# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=415&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:** 416 --- ## [What can cover the ground cheaply to prevent weeds/vines from growing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-cover-the-ground-cheaply-to-prevent-weeds-vines-from-growing/506192)
**Author:** [@Free\_Range\_Otter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Free_Range_Otter)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-cover-the-ground-cheaply-to-prevent-weeds-vines-from-growing/506192 "2009-08-14T02:39:17Z")
In our backyard, we have a forest that goes to about six feet from the house. In the space between the forest and the house there are weeds and vines. Every spring these things grow - the weeds seem to grow as much as mu… --- ## [The pinch hit MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pinch-hit-mmp/618243)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2012, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pinch-hit-mmp/618243 "2012-04-16T11:20:44Z")
I see nobody else has started the MMP for this week, so I’ll do it myself. Since I have nothing prepared, some poetry: Roses are red, violets are blue. Some poems rhyme, this one doesn’t. Hijack away, Mumpazoids! --- ## [Fast Food Drive Thru Prank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-drive-thru-prank/597162)
**Author:** [@Jaclofo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaclofo)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-drive-thru-prank/597162 "2011-09-25T06:24:15Z")
The other night, while listening to my Police Scanner, I heard a dispatcher send an officer to our local Taco Bell. Apparently some kids ordered a large order of food, and then just left without getting the food, or payi… --- ## [Underappreciated movie villains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underappreciated-movie-villains/523377)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underappreciated-movie-villains/523377 "2010-01-07T01:15:49Z")
I feel like the classic movie villains all have their fans and a richly deserved share of the pop culture pie, from old standards like Dracula to relative newbies on the scene like Freddy Kreuger, who’ve proven their sta… --- ## [How often do you speak to your siblings, or am I weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-speak-to-your-siblings-or-am-i-weird/433635)
**Author:** [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-speak-to-your-siblings-or-am-i-weird/433635 "2008-01-18T07:04:20Z")
Background: I am 35 & female. I have 3 older siblings, each being 3 years (give or take a few months) older than the younger. (For those not good at math – that means my sister is approximately 38, one brother is appr… --- ## [Unpronouncable (by non locals) town names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpronouncable-by-non-locals-town-names/715544)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpronouncable-by-non-locals-town-names/715544 "2015-03-27T16:49:31Z")
Inspired by Johnny LA’s thread about deliberately mispronounced words, I was thinking about the towns in my native Wisconsin. Wisconsin is filled with unpronouncible towns. I love taking my wife back there and having he… --- ## [WTF COP? Gonna just follow me as long as you want?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-cop-gonna-just-follow-me-as-long-as-you-want/490136)
**Author:** [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-cop-gonna-just-follow-me-as-long-as-you-want/490136 "2009-03-26T20:41:25Z")
All right, this has been beginning to really irritate me lately but I always forget to post it. It seems the cops are really cracking down on lousy drivers in my city and surrounding areas and the cops are very actively… --- ## [Licorice, fennel: is this a big joke someone is playing on me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-fennel-is-this-a-big-joke-someone-is-playing-on-me/540419)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/licorice-fennel-is-this-a-big-joke-someone-is-playing-on-me/540419 "2010-05-27T11:23:52Z")
Seriously, how is it possible that anyone finds this flavor pleasant? I can accept that everyone has preferences and there are many differences, but there are lots of things that are pretty universally rejected as repel… --- ## [A Doper a Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-doper-a-day/505350)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-doper-a-day/505350 "2009-08-17T13:19:55Z")
Inspired by the Doper in Every State thread, I was thinking that surely we have enough folks to fill out every single day of a calendar year. And since I’m here, I’ll call dibs and go first. Year optional. … --- ## [So is falling asleep whlie RECIEVING oral really all that bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-falling-asleep-whlie-recieving-oral-really-all-that-bad/321093)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-falling-asleep-whlie-recieving-oral-really-all-that-bad/321093 "2021-02-27T02:57:28Z")
So last night me and my lady friend went out for a few (too many) drinks. I don’t remeber much of what happened after wo got home but this is her rendition of what happened last night. So we get home, hop on the bed an… --- ## [You're smart people, and I bet most of you DO it, so why in hell can't you spell it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-smart-people-and-i-bet-most-of-you-do-it-so-why-in-hell-cant-you-spell-it/44681)
**Author:** [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-smart-people-and-i-bet-most-of-you-do-it-so-why-in-hell-cant-you-spell-it/44681 "2005-09-28T04:03:56Z")
I’m speaking, of course, of the word “masturbation.” I cringe every time I see some otherwise erudite SDMBer spell it “masterbation.” Listen up, folks: Seinfeld aside, the word has NO connection to the word “master.” Th… --- ## [Recommendations for group games like Taboo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-group-games-like-taboo/514657)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-group-games-like-taboo/514657 "2009-11-15T15:07:00Z")
One of my groups of friends likes games that involve the entire group, like Taboo, Pictionary, and Scattergories. Since we have played these games many times, we would like to find new games that are similar in nature. … --- ## [Do Seatbelts Sometimes Kill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-seatbelts-sometimes-kill/587739)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-seatbelts-sometimes-kill/587739 "2015-09-03T01:58:18Z")
The other day, I again heard someone say something that I’ve heard many people say over the years- “If I had been wearing a seatbelt, I’d have been killed! Not wearing a seatbelt allowed me to be thrown from the car, th… --- ## [You're hopelessly out of touch if you've never heard of...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hopelessly-out-of-touch-if-youve-never-heard-of/605801)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-hopelessly-out-of-touch-if-youve-never-heard-of/605801 "2011-12-17T15:38:36Z")
I’m fifty now and falling ever more behind in my knowledge of pop culture. What would a twenty-something be astonished that I have no familiarity with? --- ## [Well, duh! Suddenly realizing what a song is really about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-duh-suddenly-realizing-what-a-song-is-really-about/606820)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-duh-suddenly-realizing-what-a-song-is-really-about/606820 "2012-01-09T13:24:08Z")
So I’m driving down the road, listening for the umpty-zillionth time to Jackson Browne’s Running on Empty album. The song “Rosie” begins, I’m kinda-sorta listening to the familiar lyrics… And suddenly, for the first ti… --- ## [Fuck Spanx!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-spanx/471395)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-spanx/471395 "2008-11-10T04:00:21Z")
The other day I was at the store and I saw them selling Spanx. For those of you who don’t know what Spanx are they are footless pantyhose that are designed to basically smooth out your body to prevent panty lines and ce… --- ## [The least subtle film ever made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-subtle-film-ever-made/653612)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-subtle-film-ever-made/653612 "2013-04-02T03:25:35Z")
I watched Nixon again tonight, for no particular reason – what an amazing freaking cast, and what an utter disregard for nuance. Seriously, I think there’s a strong possibility that it is the least subtle film ever made;… --- ## [TV shows that changed names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-changed-names/539217)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-changed-names/539217 "2010-05-19T00:45:23Z")
I can think of a few: A sitcom called These Friends of Mine debuted a few months before another one with a similar name, and when the latter became a smash hit, the former was renamed for its star: Ellen. When Valerie … --- ## [Are there suddenly more sick people? Or, the Superflu on SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-suddenly-more-sick-people-or-the-superflu-on-sdmb/233702)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-suddenly-more-sick-people-or-the-superflu-on-sdmb/233702 "2004-03-23T19:17:03Z")
Inspired by burundi’s post in this thread, where s/he\* stated that a gov’t cover up couldn’t happen today because of the internet… \*Sorry…I don’t know burundi’s gender. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_… --- ## [SCOTUS hears the case on Trump's eligibility on February 8, 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-hears-the-case-on-trumps-eligibility-on-february-8-2024/997204)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-hears-the-case-on-trumps-eligibility-on-february-8-2024/997204 "2024-03-19T14:25:22Z")
I thought we had a thread already but I couldn’t find it. It looks like we might be able to here it live here. I just hope that whether he is eligible or ineligible that SCOTUS makes it so that the determination applie… --- ## [Hidden Devil in painting in the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-devil-in-painting-in-the-basilica-of-st-francis-of-assisi/601962)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-devil-in-painting-in-the-basilica-of-st-francis-of-assisi/601962 "2011-11-07T23:03:42Z")
According to this news story, there’s a devil hidden in the clouds of a painting by Giotto. I clicked on the picture that contains a close-up photo of the cloud, but can’t see the devil in it. Can someone point it out? --- ## [Why do so few women practice auto-erotic asphyxiation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-few-women-practice-auto-erotic-asphyxiation/595185)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-few-women-practice-auto-erotic-asphyxiation/595185 "2011-09-06T02:07:05Z")
AEA is achieving orgasm while cutting off your air supply by any means, some of which I can only hazard a guess at their Rube-Goldberg-like complexity. According to a source cited in Wiki, a great majority are male…In… --- ## [Entertainers you hate for reasons completly unrelated to their body of work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainers-you-hate-for-reasons-completly-unrelated-to-their-body-of-work/426571)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainers-you-hate-for-reasons-completly-unrelated-to-their-body-of-work/426571 "2008-01-19T15:27:17Z")
Maybe their religious views throw you off, or aspects of their personal life are weird, or they just plain creep you out. All you know is that you hate them for being them, not because their acting/singing/whatever suck… --- ## [Bing Bong, The Bitch is NOT Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265 "2006-04-07T16:52:41Z")
She is, however, a nasty piece of work. Your friend and hers, the distinguished Representative Cynthia McKinney, is currently the subject of scrutiny for her alleged assault on a police officer. Police are seeking an a… --- ## [If you have $500K in investments and don't think you're rich, you will be beheaded.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-500k-in-investments-and-dont-think-youre-rich-you-will-be-beheaded/423769)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-500k-in-investments-and-dont-think-youre-rich-you-will-be-beheaded/423769 "2007-11-01T18:24:05Z")
“Your little hoodrat friend makes me sick. And after I get sick I just get sad.” Here’s another story about AM Catholic Talk Radio. I was driving along and a targeted ad came on that said, “You may not think you’re a hi… --- ## [i think zimmern has a point about modren chinese resturants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-zimmern-has-a-point-about-modren-chinese-resturants/826968)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-zimmern-has-a-point-about-modren-chinese-resturants/826968 "2019-01-22T14:45:00Z")
heres the controversy MSN But I think he’s right …the fast food mentality has taken over and 90 percent of the Chinese restaurants that’s opened in the past 10-15 years are horseshit…… I don’t know what the recent r… --- ## [Can mice survive extremely long falls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-mice-survive-extremely-long-falls/378528)
**Author:** [@CurtisM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtisM)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-mice-survive-extremely-long-falls/378528 "2006-11-01T18:07:11Z")
Just registered for this burning question. My roommate told me that mice can survive falls of almost any length due to thier low terminal velocity stemming from light weight. I’m skeptical, and I couldn’t find an autho… --- ## [Homeless immigrant with no money to her name spends $50 on pizzas, what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856 "2018-05-26T21:29:11Z")
I read this article and was immediately thrown for a loop when I came to this passage. I can’t be the only one confused by this. Note, that has to be $50 US since the numbers wouldn’t match peso currency conversation … --- ## [The Liquidation Channel's Tanzanite Smackdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411 "2014-12-13T22:17:53Z")
I spent many, many hours today watching The Liquidation Channel, where they were having a 24 hour marathon called The Tanzanite Smackdown. I have never been so entertained in my life. Extremely poor production values.… --- ## [Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-burtons-alice-in-wonderland-2010/450182)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-burtons-alice-in-wonderland-2010/450182 "2010-03-10T15:46:36Z")
I am an unashamed Tim Burton fan and I think this should be interesting. The IMDB does not have the casting yet, so I thought maybe we could have some fun with it. Obviously Johnny Depp will be in it. Probably as the M… --- ## [FEAR ME: I'm a Jew! or \*sigh\* WB strikes again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-me-im-a-jew-or-sigh-wb-strikes-again/85008)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-me-im-a-jew-or-sigh-wb-strikes-again/85008 "2001-10-05T17:28:59Z")
I always told myself I wouldn’t do this. Heck, the only time I started a thread in the Pit about someone we all ended up as pals and debated into the night. But here we go… In this thread: http://boards.straightdope.c… --- ## [Children's lit/film/whatever that's just TOO dated for safety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-lit-film-whatever-thats-just-too-dated-for-safety/505887)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-lit-film-whatever-thats-just-too-dated-for-safety/505887 "2009-08-16T03:43:19Z")
I seem to remember, reading\* Mary Poppins\* as a child, that there were lots of references to “niggers.” And of course there’s Little Black Sambo. Are there others that most of us would agree are so outdated that your av… --- ## [Things PC users should know before switching to the Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-pc-users-should-know-before-switching-to-the-mac/523984)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-pc-users-should-know-before-switching-to-the-mac/523984 "2010-01-11T12:58:04Z")
I recently had to switch to using a Mac (MacBook Pro) and some of the details surprised me. Some of the stuff is just muscle memory and you can get used to the new status quo eventually (like the fact that the close wind… --- ## [Can a cold or flu be spread via intercourse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-cold-or-flu-be-spread-via-intercourse/488250)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-cold-or-flu-be-spread-via-intercourse/488250 "2009-03-05T20:01:31Z")
An issue that has come up with SO’s is: If one partner is sick, can they spread it to the other partner through unprotected intercourse? I would assume yes, but honestly I’m not sure. I’m talking solely through intercou… --- ## ["Shall Issue" gun carry has not led to a gun holocaust. What does this teach us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shall-issue-gun-carry-has-not-led-to-a-gun-holocaust-what-does-this-teach-us/611251)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shall-issue-gun-carry-has-not-led-to-a-gun-holocaust-what-does-this-teach-us/611251 "2012-02-08T14:23:56Z")
To reiterate, Shall Issue is the principle that anyone applying for a gun carry permit must be granted one if they meet objective requirements- they cannot be denied a permit at the local authorities’ discretion. Opponen… --- ## [What if all the mobile phones just stopped working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-the-mobile-phones-just-stopped-working/551141)
**Author:** [@qpw3141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qpw3141)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-the-mobile-phones-just-stopped-working/551141 "2010-09-01T18:46:04Z")
In the thread “Pick Your Armageddon” (a hypothetical: “How would you bring the US to its knees” type of thread), several people have suggested taking out the cellular phone system. (Assume, for the purpose of this thread… --- ## [Post Divorce: My little girl misses her Mom. I'm getting angry. \[long\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-divorce-my-little-girl-misses-her-mom-im-getting-angry-long/453976)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-divorce-my-little-girl-misses-her-mom-im-getting-angry-long/453976 "2008-06-27T02:32:03Z")
Ugh - three nights without sleep. Backstory: Wife and I “separated” September 2006. We moved apart the last week of December 2006 (the delay was due to her job search). Kids lived with her (and at least two boyfrien… --- ## [Why is it so hard to believe in God?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-hard-to-believe-in-god/116429)
**Author:** [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-hard-to-believe-in-god/116429 "2002-07-05T14:34:32Z")
Before I go on let me say that I respect all of you who stand up for your beliefs or non-beliefs, and I am in no way putting anyone down for what their beliefs are. Maybe some of you will think I’m being “holier than th… --- ## [Who has been shot the most times and still survived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-been-shot-the-most-times-and-still-survived/421604)
**Author:** [@Fireclown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fireclown)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-been-shot-the-most-times-and-still-survived/421604 "2010-10-15T01:23:09Z")
I was wondering, who has been shot with the most bullets but still managed to live? --- ## [Who's more delusional - the Obama birthers or the moon landing deniers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-more-delusional-the-obama-birthers-or-the-moon-landing-deniers/504119)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-more-delusional-the-obama-birthers-or-the-moon-landing-deniers/504119 "2009-08-04T19:25:59Z")
I think the birthers have an edge in terms of craziness, because at the least the moon landing deniers aren’t filing lawsuits to “prove” NASA wrong. But either group isn’t going to be swayed by reason, or for that matter… --- ## [America,all fur coat and no panties.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-all-fur-coat-and-no-panties/498953)
**Author:** [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-all-fur-coat-and-no-panties/498953 "2009-06-13T20:06:54Z")
When I was young; as an English kid I thought that all Americans were rich. They drove huge cars,where we mostly didn’t even own small second hand cars,they ate huge steaks where we had only just got over rationing,petr… --- ## [Person in front of you decelerates--best to brake, or best to change lanes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-in-front-of-you-decelerates-best-to-brake-or-best-to-change-lanes/646794)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-in-front-of-you-decelerates-best-to-brake-or-best-to-change-lanes/646794 "2013-01-14T08:12:42Z")
If someone in front of you on a highway decelerates to such a degree that if you do not either brake or change lanes, you will hit them, then which is it best to do? To brake, or to change lanes without decelerating? (I … --- ## [The Walking Dead; 3.13 "Arrow on the Doorpost" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-13-arrow-on-the-doorpost-open-spoilers/652587)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-13-arrow-on-the-doorpost-open-spoilers/652587 "2013-03-18T20:35:48Z")
Rick and the Governor contemplate a peace treaty. Only 4 more episodes left this season. --- ## [Fired! For Turning Head On A Live Game At A Casino?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586)
**Author:** [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586 "2013-06-06T15:23:36Z")
I have a job interview, yadda 2 copies of resume, no tats above neck, ;p But does this company axe you for this? Agreed gambling is serious bucks but really? The guy that was fired was an ex-cop, motorcycle on duty e… --- ## [Need Fact-Based or Solid Rational Reasons Against Ethical Vegetarianism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-fact-based-or-solid-rational-reasons-against-ethical-vegetarianism/624416)
**Author:** [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-fact-based-or-solid-rational-reasons-against-ethical-vegetarianism/624416 "2013-01-14T22:11:04Z")
Background: I have a recent addition to my tiny inner circle of friends who is a vegetarian. Although I understand some of the basic reasons for folks to be vegetarians and try to include a vegetarian option or two whe… --- ## [Is urinating outside a sign of a mental health problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-urinating-outside-a-sign-of-a-mental-health-problem/584655)
**Author:** [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-urinating-outside-a-sign-of-a-mental-health-problem/584655 "2011-06-10T01:41:15Z")
I will try to keep this short. My dad is in his early 60s and most likely has Borderline personality disorder with a huge fear/hatred for government, bureaucracy, and “the Man” as well as anyone else who tries to contro… --- ## [Agriculture: the worst mistake in human history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agriculture-the-worst-mistake-in-human-history/648518)
**Author:** [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agriculture-the-worst-mistake-in-human-history/648518 "2013-01-30T22:01:23Z")
The idea is that as hunter-gatherers people live peaceful, leisurely lives, and that agriculture introduced overcrowding, famine, disease, inequality and endless toil. But is it possible the h-g lifestyle was really so … --- ## [Dracula-to-English Translation, Anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dracula-to-english-translation-anyone/285805)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dracula-to-english-translation-anyone/285805 "2014-08-12T10:07:43Z")
There is a passage in Dracula, where a minor character is speaking in some unrecognizable dialect. He is an old man, who sits with his buddies in the graveyard where Dracula first bites Lucy. I have puzzled out most of… --- ## [Could someone explain what the lyrics of "Roxy Roller" by Sweeney Todd mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-what-the-lyrics-of-roxy-roller-by-sweeney-todd-mean/522033)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-what-the-lyrics-of-roxy-roller-by-sweeney-todd-mean/522033 "2016-07-29T10:56:22Z")
Roxy Roller by Sweeney Todd Could someone explain what these lyrics mean? “Fab up job she gets bubble gum on her knees…down between the seats sometimes she’ll pass you the keys” - this sounds vaguely sexual, but under s… --- ## [Let's talk about ASMR!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-asmr/617022)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-asmr/617022 "2016-07-25T13:57:54Z")
First, the definition: ASMR, or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, is a pleasurable tingling that begins in the scalp and may travel to other body parts. Some people refer to ASMR episodes as “head orgasms,” and they… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=414&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=416&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)