# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=496&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:** 497 --- ## [Generic, generic, generic match.com women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-generic-generic-match-com-women/224666)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-generic-generic-match-com-women/224666 "2004-03-02T21:08:32Z")
Damn … does 80% of the female personal ad Web site-using female population out there read Harlequin romance novels or what? I write to the fiive or ten women out there that have interesting profiles, and they either did… --- ## [Things you're suprised people haven't heard of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-suprised-people-havent-heard-of/605707)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-suprised-people-havent-heard-of/605707 "2011-12-16T02:38:08Z")
whether people in general, or in a specific circumstance. Brought to mind because of an article recommending comics with female protagonists. The writer mentioned Girl Genius, but not Digger. How could you miss Digger?!… --- ## [John Boehner and Obama too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-and-obama-too/594852)
**Author:** [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-and-obama-too/594852 "2011-09-04T21:07:58Z")
So here we are again with the latest bout of these clowns kicking each others shins. Obama wants to address congress on the date of some long planned Republican candidate debates and Boehner rejects the request. It is my… --- ## [Avengers 4 speculation thread \[Infinity War spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-4-speculation-thread-infinity-war-spoilers/812364)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-4-speculation-thread-infinity-war-spoilers/812364 "2019-02-06T16:09:14Z")
With the release of Avengers: Inifinity War two weeks away, and the Marvel folks saying that the reason the title of Avengers 4 is unrevealed is because it will spoil main points of A:IW, I’m guessing it won’t be that lo… --- ## [Excommunication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excommunication/687290)
**Author:** [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excommunication/687290 "2014-05-29T00:29:14Z")
Thread How do I go about getting excommunicated? - The Straight Dope In the context, this phrase has some -err- connotations; was it deliberate? After all, it was an abbot under Pope Innocent III who spoke the origina… --- ## [Hot dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs/581905)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs/581905 "2011-06-29T06:03:46Z")
… Armor hot dogs What kind of kid eats Armor hot dogs? Fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks Tough kids, sissy kids, even kids with chicken pox love Hot dogs Armor hot dogs The dogs kids love to bite! (I … --- ## [Freaking awesome: Even Pope Francis says "Enough with the gays and abortions already!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaking-awesome-even-pope-francis-says-enough-with-the-gays-and-abortions-already/669235)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaking-awesome-even-pope-francis-says-enough-with-the-gays-and-abortions-already/669235 "2013-11-13T20:37:56Z")
This guy just keeps get’n cooler every day. He almost makes me wish I weren’t an Atheist. You tell’em Pope! Link --- ## [Even if God exists, it is not important whether you believe in God or not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-god-exists-it-is-not-important-whether-you-believe-in-god-or-not/484190)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-god-exists-it-is-not-important-whether-you-believe-in-god-or-not/484190 "2009-02-07T05:40:43Z")
Not to God, anyway. It might be psychologically (not spiritually) important to you. But why should God care what you think of Him, or whether you think of Him at all? Why should such as He be pleased by your worship, … --- ## [Rip Off, fake movies on Netflix and other places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-off-fake-movies-on-netflix-and-other-places/626297)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-off-fake-movies-on-netflix-and-other-places/626297 "2012-07-13T14:11:16Z")
I’m amazed Hollywood allows this to happen. You rent Puss in Boots and get a fake, knock off instead. Some of these rip off titles are nearly impossible to tell from the real thing. If I worked at Dreamworks then I’d b… --- ## [Yet Another Movie That Might Change Your Life ... or At Least Make You Think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-movie-that-might-change-your-life-or-at-least-make-you-think/57069)
**Author:** [@FriendofGod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriendofGod)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-movie-that-might-change-your-life-or-at-least-make-you-think/57069 "2001-03-30T17:00:38Z")
Not to turn Great Debates into Movie Reviews, but it just so happens that in the space of 1 month, three Christian movies have been released which is rather unheard of. And a fourth is on the way in several more weeks! I… --- ## [Tell me about WalMart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-walmart/658863)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-walmart/658863 "2013-07-15T17:01:25Z")
Over my many years here on The Dope, I’ve heard plenty of horror stories about the infamous WalMart. Since the advent of FB, I also get sent occasional ‘photo albums’ of WalMartians and still continue to gasp and groan … --- ## [Poll: Have you had a homosexual experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211 "2016-07-04T19:27:09Z")
I’ve read that something like 10% of straight women have had homosexual experiences, and I thought that it seems a bit high. Not sure what the numbers on straight males is. So, I would like to conduct an informal poll h… --- ## [Funniest moments in recent TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-moments-in-recent-tv/512669 "2011-06-23T03:14:05Z")
Whenever there is a listing of “classic comedy TV moments” there are a lot of entries from classic shows of the 60’s and 70’s - like the clown funeral from Mary Tyler Moore, Les throwing turkeys out the window on WKRP, a… --- ## [Accident in parking lot- who's at fault?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-in-parking-lot-whos-at-fault/622163)
**Author:** [@drivingquestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drivingquestion)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2013, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accident-in-parking-lot-whos-at-fault/622163 "2013-01-31T07:13:39Z")
My friend got into an accident in a NJ parking lot. The following is the scenario: Car A (blue) reverses out of the parking spot and continues to wrecklessly reverse down the aisle for fun. Car B (red) pulls through th… --- ## [Might the US break up before this is over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-the-us-break-up-before-this-is-over/850558)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-the-us-break-up-before-this-is-over/850558 "2020-06-07T07:51:17Z")
As I type the title it sounds weird but this country is not destined to stay in it’s present form forever. When you look at the Soviet Union, there were decades of things that led to the break up, but when it happened, i… --- ## [How did the Nazis determine if you were Jewish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-nazis-determine-if-you-were-jewish/496316)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-nazis-determine-if-you-were-jewish/496316 "2013-07-20T02:12:14Z")
Maybe a naive question but how exactly did the Germans know who was and who wasn’t jewish when they were rounded up? Physical traits? Spoken language? Accents? Last names? Nowdays (at least in the US) I can’t tell if m… --- ## [Smaug survives Bilbo's quest. What does Gandalf do about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaug-survives-bilbos-quest-what-does-gandalf-do-about-it/526432)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaug-survives-bilbos-quest-what-does-gandalf-do-about-it/526432 "2010-02-01T18:59:36Z")
I’m trying to work as inefficiently as possible today, on the hypothesis that every hour spent at work is an hour spent away from home. That, along with the fact that I just bought a copy of the 50th anniversary edition … --- ## [Trump's Immigration Proposal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-immigration-proposal/728082)
**Author:** [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-immigration-proposal/728082 "2015-09-01T17:30:36Z")
Trump finally has put together a policy proposal on illegal immigration. I’m surprised. I never thought he would get this far. I’ve been considering him a complete clown that has no chance to win, but I must admit tha… --- ## [Lip Lumps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-lumps/630450)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-lumps/630450 "2014-07-08T02:32:06Z")
Not looking for medical advice exactly, but wondering if anyone else experiences this. It has only started happening to me in the last couple of years. Sometimes I’ll develop a lump or thickening on my upper or lower li… --- ## [How do you pronounce "Snopes"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-snopes/373834)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-snopes/373834 "2006-09-25T15:02:07Z")
The other night on the news, the talking head made a reference to Snopes, the urban legend debunking site. The odd thing was, she pronounced it, “Snow Peas”. I had always imagined it rhymed with “Popes”, though I have … --- ## ["A man should never hit a woman." OK to hit a man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-should-never-hit-a-woman-ok-to-hit-a-man/698384)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-should-never-hit-a-woman-ok-to-hit-a-man/698384 "2014-09-17T08:55:13Z")
Would Ray Rice be in such deep shit if he had knocked out a man in that elevator? Of course what he did was wrong, even criminal, but the indignation splattered everywhere is about how a man hit a woman, not how a man h… --- ## [Hey - it's only one month till the apocalypse!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753 "2012-12-21T03:44:40Z")
And nobody really seems to have noticed. I remember years ago reading about all the “December 21 2012” hooey and imagining that, when we actually got to 2012, there would be a steady increase in craziness as we headed to… --- ## [Rob Reiner called Hillary Clinton the most qualified presidential candidate ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-reiner-called-hillary-clinton-the-most-qualified-presidential-candidate-ever/673122)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-reiner-called-hillary-clinton-the-most-qualified-presidential-candidate-ever/673122 "2016-02-21T10:39:26Z")
And I think he has a point. This was an off-the-cuff remark on the last Real Time with Bill Maher show. I agree. She has a pretty damned impressive résumé. What do you think? Most qualified ever? Really qualified? … --- ## [Bad Ju-July (monthly mini-rants) \[Old\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 376\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411 "2023-08-23T08:58:04Z")
Continuing the discussion from June Bugs (monthly mini-rants): At my work, one of my customers came to me saying that her laptop won’t turn on. It didn’t die because the battery was dead, it was charged, it just decide… --- ## [Is it possible to be immune to painkillers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-immune-to-painkillers/59253)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2001, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-immune-to-painkillers/59253 "2001-03-28T02:14:49Z")
Or: Why I am a medical curiosity, reason 47: I recently had to have a root canal, and informed my dentist that novocaine wasn’t effective for me (learned from experience after having received 11 shots of the stuff at on… --- ## [Baizuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baizuo/839749)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baizuo/839749 "2019-10-04T15:59:29Z")
I have run into this term more and more frequently in some online discussions and the premise seems to be that western liberals have jumped the shark. Don’t get me wrong, the racism we see from the right still ensures t… --- ## [Math was discovered, not created](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-was-discovered-not-created/656266)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-was-discovered-not-created/656266 "2013-05-28T17:47:44Z")
Most mathematicians operate on the assumption that they are studying something that already exists: their theorems are discoveries and not creations in contrast with poems and plays. But how is that possible? It sounds l… --- ## [at what age did the last known American slave die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-the-last-known-american-slave-die/313272)
**Author:** [@lhovis73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lhovis73)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-the-last-known-american-slave-die/313272 "2017-08-27T20:18:30Z")
I just learned from Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary that the last veteran of that war died in the late fifties. This made me wonder if we knew the name of the last person who had once been a slave in the US. I did a b… --- ## [Why no Helicopters at WTC on 9/11?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-helicopters-at-wtc-on-9-11/193915)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-helicopters-at-wtc-on-9-11/193915 "2012-08-22T11:38:45Z")
Most of the people who died were trapped on the floors above the impact. I’m imagining people going to the roof and grabbing on to the landing struts of the copter,then the helicopter could fly down to the river and hov… --- ## [Running Against Gov. Etch-A-Sketch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-against-gov-etch-a-sketch/616416)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-against-gov-etch-a-sketch/616416 "2012-03-28T02:35:35Z")
I’m soooo looking forward to seeing this clip used in commercials. CNN interviewer: “Is there a concern that Santorum and Gingrich might force the governor to tack so far to the right it would hurt him with moderate vot… --- ## [Is there a "White Privilege"? If so, what is it, and what are the public-policy implications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-white-privilege-if-so-what-is-it-and-what-are-the-public-policy-implications/565759)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-white-privilege-if-so-what-is-it-and-what-are-the-public-policy-implications/565759 "2011-01-05T16:37:36Z")
The debate is, more or less, as stated in the OP. 1.) Is there a “white privilege”? That is, are there a set of benefits that accrue to white Americans by virtue of their race alone? 2.) If so, what is the nature of th… --- ## [The Pumpkin Spice MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-mmp/765090)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-mmp/765090 "2016-09-12T02:00:24Z")
It’s Labor Day, which means all the fall stuff is coming out. The supermarkets have apple-flavored everything, aisles of Halloween candy, and pumpkin spice. College football started Saturday, although my beloved Trojans … --- ## [Remember the Emperor of the World? I think I met his wife today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-emperor-of-the-world-i-think-i-met-his-wife-today/320312)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-emperor-of-the-world-i-think-i-met-his-wife-today/320312 "2005-09-12T05:51:09Z")
Scene: Department store, Labor Day sale. The line is eight deep, at least. At the registers are me, Jack and Britney. I’m about to start ringing up the next customer, a little old lady buying plastic tumblers, when I hea… --- ## [Is this quiz tricky? If so, how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-quiz-tricky-if-so-how/556725)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-quiz-tricky-if-so-how/556725 "2010-10-18T17:38:54Z")
Here’s the quiz: (It is my belief that this quiz is not even slightly, not in the least tricky at all. But am I missing something?) --- ## [Giving head while driving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-head-while-driving/25760)
**Author:** [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2000, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-head-while-driving/25760 "2000-07-18T12:10:44Z")
I was on my way home from work with my fiance when the cigerette I was smoking was blown back into the window after I had dropped it. It fellin between my fiance’s legs onto the floor burning the carpet. He is screaming … --- ## [Why Do Cats Roll On Their Backs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cats-roll-on-their-backs/530188)
**Author:** [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cats-roll-on-their-backs/530188 "2010-02-26T11:39:34Z")
My cat seems to do that when he is contented, and that’s practically all the time. :slight\_smile: But he doesn’t want me to rub his tummy. If I try to, he will scratch me. :frowning: --- ## ["Sokal Squared" project exposes fraud in academia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sokal-squared-project-exposes-fraud-in-academia/830645)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sokal-squared-project-exposes-fraud-in-academia/830645 "2019-03-25T01:29:54Z")
I came across this from a segment by reporter John Stossel. Some academics in a Portland Washington college wanted to see just how crazy an article could be and see if prestigious journals, the journals academics are req… --- ## [Impeach Clarence Thomas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impeach-clarence-thomas/571177)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impeach-clarence-thomas/571177 "2011-02-16T19:04:06Z")
Since we cannot quote an entire page for copyright reasons I direct you to this page: Petition · Impeach Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas · Change.org It is not long to read so hopefully that is ok for this. So, e… --- ## [Welcoming His4ever, Our First Actual "Chick" Chick!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcoming-his4ever-our-first-actual-chick-chick/125069)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2002, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcoming-his4ever-our-first-actual-chick-chick/125069 "2002-09-04T10:50:36Z")
I noticed in another thread on religion that His4ever is a follower of the, ummm, well-known Jack Chick. I thought that was worthy of a thread of its own, as Mr. Chick has been so widely discussed here. I do not want thi… --- ## [The Mentalist - season finale - HUGE unboxed spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-season-finale-huge-unboxed-spoilers/582559)
**Author:** [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mentalist-season-finale-huge-unboxed-spoilers/582559 "2011-06-14T17:51:52Z")
The Mentalist season finale was on last night, and holy crap! You must definitely look away if you don’t want to have the ending ruined. Just another buffer line for those who didn’t get it the first few times around. … --- ## [Why are there no fast-food places that serve fruit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-fast-food-places-that-serve-fruit/538634)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-fast-food-places-that-serve-fruit/538634 "2010-05-11T22:24:44Z")
Just fruit? Because I’d sure love to stop by and get a bowl of strawberries or blueberries, maybe with a little whipped cream, as a nice healthy afternoon snack. Instead, all there is is fries, fattening foods, donuts. I… --- ## [How can we save ourselves from the coming onslaught of Christian concentration camps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-save-ourselves-from-the-coming-onslaught-of-christian-concentration-camps/337673)
**Author:** [@gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardener)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-save-ourselves-from-the-coming-onslaught-of-christian-concentration-camps/337673 "2006-01-03T15:06:09Z")
As Der Trihs correctly estimates in this post, he is most likely to die in a Christian concentration camp. It should be intuitively obvious to any rational person that this is indeed the direction in which this country… --- ## [How democratic is the UK really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-democratic-is-the-uk-really/539576)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-democratic-is-the-uk-really/539576 "2010-05-19T13:46:04Z")
Whenever one of us colonists post something about how the UK government ment works, it typically comes about that QE2 would be about three steps from doing a Charles I impersonation if she were to withhold her royal asse… --- ## [WTF is the girl saying in Weezer's 'Beverly Hills'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398 "2019-05-31T01:45:51Z")
In the chorus there’s a sample of a girl saying something, but damned if I can figure out what it is. I can’t stand to listen to the song because it annoys me so much that I can’t figure it out. I spot-checked a few ly… --- ## [Stories of lottery winners squandering their winnings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-lottery-winners-squandering-their-winnings/491261)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-lottery-winners-squandering-their-winnings/491261 "2026-07-29T16:47:23Z")
I’ve heard people talk about how it’s not all that uncommon for lottery winners to completely squander their windfalls because they are poor money managers. I’m looking for a book that goes into depth examining some of t… --- ## [Gangs of New York question about hanging scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-new-york-question-about-hanging-scene/154652)
**Author:** [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-new-york-question-about-hanging-scene/154652 "2017-10-06T21:41:49Z")
Hi: Sorry I am late to the party, but I just saw Gangs of New York. I was mystified by the scene where four men were hanged as an object lesson for the other inhabitants of 5 corners. These men did not appear to be at … --- ## [Job Guarantee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-guarantee/717473)
**Author:** [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-guarantee/717473 "2015-05-04T16:50:50Z")
Bill Mitchell, an economist at the University of Newcastle (Australia) argues (among other things) in this interview that sovereign currency issuers, like the US and Australia, ought to offer jobs to anyone who wants the… --- ## [Peacemaker series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peacemaker-series/957829)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peacemaker-series/957829 "2025-10-23T19:14:42Z")
Just watched the first three episodes. Fun so far. Definitely more comedy than drama. Has a bit of a The Specials feel, IMO. --- ## [Physics of Bruce Lee's fabled, devastating "one inch punch"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-of-bruce-lees-fabled-devastating-one-inch-punch/607057)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-of-bruce-lees-fabled-devastating-one-inch-punch/607057 "2015-07-13T19:55:26Z")
In thiswiki on Bruce Lee they describe this one inch punch. I’m at a loss as to how you could deliver any real power in a punch with only an inch of travel, but it was reputed to be devastating. How would this work WRT … --- ## [What are your thoughts regarding Carlos Castaneda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-regarding-carlos-castaneda/324571)
**Author:** [@GrahamWellington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrahamWellington)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-regarding-carlos-castaneda/324571 "2005-10-11T01:38:18Z")
I read much of his stuff many years ago and loved his style and the subject matter. The desert backdrop was cool and surreal … and the characters wonderfully developed … making me think that the guy wasn’t BSing about it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=495&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=497&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)