# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=484&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:** 485 --- ## [Communal laundry: Do you move someone else's clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communal-laundry-do-you-move-someone-elses-clothes/572044)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communal-laundry-do-you-move-someone-elses-clothes/572044 "2011-02-21T14:35:50Z")
Here’s the scenario: you use a communal laundry area such as in an apartment or condo building. Washers & dryers are at a premium on the weekends, and you manage to snag a washer while someone else’s clothes are in the d… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' Thread - July 2015 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-july-2015-edition/724031)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-july-2015-edition/724031 "2015-08-03T17:47:32Z")
Fireworks! … and stressed out pets for those of us in the US. Khadaji was one of the earlier members of the SDMB, and he was well known as a kindly person who always had something encouraging to say, particularly in the… --- ## [Completely meaningless phrases that are common](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-meaningless-phrases-that-are-common/684120)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-meaningless-phrases-that-are-common/684120 "2014-03-28T15:21:25Z")
What are some phrases that have no meaning because a) almost everyone uses them in the same circumstance; and/or b) are completely unverifiable/obvious/empty? Here are examples of what I am looking for: “Highway miles”… --- ## [Blood Tests--Nicotine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-tests-nicotine/696988)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-tests-nicotine/696988 "2014-09-08T13:03:13Z")
Do the regular blood tests given by a physician in a regular exam detect the presense of nicotine in the body? --- ## [Every book by an author- now in one sentence!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-book-by-an-author-now-in-one-sentence/548975)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-book-by-an-author-now-in-one-sentence/548975 "2010-08-12T09:30:27Z")
Dick Frances: Injured jockey stumbles upon sinister plot, then gets beat up. Next? --- ## [Deep frying with a lid on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-frying-with-a-lid-on/389244)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-frying-with-a-lid-on/389244 "2007-01-25T16:45:31Z")
My FIL puts a lid on his cast iron cauldron when he deep fries. The reason he gave me for doing it is just to prevent splashing but I can imagine it must have an effect on the process. For one, the cover condenses moistu… --- ## [What does "Code Pink" mean at WalMart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-code-pink-mean-at-walmart/364946)
**Author:** [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-code-pink-mean-at-walmart/364946 "2006-08-25T21:11:02Z")
I was looking for a new desk at Wal-Mart, and I asked a fellow if he could find a specific model for me at another store. I waited about 10 minutes, milling about, and finally went to find him. I found him at a counter… --- ## [Why are some people more sensitive to cold (weather) than others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-people-more-sensitive-to-cold-weather-than-others/563017)
**Author:** [@Koren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koren)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-people-more-sensitive-to-cold-weather-than-others/563017 "2010-12-08T05:17:19Z")
Hey all. Got a little something that bothers me for a while, and maybe the Millions can help. Why is it that while I walk outside at winter I have to wrap myself in coats and scarves and such, while others are just wal… --- ## [Pawn Stars - Something I notice every time that drives me insane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pawn-stars-something-i-notice-every-time-that-drives-me-insane/593864)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pawn-stars-something-i-notice-every-time-that-drives-me-insane/593864 "2023-12-11T16:35:57Z")
Here is what makes my serum sizzle when watching this show (and I’ll bet no one else has ever noticed it but me): The way Big Hoss shakes hands at the conclusion of the deal. He has this over-the-top (literally) I’m-so-… --- ## [Life On The Other Side Of The Burlap - A Renaissance MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 399\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938 "2006-10-09T04:09:30Z")
You are about to enter a world unlike one you’ve ever seen or imagined. A world filled with sights, sounds and scents you’ve only read about in books. Welcome to my world and join me on the other side of the burlap. Tho… --- ## [Does Aluminum or Plastic Keep Beverages "Cold" Longer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-aluminum-or-plastic-keep-beverages-cold-longer/5752)
**Author:** [@BBaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BBaker)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-aluminum-or-plastic-keep-beverages-cold-longer/5752 "2000-01-04T01:50:00Z")
This question has absolutely crippled the design department at my company… Given identical liquid contents with identical volume in each, will an aluminum can or plastic bottle keep its contents “colder” for longer? Bri… --- ## [Why Doesn't Gandalf's Sword Glow in The Mines of Moria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-gandalfs-sword-glow-in-the-mines-of-moria/487900)
**Author:** [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-gandalfs-sword-glow-in-the-mines-of-moria/487900 "2009-03-04T00:08:38Z")
I’m watching The Fellowship of the Ring on tv, and the orcs were just awakened in the Mines of Moria. Frodo drew his sword, Sting, and, as expected, it glowed blue. Gandalf also draws his sword, but it doesn’t glow. Isn’… --- ## [How does Lindsay Lohan make a living?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-lindsay-lohan-make-a-living/600590)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-lindsay-lohan-make-a-living/600590 "2011-10-27T13:56:41Z")
Just curious. She doesn’t seem to do much re making movies or TV shows. Where does her income come from to pay for her lifestyle expenses? --- ## [Women -- how touchy-feely are women with other women's breasts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-touchy-feely-are-women-with-other-womens-breasts/723836)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-touchy-feely-are-women-with-other-womens-breasts/723836 "2015-07-04T13:10:08Z")
In a discussion on women’s only gyms over in IMHO, there was this quote from Amateur Barbarian: Really? :confused: I would have figured that was as much of a no-no if a guy had done it. So my question to all the ladi… --- ## [Most harrowing scene in a movie.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-harrowing-scene-in-a-movie/574803)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-harrowing-scene-in-a-movie/574803 "2011-03-22T00:56:43Z")
The Saving Private Ryan thread goes into one of the most gut wrenching scenes I’ve ever watched: the killing of Mellish. Another scene that I had a large problem watching was the killing fields in The Killing Fields-- wa… --- ## [Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti: a Southern thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesy-chicken-spaghetti-a-southern-thing/543163)
**Author:** [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesy-chicken-spaghetti-a-southern-thing/543163 "2010-07-04T22:08:02Z")
A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine sent me a link in an email, to a recipe for Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti. Basically, it goes like this: You season a whole chicken or skin-on, bone-in chicken pieces, throw in some s… --- ## [Hebrews: Good or Evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrews-good-or-evil/448300)
**Author:** [@Becky01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky01)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrews-good-or-evil/448300 "2008-05-16T04:00:54Z")
Replying to your article on Who Wrote the Bible you stated “The famous legal code of Hammurabi, often cited as a source for the laws of the Torah, declared that chopping off a man’s hand was suitable punishment for steal… --- ## [Was Blondie's 'Rapture' the first fem rap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-blondies-rapture-the-first-fem-rap/136018)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-blondies-rapture-the-first-fem-rap/136018 "2023-03-23T20:57:54Z")
The subject says it all… --- ## [How advanced an airplane did the Wright brothers get to see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-advanced-an-airplane-did-the-wright-brothers-get-to-see/537172)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-advanced-an-airplane-did-the-wright-brothers-get-to-see/537172 "2010-04-28T20:06:46Z")
How advanced an airplane did the Wright brothers get to see before their death? --- ## [Christians: When Jesus was a carpenter, do you think he refused business from gays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-when-jesus-was-a-carpenter-do-you-think-he-refused-business-from-gays/716526)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-when-jesus-was-a-carpenter-do-you-think-he-refused-business-from-gays/716526 "2015-04-12T04:23:08Z")
If someone came up to Jesus and asked Him to build, say, a chair, and the customer seemed a little “light in the sandals”, would Jesus have accepted his business? Before you say there were no gays back then because they… --- ## [Melted Ice-An off(hockey) Season MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melted-ice-an-off-hockey-season-mmp/544748)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melted-ice-an-off-hockey-season-mmp/544748 "2010-07-05T03:48:21Z")
125 days till season start, 145 days til the first home game at the RBC. Anybody got suggestions on how to keep my self occupied till then? --- ## [Favorite Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mystery-science-theater-3000-episodes/565672 "2011-02-03T21:27:31Z")
Aside from Manos the Hands of Fate. :slight\_smile: My wife and I have been streaming episodes of MST3K off Netflix and we’re loving it. I saw it plenty when it originally ran, but it’s a joy to see 'em without commercia… --- ## [Why are jews hated and/or mocked so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709)
**Author:** [@MinkyBinks735](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkyBinks735)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709 "2010-11-29T02:52:24Z")
Before I get a moderator attacking me, I am not trying to be offensive or anything. I am completely serious and have always wondered why many people call each other “jews.” or simply use it in such a negative tone. --- ## [What has become of SDMB, especially GD’s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304)
**Author:** [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-become-of-sdmb-especially-gd-s/336304 "2005-12-24T20:34:07Z")
Bricker, as I have already said in this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=350115, I do not agree with your assertion that “Prostitution is immoral and therefore should be outlawed.” But you hav… --- ## [So Charisma Carpenter did get fired from Angel. Sort of. Maybe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-charisma-carpenter-did-get-fired-from-angel-sort-of-maybe/179002)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-charisma-carpenter-did-get-fired-from-angel-sort-of-maybe/179002 "2003-06-05T05:35:43Z")
I found this interview with Joss Wheadon in TV Guide online. While he doesn’t say it so clearly, my take on it is that CC was fired. ‘Why?’ is not clear, but there is some other interesting stuff in that interview: JW sa… --- ## [Most beautiful/perfect voices in popular music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-perfect-voices-in-popular-music/571727)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-perfect-voices-in-popular-music/571727 "2011-02-23T13:34:21Z")
At the risk of this being a completely subjective topic, my short list (in random order): Art Garfunkel Josh Groban Joan Baez Freddie Mercury Karen Carpender Roy Orbison --- ## [The Walking Dead; 4.11 "Claims" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-11-claims-open-spoilers/682057)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-11-claims-open-spoilers/682057 "2014-02-26T22:33:27Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] A number of immediate threats plague Rick; group members deal with their past. \[/QUOTE\] Mindy Kaling and Michael Cudlitz are on Talking Dead. --- ## [Photoshop and child porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photoshop-and-child-porn/431364)
**Author:** [@D\_White](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_White)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photoshop-and-child-porn/431364 "2015-03-26T01:18:00Z")
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/235213.html A former Elementary School principal was arrested on child pornography charges in Florida. It seems what he was basically doing was photoshopping the faces of chil… --- ## [Oklahoma Couple Kills Puppy, Tans Hide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-couple-kills-puppy-tans-hide/500346)
**Author:** [@Clovernook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clovernook)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-couple-kills-puppy-tans-hide/500346 "2009-06-27T13:44:08Z")
Story here I’m not even sure what to say about this other than these two morons should be facing a bit more than animal cruelty charges. --- ## [How to motivate an unmoviated 13 year old boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-motivate-an-unmoviated-13-year-old-boy/558735)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2010, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-motivate-an-unmoviated-13-year-old-boy/558735 "2010-11-06T09:14:27Z")
My son Alex is 13. He’s a good kid, active in sports, plays in the school band. His academic career has been generally okay, although it’s never been stellar. Usually his grades are lots of Bs, with a few As and a few… --- ## [When I was little I thought...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-little-i-thought/559428)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-little-i-thought/559428 "2010-11-24T00:41:44Z")
We’ve done these kinds of threads before and I think they’re fun. When I was little I thought that everyone either had cats or dogs at their house. Some people had both, and some people also had other animals… but it di… --- ## [How to Hollow Out a Tree Stump to Use as a Planter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hollow-out-a-tree-stump-to-use-as-a-planter/342251)
**Author:** [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hollow-out-a-tree-stump-to-use-as-a-planter/342251 "2006-01-31T18:40:49Z")
I have a new, fresh tree stump in my front yard. I decided not to have the stump ground down because I want to use it as a planter. It is a fairly large stump, measuring about 2’ in diameter. It is from an oak tree. My … --- ## [I Pit This Gang Rapist and His Legal Team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-gang-rapist-and-his-legal-team/453569)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-gang-rapist-and-his-legal-team/453569 "2008-06-25T16:57:25Z")
Story here. Were do these bastards get any idea from. They gang rape women and ask for clemency? Not saying he is innocent but asking for a reduction in time. Sometimes the death penalty appeals to me. ( Not for me, mi… --- ## [Trump's argument about Affirmative Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-argument-about-affirmative-action/579972)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-argument-about-affirmative-action/579972 "2011-05-02T16:19:32Z")
…it just seems ass-backwards to me. Say he’s right, and that Obama had poor grades at Occidental College, but got admitted to Columbia on a purely Affirmative-Action basis, and then got poor grades at Columbia, but got … --- ## [When to tell the kids we're going to Disney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-tell-the-kids-were-going-to-disney/577144)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-tell-the-kids-were-going-to-disney/577144 "2013-04-11T23:50:01Z")
We’ve finally pulled the trigger on taking the thief family to Disney World. We’ll be going for 9 days in October. The question now is when to tell the kids? My wife wants to push it out as late as possible - not lett… --- ## [Old Friends coming out as polyamorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-friends-coming-out-as-polyamorous/519921)
**Author:** [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-friends-coming-out-as-polyamorous/519921 "2009-12-07T21:48:41Z")
I need some advice. My husband and I have a group of friends, all other couples, whom we’ve known for a long time. The husband in one of the couples, let’s call him “C”, we’ve been friends with for over 16 years. We kn… --- ## [Some suggestions regarding the situation around George Floyd's death. Are these ideas simplistic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-suggestions-regarding-the-situation-around-george-floyds-death-are-these-ideas-simplistic/854661)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-suggestions-regarding-the-situation-around-george-floyds-death-are-these-ideas-simplistic/854661 "2020-06-26T02:35:24Z")
Let’s debate some of the questions surrounding Mr. Floyd’s death and the responses of various groups, including the African-American community in Minneapolis and the police in Minneapolis. In particular, here are some o… --- ## [Harassing calls from 'unavailable'. Verizon says 'tough shit'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harassing-calls-from-unavailable-verizon-says-tough-shit/660246)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harassing-calls-from-unavailable-verizon-says-tough-shit/660246 "2013-06-06T18:56:02Z")
So over the past 3 weeks, I’ve been getting anywhere from 5-10 calls a week from an ‘unavailable’ number on my cell. It sounds like it’s a foreigner but they know my name and obviously my phone number. Every time I’ve an… --- ## [Weirdest Age Discrepancy Between Characters and the Actors Who Play Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-age-discrepancy-between-characters-and-the-actors-who-play-them/534920)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-age-discrepancy-between-characters-and-the-actors-who-play-them/534920 "2010-04-06T04:02:13Z")
Example: On “MAS\*H”: Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III is an experienced doctor; Cpl. Radar O’Reilly is a teenaged (or every early 20’s) geeky company clerk. In real life, David Ogden Stiers and Gary Burghoff are only… --- ## [American Idol Mar 20/21](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-mar-20-21/396486)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 293\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-mar-20-21/396486 "2007-03-23T17:31:59Z")
I know it’s early but I had to share how this show has spilled over into the rest of life. I was kneeling in Mass today when the priest sang the doxology thingie (“Through Him, with Him, in Him…”) and my mind wandered a… --- ## [Just fuck you, Tom Delay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fuck-you-tom-delay/561824)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fuck-you-tom-delay/561824 "2013-09-20T15:45:11Z")
Have fun in that federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison you’re going to. All that noble speech and righteous indignation, and all along you were just a common criminal and a liar. Fuck you. That should be DeLay, if a mod … --- ## [Hey, remember when Sinead O'Connor tore up the Pope's picture and pissed everybody off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-remember-when-sinead-oconnor-tore-up-the-popes-picture-and-pissed-everybody-off/533511)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-remember-when-sinead-oconnor-tore-up-the-popes-picture-and-pissed-everybody-off/533511 "2010-03-30T16:15:52Z")
I’m thinking the reaction would not be so hostile if she did something like that today. --- ## [How much of our culture will be remembered in 500 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-our-culture-will-be-remembered-in-500-years/219012)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-our-culture-will-be-remembered-in-500-years/219012 "2013-12-19T16:52:15Z")
This is something I’ve been thinking about for a while now. 500 years in the future, much of our culture today will be available to anyone who still wants to view it. And not in faded, old black and white, but in full … --- ## [Al Masjid Al Aqsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-masjid-al-aqsa/558196)
**Author:** [@Abisafyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abisafyan)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-masjid-al-aqsa/558196 "2010-11-04T18:28:34Z")
Al Masjid Al Aqsa Part I Islam being the Divine Religion it is Divine Oriented. So its name, its origin, its averments, its nitty gritty and all of its injunctions, mandatory or prohibitory and including the world t… --- ## [Building Muscle and exercising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-muscle-and-exercising/701827)
**Author:** [@Galway\_Steve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galway_Steve)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-muscle-and-exercising/701827 "2015-12-22T11:15:01Z")
I am 52 years old and for the last year I have been attending the Gym. I Swim a mile a day three times a week and the Gym, free weights in between. I want to build stronger more defined muscle. Any suggestions? --- ## [Lifting a hot water heater by yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifting-a-hot-water-heater-by-yourself/690647)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifting-a-hot-water-heater-by-yourself/690647 "2014-06-13T13:23:01Z")
My husband plans on replacing the electric hot water heater that’s in our garage soon, by himself. The challenge is not the plumbing, but how to lift it the 18 inches or so onto the stand. He doesn’t have a plan for th… --- ## [Where does the "egyptian walk" come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-egyptian-walk-come-from/490546)
**Author:** [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-egyptian-walk-come-from/490546 "2009-03-24T22:19:47Z")
Where does the whole idea that ancient Egyptians walked with one hand up in fron and the other down in back. I’m refering to the Walk Like an Egyptian walk of the Bangles and Steve Martin. I think it must have come fro… --- ## [Is this a serious agenda by US Neo-cons & Israel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-serious-agenda-by-us-neo-cons-israel/372194)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-serious-agenda-by-us-neo-cons-israel/372194 "2006-09-18T16:49:45Z")
I was looking at the “What does Hezbollah really want (from Israel)?” thread, and in googling ran across this article "What Does Israel Want? - It isn’t just Lebanon…" which seems to lay out the case that the war in Ir… --- ## [Why does Half & Half keep longer than milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-half-half-keep-longer-than-milk/535587)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-half-half-keep-longer-than-milk/535587 "2010-04-12T16:37:11Z")
I would think that the more fat it contains the quicker something would go rancid. But while milk’s expiration date is usually no more than a week, half and half is more like a month! Are they able to put more preservati… --- ## [A Perfect Sunday - An Early MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-sunday-an-early-mmp/423540)
**Author:** [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Replies:** 425\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-sunday-an-early-mmp/423540 "2007-10-29T03:15:51Z")
Sunday was a gorgeous fall day – sunny and breezy. I turned the furnace on, just because I could. I set it on 65˚F, so it only stayed on until the sun came up. This time of year, I can smell the coffee roasting in the mo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=483&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=485&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)