# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=358&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:** 359 --- ## [Paradise Lost 3 Documentary (West Memphis 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paradise-lost-3-documentary-west-memphis-3/527209)
**Author:** [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paradise-lost-3-documentary-west-memphis-3/527209 "2020-04-07T04:42:35Z")
Paradise Lost 3 is in post-production (for Spring 2010 release, per directors Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, who also directed the first two Paradise Lost documentaries). For those unfamiliar with the West Memphis 3 … --- ## [ST: Voyager: what were the best and worst episodes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-voyager-what-were-the-best-and-worst-episodes/559969)
**Author:** [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-voyager-what-were-the-best-and-worst-episodes/559969 "2010-11-18T03:44:42Z")
We recently did this for TNG, so I’m curious to hear which episodes people would rate among the best, worst, favorite, or least favorite of the oft-criticized Voyager. For me, let’s see: Best Relativity: Seven of Nine … --- ## [Lost 2.13: "The Long Con"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-13-the-long-con/343537)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-13-the-long-con/343537 "2006-02-17T03:00:16Z")
First, the thread rules: The previews show Sun being kidnapped, but I think we can assumed it was staged by Ana-Lucia or someone aligned with her in order to generate more fear of The Others. Hmmm… a staged terrorist… --- ## [Manual sexual arousal while asleep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-sexual-arousal-while-asleep/655000 "2013-04-11T14:05:55Z")
My wife told me that while I was asleep she tried to give me a hard-on using her hands but it didn’t seem to work. Is it possible that it would have worked if she did it for longer or do guys generally need to be awake f… --- ## [Sense8 - new show from Joe Straczynski and the Wachowskis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sense8-new-show-from-joe-straczynski-and-the-wachowskis/664547)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sense8-new-show-from-joe-straczynski-and-the-wachowskis/664547 "2015-08-08T19:59:23Z")
Premiering next year some time on Netflix. Color me interested, for sure. I loved Babylon 5 and I liked Jeremiah quite a bit, so I hope it’s a good show. Netflix Greenlights JMS show. --- ## [Strange alternative history novels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-alternative-history-novels/621330)
**Author:** [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-alternative-history-novels/621330 "2012-05-19T23:44:53Z")
I was hoping to buy a good alternative history book,but it’s been somewhat difficult to find one.I’d like a book that… Is somewhat weird but still almost believable; is around 100 to 400 pages long(I’m pretty new to th… --- ## [Religious women, leave me the fuck alone, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-women-leave-me-the-fuck-alone-please/534902)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-women-leave-me-the-fuck-alone-please/534902 "2010-04-08T15:16:04Z")
In my recent internet dating, I’ve gone on a spate of first-dates (usually a nominal cup of coffee, typically a little more than that–appetizer, a little dessert) with women who reveal their religious mania during the co… --- ## [Ladies how would you feel about an unexpected pregnancy in your forties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-would-you-feel-about-an-unexpected-pregnancy-in-your-forties/616877)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-would-you-feel-about-an-unexpected-pregnancy-in-your-forties/616877 "2012-06-23T18:35:23Z")
You’re past 40, happily married, teenage kids and that romantic weekend with your hubby last month may have unexpected consequences. You might be pregnant. :smiley: You’ve almost finished raising one set of kids and he… --- ## [Peanuts and RC Cola: Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-and-rc-cola-why/390320)
**Author:** [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-and-rc-cola-why/390320 "2007-02-04T02:47:00Z")
Being culturally Southern, I’ve grown up drinking a bottle of RC Cola one of two ways: either with a Moon Pie (which I don’t like) or by putting a bag of peanuts in it. What I don’t know, however, is where the idea of p… --- ## [Captain Buckleberryferry and the crew of "The Ted" -sign up here-](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-buckleberryferry-and-the-crew-of-the-ted-sign-up-here/190997)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 473\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-buckleberryferry-and-the-crew-of-the-ted-sign-up-here/190997 "2003-12-28T00:02:18Z")
Our Captain! I be the First Mate. Join us, as have Cabin Boy and ArrrMatey on the fine pirate vessel The Ted (named after me mother) Whahr shall we be a head’n? From whom shall we take our first blood? AVAST! YE NON-… --- ## [Most pretentious rock songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pretentious-rock-songs/703266)
**Author:** [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pretentious-rock-songs/703266 "2014-11-10T15:21:41Z")
The recent thread on Whiter Shade of Pale got me to thinking about my position that it’s the second most pretentious rock song ever, after Stairway to Heaven. Both full of what seem like interesting lines or couplets, b… --- ## [When did they start to sell bottled water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-start-to-sell-bottled-water/693036)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-start-to-sell-bottled-water/693036 "2014-07-15T15:36:53Z")
Water was always available on places where people lived. This is quite obvious - people need water, so it wouldn’t make sense to live far away from it. So… who had the idea of putting something that was largely available… --- ## [Questions that will never, ever be answered in story.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-will-never-ever-be-answered-in-story/557023)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-will-never-ever-be-answered-in-story/557023 "2010-10-20T22:09:03Z")
In which we ask question about books, movies, comics, & such that will almost certainly never get an answer in the story. Or even out of it. Really, it’s not hard. No need to answer them (but I don’t care if y’all ignor… --- ## [Bush Admin & FEMA start shifting blame to locals - Crass ass covering or justified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-fema-start-shifting-blame-to-locals-crass-ass-covering-or-justified/320065)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2005, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-fema-start-shifting-blame-to-locals-crass-ass-covering-or-justified/320065 "2005-10-20T11:34:53Z")
White House shifts blame for Katrina response - Administration, embattled FEMA chief point to state, local officials …or is never too early to start this? I forget the preiscient poster who said the look on President… --- ## [Are the Clinton Joke quarters legal currency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-clinton-joke-quarters-legal-currency/676035)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-clinton-joke-quarters-legal-currency/676035 "2016-10-13T04:55:15Z")
My dad died a couple years ago and had a unfinished state quarter set. It was complete except for the final year 2008 Hawaii, Alaska, Oklahoma, Arizona. I went through some sacks of change and found the ones I needed to… --- ## [Songs about hair. Got any?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-hair-got-any/696159)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-hair-got-any/696159 "2014-08-26T16:42:32Z")
All I could think of wasHair from the musical and Hairstyles And Attitudes by Timbuk 3. Whatta ya got? --- ## [My world, and welcome to it; a pictorial MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-world-and-welcome-to-it-a-pictorial-mmp/464664)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 377\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-world-and-welcome-to-it-a-pictorial-mmp/464664 "2008-09-29T12:47:42Z")
My idea for this OP had it’s genesis in the desire to show off one thing I find funny in the ironic sense, but it then grew into trying to show off some of the places I talk about in my fire tales. From there it grew int… --- ## [Good on the ACLU for helping a man gets his guns back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-on-the-aclu-for-helping-a-man-gets-his-guns-back/547498)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-on-the-aclu-for-helping-a-man-gets-his-guns-back/547498 "2010-07-27T17:25:54Z")
One criticism I’ve had of the ACLU is their general refusal to get involved in protecting Second Amendment constitutional rights, as though their copy of the Constitution was numbered 1,3-27. Fair is fair. As a vocal cr… --- ## [Anyone else hate massages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-massages/612868)
**Author:** [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-massages/612868 "2012-02-16T14:28:31Z")
It being the big V-day and all, I know that a lot of people are giving/getting massages as presents, which got me thinking about my reaction to them. The fact is, I’ve never had a good one in a professional setting (a fe… --- ## [We've got waffles, MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-got-waffles-mmp/602883)
**Author:** [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-got-waffles-mmp/602883 "2011-11-21T05:27:16Z")
Time to wake up and grab yourselves some waffles, sleepy-pies! That’s homemade waffles (my first ones ever) with real butter and warm maple syrup. The whipped cream and fruit are in the bowls over there, if that’s your… --- ## [Do Pith Helmets Keep You Cool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pith-helmets-keep-you-cool/516102)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pith-helmets-keep-you-cool/516102 "2009-11-06T01:57:45Z")
When you look at those old 1930’s Tarzan movies, the white explorers are all wearing pith helmets. These are pretty heavy-I saw one once. They have a lining of a cork-likesubstance (pith) which is supposed to keep your h… --- ## [Disney Beauty & the Beast live-action](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209 "2017-06-01T17:01:52Z")
I’ve been seeing trailers for the upcoming remake of Beauty and the Beast in live-action. To me, it looks absolutely pointless; the animated version was just about a perfect movie; I’m not sure that remaking it with un… --- ## [People with multiple small children but no dog go to a dog park ....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-multiple-small-children-but-no-dog-go-to-a-dog-park/686062)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-multiple-small-children-but-no-dog-go-to-a-dog-park/686062 "2014-04-23T09:15:58Z")
… And a dog-owner at the off-leash park yells at the mother and her three children and orders them to all leave. What say ye, O Dopers? Who was in the right, and who was in the wrong? Both? Start typing your answers, a… --- ## [Family Guy: seriously, WTF? (Major Spoiler)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754 "2014-01-03T14:20:52Z")
\[I can’t believe it! You bastards killed Brian!! What the hell are you guys thinking?!\] --- ## [Most despicable reaction to the Tucson shootings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-reaction-to-the-tucson-shootings/567443)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-reaction-to-the-tucson-shootings/567443 "2011-01-20T17:06:30Z")
The idiot sheriff? Bob Kerry associating it with Obamacare? Brady’s proposed hate speech legislation? Palin’s efforts to defend herself? --- ## [Are there any out gay CHARACTERS on Disney or Nickoledeon? If not...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-out-gay-characters-on-disney-or-nickoledeon-if-not/665210)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-out-gay-characters-on-disney-or-nickoledeon-if-not/665210 "2013-08-10T15:30:45Z")
how long do you think it will be before that changes? For that matter, are there any openly gay actors playing characters on a show on either network? (Prompted by this article about Raven-Symone.) --- ## [Linda Lutton on Bush tax cut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-lutton-on-bush-tax-cut/76804)
**Author:** [@brent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brent)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2001, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-lutton-on-bush-tax-cut/76804 "2001-09-08T08:58:06Z")
Mrs. Lutton’s article is the usual class warrior nonsense with no attempt to present both sides of the argument. Paul Krugman, Barbara Emerich and the Citizens for Tax Justice all have the same anti-tax argument and libe… --- ## [Botticelli July 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885 "2016-08-12T16:47:57Z")
So begins the month of independence… This episode brought to you by the letter L. --- ## [Les Miserables-seen it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/les-miserables-seen-it/645136)
**Author:** [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/les-miserables-seen-it/645136 "2013-04-29T23:17:06Z")
caught it this afternoon. it’s great; there were no real surprises for me. i expected to love it, and i did. i expected (and got) an excellent performance from hugh jackman. helena bonham carter and sasha baron cohen are… --- ## [What's the straight dope on IQ and intelligence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-iq-and-intelligence/802560)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-iq-and-intelligence/802560 "2018-01-18T20:06:15Z")
So in another thread (since removed), there was some discussion about IQ. Without wanting to tread too close to that mess, another poster, who seems to know what they’re talking about on the subject, said something along… --- ## [The Arizona recount--reactions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arizona-recount-reactions/942378)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arizona-recount-reactions/942378 "2021-09-26T18:46:40Z")
A company has been hired by the Arizona legislature to recount the votes from Phoenix. They have already announced that the outcome was fraudulent, in fact even before they were hired. They have done everything wrong, … --- ## [What if somebody DID shoot Bigfoot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-somebody-did-shoot-bigfoot/678708)
**Author:** [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-somebody-did-shoot-bigfoot/678708 "2019-08-01T22:06:32Z")
A question related to this is circling the net, and I am interested in the American legal view on this. Suppose a surviving individual of a hominid sideline, so far unknown to science, is found and deliberately killed b… --- ## [Just how hot is jerk chicken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-hot-is-jerk-chicken/621436)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-hot-is-jerk-chicken/621436 "2012-05-12T21:11:51Z")
A new branch of a famous local Caribbean joint just opened near where I work, and I think I’ll go there tomorrow for lunch. I’ve heard that jerk chicken is delicious. The thing is, I can tolerate some heat, but I can’t… --- ## [A Question: The rich and the middle class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-the-rich-and-the-middle-class/572431)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-the-rich-and-the-middle-class/572431 "2011-03-02T22:17:55Z")
I saw a headline about the possible cutting of teachers salaries around here by 10%. We know that many state workers salaries have been cut all over. This leads to the following question: If making the rich pay a bit mo… --- ## [I pit my obsessive-parent neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-obsessive-parent-neighbor/667396)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-obsessive-parent-neighbor/667396 "2013-09-01T10:36:41Z")
So, school started up again today. This means our two kids have to grumble their way out the door and over to the bus stop, just opposite our driveway. (Yeah, we’re lucky, but the stops are only a few blocks apart at mos… --- ## [Is it legal to have a Viking-style burial at sea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-have-a-viking-style-burial-at-sea/266025)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-have-a-viking-style-burial-at-sea/266025 "2004-09-30T23:35:07Z")
When I woke up today, for some reason I had a thought about the Vikings placing a body into a ship, setting it ablaze, and sending it to sea. (Trust me, you do NOT want to know how my brain works.) Anyway, I got to thi… --- ## [Would this form of torture work in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-form-of-torture-work-in-real-life/594252)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-form-of-torture-work-in-real-life/594252 "2011-08-28T21:34:55Z")
My husband is watching a movie which is about secretly trafficking drugs in neon colored race cars. Or something like that. I’m not paying that much attention. There is a scene where the bad guy gets information from som… --- ## [Does the Trump candidacy signal a paradigm shift in US politics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-trump-candidacy-signal-a-paradigm-shift-in-us-politics/729861)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-trump-candidacy-signal-a-paradigm-shift-in-us-politics/729861 "2015-09-16T19:29:04Z")
In the beginning I thought it was a joke. Then I realized it was not a joke and I became a little frightened. Now I’m starting to wonder what it really means. Ultimately, at around 2:45 this afternoon, I came to the c… --- ## [Are the poor better off now than they were 50 years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-poor-better-off-now-than-they-were-50-years-ago/706393)
**Author:** [@Charmbrights](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charmbrights)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-poor-better-off-now-than-they-were-50-years-ago/706393 "2015-01-22T22:47:55Z")
The concept of poverty is wholly relative and the pundits and politicos do not help by lying about the relative values of currencies. All children in the USA can go to school. In many other countries that costs money. … --- ## [Big vehicle = small penis: any proof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-vehicle-small-penis-any-proof/416832)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-vehicle-small-penis-any-proof/416832 "2007-08-27T20:27:47Z")
One hears it all the time; men who drive large, imposing vehicles such as large pickup trucks, large SUVs, and Hummers are compensating for having a small penis. Have there been any studies that prove there is a real in… --- ## [MLB: September 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2017/795238)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2017/795238 "2017-09-30T17:55:58Z")
August’s thread is here. Welcome to the final month of the regular season! The Dodgers are in a bit of a tail-spin (or a correction for real-world norms), and the Astros just scored Justin Verlander to help them into Oc… --- ## [California license plate encoding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-license-plate-encoding/525870)
**Author:** [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-license-plate-encoding/525870 "2010-01-22T14:52:59Z")
California license plates use the scheme 9ZZZ999 (that is, “one number, then three letters, then three numbers”). While walking through the parking garage last night, I noticed that all the tags started with a 4, 5, or … --- ## [A word about raw milk, if you will](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-raw-milk-if-you-will/440543)
**Author:** [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-about-raw-milk-if-you-will/440543 "2008-03-15T18:29:21Z")
SDMB, can we just give up the illusion that drinking unpasteurized milk is somehow as safe as drinking pasteurized milk? Because, y’know, it’s not. It varies from being as safe as licking a barn floor to drinking paste… --- ## [Does Using Fog Lights/Other Electrical Accesories On Your Car Reduce Mileage Significantly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-using-fog-lights-other-electrical-accesories-on-your-car-reduce-mileage-significantly/606703)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-using-fog-lights-other-electrical-accesories-on-your-car-reduce-mileage-significantly/606703 "2011-12-24T03:57:54Z")
Tonight I was at my parents house for my son’s birthday. I own a 2008 Mustang GT. I put all our stuff into the car and started it up to warm it up a little before we left. I turned on the headlights and the large-ish f… --- ## ["Use Your Words"...When did this phrase become popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-your-words-when-did-this-phrase-become-popular/626665)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-your-words-when-did-this-phrase-become-popular/626665 "2012-07-11T14:55:14Z")
When my kids were toddlers (1982-1988) I don’t recall ever hearing this phrase used to encourage children to verbalize rather than use my son’s favorite method, pointing and grunting. Nowadays, you hear the phrase “Use y… --- ## [Torture porn - do you enjoy it, and if so why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torture-porn-do-you-enjoy-it-and-if-so-why/599970)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torture-porn-do-you-enjoy-it-and-if-so-why/599970 "2012-11-21T07:00:48Z")
In the Name a specific movie you won’t watch for love or money thread, jordanr2 wondered why so many people dismissing “torture porn” films (Saw, Hostel) out of hand. I thought the question would easily derail that threa… --- ## [41% of Americans support Syrian immigration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/41-of-americans-support-syrian-immigration/738009)
**Author:** [@Renaissance\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renaissance_Man)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/41-of-americans-support-syrian-immigration/738009 "2015-11-24T16:01:00Z")
Are you kidding me! Syrian terrorists have wantonly murdered on several continents, and 41% of Americans are so stupid that they would welcome Syrians? Five Syrian men with fake Greek passports were arrested in Guatem… --- ## [Esprix: Hypocrite, Asshole & also Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix-hypocrite-asshole-also-gay/140443)
**Author:** [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esprix-hypocrite-asshole-also-gay/140443 "2002-12-06T03:32:59Z")
Esprix for whatever god-forsaken reason decided here that me being straight is unacceptable. Apparently he’s been fucking adjudged the arbiter of all gender roles – I didn’t know! I bitched about getting an unsolicited s… --- ## [Republican Fanboys and the Bands that Hate Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-fanboys-and-the-bands-that-hate-them/631815)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-fanboys-and-the-bands-that-hate-them/631815 "2012-08-26T15:05:20Z")
So, a few weeks ago there was an article, I think in the NYTimes Weekly Magazine about how NJ Governor \*\*Chris Christie \*\*is a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE \*\*Bruce Springsteen \*\*fan. Turns out Bruce will not acknowledge his presenc… --- ## [Wise things people have told you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wise-things-people-have-told-you/667537)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wise-things-people-have-told-you/667537 "2013-09-17T04:27:47Z")
Forget Cicero and Ben Franklin and Bartlett’s quotations. What are the nuggets of wisdom and advice people you know have given you over the years that have proven the most valuable? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=357&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=359&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)