# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=465&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:** 466 --- ## [Will Pterry ever give us any gay Discworld characters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-pterry-ever-give-us-any-gay-discworld-characters/341584)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-pterry-ever-give-us-any-gay-discworld-characters/341584 "2012-10-06T20:18:30Z")
Inspired by this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=352094 Terry Pratchett is known for exploring a lot of social and moral and philosophical issues in his Discworld novels. But he’s never don… --- ## [Do Black Men Like Dirty Talk More Than White Men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-men-like-dirty-talk-more-than-white-men/426805)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-men-like-dirty-talk-more-than-white-men/426805 "2007-11-21T17:39:45Z")
Now, before this goes into some weird \*\*VC03 \*\*territory, let me be clear here that I’m asking a question, and it’s a real \*question \*about whether or not my very limited personal experience is shared by other people, an… --- ## [Resolved: single payer health care will not fix the US health care system's problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-single-payer-health-care-will-not-fix-the-us-health-care-systems-problems/701954)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-single-payer-health-care-will-not-fix-the-us-health-care-systems-problems/701954 "2014-10-31T22:23:49Z")
America spends about 16% of GDP on healthcare, as opposed to 8-11% that virtually all other wealthy countries spend. Health care systems have different setups. Public payer, public provider (NHS in the UK, US VA system)… --- ## [Rain, rain go away from the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-rain-go-away-from-the-mmp/753677)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-rain-go-away-from-the-mmp/753677 "2016-05-09T05:18:49Z")
We \*might \*see sun this afternoon, maybe, but the forecast is for rain till the weekend. At least it’s mostly gentle showers and drizzles and not major deluges like Houston had been getting. Still, a little break woul… --- ## [How is genocide defined, with an emphasis on cultural genocide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-genocide-defined-with-an-emphasis-on-cultural-genocide/944198)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-genocide-defined-with-an-emphasis-on-cultural-genocide/944198 "2021-06-29T13:37:42Z")
I created this in the Pit because genocide denial is a hot button issue. In a thread in ATMB, DrDeth posts that in another thread, there was no genocide denial because there was no genocide. What Exit?, in a Pit thre… --- ## ["Did panic grip your soul?" NY Times Reviews Guy \[Fieri\]'s American Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-panic-grip-your-soul-ny-times-reviews-guy-fieri-s-american-kitchen/640986)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-panic-grip-your-soul-ny-times-reviews-guy-fieri-s-american-kitchen/640986 "2012-11-17T18:00:44Z")
The best restaurant review I’ve ever read, for what is apparently the worst restaurant I will never visit. \[QUOTE=NY Times Review\] Is the entire restaurant a very expensive piece of conceptual art? Is the shapeless, st… --- ## [NHL: February 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2011/570020)
**Author:** [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2011/570020 "2011-03-01T23:26:57Z")
I know it’s a short month and all, but it isn’t January any more, but there’s still hockey to be talked about (and in my world, there’s always hockey to be talked about). Regarding both Franzen’s 5 goals and the Johnson… --- ## [What happens if the Queen survives an heir (UK)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-the-queen-survives-an-heir-uk/836144)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-the-queen-survives-an-heir-uk/836144 "2019-07-07T03:15:14Z")
Kinda straightforward… but what happens if Prince Charles suddenly, and unexpectedly passes away (heart attack, double-decker bus attack, abduction by aliens attack, etc…) leaving her on the throne? On her passing, does… --- ## [Guitar players: are some key signatures preferred or easier to play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-are-some-key-signatures-preferred-or-easier-to-play/525907)
**Author:** [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-are-some-key-signatures-preferred-or-easier-to-play/525907 "2010-01-25T04:11:50Z")
I have been working with a piano fake book of rock songs that were originally arranged for guitar and electric bass. As far as I can tell, the arrangements in the book maintain the key signature in which the original so… --- ## [Do Jeopardy winners get paid after every win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-jeopardy-winners-get-paid-after-every-win/648762)
**Author:** [@WyomingWillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WyomingWillie)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-jeopardy-winners-get-paid-after-every-win/648762 "2013-02-12T16:38:40Z")
The guy who won tonight has won over 100G’s and is now on haitus for a month due to tourneys. I would like to think I could get my hands on the cash while waiting to return. --- ## [I am really having a hard time with the new uniforms at work.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-really-having-a-hard-time-with-the-new-uniforms-at-work/649716)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-really-having-a-hard-time-with-the-new-uniforms-at-work/649716 "2013-02-14T20:44:15Z")
I am an educated professional. I am 40 years old and have a degree in finance. I worked as a Private Banker for a ginormous bank. The pressure and culture of the banking industry led me to leave last year and pursue an… --- ## [If America had a multiparty system, which party would you join/support? (poll\])](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-america-had-a-multiparty-system-which-party-would-you-join-support-poll/633407)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-america-had-a-multiparty-system-which-party-would-you-join-support-poll/633407 "2012-09-17T10:30:55Z")
What we have now in America is called a “first-past-the-post/winner-take-all” system combined with a “single-member-district” system: The legislature’s jurisdictional territory is divided into geographic districts of rou… --- ## [Do you believe in demons and is pornography sinful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-in-demons-and-is-pornography-sinful/1021184)
**Author:** [@a\_dudes\_thought\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_dudes_thought_s)\ **Replies:** 551\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-in-demons-and-is-pornography-sinful/1021184 "2025-12-10T19:48:27Z")
Ove the years I have been a big fan of pornography. Honestly I was a porn fiend. I would watch it whenever I could. I don’t want to get graphic, but did engage in self stimulation and purchase a number of adult toys. A f… --- ## [Is this an actual New Math problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-actual-new-math-problem/793042)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-actual-new-math-problem/793042 "2017-08-13T21:29:18Z")
Or just a parody of one? http://3xbqtf1y2zbf2etuqo18sk64.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Untitled-design-1-1.jpg I don’t follow it, but it sorta’ looks like it could be an example of “subtraction equ… --- ## [What's wrong with voting against your self interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-voting-against-your-self-interest/727542)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-voting-against-your-self-interest/727542 "2015-08-28T16:46:18Z")
I see a lot of people give flak to others, on both sides, (usually groups rather than individuals) about “voting against their own self interest” as if this is some moronic thing. One example is a few panels in this co… --- ## [Why do vitamins taste so bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-vitamins-taste-so-bad/288755)
**Author:** [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-vitamins-taste-so-bad/288755 "2017-03-11T16:12:41Z")
This thread by Eutychus reminded me of a question that’s been on my mind for a while now: Why do vitamin pills taste so goddamn awful? Every vitamin pill I’ve tried makes me wanna puke! It’s not the sort of thing that… --- ## [Funerals: The good, the bad, and the ugly.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funerals-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/625412)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funerals-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/625412 "2012-09-10T15:12:25Z")
So I just went to a funeral that left me all pissed off - the pastor who had been hired to conduct the service for a religious-but-not-notably-so woman spent an hour and a half talking not about the decedent, but about w… --- ## [Boris Johnson asks the Queen to suspend Parliament.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boris-johnson-asks-the-queen-to-suspend-parliament/839350)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boris-johnson-asks-the-queen-to-suspend-parliament/839350 "2019-09-27T00:31:02Z")
here.. No Parliament till mid October. Should HM agree? I mean, constitutionally an interesting question. Should the Monarch agree to the advice of a PM who she cannot be sure enjoys the confidence of the House of Comm… --- ## [What is Punk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-punk/591896)
**Author:** [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-punk/591896 "2011-08-13T04:09:29Z")
I searched the archives for this and couldn’t find it, so here it goes. I consider myself a punk, and devote considerable time and effort to researching it. I feel qualified to talk about this. I’m also aware that we ar… --- ## [Voters born in the '90s need to get a clue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voters-born-in-the-90s-need-to-get-a-clue/766423)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voters-born-in-the-90s-need-to-get-a-clue/766423 "2016-09-22T16:34:30Z")
I’m getting pretty frustrated with the way younger Millennial voters (those born in the '90s, basically) are turning up their dainty little noses at the prospect of voting for Hillary Clinton. I’m usually the last one to… --- ## [Who finds Tyler Perry funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-finds-tyler-perry-funny/554446)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-finds-tyler-perry-funny/554446 "2010-09-24T20:51:12Z")
Why is this dude so successful? I realize that his primary demographic is black america but I cant imagine skin color makes someone funnier. Do you find his brand of humor funny? If so why? --- ## [Polygamy: The Answers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polygamy-the-answers/628274)
**Author:** [@FounderChurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FounderChurch)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polygamy-the-answers/628274 "2012-07-16T21:35:18Z")
\*\*Nothing wrong with Polygamy \*\*from any point of view other than the fact that we as a society are addicted to monogamy for reasons we do not know about, and/or don’t understand. There are two general kinds of ancient … --- ## [How can you kill 77 people in self-defense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-kill-77-people-in-self-defense/619070)
**Author:** [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-kill-77-people-in-self-defense/619070 "2012-04-24T23:38:32Z")
Norwegian Man Claims Self-Defense in Killings So reads the headline in The New York Times. Now, I’m sure that someone reading The New York Times today in print or on a tablet, when turning or clicking to page A6, could… --- ## [Ear Coning/Candles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-coning-candles/451644)
**Author:** [@StrongSuspicions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrongSuspicions)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-coning-candles/451644 "2008-06-23T18:10:24Z")
Interesting, 3 people (one of them a doctor no less…almost as funny as if one had been an engineer), one with a noted ear wax buildup issue, and you say it doesn’t work? Hogwash. OK, so I have a noted ear wax buildup iss… --- ## [What sporting events will still be remembered 300 years from now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sporting-events-will-still-be-remembered-300-years-from-now/646252)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sporting-events-will-still-be-remembered-300-years-from-now/646252 "2013-01-10T05:01:55Z")
It seems to me that most sporting events can seem hugely significant in the moment but quickly fade into the background noise over time. What sporting events from the past will the average educated layman still have some… --- ## [Most annoying and/or insipid song lyrics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-and-or-insipid-song-lyrics/182172)
**Author:** [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-and-or-insipid-song-lyrics/182172 "2013-09-12T18:51:16Z")
I nominate Madonna’s Music (which ironically does not evoke music at all for me). Some portions of the song: Do you like to boogie-woogie Do you like to boogie-woogie Do you like to boogie-woogie Do you like my Ac… --- ## [Ladies, do you find Rick Santorum sexy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825 "2012-03-09T16:27:14Z")
Think about it. That is a damn handsome man. He also has a law degree, is a powerful, wealthy man and his opinions are respected by millions. You may not agree with his politics but I’m sure there are a million housewiv… --- ## [Your holodeck time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holodeck-time/542208 "2010-06-15T01:03:25Z")
You’re a cadet aboard a Federation starship likely doing menial and thankless work day in and day out. Once a week you get an hour in the holodeck. What do you do in the holodeck during that hour? As for me, the answer… --- ## [who else is watching April the pregnant giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-watching-april-the-pregnant-giraffe/783504)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-watching-april-the-pregnant-giraffe/783504 "2019-03-17T15:36:55Z")
I looked to see if there was a thread about this already and am not finding one. live feed April is in a zoo\* in New Jersey and 15 months into this project, the zoo has been posting updates morning and evening. from t… --- ## [Alex Trebek was a real jerk to this stay at home dad on Jeopardy tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-was-a-real-jerk-to-this-stay-at-home-dad-on-jeopardy-tonight/725274)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-was-a-real-jerk-to-this-stay-at-home-dad-on-jeopardy-tonight/725274 "2015-07-23T04:48:09Z")
it’s not uncommon for Alex to make snide comments to the contestants, but today he was out of control first during the interview section he asked “So you’re a stay at home dad. Was that something you wanted to do or was… --- ## [Ask The Dermatological Medical Assistant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-dermatological-medical-assistant/418486)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-dermatological-medical-assistant/418486 "2012-06-28T17:09:27Z")
As some of you may know, I work for four dermatologists. I’m a registered Medical Assistant, and a member of the Dermatological Medical Assistants Association. (Betcha didn’t know there was such a thing.) I’ve worke… --- ## [Critically Panned Movies That You Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critically-panned-movies-that-you-love/518264 "2009-11-24T03:44:07Z")
One of my favorite movies is Toys with Robin Williams, LL Cool J, and Joan Cusack. It also happens to be rated below average on IMDB, and has been almost universally panned by critics. This is one of the few instances th… --- ## [The creation of Israel was not a colonial project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creation-of-israel-was-not-a-colonial-project/991967)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creation-of-israel-was-not-a-colonial-project/991967 "2023-11-28T23:34:25Z")
I’ve been following the various debates online that have heated up into overdrive since the atrocious Hamas attacks earlier this month. One of the most common criticisms of Israel from the left is that Israel was create… --- ## [Fictional characters you utterly loathe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-you-utterly-loathe/319960)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-you-utterly-loathe/319960 "2005-09-12T00:58:11Z")
In any work of fiction, there are bound to be characters that just rub you the wrong way. And there are characters you love to hate. And, sometimes, there are characters that make you feel like slipping on some brass knu… --- ## [Aussie equivalent of Graham crackers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-equivalent-of-graham-crackers/660337)
**Author:** [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-equivalent-of-graham-crackers/660337 "2013-06-13T16:42:41Z")
I’m trying to make an American recipe that requires Graham crackers. But they don’t exist here, and I don’t know what they taste like. Does anyone know of an Aussie equivalent? --- ## [Diablo 3 question thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-question-thread/624956)
**Author:** [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-question-thread/624956 "2012-08-24T19:23:19Z")
Intended for questions you may have about the game that hopefully some of the other posters can answer. Please don’t post complaints or gripes about D3 (online for single player!??! RAGE!!!), take it to another thread. … --- ## [Carnival shooting galleries with live ammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnival-shooting-galleries-with-live-ammo/487967)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnival-shooting-galleries-with-live-ammo/487967 "2018-06-28T17:24:10Z")
My memory is hazy, but I’m pretty sure that when I was a preadolescent or younger (late-'60s/early-'70s) I fired real .22 ammo (shorts, not longs or LR) at shooting galleries. ISTR going to a carnival while visiting re… --- ## [Airplane! movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362 "2025-03-15T02:46:11Z")
what do you know on a Saturday night at 11 pm when there is nothing else to do? You watch Airplane! again. Running commentary - “Listen Betty, don’t start with your white zone shit again.” I will not keep this up, but … --- ## [Baseball - How's your team doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 375\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909 "2006-10-08T21:28:37Z")
Well, April is over, and the Dodgers have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. :smack: The Brewers have been beating up on the Cubs, and even when the Padres manage a comeback like today’s, they still sit… --- ## [Things you don't like about Skyrim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-like-about-skyrim/612912)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-like-about-skyrim/612912 "2012-03-03T03:02:24Z")
First of all this is a great game many hours of playtime makes for good value. There is already a jumbo general Skyrim thread but I specifically want to hear about the things you don’t like about the game. The only thing… --- ## [Most original pick-up line you've heard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-original-pick-up-line-youve-heard/400509)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-original-pick-up-line-youve-heard/400509 "2017-04-09T05:29:40Z")
I went to a sports bar with my friend on Friday. A girl tapped me on the shoulder and said: “My roommate said she’d clean my room if I got your number. She doesn’t think that you’d give it to me. And the room is a mes… --- ## [Question about January Jones acting performance in Mad Men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-january-jones-acting-performance-in-mad-men/514887)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-january-jones-acting-performance-in-mad-men/514887 "2009-11-17T13:49:14Z")
She’s gorgeous, but her acting kind of confuses me. She is absolutely dead on her character, and inhabits that role like no one else I could imagine, but her range as the character Betty Draper is so constricted, as Bet… --- ## [So ACA gets repealed. What next for Democrats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aca-gets-repealed-what-next-for-democrats/776438)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-aca-gets-repealed-what-next-for-democrats/776438 "2017-01-24T06:15:57Z")
I am assuming for the sake of argument that the GOP does this the stupid way instead of the smart way and Democrats win everything in 2020. So if that comes about, how should Democrats approach health care? Campaign on … --- ## [Note to self: Don't eat two week old cheesecake again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-eat-two-week-old-cheesecake-again/423158)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self-dont-eat-two-week-old-cheesecake-again/423158 "2007-10-19T12:52:14Z")
It was a Costco cheesecake, left over from my nephew’s birthday party. It was in the fridge, beckoning to me. I figured “hmmm…top shelf, which is pretty chilly. It should still be good.” It was a mistake. Ohh…my aching s… --- ## [I Pit "Cafe Society" people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 647\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051 "2025-10-09T13:09:21Z")
CAN’T YOU FCKING PEOPLE MAKE YOUR OWN REUBENS? FFS Or do you need “Americas Test Cooking” (sponsored by) or “Alton Brown” or “Kenji Alt” to make you believe you don’t know what a reuben is… Hellmans’ is shit, and has… --- ## [Stop Dropping Stuff on Your Floor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-dropping-stuff-on-your-floor/477085)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-dropping-stuff-on-your-floor/477085 "2019-10-27T12:19:25Z")
Yo, upstairs asshole. Stop dropping stuff on your hardwood floor. At least once a day, something comes crashing out of I don’t even know what the fuck what, and it lands on your hardwood floor. And it echoes throughout m… --- ## [Who is/was the Most Famous Person to graduate from your Alma Mater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-was-the-most-famous-person-to-graduate-from-your-alma-mater/585962)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-was-the-most-famous-person-to-graduate-from-your-alma-mater/585962 "2011-06-22T02:22:07Z")
High school or college. Ever. If you have more than one, it’s fine to list them, just make the Most Famous one the first on the list. And do please name the institution. :slight\_smile: --- ## [No one expects the tomndebb inquisition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-expects-the-tomndebb-inquisition/516691)
**Author:** [@intention](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/intention)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-expects-the-tomndebb-inquisition/516691 "2009-11-09T21:22:21Z")
In a lively thread over at GD, tomndebb doesn’t say a single word for 15 pages, and then without any advance notice we get this: \[QUOTE=tomndebb\] Rarher than handing out a half dozen Warnings, I’m just going to shut do… --- ## [Sarah Silverman owns Paris at MTV Movie awards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-silverman-owns-paris-at-mtv-movie-awards/406715)
**Author:** [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-silverman-owns-paris-at-mtv-movie-awards/406715 "2007-06-08T06:15:45Z")
Youtube has the clip from the MTV movie awards, the audio from the clip is probably NSFW so I’ve disabled the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqUig75bAz8 (again, audio NSFW) But it’s classic and you can see Paris … --- ## [De-extinct T-Rex Synthetically?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-extinct-t-rex-synthetically/655423)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-extinct-t-rex-synthetically/655423 "2013-04-25T07:28:29Z")
Apparently, we are entering the dawn of artificial gene synthesis and on the brink of de-extincting recently extinct species. If we were to advance those disciplines and include comparative DNA sequence analysis methodol… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=464&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=466&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)