as-public-property/635687 "2012-09-25T15:52:35Z")
In residential neighborhoods, where do public and private properties begin and end? Does personal property end at the street? Does it vary from place to place? --- ## [Old (lack of?) technologies that are just frickin' better than the new tech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-lack-of-technologies-that-are-just-frickin-better-than-the-new-tech/626647)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-lack-of-technologies-that-are-just-frickin-better-than-the-new-tech/626647 "2012-07-05T19:08:15Z")
I think there may have been a similar thread once before, but fuck if I can find it. So everyone these days has their iWhatnots, can check the weather via text message, can book reservations at an uber chic restaurant b… --- ## [I was verbally assaulted at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-verbally-assaulted-at-work/393184)
**Author:** [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-verbally-assaulted-at-work/393184 "2007-03-05T21:53:46Z")
I was verbally assaulted at work, by a junior project manager no less. It started as him asking me a question relating to the way I recorded field data during a recent field groundwater sampling event. I explained. He t… --- ## [Djokovic's Medical Exemption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovics-medical-exemption/957283)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 324\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovics-medical-exemption/957283 "2025-01-10T14:40:26Z")
Novak Djokovic is probably unvaccinated, and has to be vaxxed in order to compete in the Australian Open, unless he gets a medical exemption. So, he got a medical exemption and the Open will let him compete. Not so fas… --- ## [M. Night Shyamalan explains why he gets bad reviews now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-night-shyamalan-explains-why-he-gets-bad-reviews-now/668727)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-night-shyamalan-explains-why-he-gets-bad-reviews-now/668727 "2013-09-24T13:55:47Z")
Yeah, so here is what Shyamalan thinks is going on with his critical reviews, which plummeted lower and lower, bottoming out(so far) with the Last Airbender. Quoting from here. I’ll just quote the Shyamalan part. Yeah… --- ## [My Husband doesn't need to see your boobs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-doesnt-need-to-see-your-boobs/691324)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-doesnt-need-to-see-your-boobs/691324 "2014-06-27T15:22:29Z")
I recently discovered this wonderful blog of insanity and the title of one of the blog entries therein. Basically the woman is complaining about how hard it is to deal with summertime because all the slutty unmarried who… --- ## [And the award for "Dirtiest Joke on Network Television" goes to...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-dirtiest-joke-on-network-television-goes-to/357909)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-award-for-dirtiest-joke-on-network-television-goes-to/357909 "2006-05-30T20:22:23Z")
Well, that’s up to you dopers. A few rules: It has be a joke from a broadcast network–ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, Fox, WB, or UPN. HBO, FX, and other cable networks not constrained by FCC rules are disqualified. 1a. Unless, … --- ## [Why "las" manos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-las-manos/227591)
**Author:** [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-las-manos/227591 "2014-08-11T15:35:27Z")
in my spanish II class yesterday, after i had been signed out, the teacher told my classmates that the article “las” is used with “manos” (spanish for “hands”). why is this? it’s obviously an exception to the rule, but w… --- ## [What are your favorite Simpsons moments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395 "2022-02-22T18:44:53Z")
I just finished watching the fourth-season episode “A Streetcar Named Marge.” It was hilarious on so many different levels. I laughed out loud at the Ayn Rand School for Tots and the brilliant parody of The Great Escap… --- ## [How many different addresses have you had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326)
**Author:** [@Baron\_Skinley\_Von\_Clipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Skinley_Von_Clipper)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326 "2010-08-22T02:04:11Z")
Not sure which forum I should post this in. My Son just asked me how many different places I’ve lived at, I said at least 20, (I’m 37 years old), he was amazed that I’ve moved house so many times and so frequently. I kn… --- ## [Is there an easy way to remember what '\<' and '\>' mean in maths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-remember-what-and-mean-in-maths/672360)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-remember-what-and-mean-in-maths/672360 "2013-11-04T02:33:35Z")
Okay, I fully concede upfront that this is a really, really dumb question. But, in my defence, I’m pretty dumb. Blame television. Anyway, I’m always getting confused about what ‘\<’ and ‘\>’ mean in maths. I know one m… --- ## [Do all Sudoku puzzles have logical solutions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-sudoku-puzzles-have-logical-solutions/408132)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-sudoku-puzzles-have-logical-solutions/408132 "2016-11-05T08:41:49Z")
Discounting invalid puzzles that is -those that for the given clues are contradictory or have more than one possible solution. But for a sudoku with a single valid solution, is it guaranteed that the solution can be foun… --- ## [In praise of Dopers who don't normally get praised](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875)
**Author:** [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-dopers-who-dont-normally-get-praised/457875 "2008-08-11T21:17:17Z")
We all know of one. Someone not particularly prolific, or controversial, or… whatever. Someone who isn’t a Straight Dope All Star, but makes a contribution to the overall spectacularity of the Dope. Perhaps they always … --- ## ["A Wife Can't Testify Against Her Husband"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wife-cant-testify-against-her-husband/114567)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wife-cant-testify-against-her-husband/114567 "2002-06-19T16:06:39Z")
I was watching a 1930s movie recently in which a distraught wife was told not to worry about her accused-of-murder hubby, as “she couldn’t testify against him.” It occured to me that this has been the linchpin of many a … --- ## [Which is the lowest-probability event ever recorded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-lowest-probability-event-ever-recorded/616028)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-lowest-probability-event-ever-recorded/616028 "2012-03-29T02:03:59Z")
The title pretty much says it all. Probability can me measured; sometimes the results can be applied to reality/history. What is the very most verifiably improbable occurrence believably recorded? --- ## [Jury duty: failure to report](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-failure-to-report/247195)
**Author:** [@Santos\_L.Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L.Halper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2004, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-failure-to-report/247195 "2004-05-27T08:11:05Z")
How much trouble can you really get into for failure to report for jury duty? From what I have seen, the answer would seem to be “not much” based on the stories I relate below. I have read that in some locations, 50% o… --- ## [1950s smoking culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-smoking-culture/216263)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-smoking-culture/216263 "2003-12-05T19:32:31Z")
harins stories from my parents and others who lived through the 1950s, it seems as if everybody smoked in the 1950s. not just smoked, but smoked; it was a ritual that was just as natural as drinking water and eating. I… --- ## [Bias towards white antiracists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bias-towards-white-antiracists/688285)
**Author:** [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bias-towards-white-antiracists/688285 "2014-05-14T20:00:38Z")
I’ve been reading up on Tim Wise and his critiques on race and racism. First off, I do applaud his work and appreciate his advocacy. This thread should not in anyway be seen as a slam against him or white people like him… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=353&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=355&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)