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**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-editing-thing-mean/555651 "2010-10-09T00:13:00Z")
I’m reading a short online article about crazy things people have said during interviews. It has a correction, I’m assuming, that I’ve seen many many times but could never really figure out what they are correcting. I … --- ## [WWII US Infantry Weapons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-us-infantry-weapons/582972)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2011, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-us-infantry-weapons/582972 "2011-05-29T09:12:48Z")
I was rewatching Band of Brothers, and I wondered what determined what weapon the US soldier carried. Most of them carried Garands of course, but who got to carry the M1A1s (Thompson) and why? If they went to officer… --- ## [What's your most esoteric or arcane hobby or interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-esoteric-or-arcane-hobby-or-interest/368563)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-esoteric-or-arcane-hobby-or-interest/368563 "2006-09-14T15:53:59Z")
It never ceases to amaze me how specialized human knowledge and interest can get. No matter how useless or trivial something may appear to be, there’s going to be somebody or maybe even a group of somebodies who are very… --- ## [Christians, what are you talking about?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-are-you-talking-about/576936)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-are-you-talking-about/576936 "2011-04-20T12:16:49Z")
You believe that God sent himself on a suicide mission to pay for sins committed by the first humans. Seriously as adult, is it possible to believe this story with a straight face? I am absolutely flabbergasted --- ## [Why don't Floridian have an accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-floridian-have-an-accent/498253)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-floridian-have-an-accent/498253 "2013-04-16T22:04:28Z")
OK, I’ve only known 3 native Floridians, but based on news I’ve seen from there, it seems most Floridians don’t seem to have a discernable accent (if that’s the correct term). To me, they sound like Californians. Yet, th… --- ## [WHAT did you call me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-call-me/335857)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-call-me/335857 "2005-12-19T17:04:06Z")
I’ve calmed down a lot since this incident took place at 2:00 pm, but I’m still pretty pissed off. Background: Cow-orker C got hired about 6 months ago. He’s been an odd duck since the beginning. He hangs around the … --- ## [Bands named after places they are not from.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-places-they-are-not-from/655261)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-places-they-are-not-from/655261 "2013-04-20T18:32:52Z")
It occurs to me there are a lot of such acts. The Bay City Rollers are from Scotland, not from Bay City, MI. Boards of Canada are from Scotland as well. Of Montreal is of Georgia. And so on. Anyone want to expand th… --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S01E06: F.Z.Z.T](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e06-f-z-z-t/673214)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e06-f-z-z-t/673214 "2014-03-18T02:36:13Z")
F.Z.Z.T (did I miss something obvious? What does this name mean? The sound that is made when the virus kicks in?) gives Coulson plenty of chances to think about his temporary death in New York City. He started the episod… --- ## [Meaning of sticking your tongue out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-sticking-your-tongue-out/247252)
**Author:** [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-sticking-your-tongue-out/247252 "2011-09-25T04:44:15Z")
Can anyone put into words what the feeling behind sticking your tongue out is? Within Western cultures, are there differences? --- ## [China's got a carrier!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-got-a-carrier/584856)
**Author:** [@Sablicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sablicious)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-got-a-carrier/584856 "2011-08-18T23:21:17Z")
…And a 4701.00 Tflops supercomputer to hack government Gmail accounts with! Should the US be wetting its panties yet or does that come when China develop stealth fighters / bombers? (…presuming they haven’t already). N… --- ## [Heard any good jokes lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heard-any-good-jokes-lately/433664)
**Author:** [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heard-any-good-jokes-lately/433664 "2008-02-07T23:48:00Z")
I am going to a party Saturday at which everyone will be called upon to tell a joke. I have a nice stable of jokes, but unfortunately I’ve already told most of them to the crowd at one point or another, so I’m casting a… --- ## [More Sterling Performance From The TSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sterling-performance-from-the-tsa/573258)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sterling-performance-from-the-tsa/573258 "2012-08-12T01:49:21Z")
From this week’s news: (Oh, and why is it that I wouldn’t have noticed this stuff if I didn’t check out the furrin press every so often?) --- ## [Mad-Men: 7.04 "The Monolith" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-7-04-the-monolith-open-spoilers/687681)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-7-04-the-monolith-open-spoilers/687681 "2014-05-09T22:04:28Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Sterling Cooper & Partners prepares for a guest. Don calls an old friend. Roger confronts problems at home. Pete underestimates Peggy \[/QUOTE\] Tonight mark’s the half way point in this half-season. --- ## [Bathtub Clog: Drano or Snake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathtub-clog-drano-or-snake/329373)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathtub-clog-drano-or-snake/329373 "2005-11-06T04:30:03Z")
We’ve got a clog in our 2nd floor bathtub. The water isn’t moving at all. This happens every couple of years due to buildup of hair, dirt, etc. I normally use Drano to unclog it. It works great. So today my wife wen… --- ## [Christian movies that aren't "Christian movies"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-movies-that-arent-christian-movies/520856)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-movies-that-arent-christian-movies/520856 "2010-05-15T04:12:39Z")
Re the new movie “The Blind Side”, some stories have emerged about the Christian faith of the real people involved & how Sandra Bullock remarked that meeting them made it easier “to have faith in people of faith… they wa… --- ## [Obama shakes hands with Raul Castro. So what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-shakes-hands-with-raul-castro-so-what/675985)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-shakes-hands-with-raul-castro-so-what/675985 "2013-12-20T17:30:53Z")
At Nelson Mandela’s funeral, Obama shook hands with Raul Castro. Liberals are excited, while the RW blogosphere seethes (partly because Obama seems to be bowing to Castro, but I think he’s just looking down because he’s… --- ## [What are pedophiles supposed to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-pedophiles-supposed-to-do/728586)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-pedophiles-supposed-to-do/728586 "2015-08-26T04:35:40Z")
Being a pedophile must really really suck. You didn’t ask to be saddled with urges that you have no way of legally quelling. You see homosexuals go from being considered as having mental illnesses to having their partn… --- ## [Obnoxious, Paranoid Bitch Sues Neighborhood Kids For Bringing Her Cookies...Wins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-paranoid-bitch-sues-neighborhood-kids-for-bringing-her-cookies-wins/288405)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-paranoid-bitch-sues-neighborhood-kids-for-bringing-her-cookies-wins/288405 "2005-02-18T00:28:39Z")
Denver Post This is letting the terrorists win, man. Even if this woman is actually so unstable and crazy that a knock on her door terrifies her into the hospital, you would think that once she found out it was NEIGBO… --- ## [EPA Moves to Effectively Ban all New Coal Power Plants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epa-moves-to-effectively-ban-all-new-coal-power-plants/616985)
**Author:** [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epa-moves-to-effectively-ban-all-new-coal-power-plants/616985 "2012-04-05T02:50:04Z")
Signed and submitted for the Federal Register today: http://epa.gov/carbonpollutionstandard/pdfs/20120327proposal.pdf I’m sure folks can find high-level summaries elsewhere, but in effect the Obama Administration has b… --- ## [Outside DC: What is the giant castle-like building near 495 in Silver Spring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outside-dc-what-is-the-giant-castle-like-building-near-495-in-silver-spring/505518)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outside-dc-what-is-the-giant-castle-like-building-near-495-in-silver-spring/505518 "2009-08-07T19:18:29Z")
On a couple of occassions, I’ve been driving back to DC on 495, and I notice this GIANT castle looking building on the right before the Connecticut Ave exit. Anyone know what is? --- ## [What's the tallest cliff with a flat top?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tallest-cliff-with-a-flat-top/507885)
**Author:** [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tallest-cliff-with-a-flat-top/507885 "2010-04-14T13:08:43Z")
Something like the Cliffs of Moher. I know ‘flat top’ is going to be somewhat fuzzy, but I’m basically wondering about places you could stroll up to the edge, not something you need climbing gear for. Bonus points for … --- ## [If you find buried treasure, can you keep it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-find-buried-treasure-can-you-keep-it/301360)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-find-buried-treasure-can-you-keep-it/301360 "2006-03-14T23:13:42Z")
From this story Basically, a guy was digging up a tree in his own backyard and found a box with money, bank notes, and gold and silver certificates that appears to have been there since at least the 1930’s. The value h… --- ## [Why didn't Torrens title catch on in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-torrens-title-catch-on-in-the-us/608728)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-torrens-title-catch-on-in-the-us/608728 "2012-11-19T21:24:16Z")
Reading the ongoing thread about title-searching in the US, I’m (a) very glad that western Canada went to the Torrens system, and (b) puzzled why it appears that the states in the US have all rejected it. It’s such a c… --- ## [How to become a millionaire with Blackjack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-a-millionaire-with-blackjack/547153)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-a-millionaire-with-blackjack/547153 "2010-07-23T20:14:24Z")
I’m skeptical of get-rich-quick schemes, but someone was telling me about this…Couldn’t anybody with $7,000 to spare just take the course with these dudes and make lots and lots of money relatively easily?: http://www.b… --- ## [So who's being the bigger jerk in this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-being-the-bigger-jerk-in-this-situation/640221)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-being-the-bigger-jerk-in-this-situation/640221 "2012-11-22T14:43:36Z")
I like to cook. Pastries are my special joy, but really I like to make anything from scratch. I find mastering a new recipe to be an interesting challenge, while making an old one to be nicely relaxing. So I’m always mak… --- ## ["Do me a solid" - does anyone actually say this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-me-a-solid-does-anyone-actually-say-this/611347 "2016-02-01T05:25:32Z")
I’ve been watching a US sitcom recently and the phrase “do me a solid”, as in do me a favour, has been used several times. Has anyone had first hand experience of this being used in conversation? “Do me a solid” sounds l… --- ## [Bricker: any documentation at all = "intense documentation" so don't ask me for any](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-any-documentation-at-all-intense-documentation-so-dont-ask-me-for-any/653688)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-any-documentation-at-all-intense-documentation-so-dont-ask-me-for-any/653688 "2013-03-27T03:12:01Z")
After five pages of trying to pin Bricker down in the Reid Admits No Support For “Assault Weapons” Ban thread, there were things I wanted to say that might irk the GD mods more than I already have. Hence this thread. A… --- ## [Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/975884)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/975884 "2025-09-14T13:39:14Z")
We knew it was coming, but now we know its title, and some of its content, because here is the trailer for the new Indiana Jones movie, out June 30th. --- ## [So I went to my first big "swinger's party"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-went-to-my-first-big-swingers-party/767608)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-went-to-my-first-big-swingers-party/767608 "2016-10-09T23:29:54Z")
And wow. I had no idea such a world existed right along side the regular world. This was hundreds of people (couples and single women) all congregated together with one thing on their minds: sex. This was a big party… --- ## [Men: Movie scenes that seriously choke you up.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-movie-scenes-that-seriously-choke-you-up/701911)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-movie-scenes-that-seriously-choke-you-up/701911 "2014-10-24T22:51:49Z")
Please state the following about yourself: Age: 38 General Emotional Reactiveness (1 being stone cold killer/ 10 being cries in the greeting card section of the grocery store): 6.5 Black Hawk Down when the snipers dec… --- ## [anti-Wordle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-wordle/959438)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-wordle/959438 "2022-02-15T22:49:26Z")
I have a modest theory, which I will be glad to elaborate on some time, that Wordle is a kind of scam, in that it’s all luck, pure luck, given a working brain and an ability to follow three very simple rules. No skill, o… --- ## [Did you go through a gay/bi "phase" in high school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-through-a-gay-bi-phase-in-high-school/274274)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-through-a-gay-bi-phase-in-high-school/274274 "2004-11-14T07:51:28Z")
In this thread, several people assert that many high school girls go through a stage where they claim to be attracted to girls because they are sexually confused, exposed to so much lesbianism in the media that their min… --- ## [Why do actors end up being producers on their tv shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-actors-end-up-being-producers-on-their-tv-shows/684042)
**Author:** [@kaltkalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaltkalt)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-actors-end-up-being-producers-on-their-tv-shows/684042 "2014-03-20T16:30:48Z")
Seems on every tv show I see nowadays, the lead actors (usually just 1 or 2 of them) are listed as producers or executive producers on the show. I also noticed it usually starts after the first season, sometimes halfway… --- ## [I Dance on the Grave of Cynical Partisan Obstructionism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dance-on-the-grave-of-cynical-partisan-obstructionism/533199 "2010-03-24T17:19:47Z")
You lose, mouth-breathers. For a year you’ve been down on your knees. Obediently deep-throating your Master’s scaly cock while you fervently pray to Him between eagerly-gulped mouthfuls of oily Devil-Jizz to allow the … --- ## [Can an employer force a salaried employee to work a full 40 hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-employer-force-a-salaried-employee-to-work-a-full-40-hours/541971)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-employer-force-a-salaried-employee-to-work-a-full-40-hours/541971 "2010-06-07T13:05:02Z")
Suppose you work a regular 40 hour week every week and get paid a set salary. But one day, there’s a lot of traffic, or some other delay, and you get to work an hour late. Can the employer require you to make up that h… --- ## [Need Cat Advice: Dead Kitten, Distressed Mama Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-cat-advice-dead-kitten-distressed-mama-cat/544673)
**Author:** [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-cat-advice-dead-kitten-distressed-mama-cat/544673 "2010-06-29T01:11:35Z")
A little less than a week ago, my girl cat, Harley, had kittens. She did not have proper (read: any) prenatal care, as no one knew she was pregnant. Harley is very young, under a year. I just adopted her (a stray) a coup… --- ## [In the Lion King, why are the hyenas bad guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-lion-king-why-are-the-hyenas-bad-guys/697765)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-lion-king-why-are-the-hyenas-bad-guys/697765 "2014-09-13T20:31:07Z")
I know we’re nitpicking a twenty year old kid’s film, but recently saw it again and want your thoughts. Here’s my argument - if Scar hadn’t been self-obsessed and had actually cared about his ‘evil’ hyena minions, he wo… --- ## [Resolved: John McCain does not have the integrity to be President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-john-mccain-does-not-have-the-integrity-to-be-president/463149)
**Author:** [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-john-mccain-does-not-have-the-integrity-to-be-president/463149 "2008-09-17T15:02:41Z")
For all the criticism and defense both sides have waged against and for Sarah Palin on these boards over the past 2 weeks, we seem to have put John McCain on the back burner to focus to specifically on her. I realize th… --- ## [Taaa daa! Here's yer spankin' new MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taaa-daa-heres-yer-spankin-new-mmp/625497)
**Author:** [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taaa-daa-heres-yer-spankin-new-mmp/625497 "2012-06-25T05:03:12Z")
What started out as a threat of severe thunderstorms last night morphed in a lovely soaking shower. Just in time! The front yard was turning brown. Won’t have to dig out the soaker hose today. --- ## [Let your mini-rants march on!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747 "2020-04-04T11:18:38Z")
Well, folks. I managed to wait until it was 1 March even in Hawaii this time. What rants do you want to muster up? Here are mine thus far: The COVID-19 situation is getting more serious, yet the current administration … --- ## [Mehitabel, I am married. Start stalking someone else.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371)
**Author:** [@Aldebaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aldebaran)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mehitabel-i-am-married-start-stalking-someone-else/273371 "2004-11-21T23:33:59Z")
I really don’t blame you for it that you constantly dream about me and can’t stop your all too vivid fantasy to produce fairy tales about “where I live” and “who I am” etc… Yes, I can imagine that you are overwhelmed … --- ## [Electrical Question: Can you ground to neutral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-question-can-you-ground-to-neutral/304032)
**Author:** [@PosterChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PosterChild)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-question-can-you-ground-to-neutral/304032 "2014-01-06T21:49:51Z")
So I was looking into how grounding works and it seems like both the neutral & the ground lines eventually go to ground. The purpose of the ground, to paraphrase, is to complete the circuit if a metal component becomes … --- ## [Let's define "racism"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-define-racism/537357)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-define-racism/537357 "2010-05-07T17:45:08Z")
I think “racism” is one of those terms that people don’t bother defining because everyone “knows” what it means. But after a few go-rounds in different debates we often see that different people mean very different thin… --- ## [Are you tall enough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-tall-enough/691818)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-tall-enough/691818 "2014-07-06T08:25:16Z")
I was talking to the sister I like the other night, and for reasons I won’t share because I don’t remember, the topic turned to height. “You’re, what, five two, right,” I said. "“Five two and a HALF,” she replied. “St… --- ## [Why don't Atheists Pillage the Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-atheists-pillage-the-earth/482457)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-atheists-pillage-the-earth/482457 "2009-02-08T14:08:46Z")
Ok, I know some of them do, but most don’t. Most also do not rape dumb blondes in sorority houses, grab toys out of children’s hands in the park, fire shotguns through their neighbors’ windows, or even masturbate while e… --- ## [Let's talk about etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-etv78/634622 "2012-09-17T15:02:14Z")
I honestly don’t know what to think. The guy has admitted trolling other boards, and he has posted about his medical issues here in the past. I’m no longer sure the guy even does have spina bifida. This is his OP quo… --- ## [Do medical costs in Canada push people into bankruptcy despite universal health care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-medical-costs-in-canada-push-people-into-bankruptcy-despite-universal-health-care/598345)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-medical-costs-in-canada-push-people-into-bankruptcy-despite-universal-health-care/598345 "2012-01-28T22:43:46Z")
From MPSIMS, the issue for debate being do medical costs in Canada push people into bankruptcy despite universal health care. Unfortunately, when people complete their bankruptcy forms in Canada that list the reason f… --- ## [Songs about getting older?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359)
**Author:** [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359 "2007-09-10T16:37:22Z")
I’m looking for some songs about getting older, to make a cd for a friend’s birthday. I don’t know that he’s particularly bummed about getting older, but he does keep talking about it. The songs can be serious or light… --- ## [Vietnam era. Protestors spitting on soldiers. Myth vs reality+McGovern/Nixon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-era-protestors-spitting-on-soldiers-myth-vs-reality-mcgovern-nixon/593392)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-era-protestors-spitting-on-soldiers-myth-vs-reality-mcgovern-nixon/593392 "2011-08-25T17:08:35Z")
I couldnt think of a concise thread title. I watched a documentary today about the '72 presidential campaign. McGovern vs Nixon and was hoping some dopers who were adults at the time could clear up some questions regard… --- ## [KV Pharma - A royal screwing w/o vaseline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kv-pharma-a-royal-screwing-w-o-vaseline/576449)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kv-pharma-a-royal-screwing-w-o-vaseline/576449 "2012-04-15T21:10:31Z")
So apparently the FDA has just approved what was formerly an off-label use of progesterone to prevent premature births and gave KV Pharma the exclusive right to produce it (to ensure quality!) So they decided to call th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=371&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=373&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)