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**Author:** [@Floyd\_Remora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floyd_Remora)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2006, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-still-believe-in-god/336228 "2006-01-09T07:45:45Z")
Well? --- ## [Was Chef Boyardee once good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-chef-boyardee-once-good/549717)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-chef-boyardee-once-good/549717 "2010-08-16T02:37:49Z")
Ettore Boiardi started Chef Boyardee after patrons in his restaurant began requesting samples of his spaghetti sauce. Today nobody over the age of 6 would rave about the red stuff they sell now. So was the sauce that g… --- ## [What was the first major hit song with a curse word in it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-major-hit-song-with-a-curse-word-in-it/628662)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-major-hit-song-with-a-curse-word-in-it/628662 "2012-07-20T09:04:28Z")
Radio era only–I’m not talking about bawdy Shakesperean-era songs. I’m thinking of Billboard Top 40 stuff. What was the first one with a swear word in it? And since most likely the first one had something tame, like “… --- ## [Electric Shower Head Heater- Hmm, Would You Use It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-shower-head-heater-hmm-would-you-use-it/631981)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-shower-head-heater-hmm-would-you-use-it/631981 "2019-02-27T10:48:30Z")
Was watching a House Hunters International in Bogota, Columbia and one of the apartments had an electric shower head. The American freaked out, and even the Colombian said he could recall getting shocks from one when he … --- ## [Recommend a film no one else has seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-film-no-one-else-has-seen/496278)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-film-no-one-else-has-seen/496278 "2009-09-11T20:08:43Z")
We haven’t done this recently, and I always end up getting some killer recommendations from these threads. Please – just post one or two recommendations and add a few words (avoiding spoilers, obviously) about the film … --- ## [I Pit companies who won't ship to a USPS PO Box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-companies-who-wont-ship-to-a-usps-po-box/623793)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-companies-who-wont-ship-to-a-usps-po-box/623793 "2012-06-07T03:49:49Z")
Vendor: OK, that’ll be $114.95, and how will you be paying for that? AHunter3: AmEx. Vendor: I see you have one on file ending in 1005? AHunter3: Yes, that one please. Vendor: OK so all we need now is a shipping… --- ## [Teen Suburban Life in the 70s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-suburban-life-in-the-70s/172977)
**Author:** [@TridCloudwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TridCloudwalker)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-suburban-life-in-the-70s/172977 "2003-05-14T08:00:33Z")
Okay, I need some hard core help and searching. I am in need of some realistic and acurate discriptions of what life was like for a teenager in 70s suburbia. I don’t want to know what was happening in the world (I can l… --- ## [Who are Ann Coulter's fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-ann-coulters-fans/424709)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-ann-coulters-fans/424709 "2007-11-10T02:10:22Z")
Aside from those who appreciate her comic value. Who’s buying her books without irony? If she were a man, I’d say the religious right. But does her being a woman (an unmarried woman!), one with a big city attitude who we… --- ## [I Gave Birth to my Kids, I Get to Raise Them, Bitch!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-birth-to-my-kids-i-get-to-raise-them-bitch/473581)
**Author:** [@abbeytxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abbeytxs)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gave-birth-to-my-kids-i-get-to-raise-them-bitch/473581 "2008-12-11T18:47:28Z")
(First Pit thread, please be nice) http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/11/19/1119ttyl.html Some busybody bitch with far too much time on her hands decided to make it her goal to get a book banned f… --- ## ["MACK-uh-bree!" And Other Determined Mispronunciations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mack-uh-bree-and-other-determined-mispronunciations/719279)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mack-uh-bree-and-other-determined-mispronunciations/719279 "2015-05-11T19:09:02Z")
So I’m sick at home today. Nothing better to do than surf the net. I’m reading the usual “Jerkweed Customers” threads over at Jezebel, and this one person is telling a story about workin’ at Subway, making a sandwich for… --- ## [Marinating steak in... club soda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marinating-steak-in-club-soda/423471)
**Author:** [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marinating-steak-in-club-soda/423471 "2012-09-02T15:29:58Z")
My flatmate, who is from Uzbekistan by way of Israel, marinates his steak in seltzer, where I would use something acidic like Italian dressing or a vinegar-based sauce. I asked him about it, and he says it’s something hi… --- ## [Telling someone their premise is wrong is threadshitting now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-someone-their-premise-is-wrong-is-threadshitting-now/766926)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-someone-their-premise-is-wrong-is-threadshitting-now/766926 "2016-10-01T21:37:22Z")
No, tomndebb it isn’t.. This is the definition of threadshitting from, guess where… ? Onomatopoeia arguably crossed the line in his long distance psych eval, but there is no way that “a simple denial that” a supernat… --- ## [Rock/pop songs with now-dated references](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-pop-songs-with-now-dated-references/535412)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-pop-songs-with-now-dated-references/535412 "2011-04-06T11:40:26Z")
ex: I Love Rock & Roll by Joan Jett: “I love rock & roll/put another dime in the jukebox baby!” When’s the last time a song on the jukebox cost a dime? In fact, when’s the last time you saw a jukebox? And just to cla… --- ## [Robin Thicke ordered to pay $7M for Blurred Lines Plagiarism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-thicke-ordered-to-pay-7m-for-blurred-lines-plagiarism/714732)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-thicke-ordered-to-pay-7m-for-blurred-lines-plagiarism/714732 "2018-04-10T22:36:01Z")
Similar bass line, but completely different melody and lyrics. IMO a very unjust decision, but judge for yourself: ETA: I'm a huge fan of Gaye; a big fan of Williams; meh on Thicke. --- ## [What make of car do you drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-make-of-car-do-you-drive/614417)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-make-of-car-do-you-drive/614417 "2012-03-05T21:34:49Z")
Assume I’m talking about your primary vehicle, whichever way you define that. Honda here (2006 Civic SI Fiji Blue-saw another just like it today in fact) --- ## [A Bowl Full of Paper Clips. The Hold It Together MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2011, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927 "2011-08-15T06:38:02Z")
This is a topic taken from the list of MMP topics gt has so thoughtfully put together. Actually she probably did that while procrastinatin’ over doin’ sump’n she should have been doin’ but I don’t judge. :smiley: See, I… --- ## [Early Marriages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-marriages/430196)
**Author:** [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-marriages/430196 "2007-12-23T02:24:19Z")
This is mainly inspired by friends of mine, but also the number of references I come across on this board to people who say, “my husband” or “my wife” and then, in another context, mention still being an undergrad or not… --- ## [Buried alive during bridge construction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-alive-during-bridge-construction/233306)
**Author:** [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-alive-during-bridge-construction/233306 "2004-03-10T01:50:11Z")
Are there instances of people being buried alive during bridge construction? Specifically, buried during the concrete pouring, and just left there. --- ## [How do I measure my car's engine coolant level](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-measure-my-cars-engine-coolant-level/678607)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-measure-my-cars-engine-coolant-level/678607 "2014-01-13T15:19:31Z")
I have a 2007 hyundai Sonata. Under the hood there is a sticker on the engine coolant reservoir it says to measure coolant levels while the engine is cold. When I do that, the coolant levels are low. In the owners manua… --- ## [No Vitamin C in lemon juice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-vitamin-c-in-lemon-juice/314874)
**Author:** [@Thin\_Lizzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Lizzy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-vitamin-c-in-lemon-juice/314874 "2014-05-21T19:07:32Z")
I have a bottle of 100% lemon juice that says on the nutrition panel “Not a significant source of…Vitamin C…” WTF? --- ## [Apparently I Encourage Teens To Have Sex.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-i-encourage-teens-to-have-sex/638842)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-i-encourage-teens-to-have-sex/638842 "2012-10-29T13:23:27Z")
I am posting this in IMHO instead of Great Debates as I am not sure what direction this thread will take. Last night I received a phone call from my daughter’s very close friend’s guardian blaming me for the fact that h… --- ## [Not allowed to watch certain TV shows as a child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-allowed-to-watch-certain-tv-shows-as-a-child/702619)
**Author:** [@huitzilopochtli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huitzilopochtli)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-allowed-to-watch-certain-tv-shows-as-a-child/702619 "2014-11-06T14:24:16Z")
As a youngster I wasn’t allowed to watch much television at all. PBS was almost always ok but I wasn’t allowed much else. No cartoons like Tom and Jerry at all. I was told they were too violent when I was old enough to a… --- ## [Should I Report My Neighbors to the Police?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-report-my-neighbors-to-the-police/567028)
**Author:** [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-report-my-neighbors-to-the-police/567028 "2011-01-14T02:40:33Z")
About a year ago, my family and I relocated to Tennessee after selling our house in Florida. While we’re looking for a house up here, we’ve been living in an apartment. This apartment isn’t part of a huge apartment com… --- ## [NBA 2022-23 Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 385\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311 "2023-11-28T15:04:43Z")
Fivethirtyeight.com is predicting a contentious year with eleven teams given greater than a five percent chance of glory. This includes the Raptors, predicted to come in fifth in the East with a 50-32 record. Comments … --- ## [Jokes you can enjoy with your ten year-old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-you-can-enjoy-with-your-ten-year-old/15918)
**Author:** [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-you-can-enjoy-with-your-ten-year-old/15918 "2000-04-14T05:09:00Z")
Which means they can’t be dirty jokes or bathroom jokes… Good clean fun :slight\_smile: A cop sees a guy with a dozen penguins in the bed of his pickup. He pulls the guy over and starts yelling at him, “What the hell ar… --- ## [Where does the archetypical coffin shape come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-archetypical-coffin-shape-come-from/461096)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-archetypical-coffin-shape-come-from/461096 "2012-10-22T18:31:35Z")
The title basically says it all – this shape is nearly universally recognized as ‘coffin’; in fact, when you just saw that picture, you’ll likely have thought ‘coffin’ before thinking ‘tacky piece of jewellery’, it’s jus… --- ## [Tailgaters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tailgaters/713709)
**Author:** [@Steve918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve918)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tailgaters/713709 "2015-03-05T00:39:40Z")
I despise them. They will either kill me or be a factor in my becoming famous for all the wrong reasons. There are several ways to deal with them. Ignore them. Lightly tap on the break peddle. Switch the fog lights on. … --- ## [Does society need psychopaths and sociopaths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-society-need-psychopaths-and-sociopaths/653072)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-society-need-psychopaths-and-sociopaths/653072 "2013-03-23T05:11:01Z")
This came up tangentially in another thread and the poster linked to this really interesting article which made wonder if it isn’t necessary that certain pathologies in general and these in particular be present in some … --- ## [Welcome our newest moderator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newest-moderator/539841 "2010-05-24T00:29:56Z")
We have a new moderator in MPSIMS: Spectre of Pithecanthropus He’s newly beaten with the Scepter of Power, so y’all be nice to him while he gets his bearings and discovers just exactly what he did sign up for. (And so… --- ## [THEMED Celebrity Death Pool 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2020/844277 "2021-01-02T17:51:31Z")
NOTE: As we started in 2019, Themed Death Pool Lists will be posted and tracked in a separate thread. If you are looking for the 2020 Celebrity Death Pool thread, click here phungi (aka: the Death Shroom) checking in as… --- ## [Can a layman learn GR and QM? REALLY learn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-layman-learn-gr-and-qm-really-learn/570811)
**Author:** [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2011, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-layman-learn-gr-and-qm-really-learn/570811 "2011-02-14T09:22:32Z")
I frequently see threads here about general relativity, or quantum mechanics, or similar subjects that the general public, other than some new-age poseurs, just accept as being incomprehensible. Intelligent laymen might… --- ## [How far is too far in persuing nazis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-is-too-far-in-persuing-nazis/782125)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-is-too-far-in-persuing-nazis/782125 "2017-03-17T15:48:21Z")
So there is a story today on msn about a 98 year old man accused of being an SS commander who massacred some polish villages. I understand the idea that going after each and every Nazi but considering the extreme age an… --- ## [Fargo S4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s4/826991)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s4/826991 "2026-03-25T14:28:18Z")
Fargo S4 is a go, set in the early Fifties and starring Chris Rock: ‘Fargo’ Season 4 Is Happening With Chris Rock Starring – TCA – Deadline Here’s the S3 thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=823… --- ## [Your voting record is public record, sort of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-voting-record-is-public-record-sort-of/640027)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-voting-record-is-public-record-sort-of/640027 "2012-11-06T21:48:57Z")
As always, YMMV. My political knowledge doesn’t extend much beyond my state, and your state may be different. In my state, the fact you voted in an election, specific elections, is public record. If you registered for… --- ## [What are exceptionally weird left wing conspiracy theories you've seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-exceptionally-weird-left-wing-conspiracy-theories-youve-seen/931268)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-exceptionally-weird-left-wing-conspiracy-theories-youve-seen/931268 "2021-02-25T12:29:12Z")
Everyone talks about right wing conspiracies, but left wing conspiracies are just are bonkers and don’t really get as much traction on the internet these days in discussion circles. A weird American left wing conspiracy… --- ## [Greatest Human Killer Ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-human-killer-ever/538466)
**Author:** [@boilercake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boilercake)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-human-killer-ever/538466 "2010-05-08T15:34:13Z")
By WHATEVER means, intentionally or otherwise, and I do mean killer – I’m not limiting the query to some kind of legally defined “murderer;” but an individual who was flat-out responsible directly or indirectly, ultimate… --- ## [Anyone else see Tom Cruise on "Today" this morning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-tom-cruise-on-today-this-morning/309661)
**Author:** [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-tom-cruise-on-today-this-morning/309661 "2005-08-01T16:03:58Z")
Why is he being so confrontational? I guess he really believes in Hubbardism. What’s really sad is that his celebrity is enough to convince some people that he is an authority on the merits of diet and viatmins versus … --- ## [Is Hawaii considered part of North America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hawaii-considered-part-of-north-america/178544)
**Author:** [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hawaii-considered-part-of-north-america/178544 "2016-08-21T23:23:26Z")
Is Hawaii considered part of North America? How is it determined which islands are part of which continents? Thanks, Pash --- ## [Transgendered people lack integrity and cannot be trusted....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgendered-people-lack-integrity-and-cannot-be-trusted/394265)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgendered-people-lack-integrity-and-cannot-be-trusted/394265 "2007-05-17T03:04:01Z")
…Says the Largo, Florida City Commission Credit should be given to the Mayor, Patricia Gerard, who cast one of the two dissenting votes. The ones who voted to fire Stanton can all eat a fucking dick, especially Mary Gr… --- ## [Ask the BLACK WOMAN!!!!! nothing is too ignorant......i hope.......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-black-woman-nothing-is-too-ignorant-i-hope/84988)
**Author:** [@vivian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivian)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-black-woman-nothing-is-too-ignorant-i-hope/84988 "2001-10-10T14:20:53Z")
knock yourself out! --- ## [Immediate REM sleep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-rem-sleep/642302)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-rem-sleep/642302 "2012-11-29T04:38:12Z")
I would not believe this if there had not been a witness. Thanksgiving morning I woke up in the guest bedroom of my brother’s home. My gf was next to me and we smiled at each other. She told me it was 6 am and I could … --- ## [Pick a card, any card and win $50,000.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-card-any-card-and-win-50-000/792164)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-card-any-card-and-win-50-000/792164 "2017-08-09T15:45:54Z")
I pick up a genuine new pack of cards, remove the jokers and black aces, fully shuffle it and allow you to cut the cards. You know I have no slight of hand skills, you examined the deck already and you got to choose wher… --- ## [How many Calories in pho?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-calories-in-pho/447405)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-calories-in-pho/447405 "2008-05-01T02:49:20Z")
My coworker and I were talking today, and we wondered how many Calories there are in pho. Yeah, I know. That’s like asking ‘How big is a book?’ When I have pho it’s almost always pho dac biet: soup, noodles, bean spro… --- ## [Ask a Starbucks barista anything.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-starbucks-barista-anything/429542)
**Author:** [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-starbucks-barista-anything/429542 "2008-03-13T21:39:41Z")
I thought I would join the crowd and make an ask me thread. So fire away. --- ## [Bringing pets to Petco/Petsmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-pets-to-petco-petsmart/435330)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-pets-to-petco-petsmart/435330 "2008-01-30T23:04:56Z")
Yesterday the Kid and I went to our local Petco/smart big box store. She loves going there as she usually gets her puppy fix taken care of since people can bring Spot along. However, yesterday the Kid walked up to a wom… --- ## [why are these watches so pricey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-watches-so-pricey/563113)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-these-watches-so-pricey/563113 "2010-12-10T16:34:02Z")
I was looking around for some watches and found these at Amazon IIRC, Zenith makes a pretty good TV, or did way back when. However, I think a tv and a watch should both go for considerably less than these rascals. (Mo… --- ## [How would I help better a ghetto neighborhood if I had the resources?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-help-better-a-ghetto-neighborhood-if-i-had-the-resources/609346)
**Author:** [@cookie\_eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cookie_eater)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-help-better-a-ghetto-neighborhood-if-i-had-the-resources/609346 "2012-01-15T01:06:03Z")
If I was extremely rich (this is all completely hypothetical), how would I invest my money in helping straighten out a ghetto neighborhood and in the process help all the individuals in it? It’s probably not as simple as… --- ## [Why do concrete sidewalks buckle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-concrete-sidewalks-buckle/536311)
**Author:** [@endotoxin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/endotoxin)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-concrete-sidewalks-buckle/536311 "2014-08-15T18:41:24Z")
Title pretty much says it all. I’m sure most people here have seen this. A nice long street with a well-maintained sidewalk, and out of nowhere a gigantic MOUNTAIN of a hill, where two concrete slabs have pushed up agai… --- ## [Lets reminisce about Spencer Gifts in the 80s.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-reminisce-about-spencer-gifts-in-the-80s/702669)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-reminisce-about-spencer-gifts-in-the-80s/702669 "2014-11-11T06:19:50Z")
My mother was a Spencers girl in the mid to late 80’s. There. I said it. It’s true. I was 10-14 years old when she worked there. I didn’t understand what she was doing or why. I remember getting dropped off at the mall… --- ## [Rock song with the most effective/best crescendo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-song-with-the-most-effective-best-crescendo/523588)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-song-with-the-most-effective-best-crescendo/523588 "2010-01-05T02:42:55Z")
What rock songs have the best crescendos with the best pay offs? I think “Only in Dreams” by Weezer is probably a pretty popular example of this with the late crescendo being the highlight of the song. I also think “Ju… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=481&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=483&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)