# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=420&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:** 421 --- ## [High School Student "Free Speech" Case Before SCOTUS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-student-free-speech-case-before-scotus/940931)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 446\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-student-free-speech-case-before-scotus/940931 "2021-06-28T14:22:36Z")
I’m really torn about this one. On one hand, I don’t want schools to have the power to punish my kid for unpopular beliefs or ideas, say she supports Trump or BLM or whatever. But on the other hand, any organization … --- ## [Cultural grievance is not a governing agenda!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-grievance-is-not-a-governing-agenda/937288)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-grievance-is-not-a-governing-agenda/937288 "2021-04-17T17:04:33Z")
When I hear conservative politicians complain about Dr. Seuss or Mr. Potato Head being “canceled”, or a conservative actor gets fired for expressing their opinion, the question that immediately come to mind is this: What… --- ## [Is it safe to eat a worm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-eat-a-worm/660784)
**Author:** [@Claire98909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire98909)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-eat-a-worm/660784 "2013-06-26T14:41:05Z")
I’m getting paid tomorrow to eat a worm from my backyard (please don’t judge; I really need the money). I’ll dig it up from one of my parents’ vegetable beds, wash it well (of course) and then fry it in a bit of olive o… --- ## [Features you'd want on your dream car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/features-youd-want-on-your-dream-car/553623)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/features-youd-want-on-your-dream-car/553623 "2013-05-22T21:31:31Z")
Personally, I’m pretty easy-going in terms of cars; I primarily want something mechanically reliable with good gas mileage, and that won’t tear my legs off in a crash. After that, an air conditioner and some kind of soun… --- ## [Am I the only one who didn't like Brokeback Mountain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-didnt-like-brokeback-mountain/367003)
**Author:** [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-didnt-like-brokeback-mountain/367003 "2014-02-28T00:12:27Z")
So, I finally saw Brokeback Mountain the other day. What a total disappointment. I spent most of the movie thinking “What, are we supposed to like these people?”. They’re both assholes. Selfish, cheating, lying assholes. … --- ## [Campaign Finance Amendment (as a wedge issue)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-finance-amendment-as-a-wedge-issue/684626)
**Author:** [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-finance-amendment-as-a-wedge-issue/684626 "2014-05-19T16:39:48Z")
So I haven’t paid a lot of attention to the proposed constitutional amendments to reign in campaign finance spending. I’ve heard there were issues with them but I didn’t take them seriously because it’s so difficult to a… --- ## [Season premiere of Glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-premiere-of-glee/709493)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-premiere-of-glee/709493 "2015-03-22T01:38:56Z")
So, Glee started back up last night. I was surprised to see it back in Lima - I thought they were going with “Singing Friends” at NYADA. So I stopped watching before the end of last season. Can someone fill me in - what… --- ## [Why do people from U.S call themselves Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-from-u-s-call-themselves-americans/639250)
**Author:** [@Mentol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mentol)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-from-u-s-call-themselves-americans/639250 "2015-11-21T05:29:15Z")
I am from Europe and I have asked that myself several times after watching a movie. If America is the continent, why do people from U.S call themselves “Americans”, as opposite to “Mexicans” or “Canadians”?, shouldn’t t… --- ## [What was the first movie that made you horny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-movie-that-made-you-horny/745272)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-movie-that-made-you-horny/745272 "2016-02-16T21:31:34Z")
I had a crush on some TV stars earlier than this, but the first movie that really got me going was Ryan’s Daughter. I was 12 and I don’t think my parents had any idea how explicitly sexual (for the time) it was going to… --- ## [Some crazy/reprehensible things that any Founding Father said/believed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-crazy-reprehensible-things-that-any-founding-father-said-believed/533754)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-crazy-reprehensible-things-that-any-founding-father-said-believed/533754 "2010-04-06T15:13:42Z")
I love reading about the founding fathers. Obviously, a unique group of people. But I’m also driven mad by the way people talk about the founders as though they were infallible or as though they could have envisioned t… --- ## [Why does a stalemate count as a draw in Chess?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-stalemate-count-as-a-draw-in-chess/623845)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-stalemate-count-as-a-draw-in-chess/623845 "2012-06-10T16:48:35Z")
I understand the logic behind the threefold repetition draw and the fifty move draw. In those situations, neither player has an advantage and the game is not progressing. But in a stalemate one player is clearly in an i… --- ## [Please empty the entire two litre bottle of mayonaise onto my burger. Thankyou.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-empty-the-entire-two-litre-bottle-of-mayonaise-onto-my-burger-thankyou/174037)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-empty-the-entire-two-litre-bottle-of-mayonaise-onto-my-burger-thankyou/174037 "2003-07-13T07:17:42Z")
I am convinced that food service employees are genetically programmed to put four times as much mayonaise/cream cheese/vinegar/sauce on your food as necesary Especially when you say “just a bit please, not too much”. T… --- ## [Now Arizona proposes letting states decide Presidential candidate eligibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-arizona-proposes-letting-states-decide-presidential-candidate-eligibility/537063)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-arizona-proposes-letting-states-decide-presidential-candidate-eligibility/537063 "2010-05-22T02:12:13Z")
Arizona wants each states’ secretary of state\* to be able to deny a candidate a place on ballots in that state if they decide the candidate hasn’t presented proof of citizenship: Arizona House OKs Bill Requiring Presiden… --- ## [Why do animals fear humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-animals-fear-humans/236073)
**Author:** [@Catalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catalyst)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-animals-fear-humans/236073 "2018-02-13T05:40:52Z")
Sure, if I were a wild animal, I’d keep my distance, but I know about guns and pepper spray and sadistic young males. What motivates wild animals to keep their distance from us? The only thing I can think of is that, a… --- ## [Trump Threatens to Send in the Feds to Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114)
**Author:** [@arfurvirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arfurvirus)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114 "2017-07-01T18:02:29Z")
If Chicago doesn’t fix the horrible “carnage” going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2017 http://abcnews.go.com/US… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 6.01 "First Time Again" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-01-first-time-again-open-spoilers/734382)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-01-first-time-again-open-spoilers/734382 "2015-10-28T23:40:59Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Rick and the group are still having trouble assimilating into Alexandria. Will a new threat bring them closer together or drive them further apart? \[/QUOTE\] Season 6 starts tonight with a 90 minute episode… --- ## [It's a Moving and Grooving MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-moving-and-grooving-mmp/758502)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-moving-and-grooving-mmp/758502 "2016-07-04T03:22:47Z")
I’m packing up my worldly possessions this week. On Saturday, a crew of hopefully fit and well hydrated folk will appear and load my gear into a truck. It will then disappear into storage for about 6 weeks while we wai… --- ## [High School drop out. Can they go back or is a GED recommended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-drop-out-can-they-go-back-or-is-a-ged-recommended/663870)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-drop-out-can-they-go-back-or-is-a-ged-recommended/663870 "2013-07-19T17:12:13Z")
Do high schools welcome dropouts back? Is there an age or time span where they tell the person to earn a GED? For example a kid drops out in March. Has a change of heart and wants to return in August when school starts.… --- ## [Falklands: thank you for nothing, Mr Obama (extra mild)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falklands-thank-you-for-nothing-mr-obama-extra-mild/530453)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falklands-thank-you-for-nothing-mr-obama-extra-mild/530453 "2010-03-06T14:12:02Z")
\[ \](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us\_and\_americas/article7040245.ece) Not what I wanted to read. Thank you for not supporting your ally. Thank you for not supporting those that have bled and died with y… --- ## [Are there any big rivalries between US states?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-big-rivalries-between-us-states/646167)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-big-rivalries-between-us-states/646167 "2013-01-07T19:57:14Z")
…or Canadian provinces for that matter? By rivalry (friendly or otherwise), I mean like that between the English and the Scottish, or the English and the Welsh, or the English and the Irish, or the English and the Engli… --- ## [In honor of fifty years: Speak to me only in BEATLES song lyrics.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honor-of-fifty-years-speak-to-me-only-in-beatles-song-lyrics/680832)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honor-of-fifty-years-speak-to-me-only-in-beatles-song-lyrics/680832 "2014-02-27T17:10:46Z")
It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play They’ve been going in and out of style But they’re guaranteed to raise a smile So may I introduce to you The act you’ve known for all these years Sg… --- ## [Why do Conservatives think lowering taxes = Fiscal responsibility?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-conservatives-think-lowering-taxes-fiscal-responsibility/640204)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-conservatives-think-lowering-taxes-fiscal-responsibility/640204 "2012-11-16T00:24:27Z")
I’ve been browsing some conservative sites and the same theme crops up ‘lower taxes good for business’ and this may be true, however, it omits the fact that lower taxes force government to borrow more heavily and get int… --- ## [Who are some black rock singers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-black-rock-singers/425982 "2007-11-20T19:00:16Z")
I’m not talking about Chuck Berry-era rock, and I’m not talking about soul, funk or R&B. I’m talking about guitar-driven rock music of the type commonly associated with white singers: pop, punk, metal, psychedelic, or in… --- ## [So this dude calls me a fat nigger bitch......(long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-dude-calls-me-a-fat-nigger-bitch-long/185214)
**Author:** [@vivian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivian)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-dude-calls-me-a-fat-nigger-bitch-long/185214 "2012-09-03T05:52:50Z")
3am this morning, after a Girls night in, my younger sister and I walk her girlfriend down to the next major intersection so that she can take a 10min bus ride home. Several other Black females are also waiting for the … --- ## [Question for Atheists.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-atheists/672444)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-atheists/672444 "2013-11-04T14:01:40Z")
I am not a Christian, ( though I was raised a lapsed Catholic!), but like everyone else, grew up with a wide exposure to Christian habits. Like saying grace, or Thanking Jesus. Pretty prevalent in movies, and on TV. Som… --- ## [How do Athiests Stack Up? (Morally)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-athiests-stack-up-morally/465774)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-athiests-stack-up-morally/465774 "2008-10-10T17:52:34Z")
I suspect that most athiests are very intelligent people, who have a highly developed moral sense. So, probably, most people who are athiestd probably have a very low rate of criminal activity. How do they compare with r… --- ## [Is Joe Biden a viable/likely candidate for President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-joe-biden-a-viable-likely-candidate-for-president/722488)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-joe-biden-a-viable-likely-candidate-for-president/722488 "2015-08-06T03:44:16Z")
If not, why not? I read an article\* somewhere recently that said he was, in fact, the ideal Democratic candidate. Can’t remember where. It was either NYTimes, Washington Post, Atlantic, or TIME. --- ## [Taking a stand on moral relativism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-stand-on-moral-relativism/197288)
**Author:** [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Replies:** 433\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-stand-on-moral-relativism/197288 "2003-09-16T00:45:20Z")
I don’t know what is prompting it, but there seems to have been a recent outbreak of posters in various threads making offhanded remarks about not subscribing to moral relativism. Rather than present various arguments i… --- ## [Character chameleons: great acting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-chameleons-great-acting/598510)
**Author:** [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-chameleons-great-acting/598510 "2011-10-15T03:29:51Z")
I’m making a video for my middle school drama students to help them understand character immersion. I need help coming up with examples of actors who during their career have convincingly played roles that are complete o… --- ## [Weird psychology question regarding visualization.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-psychology-question-regarding-visualization/297938)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-psychology-question-regarding-visualization/297938 "2015-12-28T16:12:59Z")
Do a little excercise. Imagine a big wheel, like you’d see in an old fashioned mill, or one of those giant wheels that propel river boats. Picture it from the side. Now, imagine the wheel gradually speeding up, until i… --- ## [Diagnosis leaking tub/shower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnosis-leaking-tub-shower/605786)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnosis-leaking-tub-shower/605786 "2015-03-29T00:26:02Z")
We have a tub/shower combination that leaks into the ceiling below. We called in a plummer, who looked around and said he didn’t know where the leak was coming from and wanted to tear the wall apart. That seemed a litt… --- ## [History of TV character deaths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-tv-character-deaths/699654)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-tv-character-deaths/699654 "2014-10-02T04:01:46Z")
There was a surprise death of a major character on the season premiere of a U.S. prime time show yesterday and it got me to wondering: For both comedy and drama what were the first TV shows to Say a character had die… --- ## [Botticelli - November 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2017/800196 "2017-12-03T20:55:47Z")
Last month’s thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=837769 Beginning again our march through the alphabet, the letter is A --- ## [Need gag "going to prison" gifts (funny, bizarre story of why included)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-gag-going-to-prison-gifts-funny-bizarre-story-of-why-included/669877)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-gag-going-to-prison-gifts-funny-bizarre-story-of-why-included/669877 "2013-10-22T15:15:43Z")
So my best friend had a package come to her house. She opened it and found this old Mickey Mouse book, along with a receipt for $1.08 for its purchase. She was confused, so she checked and found it was addressed to the p… --- ## [Last Week: Screw You Boss, We're Joining a Union / This Week: Whaddya Mean Closing??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-week-screw-you-boss-were-joining-a-union-this-week-whaddya-mean-closing/800812)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-week-screw-you-boss-were-joining-a-union-this-week-whaddya-mean-closing/800812 "2017-11-10T22:49:08Z")
The Guardian reports: Assuming the “threats,” were along the lines of: if you unionize I won’t be interested in continuing to bleed money into this operation, then. . . I’d be deeply concerned too, but for different re… --- ## [Tell me about your colonoscopy, especially the prep experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-colonoscopy-especially-the-prep-experience/553515)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-colonoscopy-especially-the-prep-experience/553515 "2010-09-14T01:17:41Z")
Maybe this is IMHO, but I’m looking for factual reportage. I watched Dr. Oz’ Very Special Episode about his colonoscopy, and was reminded of the thing about it that freaks me out the most: the prep! ACK! I have a VERY … --- ## [How to keep thighs from rubbing together? QUICK HELP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-thighs-from-rubbing-together-quick-help/184677)
**Author:** [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-thighs-from-rubbing-together-quick-help/184677 "2003-06-30T15:46:49Z")
I figure someone on this board’s gonna have a suggestion! I’m going to be walking around NYC tomorrow and because of the heat, I’d like to wear a skirt. However, b/c I’m a big girl, my thighs always rub together when I… --- ## [Help! Roommate won't pay us back utilities.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-roommate-wont-pay-us-back-utilities/669545)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-roommate-wont-pay-us-back-utilities/669545 "2013-10-03T23:37:34Z")
At our last place, oft wears hats and I were living with two other roommates. The system was that oft would front the money for rent and utilities (electric, water, gas, internet/TV), and the roommates would pay him bac… --- ## [How do they move blimps from city to city?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-move-blimps-from-city-to-city/278977)
**Author:** [@burmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burmart)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2004, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-move-blimps-from-city-to-city/278977 "2004-12-14T07:48:39Z")
So, blimps are pretty slow moving creatures, at least they look it when floating high above my city on football sundays. Now, the question is, how do they get the blimps from city to city. Do they actually have to fly i… --- ## [In boxing, why do they put a coin on the earlobe between rounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-boxing-why-do-they-put-a-coin-on-the-earlobe-between-rounds/432303)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-boxing-why-do-they-put-a-coin-on-the-earlobe-between-rounds/432303 "2008-01-05T01:43:13Z")
Ok, in the movie Cinderella Man during the middle of the rounds, Braddock’s team doctor or trainer looks as if he is putting a coin soaked in ice water on the back of his earlobe while they do other stuff to his face, li… --- ## [46 MPG in 1977? How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-mpg-in-1977-how/618740)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-mpg-in-1977-how/618740 "2012-04-18T16:18:48Z")
Here is an ad from 1977 that claims the Mazda GLC can get 46 miles per gallon. 46 miles per gallon!!! Not to make myself feel old or insult younger dopers but… NO F\*\*\*ING WAY!!! I was 17 in ‘77 and no car got that ki… --- ## [Foods you wanted to try, that dissapoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253 "2012-04-05T13:13:14Z")
Ackee - I had ackee and saltfish at a restaurant in Houston where I could not see or taste the ackee, if there was indeed any in there. I figured out why when I saw that ackee is $10 USD per can and up :eek: No wonder th… --- ## [Indiana Jones V](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299 "2014-06-09T11:57:03Z")
I see it has been announced. Does anyone else have 0 interest in this being made? I mean, what’s the point? Ford is now 71 years old. This just seems like such a pointless exercise. I hope I’m wrong. --- ## [Gay Pimp to the Golden Age Stars Tells All (or what his lawyers will allow)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-pimp-to-the-golden-age-stars-tells-all-or-what-his-lawyers-will-allow/612485)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-pimp-to-the-golden-age-stars-tells-all-or-what-his-lawyers-will-allow/612485 "2012-02-15T21:53:36Z")
Scotty Bowers was a gay prostitute in his 20s, a procurer and retailer of synthetic love for much of his life, and is now 88 and writing a tell-all book about the first two. You can read all about it in this article th… --- ## [A Day at the Beach with the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925 "2013-07-20T13:00:06Z")
Pick your own beach for all this to happen at. The parking lot is up close near the beach. Dopers are coming from all over, ready for a day of swimming, surfing, or just lying there in the sun. There are swings and slid… --- ## [Is the tide about to turn against political correctness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-tide-about-to-turn-against-political-correctness/721986)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-tide-about-to-turn-against-political-correctness/721986 "2015-06-15T00:05:39Z")
Three stories just this week make me think people have finally gotten tired of the BS: Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t perform at college campuses anymore: I’m a liberal professor, and my liberal students scare me: And t… --- ## [Ever been to a place featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-a-place-featured-on-diners-drive-ins-and-dives/522728)
**Author:** [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-a-place-featured-on-diners-drive-ins-and-dives/522728 "2010-01-07T03:46:28Z")
If you want to check, list of places he has been is here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/guys-diners-drive-ins-and-dives/index.html Was it as good as he said? Did the show seem to affect the place? I imagine it is go… --- ## [How do I remove a dingleberry from my cat without hurting her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-dingleberry-from-my-cat-without-hurting-her/562936)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-remove-a-dingleberry-from-my-cat-without-hurting-her/562936 "2021-03-01T07:55:02Z")
One of my cats has developed a sizable clump of dried poop on her nether regions. How do I remove it without hurting her either physically or psychologically? She’s a 7-year-old medium-hair domestic. --- ## [Direction of wine swirling.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-of-wine-swirling/591055)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-of-wine-swirling/591055 "2011-08-11T19:52:09Z")
I call large piles of steaming BS on this theory that the direction you swirl the wine in makes a difference to it’s aroma. Or am I wrong? Anyone care to support this theory? http://www.amicistours.com/WineSwirling.html … --- ## [Seeking Clarification: Responding to MPSIMS Requests for Help With Adverse Informati](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-clarification-responding-to-mpsims-requests-for-help-with-adverse-informati/249343)
**Author:** [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2004, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-clarification-responding-to-mpsims-requests-for-help-with-adverse-informati/249343 "2004-06-13T09:54:27Z")
Earlier today, TubaDiva (in her capacity as poster and not as an administrator) started a thread asking the New York City dopers to help MonkeyMule, who went to England and is planning to return to New York, but does not… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=419&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=421&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)