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**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-jr-high-become-middle-school/626132 "2012-06-25T15:45:38Z")
…in your area. And does anyone know why? Was it a good idea? Are there still junior highs anywhere in the US? --- ## [Star Wars question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/648110)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/648110 "2013-01-28T18:54:13Z")
I just read a factoid at Cracked. Somebody said that Darth Vader was only on screen for a total of twelve minutes in the original Star Wars. Is this true? It seems wrong when you hear it put that way but when I think abo… --- ## [Singers whose singing voices sound way different than their speaking voices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-whose-singing-voices-sound-way-different-than-their-speaking-voices/525293)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-whose-singing-voices-sound-way-different-than-their-speaking-voices/525293 "2010-01-20T05:20:37Z")
Of course Bob Dylan is probably the king of this topic. Warning! 90s R&B: This song gave me the idea for this thread. The lead singer sounds like he’s putting on some kind of affectation instead of singing straight. Th… --- ## [Famous people who DIED the exact day you were born](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-died-the-exact-day-you-were-born/545119 "2012-01-30T04:39:39Z")
The evil spawn of this thread. What famous person died on the exact day you were born? (Different years don’t count.) This one’s a lot tougher than the other thread. The only famous person to die on my date of birth wa… --- ## [Traumatizing Children by Killing Animals in Literature; or Why I Hate “Where The Red Fern Grows”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traumatizing-children-by-killing-animals-in-literature-or-why-i-hate-where-the-red-fern-grows/537283)
**Author:** [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2010, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traumatizing-children-by-killing-animals-in-literature-or-why-i-hate-where-the-red-fern-grows/537283 "2010-07-08T10:55:21Z")
Sometimes I just like to yammer about things. This is one of them. My daughter’s third grade class is currently reading “Where The Red Fern Grows.” I remembered being forced to read this as a child. I only remembered th… --- ## [The problem with communism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-communism/503820)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-communism/503820 "2009-07-28T21:23:20Z")
Communism seems to stipulate that every problem is a result of systemic inequities, that if you just adjust the system to ameliorate inequity that civil strife will disappear and we can have a harmonious society. The pr… --- ## [Why was telephone exchange names ever a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-telephone-exchange-names-ever-a-thing/660747)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-telephone-exchange-names-ever-a-thing/660747 "2013-06-19T06:35:42Z")
It’s gone now, and for me it’s only from watching old B&W programming, but presumably even some here used to have a phone number that was “OKahumpka-32468” or “WOmbat-21000” or whatever. My question… is it supposed to b… --- ## [Some things you should (or would) never ever Google](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-things-you-should-or-would-never-ever-google/350198)
**Author:** [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-things-you-should-or-would-never-ever-google/350198 "2006-04-06T04:20:07Z")
This previous thread of mine got me thinking: what things should you never, ever, ever, in the whole of your entire existence, Google (or Image-Google?) We’ll take away the illegal stuff, like child porn, which is a giv… --- ## [What was this U.S. breakfast dish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-u-s-breakfast-dish/476527)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-u-s-breakfast-dish/476527 "2008-12-18T18:27:31Z")
I don’t know if this has a definitive answer or not, so I’m putting it here, rather than in GQ. A few years ago I was in Atlanta (USA) for a conference and was staying in a hotel in the center of town. My first time in … --- ## [What happened to Shirona? (She's back this week) \[edited title for merged thread\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-shirona-shes-back-this-week-edited-title-for-merged-thread/485224)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-shirona-shes-back-this-week-edited-title-for-merged-thread/485224 "2009-10-26T05:44:30Z")
I’m only now getting around to watching “Monk” – in a rather haphazard manner. In the last episode I saw, Shirona was gone and he had a different woman assistant. Is Shirona gone for good? I hope not. :frowning: Was … --- ## [Any craps players here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-craps-players-here/567576)
**Author:** [@El\_Presidente](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Presidente)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-craps-players-here/567576 "2013-01-19T01:51:23Z")
I just started getting into craps, and had a few questions for any dice players that might be here. Can you reccomend a good book on the game? I am going into this knowing the house has the advantage, and the notion I … --- ## [What's your earworm \*right now\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earworm-right-now/546561 "2010-10-02T00:20:11Z")
God help me, mine is “That’s Amore,” undoubtedly because the pizza place we were in last night had some of the lyrics stenciled onto the walls. Make it stop! --- ## [Trump has fired Comey.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-fired-comey/786225)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-fired-comey/786225 "2017-05-18T11:45:37Z")
MSNBC is reporting now. --- ## [If cursive goes away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cursive-goes-away/466810)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cursive-goes-away/466810 "2008-10-08T11:34:50Z")
In This thread and in a thread from a couple months ago, some people have mentioned their disdain for cursive writing, and I’ve seen a couple of comments or so that it might not be taught any more. So, I’ve been wonderi… --- ## ["Backstab" electrical outlets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backstab-electrical-outlets/580187)
**Author:** [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backstab-electrical-outlets/580187 "2011-05-01T03:44:23Z")
We had an electrician in today doing an inspection,and he told me that backstab electrical outlets are dangerous. He says that the wires are just plugged into the back of the outlet, and can shift with heating and coolin… --- ## [Nitroglycerin bullets???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitroglycerin-bullets/479288)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitroglycerin-bullets/479288 "2009-01-01T23:08:17Z")
Am reading a novel where an assassin uses a nitroglycerin-tipped slug in a rifle to blow the head off his victim. I Googled this and did not find anything to substantiate it, but it sounds totally absurd to me. It seems… --- ## [Perturbed over Passover rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perturbed-over-passover-rules/579079)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perturbed-over-passover-rules/579079 "2011-04-27T19:41:33Z")
Once again it’s Passover. Once again I’m left wondering what kind of scam is being pulled off on the wallets of Jews across the world. Scam is a harsh word, I know. But sure as “no meat on Fridays” helped the fishmongers… --- ## [Magic Tricks and Intellectual Property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-tricks-and-intellectual-property/254775)
**Author:** [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-tricks-and-intellectual-property/254775 "2004-07-15T20:30:57Z")
In this thread, Hampshire requested some information, and it looks like ianzin got a mod to close it. This isn’t a criticism of a mod or ianzin, but a geneuine GQ. What about this is a copyright violation? I imagine th… --- ## [Hot sci-fi babes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sci-fi-babes/502321)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sci-fi-babes/502321 "2009-07-12T01:35:13Z")
Perhaps someone here would be interested in this list. --- ## [Cat Lovers: What Do Cats Remember?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-lovers-what-do-cats-remember/161537)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-lovers-what-do-cats-remember/161537 "2003-03-17T23:13:27Z")
I was just thinking about my cats (surprise, surprise) and wondering how much they can remember. The reason I’m thinking about this is that my cat Harley seems to be afraid of short, dark-haired men. If my landlord or … --- ## [Can a human actually tear into an abdomen using bare hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-human-actually-tear-into-an-abdomen-using-bare-hands/715271)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-human-actually-tear-into-an-abdomen-using-bare-hands/715271 "2015-03-20T11:57:44Z")
Going back to Tom Savini’s SFX work in zombie movies there is a tradition of zombies tearing people apart, and this has always bugged me. Try it, try to say tear half a face off a human being using only your strength. C… --- ## [For God's sake, let the guy take his boyfriend to the prom!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-gods-sake-let-the-guy-take-his-boyfriend-to-the-prom/103228)
**Author:** [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-gods-sake-let-the-guy-take-his-boyfriend-to-the-prom/103228 "2002-05-15T19:33:15Z")
First, the article, then my comments. \*Catholic school board rules against gay prom date WebPosted Tue Apr 9 12:44:29 2002 OSHAWA, ONTARIO - A gay Toronto-area high school student will not be allowed to take his boyfr… --- ## [The new Straight Dope administrator ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-straight-dope-administrator/817353 "2018-10-18T01:17:42Z")
… you’re soaking in it. (I only have 22 years of experience with the site.) I’m on the job starting now. I’m having to figure it out as I go, so I apologize in advance for any missteps and ask for your forbearance. W… --- ## [YOU'RE the internet. ENTERTAIN me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-internet-entertain-me/340445)
**Author:** [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2006, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-internet-entertain-me/340445 "2006-01-20T09:26:35Z")
You ever spend hours just clicking links just searching for SOMETHING to make all that time wasted worthwhile? It’s like gambling at a casino - you don’t want you accept that you just relinquished 30 minutes of your val… --- ## [Straight Dope 1/20/2023: Have baby boomers wrecked the planet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-1-20-2023-have-baby-boomers-wrecked-the-planet/978508)
**Author:** [@Cecil\_Adams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cecil_Adams)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-1-20-2023-have-baby-boomers-wrecked-the-planet/978508 "2023-02-09T17:45:48Z")
Have baby boomers wrecked the planet? Eh, I’m not saying we didn’t scuff it up some. I feel bad about the Amazon rain forest, and the grandkids have been on my case about letting pollution in Asia get so gross. But give… --- ## [Is Obama the first president with a college degree who has declined to release his college records?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-the-first-president-with-a-college-degree-who-has-declined-to-release-his-college-records/640119)
**Author:** [@wm.m.thompson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wm.m.thompson)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-the-first-president-with-a-college-degree-who-has-declined-to-release-his-college-records/640119 "2012-11-17T18:44:43Z")
Is Obama the first president with a college degree who has declined to release his college records? I don’t remember where I heard this. So I do not know if it is true or not. --- ## [2014 NFL Free Agency Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-nfl-free-agency-thread/683482)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-nfl-free-agency-thread/683482 "2014-04-09T07:42:17Z")
I’ll kick this off. Looks like the Buccaneers have poached my Bengals DE Michael Johnson, signing him to a lucrative deal that the Bengals, having already locked up Carlos Dunlap and extended Geno Atkins, just could not… --- ## [What was the worst movie you ever really enjoyed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-worst-movie-you-ever-really-enjoyed/820902)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-worst-movie-you-ever-really-enjoyed/820902 "2018-09-26T08:42:25Z")
Pretty much as per the OP. What was the worst movie you genuinely enjoyed watching? Not as in “har har I liked making fun of Battlefield Earth” but a movie you know was shit, but you liked it anyway? I posted this j… --- ## [Why did Japan think attacking Pearl Harbor was a good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-japan-think-attacking-pearl-harbor-was-a-good-idea/815089)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-japan-think-attacking-pearl-harbor-was-a-good-idea/815089 "2018-06-08T06:43:30Z")
Inspired by this thread, what did the Japanese think would happen after Pearl Harbor? Yamamato feared “they had awoken a sleeping giant”. While I know the quote isn’t real, it implies most other Japanese leaders did not … --- ## [North Korean top general purged — more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-top-general-purged-more/675979)
**Author:** [@iLemming](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iLemming)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-top-general-purged-more/675979 "2014-01-08T02:47:06Z")
North Korea: Kim Jong-un Purged Uncle’s Name ‘Removed from KCNA Reports’ The South Koreans seem to think this will lead to more sabre rattling from the North and subsequent instability. They’ve even gone as far as to … --- ## [Husband in the delivery room. Good idea or bad idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-in-the-delivery-room-good-idea-or-bad-idea/602210)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-in-the-delivery-room-good-idea-or-bad-idea/602210 "2011-11-08T22:33:09Z")
These days it is the norm for the husband to be in the delivery room when his child is being born. Of course, it was not always thus. Once upon a time the man waited in a separate room for the big announcement, and then … --- ## [Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fannie-mae-freddie-mac-lehman-brothers-merrill-lynch/463650)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fannie-mae-freddie-mac-lehman-brothers-merrill-lynch/463650 "2008-09-29T01:20:43Z")
I’m no economist, but this last week has been amazing. Some of the largest financial firms in the world are melting down as I type. Merrill is being sold, Lehman Bros, unable to find a buyer, is filing for bankruptcy p… --- ## [Is there anywhere on earth untouched by humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anywhere-on-earth-untouched-by-humans/39627)
**Author:** [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anywhere-on-earth-untouched-by-humans/39627 "2000-11-09T15:33:30Z")
I mean above ground of course. Have we been everywhere? Seen everything there is to see and mapped or surveyed every square inch? It’s these kinds of questions that plagued me. (Please forgive me but there is no questio… --- ## [Vets: Is a heartworm Test Really Necessary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vets-is-a-heartworm-test-really-necessary/406086)
**Author:** [@Gus\_Handsome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Handsome)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vets-is-a-heartworm-test-really-necessary/406086 "2013-08-22T20:13:26Z")
I only ask this for one reason: Every year we take our 6 dogs in for their yearly check-ups, and all the required shots, and last weeks visit got me thinking; is this test really necessary? After looking through my bil… --- ## [What's the worst mistake you ever made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-mistake-you-ever-made/140252)
**Author:** [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-mistake-you-ever-made/140252 "2013-11-21T20:37:18Z")
Just a little thread to make everyone feel better about themselves by seeing the misfortune that others have wrought upon themselves. What is the worst mistake you’ve ever made? Myself: Living for 4 months off my cred… --- ## [Marsellus Wallace's "hard, pipe-hittin' niggas".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marsellus-wallaces-hard-pipe-hittin-niggas/591747)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marsellus-wallaces-hard-pipe-hittin-niggas/591747 "2011-08-09T03:55:18Z")
After all these years, it finally occurred to me that he wasn’t necessarily referring to guys who, you know, hit people with pipes. He was talking about crackheads, wasn’t he? :smack: --- ## [True Blood: "Evil Is Going On"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-evil-is-going-on/553547)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-evil-is-going-on/553547 "2010-09-27T04:16:01Z")
Season 3 finale tonight. Everyone got their fangs sharpened? Overall, I thought this season was pretty good. It got off to a difficult start with all the new characters and such, but it’s coming together pretty nicely… --- ## [Fuck YOU America, Fuck you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-america-fuck-you/221456)
**Author:** [@Satz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satz)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-america-fuck-you/221456 "2004-01-12T14:32:29Z")
Note about rant: This is pointed at those blaming another nation for the mad cow outbreak ONLY. When I first heard the news about what happened in the USA, part of me was saddened and another part of me wondered how t… --- ## [Gale Force Winds - A Blustery MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gale-force-winds-a-blustery-mmp/737090)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gale-force-winds-a-blustery-mmp/737090 "2015-11-16T06:51:04Z")
Morning mumpers! I see nobody else has started this week’s MMP so I’ll do it for you since I’m already at work and on my second cup of tea. I’m not fit to be spoken to until at least my second cuppa, that’s just a fact… --- ## [I pit the homeless men who defecate near my apartment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-homeless-men-who-defecate-near-my-apartment/568789)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-homeless-men-who-defecate-near-my-apartment/568789 "2011-02-04T16:46:41Z")
I’m not an uberconservative, to-hell-with-the-homeless guy. I know full well that there are a range of factors that drive people to homelessness, often outside of their control - drug addiction, mental illness, an econom… --- ## [Need math problem to crash 80's CPUs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-math-problem-to-crash-80s-cpus/631443)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-math-problem-to-crash-80s-cpus/631443 "2012-08-16T18:32:03Z")
This is for a story. I want to have someone try to have a retro, 80’s era CPU be overtaxed/overheated or something by an elegant and/or short math problem being fed into it. But, I don’t know that much about programmin… --- ## [Does Michelle Obama have an accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-michelle-obama-have-an-accent/525210)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-michelle-obama-have-an-accent/525210 "2012-09-09T17:26:03Z")
Yea, yeah I know everyone has an accent. That aside… I just heard her appeal for help for Haiti, and to my ear (lived all my life on either the east of west coast of the US) she has an ever-so-slight accent. Maybe she… --- ## [Still alive???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952 "2015-11-27T20:16:47Z")
Inspired (sort of) by the thread about Tom Lehrer. Are there any celebs that shock you by tenaciously clinging to life? “Extra points” for learning of a living celeb who you long thought had shuffled off the mortal coi… --- ## [Are we on the brink of WW3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-on-the-brink-of-ww3/784026)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-on-the-brink-of-ww3/784026 "2017-04-15T07:26:17Z")
Russia and Iran are not happy with Trump’s decision to launch a missile attack against the Syrian airfield. Russian PM Medvedev came out saying we came very close to a Russia-US war. We are now fighting against multipl… --- ## [The Closest A Woman Has Gotten To A Roster Spot On A Professional (Traditionally Male) Sports Team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closest-a-woman-has-gotten-to-a-roster-spot-on-a-professional-traditionally-male-sports-team/722403)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closest-a-woman-has-gotten-to-a-roster-spot-on-a-professional-traditionally-male-sports-team/722403 "2015-07-01T13:16:44Z")
Watching the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, I’m surprised that none of these women on the USWNT have day jobs on any professional team outside of women’s leagues. Megan Rapinoe is probably a better player, overall, than th… --- ## [Biscuits vs croissants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biscuits-vs-croissants/741045)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biscuits-vs-croissants/741045 "2015-12-30T15:37:09Z")
Which one wins? I really want to go with biscuit. As someone born, raised, and currently living in the South, that seems like it would be the logical choice for me. I’ve had biscuits that were so good that I turn into… --- ## [So when the fuck is this Jesus dude coming back, already?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-the-fuck-is-this-jesus-dude-coming-back-already/556361)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-the-fuck-is-this-jesus-dude-coming-back-already/556361 "2010-11-09T14:58:26Z")
Happened again this morning–someone handed me a tract and talked about Jesus “coming back.” I’ve been hearing about Jesus “coming back” for the past fifty years. WTF is he getting here? --- ## [Jesus - REALLY Vancouver? It's a fucking hockey game.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-really-vancouver-its-a-fucking-hockey-game/585668 "2011-06-18T11:33:30Z")
How embarrassing Vancouver - you lost a fucking hockey game and THIS is how you react: Rioting? Looting? Fires? A Boston fan tossed over an overpass??? :confused::confused::confused::mad::mad: WTF?? That’s fucking fa… --- ## [Legal question: an act of goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-an-act-of-goat/566634)
**Author:** [@bushindo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bushindo)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-an-act-of-goat/566634 "2011-01-24T23:28:22Z")
This is a legal question. It is entirely hypothetical so I don’t need answers fast. Please assume that this happens in the United States. Let’s say that a farmer takes a goat to the market to sell. A buyer approaches an… --- ## [Hours a day driving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hours-a-day-driving/580847)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hours-a-day-driving/580847 "2011-05-09T23:07:30Z")
If you are on a very long solo trip (say, a couple of thousand miles), how many hours a day can you comfortably drive? Actual driving, not including rest stops or meals, and not pushing yourself or needing stimulants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=449&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=451&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)