# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=394&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:** 395 --- ## [Can Iron in upright position cause house fire ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-iron-in-upright-position-cause-house-fire/229114)
**Author:** [@felix9x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/felix9x)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-iron-in-upright-position-cause-house-fire/229114 "2004-03-18T08:10:37Z")
In my mom’s view I have commited a sin I left iron pluged in in the upright position and left the house. The only reason why this may cause a fire is if there is a earthquacke which would cause the iron to tip over but … --- ## [Police Interrogations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-interrogations/959024)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 341\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-interrogations/959024 "2022-02-26T18:38:52Z")
When you see footage of real police interrogations usually on some documentary or news magazine, like 48 Hours, they show a suspect being mentally beaten down but they NEVER show these people claiming their 4th or 5th Am… --- ## [Mini-rants about members of the same sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rants-about-members-of-the-same-sex/545454)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rants-about-members-of-the-same-sex/545454 "2010-07-15T12:52:02Z")
Guys: does everything have to be a dick-measuring contest? Business dealing that have to include otherwise useless acsessions (what David Mamet calls the “Plus, I get to strangle your daughter’s kitten” clause); salesmen… --- ## [How concerned should we be about Ebola now that it is in the U.S.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-we-be-about-ebola-now-that-it-is-in-the-u-s/700214)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-we-be-about-ebola-now-that-it-is-in-the-u-s/700214 "2014-10-23T23:41:48Z")
And what steps should we take to prevent it’s spread? This is an a really nasty virus, and extremely deadly. Incubation periods, as I understand it, can be weeks, with no signs of infection. The Powers that Be (I’m not … --- ## [What are the downsides of moving from NYC to Dallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-downsides-of-moving-from-nyc-to-dallas/726354)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-downsides-of-moving-from-nyc-to-dallas/726354 "2015-07-30T19:22:50Z")
Economically, I mean. Please leave all “red-state/blue-state” political baggage at the door. I recently spent a weekend in Dallas. The house we stayed in was huge (by New York City standards), and according to a real es… --- ## [Your rules if you were the showrunner on a Star Trek series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-rules-if-you-were-the-showrunner-on-a-star-trek-series/775136)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-rules-if-you-were-the-showrunner-on-a-star-trek-series/775136 "2017-01-02T01:14:56Z")
If you were in charge of the next iteration of Star Trek what would be your bright-line rules, that you would force into the series? No deliberate time travel by any creature, including godlike entities. Time travel s… --- ## [No Country for Old Men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men/425777)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men/425777 "2008-05-14T14:34:17Z")
I just watched a commercial for No Country for Old Men, the new film by the Coen brothers. Something I saw astonished me; more about that in a sec. After seeing the trailer I immediately fished up Roger Ebert’s review; h… --- ## [Trump...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump/840002)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump/840002 "2019-09-26T09:21:32Z")
I’m getting really tired of hearing how Trump is a bumbling, incompetent, idiot who can’t get anything done and is failing miserably. Not because I like or support the guy. I don’t. At all. I think he is a horrible Pres… --- ## [signs she's a ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-shes-a-ho/437778)
**Author:** [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-shes-a-ho/437778 "2011-05-13T12:21:31Z")
Background: We went out for 1mo,she claimed to be “falling for me” one day then suddenly ran off with another the next. Ok girls you can substitute ‘she’ for ‘he’. Yeah I know guys can be ho’s too.And by all means feel … --- ## [Windshield registration sticker removal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-registration-sticker-removal/544819)
**Author:** [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-registration-sticker-removal/544819 "2013-01-24T14:41:31Z")
Many moons ago, a thread on this subject limited itself to the issue of the DMV wanting to be sure the windshield reg/inspection sticker could mot be removed intact. Given that, it so happens my local agency requires me… --- ## [Ideas as wise as ground zero mosque](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349)
**Author:** [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349 "2010-09-01T14:35:14Z")
I vote for Kent State National Guard Marksmanship Range. Or “A celebration of American Technology-The Manhatten Project” in Hiroshima --- ## [Do you feel weird the day after a migraine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-weird-the-day-after-a-migraine/415264)
**Author:** [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-weird-the-day-after-a-migraine/415264 "2013-07-07T18:16:49Z")
Yesterday I woke up with a bad headache that got much much worse when I tried to get up and moving. I ended up staying in my dark bedroom for approximately 22 hours, and slept for most of it. I had the light sensitivit… --- ## [Romney "No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-no-ones-ever-asked-to-see-my-birth-certificate/632504)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-no-ones-ever-asked-to-see-my-birth-certificate/632504 "2012-08-27T13:03:22Z")
I see was mentioned in the Gaffe thread, but I think it deserves its own discussion: ‘I love Michigan’ joke or not, Romney appears to have progressed to open race-baiting. This comes a few weeks after one of his advise… --- ## [Will Centrist Politics Ever Return?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-centrist-politics-ever-return/738056)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-centrist-politics-ever-return/738056 "2016-04-10T21:47:34Z")
It seems the GOP has been taken over by a Tea Party xenophobic streak, and the Democratic Party has been taken over by the MoveOn.org extreme pacifist/PC wing. Not coincidently, these two events happened during both Bush… --- ## [Charlie Hebdo, racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-hebdo-racist/709482)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-hebdo-racist/709482 "2015-01-16T18:53:38Z")
Hey, dopers… Can anyone who speaks French and is familiar with the CH publication tell me if anti black racism is a part of their schtick? I am thinking “no”. Basically, I’m assuming that people making this charge prob… --- ## [Fox News deliberately destroying America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-deliberately-destroying-america/551256)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-deliberately-destroying-america/551256 "2010-10-04T18:40:48Z")
So I’m watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart this evening, and he does yet another take down of the evil idiots on Fox News, pointing out how the guy funding the two blocks from ground zero mosque is the same guy who … --- ## [Have You Ever Met a Mafia/Mob Guy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-mafia-mob-guy/572831)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-mafia-mob-guy/572831 "2011-03-02T11:02:39Z")
I did, on two occasions: while employed at the local marina (college summers), I met a very affable gentleman by the name of Bobby DiFranco. He owned a large cabin cruiser at the marina, and used to hang out at the bar… --- ## [Obama complains about Netanyahu; Sarkozy calls N. a 'liar'. Worse than the Green Line speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-complains-about-netanyahu-sarkozy-calls-n-a-liar-worse-than-the-green-line-speech/602345)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-complains-about-netanyahu-sarkozy-calls-n-a-liar-worse-than-the-green-line-speech/602345 "2011-11-14T16:46:38Z")
:smack:I’m surprised this hasn’t come up yet today. Here’s a link from CNN who probably got it from the Telegraph like the rest of us. :smack: Yeah, that’s just not good. How do you think the Democrats will spin this … --- ## [What's some of the lamest things you've ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-some-of-the-lamest-things-youve-ever-seen/406003)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-some-of-the-lamest-things-youve-ever-seen/406003 "2007-08-29T13:34:41Z")
I’m defining “lame” to mean something that is blatantly uncool and ridiculous, in a way that can be almost universally recognized. Perhaps my example says it best: A not-very-old Ford Mustang . . . being used to deliver … --- ## [A plea to Trump supporters and conservatives in general](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plea-to-trump-supporters-and-conservatives-in-general/771197)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plea-to-trump-supporters-and-conservatives-in-general/771197 "2016-11-15T21:13:38Z")
Please be alert for a dark element among Trump supporters – an element driven by bigotry and xenophobia. I hope it’s much less significant of an element than I worry it is, and I hope Trump supporters’ (and Trump himsel… --- ## [Mad-Men: 6.13 "In Care Of", SEASON FINALE, (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-6-13-in-care-of-season-finale-open-spoilers/661748)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-6-13-in-care-of-season-finale-open-spoilers/661748 "2013-06-27T23:25:22Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Don has a problem. \[/QUOTE\] The bad news is that the finale is tonight; the good news is that Mad Men is coming back for a 7th & finale season (which will have 14 episodes). --- ## [Medical help – pneumonia, chest pain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-help-pneumonia-chest-pain/613607)
**Author:** [@spiral550](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiral550)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-help-pneumonia-chest-pain/613607 "2012-02-24T04:47:47Z")
Hello All, I Just found this great forum, and I have a medical question I am hoping someone can give me a clue on. I am a male, mid 20’s, I have an interest in medicine, to possibly go into that field in the future, but… --- ## [Anyone else really bad at keeping in touch with people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-really-bad-at-keeping-in-touch-with-people/407677)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-really-bad-at-keeping-in-touch-with-people/407677 "2007-06-13T22:06:27Z")
Man, sometimes I could just kick myself. There are a ton of people that I really care about that I just don’t take the time to contact nearly as often as I should. I get really busy and isolate myself, and then I start … --- ## [Hot penguin sex! The stupid-how it burns!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-penguin-sex-the-stupid-how-it-burns/380797)
**Author:** [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-penguin-sex-the-stupid-how-it-burns/380797 "2006-12-06T01:26:39Z")
A book based on the true story of how two male penguins in the Central Park Zoo adopted a fertilized egg and raised the chick has ignited a storm of stupid. There aren’t enough rolleyes. --- ## [Connecticut can now force a 17-year old to undergo chemotherapy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecticut-can-now-force-a-17-year-old-to-undergo-chemotherapy/709384)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecticut-can-now-force-a-17-year-old-to-undergo-chemotherapy/709384 "2015-01-13T01:56:13Z")
From the Washington Post: When someone wants to be an idiot with their own life, I think they should be allowed when they are an adult. I draw the line when someone wants to be an idiot with the life of a minor under … --- ## [Mr. Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dobalina-mr-bob-dobalina/249744)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dobalina-mr-bob-dobalina/249744 "2011-04-11T20:13:12Z")
I can’t get enough of Del Tha Funkee Homo Sapien these days, and his most infectious song \*has \* to be Mistadobalina. From the lyrics, which seem very specific, it sounds as if Bob Dobalina is a real person. But google a… --- ## [Ladies, when did your biological clock start ticking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-when-did-your-biological-clock-start-ticking/560698)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-when-did-your-biological-clock-start-ticking/560698 "2010-11-22T08:20:29Z")
I’m 26 and right now don’t see myself having kids, ever. I’m wondering if this is a sign that it’s not meant to be, or if I just need to wait a little bit before I the desire to procreate might surface. I would love to … --- ## [Burping and Farting in front of your Man.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burping-and-farting-in-front-of-your-man/650392)
**Author:** [@Pooty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pooty)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burping-and-farting-in-front-of-your-man/650392 "2014-05-17T17:50:10Z")
I have been friends with my husband since grade school all the way through high school. I graduated in 1998 and he graduated in 1999. We both went off to college and stayed friends and later we realized our friendship wa… --- ## [Will Sarah Palin try to get nominated from the floor of the RNC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sarah-palin-try-to-get-nominated-from-the-floor-of-the-rnc/588598)
**Author:** [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sarah-palin-try-to-get-nominated-from-the-floor-of-the-rnc/588598 "2011-09-30T06:28:37Z")
The other threads about Palin are hijacked to hell and back so I thought I’d start a new one to ask a simple question: what’s the likelihood that Sarah Palin tries to get nominated from the floor of the Republican Nation… --- ## [Guys, how often do you get a haircut?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-often-do-you-get-a-haircut/377374)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-often-do-you-get-a-haircut/377374 "2006-10-26T01:50:19Z")
Please provide ammo for a debate between me and my fiancé. :slight\_smile: Me, I say he should get his hair cut at least every two months. His hair is longish, and it tends to grow out unevenly. He says, going that oft… --- ## [A Serious Man. Please explain the end (spoiler alert).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-man-please-explain-the-end-spoiler-alert/555055)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-man-please-explain-the-end-spoiler-alert/555055 "2016-03-22T14:48:56Z")
Just saw the film A Serious Man. I didn’t really care for it, but seeing I got it at the library it didn’t cost me anything but time to watch it. So I’m not that bummed out by my dislike of it. I have 2 questions about… --- ## [I'm confounded that no one is asking about the two ABORTIONS that Wendy Davis had. Is she a liar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996 "2014-10-02T21:02:38Z")
Wendy Davis wants to be governor, she has smartly gotten ahead of the potential bombshell of a potential story by revealing that she has had not one, but two abortions. A gentleman is not supposed to ask about a woman’s … --- ## [Dear United States Army: LEAVE ME ALONE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-united-states-army-leave-me-alone/482776)
**Author:** [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-united-states-army-leave-me-alone/482776 "2009-02-01T12:48:30Z")
I do not want to join the Army. Nor, for that matter, do I want to join the Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, nor Air Force. But the Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, and Air Force all stopped trying to get me to join a few months… --- ## [Why no ovehead lights in all bedroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-ovehead-lights-in-all-bedroom/662443)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-ovehead-lights-in-all-bedroom/662443 "2013-07-08T17:05:06Z")
I bought a house not long ago. It was built early 1960’s. All of the bedrooms light switches\* do not control the ovehead lights, but switched outlets.\*\* A neighbor told me that originally there were no ovehead lights and… --- ## [Is this a true story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000)
**Author:** [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-true-story/603000 "2014-04-12T04:01:17Z")
I just got an email from my uncle, who usually forwards all sorts of right-wing stuff --- ## [Tony Danza in a porn??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-danza-in-a-porn/114260)
**Author:** [@BarBQSauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarBQSauce)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-danza-in-a-porn/114260 "2011-11-13T22:12:48Z")
There’s a rumorgoing around that Tony Danza was in a porn before he was in Taxi. I could find no info on the internet to confirm or deny this. Does anyone have any info that would help out? Thanks. --- ## [Dune: Seminal SF Classic Or Pompous Tosh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-seminal-sf-classic-or-pompous-tosh/337945)
**Author:** [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-seminal-sf-classic-or-pompous-tosh/337945 "2006-01-17T21:30:33Z")
This thread was really spun off from a recent Tolkien-bashing, which I didn’t want to hijack any further. It was probably provoked by a similar response to both books: both, I think, when you first read them at the age o… --- ## [Whatcha Readin' Feb 2010 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-feb-2010-edition/527171)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-feb-2010-edition/527171 "2010-03-01T14:14:44Z")
Hi all - Happy Groundhog’s day and Happy Vallentine’s day! :slight\_smile: Finished The Golden City: A Novel (last in the Fourth Realm Trilogy). Travelers are men who can project their spirit into other realms. They a… --- ## [Best one-hit wonder song of the 80's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-one-hit-wonder-song-of-the-80s/518319)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-one-hit-wonder-song-of-the-80s/518319 "2009-11-30T12:32:40Z")
I happened to catch VH1’s countdown of the top one-hit wonder songs of the 80’s. When I started watching it, I thought the answer was a no-brainer. VH1, however, chose Come on, Eileen, by Dexy’s Midnight Runners. A o… --- ## [Brown spots on a stored linen tablecloth :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-spots-on-a-stored-linen-tablecloth/582786)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-spots-on-a-stored-linen-tablecloth/582786 "2014-01-27T16:40:53Z")
I unearthed from the back of a closet an embroidered natural Irish linen tablecloth that’s been there for years. It has dark brown spots all over it. It may have been used once and just put away without laundering. Or… --- ## [Lost 5.12 "Dead is Dead"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-5-12-dead-is-dead/492412)
**Author:** [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-5-12-dead-is-dead/492412 "2009-04-14T17:04:09Z")
Thread rules: From the on-line description for tonight’s episode: Some useful Café Society links are given below: Thread index for Season 1 Episodes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 T… --- ## [SDMB Fantasy Football Auction League](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/505304)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-auction-league/505304 "2010-07-30T23:22:00Z")
Going on year 3. Last year’s thread. We have 11 or 12 members from last year signed up again so far. The only person missing is Spiritus Mundi. He hasn’t posted on the board for most of a year. I sent him an e-mail and… --- ## [Bush Admin planning post-Labor-Day "product rollout" of war-with-Iran hysteria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-planning-post-labor-day-product-rollout-of-war-with-iran-hysteria/417520)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 321\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-planning-post-labor-day-product-rollout-of-war-with-iran-hysteria/417520 "2007-10-21T20:35:17Z")
The thread title ends with a question mark because, at present, this is based solely on a blog quoting an unnamed inside source. Mods, move this to the Pit or MPSIMS or IMHO if you think it belongs there for that reason… --- ## [Parents Opt to Keep Conjoined Twins Together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-opt-to-keep-conjoined-twins-together/687012)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-opt-to-keep-conjoined-twins-together/687012 "2024-04-20T14:09:06Z")
A couple in Indiana, Pa. says they’ve opted not to separate their newborn conjoined twins because surgery would put both their lives at serious risk. The brothers were born 14 days ago and they share a heart and liver. … --- ## [Showdown! Justice League of America vs. the X-Men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showdown-justice-league-of-america-vs-the-x-men/276242)
**Author:** [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showdown-justice-league-of-america-vs-the-x-men/276242 "2004-12-09T13:09:29Z")
The ultimate geeky comics thread (which has probably already been done, several times. But whatever): Justice League of America vs. the X-Men. Who wins? (Anybody who was ever part of the JLA or the X-Men, be they dead,… --- ## [Lost & found, the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382 "2016-05-16T00:54:04Z")
Looking thru the lost & found & look what I found, a new MMP which somebody, anybody, everybody neglected to start. (I usually only start one when I have a topic.) So what have you lost…or found? --- ## [Are You Nostalgic For the 1970's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-nostalgic-for-the-1970s/650130)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-nostalgic-for-the-1970s/650130 "2013-02-18T03:48:01Z")
I like disco music-I just picked up a good disc of the music of the period-and realized how much I like it. As for leisure suits, bell bottom pants, Studio 54-not sure. Is it one of your favorite decades, or not? Wha… --- ## ["Toxic masculinity" and "toxic femininity." Real things or sexist mumbo-jumbo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toxic-masculinity-and-toxic-femininity-real-things-or-sexist-mumbo-jumbo/833866)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toxic-masculinity-and-toxic-femininity-real-things-or-sexist-mumbo-jumbo/833866 "2019-05-27T21:12:29Z")
Toxic masculinity: I can’t find a formal definition of toxic femininity. But I did find this piece that takes a thoughtful stab at defining the term: What inspired this thread was this hit piece against Meghan McCai… --- ## [Gays: Are You Annoyed by Straights in Gay Bars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-you-annoyed-by-straights-in-gay-bars/581700)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-you-annoyed-by-straights-in-gay-bars/581700 "2011-05-23T19:04:22Z")
I was at a gay bar last Sunday morning (Sunday Brunch With a Drag Queen = perfect Mother’s Day gift!), and the crowd seemed to be about 3:1 gay to straight. I imagine that if I had been there on Saturday night, things wo… --- ## [Oh No! 2009 record amounts of new US wind power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-2009-record-amounts-of-new-us-wind-power/535702)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-2009-record-amounts-of-new-us-wind-power/535702 "2010-04-14T18:09:08Z")
In 2009, 5,700 new wind turbines were installed in the United States. This constitutes up to 10,000 megawatts of new power. Meanwhile, nuclear energy has supplied not a single watt of new power in the US in the past 3… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=393&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=395&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)