# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=407&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:** 408 --- ## [Vatican: Nuns should spend less time on social justice....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-nuns-should-spend-less-time-on-social-justice/619349)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-nuns-should-spend-less-time-on-social-justice/619349 "2012-04-26T11:38:46Z")
…and more time railing against gay marriage, contraception and abortion. Basically, they should stop thinking for themselves. --- ## [Czarcasm is stepping down as a Moderator.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-is-stepping-down-as-a-moderator/542377 "2010-06-13T02:02:13Z")
At the least he’s taking a break for an extended period. We thank him for his years of faithful service and wish him all best, always. --- ## [Bye Bye Baby (party to finance an abortion)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-baby-party-to-finance-an-abortion/502416)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-baby-party-to-finance-an-abortion/502416 "2009-07-15T14:45:01Z")
I’m a pretty tolerant sort, but this is the grossest thing I’ve heard in a while. I mean, it’s almost so bad it’s funny but then not. Link from Jezebel. I have no idea why Jezebel devoted the article to why the guy wr… --- ## [What invisible thing is biting me?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-invisible-thing-is-biting-me/646578)
**Author:** [@Bjlw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bjlw)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-invisible-thing-is-biting-me/646578 "2015-02-26T03:01:02Z")
Hello, I’m in a great deal of duress these days. In order to find some kind of solution I will try to give as much info as possible pertaining to the issue. A few months back (somewhere between 2 and 3) I became aware o… --- ## [Poll: Your bra as a pocket.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-your-bra-as-a-pocket/591920)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-your-bra-as-a-pocket/591920 "2011-08-23T23:14:54Z")
So, if you wear a bra, do you use it as a spare pocket? --- ## [Will there ever be any new Christmas music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262 "2016-01-08T14:09:20Z")
Every year we hear the exact same Christmas music. Will there ever be any new Christmas music or is it a complete set? I am not asking about people doing the old songs in different styles , but creating original ones. … --- ## [If someone beheaded a soldier of your country and waited 20 minutes surrounded by a crowd...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-beheaded-a-soldier-of-your-country-and-waited-20-minutes-surrounded-by-a-crowd/659294)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-beheaded-a-soldier-of-your-country-and-waited-20-minutes-surrounded-by-a-crowd/659294 "2013-05-31T10:24:36Z")
…what do you think the citizens of your neighborhood would do? --- ## [I hate my sister. She's such a bitch.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-sister-shes-such-a-bitch/178451)
**Author:** [@1kBR\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1kBR_Kid)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-sister-shes-such-a-bitch/178451 "2011-06-25T20:00:11Z")
About a year ago, her husband lost his job. They were worried they would lose their house. My mom and two brothers agreed to move in and help with the house payment. Sounds cool. I’m figuring they pay about half the mon… --- ## [Evil Villains Organization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-villains-organization/27496)
**Author:** [@APB9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB9999)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2000, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-villains-organization/27496 "2000-11-06T10:20:56Z")
I want to be a mad scientist, or at least an evil one. So I’m starting an evil villain society. I know Myrr21 will join, who else is with me? Please specify what you bring to the party. I have two powers: I can make any… --- ## [question about football trick play (Driscoll Middle School)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-football-trick-play-driscoll-middle-school/559904)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-football-trick-play-driscoll-middle-school/559904 "2010-11-12T16:13:06Z")
Some of you have probably already seen this college (American) football trick play by Driscoll Middle School in Corpus Christi, Texas. Article (totalprosports.com) video (YouTube) Description: a player hands the ball … --- ## [Are the rich hiding $21 trillion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-rich-hiding-21-trillion/629448)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-rich-hiding-21-trillion/629448 "2012-08-09T02:55:29Z")
According to this video on CNN, some 10 million wealthy people from around the world are hiding $21 trillion and maybe as much as $32 trillion in 80 tax havens. I haven’t done the math or anything, but this number seems… --- ## [Why does Dasani add minerals to their water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-dasani-add-minerals-to-their-water/408541)
**Author:** [@morgantire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/morgantire)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-dasani-add-minerals-to-their-water/408541 "2014-08-16T21:43:22Z")
Dasani, the bottled water from Coca Cola, is not pure water. It proudly declares on the label “Enhanced with minerals for a pure, fresh taste!” But if you read the ingredients, you see that means it includes: Filtered w… --- ## [So if $200 000 - $250 000 is middle income...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-200-000-250-000-is-middle-income/634756)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-200-000-250-000-is-middle-income/634756 "2012-09-17T21:41:05Z")
…where abouts would you be on the income scale, according to Romney? Obviously Rand Rover would still be in the top 1%. Honestly, until now I had thought that the stuff about Romney being out of touch with ordinary fol… --- ## [Why was there a Canadian force on D-Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-there-a-canadian-force-on-d-day/690203)
**Author:** [@Suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suicide)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-there-a-canadian-force-on-d-day/690203 "2014-06-10T03:08:16Z")
:p:smack::eek::cool::D:):confused:;)I just heard on the TV that on D-Day American troops landed at some of the Normandy beaches and British troops landed at some and Canadian troops landed at one…but weren’t the Canadian… --- ## [Siriusly Hot: August Mini-Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siriusly-hot-august-mini-rants/837990)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siriusly-hot-august-mini-rants/837990 "2019-09-29T21:35:38Z")
The gods of alimentary byproducts are out to get me. Last night I had to plunge the toilet in the first floor powder room (ew). This morning Shiva decided to piss all over the carrier I use as his feeding station. I lef… --- ## [Damn you, University! (sculpture rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-university-sculpture-rant/523403)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-university-sculpture-rant/523403 "2010-01-07T16:38:30Z")
My university recently added a new piece of “art”. Now, despite the fact that my tastes run to classical and early modernism, and I almost entirely despise what is now called post-modernism or deconstrucionism, I try to… --- ## [Where do "cut the spending" GOPs envision the cutting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-cut-the-spending-gops-envision-the-cutting/593333)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-cut-the-spending-gops-envision-the-cutting/593333 "2011-08-23T16:54:49Z")
The common meme of GOP is government is spending too much, we don’t need to tax more, we need to cut more. Knowing the federal budget looks something like this, exactly where to they envision these cuts to come from whe… --- ## [What's the difference between HoHo's and Ding Dong's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-hohos-and-ding-dongs/208660)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-hohos-and-ding-dongs/208660 "2003-10-23T15:59:53Z")
Other than the shape. They taste different but they are both chocolate cakes with filling and chocolate coverings. --- ## [Please do not post complete lyrics to songs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-post-complete-lyrics-to-songs/113944)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-post-complete-lyrics-to-songs/113944 "2002-07-19T19:49:03Z")
Since I’ve just had to edit a post containing the complete lyrics to a song, let me restate our policy on posting complete lyrics. The policy is : don’t do it. It is okay to post a small snippet of the lyrics and inclu… --- ## [I am disappoint (book sales)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-disappoint-book-sales/717912)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-disappoint-book-sales/717912 "2015-04-28T02:02:37Z")
My second book (it’s been out for about 7 weeks) hasn’t caught on like I hoped it would. I’ve mostly marketed (if you could call it that) on social media and various message boards (including this one!). The first book… --- ## [I love having small breasts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-having-small-breasts/647756)
**Author:** [@Nerdessence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nerdessence)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-having-small-breasts/647756 "2013-02-27T02:52:34Z")
I’m thirty-four and I am sized as a 34AA bra. An acquaintance of my husband’s (his brother’s ex) just had an augmentation done because she had self-esteem issues, but I met the girl once and I thought she looked great. … --- ## [Mt. Rushmore of your state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-your-state/683636)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-your-state/683636 "2014-03-22T15:04:11Z")
If your state were to have a Mt. Rushmore, who would be on it? Some rules: -Being born there isn’t enough (for instance, Malcolm X was born in Nebraska, however he lived there less than a year). -This person has to ha… --- ## [Roles that literally could only have been played by one person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roles-that-literally-could-only-have-been-played-by-one-person/720898)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roles-that-literally-could-only-have-been-played-by-one-person/720898 "2015-06-02T15:23:12Z")
Fairly often in discussions of some movie or show, someone will say “no one else could have played that role”, or words to that effect. Ie, only Bryan Cranston could have played Walter White. Only Hugh Laurie could have … --- ## [Moon Landings: why is there no dust in the lander pads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings-why-is-there-no-dust-in-the-lander-pads/455812)
**Author:** [@where\_s\_the\_subscription\_info](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/where_s_the_subscription_info)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings-why-is-there-no-dust-in-the-lander-pads/455812 "2008-07-11T21:38:25Z")
Hi I tried to search for this ‘debate’ as it must be as old as the wallpaper in here… but anyway, here goes. It’s a Q that I’ve always needed to itch. On photographs of the moon landers’ feet, you can see inside the pa… --- ## [Why do hotels usually offer "free" (LOL) breakfast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-hotels-usually-offer-free-lol-breakfast/783220)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-hotels-usually-offer-free-lol-breakfast/783220 "2017-04-11T01:18:23Z")
I notice that almost every hotel seems to offer a ‘free’ breakfast (which you are paying for indirectly). Why is this? I don’t see the attraction, I prefer to go out, since usually the ‘free’ breakfast is low quality, si… --- ## [I'm pitting whoever is behind the phone calls attempting to suppress the Dem vote in Wisconsin.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160 "2012-06-07T22:13:58Z")
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/barrett-campaign-sounds-warning-on-vote-suppression-calls Fucking Assholes. Anyone here want to try to defend this crap? --- ## [Would bonobos mate with humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-bonobos-mate-with-humans/379662)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-bonobos-mate-with-humans/379662 "2013-06-03T23:07:11Z")
Since bonobo sex is not about reproduction, and many species when brought up by humans from the start view humans as part of the tribe, if a bonobo were raised by humans from the start would it willingly have sex with hu… --- ## [Can we have a polite discussion about poverty, government, and free markets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-a-polite-discussion-about-poverty-government-and-free-markets/634339)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-a-polite-discussion-about-poverty-government-and-free-markets/634339 "2012-09-19T05:37:25Z")
This thread is intended as a response to comments like this one, in which a poster simply knows that some conservatives hate and fear poor people and are determined to oppress them. Of course that comment is far from un… --- ## [Now THIS is an example of where anti abortionists actually just hate women.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-an-example-of-where-anti-abortionists-actually-just-hate-women/583288)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-an-example-of-where-anti-abortionists-actually-just-hate-women/583288 "2011-06-01T16:30:21Z")
I am semi pro-life in that I don’t think a woman’s right to choose is inviolate after the first trimester and should be severely truncated in the third trimester. Sometimes people accuse me of hating women. THESE guys … --- ## [Why can't I get my socks white?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-my-socks-white/538003)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-my-socks-white/538003 "2011-06-26T15:33:01Z")
How does one truly get white socks white? Mine get dirty and I wash them with detergent and bleach, but I find they only get gray with time, and the dirt stains I get along the non-shoe covered areas never come out, so … --- ## [Fall of the Roman Empire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-roman-empire/595333)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-of-the-roman-empire/595333 "2012-02-10T07:42:42Z")
I’ve been thinking lately about how the Roman Empire could have been conquered by the Visigoths. It just boggles my mind that an empire that could govern such far flung places as what are now England, Morocco, and Syria… --- ## [Cindy Sheehan has lost her ever-loving mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071)
**Author:** [@Updike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Updike)\ **Replies:** 257\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-sheehan-has-lost-her-ever-loving-mind/322071 "2005-10-04T17:42:12Z")
Now she’s calling for President Bush to Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? In the aftermath of Katrina, the hue and cry went up that the Feds (read: President Bush) weren’t doing enough to help the victims, from Mayor Nagin’s se… --- ## [Car turn signals suddenly fail to work ... expensive fix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-turn-signals-suddenly-fail-to-work-expensive-fix/193399)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-turn-signals-suddenly-fail-to-work-expensive-fix/193399 "2003-08-15T06:16:53Z")
The turn signals on my 1998 Ford Crown Victoria stopped working all of a sudden yesterday. When I flip the turn-signal lever, I don’t hear the familiar “clicka-clicka-clicka” sound, nor do I get the usual blinking-arrow … --- ## [Did the Parkland students really get what they wanted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-parkland-students-really-get-what-they-wanted/812221)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-parkland-students-really-get-what-they-wanted/812221 "2018-05-22T16:44:30Z")
In terms of publicity, the Parkland students have brought considerable attention to the gun issue, but in terms of substantive policy, they got clear backpacks and long TSA-like security lines. They hardly got a single g… --- ## [Lance Armstrong cleared. Can they finally leave him alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lance-armstrong-cleared-can-they-finally-leave-him-alone/611768)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lance-armstrong-cleared-can-they-finally-leave-him-alone/611768 "2012-07-13T23:02:53Z")
I’ve never seen such a witch hunt against a champion. He’s pissed in more cups in the past ten years than all the other bicyclists combined. They were testing this guy constantly when he came out of retirement. He’s nev… --- ## [Snowmageddon 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmageddon-2014/679982)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowmageddon-2014/679982 "2014-02-14T15:20:23Z")
Any other South/South East Dopers being affected by the snow storm moving through? It started snowing where I was around 11:30 and my work decided to let us go (Think about that logic for a second. Ok, now that it’s sn… --- ## [Fonts - why the hate, why the love, when did we decide that there should be taste in fonts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts-why-the-hate-why-the-love-when-did-we-decide-that-there-should-be-taste-in-fonts/649820)
**Author:** [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts-why-the-hate-why-the-love-when-did-we-decide-that-there-should-be-taste-in-fonts/649820 "2013-02-17T22:03:35Z")
There’s a \[thread=681797\] thread now about ‘what was this font used in comics?’\[/thread\]. At least one reply about Comic Sans MS states simply that “it’s a terrible font.” There also seems to be plenty of hate for Papyr… --- ## [AT&T shutting down 2G - will all the country's flip phones stop working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-t-shutting-down-2g-will-all-the-countrys-flip-phones-stop-working/751293)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-t-shutting-down-2g-will-all-the-countrys-flip-phones-stop-working/751293 "2016-04-19T18:36:22Z")
My mom and I both carry a motorola v365 flip phone. phonescoop (under modes) says GSM 2g… AT&T sent us a notice in our last bill that 2g is shutting down. Are we and everybody else in this country losing access to thes… --- ## [Do restaurants try to "hide" ugly or unattractive customers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-try-to-hide-ugly-or-unattractive-customers/717023)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-try-to-hide-ugly-or-unattractive-customers/717023 "2015-04-20T14:35:13Z")
I was in a Carrabba’s tonight and despite the main dining area being 3/4 full, me, my wife and a rather lets say heavy-set friend were placed in a side area, out of view of other guests. The table behind me had some str… --- ## [Teen Burglars Kill Goldfish To "Leave No Witnesses"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-burglars-kill-goldfish-to-leave-no-witnesses/571334)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-burglars-kill-goldfish-to-leave-no-witnesses/571334 "2011-03-04T20:35:49Z")
Chicago Tribune - Chicago News, Sports, Weather, Business & Things to Do http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110211/news/702119847/ Will the scales of justice tip for the goldfish in this case? Once convicted, will… --- ## [Why do some people think Utah may be in play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-think-utah-may-be-in-play/762583)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-think-utah-may-be-in-play/762583 "2016-11-08T20:33:48Z")
I’ve read in more than one place (sorry, no cites) that Utah may go to Clinton, or at least not go to Trump. But fivethirtyeight’s Polls Plus says it’s 95.8% likely that Utah will go for Trump. I’m curious – what indic… --- ## [Hitting rock bottom: is the dawn guaranteed after the darkest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitting-rock-bottom-is-the-dawn-guaranteed-after-the-darkest/505575)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitting-rock-bottom-is-the-dawn-guaranteed-after-the-darkest/505575 "2009-10-13T14:42:39Z")
TLDP\* I think it’s possible I may be in the middle of the actual, rockbottomest, worst week of my life. On the one hand, WTF? On the other hand: god I HOPE it’s the worst ever; it’s barely survivable as it is–if it got … --- ## [World's Funniest Joke -- Update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-funniest-joke-update/559350)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-funniest-joke-update/559350 "2013-10-17T02:17:40Z")
If we’ve had one of these threads in recent times, just post a link to it and don’t worry about responding here. What’s funnier? --- ## [Senator Kirk and the Constitutionality of Expedient Law Switching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-kirk-and-the-constitutionality-of-expedient-law-switching/512967)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-kirk-and-the-constitutionality-of-expedient-law-switching/512967 "2009-10-14T17:27:01Z")
The title of this OP is shamelessly stolen from the blog of Professor Michael Dorf of Cornell University’s School of Law. As is the subject. Basically, Prof. Dorf lays out the sequence of events in Massachusetts from 2… --- ## [Adults really more childish than in years past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adults-really-more-childish-than-in-years-past/594862)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adults-really-more-childish-than-in-years-past/594862 "2011-09-03T21:33:42Z")
Reading another thread, I came across this post, which basically posits that modern-day adults are doing more childish things and should be treated as children. I don’t know that I agree, but I’m curious to see what the… --- ## [Avatar - Finally saw it.... I remain underwhelmed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-finally-saw-it-i-remain-underwhelmed/559952)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-finally-saw-it-i-remain-underwhelmed/559952 "2010-12-01T23:02:09Z")
OK, so I finally sit down to watch “the greatest movie of all time”, the “top grossing film of all time”, and every other hyperbole-laden phrase and I’m simply stunned at the noise this film made. First, the positives. … --- ## [Could you breed a housecat with a Lion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-breed-a-housecat-with-a-lion/145213)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-breed-a-housecat-with-a-lion/145213 "2016-11-12T15:18:55Z")
What would happen if you tried to impregnant a house cat with a lions sperm? Could a housecat carry the little to term since the lion babies are so big? Would it be a crap shoot as to how big the cats would be? I may be… --- ## [Are materialism and logic incompatible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-materialism-and-logic-incompatible/121002)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 302\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-materialism-and-logic-incompatible/121002 "2002-08-20T07:38:42Z")
In the thread about what contains the universe, Scylla observed: There is presently a flurry of activity in philosophical circles centered around the resurrection of ontological arguments for the existence of God. In p… --- ## [The driver who killed a cyclist last night used to be the Attorney General of Ontario.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-driver-who-killed-a-cyclist-last-night-used-to-be-the-attorney-general-of-ontario/508596)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-driver-who-killed-a-cyclist-last-night-used-to-be-the-attorney-general-of-ontario/508596 "2010-05-29T11:51:22Z")
Full story here at the Toronto Star. --- ## [Reheating pizza--microwave or toaster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reheating-pizza-microwave-or-toaster/570840 "2011-02-14T02:19:49Z")
My friend wants to know, and shit. By the way, the correct answer is toaster. You microwave people are doin’ it wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=406&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=408&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)