# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=446&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:** 447 --- ## [Who was the first Shaniqua?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-shaniqua/402660)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-shaniqua/402660 "2021-10-03T14:10:01Z")
The origin of most Anglo forenames is lost to antiquity. Many are based on Biblical characters, but even then the origins are unknown. The first name Shaniqua didn’t become widespread until the late 1980s. Before that… --- ## [Bob Dylan Song -- Why Boots of Spanish Leather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-song-why-boots-of-spanish-leather/647393)
**Author:** [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-song-why-boots-of-spanish-leather/647393 "2017-02-10T21:25:51Z")
The song “Boots of Spanish Leather” off of Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin’ is mostly a dialogue between two lovers, one of which is leaving the following day on a long trip overseas. He asks her if she’d like … --- ## [How to dispel that old Caravan smell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dispel-that-old-caravan-smell/539280)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dispel-that-old-caravan-smell/539280 "2010-05-17T04:25:48Z")
The Bloke and I are the new proud parents of a really dinky old caravan that hales from (circa) 1970. It has an aluminium body with the requisite laminex panelling-over-plywood on the walls and cupboards, linoleum-tiled… --- ## [If Barack Obama really was from Kenya...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-barack-obama-really-was-from-kenya/662860)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-barack-obama-really-was-from-kenya/662860 "2013-07-21T03:07:39Z")
I was reading a humour piece elsewhere on the internet the other day which made reference to the whole “Barack Obama is really from Kenya!” nonsense. Since I’m not American, the fact people apparently took the notion se… --- ## [Chris Kimball out at America's Test Kitchen et al](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kimball-out-at-americas-test-kitchen-et-al/737767)
**Author:** [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kimball-out-at-americas-test-kitchen-et-al/737767 "2018-01-28T04:36:13Z")
Chris Kimball Is Leaving America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Illustrated Forced out of the company he started. Hope they don’t make too many changes to the format. Time to start downloading and archiving all the recipes. … --- ## [In which "Doper" Ellis Dee demonstrates, err, proclaims, his ignorance and/or stupidity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-doper-ellis-dee-demonstrates-err-proclaims-his-ignorance-and-or-stupidity/570498)
**Author:** [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-doper-ellis-dee-demonstrates-err-proclaims-his-ignorance-and-or-stupidity/570498 "2011-02-28T17:49:42Z")
Mind you, the lone reason I craft this pitting is to give “Doper” Ellis Dee a proper platform to demonstrate his ignorance, since he seems anxious to do so, but in the wrong places—hijacking at least two other threads. E… --- ## [People who haven't learned a simple skill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-havent-learned-a-simple-skill/257374)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-havent-learned-a-simple-skill/257374 "2004-08-06T14:32:28Z")
I recently spent 2 days in Niagara Falls (Canadian side), and I encountered a family (man, woman, teenager) who didn’t know how to use an elevator. They kept hitting the button for the floor they were on, rather than the… --- ## [Iowa Court upholds employer's right to fire hot chicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-court-upholds-employers-right-to-fire-hot-chicks/644848)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-court-upholds-employers-right-to-fire-hot-chicks/644848 "2013-07-13T08:15:39Z")
We interrupt your regularly scheduled gun debate to bring you this: At first blush, this seemed irredeemably stupid and unfair, especially given the facts of this particular case (the woman worked for the dentist for 1… --- ## [What do you think is the most useless development/invention of the last 50 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-most-useless-development-invention-of-the-last-50-years/823888)
**Author:** [@Miss\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_M)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-most-useless-development-invention-of-the-last-50-years/823888 "2018-11-14T06:23:52Z")
IMHO it’s, hands down, the cell phone. --- ## [What's up with X-Men Evolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-x-men-evolution/176583)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-x-men-evolution/176583 "2003-07-23T20:28:15Z")
I like the show as a whole. Granted, its not the most original take on the X-Men, and its kind of wierd to see tham all concurrent as teens. Nevertheless, the pots are good and the villainy is suitably comic-booky-nerdco… --- ## [Most Natural Human Sexual Position.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-natural-human-sexual-position/695900)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-natural-human-sexual-position/695900 "2014-08-24T07:48:49Z")
I know I rarely ask sexual questions on these boards. But that’s not because I don’t have one or two. One concerns the most natural (human) sexual position. I know in western culture, for hundreds of years now, the mis… --- ## [Come on now, isn't it rather unfair to blame cops when a "toy gun" looks exactly like a real gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-now-isnt-it-rather-unfair-to-blame-cops-when-a-toy-gun-looks-exactly-like-a-real-gun/766099)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-now-isnt-it-rather-unfair-to-blame-cops-when-a-toy-gun-looks-exactly-like-a-real-gun/766099 "2016-09-22T08:57:02Z")
Someone started a thread in the Pit, but I would like to have a non-Pitting discussion about the issue: If someone wants to argue that cops shouldn’t be shooting kids with guns, that’s one thing, but let’s look at the o… --- ## [Roof truss spacing in new home construction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roof-truss-spacing-in-new-home-construction/280253)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roof-truss-spacing-in-new-home-construction/280253 "2015-12-29T13:39:04Z")
I’m having a new house built here in Connecticut. The builder plans to use 2" x 4" roof trusses spaced 24" on-center. I understand this is pretty typical. Should I have the builder decrease the spacing to 19.2", or eve… --- ## [Are alternatives considered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-alternatives-considered/569560)
**Author:** [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-alternatives-considered/569560 "2011-02-04T04:03:19Z")
Uh, so the previous thread was closed and it said to ask questions on the matter in a new thread. I am not interested in debating whether jesus loves you, whether it is a matter of faith or not. I am interested in an e… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 8, Episode 8 (November 6, 2014) -- "The Prom Equivalency"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-8-november-6-2014-the-prom-equivalency/703877)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2014, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-8-november-6-2014-the-prom-equivalency/703877 "2014-11-17T06:56:37Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Songs With Only A Letter/Number Combination As The Title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-only-a-letter-number-combination-as-the-title/696918)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-only-a-letter-number-combination-as-the-title/696918 "2014-09-04T19:14:39Z")
TVC15, David Bowie 12XU, Wire CPL593H, Roxy Music Any others? --- ## [Family Secrets That Ain't No Surprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-secrets-that-aint-no-surprise/346828)
**Author:** [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-secrets-that-aint-no-surprise/346828 "2006-03-16T17:06:05Z")
During the first eight years of our parents marriage, we were born: 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958(miscarriage). We were in our teens when we learned of our mother’s miscarriage, but it wasn’t until my father’s deat… --- ## [Black Parents Demand that Catholic School Beat Their Kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-parents-demand-that-catholic-school-beat-their-kids/576515)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-parents-demand-that-catholic-school-beat-their-kids/576515 "2011-04-09T06:56:07Z")
This is an odd story that I heard about mainly because the person at the heart of the controversy was the bishop here in Austin not long ago. Gregory Aymond, now bishop of New Orleans, has abolished the use of corporal … --- ## [The Dresden Files: Ghost Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dresden-files-ghost-story/589836)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dresden-files-ghost-story/589836 "2011-12-23T02:43:18Z")
Just got my copy. :slight\_smile: Been looking forward to this one for quite awhile. So who do you guys think shot Harry? My money is on Marcone. You can read the first four chapters online on Butcher’s website. Chapte… --- ## [Mafia: Evil Dead - DAY/NIGHT NINE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-evil-dead-day-night-nine/484169)
**Author:** [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-evil-dead-day-night-nine/484169 "2009-02-09T12:57:07Z")
EXT THE CABIN PORCH - IT IS STILL DARK A few students sit on the porch, looking fearfully into the woods. SOMEONE Hey, what time is it? SOMEONE ELSE I think it’s… wow. It’s, uh, almost noon. SOMEONE Why is it stil… --- ## [Euphemism for "b\*\*w j\*b"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemism-for-b-w-j-b/15021)
**Author:** [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemism-for-b-w-j-b/15021 "2025-02-11T21:59:30Z")
Please excuse the “M. Masterdomesque” tone to this query. In normal conversation, not one intended to titillate or excite, I’ve come across a mental block when I need to say “blow job” – especially when genteel persons … --- ## [Hollywood's low marriage success rate...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywoods-low-marriage-success-rate/537280)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywoods-low-marriage-success-rate/537280 "2010-05-13T03:25:55Z")
I’m trying to find Hollywood marriages that haven’t ended in divorce… According to wikipedia Mel Gibson is still in his 30 year marriage… ??? Any other examples? Also any guesses as to why it seems their success … --- ## [Navel/waist relative position](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navel-waist-relative-position/521355)
**Author:** [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navel-waist-relative-position/521355 "2009-12-16T08:02:57Z")
In a MPSIMS thread, I declared that “the waist is at your navel’s height” and got promptly told “is not.” So, after verifying that my navel and my waist are indeed at the same height, now I’m curious. The dictionary is… --- ## [Christopher Columbus really was scum wasn't he?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-columbus-really-was-scum-wasnt-he/701271)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-columbus-really-was-scum-wasnt-he/701271 "2014-10-19T07:42:20Z")
Vox does a takedown of Christopher Columbus: they list 9 reasons Christopher Columbus was a murderer, tyrant, and scoundrel. It’s a little one sided. I mean sure, he “kidnapped a Carib woman and gave her to a crew member… --- ## [NFL 2006 Weekly Predictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2006-weekly-predictions/372120)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2006-weekly-predictions/372120 "2007-01-01T01:31:50Z")
This went right down to the wire. Missed the Thursday game, but I’m ok with that since I’d have probably picked the Dolphins once I heard Chaz Batch would be starting, but at least we’ll get the main stale of games poste… --- ## [does it cost a lot to make a "gated community"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-cost-a-lot-to-make-a-gated-community/587311)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-cost-a-lot-to-make-a-gated-community/587311 "2011-07-05T18:22:37Z")
gated communities seem stereotypically associated with “rich people”. By contrast, a “gated trailer park” is not at present a popular meme. So how come? Is setting up a perimeter fence with razor wire on top at present … --- ## [Butt Ugly Vehicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826 "2016-05-31T17:12:02Z")
Related to the Modern day awful cars thread, there are some truly Butt Ugly, homely looking cars / trucks / wheeled critters on the roads these days, having looks only a blind mother could love. Who designs these crappy … --- ## [Why is water basically incompressible? Are there squishy liquids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-water-basically-incompressible-are-there-squishy-liquids/650227)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-water-basically-incompressible-are-there-squishy-liquids/650227 "2013-02-15T01:55:51Z")
See subjects. Is it a matter of all liquids? --- ## [Davy Jones passes away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-jones-passes-away/614367 "2012-03-04T13:10:56Z")
Just heard at the end of my morning radio show (the one I listen to, not the one I’m on. I’m not on a morning radio show). Former Monkee Davey Jones died in a Florida hospital early this morning, at the age of 66. --- ## [Black Slave Owners in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-slave-owners-in-america/526478)
**Author:** [@TheHonorableEric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheHonorableEric)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-slave-owners-in-america/526478 "2010-01-30T18:01:50Z")
I am writing a book and uncovered new information that put a twist in my subject matter. Are there any serious historians and genealogy people out there that can contribute reference information to this hidden secret in … --- ## [Bizarre things previous homeowners did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-things-previous-homeowners-did/670678)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-things-previous-homeowners-did/670678 "2013-10-15T11:45:08Z")
I closed on a house last Monday. My GF and I both got shutdown furloughed the next day, which turned out to be somewhat nicely timed, giving us a week to work on the house and move some things. Anyway, this is an older… --- ## [Help! My employer won't let me quit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-employer-wont-let-me-quit/298418)
**Author:** [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-employer-wont-let-me-quit/298418 "2005-04-20T06:07:07Z")
Yes, you read that correctly. I’ve been working here as Controller for a year and a half and I’ve had it. I’ve had it with my boss, with the job, with the stress of having all of the financial responsibility to keep t… --- ## [Anyone getting tired of the Internet? Miss the "old" internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-getting-tired-of-the-internet-miss-the-old-internet/702644)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-getting-tired-of-the-internet-miss-the-old-internet/702644 "2019-09-04T16:05:57Z")
Is it just me or have internet habits changed drastically? I blame Facebook, and YouTube, like YouTube after Google bought it, back in the day it seemed to have a lot more smaller cliques, it was more personable. Faceboo… --- ## [What was the very worst thing you've ever seen cooked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-very-worst-thing-youve-ever-seen-cooked/846760)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-very-worst-thing-youve-ever-seen-cooked/846760 "2020-02-06T23:09:36Z")
In this thread about the TV show Worst Cooks in America, I tell of possibly the worst cook I have ever met in my life. I watched her chop an onion, mix it with ketchup and then pour that on boiled spaghetti. She then ser… --- ## ["Canadian" is now code for "n-word"?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-is-now-code-for-n-word/446684)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-is-now-code-for-n-word/446684 "2008-04-29T15:05:05Z")
Euphonius Polemic brought this to our attention in post #51 ofthis thread. The National Post reports: We live in strange times indeed. --- ## [Heat Pump vs Gas Furnance and AC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-pump-vs-gas-furnance-and-ac/575726)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-pump-vs-gas-furnance-and-ac/575726 "2011-03-25T14:56:39Z")
It looks like my 20 year old gas furnace is in need of some serious repair, so I need to consider purchasing a new unit. We don’t have central AC right now and while we really only need it about 12 to 14 days out of the… --- ## [Movies that gradually change in tone (e.g., starts a comedy, ends a drama)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-gradually-change-in-tone-e-g-starts-a-comedy-ends-a-drama/592200)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-gradually-change-in-tone-e-g-starts-a-comedy-ends-a-drama/592200 "2011-09-03T10:34:27Z")
I’ve been thinking about movies that pull off impressive and gradual shifts in tone over the course of the movie. Sometimes a movie starts out kind of light, and you’re humming along thinking you’re watching a comedy or… --- ## [Is it time to start an agressive, "atheist pride" movement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-start-an-agressive-atheist-pride-movement/477954)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-start-an-agressive-atheist-pride-movement/477954 "2008-12-25T02:16:22Z")
I am speaking as both an atheist and as a 60-year-old gay man who has personally witnessed the amazing liberation that gays and lesbians have brought about over the past 50 years through an agressive program of gay pride… --- ## [Game of Thrones Season 7 book / show open discussion thread \[spoilers all\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-season-7-book-show-open-discussion-thread-spoilers-all/791321)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-season-7-book-show-open-discussion-thread-spoilers-all/791321 "2017-09-01T18:10:56Z")
Everything has been running smoothly with us running separate threads for show-only episodic threads, and this book/show/anything goes thread. The show and books can be discussed openly here. In the event that you find … --- ## [Sister refuses to donate bone marrow to save her brother's life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sister-refuses-to-donate-bone-marrow-to-save-her-brothers-life/397445)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sister-refuses-to-donate-bone-marrow-to-save-her-brothers-life/397445 "2007-04-25T15:34:46Z")
How do you feel about this? I understand a person’s body is their own, but she refuses to donate bone marrow to save the life of her own brother, who has three kids to live for. The story is located here: Link If my … --- ## [Is calling somebody a troll an insult? Or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calling-somebody-a-troll-an-insult-or-not/709185)
**Author:** [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calling-somebody-a-troll-an-insult-or-not/709185 "2015-01-18T20:15:58Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697084&postcount=2 In my perception, calling somebody a troll is a grave insult on the internets. Especially on a board that bans people for trolling. But it seems … --- ## [Why do skyscrapers fall straight down and not fall over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-skyscrapers-fall-straight-down-and-not-fall-over/718097)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-skyscrapers-fall-straight-down-and-not-fall-over/718097 "2015-04-21T16:29:22Z")
Unlike a tree, a sky scraper just crumbles drectly on top of this. Even the world trade center fell straight down. Why does it not lean into other buildings and fall sideways like a tree? --- ## [Monogamy is for idiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monogamy-is-for-idiots/546375)
**Author:** [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monogamy-is-for-idiots/546375 "2010-07-16T20:55:04Z")
I’ve decided to stop all pretense of trying to have a serious relationship with women. Nope, this is the new liberated me! Just call monogamy the experiment that went bad. From now on, I’m going to shag whomever I want, … --- ## [Polygamy advocacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polygamy-advocacy/934011)
**Author:** [@ALOHA\_HATER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ALOHA_HATER)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polygamy-advocacy/934011 "2022-08-23T12:52:51Z")
I just heard something on the radio about a woman who was a polygamy advocate. And I wondered. How would legal polygamy benefit the women in those relationships? --- ## [A Halloweenie MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-halloweenie-mmp/469719)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-halloweenie-mmp/469719 "2008-11-03T05:08:57Z")
It’s almost Halloweenie! I was reminiscing with Mr Rebo about how it was back in the ancient times – our childhood. :slight\_smile: I remember my brother and I leaving the house at dusk with empty pillow cases, and com… --- ## [Mila Kunis: bourbon and/or baby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mila-kunis-bourbon-and-or-baby/684895)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mila-kunis-bourbon-and-or-baby/684895 "2014-04-06T14:27:17Z")
Jim Beam has rolled out a new ad series for their bourbon that feature Mila Kunis. It now appears that Ms. Kunis is expecting a child with her fiancée. Should Jim Beam stop running the ads now? (I prefer Maker’s Mark,… --- ## ["Pissing In Paris" -- The Colloquialism Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissing-in-paris-the-colloquialism-game/570693 "2011-03-17T17:28:09Z")
First, the backstory: I was at a birthday party for one of The Littlest Briston’s classmates over the weekend when I met quite possibly the worst person I’ve ever met in my life. A loudmouthed nitwit who talked about he… --- ## [One-Syllable Challenge: What Do You Do For A Living?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610 "2004-03-30T21:53:42Z")
I work for a news dot com. I help those who don’t know how to search on our web site. I write a search for them, and they get the news that they need to do their jobs. If they need tech help, I can do some of that too. I… --- ## [Does Biden have early on set dementia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-biden-have-early-on-set-dementia/848933)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-biden-have-early-on-set-dementia/848933 "2020-03-20T20:57:41Z")
He’s done a couple of flubs with his lines, but some people have said he has obviously early on set dementia, with his light schedule and restricted meet and greets, if this is the case, how is this a good thing when he … --- ## ["Woooo!!! I AM MASTURBATING LIKE A MOTHER FUCK!!!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woooo-i-am-masturbating-like-a-mother-fuck/231264)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woooo-i-am-masturbating-like-a-mother-fuck/231264 "2004-06-16T21:39:26Z")
I was leaving work tonight, sometime around 11:00 pm, when I heard this. I work at one of the finest hotels in Sacramento California, aww heck, I’ll just say it, I work at the Hyatt Regency (it is where das Governator i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=445&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=447&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)