# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=510&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:** 511 --- ## [What to do when someone's tailgating you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-someones-tailgating-you/124137)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-someones-tailgating-you/124137 "2002-08-18T15:23:32Z")
So lets say your driving down the highway minding your own bussiness going about 5 over the limit. All of a sudden you have someone driving really close to you (close to the point where you’ll be rear ended if you let u… --- ## [Frankenstein's monster -- how formidable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frankensteins-monster-how-formidable/664305)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frankensteins-monster-how-formidable/664305 "2014-05-19T17:26:07Z")
It has been a very long time since I have watched the old Frankenstein movies put out by Universal Pictures in the 1930s and 1940s. Was the monster supposed to be particularly strong or hard to kill? I don’t remember any… --- ## [Anyone have two female cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-two-female-cats/620594)
**Author:** [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-two-female-cats/620594 "2012-05-03T21:58:45Z")
Sadly, my boy kitty passed away a month ago without warning. I still have his sister who is my baby girl. I’m ready to bring home a new baby, and there happens to be a litter of two kittens I plan to adopt from. They’… --- ## [Child Support and the "male abortion"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-support-and-the-male-abortion/119340)
**Author:** [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2002, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-support-and-the-male-abortion/119340 "2002-08-11T09:33:29Z")
A spinoff of the other active abortion-related thread, though mine has more to do with the function of child support. To summarize the slightly off-topic issue from the other thread: If a woman finds herself pregnant an… --- ## [Women In The Locker Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-in-the-locker-room/553962)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-in-the-locker-room/553962 "2010-09-20T18:27:17Z")
After reading the stories in the paper lately about the controversy caused by the treatment female sports reporter Ines Sainz allegedly received in the New York Jets locker room, I got to wondering: Are male sports repo… --- ## [What celebrities have been in US military special forces units](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-have-been-in-us-military-special-forces-units/356710)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-have-been-in-us-military-special-forces-units/356710 "2006-05-21T16:13:03Z")
The only ones I know of are Ice T who was a Ranger and Jesse Ventura who was a navy seal. There have to be others, but I do not know of any. --- ## [Botticelli - October 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2016/767528 "2016-11-03T12:27:57Z")
And this round, I am A. --- ## [Humans will never live on another planet, says Michel Mayor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-will-never-live-on-another-planet-says-michel-mayor/841778)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-will-never-live-on-another-planet-says-michel-mayor/841778 "2019-10-25T22:17:29Z")
Michel Mayor has just attacked a tenet of atheist mythology by stating that humans will never be able to use science to colonize celestial bodies and thus conquer the universe. (source) I grew up in a communist society … --- ## [You consider yourself open-mined, yet (fill in the blank/this old movie)still made you say "WTF?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-consider-yourself-open-mined-yet-fill-in-the-blank-this-old-movie-still-made-you-say-wtf/685385)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-consider-yourself-open-mined-yet-fill-in-the-blank-this-old-movie-still-made-you-say-wtf/685385 "2014-04-10T17:00:02Z")
Different time? Check. Musical? Check. (no time for character development!) Consider myself open-minded about such affairs? Check. And yet in Funny Face I still literally said “What the \*\*\*\*?” when the 58 year old Fre… --- ## [R.I.P Bobby Fischer -we'll miss you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-bobby-fischer-well-miss-you/434003)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-bobby-fischer-well-miss-you/434003 "2008-01-24T17:42:20Z")
Bobby Fischer has died at the young age of 64. For those chess lovers and people who admired him, he will be missed. I’ll remember him as a brilliant mind in chess and civil a disobedient cool guy… We’ll miss you. --- ## [Architectural features that are stupid or ugly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/architectural-features-that-are-stupid-or-ugly/550794)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/architectural-features-that-are-stupid-or-ugly/550794 "2010-08-28T21:01:35Z")
I drove by one of the few new houses in my neighborhood today. It has a couple of architectural features that I think are stupid or ugly. Long, curving driveway. It would be merely pretentious if we didn’t get snow he… --- ## [For $1,000,000, would you forgo all human contact for one year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-1-000-000-would-you-forgo-all-human-contact-for-one-year/510068)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-1-000-000-would-you-forgo-all-human-contact-for-one-year/510068 "2010-01-07T17:13:07Z")
An eccentric billionaire offers you the chance to earn the aforementioned sum. Here are the rules: You are given a beautifully appointed two-story house to live in. Power, water, and other utilities are provided; you … --- ## [Vote for my baby girl in an Online Baby Idol Radio Contest Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-my-baby-girl-in-an-online-baby-idol-radio-contest-please/570417)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-my-baby-girl-in-an-online-baby-idol-radio-contest-please/570417 "2011-02-15T20:18:58Z")
As you may know, my baby girl has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), which is a nasty genetic condition. Baby Getty, who we lovingly call our Getty Owl, is 10 months old now, but she’s happy and we take good care of her. A … --- ## [Do you have to do business travel on your own time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-do-business-travel-on-your-own-time/657629)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-do-business-travel-on-your-own-time/657629 "2013-05-08T17:13:50Z")
I’ve got a business trip coming up to the UK. I booked a 4 day trip: travel all day Tuesday, work Wednesday & Thursday, travel home all day Friday. My boss told me I can’t spend two work days traveling and that I would n… --- ## [The SuEPs of the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sueps-of-the-mmp/750446)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sueps-of-the-mmp/750446 "2016-04-04T03:14:56Z")
I’ve got a question for the Mumpers. It seems that frequently, I’ll see people post a response/reply to the topic of the week &/or a comment days later; however, since there’s a new MMP on Monday that Sunday evening pos… --- ## [So I'm Going To Drive Across The Country By Myself And I'm Going To Die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-drive-across-the-country-by-myself-and-im-going-to-die/563931)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-drive-across-the-country-by-myself-and-im-going-to-die/563931 "2010-12-21T05:13:46Z")
Am too. On Thursday, I’m driving a 12-foot moving truck from Tucson, Arizona, to Asheville, NC. I have been wanting to move back east for a while now, and even made a couple of threads about it which I can’t be arsed t… --- ## [Why are Dutch so liberal and tolerant ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-dutch-so-liberal-and-tolerant/274368)
**Author:** [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-dutch-so-liberal-and-tolerant/274368 "2004-12-13T14:55:13Z")
Holland / Netherlands from what I remember became a well to do country with the same protestant ethics that the US for example had. Even if they aren’t majority protestant now… they are so tolerant and liberal. I think i… --- ## [That 70s Show discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-show-discussion-thread/682740)
**Author:** [@Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynhildr_Budladottir)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-70s-show-discussion-thread/682740 "2014-03-22T21:29:19Z")
This show is IMO one of the best shows I’ve watched in reruns on TV. My brother introduced me to it the year before last. Part of the fascination of it it is because my parents and high-school teachers were teenagers in … --- ## [Teen Thugs take on the wrong 65 year old man.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-thugs-take-on-the-wrong-65-year-old-man/610736)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-thugs-take-on-the-wrong-65-year-old-man/610736 "2012-01-30T23:07:46Z")
Crime is really getting bad when its not even safe to ride a bicycle on a trail. :dubious: Three teen punks ambush a bicycle rider and got him to the ground. I’m assuming they would have beaten him senseless or maybe ki… --- ## [What happens when someone passes away on a plane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-someone-passes-away-on-a-plane/541001)
**Author:** [@charlie145](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/charlie145)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-someone-passes-away-on-a-plane/541001 "2010-05-30T05:29:10Z")
I heard the question posed on an Australian radio show this week and numerous answers were given by the public. One presenter claimed that a friend of his (an airline steward) was working on a flight where an elderly pas… --- ## [Women who have big feet -- do you wear men's shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-have-big-feet-do-you-wear-mens-shoes/326429)
**Author:** [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-have-big-feet-do-you-wear-mens-shoes/326429 "2017-04-06T16:53:36Z")
I wear about a size 11 or 12 in women’s shoes. I shop at DSW and every time I can even find a size 11 or 12 in the styles I would want to wear, the shoes are too tight. I wear comfortable, well padded Easy Spirit shoes… --- ## [Why was Communism so scary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-communism-so-scary/457400)
**Author:** [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-communism-so-scary/457400 "2008-07-28T21:41:23Z")
A few weeks ago, my boyfriend and I were watching a movie (or something) that was set during the Cold War. One of the characters was stridently, almost violently anti-Communist, which my boyfriend and I found a bit baffl… --- ## [Can lonesome polecats' charges be debunked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-lonesome-polecats-charges-be-debunked/561486)
**Author:** [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-lonesome-polecats-charges-be-debunked/561486 "2010-11-24T15:50:02Z")
In this thread, Why do teabaggers think liberals are fearful? lonesome polecat answered thusly: Let’s analyze these one by one. Nobody punished Prejean. She wasn’t even in the Miss America pageant - It was the Miss … --- ## [Ladies help me understand. Do women in general like to be dominated by men or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-help-me-understand-do-women-in-general-like-to-be-dominated-by-men-or-not/622037)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-help-me-understand-do-women-in-general-like-to-be-dominated-by-men-or-not/622037 "2012-05-19T02:34:03Z")
All men know that trying to understand women in general is a fool’s exercise. This is far from a misogynist question however. I thought that I had things down much better than most men because I was raised by a very stro… --- ## [Umkay has passed \[Not true\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umkay-has-passed-not-true/625989)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umkay-has-passed-not-true/625989 "2012-06-23T05:00:43Z")
This forum brought my sister a lot of joy in her last days. She passed last night. If anyone wants to attend the wake, I will post the address and times. She told me some of you live in California. --- ## [Death Star vs. Starkiller Base: both are unrealistic, the latter especially so (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-star-vs-starkiller-base-both-are-unrealistic-the-latter-especially-so-open-spoilers/741934)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-star-vs-starkiller-base-both-are-unrealistic-the-latter-especially-so-open-spoilers/741934 "2016-01-06T04:54:33Z")
I haven’t seen the movie. I can’t get over how much of a retread it is of Ep. IV. I expected it to be bad, but even in my negativity I didn’t expect such massive rehashing! Anyhow, let’s talk about the Death Star and St… --- ## [Doctors! Nurses! Hospital workers! Share your funny/gross hospital stories.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-nurses-hospital-workers-share-your-funny-gross-hospital-stories/262729)
**Author:** [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-nurses-hospital-workers-share-your-funny-gross-hospital-stories/262729 "2014-07-06T03:22:44Z")
My mom’s best friend is a nurse, and she always has some kind of funny or icky story to tell us. I want to hear more! I can’t help it. There’s something about these tales that I love. Maybe it’s the whole “truth is stran… --- ## [Is Fusion Power Going to Happen? Or Should We Just Hang It Up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fusion-power-going-to-happen-or-should-we-just-hang-it-up/522938)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fusion-power-going-to-happen-or-should-we-just-hang-it-up/522938 "2013-02-27T21:12:07Z")
I mean, 50 years of research, and we seem no closer to a workable fusion reactor. The engineering problems (even assuming we can contain the reaction) are immense: structural materials will ail within weeks, we have no g… --- ## [Explain the differences in AL and NL rules to a casual baseball fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-differences-in-al-and-nl-rules-to-a-casual-baseball-fan/621049)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-differences-in-al-and-nl-rules-to-a-casual-baseball-fan/621049 "2012-05-15T20:35:08Z")
I live in DC and grew up in the area. The Senators left town when I was a toddler, so I never really paid much attention to the game until the Nats came to town. I’m a casual fan, I go to a few games a year and I read … --- ## [What Should I Do For My 40th Birthday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-for-my-40th-birthday/452776)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-for-my-40th-birthday/452776 "2008-07-07T04:05:32Z")
So my birthday is coming up- in fact, you only have 20 more shopping days. It’s July 5th, a Saturday and a holiday weekend. It’s my fortieth, which is kind of a big deal to me. I’m so hoping to get a digital camera an… --- ## [Can I go into Radio Shack one fucking time without walking out pissed off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-go-into-radio-shack-one-fucking-time-without-walking-out-pissed-off/643909)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-go-into-radio-shack-one-fucking-time-without-walking-out-pissed-off/643909 "2012-12-16T03:02:29Z")
This is not the first time I’ve bitched about these ass clowns. Tonight was one of the more benign aggravations they’ve thrust upon me, but it still makes the list as to why the place bugs the shit out of me. Normally I… --- ## [Dirty Latin phrases...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-latin-phrases/10698)
**Author:** [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 1999, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-latin-phrases/10698 "1999-11-08T16:34:00Z")
Hearing people who want to learn sign language always want to learn the dirty stuff first. \[Odd but what better way to learn a language?\]. On the web I found: ‘spucatum tauri’ for ‘bull shit’ but never was able to find … --- ## [Death Row emptied in Illinois, courtesy of soon-ex Gov. Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-row-emptied-in-illinois-courtesy-of-soon-ex-gov-ryan/148077)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-row-emptied-in-illinois-courtesy-of-soon-ex-gov-ryan/148077 "2003-01-24T21:27:20Z")
Extremely lame duck Governor George Ryan has just commuted the sentences of all Illinois Death Row inmates. (My IE is acting up, or I’d post a link; anyone else so inclined, please feel free.) All 167 of them, no matte… --- ## [Vacuum marination more efficient?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacuum-marination-more-efficient/154463)
**Author:** [@tonbo0422](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonbo0422)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacuum-marination-more-efficient/154463 "2010-09-30T17:10:25Z")
I bought one of those “Foodsaver” vacuum packers. I have one with an attachment to a container in which you can put something like steak or chicken, then marinade. Then you vacuum the whole thing and remove all the air. … --- ## [Could the U.K. Retake the Falklands again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-u-k-retake-the-falklands-again/616915)
**Author:** [@Modevo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modevo)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-u-k-retake-the-falklands-again/616915 "2012-04-19T11:55:38Z")
Let’s say Argentina invades and captures the Falkland Islands once more. Could the U.K. retake them like it did in 1982? --- ## [Does anybody else hate making phone calls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-hate-making-phone-calls/621741)
**Author:** [@turtledove\_river](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtledove_river)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-hate-making-phone-calls/621741 "2012-05-22T02:50:19Z")
I have to make a couple of phone calls, and I’m just procrastinating right now, because I get very nervous about it. I don’t mind receiving phone calls at all, well, except, if someone is trying to sell me something. An… --- ## [Why Do Liberals Support Affirmative Action?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-support-affirmative-action/435958)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-liberals-support-affirmative-action/435958 "2008-02-13T06:17:05Z")
(I actually think this might belong in General Questions. But seeing as how it might set off a big debate, I will put it here.) This is something that I have wondered for some time now. Why do liberals in the USA typica… --- ## [Doctor's, how important are jerk reflexes during checkups?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-how-important-are-jerk-reflexes-during-checkups/384323)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-how-important-are-jerk-reflexes-during-checkups/384323 "2006-12-19T05:19:30Z")
I have two herniated discs on L4 and L5. Yesterday I had an evaluation by a Doctor assigned by the Department of Labor assigned to my case. When he was giving me a motor skills test everything was going decent until it… --- ## ["If You Bought This Book Without A Cover.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-bought-this-book-without-a-cover/571979)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-bought-this-book-without-a-cover/571979 "2017-03-07T00:49:01Z")
… you should know it was stolen and the author receives no royalties." (IIRC, that’s what it says on the inside cover of the book). So… what? I’m going to steal a book, tear off the cover and try to sell it? Can someon… --- ## [How ancient are the oldest documents which are still classified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-ancient-are-the-oldest-documents-which-are-still-classified/665479)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-ancient-are-the-oldest-documents-which-are-still-classified/665479 "2015-05-29T13:29:27Z")
A couple of years ago, I recall reading an article in which somebody claimed that the government of the United Kingdom to this day won’t release some historical documents relating to the British involvement in the Napole… --- ## [Jeremiah Wright Steps In It Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremiah-wright-steps-in-it-again/499393)
**Author:** [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremiah-wright-steps-in-it-again/499393 "2009-06-13T23:13:27Z")
‘Them Jews’ won’t let Obama talk to me. Criminy! What a dumbass. Can’t he just STFU? Being as how I’m from the South, and came of age in the 60’s. I find this part particularly ironic – “They will not let him to talk… --- ## [Lyrics you insist on singing wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352 "2023-03-03T19:29:17Z")
Over in the thread about misheard lyrics, @lobotomyboy63 mentioned: I thought that could be a good topic on its own, hence this thread. Some of mine: “Winter Wonderland” Actual: In the winter we can build a snowman … --- ## [Settle a disagreement. How do you cut your toenails?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settle-a-disagreement-how-do-you-cut-your-toenails/465638)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settle-a-disagreement-how-do-you-cut-your-toenails/465638 "2008-10-04T12:46:03Z")
My wife and I disagree about how to cut our toenails. I cut my toe nails in a rounded fashion, in the same way I cut fingernails. They are rounded, short, and smooth. My wife, however, says that you are supposed to cut… --- ## [Favourite wastes of time - best Cracked.com articles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-wastes-of-time-best-cracked-com-articles/589144 "2011-08-16T02:30:47Z")
Like TVTropes, good old Cracked.com can prove an entertaining and informative time sink on the interwebs. Which articles stand out for you? For me, I always get a laugh out of the 5 most unintentionally hilarious comic … --- ## [Bands that Jumped the Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-jumped-the-shark/237143)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-jumped-the-shark/237143 "2014-02-24T12:31:27Z")
In my answer to this thread, I rezlized I was listing a bunch of bands that started out well, but turned bad as time went on. It occurred to me to start a thread to identify when goods bands went bad. My starter: Rod … --- ## [RWs are not stupid; it's much worse than that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rws-are-not-stupid-its-much-worse-than-that/622856)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rws-are-not-stupid-its-much-worse-than-that/622856 "2012-05-26T16:17:52Z")
In journalist Chris Mooney’s new book, The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science – and Reality (which I’ll actually read when my hold-order at the library comes through – I’m basing this on more accessib… --- ## [The Boys (And Girls) in the Band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-and-girls-in-the-band/793717)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-and-girls-in-the-band/793717 "2018-05-27T22:35:12Z")
Name the band after being given their first names, then give your own set of names. Minimum of three names, please. We’ll start off easy: John, Paul, George, Richard --- ## [Why do my light bulbs unscrew themselves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-light-bulbs-unscrew-themselves/503579)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-light-bulbs-unscrew-themselves/503579 "2012-08-20T15:34:39Z")
The other day my wife called me to change a light bulb in one of our closets. The light bulb was good, it had simply loosened up enough that it wasn’t making contact in the socket. Friday night I went to replace the lig… --- ## [Electrical outlets in Japan - why no ground prong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-outlets-in-japan-why-no-ground-prong/308828)
**Author:** [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-outlets-in-japan-why-no-ground-prong/308828 "2005-06-19T16:13:38Z")
I was checking to see what sort of adaptor I would need for my two electrical devices to get them to fit into outlets in Japan. I was told that the outlets are the same as U.S. ones except they are all 2-prong outlets? S… --- ## [Did anybody really used to peel grapes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-really-used-to-peel-grapes/228088)
**Author:** [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-really-used-to-peel-grapes/228088 "2004-02-09T18:42:52Z")
Peeled grapes have become a parody of indulgence for a Supreme Ruler. He lazily orders one of his scantily dressed cucumbers—er, concubines—to peel him a grape. Did any rulers in history actually do this, or is it a re… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=509&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=511&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)