# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=499&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:** 500 --- ## ['America' by Simon and Garfunkel: Misheard lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-by-simon-and-garfunkel-misheard-lyrics/716924)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-by-simon-and-garfunkel-misheard-lyrics/716924 "2015-04-17T02:07:44Z")
Well, sorta. Actually, I never had a clue what they were saying. They bought a pack of cigarettes and. . . . what? Without ever having seen the lyrics, would you have known? When I saw the lyrics, I first wondered, “… --- ## [Poll: What percentage of this board has smoked pot... ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-this-board-has-smoked-pot-ever/351541)
**Author:** [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-this-board-has-smoked-pot-ever/351541 "2006-04-17T03:50:02Z")
Let’s keep this simple, at first. Hopefully the mods will let this slide so long as we keep it in the past… ? :slight\_smile: I’m guessing 90% plus of the responders… --- ## [Are there nettles in North America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-nettles-in-north-america/602101)
**Author:** [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-nettles-in-north-america/602101 "2011-11-08T18:58:46Z")
Well? Do you have nettles? Or just Poison Oak and Poison Ivy? --- ## [Shut up, yhou stupid fucking chimp!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-yhou-stupid-fucking-chimp/392215)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-yhou-stupid-fucking-chimp/392215 "2007-03-02T22:28:18Z")
Jesus, I wake up to this arrogant fuck giving a press conference about Iran and I just can’t take it anymore. Fuck him, and fuck the pussy-ass corporate press who laugh along with him and lob him the soft questions. Fuck… --- ## [Do bananas get worms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bananas-get-worms/87631)
**Author:** [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bananas-get-worms/87631 "2001-10-17T00:08:01Z")
I like bananas and usually have one for breakfast every day,sometimes on cereal, most times I’m in a hurry and just peel and eat; this morning, I peeled and ate; as I peeled it down, I noticed a bruise. Don’t like mushy … --- ## [You sir are DISGUSTING!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-sir-are-disgusting/148232)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2003, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-sir-are-disgusting/148232 "2003-01-17T08:50:35Z")
Ahhh, back in the pit again. It seems that I have had too much to complain about lately. I keep losing my faith for humanity. For well over a year now I have been having a relationship (of sorts) with a gentleman (the t… --- ## [In which a certain shop owner is reviled.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-certain-shop-owner-is-reviled/413445)
**Author:** [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-certain-shop-owner-is-reviled/413445 "2007-08-02T17:35:38Z")
I normally don’t pit people, but this cretin, this waste of bandwidth … guhhhhhhhhh! Look, Small British Shop Owner, let’s take this in order: The Cafe Society isn’t supposed to be “high brow,” by whatever fucking, i… --- ## [Which countries have discontinuous territory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-countries-have-discontinuous-territory/498966)
**Author:** [@twhitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twhitt)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-countries-have-discontinuous-territory/498966 "2009-06-10T14:56:49Z")
Which countries have territory, occupying a common landmass, which is discontinuous, as Alaska is from the rest of the United States? I’d also be interested in political subdivisions that may be smaller than countries, … --- ## [Will Driverless Cars cost more that they're worth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-driverless-cars-cost-more-that-theyre-worth/713213)
**Author:** [@jamessurratt55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jamessurratt55)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-driverless-cars-cost-more-that-theyre-worth/713213 "2015-03-06T16:31:07Z")
Don’t forget that the driverless car phenomena will not occur overnight. Besides it will be evolving constantly as technology keeps changing. Cars will talk to each other. Eventually pile-ups may become a thing of the pa… --- ## [What's your favorite "haunting" song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741 "2023-12-10T04:53:40Z")
For me, it’s a tie between Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” or Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”. Define haunting however you please. --- ## [Noted Climate Change Skeptic Reverses Stance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noted-climate-change-skeptic-reverses-stance/629940)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noted-climate-change-skeptic-reverses-stance/629940 "2012-08-13T02:29:52Z")
So, noted skeptic Richard Muller has come around.BBC Article - my emphasis Does this change anything for any of our local deniers? --- ## [Mom gets 99 years for child abuse. Isn't that excessive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gets-99-years-for-child-abuse-isnt-that-excessive/637634)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gets-99-years-for-child-abuse-isnt-that-excessive/637634 "2012-10-17T16:09:14Z")
I’m not defending this lady at all. What she did was abhorrent and sick. But, 99 years? :confused: Some murderers don’t get sentences that harsh. Rapists are out in 20. Robbers that beat elderly victims only get 10 ye… --- ## [Denmark bans halal and kosher slaughter. Justifiable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denmark-bans-halal-and-kosher-slaughter-justifiable/681724)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denmark-bans-halal-and-kosher-slaughter-justifiable/681724 "2014-03-02T18:25:23Z")
Here’s the story. This is a difficult one for me. I hate cruelty to animals but is this form of slaughter really that cruel? And the statement by the Minister for Agriculture and Food bothers me, ie animal rights come … --- ## [First Annual SDMB Coffee Mug exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-annual-sdmb-coffee-mug-exchange/642789)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-annual-sdmb-coffee-mug-exchange/642789 "2013-03-22T20:24:22Z")
As suggested by Runs with Scissors in the shot glass exchange, I figured we could also do a coffee mug exchange. I thought it would be a fun way to use a coffee mug to share a little bit about where you’re from or where… --- ## [How do you Brits get "rafe" from "Ralph" and](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-brits-get-rafe-from-ralph-and/650293)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-brits-get-rafe-from-ralph-and/650293 "2013-02-18T03:34:52Z")
“lef-tenant” from “lieutenant”? Just wondering. I’ll take my answer off the air. Thanks. --- ## [Enough with the incompetent flirting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-incompetent-flirting/168846 "2003-07-23T08:18:29Z")
She’s fairly new to the office. She’s quite cute. You’re both single. And you want to flirt with her. I have no problem with that. The problem is, dear cow-orker, that your flirting techniques suck. Every time you walk… --- ## [Pro-Choicers: Abortion For Child's Sexuality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-choicers-abortion-for-childs-sexuality/579171)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-choicers-abortion-for-childs-sexuality/579171 "2011-04-23T02:45:00Z")
If (hypotheically) it became possible to detect the “homosexual” gene before birth, would pro-choicers of this board tolerate fetuses being aborted solely for that reason? --- ## [Chinese Swimmer: Doping or Jealousy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-swimmer-doping-or-jealousy/629868)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-swimmer-doping-or-jealousy/629868 "2012-08-07T23:28:24Z")
So there is the story circulating about Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen crushing the competition in the 400m Medley and in fact beating Ryan Lochte’s time in the freestyle portion. Now the performance itself is pretty amazing,… --- ## [Why did blockbuster video fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-blockbuster-video-fail/931051)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-blockbuster-video-fail/931051 "2021-09-03T19:04:59Z")
I know the obvious answer is brick and mortar video stores were on their way out. But I remember a decade ago Blockbuster had kiosks like redbox everywhere. Blockbuster also had a streaming service and they had a DVD by… --- ## [Can or does science accurately describe our reality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-or-does-science-accurately-describe-our-reality/546966)
**Author:** [@SyuRi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SyuRi)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-or-does-science-accurately-describe-our-reality/546966 "2010-07-27T03:29:40Z")
I am in a discussion with a friend about this theme. He basically says science cannot describe reality until it proves the assumptions from which it bases all its theories and knowledge. Is he right? --- ## [Even sven/ Even seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-sven-even-seven/627661)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-sven-even-seven/627661 "2012-07-10T15:10:50Z")
As you might have noticed, a new member called even seven has joined the board. However, we have a long term poster called even sven. Those two names are really too similar not to lead to confusion. Many are going to a… --- ## [The Wisconsonian "yet"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wisconsonian-yet/547029)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wisconsonian-yet/547029 "2010-07-28T02:27:22Z")
I used to work with a guy from LaCrosse who would drop the word “yet” in at (or near) the end of sentences, in a manner that seemed random but somewhat adverbial. I’d assumed it was his personal idiosyncrasy until I was… --- ## [Lying Whore Charged with Murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-whore-charged-with-murder/529933)
**Author:** [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-whore-charged-with-murder/529933 "2010-03-08T02:51:36Z")
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7068705/ Yes it’s true. The Duke Lacrosse rape accuser has been charged with attempted murder, arson, and child abuse. Proof, if proof were needed that once a psychotic bitch, always… --- ## [A Cricket World Cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577)
**Author:** [@kiwiboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiwiboy)\ **Replies:** 369\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577 "2003-03-24T03:14:02Z")
The Cricket World Cup starts in South Africa on Sunday. It looks like it could be one of hte most controversial and shambolic as as ever. Already New Zealand’s refusing to play in Kenya, citing security fears, Australia … --- ## [Why don't modern military helmets have face guards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-modern-military-helmets-have-face-guards/517620)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-modern-military-helmets-have-face-guards/517620 "2009-11-22T16:09:12Z")
Back in the 17th century, during the time of the Thirty Years’ War, mounted soldiers often wore a helmet called a burgonet. This wasn’t all that different from the helmets that modern day soldiers wear. It enclosed the h… --- ## [Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's back to work we go – a miserable MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-ho-hi-ho-its-back-to-work-we-go-a-miserable-mmp/425256)
**Author:** [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Replies:** 409\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2007, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-ho-hi-ho-its-back-to-work-we-go-a-miserable-mmp/425256 "2007-11-12T06:23:32Z")
For those of you who have been reading along, you will know that yesterday was my first day back at work after 8 blissful months of maternity leave (okay, not all 8 months were blissful – the first 3 were pretty bloody a… --- ## [Sleeping with head under covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-with-head-under-covers/395933)
**Author:** [@totoismomo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/totoismomo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-with-head-under-covers/395933 "2007-03-16T04:22:16Z")
Is sleeping with my head under the covers bad for me? I’ve noticed it helps me fall asleep sometimes, especially in the winters. But intuitively it seems that continually breathing in mostly respired air throughout the… --- ## [Chevy Volt Price Fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-volt-price-fail/548218)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-volt-price-fail/548218 "2010-08-04T03:47:15Z")
So Chevy announced the price for the Volt…a ridiculous $41,000 ($33,500 after federal rebate). I knew it was going to be too expensive, but this really makes m e wonder about Chevy even more. This just is not competiti… --- ## [Why is it easier to balance on a moving bike than a non-moving one (revisited)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-easier-to-balance-on-a-moving-bike-than-a-non-moving-one-revisited/779958)
**Author:** [@lesizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesizz)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-easier-to-balance-on-a-moving-bike-than-a-non-moving-one-revisited/779958 "2017-03-24T12:35:30Z")
Yes, TRAIL! But why? The real balance mechanism is the rider’s brain. The brain has built into it a feedback servo system that works in the background (subconscious). When walking, a person’s (or chihuahua’s) brain w… --- ## [Biological difference between blacks and whites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biological-difference-between-blacks-and-whites/344011)
**Author:** [@zp1005](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zp1005)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biological-difference-between-blacks-and-whites/344011 "2006-02-17T22:52:10Z")
I have heard that the reason blacks tend to(seem to?) be faster than whites is because they have more fast twitch muscle fibers. Or an extra tendon/muscle etc. Now I don’t think that is the case, I think it has more to… --- ## [Why is curlcoat allowed to troll on here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-curlcoat-allowed-to-troll-on-here/511025)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-curlcoat-allowed-to-troll-on-here/511025 "2009-09-24T13:48:25Z")
Does anyone know the answer? If she is a troll (and she certainly seems like one to me–I’m convinced she is), she shouldn’t be allowed to post here. If she isn’t a troll, then she is, by far, too stupid for words, cras… --- ## [The improvised MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-improvised-mmp/596036)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-improvised-mmp/596036 "2011-09-21T05:14:31Z")
I don’t recall anyone stepping up to the plate to start off today. If someone did, and I stepped on their toes, tough tuna. I got nuthin. I had a weekend of low productivity and even less social redemption. I did manage… --- ## [Why is my dog so thin? Fuck you, that's why.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-dog-so-thin-fuck-you-thats-why/632232)
**Author:** [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-dog-so-thin-fuck-you-thats-why/632232 "2012-08-25T01:15:02Z")
I have said here before I have a Pharaoh Hound. They are, like Afghans, greyhounds, whippets, salukis, etc., very thin as a breed. He is a rescue (I’m not that rich). Now greyhounds usually have some muscles going on … --- ## [Ford Escape cigarette lighter problem.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-escape-cigarette-lighter-problem/378620)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-escape-cigarette-lighter-problem/378620 "2006-11-06T03:07:50Z")
I just spent my lunch hour trying to figure out, without getting my clothers dirty and leaving his dash in pieces, why my friend’s cell phone charger won’t work in his Ford Escape. He’s unemployed right now, and this so… --- ## [Amazon sells book condoning child abuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-sells-book-condoning-child-abuse/673806)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-sells-book-condoning-child-abuse/673806 "2013-11-28T19:39:45Z")
To Train Up a Child I’m not about to buy a copy of the book, but from what I glean on the Intertubes, it teaches child rearing and discipline by child abuse, neglect and torture. One child has already been killed thank… --- ## [Dying facial hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-facial-hair/228798)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-facial-hair/228798 "2004-02-15T19:23:36Z")
My stache and goatee have a lot of gray, which makes it indistinguishable from my face from a distance. I’d rather dye it white than a dark color. Since most guys want to cover up their gray, the dyes for facial hair a… --- ## [The Best All-Time TV Show \[vote for up to 10\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-all-time-tv-show-vote-for-up-to-10/538740)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-all-time-tv-show-vote-for-up-to-10/538740 "2013-08-27T03:32:48Z")
After seven weeks Your Favorite All-Time TV Shows has provided the “favorite” Top 51 TV Shows of All Time. This poll is to try to determine the BEST of those shows. Since there’s no way to control the number of votes i… --- ## [Supernatural February 25 2011 "The French Mistake"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-february-25-2011-the-french-mistake/572661)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-february-25-2011-the-french-mistake/572661 "2011-03-07T03:50:26Z")
“Mischa? Jensen? What’s with the names in this dimension?” “Why would anyone want to watch our lives?” “Well, according to the interviewer, not that many people do.” Soap Opera Jensen Ackles --- ## [If Zimmerman is found "not guilty" will there be rioting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-zimmerman-is-found-not-guilty-will-there-be-rioting/663221)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-zimmerman-is-found-not-guilty-will-there-be-rioting/663221 "2013-08-09T14:32:35Z")
Just as the title asks. I think there will be. Race has been made such a part of this case, by almost all parties involved, and emotions regarding the death of Martin have run very high. It may be similar to the LA ri… --- ## [Why is Paris Hilton so cute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-paris-hilton-so-cute/263455)
**Author:** [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-paris-hilton-so-cute/263455 "2004-09-12T05:03:14Z")
Just looking at a photo of Paris Hilton here and wondering why does she have the cutest face and best body? My mom says every week I think someone new is the cutest, finest, etc so Paris is definitely my girl of the wee… --- ## [Talk me into getting an SUV over a minivan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-into-getting-an-suv-over-a-minivan/727482)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-into-getting-an-suv-over-a-minivan/727482 "2021-03-07T23:18:29Z")
Our family, having recently added a new member to make a total of four, is in the market for a new car. Also possibly relevant: our older child is five and is starting kindergarten this year. It would be really great to … --- ## [University student loses it in class. warning: NSFW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-student-loses-it-in-class-warning-nsfw/616522)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-student-loses-it-in-class-warning-nsfw/616522 "2012-03-27T23:42:14Z")
Warning: Lots of F-bombs in the video. Just in case you haven’t yet had the dubious pleasure of viewing it, here is the video taken in a Florida Atlantic University class of a student completely losing it, threatening … --- ## [Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory-question/51294)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2001, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory-question/51294 "2001-11-01T03:31:24Z")
Great movie. It was on ABC last night. Anyway, that hideous scene where they all step onto the boat to get from one part of the factory to the next. The Oompa-Loompas row faster and faster while around the boat are flas… --- ## [Is it up to gays and lesbians to put shut down NAMBLA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-up-to-gays-and-lesbians-to-put-shut-down-nambla/713485)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-up-to-gays-and-lesbians-to-put-shut-down-nambla/713485 "2015-02-28T15:54:04Z")
All decent people, gay and straight, are outraged at the activity of a group that promotes sexual molesting of children, namely, NAMBLA, the North American Man-Boy Love Association. Some people have alleged that since me… --- ## [Please rescind this warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-rescind-this-warning/597466)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-rescind-this-warning/597466 "2011-09-29T20:39:55Z")
The warning to Merijeek should be rescinded. --- ## [People objecting to your dog just being near them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-objecting-to-your-dog-just-being-near-them/572132)
**Author:** [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-objecting-to-your-dog-just-being-near-them/572132 "2011-02-27T00:14:38Z")
I’m curious as to the general view of this. The location: pretty much the primary dog-walking park in town (about 3 miles long - always lots of dogs, joggers, cyclists, walkers, etc.). It’s not a “dog park” but it is v… --- ## [Talk me out of moving to Los Angeles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-out-of-moving-to-los-angeles/607880)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-out-of-moving-to-los-angeles/607880 "2012-01-05T04:48:09Z")
So I just came back from there and, I mean, it was all right. It was 70 degrees on Christmas day, which is fine if you’re into that sort of thing. Most of my family and friends are there, but they’re yesterday’s news. I’… --- ## [Epic fantasies better than G.R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-fantasies-better-than-g-r-r-martins-song-of-ice-and-fire/588786)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-fantasies-better-than-g-r-r-martins-song-of-ice-and-fire/588786 "2011-07-14T17:28:23Z")
Inspired by this thread and, of course, the fact the new book’s out today. Mr. hunter and I have pre-ordered the book and starting tonight we’ll be fighting over, I mean, reading it probably all our free hours until we’… --- ## [The inside of my dishwasher is orange.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inside-of-my-dishwasher-is-orange/363895)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inside-of-my-dishwasher-is-orange/363895 "2013-07-08T02:42:47Z")
And I didn’t order it like that. I can only assume that someone either put a bowlful of pasta sauce or carrots in the damn thing and ran it. I have run a cycle with vinegar and a cycle with bleach, neither of which see… --- ## [Why... I think that doggone anti-Semite Jimmy Carter has a point.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-think-that-doggone-anti-semite-jimmy-carter-has-a-point/383883)
**Author:** [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-think-that-doggone-anti-semite-jimmy-carter-has-a-point/383883 "2006-12-29T06:09:16Z")
… setting aside for a moment the other detractions by the Anti-Defamation League over the other assertions set aside in his new book – I haven’t read it yet, can’t take part in an informed discussion about the books cont… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=498&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=500&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)