# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=435&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:** 436 --- ## [Morals or courtesies that you didn't realize weren't universal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morals-or-courtesies-that-you-didnt-realize-werent-universal/682705)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morals-or-courtesies-that-you-didnt-realize-werent-universal/682705 "2014-03-08T19:39:22Z")
This is pretty common for me to discover on this board, as some of you may have noticed in the past. But surely I’m not the only one. There are just things that you consider “the way things are done” that are not as univ… --- ## [SDMB Big League Fantasy Football 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2013/665706)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2013/665706 "2013-12-24T15:34:26Z")
Last Year’s Thread Draft is scheduled for the same relative time as last year - Tuesday Sep 3 at 8:30pm eastern. That’s after week 4 of the preseason, since this league runs deeper than others, it’s more important to ha… --- ## [Educate a California boy: Why NOT eat snow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-a-california-boy-why-not-eat-snow/680826)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-a-california-boy-why-not-eat-snow/680826 "2014-02-19T01:33:41Z")
Sitting at gate 3 of Will Rogers World Airport, waiting for my flight to board in one hour. A young lady, apparently on my flight, is talking on her cell. She’s from California, as am I, and she just told her loved one … --- ## [Why can't I purchase alcohol before noon on Sunday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-purchase-alcohol-before-noon-on-sunday/47481)
**Author:** [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-purchase-alcohol-before-noon-on-sunday/47481 "2001-01-02T20:56:09Z")
Yeah, I know. Because it’s the law where I live (Michigan). From what I could find doing some quick internet research, it’s the law in at least New York State as well. But why is it the law? I can at least grasp the lo… --- ## [Movies guys are allowed to cry at](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-guys-are-allowed-to-cry-at/574064)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-guys-are-allowed-to-cry-at/574064 "2011-03-20T21:03:36Z")
I will admit I am not the manliest man out there, but I don’t need tissues for Hallmark commercials. However, there are some movies that make me tear up where other guys wouldn’t. While some might cost me a “Man Card,”… --- ## [Face Off Season 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-off-season-11/779434)
**Author:** [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-off-season-11/779434 "2017-05-08T01:03:45Z")
Hey you guys, are we still watching Face Off? This is Season 11, they are calling it Face Off All Stars. The details of the format are slightly different – the contestants are all from previous seasons, and they are in… --- ## [Has Apple Misstepped Badly with the iPhone 4?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-apple-misstepped-badly-with-the-iphone-4/545350)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-apple-misstepped-badly-with-the-iphone-4/545350 "2010-07-20T19:19:46Z")
I decided to put this in Great Debates because the way people feel about this stuff, that’s what it will become. The iPhone 4 was recently released to great fanfare, but is now plagued by a well publicized problem with … --- ## [Tap Water Cloudy Then Clear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-water-cloudy-then-clear/151219)
**Author:** [@robo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-water-cloudy-then-clear/151219 "2003-02-01T03:06:17Z")
I rent - a few months ago there was a note saying that the water had to be shut off for a bit to do some “work” on it. Ever since then, the cold water at first always comes out cloudy - I have to let it run for a few sec… --- ## [From couch to P90x - Advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-couch-to-p90x-advice/616135)
**Author:** [@Super\_Van\_Uber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Van_Uber)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2012, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-couch-to-p90x-advice/616135 "2012-03-20T10:38:12Z")
I’m hoping some of you have done this program and can offer me a little advice. I’m already committed to doing it, it’s just how to Start it that I’m not sure about. I was planning on starting it as it’s stated in the p… --- ## [New trailer Total War: Rome II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trailer-total-war-rome-ii/651667)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trailer-total-war-rome-ii/651667 "2013-09-15T07:25:28Z")
The latest trailer for Total War: Rome II shows the Romans getting their asses kicked for a change, with the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. Not sure if this is actual gameplay footage or pre-rendered cinematics. Maybe a m… --- ## [Semi-trucks driving VERY SLOWLY with hazard lights on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-trucks-driving-very-slowly-with-hazard-lights-on/726534)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-trucks-driving-very-slowly-with-hazard-lights-on/726534 "2016-12-13T23:13:48Z")
On the freeway near where I live, every time I come home there’s almost always some big semi on the far right-hand lane with its hazard lights on, driving at a snail’s pace of about 30-40 MPH in a 65 zone. It’s so bizarr… --- ## [Condiments for Bratwurst](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condiments-for-bratwurst/102522)
**Author:** [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condiments-for-bratwurst/102522 "2002-04-11T23:08:40Z")
Simple question - I like bratwurst, but consider mustard to be the single foulest “food” substance on this planet. Anyone got any good ideas for stuff besides mustard to eat with my brats? Does pickle relish go well on… --- ## [What are some science experiments to WOW 10 year olds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-science-experiments-to-wow-10-year-olds/637379)
**Author:** [@Whammo72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo72)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-science-experiments-to-wow-10-year-olds/637379 "2012-10-13T18:33:48Z")
My son is turning 10 next week and he is having a birthday party. I am wanting to put on some amazing science experiments dressed up as a “mad scientist”. What are some good experiments I could do to WOW a group of young… --- ## [The Garden of Eden Story!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garden-of-eden-story/529570)
**Author:** [@Frank\_apisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_apisa)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garden-of-eden-story/529570 "2010-03-12T05:44:28Z")
The story of The Garden of Eden in Genesis has come up in several threads lately, and I’d like to discuss a specific perspective of the story—a problem I have with it, if I may. The story, it seems to me, tells of a set… --- ## [I smell the smelly smell of desperation: Obama not a citizen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-smell-the-smelly-smell-of-desperation-obama-not-a-citizen/468002)
**Author:** [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-smell-the-smelly-smell-of-desperation-obama-not-a-citizen/468002 "2008-11-17T01:16:15Z")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA6\_k3NtXZs# \<-----that’s a video. Someone posted this on a right leaning message board I do some posting on. I don’t have speakers on this computer, so I can’t figure out what it says. So… --- ## [Scottish DopeFest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scottish-dopefest/593132)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scottish-dopefest/593132 "2012-11-20T13:51:32Z")
Over in this thread it looks like we’ve got quite a few Dopers in Scotland - Jeneva, JessMagic, PaulParkhead, myself, etc. Does anyone fancy a meetup, maybe in Glasgow, sometime? Or Edinburgh, if it’s easier for everyon… --- ## [Fix your favorite sport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-your-favorite-sport/680970)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-your-favorite-sport/680970 "2014-02-26T15:03:48Z")
Let’s hear the rule changes you think will improve your favorite sport. Two comments before your start: First, let’s have real rule changes, no randomly exploding baseballs, no wild tigers roaming the court, do not sug… --- ## [I'm 100% miserable and I don't know what to do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-100-miserable-and-i-dont-know-what-to-do/579162)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-100-miserable-and-i-dont-know-what-to-do/579162 "2011-05-12T05:23:20Z")
This has got to be the lowest day of my life. I’m so depressed that I can’t even speak. But I can write. Please forgive the following: Since pretty much the beginning of the year, I’ve been anticipating this day. Th… --- ## [Have links to YouTube been disabled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958 "2025-02-24T00:16:55Z")
I just tried posting a couple of YouTube links in and got the message An error occurred: Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post. What’s going on? --- ## [Favorite games to play around the campfire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-games-to-play-around-the-campfire/171831)
**Author:** [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-games-to-play-around-the-campfire/171831 "2016-09-29T03:16:24Z")
So I’m going camping this weekend with 6-8 adults. We’re looking for a good game or two to play in dim light so we can take our minds off the mosquitoes. Last year we played Encore, and it went very well. We didn’t ke… --- ## [I Walked Out of a Grocery Store Without Paying..But Then I Turned Around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-a-grocery-store-without-paying-but-then-i-turned-around/469593)
**Author:** [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-a-grocery-store-without-paying-but-then-i-turned-around/469593 "2008-10-28T15:01:01Z")
I was at a grocery store tonight and there was only one active register, which was quite backed up. I decided that I’d go to the self check-out line even though I had a fair number of things to scan. I scanned about 10 i… --- ## [Aviation Types- Flying Boats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-types-flying-boats/582198)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-types-flying-boats/582198 "2013-03-03T03:09:13Z")
So, I’m watching Wingmen of Alaska. It is entertaining and they have some guy who services the Aleutians ina flying boat of sorts. It’s a Grumman Goose which I guess was great. But the design is 70 years old. Has there… --- ## [credit/debit minimum purchase, legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-debit-minimum-purchase-legal/543588)
**Author:** [@Faelyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faelyn)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-debit-minimum-purchase-legal/543588 "2010-06-24T13:01:34Z")
I think this has probably been covered before, but Search hasn’t worked for me all day so I’ll just ask :slight\_smile: While at a gas station a couple weeks ago I was trying to buy a soda with a debit card and the cashi… --- ## [Dialogue in "True Grit"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialogue-in-true-grit/587834)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialogue-in-true-grit/587834 "2011-07-07T17:04:07Z")
Just watched the remake of “True Grit.” Not bad, but not as good as the original. My wife and I were immensely distracted by the dialogue, which for every character was stilted and extremely formal, to the point of maki… --- ## [A Serious Q for the Women - May be squicky for some](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-q-for-the-women-may-be-squicky-for-some/546510)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-q-for-the-women-may-be-squicky-for-some/546510 "2016-02-04T11:40:03Z")
I am an aging male child of the great boomer generation. I was around pre- Roe v Wade. It seemed to me that among the things passed down mother-to-daughter back in those days was a simple technique to terminate an unwan… --- ## [What did people wipe/wash with before toilet paper.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-people-wipe-wash-with-before-toilet-paper/179831)
**Author:** [@Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_E_Dec_Esq)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-people-wipe-wash-with-before-toilet-paper/179831 "2003-10-30T14:27:05Z")
This interesting article about toilets in the Middle Ages reminds us again that the Middle Ages, while no picnic, were not as bad as the popular view believes. It has me wondering again what people used in the days befo… --- ## [Hoo boy. The Supremes are taking on DOMA and Prop 8.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoo-boy-the-supremes-are-taking-on-doma-and-prop-8/643363)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2013, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoo-boy-the-supremes-are-taking-on-doma-and-prop-8/643363 "2013-01-06T11:40:53Z")
Story here. That they took both makes me nervous–the DOMA case is a fairly modest, incremental step, but as I recall the Prop 8 ruling was broad enough that it might make even Justice Kennedy uncomfortable. --- ## [The woman who mispronounced her own name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-mispronounced-her-own-name/543261)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-mispronounced-her-own-name/543261 "2010-07-14T04:47:28Z")
I was on the phone this afternoon with a Bluecross-Carefirst rep re some medical bills for my daughter I needed clarified. Judging by her voice she was African American and she introduced herself as “Pruh-sef-fon-nay”. I… --- ## [FNG's MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fngs-mmp/599873)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fngs-mmp/599873 "2011-10-23T23:22:26Z")
Let’s see how my first MMP works out… You may remember my previous posts regarding my myriad of vehicle problems my wife and I have been having as of late. To recap: on August 30th our 1986 Suburban cracked the block wh… --- ## [Mad-Men: 7.05 "The Runaways" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-7-05-the-runaways-open-spoilers/688221)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-7-05-the-runaways-open-spoilers/688221 "2014-05-17T06:55:30Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Don receives a visitor from his past; Stan embarrasses a superior; Ginsberg gets help from Peggy with a problem; Harry finds a new ally. \[/QUOTE\] After tonight there’s only 2 episodes left this year. --- ## [I Want to Take Up the Guitar...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-take-up-the-guitar/514063)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-take-up-the-guitar/514063 "2009-12-03T18:09:38Z")
Merely as a hobby. I’m not unfamiliar with the instrument, as I had many friends over the years who play and thus have had some very limited exposure. I’m 36 now, and it’s always something I’ve wanted to learn, but purs… --- ## ["Hands up, Don't shoot!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-dont-shoot/706048)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-up-dont-shoot/706048 "2016-04-26T06:30:24Z")
I’m all for the “Hands up, don’t shoot” motto. If Mike Brown had actually done this, he’d be alive today. If the 12 year old in Cleveland had done this he’d be alive today. There are senseless shootings in this countr… --- ## [Hints that a woman is loose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hints-that-a-woman-is-loose/649441)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hints-that-a-woman-is-loose/649441 "2013-02-08T16:22:10Z")
If you’re out at a bar, a ball game, or wake and there’s a whole lot of women prancing around, which ways do you pick out a cheap whore? The reason is unimportant. It doesn’t matter if you are looking for a good time, t… --- ## [What is the best way to invest in Gold and Silver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-invest-in-gold-and-silver/577170)
**Author:** [@MrFloppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFloppy)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-invest-in-gold-and-silver/577170 "2012-05-19T22:28:58Z")
I’m thinking of buying silver and/or gold for a long term investment - 10+ years. I’m looking at physical ownership rather than ETFs. Possibly Canadian Maple Leaf Silver coins which are 99.99% pure. If you had $500 per… --- ## [Great Movies Marred By One Bad Performance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-marred-by-one-bad-performance/853360)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-marred-by-one-bad-performance/853360 "2021-07-21T18:21:25Z")
The idea for this thread came to me at 4am the other morning. The epidemic and distancing meant that I had been home and not working for a few weeks. Ive been waking up around 3ish. Looking for a movie to watch I came ac… --- ## [What to do with a "touchy" piece of German WW2 memorabilia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-touchy-piece-of-german-ww2-memorabilia/523253)
**Author:** [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-touchy-piece-of-german-ww2-memorabilia/523253 "2012-03-28T04:05:54Z")
Here’s a rather odd question… I have in my possession a piece of WW2 memorabilia that most people would find extremely offensive. It is a WW2 Nazi flag of the basic NSDAP variety pictured here. Let it be known that I am… --- ## [Relationship between "Hoboken" and "Hobo"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationship-between-hoboken-and-hobo/91177)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationship-between-hoboken-and-hobo/91177 "2011-11-03T02:49:10Z")
Hello, A word colleague of mine lives in this fabled NJ city and has a question - she knows that the city name is based on a Native American word, but did the city name lead to the naming of “hoboes”? She has heard that… --- ## [Your child really loves to do something he's really bad at](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-child-really-loves-to-do-something-hes-really-bad-at/602801)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-child-really-loves-to-do-something-hes-really-bad-at/602801 "2011-11-17T23:35:53Z")
Say that the kid is bad enough for it to be positively embarrasing–though the kid does not understand this. The kid has been taking classes in which the activity is taught for two years. But–say the kid is only six. W… --- ## [JP Morgan Screws Up With Derivatives Trading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jp-morgan-screws-up-with-derivatives-trading/621633)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jp-morgan-screws-up-with-derivatives-trading/621633 "2012-05-21T03:16:25Z")
JP Morgan has announced major losses associated with derivatives trading, proving once again that this is one financial instrument that is literally TOO HOT to handle and portends certain disaster for our economy if it’s… --- ## [Trump is in rough shape in battleground states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-in-rough-shape-in-battleground-states/835090)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-in-rough-shape-in-battleground-states/835090 "2019-06-21T07:32:59Z")
And this is before factoring in some potentially dark clouds on the economic horizon: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/adp-private-sector-job-growth-tumbles-to-a-9-year-low-in-may-2019-06-05 This all reinforces the… --- ## [Is eating cayenne pepper past the expiration date any harmful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-cayenne-pepper-past-the-expiration-date-any-harmful/643882)
**Author:** [@taskmgr.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taskmgr.exe)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-cayenne-pepper-past-the-expiration-date-any-harmful/643882 "2012-12-14T22:51:28Z")
It’s 1,5 year past the expiration date. For example, what If I drink the soup with a lot of cayenne pepper past the expiration date added? --- ## [I pit my busted flush of job skills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-busted-flush-of-job-skills/715438)
**Author:** [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-busted-flush-of-job-skills/715438 "2016-01-05T04:38:25Z")
A year ago I took a job 1,500 miles away from my wife and kids, with the assumption that they would be joining me this year. Long story short, they’re not. Now I’m desperate to ditch this job and go live with them agai… --- ## [Dear Costco, Fry's and Target: I am not a thief, and I resent the implication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-costco-frys-and-target-i-am-not-a-thief-and-i-resent-the-implication/95010)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-costco-frys-and-target-i-am-not-a-thief-and-i-resent-the-implication/95010 "2001-12-02T03:24:42Z")
Does your practice of having psuedo-security stand at the door as I’m leaving and request that I produce my receipt so they can either: Check it thoroughly and examine every bag to see that every single item is properl… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 3.03 "Walk with Me" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-03-walk-with-me-open-spoilers/639173)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-03-walk-with-me-open-spoilers/639173 "2013-02-04T18:57:21Z")
Hershel’s alive (for now), Merle’s back, Dumb Bitch is ready birth her zombaby, we get to see Woodbury, and find out about the helicopters. --- ## [Difference between "shojo", "onnanoko", and "musume"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-shojo-onnanoko-and-musume/653616)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-shojo-onnanoko-and-musume/653616 "2013-03-28T14:58:07Z")
Three Japanese words that mean “girl”, but with considerably different connotations. (I figure there’s a reason there’s never been a pop idol group called “Morning Shojo”.) AFAIK, the limit for shojo is just before the… --- ## [Burger King's lamest apology EVER!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-kings-lamest-apology-ever/212857)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-kings-lamest-apology-ever/212857 "2003-11-27T18:12:53Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/11/12/breastfeeding.apology.ap/index.html So a lady goes into Burger King and starts nursing her baby. The managers get a complaint and ask this lady to cover herself or go to the bathro… --- ## [How bad was Forrest Gump's mental deficiency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-was-forrest-gumps-mental-deficiency/614226)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-was-forrest-gumps-mental-deficiency/614226 "2012-03-01T11:46:32Z")
Has anyone analyzed what Forrest Gump’s mental issue was supposed to be? If simple retardation, how bad was it? He seems to me to be functioning at a pretty high level throughout most of the movie. He’s undeniably slow … --- ## [Discussion of the novel, Master and Commander](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-the-novel-master-and-commander/523841)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-the-novel-master-and-commander/523841 "2010-02-20T01:11:53Z")
Particularly for some reading the novel for the first time, also for those of us who have read them before. Initially, please box spoilers. We’ll see how things work out. Royal Navy Lieutenant Jack Aubrey meets Physici… --- ## [American Parasite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-parasite/679225)
**Author:** [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-parasite/679225 "2014-05-10T14:33:53Z")
As I settled into YouTube the other night, I was hit with an advertisement wanting me to go to a website to learn more about the American Parasite. I am even seeing ads now for the same thing. Apparently it affects 250… --- ## [Recommend Me a Free Flash Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-free-flash-game/428913)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-free-flash-game/428913 "2007-12-16T18:27:12Z")
I need some free time-wasters in the coming weeks. Share your favorites. I’ll start with Burger Restaurant, which I found surprisingly hilarious at the later levels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=434&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=436&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)