# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=401&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:** 402 --- ## [No nookie for Jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-nookie-for-jack/631657)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-nookie-for-jack/631657 "2012-08-16T21:03:02Z")
There’s a new Jack In the Box commercial in which Jack’s wife owns him in a word game. Jack plays the word “swavory” and his wife challenges him. He then uses it to describe the sweet and savory taste of his new waffle s… --- ## [Odd geometric patterns when I close my eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-geometric-patterns-when-i-close-my-eyes/161482)
**Author:** [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-geometric-patterns-when-i-close-my-eyes/161482 "2003-03-17T03:39:34Z")
OK, I looked and couldn’t find anything in the archives, so here goes: When I close my eyes sometimes I can “see” an image of a geometric pattern, almost like a snowflake. The effect is most noticeable when there is a s… --- ## [Botticelli - Feb. 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-feb-2016/744859 "2016-03-01T14:42:50Z")
Last month’s thread: Botticelli - Jan. 2016 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board Our new letter is T Go for it! --- ## [You know your username goes at the top of every post, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255)
**Author:** [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255 "2011-03-01T23:41:11Z")
Not sure if you knew this or not, Shodan, Quasimodem, \*\*Mean Mr. Mustard \*\*and others, but the SDMB actually puts your username right there at the top of every single post you make! It’s awesome! It saves you from having… --- ## [Stoid: We get it. You like Gary Taubes. Now shut up about it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-we-get-it-you-like-gary-taubes-now-shut-up-about-it/577944)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoid-we-get-it-you-like-gary-taubes-now-shut-up-about-it/577944 "2011-05-16T14:20:13Z")
This is the latest in a series of threads about the epiphany Stoid has had about diet and weight loss. And this is the latest of that series in which she fellates Gary Taubes, who I guess is some guru who has found the U… --- ## [US Billof rights and European Convention on Human Rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-billof-rights-and-european-convention-on-human-rights/694225)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-billof-rights-and-european-convention-on-human-rights/694225 "2014-07-31T08:21:50Z")
Warning- long set of OPs. Although a great respecter of the US Constitution (if not always a respecter of the way it has been interpreted over the years- slavery, sedition acts, Japanese detentions in WWII among others)… --- ## [Margarine is really black & ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margarine-is-really-black-one-molecule-away-from-being-plastic/331607)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margarine-is-really-black-one-molecule-away-from-being-plastic/331607 "2005-11-22T16:22:42Z")
I, for one, hate margarine. It’s gross & I can’t believe the American public has actually bought the load of marketing crap that it’s “just like butter”. Whenever I see a TV commercial for some tub of greasy cum with a v… --- ## [Books you've thrown across the room in rage (open spoilers likely)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-youve-thrown-across-the-room-in-rage-open-spoilers-likely/365799)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-youve-thrown-across-the-room-in-rage-open-spoilers-likely/365799 "2017-12-12T01:13:29Z")
Inspired by this thread on walking out of movies. Ever been so disgusted by a book you were reading that you threw it across the room, or out the window, or into the fireplace, or at the head of the author who just so h… --- ## [Why the 15 second rule at Argo Tea? Any thoughts on how to follow up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-15-second-rule-at-argo-tea-any-thoughts-on-how-to-follow-up/534119)
**Author:** [@ILION](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILION)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-15-second-rule-at-argo-tea-any-thoughts-on-how-to-follow-up/534119 "2010-04-03T01:49:14Z")
Fact. My husband and I were the subject of a racial profiling episode. Last Friday at the Argo Tea on west Randolph St. one of the wait staff called the police as my husband did not order a tea beverage within seconds o… --- ## [Unfortunate/worst branding ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-worst-branding-ever/473383)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-worst-branding-ever/473383 "2008-11-27T02:36:16Z")
What are your favourite ill-conceived ad slogans, brand names, logos, etc? Thiswasn’t ill-conceived to begin with but because of later events it never became the most marketable of brands. This company existed in Dublin… --- ## [Analogies Banned in GD - Part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-banned-in-gd-part-ii/705261)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-banned-in-gd-part-ii/705261 "2014-11-24T21:52:28Z")
This is not a thread about SSM. I respectfully request any poster to refrain from expressing an opinion on the subject in this thread, and to do so if necessary in GD. I would request, if possible, to limit discussion … --- ## [GOT: Explain the appeal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-explain-the-appeal/685720)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-explain-the-appeal/685720 "2014-04-16T18:53:19Z")
Okay, so the Mrs. has read a whole lot of hype in recent weeks, what with the new Game of Thrones season starting, and decided we had to take a look. (That’s what led to the other thread, the problems of getting HBO prod… --- ## [Rachel Jeantel accepts offer to attend college.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-jeantel-accepts-offer-to-attend-college/663862)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-jeantel-accepts-offer-to-attend-college/663862 "2015-10-27T17:19:32Z")
Well, something positive can come out of the Zimmerman trial. I just hope Jeantel is up for the challenge. Some of the historical black colleges have a long history of excellence. She’ll have to study a lot harder to mak… --- ## [Larson comic - what's the funny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larson-comic-whats-the-funny/990434)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larson-comic-whats-the-funny/990434 "2025-11-01T21:08:19Z")
I thought I’d seen all of the Larson comics… but I recently ran across this one. I’d never seen it before and I don’t get it. Help? I did do a search on this site and didn’t come up with it. --- ## [The fingerwaggin' BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fingerwaggin-bigt/793187)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fingerwaggin-bigt/793187 "2017-08-20T02:37:18Z")
BigT, this isn’t about you posting your opinions on the internet, thousands of people do that everyday and the vast majority manage to do so without rolling a single eyeball. But you, again and again you manage to post … --- ## [What is Scotland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-scotland/583087)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-scotland/583087 "2011-05-31T03:41:59Z")
According to Wikipedia: “Scotland… is a country that is part of the United Kingdom”. Again, according to Wikipedia: “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland… is a sovereign state off the north-western c… --- ## [What could be used for bullets instead of lead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-used-for-bullets-instead-of-lead/551641)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-used-for-bullets-instead-of-lead/551641 "2010-08-29T03:27:05Z")
While surfing, I came across this article about wanting to ban lead in bullets. I’m not particularly interested in debating the politics of the matter, but lead is traditionally the metal used in bullets and I wonder wha… --- ## [What do prostitutes do during their period?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-prostitutes-do-during-their-period/246262)
**Author:** [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-prostitutes-do-during-their-period/246262 "2004-05-28T15:27:25Z")
As the title says, what do prostitutes do during their period? I can’t imagine them “plying business” while menstruating; do they simply take the week off, or get an alternate source of income? --- ## [Michigan Primary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-primary/614301)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-primary/614301 "2012-03-03T00:09:48Z")
Let the party begin. With 5% of precincts reporting: Santorum 18,090 40% Romney 17,845 39% Paul 4,943 11% Gingrich 3,255 7% --- ## [Did the US secret police fail in its duty of maintaining regime stability during the 2016 election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-us-secret-police-fail-in-its-duty-of-maintaining-regime-stability-during-the-2016-election/814548)
**Author:** [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-us-secret-police-fail-in-its-duty-of-maintaining-regime-stability-during-the-2016-election/814548 "2018-05-25T21:39:03Z")
Bit of a rant I guess. The role of secret police is to maintain the stability of the domestic regime. Opposition should be carefully controlled and infiltrated in order to maintain that stability. Also, the appearance o… --- ## [How do you rate Bob Dylan's songwriting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-rate-bob-dylans-songwriting/670030)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2013, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-rate-bob-dylans-songwriting/670030 "2013-10-07T10:49:26Z")
An offshot of this thread --- ## [Bernie and Jane Sanders under investigation for bank fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-and-jane-sanders-under-investigation-for-bank-fraud/789781)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-and-jane-sanders-under-investigation-for-bank-fraud/789781 "2017-07-10T17:50:12Z")
Lengthy Politco story This could prove to be quite interesting and hopefully put an end to the perception that Bernie Sanders is the savior of the Democratic Party. In fact, if there’s even a small fire with all this s… --- ## [Women riding side saddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-riding-side-saddle/531281)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-riding-side-saddle/531281 "2011-03-29T13:20:41Z")
I have been watching a lot of movies and TV shows that depict life in the Western US during the 19th century. Sometimes it shows women riding side saddle, while other times it shows them riding the same way that men do. … --- ## [Words You’ve Never Heard Pronounced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-ve-never-heard-pronounced/963774)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-ve-never-heard-pronounced/963774 "2022-08-27T12:17:01Z")
I was watching Jeopardy! not long ago. They were discussing Norse mythology as part of some question. Things like Trees of Life and Thor’s hammer. They probably pronounced these things properly. But very different fr… --- ## [Car problem: wipers are out of sync](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-problem-wipers-are-out-of-sync/612830)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-problem-wipers-are-out-of-sync/612830 "2018-11-30T21:35:23Z")
It’s my own stupid fault. It was drizzling when I was driving home from work last night and I had my wipers on. I forgot to turn them off when I parked the car in the driveway, and the drizzle froze overnight. So this mo… --- ## [Captain of USN Aircraft carrier begs for help as COVID19 ravages ships company.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-of-usn-aircraft-carrier-begs-for-help-as-covid19-ravages-ships-company/850738)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-of-usn-aircraft-carrier-begs-for-help-as-covid19-ravages-ships-company/850738 "2020-06-10T03:16:12Z")
Here Did they not hear about the cruise ships? Why did they not cancel the deployment?:eek::smack: Who needs Chinese anti ship BMs when a Chinese virus does just fine. --- ## [What does the inside of a human body smell like to a surgeon? What does cancer smell like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-inside-of-a-human-body-smell-like-to-a-surgeon-what-does-cancer-smell-like/512437)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-inside-of-a-human-body-smell-like-to-a-surgeon-what-does-cancer-smell-like/512437 "2009-10-07T11:47:38Z")
When a surgeon opens someone up what does it smell like as they are working on the body? Do cancer and other diseases have particular smells? --- ## [Face Off Season 9](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-off-season-9/726496)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-off-season-9/726496 "2015-10-31T16:54:40Z")
Face Off on SyFy is back with Season 9. New people, new challenges, new disasters. The first challenge right off the bat is a doozy - no Foundation Challenge, straight to the Spotlight challenge: the contestants were … --- ## [History of "this show filmed in front of a live studio audience"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-this-show-filmed-in-front-of-a-live-studio-audience/549838)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-this-show-filmed-in-front-of-a-live-studio-audience/549838 "2014-07-07T19:40:04Z")
It seems that for a certain time period (perhaps 70s and early 80s?) shows made a regular point of having a cast member explain, usually during either the opening or the closing, that “this show was filmed in front of a … --- ## [Reggie White is Not a Great Man - Shame on the Packers and the NFL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reggie-white-is-not-a-great-man-shame-on-the-packers-and-the-nfl/322271)
**Author:** [@Go\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Blue)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reggie-white-is-not-a-great-man-shame-on-the-packers-and-the-nfl/322271 "2005-09-22T22:05:08Z")
Reggie White was a great football player, but not a great man. He used his position as a great football player to promote his hateful racist, homophobic viewpoint. If the Packers wanted to retire his number because he wa… --- ## [Plausible liberal fantasy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plausible-liberal-fantasy/612602)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plausible-liberal-fantasy/612602 "2012-02-14T17:54:09Z")
it just occured to me that there is a small chance of Obama winning big, and Long Story Short it has to do with a recovering economy, which is like Duh! Thanks for sharing, Captain Obvious. But specifically I can easil… --- ## [Dress codes at upscale restaurants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-codes-at-upscale-restaurants/536807)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-codes-at-upscale-restaurants/536807 "2010-04-22T18:25:42Z")
I don’t do much in the way of fine dining, but I had an opportunity to eat at a very well-regarded, upscale restaurant the other evening. Beforehand, I fretted a bit about what to wear: Suit? Tie? Surely a sports jacket,… --- ## [I am at the in-laws and they just spoiled star wars for me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339 "2016-01-02T16:30:05Z")
And that’s all they are talking about. Literally the whole plot. I am hiding in another room but I can still hear them. We told them we hadn’t seen it and they just don’t care. I’m not liking my in-laws very much today.… --- ## [Apparently yesterday was the last day that cartoons were aired on Saturday mornings on broadcast TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-yesterday-was-the-last-day-that-cartoons-were-aired-on-saturday-mornings-on-broadcast-tv/699793)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-yesterday-was-the-last-day-that-cartoons-were-aired-on-saturday-mornings-on-broadcast-tv/699793 "2014-10-01T12:52:46Z")
The end of an era! I guess kids can watch cartoons pretty whenever they want these days, so it’s not a big deal, but when I was a kid, that was pretty much it for us! That and the occasional prime-time Peanuts special. T… --- ## [Resolved: pacifism is a chimerical and egoistic ethical system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-pacifism-is-a-chimerical-and-egoistic-ethical-system/488158)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-pacifism-is-a-chimerical-and-egoistic-ethical-system/488158 "2009-03-15T14:50:19Z")
Inspired, of course, by this thread currently running in the Blandness Pit. Before I make my case, let me specify what I mean by the words “chimerical” and egoistic." In neither case am I satisfied that those words mea… --- ## [Determining If Someone Is Canadian...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/determining-if-someone-is-canadian/702072)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/determining-if-someone-is-canadian/702072 "2015-03-07T02:19:46Z")
I live near the the Windsor-Detroit border of Canada. So I have had contact with Canadians from time to time. They usually try to blend in with the rest of the population when the visit America (they are a very discrete … --- ## [Computer hit by lightning - is it fixable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-hit-by-lightning-is-it-fixable/579752)
**Author:** [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-hit-by-lightning-is-it-fixable/579752 "2018-02-26T02:42:38Z")
My house was hit by lightning last week. It had been a wonderfully sunny and warm Good Friday in West London but at about 5.30 the heavens opened. Right in the middle of the new Doctor Who (curses!), there was a huge ZA… --- ## [Re-imagine famous Star Wars lines with knowledge gained from the prequels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-imagine-famous-star-wars-lines-with-knowledge-gained-from-the-prequels/452500)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-imagine-famous-star-wars-lines-with-knowledge-gained-from-the-prequels/452500 "2012-08-02T12:14:48Z")
Let’s take famous lines from the first three Star Wars films and filter them through knowledge gained from the Prequels. I’ll offer a few by way of better explaining what I mean: “Your father wanted you to have this w… --- ## [Sevenneves by Neal Stephenson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevenneves-by-neal-stephenson/718141)
**Author:** [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevenneves-by-neal-stephenson/718141 "2017-04-05T14:23:15Z")
Didn’t see anything on this upcoming book. Has anyone else read the preview? Synopsis: some mysterious for destroys the moon. Humanity must send out colonizers to save the race. Last two thirds of book skips forward 500… --- ## [Sir Elton John really, really sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-elton-john-really-really-sucks/101496)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-elton-john-really-really-sucks/101496 "2015-04-14T12:36:38Z")
As a musical artist, Sir Elton John really, really sucks (I can’t comment on his personal life). I borrowed his “Reg Strikes Back” cd from the library - what a huge, steaming pile! I thought maybe he had just gone downhi… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 2.09 "Triggerfinger" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-09-triggerfinger-open-spoilers/613377)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-09-triggerfinger-open-spoilers/613377 "2012-02-25T00:09:50Z")
So Rick, Glen, and Herschal are all trapped in the saloon while \[del\]Dumb Bitch\[/del\] Lori is trapped in an upside down car on the side of the road. --- ## [Human races after all!?! --- What now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-races-after-all-what-now/121723)
**Author:** [@Sparc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparc)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-races-after-all-what-now/121723 "2002-08-24T05:22:25Z")
The ‘race debate’ has been had a million times in here just in the few months I have been around (it feels like a million anyway) and many honorable posters, whom I have grown to respect have strived hard to show that ‘r… --- ## [The colour of Hydrogen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-hydrogen/532649)
**Author:** [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colour-of-hydrogen/532649 "2017-04-01T02:12:16Z")
What colour is liquid hydrogen? All references to the element, I can see, say it is a colourless gas, but what is it like when it is a liquid? Is it ‘clear’ as in actually colourless or just appears nearly colourless. … --- ## [Dying alone: what safety measures are feasible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-alone-what-safety-measures-are-feasible/813292)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2023, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-alone-what-safety-measures-are-feasible/813292 "2023-05-06T07:16:22Z")
Living alone has a lot of benefits, but also a few dangers. The classic danger is falling ill when you’re home alone and not being able to reach a phone for help. It’s not that irrational a fear; brain strokesare more … --- ## [An insufferable wedding announcent.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170 "2016-07-08T01:43:39Z")
I’m not convinced that this is even real. It’s hard to find just a few paragraphs that do this justice, you have to read the article, but here are some examples. --- ## [Factoids that sound right, for a moment...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factoids-that-sound-right-for-a-moment/569234)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factoids-that-sound-right-for-a-moment/569234 "2011-02-07T12:26:48Z")
Such as: or Anyone got any more like this? They need to be patently wrong (absurdly so), but sound right until you think about them, if that makes sense. --- ## [Let's talk about Political Correctness on American college campuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-political-correctness-on-american-college-campuses/741251)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-political-correctness-on-american-college-campuses/741251 "2016-01-07T01:46:49Z")
I’m an old fart who would be escorted off any decent college campus but I hear - mostly through Conservative news outlets but not exclusively - that college campuses are no longer a bastion of free thought. As I underst… --- ## [RO: Mom kills kid. Eats brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-mom-kills-kid-eats-brain/504471)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-mom-kills-kid-eats-brain/504471 "2009-08-05T05:49:18Z")
Warning, this is disturbing. Link. Obviously more info will come out but how in the heck do you let a woman who is that nuts take care of a baby\*? Slee \*Until more info comes out I am assuming that she was known to h… --- ## [South Carolina Republican race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-republican-race/746372)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-republican-race/746372 "2016-02-21T23:26:30Z")
The polls show Trump pretty easily winning, but who will take 2nd? The polls say Cruz, but his position is very tenuous. Bush and Kasich are showing a lot of volatility, ranging from 4% to 15%. Rubio’s pretty consistent … --- ## [Steve Jobs dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733 "2011-10-07T19:50:03Z")
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