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**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-and-pickle-sandwich-british/967016 "2022-12-07T12:45:22Z")
Okay, I’m reading a murder mystery (The Silkworm) set in England, mostly London, written under a pseud by J.K. Rowling. I swear, it seems like every other day the hero/detective is eating a ‘packet’ of cheese and pickle… --- ## [Crocs with socks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003)
**Author:** [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocs-with-socks/413003 "2007-08-06T13:13:10Z")
I couldn’t hate Crocs more if they were made by skinning puppies alive and curing their hides in dolphin fat. They top the all-time list of hideous footwear, and that is before the advent of Croc socks. More on that in a… --- ## [Were torpedo bombers more effective vs ships than dive bombers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-torpedo-bombers-more-effective-vs-ships-than-dive-bombers/377461)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-torpedo-bombers-more-effective-vs-ships-than-dive-bombers/377461 "2006-10-26T22:09:39Z")
I was watching a documentary about the IJN Yamato, and they had a guy who said a quote to the effect of, “If you want to put holes in ships, use dive bombers. If you want to sink ships, use torpedo bombers”. Granted, in… --- ## [Electromagnetic railgun: why all the smoke and fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electromagnetic-railgun-why-all-the-smoke-and-fire/614353)
**Author:** [@Shadowfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfyre)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electromagnetic-railgun-why-all-the-smoke-and-fire/614353 "2012-03-01T23:19:32Z")
Yahoo has a news story up with a cool video showing a test firing of a railgun prototype. http://news.yahoo.com/navy-railgun-tests-leading-ship-superweapon-2020-201003095.html If the railgun only uses electromagnetism … --- ## [Why do some people "Hate Nature"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-hate-nature/415432)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-hate-nature/415432 "2007-08-16T14:41:38Z")
My wife and I were doing some hiking this weekend. This past weekend was an iconic beautiful New England weekend - high cirrus clouds not too humid, not too hot, just beautiful. We went on a walk at a place called Sleepi… --- ## [Which is worse: Jail or Prison? (Need answer for family member who has to choose)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-jail-or-prison-need-answer-for-family-member-who-has-to-choose/688843)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-jail-or-prison-need-answer-for-family-member-who-has-to-choose/688843 "2014-05-27T01:29:51Z")
A family member of mine has been put in jail (for now). He needs to stay in there for a year. He’s already served about six (6) months of the sentence, so only about 6 months left. He’s served those six months (so far) i… --- ## [Stay-at-home wives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-home-wives/458937)
**Author:** [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-home-wives/458937 "2008-08-12T02:57:31Z")
From this CNN Article. Not Stay-at-home moms or people that work from home. These are women (the article only mentions women) that are married, unemployed, and without children who just decided life was too stressful a… --- ## [Justin Bieber arrested for DUI, drag racing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523 "2014-02-02T22:32:05Z")
From the “We All Saw This Coming” department, it is being reported that the Bieb is continuing in his cunning plan to get more Star Magazine cover pictures than Lindsay Lohan. --- ## [Was there a topless scene in Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-topless-scene-in-can-t-buy-me-love-1987/711074)
**Author:** [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-topless-scene-in-can-t-buy-me-love-1987/711074 "2025-08-19T21:19:04Z")
Or is there such a thing as group false memory? The scene in question is this (safe for work) one: No puedes comprar mi amor (Can't Buy Me Love, 1987) - YouTube (I could only find a Spanish dubbed version:() Former ner… --- ## [Unraveling "the whole nine yards"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unraveling-the-whole-nine-yards/645245)
**Author:** [@Tammi\_Terrell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tammi_Terrell)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unraveling-the-whole-nine-yards/645245 "2013-09-11T23:44:56Z")
Cecil last formally discussed the origin of “the whole nine yards” in 1987. In tomorrow’s print edition of The New York Times, Jenny Schluesser describes recent developments in “whole nine yards” research, including t… --- ## [Baseball August 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-august-2009/504998)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-august-2009/504998 "2009-09-05T22:17:36Z")
I’ve never started the monthly thread, but it is August now. Time for the dog days! While the D-backs are out of it, there are several races I’m following. AL West. Shaping up to be a good battle between the Rangers … --- ## [Kid can't read "Diary of Anne Frank"--guess why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-cant-read-diary-of-anne-frank-guess-why/216607)
**Author:** [@ammo52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ammo52)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-cant-read-diary-of-anne-frank-guess-why/216607 "2003-12-23T16:32:18Z")
I am absolutely floored by something my daughter told me at the dinner table tonight. Her eighth-grade class is doing a reading of Anne Frank’s diary, with various kids having speaking roles as characters. One of her be… --- ## [Cool and unusual classical music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-and-unusual-classical-music/691626)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-and-unusual-classical-music/691626 "2014-07-02T01:08:49Z")
One of my favorites: Danse Macabre, by Saint-Saens. Give me some more! --- ## [The last remaining acceptable stereotype. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-remaining-acceptable-stereotype/55363)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-remaining-acceptable-stereotype/55363 "2001-03-10T18:14:05Z")
Is the borne by fat people. It is reflexive and ingrained and the reason why the word “fat” is no longer descriptive; it is pejorative when applied to people. Obese is a medical term used to describe a condition that is… --- ## [Home carpet cleaning: do they work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-carpet-cleaning-do-they-work/316209)
**Author:** [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-carpet-cleaning-do-they-work/316209 "2013-08-07T13:52:34Z")
Having spent a good chunk of my weekend renting a steam-cleaning machine (specifically, The Rug Doctor), dragging the darn thing around the house, and getting my carpets sopping wet for a week in the process, I’m moved t… --- ## [What Would Your Ideal Political Party Platform Be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ideal-political-party-platform-be/658213)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ideal-political-party-platform-be/658213 "2013-05-16T20:00:41Z")
Here’s mine: -Abolish the EC -Expand the number of seats in House of Representatives to around 800 (while reducing overall salary) and thus creating smaller districts. Also add a 100 or so seats apportioned proportiona… --- ## [If you don't understand taxes, shut the fuck up.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-understand-taxes-shut-the-fuck-up/468269)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-understand-taxes-shut-the-fuck-up/468269 "2008-10-21T02:02:13Z")
I am sick to death of people saying, “my small business revenues are over $250,000! Obama is going to drive me out of business!” You’re a fucking idiot. You get taxed on your profit, not your revenue. If you made a prof… --- ## [What's the most disturbing thing you watched on purpose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disturbing-thing-you-watched-on-purpose/535769)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disturbing-thing-you-watched-on-purpose/535769 "2010-04-15T20:27:09Z")
I wasn’t sure where to put this, but I figured either IMHO or here. I hope I made the right choice. When I thought of this thread yesterday, I don’t think that these two threads with similar themes: Movie scenes that … --- ## [Baseball-oriented songs for a slide show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-oriented-songs-for-a-slide-show/627734)
**Author:** [@aaelghat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaelghat)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-oriented-songs-for-a-slide-show/627734 "2012-07-12T22:30:55Z")
Hi - I’m putting together a “slide show” for my son’s travel baseball team to celebrate the end of the season. This would be shown at an end-of-season party, and given to the kids as a keepsake. The kids are 11 years ol… --- ## [I'm a liberal opposed to illegal immigration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-liberal-opposed-to-illegal-immigration/781202)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-liberal-opposed-to-illegal-immigration/781202 "2017-08-05T12:49:26Z")
Why are so many liberals so protective of immigrants who have broken U.S. laws in order to come to or stay in this country? I am a liberal on most issues, especially social issues. I tend to vote Democratic. But I do ha… --- ## [Detention of reporter - kosher or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detention-of-reporter-kosher-or-not/557672)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detention-of-reporter-kosher-or-not/557672 "2010-10-22T14:37:48Z")
In Alaska, Reporter Tony Hopfinger was trying to question Republican senate candidate Joe Miller at a public meeting at a public school, when the hired security took offense. The security, which included active service … --- ## [How did they dry clothes in wet weather in the olden days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-dry-clothes-in-wet-weather-in-the-olden-days/545836)
**Author:** [@Sven\_of\_the\_Jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sven_of_the_Jungle)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-dry-clothes-in-wet-weather-in-the-olden-days/545836 "2010-07-10T04:29:12Z")
I haven’t used a drier on my clothes in more than a year. The advantages of line-drying clothes are too many to count: they last longer, smell better and if you give them a good firm shake before hanging, are completely … --- ## [Celebrities you find strangely attractive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367 "2004-12-29T16:57:26Z")
What celebrities do you have an inexplicable, almost embarrasing, unspoken attraction to? I will start and say that for some unfathomable reason, I find something damnably sexually alluring about…\[ahem\]…Martha Stewart. … --- ## [Band Name Synonym Game!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607)
**Author:** [@pink\_kitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pink_kitten)\ **Replies:** 361\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2001, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607 "2001-05-28T12:31:00Z")
Here are the rules: Create a phrase that is a synonym for the name of any popular band. Here is an example… The Simians The Monkees I’ll start off with a synonym; after you guess, add your own Ferrous Virgin --- ## [College football bowl game thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-game-thread/645673)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-game-thread/645673 "2013-01-06T04:34:30Z")
It looks like there’s just been a single thread, on the Alamo Bowl – here’s the place for running commentary on any & all of the 15 remaining games. Not that I’ve seen any so far…just most of the Minnesota – TT game. B… --- ## [Are Some People Not Effected By Caffeine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-people-not-effected-by-caffeine/547981)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-people-not-effected-by-caffeine/547981 "2010-07-26T18:34:00Z")
I sometimes work overnights at a temp job in a factory. There was a new girl and she came from the first shift. (They only had open spots in the overnight shift) She was all tired, so I told her to drink some coffee be… --- ## [Rich people don't go to prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-dont-go-to-prison/685071)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-dont-go-to-prison/685071 "2014-04-14T16:47:10Z")
Not even for child rape. DuPont heir Robert Richards, a lazy ass who does nothing but collect on his trust fund, was convicted of raping his three-year-old daughter, but is only getting probation. Superior Court Judge … --- ## ['Mr.' and 'Sir' for female military officers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-and-sir-for-female-military-officers/200801)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-and-sir-for-female-military-officers/200801 "2003-09-15T00:56:59Z")
In some of the Star Trek movies, female officers are addressed as “Sir” by subordinates and as “Mister” by superiors. So far as I know, this has never been protocol in any U.S. military service. Does anyone know whether … --- ## [Plucking nose hairs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plucking-nose-hairs/53656)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plucking-nose-hairs/53656 "2010-07-24T21:02:49Z")
I pluck my nose hairs on a periodic basis. I use a pair of needle-nosed pliers I bought just for doing this (I disinfect them with alcohol before use). Someone recently told me that “It’s dangerous to pluck nose hairs.”… --- ## [Re-finance my mortgate with NO closing fees? Scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-finance-my-mortgate-with-no-closing-fees-scam/579127)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-finance-my-mortgate-with-no-closing-fees-scam/579127 "2011-04-30T18:43:02Z")
Chase bank owns my morgate and they overnighted me…what looks like a great deal, but at the same time strikes me as a scam. They say they can lower my interest rate by 1%(down to a pretty good level from a decent leve… --- ## [Dairy Wars - A Milky Morning Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-wars-a-milky-morning-post/366691)
**Author:** [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Replies:** 448\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-wars-a-milky-morning-post/366691 "2006-08-07T01:39:42Z")
You don’t mix different types of milk. Be it either two different brands, or two different viscosities, milk stays in it’s original container until it’s used. So this means, also, that if you’re down at the bottom of t… --- ## [Ask a young woman whose husband recently died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-young-woman-whose-husband-recently-died/621249)
**Author:** [@Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stendhal_Syndrome)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-young-woman-whose-husband-recently-died/621249 "2012-05-24T12:32:34Z")
I worded the title that way because I am not fond of the word “widow”. I am 33. My husband just turned 38 and he died in his sleep less than two months ago. He left behind me and our daughters aged nine and three mont… --- ## [Let's suppose a Republican had said this \[Rep. Hank Johnson's Guam gaffe\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-suppose-a-republican-had-said-this-rep-hank-johnsons-guam-gaffe/534602)
**Author:** [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-suppose-a-republican-had-said-this-rep-hank-johnsons-guam-gaffe/534602 "2010-04-06T15:34:41Z")
Hank Johnson (D) from Georgia’s 4th District Didn’t Dan Quayle get crucified for years for putting an “e” on the end of “potato”? --- ## [Lamest, weakest guitar riffs/solos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-weakest-guitar-riffs-solos/781357)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-weakest-guitar-riffs-solos/781357 "2017-03-19T00:49:42Z")
Probably lots of major disagreements to come, so I’ll start off with: The main guitar hook in (Escape) the Pina Colada Song is so weak and tedious - maybe fitting for the putridness of the song. In an otherwise funky, … --- ## [The Nipple Bra! Would you wear it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nipple-bra-would-you-wear-it/538752)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nipple-bra-would-you-wear-it/538752 "2010-05-10T14:07:19Z")
The Nipple Bra. Pretty much just like it sounds - a bra with nipples on the outside so you always have perky nipplage showing up under your shirt. Would you wear this? I think this is an old ad, but it wouldn’t be too ha… --- ## [Promoting vegetarianism or veganism is a lousy way to reduce animal cruelty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/promoting-vegetarianism-or-veganism-is-a-lousy-way-to-reduce-animal-cruelty/609245)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/promoting-vegetarianism-or-veganism-is-a-lousy-way-to-reduce-animal-cruelty/609245 "2012-04-07T20:13:38Z")
This is so simple I doubt I’ll get much debate. First, you will never, ever, ever, ever EVER succeed in persuading everyone to give up eating animal products. So your quest is hopeless to begin with. Second, even if y… --- ## [I cut the tough, woody ends off the asparagus...in the store. Did I steal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cut-the-tough-woody-ends-off-the-asparagus-in-the-store-did-i-steal/532544)
**Author:** [@Gruntled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gruntled)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cut-the-tough-woody-ends-off-the-asparagus-in-the-store-did-i-steal/532544 "2010-03-19T14:07:49Z")
Yesterday I was at the grocery store buying asparagus. It was expensive, and also the bunches they had consisted of long stalks with an excessive amount of the nearly-inedible, thick, tough, woody ends on. I would be pay… --- ## [What does slough (pronounced "slew") mean to you? Quick!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-slough-pronounced-slew-mean-to-you-quick/548970)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-slough-pronounced-slew-mean-to-you-quick/548970 "2010-08-10T00:01:26Z")
Please answer before reading others’ responses. And include, if you will, from where in the world you learned what it is. No dictionaries allowed! This word seems to have different meanings in different places. My defin… --- ## [Will Muslim World have to cope with humanism and rationalism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-muslim-world-have-to-cope-with-humanism-and-rationalism/619943)
**Author:** [@Otkakonmiskilic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otkakonmiskilic)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-muslim-world-have-to-cope-with-humanism-and-rationalism/619943 "2013-01-18T03:54:24Z")
\*Catholicism and Protestantism had to cope with humanism and rationalism for hundreds of years. Thus the influence of religion on the Western World gradually have perished / have been perishing. When the statement above… --- ## [More SDMB arguments I'm sick of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-arguments-im-sick-of/548274)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-arguments-im-sick-of/548274 "2010-08-04T13:37:07Z")
Here are arguments that people make with some regularity that are so utterly idiotic and meaningless that they should be banned. Well, not banned because that would be censorship. But when people try to use them, automat… --- ## ["Wassup" with black men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wassup-with-black-men/193448)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wassup-with-black-men/193448 "2003-08-17T20:44:12Z")
I’m walking down the street, and there’s a black man about to pass me. “Wassup?” I go into a public men’s room, and there’s a black guy there. “Hey, how’s it goin’?” I’m walking down a hallway in the hospital where I… --- ## [Gulf Oil Spill: Joe Barton's "Shakedown" Comment, Obama F'ing Up Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gulf-oil-spill-joe-bartons-shakedown-comment-obama-fing-up-again/544626)
**Author:** [@jrodefeld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrodefeld)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gulf-oil-spill-joe-bartons-shakedown-comment-obama-fing-up-again/544626 "2010-06-29T03:26:40Z")
Anyone who recalls previous postings of mine know I think the Obama administration has been disastrous so far, but the recent Federal Government response to the Gulf Oil spill is simply more than is tolerable for a think… --- ## [What's your favorite non-mainstream candy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-mainstream-candy/712943 "2015-02-25T19:29:29Z")
Forget about Snickers, M & M’s, Reese’s peanut butter cups, etc. for a moment. My sweet tooth is often more satisfactorily sated by lesser-known treats, put out by lesser-known confectioners. I developed my taste for t… --- ## [I pit lazy inconsiderate asshole customers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-lazy-inconsiderate-asshole-customers/613904)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-lazy-inconsiderate-asshole-customers/613904 "2012-03-03T13:45:19Z")
The company I work for has started a new online venture. We buy returns from a major national seller , sort through them and resell them. As background , I spent a lot of years in retail and noticed plenty of lazy incon… --- ## [Anyone else baffled by the my little pony thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-baffled-by-the-my-little-pony-thread/600299)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-baffled-by-the-my-little-pony-thread/600299 "2011-11-08T00:43:13Z")
I don’t spend that much time in cafe society but it seems every time I check in the my little pony thread is there. It has an incredible number of posts for a CS thread. My attempts to read or understand it have utterly … --- ## [Enough with the horrible, disgusting hags in MILF porn!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-horrible-disgusting-hags-in-milf-porn/429265)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-horrible-disgusting-hags-in-milf-porn/429265 "2008-01-02T20:56:57Z")
I’ve had enough. I love the MILF as cultural institution, as enduring fantasy from Jocasta through Mrs. Robinson onward to Stiffler’s mom. As such, there’s a whole genre of porn devoted to “MILFS,” “Mature,” and so on. … --- ## [Explain the Ramones to me \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-ramones-to-me-edited-title/608089)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-ramones-to-me-edited-title/608089 "2012-01-06T11:03:50Z")
They sound like a crap garage band, and their lyrics are uninspired. Seriously, what is the appeal? --- ## [Lisa Nicole Carson, your tits are freaking me out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-nicole-carson-your-tits-are-freaking-me-out/50782)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-nicole-carson-your-tits-are-freaking-me-out/50782 "2001-01-22T04:25:41Z")
I don’t know how many folks are Ally watchers, but this season, Lisa Nicole Carson has elected to start packing her prodigious rack into PUSHUP bras, and it is extremely distracting - so much so it’s kinda creepin’ me ou… --- ## [Batman Begins plot discussion \[OPEN SPOILERS!\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-begins-plot-discussion-open-spoilers/308414)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-begins-plot-discussion-open-spoilers/308414 "2005-07-18T15:09:42Z")
Went to see a midnight showing of Batman Begins last night. Capsule review: WOOOOOO! To elaborate – this one didn’t disappoint at all. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not up on the minutiae of the Batman comics, … --- ## [Do your cats raise paws for attention?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-cats-raise-paws-for-attention/507252)
**Author:** [@TheFatKid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFatKid)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-cats-raise-paws-for-attention/507252 "2009-09-03T03:41:59Z")
There’s a trick that every cat I’ve ever lived with has learned, and I want to know if this is typical of domestic cats. When they’re very young (or just being domesticated) they will often swipe at you if they’re enjoy… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=463&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=465&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)