# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=444&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:** 445 --- ## [Useless consumer products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-consumer-products/631139)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-consumer-products/631139 "2012-08-16T22:03:54Z")
Diaper Genie- You buy the unit, you buy the plastic bag inserts, you open the lid and insert soiled diaper and close then turn the lid three rotations. When full you empty a string of wrapped diaper bundles. Buy more pl… --- ## [Where do your feet point when you walk, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-your-feet-point-when-you-walk-and-why/345802)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-your-feet-point-when-you-walk-and-why/345802 "2006-02-25T00:21:27Z")
Despite the title’s phrasing, this isn’t meant to be a poll so much as the quest for an answer. In the last four years or so that I’ve spent commuting on public transportation, I’ve looked down a lot. What I’ve begun to … --- ## [news flash: kids pay big bucks for song theft. lady freedom smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-kids-pay-big-bucks-for-song-theft-lady-freedom-smiles/172961)
**Author:** [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-kids-pay-big-bucks-for-song-theft-lady-freedom-smiles/172961 "2003-05-16T01:03:32Z")
I didn’t know where to post this, but I figure it’s destined here anyway, so why waste any time: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110566,00.asp Those four P@P music theives have settled out of court for a tota… --- ## [Conversations with kids - a thoughtful, giggle-induced (and highly parenthetical) MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913)
**Author:** [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913 "2009-08-17T04:07:28Z")
Those who have been paying attention to the critical minutiae of my life know that I recently attended my cousin’s wedding in Mexico. It was a kid-filled trip, so I had, and overheard, more than the average number of co… --- ## [Do People Call Their Father "Pop" Or "My Old Man"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-call-their-father-pop-or-my-old-man/559888)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-call-their-father-pop-or-my-old-man/559888 "2010-11-15T22:49:30Z")
Maybe it is a cultural or regional thing, but despite hearing characters in movies and TV shows often referring to their fathers as “my old man” or calling them “pop” to their face, I can’t say I have ever met anyone in … --- ## [Unusual ways to relax. Mine is Lube Smithying. What's yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-ways-to-relax-mine-is-lube-smithying-whats-yours/698943)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-ways-to-relax-mine-is-lube-smithying-whats-yours/698943 "2015-08-14T01:24:47Z")
When things get hectic in the middle of the day, after dealing with my patients’ random shankings, seizures, acute desires for opioid drugs and other countless laments, sometimes I just need 2 or 3 minutes to myself, to … --- ## [The winds of change at the Supreme Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winds-of-change-at-the-supreme-court/784012)
**Author:** [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-winds-of-change-at-the-supreme-court/784012 "2017-04-23T04:27:27Z")
With Neil Gorsuch was confirmed to the Supreme Court today via a 55-45 vote. Conservatives now enough a 5-4 majority on most issues. But what happens next? Here are the three most likely judges to exit, hopefully for t… --- ## [Has Heritage Fdn killed Conservative/Libertarian political appeal to 'low IQ' Hispanics/Latinos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-heritage-fdn-killed-conservative-libertarian-political-appeal-to-low-iq-hispanics-latinos/657973)
**Author:** [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-heritage-fdn-killed-conservative-libertarian-political-appeal-to-low-iq-hispanics-latinos/657973 "2013-11-17T23:40:18Z")
One of two co-authors on the Heritage Foundations big research paper that Rubio’s immigration bill will cost nearly $7 trillion dollars is a white supremacist/nationalist advocate and wrote a thesis that immigrants have … --- ## [Poll: does anybody else believe that Rick Santorum is crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-anybody-else-believe-that-rick-santorum-is-crazy/613581)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-anybody-else-believe-that-rick-santorum-is-crazy/613581 "2012-02-28T22:15:42Z")
I am increasingly convinced this twerp is absolutely delusional: his comments about Obama’s “theology”, his never ending obsession with gays, birth control, abortion, his taking a dead fetus home and making his kids hold… --- ## [Who is NOT dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609 "2017-03-06T20:12:58Z")
After discussing Sylvester Stallone and his shrugging acceptance of his-- let’s say ‘eccentric’-- mom twenty years ago, we looked up when it was she passed away. The answer is-- never. She is 95 and still kicking and get… --- ## [Cities with alternate names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-alternate-names/692814)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-with-alternate-names/692814 "2014-09-19T07:15:02Z")
On an old SD thread, one poster from Vietnam noted that Ho Chi Minh City is almost never referred to by that name outside of formal documents. All other usage is by the pre-1975 name of Saigon. What other cities have w… --- ## [Need help from the bible scholars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-the-bible-scholars/729730)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2015, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-the-bible-scholars/729730 "2015-09-23T09:09:00Z")
I , perhaps foolishly, made a bet, and as I would hate to lose it, but would honour the facts, I ask all the bible scholars here to help me out. I bet that “killing babies is OK, and raping women is OK as well” accordin… --- ## [MLB: May](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202 "2013-06-01T14:29:53Z")
The Dodgers might be getting back on track. Handley Ramirez gets off to a wonderful “start” on his bobblehead night and Ryu pitches like a major leaguer. Gets his first major league RBI too. --- ## [Roman Empire Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-empire-question/598165)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-empire-question/598165 "2011-10-12T00:04:57Z")
We were taught in school that at the height of the Roman Empire your average Roman, let’s say someone who actually lived in Rome, had a fairly decent life. Assuming you weren’t poor, or a member of the slave class, ther… --- ## [Are cheap generic reading glasses OK to wear while Driving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cheap-generic-reading-glasses-ok-to-wear-while-driving/578731)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cheap-generic-reading-glasses-ok-to-wear-while-driving/578731 "2011-04-21T14:28:34Z")
Don’t know if this is clear. The $1.99 kind of glasses sold in discount stores for reading. These are over-the-counter magnifying glasses. What are the downsides of wearing these while driving? --- ## [The stupid - it burns! (Isil infiltrating u.s.-bound refugees)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-it-burns-isil-infiltrating-u-s-bound-refugees/738050)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-it-burns-isil-infiltrating-u-s-bound-refugees/738050 "2015-12-01T15:46:33Z")
We can only hope Isil plans to send in agents as refugees to the U.S. Because this strategy would be so ineffective as to engender hope that defeating the enemy of humanity will actually be a piece of cake. From Isil p… --- ## [If you can cook you know that....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-cook-you-know-that/639268)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-cook-you-know-that/639268 "2012-11-10T04:07:16Z")
Inspired, of course, by other threads of the same name, sorry if you are getting sick of them, but this theme has been stuck in my head, anyway you know the name of the game! If you can cook you know that… Many people … --- ## [Highlander 2, Star Trek V, and other things that didn't happen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318 "2004-02-19T12:38:34Z")
Mention the above two movies and hardcore fans will deny their existance. What are some other “non events” you can come up with? For me it would that nasty rumor that Bev Bevan started a group called Electric Light Orc… --- ## [Popular songs with the word ''baby'' in the title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-the-word-baby-in-the-title/119266)
**Author:** [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2002, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-with-the-word-baby-in-the-title/119266 "2002-07-24T09:27:43Z")
I’m planning a baby shower for a friend, and the question of party favors came up. Well, who the hell needs a ceramic baby bootie filled with mints, anyhow, says me. So I thought I’d burn a CD for each attendee of songs … --- ## [SR1 after minor accident - does insurance company also report you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sr1-after-minor-accident-does-insurance-company-also-report-you/596118)
**Author:** [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sr1-after-minor-accident-does-insurance-company-also-report-you/596118 "2011-09-14T14:13:08Z")
The other day, my wife backed her car into a railing at a parking lot and did some minor damage to her right rear quarter panel and fender. There was no damage to any other vehicle or person, and even the rail was undama… --- ## [How come so many people end up hiring undercover cops as hitmen ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-so-many-people-end-up-hiring-undercover-cops-as-hitmen/542563)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-so-many-people-end-up-hiring-undercover-cops-as-hitmen/542563 "2010-06-14T23:00:56Z")
I realize “so many people” is a subjective term seeing as these are fairly news worthy occurrences, so will be reported much more often than cases where someone ends up hiring an actual hit man, but nevertheless it seems… --- ## [Why are some american gold medlaists not saluting the flag during the anthem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-american-gold-medlaists-not-saluting-the-flag-during-the-anthem/762489)
**Author:** [@danderson400](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danderson400)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-american-gold-medlaists-not-saluting-the-flag-during-the-anthem/762489 "2016-08-21T17:21:50Z")
why are some of the American gold medalists not saluting the flag during the “Star Spangled Banner”? there is a issue about it during this Olympics, and I’ve never seen the issue raised before. is it illegal for the Amer… --- ## [When Someone is Having a Seizure, Don't Touch Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-is-having-a-seizure-dont-touch-them/695765)
**Author:** [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-is-having-a-seizure-dont-touch-them/695765 "2014-08-25T03:59:31Z")
This came up in a thread about service dogs, and how one person had a “seizure alert dog” that became protective of the person while a seizure was taking place. What you see on TV is wrong. Fictional TV shows never show… --- ## [Turning the minirants up to 11ber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879)
**Author:** [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-the-minirants-up-to-11ber/823879 "2018-12-02T23:31:10Z")
Because jasg is right but apparently too lazy to do it :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [The Long-Necked Animal Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800 "2018-02-05T23:30:00Z")
I’ve run into a few mentions of said board on SD and finally took a stroll on over to take a look. Huh, it’s an odd little ungulate outpost. It seems this is a site that Dopers dare not mention by name? Am I allowed to … --- ## [Have you ever known/met/worked with an actual genius?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-known-met-worked-with-an-actual-genius/588690)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-known-met-worked-with-an-actual-genius/588690 "2011-07-19T00:01:37Z")
Yanno, kinda like Einstein, in the scary smart catagory? What was it like? What were there weaknesses? --- ## [Six Degrees of Mumpers – a connectivity MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-mumpers-a-connectivity-mmp/459589)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 421\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-mumpers-a-connectivity-mmp/459589 "2008-08-17T21:12:02Z")
A comment in a recent MMP about one Mumper meeting another got me to thinking – how connected are we? By that, I mean the whole six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon connected, but you figured that out already, didn’t you? So, I’… --- ## [Obama should be impeached](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-should-be-impeached/573547)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-should-be-impeached/573547 "2011-03-12T23:40:06Z")
The straw the breaks the camel’s back? The treatment of accused traitor Bradley Manning. For a long time now press reports have had him abused and humiliated in his cell. No sleep, being deprived of his clothes, etc. The… --- ## [Is it stupid to use a drive-thru when the business is still open?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-stupid-to-use-a-drive-thru-when-the-business-is-still-open/668862)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-stupid-to-use-a-drive-thru-when-the-business-is-still-open/668862 "2013-09-21T23:01:11Z")
My question specifically pertains to fast-food chains that are still open and accepting customers in the seated area. If I only wanted a carryout, would it be considered stupid if I chose to use the drive-thru window ins… --- ## [Dick Durbin says sorry - will those who supported his comments say sorry too?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-durbin-says-sorry-will-those-who-supported-his-comments-say-sorry-too/309275)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-durbin-says-sorry-will-those-who-supported-his-comments-say-sorry-too/309275 "2005-06-27T00:35:32Z")
In this story you can read how Durbin tearfully apoligized for his comments last week. Durbin said,“I made reference to Nazis, to Soviets, and other repressive regimes. Mr. President, I’ve come to understand that’s a v… --- ## [Lawsuit Against Jesus (Statue)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawsuit-against-jesus-statue/611475)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawsuit-against-jesus-statue/611475 "2012-03-09T03:16:19Z")
I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Annie Laurie Gaylor, but I’m not really behind her on her objection to the Statue of Jesus she wants to see removed in Montana. I agree with her basic argument: “A federal a… --- ## [What do you (or someone you know) eat that would make others go EEEWWWWWWWW!!!!!?????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991 "2010-01-07T20:19:15Z")
I have a friend who does this: He crumbles hunks of bread into a bowl, tosses in a handful of green olives, then pours milk over it. Oh yeah, then he eats it. As for me, when I was a lad we used to eat lettuce in a bowl… --- ## [When does a baby take its first breath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-baby-take-its-first-breath/428786)
**Author:** [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-baby-take-its-first-breath/428786 "2007-12-06T17:25:29Z")
This seems like something I should have learned at some point, but I guess I didn’t. When does a newborn first breath? I assume it wouldn’t breath while in the womb since it’s submersed in fluid that wouldn’t necessaril… --- ## [Nolo contendere - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nolo-contendere-why/536537)
**Author:** [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nolo-contendere-why/536537 "2010-04-22T00:22:42Z")
Please could someone explain the reasoning behind or benefits of a ‘no contest’ plea. From the accuser’s point of view, I can see the gain of not having to go to trial. But a guilty plea has the same outcome. For the a… --- ## [The Mentalist- question about relationships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-question-about-relationships/670011 "2013-12-04T00:01:26Z")
The Mentalist season opener last night. Wayne and Grace seem to be be back together and living together, even. When did that happen? The last we saw of them, she was married to someone else and the actress was pregnant a… --- ## [Pronounce "voir dire"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounce-voir-dire/580505)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounce-voir-dire/580505 "2011-06-09T14:18:06Z")
I’ve been talking to an attorney who pronounces this, not as I would (in the French style) or even in a vaguely Americanized French way, but in some strange neither here-nor-there way, something like “voyer dyer,” even … --- ## [The Fish House - Fried Shrimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fish-house-fried-shrimp/487224)
**Author:** [@Robt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robt)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fish-house-fried-shrimp/487224 "2025-04-04T17:20:38Z")
There used to be a little fish place called The Fish House at Grand and LaSalle or Grand and Wells. To say it had the best fried shrimp ever cannot do justice to how good their fried shrimp was. If you ever had it, you… --- ## [In Honor of Labor Day, the FAQ MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honor-of-labor-day-the-faq-mmp/595222)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honor-of-labor-day-the-faq-mmp/595222 "2011-09-12T10:44:41Z")
Well, it’s Labor Day. And Labor day is always on a Monday, just like our MMP. Which got me to thinking… How did the MMP get started, anyway? Who started it? When? Who started the nickname thing? What do some of the ac… --- ## [I pit my wife for being an inept gift-giver.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-wife-for-being-an-inept-gift-giver/480690)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-wife-for-being-an-inept-gift-giver/480690 "2009-01-19T00:17:40Z")
Okay, I have to vent a little about this, and god knows I’m not going to say word one to her about it - there’s no point. Don’t think I’m just still disappointed about my Christmas gifts two weeks later - it’s more than… --- ## [Asinine disclaimers in commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asinine-disclaimers-in-commercials/638698)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asinine-disclaimers-in-commercials/638698 "2012-11-07T23:19:00Z")
An ad for an indigestion drug shows a forkful of spaghetti bolognese whipping around of its own volition and spitefully slapping the face of the woman who’s trying to eat it. The disclaimer that ran in tiny type at the… --- ## [Mary and Qualia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-and-qualia/574869)
**Author:** [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-and-qualia/574869 "2011-03-22T21:33:08Z")
I just read about Mary the color scientist and qualia on wikipedia because someone had mentioned it in the consciousness thread. My summary for this thread: The “Mary” argument seems trivially weak "All the informatio… --- ## [Why the hate for Everybody Loves Raymond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-everybody-loves-raymond/582696)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-everybody-loves-raymond/582696 "2011-07-04T16:21:47Z")
I know it’s no All in the Family, but I don’t understand why it seems so fashionable 'round these parts to bash Raymond. I consider it a funny, (generally) well-acted and very well-written sitcom. I suspect it is becaus… --- ## [NASA set to announce discovery... any guesses as to what it is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-set-to-announce-discovery-any-guesses-as-to-what-it-is/448575)
**Author:** [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-set-to-announce-discovery-any-guesses-as-to-what-it-is/448575 "2008-05-15T19:33:08Z")
See here: NASA news release. I’ve been trying to figure out what they’ve spent 50 years searching for, and all I can come up with is maybe a habitable planet (although that seems unlikely)? Anybody else have a guess? --- ## [We haven't had a TMI thread in far too long](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-havent-had-a-tmi-thread-in-far-too-long/631671)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-havent-had-a-tmi-thread-in-far-too-long/631671 "2012-08-25T20:31:30Z")
TMI being short for “Too Much Information”, for the newbies. TMI threads are always among the most memorable, thanks to the bizarre and often disgusting tales that emerge, and we haven’t done one in a long, long time. I… --- ## [Prince: I find him to be a problematic artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-i-find-him-to-be-a-problematic-artist/811571)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-i-find-him-to-be-a-problematic-artist/811571 "2018-04-08T11:00:35Z")
First off, RIP. It’s sad that he died so young and for such a sucky reason. I was trying to describe why I think Prince is problematic, but then this guy did a good job for me: https://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/04/princ… --- ## [Help! Vehicle won't start!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-vehicle-wont-start/604391)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-vehicle-wont-start/604391 "2012-10-28T15:17:01Z")
I have a 1998 Chrysler Town & Country. 3.8 liter auto, fwd. It won’t start. I turn the key, all dash lights, stereo, etc. come on. Turn the key to the start position and nothing. A click from the starter relay, that’s i… --- ## [How does WalMart manage those $4 prescriptions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-walmart-manage-those-4-prescriptions/506034)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-walmart-manage-those-4-prescriptions/506034 "2009-08-14T00:28:21Z")
Deep into the health care debate and the headlines about big Pharma cutting a deal with the white house I heard another commercial about WalMart prescriptions being so cheap. $4? How the hell can they do that? If they ca… --- ## [Is worldwide "communism" inevitable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-worldwide-communism-inevitable/665790)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-worldwide-communism-inevitable/665790 "2013-08-13T19:07:40Z")
Not top down Soviet style communism. Clearly that doesn’t work. You can’t dictate communism. It has to be something people believe in for it to work. Something more like the admittedly vague Star Trek Federation. But wit… --- ## [Childish Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-jokes/509416)
**Author:** [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-jokes/509416 "2009-09-19T02:07:06Z")
So give me your best, short, childish jokes. Something along the lines of: Q: Why did the tomato blush? A: Because it saw the salad dressing! I love them! I seem to be a rare breed among my friends, family, colleagues… --- ## ["It would mean a lot to me if you were there." I fundamentally don't get it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-mean-a-lot-to-me-if-you-were-there-i-fundamentally-dont-get-it/692993)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-mean-a-lot-to-me-if-you-were-there-i-fundamentally-dont-get-it/692993 "2014-07-16T16:33:55Z")
I seem to be different from all other human beings on this. The current example involves a dispute I’m having with my wife that she doesn’t know we’re having. :wink: (Research shows that successful couples don’t typical… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=443&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=445&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)