# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=406&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:** 407 --- ## [Microwave water heaters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-water-heaters/575348)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2011, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-water-heaters/575348 "2011-03-22T10:31:14Z")
It seems to me that the most fuel/cost efficient way to heat water is obviously with microwaves. So why are there no microwave home water heaters on the market? Why would we continue to use old fashioned heating elemen… --- ## [Message from Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-from-polycarp/498850)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-from-polycarp/498850 "2009-07-03T03:40:55Z")
As some of you may know, Polycarp and his wife, Skulldigger, have been real life friends of ours now for several years. I just spoke with him by phone to check up on their condition which, a couple weeks ago, was quite d… --- ## [Sentence fragments you would (or wouldn't) want in your obituary.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentence-fragments-you-would-or-wouldnt-want-in-your-obituary/549495)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentence-fragments-you-would-or-wouldnt-want-in-your-obituary/549495 "2010-09-03T19:08:00Z")
Would: “… thus breaking his own world record.” Would not: “Having finally been excreted, his body…” For instance. --- ## [My Dog Ate Rat Posion This Morning......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-ate-rat-posion-this-morning/556388)
**Author:** [@Storm\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Storm_Girl)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-ate-rat-posion-this-morning/556388 "2010-10-15T08:41:52Z")
So, this morning when I got out of the shower, I noticed that my dachshund puppy, Peanut, was chewing on something. I went to see what she had, and I saw a white lumpy substance with a few yellow chewed-on pieces of car… --- ## [Do you have your own blog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-your-own-blog/627443)
**Author:** [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2013, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-your-own-blog/627443 "2013-04-25T11:58:17Z")
I recently started a personal blog about my close-up and macro photography. I have to admit that it has been a lot of work, but it also has been a lot of fun! But once I started talking to my friends about it I realized … --- ## [Can you drink lab alcohol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-drink-lab-alcohol/473329)
**Author:** [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-drink-lab-alcohol/473329 "2018-07-18T01:48:35Z")
I have heard that the 99% has impurities. But what about the 70% and the 96%? --- ## [Welcome, castaways! Lost 1.12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-castaways-lost-1-12/284449)
**Author:** [@shadowfax33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowfax33)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-castaways-lost-1-12/284449 "2005-01-19T17:25:56Z")
It’s that oh-so-important time of the week again–time to check in with our favorite castaways and see what’s up. Will Shannon be eaten by T-Rex? Will Sayid save her? What’s with Boone’s eerie glare of doom toward Sayi… --- ## [New US Penny Reverse.... it's Beautiful!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-penny-reverse-its-beautiful/529598)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-us-penny-reverse-its-beautiful/529598 "2010-02-28T22:56:08Z")
The US has announced a new reverse to the Lincoln penny (the one cent coin). Take a look, I like it a lot. Clean and modern. \[http://www.usmint.gov/mint\_programs/lincolnRedesign/?flash=yes\](http://www.usmint.gov/mint\_p… --- ## [What difference would it make if Scientific methodology, reason, and rationality ruled the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-difference-would-it-make-if-scientific-methodology-reason-and-rationality-ruled-the-world/670263)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-difference-would-it-make-if-scientific-methodology-reason-and-rationality-ruled-the-world/670263 "2013-10-05T00:30:52Z")
I am posting this mostly because of the trainwreck of a thread about atheism ruling the world and I suspect that this is what he was really after. So the debate, How would the world be different if we woke up one fine c… --- ## [Make a stupid choice with a stupid person and you're surprised when stupidity ensues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-stupid-choice-with-a-stupid-person-and-youre-surprised-when-stupidity-ensues/491399)
**Author:** [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-stupid-choice-with-a-stupid-person-and-youre-surprised-when-stupidity-ensues/491399 "2009-04-02T20:59:38Z")
Dear Facebook friend, Today your status update said you are: Clearly your comment is designed to malign or embarrass your child’s father and his deadbeatedness, but do you realize you are also embarrassing yourself by… --- ## [E. Nough. With. The. Pink. Al. Ready.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-nough-with-the-pink-al-ready/669869)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-nough-with-the-pink-al-ready/669869 "2013-10-09T23:30:34Z")
Everyone who is “unaware” of BREAST CANCER, raise your hand… thought so. I have enough issues with the wonderful world of retailing that I don’t need to see a sea of pink products reminding us to think about BREAST CANC… --- ## [Is doorhinge dumber than a doorknob?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536)
**Author:** [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536 "2017-10-07T20:22:22Z")
I vote “YES”. The dude is a fucking moron. Kind of like Adaher without the talent. Seriously, doorhinge, do you really think that repeating stupid phrases over and over will help prove your point? Examples: Great NJ La… --- ## [Friend w cancer. Should i inform his estranged daughter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-w-cancer-should-i-inform-his-estranged-daughter/644899)
**Author:** [@cougar58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cougar58)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-w-cancer-should-i-inform-his-estranged-daughter/644899 "2013-01-03T00:18:31Z")
As mention in another OP, my good friend and next door neighbor was just last week diagnosed…he is a simple country boy. Something happened yrs ago, and neither his son nor daughter communicate with him…my guess is, yrs… --- ## [Yet another pre-emptive move to the pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pre-emptive-move-to-the-pit/522365)
**Author:** [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pre-emptive-move-to-the-pit/522365 "2009-12-29T23:45:04Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=545044 Why is there a need to babysit the posters? They know the rules. If they want to get vitriolic, they can start a pit thread. The pit should not be used as … --- ## [Moses Farrow defends Woody Allen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moses-farrow-defends-woody-allen/927877)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moses-farrow-defends-woody-allen/927877 "2021-03-16T19:48:27Z")
Here we go again. Moses Farrow, the first adopted son of Mia Farrow gave his first newspaper interview to The Guardian, so I figured I would start the inevitable thread. In summary. He’s now a therapist who specialize… --- ## [LOTR: Is Samwise Gamgee the real hero of the books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-is-samwise-gamgee-the-real-hero-of-the-books/630395)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-is-samwise-gamgee-the-real-hero-of-the-books/630395 "2012-08-09T22:53:09Z")
I was reading the comments in a recent Reddit thread about this and figured I’d get a better discussion on this here (for a variety of reasons but particularly because the format is more amenable to discussion here). In… --- ## [Doctor Who 2020 New Year Special (and current season)(Spoilers!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-2020-new-year-special-and-current-season-spoilers/845763)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-2020-new-year-special-and-current-season-spoilers/845763 "2020-03-09T21:26:13Z")
Well, that was fun! Stephen Fry makes amusing head of MI6 (should have used the Melchett voice), and after a moment, I recognized Lenny Henry (a man who has played the Doctor in non-canonical sketches) too. The new act… --- ## [Is Causality Bullshit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-causality-bullshit/542018)
**Author:** [@nilum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nilum)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-causality-bullshit/542018 "2010-06-10T23:41:34Z")
I am not a physics major, but I had one trying to explain why my idea wouldn’t work for superluminal communication. This was my idea using what little I know about entanglement - I was bouncing the idea off of him but h… --- ## [Why are there numbers on my contact lenses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-numbers-on-my-contact-lenses/484743)
**Author:** [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-numbers-on-my-contact-lenses/484743 "2009-02-12T01:54:39Z")
I just noticed yesterday when cracking open a new pair of disposable lenses that there are tiny numbers engraved on each one. They don’t seem to match any of the numbers on the packaging (but they are small, and I don’t … --- ## [Ladies, let’s be honest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-let-s-be-honest/477382)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-let-s-be-honest/477382 "2008-12-22T04:43:02Z")
Say a guy comes up to you, a total stranger, and says something mildly flirtatious, (some equivalent of “How YOU doing’?” that you’re totally unoffended by, just some polite, amusing chit-chat), you exchange a little mo… --- ## [How to test for short-circuit in a long run of cable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-test-for-short-circuit-in-a-long-run-of-cable/579463)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-test-for-short-circuit-in-a-long-run-of-cable/579463 "2011-08-18T03:32:29Z")
I have 16 CCTV cameras. They get their power from a single 12V power supply unit that looks like this: http://www.pkcctv.com/UploadFiles/CCTV\_power\_supply\_box\_12V\_3A\_4\_group.JPG This power supply has four different 12V … --- ## [Judging state flags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judging-state-flags/724094)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judging-state-flags/724094 "2015-07-13T20:55:53Z")
Responding to this post: Funny site. But taking the question seriously, I disagree. Here’s my ranking: New Mexico’s flag is just about as perfect as a flag can be. Flag of New Mexico - Wikipedia It’s simple, it’s d… --- ## [Why do people take cruise ship vacations over and over again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-take-cruise-ship-vacations-over-and-over-again/779292)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-take-cruise-ship-vacations-over-and-over-again/779292 "2019-09-28T16:44:14Z")
Do they enjoy them that much? Do they really give you a rest? Does the 5k to 10k missing in your bank account hurt? Do you like the staff waiting on you? Do you lose money in the casino? Do you really enjoy the mode… --- ## [Can you make any sense out of this list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-any-sense-out-of-this-list/536228)
**Author:** [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-any-sense-out-of-this-list/536228 "2010-06-30T07:49:16Z")
It was on a sheet of paper in my mailbox - no envelope. I’ll try to re-create it as well as possible. It’s a mimeograph copy of something handwritten. I can only guess at some of the letters - and why the writer had som… --- ## [My rice cooker no longer works, did i break it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rice-cooker-no-longer-works-did-i-break-it/675117)
**Author:** [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rice-cooker-no-longer-works-did-i-break-it/675117 "2014-04-19T03:58:53Z")
I cook rice everyday. Basically put brown rice and water in it and it cooks and usually take 30 minutes or so. The thing is im a very lazy person and well the area around it in the kitchen… im very sloppy and there is … --- ## [It's Spring! It's Sequential Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-spring-its-sequential-threads/494486)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 412\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-spring-its-sequential-threads/494486 "2009-07-02T12:01:06Z")
\*\*Sixteenth Century Jokes What Antique Would You Like? \*\* --- ## [CE and BCE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ce-and-bce/681009)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ce-and-bce/681009 "2014-02-20T06:57:04Z")
Look, I like change and all, but this one is just a mess. I’ve tried but the similarity of letters of BCE CE and the religious system’s calendar which has been the common calendar of BC (and AD) now cause a unnecessary … --- ## [Seriously, is Trump a Functional Illiterate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-is-trump-a-functional-illiterate/779819)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-is-trump-a-functional-illiterate/779819 "2017-02-21T00:54:29Z")
I’m finding more and more stories like these around the media spectrum. Could this be possible? I’ve seen a few Youtube pieces claiming that Trump is illiterate using video clips of Trump being asked to read leases and… --- ## [Which was the Better Fighter: BF109 or Spitfire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-better-fighter-bf109-or-spitfire/488907)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-better-fighter-bf109-or-spitfire/488907 "2009-03-11T02:43:19Z")
I ask because (i seems) that the (British) Spitfire was constantly being upgraded-I belive it went through 9 or 10 iterations by the end of the war. The constant improvements made the planes faster and more maneuverable.… --- ## [Do the stripprs let you touch their breasts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-stripprs-let-you-touch-their-breasts/683891)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-stripprs-let-you-touch-their-breasts/683891 "2014-03-31T18:37:25Z")
The strippers at the Crazy Horse do. But I’ve heard this is not a universal thing. do the strippers let you touch their breasts? --- ## [I'll live to regret this, but here's the Semantle thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 304\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-live-to-regret-this-but-heres-the-semantle-thread/961932 "2022-10-28T13:18:25Z")
Maserschmidt told us about Semantle, here. There’s more details in that post, but as an overview, Semantle is a guess-the-word game, only based on semantic similarity rather than the letters it contains (as in the case o… --- ## [Life lessons learned the hard way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-lessons-learned-the-hard-way/938104)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-lessons-learned-the-hard-way/938104 "2021-04-27T00:29:00Z")
Before you sit down on the toilet, make sure your cell phone is not in your back pocket. When you take a jacknife-style food thermometer (e.g., Thermapen) out of a roast, don’t grab the pointy end to fold it back up. D… --- ## [How to tell if a movie sucks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-movie-sucks/664088)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-movie-sucks/664088 "2013-08-04T21:22:17Z")
Paris Hilton appears in it. Any actor whose most recent claims to fame involve rehab or cosmetic surgery The musicians/groups performing songs in the movie get better billing than any actors (and it’s NOT a rocumentary… --- ## [Mt. Everest Claims 5 New Victims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-everest-claims-5-new-victims/622611)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-everest-claims-5-new-victims/622611 "2012-06-06T17:00:47Z")
Looks like this year’s climbing season is off to a morbid start. Three climbers are dead, 2 missing (presumed dead). Hope these folks found their dream, and that it was worth it. How many more must die? Why can’t the … --- ## [Is the concept of alimony in a divorce an antiquated and sexist idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-concept-of-alimony-in-a-divorce-an-antiquated-and-sexist-idea/585614)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-concept-of-alimony-in-a-divorce-an-antiquated-and-sexist-idea/585614 "2011-06-24T13:29:46Z")
According to wiki, alimony is legal obligation to provide financial support to one’s spouse from the other spouse after marital separation or from the ex-spouse upon divorce. Traditionally this has come to mean that high… --- ## [Why does everyone hate Elisabeth Rohm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-elisabeth-rohm/344894)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-elisabeth-rohm/344894 "2021-02-02T01:31:03Z")
I’m only halfway through this thread on bad actors in good TV series and Elisabeth Rohm has already been mentioned twice. And I don’t understand why. She’s had three major TV roles: Kate on Angel The Girl Lead on Bull … --- ## [Get-out-the-vote and voter suppression are not equally legitimate political tactics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-the-vote-and-voter-suppression-are-not-equally-legitimate-political-tactics/469089)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-the-vote-and-voter-suppression-are-not-equally-legitimate-political-tactics/469089 "2011-09-09T02:04:24Z")
That is so obvious I’m astonished I even have to point it out, but see Bricker’s position in posts #55, 64, and 67 of this thread. See also this famous 1980 quotation by Paul Weyrich: :dubious: Mmm-hm. When your opp… --- ## [Agent Carter S01E01: Now is Not the End / Agent Carter S01E02: Bridge and Tunnel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agent-carter-s01e01-now-is-not-the-end-agent-carter-s01e02-bridge-and-tunnel/709177)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agent-carter-s01e01-now-is-not-the-end-agent-carter-s01e02-bridge-and-tunnel/709177 "2015-01-13T19:37:49Z")
“Now is Not the End” Directed by Louis D’Esposito Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely “Bridge and Tunnel” Directed by Joe Russo Written by Eric Pearson I have high hopes about this show. What little I… --- ## [How long will a car battery run this stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-a-car-battery-run-this-stuff/416335)
**Author:** [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-a-car-battery-run-this-stuff/416335 "2007-08-21T18:27:06Z")
Football season approaches and tailgating parties with it. We’ll be heading down every Saturday (well, and some thrusdays) to celebrate the victorious local college team. Since we like to watch as much football as possib… --- ## [logical flaw in Impeachment Articles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-flaw-in-impeachment-articles/845614)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2020, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-flaw-in-impeachment-articles/845614 "2020-01-02T07:25:51Z")
I was shocked to see this sentence in the impeachment articles: It could be (and I think is) the case that BOTH Ukraine AND Russia interfered. By saying “rather than Russia”, they assume it has to be only one of the tw… --- ## [Christian propoganda author dies in car accident -- grieve, or celebrate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-propoganda-author-dies-in-car-accident-grieve-or-celebrate/580163)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-propoganda-author-dies-in-car-accident-grieve-or-celebrate/580163 "2011-05-04T20:25:08Z")
David Wilkerson, author of The Cross and the Switchblade and evangelist for the Assemblies of God, was killed this week by smashing head-on into an oncoming truck, while driving the wrong way down the freeway. His wife,… --- ## [America : Shut yer hole about being the "Land of the Free".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-shut-yer-hole-about-being-the-land-of-the-free/257436)
**Author:** [@Achilles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achilles)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-shut-yer-hole-about-being-the-land-of-the-free/257436 "2004-08-03T13:08:45Z")
First off: let’s not turn this into America v. The World, as that seems to be the way the wind is blowing anyway, so any thread on that would be pointless - all we gotta do is wait ‘n’ see. But this bunch-of-arse that I… --- ## [A chef in the kitchen, a lady in the living room, and a whore in bed: Female ideal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chef-in-the-kitchen-a-lady-in-the-living-room-and-a-whore-in-bed-female-ideal/248687)
**Author:** [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chef-in-the-kitchen-a-lady-in-the-living-room-and-a-whore-in-bed-female-ideal/248687 "2004-06-05T19:55:07Z")
A chef in the kitchen, a lady in the living room, and a whore in bed: Is this still the general consensus among hetero men (or others of similar inclination) of the ideal woman? --- ## [Who would you cast in Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-jonathan-strange-mr-norrell/572825)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-jonathan-strange-mr-norrell/572825 "2015-06-14T01:52:20Z")
I just finished the book and really, really enjoyed it. I’d love to see a movie based on it, but suspect it would be better as a big-budget TV miniseries so that it wouldn’t have to be cut to ribbons due to time const… --- ## [Games Lost By a MAJOR, Bone-Headed Blunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-lost-by-a-major-bone-headed-blunder/673079)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-lost-by-a-major-bone-headed-blunder/673079 "2013-11-08T21:31:55Z")
I was watching the NFL this Sunday, there was a game where the home team got possession of the ball with something like 26 seconds left in the game. They had the lead, so all they had to do was take a knee and run out th… --- ## [Expired vehicle tags in California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expired-vehicle-tags-in-california/639310)
**Author:** [@gatorslap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorslap)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expired-vehicle-tags-in-california/639310 "2012-10-31T04:42:16Z")
I have long been under the impression that in California, when your registration expires, you have an additional month before they will ticket you. I thought this was “common knowledge” and has been the law for a long t… --- ## [Hate for Hillary - from where and why.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-for-hillary-from-where-and-why/834550)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-for-hillary-from-where-and-why/834550 "2019-05-30T19:22:42Z")
As a Canadian and as someone who had never been terribly interested in such things, I didn’t use to pay a lot of attention to US politics. Even so, I could see that Hillary was truly hated by some. But I never thought to… --- ## [The missing minutes in Martin's monologue (SNL)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-minutes-in-martins-monologue-snl/194604)
**Author:** [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-minutes-in-martins-monologue-snl/194604 "2013-07-07T15:47:17Z")
I caught a repeat of Martin Lawrence hosting SNL. He comes out and starts his monologue making fun of John Bobbit and then starts on to a new topic. The new topic he was going to start on had to do with the personal hy… --- ## [Older cat has suddenly started hanging out in unusual places, alone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-cat-has-suddenly-started-hanging-out-in-unusual-places-alone/525283)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-cat-has-suddenly-started-hanging-out-in-unusual-places-alone/525283 "2010-01-19T03:42:12Z")
We have three cats all of whom are fifteen or sixteen years old. They are all indoor-only cats and are quite healthy for their age. They’re also very social with each other, and with us, and until recently often spen… --- ## [Whatcha Readin' December 2011 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-december-2011-edition/604613)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-december-2011-edition/604613 "2012-01-05T12:30:23Z")
First, the important stuff: Tomorrow I turn 50. :eek: Send cards! :smiley: I am in the middle of The Dead Path. Well, actually, really near the beginning. I have not had time to form an opinion yet. Life has gott… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=405&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=407&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)