# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=503&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:** 504 --- ## [can the police order you back into your own house, when they're arresting someone across the street?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-police-order-you-back-into-your-own-house-when-theyre-arresting-someone-across-the-street/655819)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-police-order-you-back-into-your-own-house-when-theyre-arresting-someone-across-the-street/655819 "2015-02-10T20:41:53Z")
(no, don’t ‘need answer fast’), and I’ve completely simplified the hypothetical scenario here - but let’s say it’s after dusk one night, on your street, in a typically quiet neighborhood. You walk outside to check the m… --- ## [Why exactly did gun culture blossom in the US and, seemingly, not in most other Western countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-exactly-did-gun-culture-blossom-in-the-us-and-seemingly-not-in-most-other-western-countries/837090)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-exactly-did-gun-culture-blossom-in-the-us-and-seemingly-not-in-most-other-western-countries/837090 "2019-07-21T00:26:31Z")
I know that Switzerland somehow maintains the balance of a strong hunting culture and society that really values guns and the UK MIGHT be an exception to this…but where was the fork in the road where, for instance, Spain… --- ## [Question regarding lockpicks and children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-lockpicks-and-children/518041)
**Author:** [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-lockpicks-and-children/518041 "2009-12-16T22:20:06Z")
No, I haven’t locked the children in the basement. I have an ongoing deal with my kids that I will teach them ‘spy skills’ as they grow up, that is to say, skills that they may find useful should they find themselves in… --- ## [Movie Flaws that no one should notice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-no-one-should-notice/377895)
**Author:** [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-no-one-should-notice/377895 "2006-11-30T04:50:54Z")
I was wondering if anyone picked up on a movie flaw because they had expertise on something and that most people would not notice. The reason I ask is because this happened to me last night while watching Transporter 2.… --- ## [Where do squirrels go to die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-squirrels-go-to-die/431217)
**Author:** [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-squirrels-go-to-die/431217 "2007-12-27T14:45:30Z")
I have at least a half dozen squirrel nests up in my trees right now and I see the little guys running around every day cleaning up the acorns in the yard. One thing I have not seen, other than road kill, is a dead squi… --- ## [Jesus saves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-saves/706922)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Bow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Bow)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-saves/706922 "2014-12-16T06:05:56Z")
I see signs on churches all over the place letting me know that Jesus saves, or God sent his son to save us, etc etc. I don’t mean to sound glib, but what is he saving us from? What have I done that requires saving? --- ## [So what's your local sandwich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-local-sandwich/784045)
**Author:** [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-local-sandwich/784045 "2017-04-13T19:27:42Z")
Every culture, pretty much, seems to have a characteristic sandwich (and a dumpling variant, but that’s another topic). What’s yours? Do you like it/hate it/accept it with certain modifications? I grew up mostly near … --- ## [What is heroin overdose like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-heroin-overdose-like/553009)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-heroin-overdose-like/553009 "2010-09-08T22:10:52Z")
I wonder about the death of Janis Joplin. Did she just drift off to sleep and not wake up? --- ## [How can anyone justify belief in God?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-justify-belief-in-god/100285)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-justify-belief-in-god/100285 "2002-04-11T19:58:59Z")
Well? I only ask because I see no definite reason to believe in God, or religion in general. The idea of any intelligent, logical person accepting such outlandish claims as are made by religion such as Christianity, Ju… --- ## [Anal sex joke on U.S. primetime show?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-joke-on-u-s-primetime-show/651316)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-sex-joke-on-u-s-primetime-show/651316 "2013-03-01T15:21:54Z")
So I was finishing up an episode of The Big Bang Theory on my DVR and a few minutes from Two Broke Girls were recorded next. Having never seen the show, I watched it. In the opening scene, the two main characters were … --- ## [It's Time For A New MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-new-mmp/617562 "2012-04-09T11:30:17Z")
So, it’s Monday mornin’ and da bear is up and caffienatin’. YAWN 'Tis 67 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 90. This is more like early Summer than early Spring. At this rate I might be forced to turn on the AC. Oh My… --- ## [Are There STILL People Who Deny Global Warming Is Happening?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-people-who-deny-global-warming-is-happening/511156)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-still-people-who-deny-global-warming-is-happening/511156 "2009-10-04T03:44:54Z")
I know there are holocaust deniers, and I’m not an Al Gore fan, but isn’t the evidence… well…evident? Aren’t melting glaciers an indication? Polar bears coming into humans’ habitats looking for food? Regarding the hol… --- ## [Burst my bubble! Recommend good sources of conservative opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burst-my-bubble-recommend-good-sources-of-conservative-opinion/775825)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burst-my-bubble-recommend-good-sources-of-conservative-opinion/775825 "2017-01-10T23:17:12Z")
I’m a liberal, and while I don’t think I live in a bubble in terms of whom I associate with, I do consume news and opinion from mainly liberal sources. I have finally admitted to myself that I need to seek out more infor… --- ## [Tommy and Bonnie (a story of a boy and his dog)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-and-bonnie-a-story-of-a-boy-and-his-dog/318092)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-and-bonnie-a-story-of-a-boy-and-his-dog/318092 "2005-08-29T13:10:26Z")
Tommy was a boy. He lived on the Martin Farm. Not that they grew martins on the farm (for the fur trade), but that was the name of the family that ran the farm. And Tommy Martin was their boy. He had Adventures. Bonnie … --- ## [We send a message to the aliens. What's the creepiest thing they could send back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-send-a-message-to-the-aliens-whats-the-creepiest-thing-they-could-send-back/804443)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-send-a-message-to-the-aliens-whats-the-creepiest-thing-they-could-send-back/804443 "2019-09-26T11:49:34Z")
Inspired by the news that an unusually shaped asteroid will be monitored for signs of alien life. Suppose someone’s taken up Active SETI, a signal sent out into the cosmos to attempt to contact extraterrestrial life. Wha… --- ## [Are Rare Earth Magnets Dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-rare-earth-magnets-dangerous/453587)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-rare-earth-magnets-dangerous/453587 "2015-01-14T18:34:31Z")
I was thinking of getting some small rare earth magnets to keep a stubborn metal door closed. I have tried Velcro and some standard bar magnets, these kind of work but it would help if they were a bit stronger. On mythb… --- ## [Assuming an Infinite amount of time, are all things inevitable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-an-infinite-amount-of-time-are-all-things-inevitable/608850)
**Author:** [@MattProle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattProle)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-an-infinite-amount-of-time-are-all-things-inevitable/608850 "2012-01-11T23:08:59Z")
Given an infinite amount of time for the Universe to do it’s thing, are all possible events considered inevitable? When I was younger and was first introduced to physics I used to think about this question very often. T… --- ## [Royal bastards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-bastards/503868)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-bastards/503868 "2012-12-22T13:49:25Z")
I was watching a PBS program about illegitimate children of kings in England back in the day. They made no mention of the illegitimate offspring of queens, though. I know that at least some queens did have lovers, so wh… --- ## [manhattan & Gaudere sitting on a tree. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-gaudere-sitting-on-a-tree/207356)
**Author:** [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-gaudere-sitting-on-a-tree/207356 "2003-10-22T20:12:37Z")
Those of us who have been around here for a while know that once in a while manhattan blows a gasket, loses all trace of rationality and goes all bombastic and ballistic. Nothing new there and not much we can do about it… --- ## [Are "mispelled" names in X on purpose or due to poor education? And if the latter why no correction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mispelled-names-in-x-on-purpose-or-due-to-poor-education-and-if-the-latter-why-no-correction/647778)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mispelled-names-in-x-on-purpose-or-due-to-poor-education-and-if-the-latter-why-no-correction/647778 "2013-01-23T20:54:15Z")
Firstly, “in X” = “in black Americans”. I put it like that because (99% of reason) I can put no other characters in the titles. And (1% of reason) to attract interested people who may know stuff to my thread. So the tit… --- ## [Should "Liar" Be Permissible In GD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-liar-be-permissible-in-gd/429867)
**Author:** [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-liar-be-permissible-in-gd/429867 "2009-01-17T22:22:57Z")
In our last travesty of quibbling and misunderstanding, tomndeb asks the mob about its preferences over the use of the word “liar” in Great Debates. Ordinarily I would reject adding new rules because, well, I suppose I … --- ## [A couple of questions about libertarianism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-about-libertarianism/586871)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-about-libertarianism/586871 "2011-07-05T17:07:18Z")
Forgive me if this has been gone over before, but I’m tired and I’m not up to researching every thread on the board. I had two questions about libertarianism: First, how do libertarians address the problem that in a free… --- ## [Yellowstone Supervolcano Timing Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-supervolcano-timing-question/716864)
**Author:** [@Recusant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recusant)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-supervolcano-timing-question/716864 "2015-04-13T02:07:40Z")
When Hephaestus finally gets tired of Zeus hogging all the lethality credit and blows this puppy up- so, assuming a continent-devastating eruption- how much warning are we likely to have? I know we don’t have a lot of o… --- ## [Why do you insist on making rude, unsolicited comments on my lunch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-insist-on-making-rude-unsolicited-comments-on-my-lunch/554196)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-insist-on-making-rude-unsolicited-comments-on-my-lunch/554196 "2010-09-28T20:18:07Z")
Lame rant warning. Why do coworkers feel a need to make disparaging comments on the food I am eating during lunch? I am a light eater… I usually just eat some sandwich meat (usually turkey) and a cup of yogurt during l… --- ## [Carnac the Magnificent game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnac-the-magnificent-game/237180)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnac-the-magnificent-game/237180 "2004-04-13T18:55:04Z")
If you’ve seen Johnny Carson, you know how to play. Carnac holds a sealed envelope to his forehead, and listens to the spirit world for a response. He states the response, and then opens the envelope to reveal the questi… --- ## [Nashville Explosion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-explosion/928891)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-explosion/928891 "2021-01-03T13:11:02Z")
A good live link Here. --- ## [How does Peter Frampton rate as a guitarist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-peter-frampton-rate-as-a-guitarist/532265)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-peter-frampton-rate-as-a-guitarist/532265 "2014-08-17T00:03:56Z")
i was just listening to “Do You Feel Like We Do?” on the radio and to my totally untrained ear it seems to me the Frampton is damn good guitarist. Unfortuantley it seems that quirky voicebox thing he did makes himi seem… --- ## [I pit irresponsible dog owners who can't be bothered to keep their dogs on a leash or in their yard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-irresponsible-dog-owners-who-cant-be-bothered-to-keep-their-dogs-on-a-leash-or-in-their-yard/633466)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-irresponsible-dog-owners-who-cant-be-bothered-to-keep-their-dogs-on-a-leash-or-in-their-yard/633466 "2012-09-09T19:25:00Z")
So I live on a cul de sac of a suburban neighborhood. I have a young child that plays in our driveway, there are several young children in the cul de sac, one of them an autistic child that rides his bike in a circle ar… --- ## [Employment Background Check Reveals...Aliases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employment-background-check-reveals-aliases/687214)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employment-background-check-reveals-aliases/687214 "2014-05-03T19:04:23Z")
I wasn’t sure whether I should put this in GQ or not so I put it here. Anyway… So I’m undergoing a background check/drug screen for a job working at a car dealership. I assume everything is fine. I have one blip in my b… --- ## [Trump's campaign chief engages in voter fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-campaign-chief-engages-in-voter-fraud/764025)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-campaign-chief-engages-in-voter-fraud/764025 "2016-08-31T21:27:22Z")
Well, I guess voter fraud is a real thing - Republicans are going out of their way to prove it. Bannon is registered to vote in Florida. At a house he has never lived in. His ex-wife did, but they divorced 7 years ago… --- ## [Do Conservatives Understand That Liberals Don't Really Like Government Spending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-conservatives-understand-that-liberals-dont-really-like-government-spending/652428)
**Author:** [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-conservatives-understand-that-liberals-dont-really-like-government-spending/652428 "2013-03-12T16:48:38Z")
I’ve been seeing this meme a lot now. Most recently from the first response to ITR champion’s government spending thread. Lately Americans on the left have been making the point that those on the right act as if increasi… --- ## [What plants can't reproduce without human assistance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plants-cant-reproduce-without-human-assistance/568316)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-plants-cant-reproduce-without-human-assistance/568316 "2011-01-21T20:12:41Z")
I’m pretty sure bananas can’t. From the wikipedia page: Anything else? --- ## [I am getting tired of the PC Police on this board.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-tired-of-the-pc-police-on-this-board/176016)
**Author:** [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-tired-of-the-pc-police-on-this-board/176016 "2003-05-25T08:00:16Z")
It is getting to be really annoying to read Pit threads (and others) that get totally hijacked because of self proclaimed PC police that need to tell the world why everything that the OP says is offensive to other people… --- ## [Why don’t they build cars like they used to in the 50s and 60s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-they-build-cars-like-they-used-to-in-the-50s-and-60s/537715)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2010, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-they-build-cars-like-they-used-to-in-the-50s-and-60s/537715 "2010-05-03T07:13:17Z")
By this, I don’t mean using steel for everything, uncomfortable seats and V8 engines. I mean that today, cars’ exteriors often look very similar and bland. Cars from the 50s and 60s had great lines\*. Why don’t carmakers… --- ## [Big Government is Failing - Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-government-is-failing-again/539946)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-government-is-failing-again/539946 "2010-05-20T22:39:26Z")
When the financial crisis hit, a lot of people on the left claimed that the crisis was an indictment of the capitalist system. They called for new levels of government involvement in the economy - more regulation, more … --- ## [Paul Ryan vs The Stench (Romney campaign melting down internally) \[satire warning\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-vs-the-stench-romney-campaign-melting-down-internally-satire-warning/635842)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-vs-the-stench-romney-campaign-melting-down-internally-satire-warning/635842 "2012-09-26T21:22:35Z")
Pretty juicy article by Roger Simon at Politico today. If it wasn’t by such a respected journalist from such a respected news site, I’d assume it was parody. Taking it at face value, it appears there are some serious pro… --- ## [I have left the Democratic Party.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-left-the-democratic-party/835140)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-left-the-democratic-party/835140 "2019-06-12T18:41:38Z")
Went down to the courthouse yesterday, intending to change my affiliation to Green Party. The registrar, who I know slightly, told me that I would have to register as “Other” and specify Green, but that it would be self-… --- ## [Making Single Parenthood Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-single-parenthood-work/575506)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-single-parenthood-work/575506 "2011-03-27T17:17:19Z")
Not infrequently on this board, people bemoan the phenomena of single parenthood. They mention increased poverty, higher crime rates, potential psychological damage, etc. There seems to be a longing for a return to the 1… --- ## [Yet another "For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361 "2013-03-03T15:48:40Z")
It’s been awhile since we did this. The rules: post a story, six words or \[del\]less\[/del\] fewer. I closed my eyes, and grunted. “Get back your barstool, Daddy.” We timed her menstrual cycles, halfheartedly. It’s not t… --- ## [Should the integrity of the English language be protected against bastardisation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-integrity-of-the-english-language-be-protected-against-bastardisation/765906)
**Author:** [@iLemming](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iLemming)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-integrity-of-the-english-language-be-protected-against-bastardisation/765906 "2016-09-23T20:45:08Z")
̶L̶a̶b̶o̶r̶ ----------------- LABOUR (…not ennui through laying around) ̶F̶a̶n̶t̶a̶s̶i̶z̶e̶ ------------ FANTASISE (…not the volume of a super-sized, high fructose soda) ̶F̶e̶t̶u̶s̶ ---------------- FOETUS (…not the… --- ## [Is it Rude to Not Say Hello](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-not-say-hello/363325)
**Author:** [@soul\_radiation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soul_radiation)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-not-say-hello/363325 "2006-07-06T21:59:34Z")
My girlfriend and I were just having a debate about a question of etiquette. She says it’s ok if you see someone on the street that you know you just walk past them without acknowledging them. I say you at least say hel… --- ## [Definition of "holocaust survivor"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-holocaust-survivor/664060)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-holocaust-survivor/664060 "2013-07-29T06:15:10Z")
It seems to me that there should be a straightforward definition of what a holocaust survivor is/was. Now that the vast majority of that generation is no longer here, the term “son/daugher or grandson/daugher of a holoc… --- ## [Explain the Democratic obsession with Hillary Clinton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-democratic-obsession-with-hillary-clinton/691621)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-democratic-obsession-with-hillary-clinton/691621 "2014-06-30T00:28:16Z")
Keep in mind that this post is coming from somebody who is about as left wing as humanly possible. Yes, I’d vote for HRC as POTUS before any 'Pub, but the thing is, I wouldn’t cast that vote with a sense of overwhelming… --- ## [Melania Trump and Son Barron Won't Move Immediately into White House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-and-son-barron-wont-move-immediately-into-white-house/772703)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-and-son-barron-wont-move-immediately-into-white-house/772703 "2016-11-23T22:45:21Z")
The incoming First Lady, Melania Trump and her 10 year old son Barron, will not be joining Donald Trump into the White House upon inauguration this January. The reason given is that they want to wait until the end of th… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 4.12 "Still" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-12-still-open-spoilers/682722)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-12-still-open-spoilers/682722 "2014-03-08T21:48:57Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] An enlightening mission springs from a request from one of the group members. \[/QUOTE\] Emily Kinney, Norman Reedus, and JB Smoove are on Talking Dead --- ## [Ghostbusters RPG (OOC thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-rpg-ooc-thread/661052)
**Author:** [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-rpg-ooc-thread/661052 "2013-10-07T13:12:19Z")
This is the Out of Character thread for the Ghostbusters RPG. --- ## [Once Upon A Time - the rest of Season Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955)
**Author:** [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-the-rest-of-season-two/651955 "2013-05-15T00:54:14Z")
There hasn’t been a lot of participation in the OUAT threads from earlier in the season, so I thought I’d just make this one for the rest of this season and bump it each week as needed. When last we left Disneyworld, we… --- ## [Movie "Sicario": why dead bodies in walls of house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sicario-why-dead-bodies-in-walls-of-house/820051)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sicario-why-dead-bodies-in-walls-of-house/820051 "2018-08-24T14:46:48Z")
In the opening sequence of the 2015 movie Sicario, federal agents raid a house in Arizona and discover numerous dead bodies entombed in the walls behind drywall. Yes, I know this is just a Hollywood movie. But presumab… --- ## [Do people really have to accept cash "for all debts public and private"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-have-to-accept-cash-for-all-debts-public-and-private/501254)
**Author:** [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-have-to-accept-cash-for-all-debts-public-and-private/501254 "2009-07-01T21:58:21Z")
My landlord’s management company sent a “lease amendment” to everyone that starting in 30 days they would no longer accept cash, just checks and money orders. They said it was because their bank courier refused to carry… --- ## [Why Do Roofers Do This?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-roofers-do-this/600464)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-roofers-do-this/600464 "2011-10-30T14:32:58Z")
I mean, doesn’t their insurance have any say in this? I just saw two guys working on at least a 60 degree pitched roof-both without safety harnesses. In my younger days, I did some roof work-but always with a safety h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=502&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=504&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)