# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=473&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:** 474 --- ## [Dopers' opinions of Pulp Fiction (1994)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-opinions-of-pulp-fiction-1994/795303)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-opinions-of-pulp-fiction-1994/795303 "2020-01-21T20:22:29Z")
Am curious to know what you guys, gals, and any trans members think of Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction? I go back and forth on it myself. At one time it was my favorite movie of all time but as of late I feel it’s aged poorly. … --- ## [Strips of Cloth on Electric Fans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strips-of-cloth-on-electric-fans/171071)
**Author:** [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strips-of-cloth-on-electric-fans/171071 "2003-04-27T22:22:38Z")
There’s a commercial playing here in the Phoenix area for one of our local electric utilities. In it, while talking about how wonderfully cheap electricity is, they show an electric fan running. The fan has strips of w… --- ## [South Korea + US vs. Full On North Korean Attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-us-vs-full-on-north-korean-attack/784472)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-us-vs-full-on-north-korean-attack/784472 "2017-05-16T09:04:08Z")
Let’s say that North Korea tests a nuke this weekend and the US retaliates by launching ship or sub-based non-nuclear missiles and takes out the known nuclear sites in North Korea. NK interprets this as the pretense to a… --- ## [Honey Bees Nesting In My Home's Walls: Ever Been There?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-bees-nesting-in-my-homes-walls-ever-been-there/603239)
**Author:** [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-bees-nesting-in-my-homes-walls-ever-been-there/603239 "2011-11-18T15:54:23Z")
History: This house has been in my family since 1973, and to my knowledge, we haven’t had to deal with this type of problem before (I didn’t actually live there from about 1980 to 1995ish). Termites, yes. Cockroaches, ye… --- ## [Rancid Priebus is a disgusting human being](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rancid-priebus-is-a-disgusting-human-being/750195)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rancid-priebus-is-a-disgusting-human-being/750195 "2016-03-29T05:41:56Z")
Fraud. Abuse of elderly citizens. Mopery and dopery. Priebus should be subject to prosecution. Image Brief story How low can they go? One Reddit poster said his mother received one of these, but didn’t want him to … --- ## [NFL playoffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs/431176)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs/431176 "2008-01-22T15:42:12Z")
This thread is for discussion of week 17 plus the playoffs all the way through the Superbowl. Some interesting matchups going into week 17, where teams will have to decide whether or not to rest their starters. IMO, tea… --- ## [Is there a term for vomit-related porn? Possibly Japanese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-vomit-related-porn-possibly-japanese/577358)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-vomit-related-porn-possibly-japanese/577358 "2011-04-12T00:38:29Z")
I have this half-buried(by force) memory of knowing about some gross sex act that involved vomiting on each other or eating vomit or some other unspeakably gross thing that I wanted forever purged from my brain. There wa… --- ## [Why is my cat picking up food with her paw and eating it outside her dish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-cat-picking-up-food-with-her-paw-and-eating-it-outside-her-dish/666281)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-cat-picking-up-food-with-her-paw-and-eating-it-outside-her-dish/666281 "2013-08-22T19:39:09Z")
I’ve had my cat for a few years and about 6-8 months ago she started picking up pieces of her dry cat food out of her bowl, one-by-one, and bringing it to her mouth and eating it. She doesn’t successfully chew and eat t… --- ## [Advice on buying suit for teenage boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-buying-suit-for-teenage-boy/657732)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-buying-suit-for-teenage-boy/657732 "2013-05-08T19:29:26Z")
OMG, my baby asked a girl to the 8th grade formal and she said yes! This is the first I’ve heard of him even talking to a girl! We don’t have many dress up occasions, we’ve always gotten by with dress shirt and pants, … --- ## [What does a British "deal table" look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-british-deal-table-look-like/162858)
**Author:** [@a\_young\_Morgan\_Fairchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_young_Morgan_Fairchild)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-british-deal-table-look-like/162858 "2022-11-20T14:40:00Z")
I keep running into the term “plain deal table” in Bristish literature. (Also, rarely, “deal chair”) E.g 1984 “There was a deal table under the window where he and the old man could talk without fear of being overheard.… --- ## [Is it common practice to offer amputation to patients recently suffering from a spinal cord injury?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-common-practice-to-offer-amputation-to-patients-recently-suffering-from-a-spinal-cord-injury/603676)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-common-practice-to-offer-amputation-to-patients-recently-suffering-from-a-spinal-cord-injury/603676 "2011-12-07T15:51:09Z")
Ok, this is something that I truly cannot wrap my brain around. I am a member of a disability-related message board and I recently posted a story about how a random guy asked me if I’d ever considered “cutting off my le… --- ## [1 Trump voters thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-trump-voters-thoughts/771727)
**Author:** [@notheretoargue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notheretoargue)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-trump-voters-thoughts/771727 "2016-11-18T10:20:02Z")
I have enjoyed reading this board for probably about a year now. Never agreed with the political views but that’s ok, I mostly avoided it, and if I wanted to read it there was nothing that offended me. A lot of things t… --- ## [Worst companies to work for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-companies-to-work-for/522079)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-companies-to-work-for/522079 "2010-02-12T06:00:04Z")
Here’s an interesting story I saw today. Gibson Guitars tops the list: The other companies on the list are: United Airlines Spherion AutoZone Rain Bird DHL Express Level 3 Communications Dominion Enterprises Hertz H… --- ## [What new weapons/weapons tactics have the Russians so far introduced in Ukraine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-weapons-weapons-tactics-have-the-russians-so-far-introduced-in-ukraine/960204)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-weapons-weapons-tactics-have-the-russians-so-far-introduced-in-ukraine/960204 "2022-04-20T05:52:55Z")
See subject. This could be part of a more general and less answerable (here) factual question, which is, What is the USA, and the rest of the world’s good defense forces, closely observing, noting, and in time integrat… --- ## [Clinton Global Initiative bites the dust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-global-initiative-bites-the-dust/777294)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-global-initiative-bites-the-dust/777294 "2017-01-26T13:00:06Z")
The Clinton Foundation Shuts Down Clinton Global Initiative What the hell happened to Bill Clinton’s political savvy? This kind of shit should have waited until they had both retired from active politics. But greed won… --- ## [Ann Romney's RNC Speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-romneys-rnc-speech/633005)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ann-romneys-rnc-speech/633005 "2012-09-01T02:18:18Z")
Ann is the Romney campaign’s best asset. I wish her hubby had this much warmth and personality. I thought she did a good job. Full 20 min speech Transcript --- ## [Movies with incorrect basic premises?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-incorrect-basic-premises/740778)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-incorrect-basic-premises/740778 "2015-12-27T04:41:33Z")
So I was watching the first part of “Fury” last night, and was struck again by the basic inaccuracy of the premise. That premise being that at the very end of WWII the fighting in the West was particularly savage and fa… --- ## [Three Girls Missing Since 2003, Found \[Alive\] In Cleveland (edited title)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-girls-missing-since-2003-found-alive-in-cleveland-edited-title/657669)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-girls-missing-since-2003-found-alive-in-cleveland-edited-title/657669 "2013-05-12T00:22:47Z")
Amanda Berry went missing on April 21, 2003 at the age of 16 (just before her 17th birthday). She was on her way home from her shift at Burger King and was never heard from again. More details. Georgina “Gina” DeJesus w… --- ## [Can I eat fully-cooked chicken sausage cold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-eat-fully-cooked-chicken-sausage-cold/596086)
**Author:** [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-eat-fully-cooked-chicken-sausage-cold/596086 "2011-09-14T02:27:44Z")
I have a pack of chicken sausage that says it’s fully cooked. But in its cooking instructions, it says to grill it making sure the internal temperature hits 165 degrees. But if it’s already fully cooked, why would I hav… --- ## [Fargo S1E8 \[Open spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s1e8-open-spoilers/689992)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s1e8-open-spoilers/689992 "2014-06-15T19:31:53Z")
I’m surprised. I thought the show was coming to a climax in a very few days; instead nothing happens for a year. --- ## [Laughing While Black?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughing-while-black/728894)
**Author:** [@Rhinocerosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhinocerosis)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughing-while-black/728894 "2015-09-08T00:17:24Z")
A recent news report tells us that a large group of African-American women boarded the Napa Valley Wine Train and, after making excessive and disruptive noise, were asked and/or ordered to leave the train. Initial social… --- ## [Youtube videos it's impossible not to literally LOL at](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-videos-its-impossible-not-to-literally-lol-at/522394)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-videos-its-impossible-not-to-literally-lol-at/522394 "2010-01-05T11:59:23Z")
My contribution: --- ## [One Weird Trick... That actually works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-weird-trick-that-actually-works/762996)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-weird-trick-that-actually-works/762996 "2016-09-22T15:52:38Z")
The thread about stupid clickbait ads made me wonder if people have any “weird tricks” that actually work? The one that comes to mind for me is using toothpaste to clean foggy/hazy headlights. Works like magic! I’m su… --- ## [Whatcha Readin' Nov 2010 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-nov-2010-edition/558963)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-nov-2010-edition/558963 "2010-12-01T06:34:53Z")
First, Happy Halloween. OK, I said that last thread, but today is actually halloween, so enjoy. For those of us in the US: Turkey day is coming. Happy Thanksgiving. Don’t eat too much… Finished The Spirit Rebellion … --- ## [Do traffic laws apply in parking lots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-traffic-laws-apply-in-parking-lots/223459)
**Author:** [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2004, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-traffic-laws-apply-in-parking-lots/223459 "2004-03-19T06:33:00Z")
Do traffic laws, specifically stop signs, pedestrian crosswalks, right-of-way, speed limits, etc. apply in parking lots? I’m thinking of a large shopping mall with acres of parking spaces and a perimeter road running ar… --- ## [Do you use a Check Register or keep track of your bank account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-check-register-or-keep-track-of-your-bank-account/575862)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-check-register-or-keep-track-of-your-bank-account/575862 "2011-03-31T08:48:59Z")
I was shocked by the thread where people were talking about keeping track of their bank accounts and using check registers, etc. I’m thinking, “what?” Maybe it is just lifestyle. I pay all my purchases through credit … --- ## [New Battlestar Galactica series in January](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307)
**Author:** [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307 "2005-01-23T23:42:16Z")
If I remember, the general SDMB response to the recent Battlestar Galactica miniseries on the Sci-Fi Network was surprisingly positive. So I’m happy to report that the show has been converted into a series starring most… --- ## [How to get the funky mildewy smell out of my sneakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-the-funky-mildewy-smell-out-of-my-sneakers/340382)
**Author:** [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-the-funky-mildewy-smell-out-of-my-sneakers/340382 "2006-01-19T03:29:14Z")
Last night, it was very rainy. I had to go into it wearing my sneakers, and they got quite wet. Now dry, they have a surprisingly strong mildewy smell. I wear my sneakers all the time, and I don’t want to bring that s… --- ## [First major party gay candidate for president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-major-party-gay-candidate-for-president/576249)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-major-party-gay-candidate-for-president/576249 "2011-06-30T19:30:08Z")
I guess he won’t get very far, he is Republican http://fredkarger.com/posts/fred-karger-first-to-file-for-president-at-fec-in-washington-dc --- ## [Keurig goes DRM.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keurig-goes-drm/682820)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keurig-goes-drm/682820 "2014-03-10T08:53:42Z")
Keurig’s newest coffee makers will be designed to only work with Keurig kcups. Keurig (and their parent company Green Mountain Roasters) appear to be conspiring to block the competition. The patent Keurig had on kcups r… --- ## [Ants - why do they bite me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-why-do-they-bite-me/180342)
**Author:** [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-why-do-they-bite-me/180342 "2012-09-12T15:28:54Z")
Ants were infesting my bedroom, through a tiny hole in the window frame. They would carry away any crumb of food they could find. However they also used to crawl on me and bite me, while I was in bed. Why? Did they w… --- ## [The future of the Democratic brand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-the-democratic-brand/724312)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-the-democratic-brand/724312 "2015-08-10T15:31:14Z")
A sibling to “The future of the GOP brand” thread inspired by this post in it. The point is reasonably made. Despite overall demographics trending in their direction the Democratic party fairly consistently loses a maj… --- ## [People dropping in unannounced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-dropping-in-unannounced/668297)
**Author:** [@Zago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zago)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-dropping-in-unannounced/668297 "2013-09-09T22:50:25Z")
I loathe this. I have informed my friends (after several of them did this few times) that I don’t like unexpected visitors. They’ve pretty much stopped doing it but I just had a friend drive up to my house (with her ki… --- ## [Question About All in the Family Theme Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-all-in-the-family-theme-song/665880)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-all-in-the-family-theme-song/665880 "2016-04-05T19:34:28Z")
The All in the Family theme song, Those Were the Days, has an odd line in it. Full lyrics here: link The song appears to be a sincere reminiscent stroll down Memory Lane except for the line, “Mister we could use a man … --- ## [So Kim Kardashian is getting divorced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394 "2012-09-07T01:07:08Z")
That didn’t last long did it? Supposedly the wedding cost $10 million. While I didn’t expect them to last long, and wasn’t sure if it was simply a publicity stunt, the cost seems to be too much for it to simply have be… --- ## [Henckels Pro-S or Cuisinart cutlery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henckels-pro-s-or-cuisinart-cutlery/479383)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henckels-pro-s-or-cuisinart-cutlery/479383 "2009-01-23T22:34:25Z")
Right before christmas I bought a set of Henckel’s Pro-S cutlery (12 pc, no steak knives) on special for 225. I haven’t opened it yet, as I was waiting to see how my christmas bills would come out. Yesterday, while at … --- ## [Why the Popular Resistance to Driverless Cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-popular-resistance-to-driverless-cars/783521)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Sanchez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Sanchez)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-popular-resistance-to-driverless-cars/783521 "2017-04-09T19:48:06Z")
Forget about the economics of the matter for a minute. Obviously, people who make their living driving aren’t going to be happy about the prospect of driverless cars. I’m talking about regular people who say they’d nev… --- ## [Easy sheet-music generator from letter notes? (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-sheet-music-generator-from-letter-notes-need-answer-fast/563934)
**Author:** [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-sheet-music-generator-from-letter-notes-need-answer-fast/563934 "2010-12-23T03:18:46Z")
Halp! I am kinda musical but mostly ignorant. I can read sheet music if you give me long enough (and a piano keyboard would be helpful, too, thanks). I know enough music theory to be dangerous and usually get things like… --- ## [Why is Green an unlucky colour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-green-an-unlucky-colour/145244)
**Author:** [@Theom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theom)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-green-an-unlucky-colour/145244 "2016-01-31T22:57:34Z")
Here is the question, why is it considered in Britain unlucky to wear green? I have done some google searches but all I seem to find are a couple of american pages claiming it is so as not to insult the faeries. This se… --- ## [Mad-Men: 7.12 "Lost Horizon" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-7-12-lost-horizon-open-spoilers/719190)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-7-12-lost-horizon-open-spoilers/719190 "2015-05-08T23:11:57Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Don is rewarded for his work; Joan butts heads with a co-worker over an account; Roger avoids making a big decision. \[/QUOTE\] Sterling, Cooper, & Partners is dead, long live McCann-Erickson. Only 2 episod… --- ## [Stolen content. Again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785)
**Author:** [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content-again/283785 "2005-02-01T01:12:47Z")
I seem to recall this having happened earlier with the same exact site (or one run by the same people/person). The forum’s called Cockadoodledoo. A lot of usernames are repeated from SDMB users. A lot of posts are rep… --- ## [I pit Obama and what he is doing with the census](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obama-and-what-he-is-doing-with-the-census/485310)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obama-and-what-he-is-doing-with-the-census/485310 "2009-02-17T00:36:37Z")
Less than three weeks in office and Obama is already screwing us over. http://www.govexec.com/story\_page.cfm?articleid=41986&dcn=todaysnews The audacity of this blatant attempt to take over the census so that it can b… --- ## [Wolf vs Man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolf-vs-man/345104)
**Author:** [@rfmerrill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfmerrill)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolf-vs-man/345104 "2013-09-17T01:47:13Z")
In unarmed combat to the death, where both combatants are prepared and there is no ambush factor, who would win: The average adult male gray wolf, or the average adult man? --- ## [What's the fastest moving body part?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-moving-body-part/638227)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-moving-body-part/638227 "2012-10-23T02:00:59Z")
In the human body only? I searched on Google and all the hits were talking about some ant. Some candidates I can think of: \[ul\] \[li\]eyelids when you blink\[/li\]\[li\]snapping fingers\[/li\]\[li\]pitching a baseball\[/li\]\[li\]wh… --- ## [Lobster Thermidor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobster-thermidor/545486)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobster-thermidor/545486 "2010-07-12T06:36:50Z")
I still remember the time more than fifty years ago when I first had lobster thermidor. I didn’t know food could taste so good; it started me on what has been a lifelong quest for outstanding food. But it has been more… --- ## [SoCal Dopefest - Spring 2008](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629 "2008-04-30T05:07:20Z")
This may fail miserably, but I’m going to give it a shot anyway. There’s been some discussion (rumbling, if you will) about bringing the Southern California Dopers together for a decently sized get-together. In addition… --- ## [Goddamn fucking right she should sue!!!!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-fucking-right-she-should-sue/423377)
**Author:** [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-fucking-right-she-should-sue/423377 "2007-10-27T00:16:27Z")
Vitriolic overflow from here spins baseball cap around I don’t give a flying fuck that bouncers screw people over in every demographic all the time. And I don’t give a flying fuck if people are sick and tired of havin… --- ## [Was the Stuxnet malware designed to destroy Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-stuxnet-malware-designed-to-destroy-irans-bushehr-nuclear-power-plant/554976)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-stuxnet-malware-designed-to-destroy-irans-bushehr-nuclear-power-plant/554976 "2010-11-20T17:51:14Z")
Stuxnet malware is ‘weapon’ out to destroy … Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant? I find this fascinating, and wonder if this is just the first shot in a cyber war that will take down significant parts of the computerized i… --- ## [Who is the world's best-known living author? The best regarded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-worlds-best-known-living-author-the-best-regarded/669880)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-worlds-best-known-living-author-the-best-regarded/669880 "2013-10-04T08:13:09Z")
Just what the title says. It took me only a minute to think of what must be the answer to the first question: J. K. Rowling. Her books have sold hundreds of millions of copies and been translated into umpteen languages… --- ## [Women of the Dope, do you get any pleasure from missionary style sex.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-of-the-dope-do-you-get-any-pleasure-from-missionary-style-sex/630425)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-of-the-dope-do-you-get-any-pleasure-from-missionary-style-sex/630425 "2012-08-07T04:23:59Z")
Over in the thread about your terminally ill kid and sex, while talking about whether a 13 year old girl would enjoy sex Blackberry said: I found that statement surprising because I LOVE the missionary position, it jus… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=472&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=474&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)