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**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gray-hair-less-attractive/635336 "2012-09-28T20:35:23Z")
I am only 51 but have enough gray hair that it makes me feel old. also, I think people in our culture get less respect if their hair is gray. my Mom told me this was her experience so she colored her hair right up until … --- ## [IMHO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho/681530)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho/681530 "2014-02-23T04:24:48Z")
So, in the IMHO section, there are supposed to be no disagreements? http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=715950&page=3 people were disagreeing with me and i was disagreeing with them. but nobody told th… --- ## [And baby makes 21...Duggars have 19th baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-baby-makes-21-duggars-have-19th-baby/520891)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2009, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-baby-makes-21-duggars-have-19th-baby/520891 "2009-12-22T09:57:56Z")
She was born by emergency C-section last night. Josie Brooklyn weighs one pound, six ounces, and is in the neonatal unit. Is this the first c-section for Michelle Duggar? --- ## [Share your tips for reading comfortably in bed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-tips-for-reading-comfortably-in-bed/513572)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-tips-for-reading-comfortably-in-bed/513572 "2009-10-13T19:57:26Z")
If I had a concubine who would lie in bed next to me and hold the book open for me, and every time I turned over she’d get out of bed, get back in at the other side, and continue to hold the book open, there wouldn’t be … --- ## [The SDMB "He Hate Me, He Hate Me Not" Football League](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-he-hate-me-he-hate-me-not-football-league/189924)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-he-hate-me-he-hate-me-not-football-league/189924 "2003-12-02T03:17:26Z")
We’ve got a great group together, and everyone so far is involved in the process. Things are getting jumbled on the league board, so communication should flow a little easier here. \[ul\] \[li\]Several people are quite op… --- ## [MAN-HANDS! Your most Sienfeldian break-up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-hands-your-most-sienfeldian-break-up/36375)
**Author:** [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2001, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-hands-your-most-sienfeldian-break-up/36375 "2001-06-06T08:25:20Z")
Years and years ago I asked out this girl. Casual aquaintance. Attractive, seemed nice. What the heck? Not long into our first date I started in with the funny anecdotes. Some guys got chiselled features and a Phd. I g… --- ## [Why does my cat run around like a maniac when he's got to poop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-cat-run-around-like-a-maniac-when-hes-got-to-poop/314160)
**Author:** [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-cat-run-around-like-a-maniac-when-hes-got-to-poop/314160 "2005-07-27T15:05:36Z")
One of our cats, god bless his little soul, tends to wig out when he’s got to poop. His pupils get wide, he runs around and meows at the walls, jumps into the box and back out, runs around a bit more, jumps back in the b… --- ## [Anybody ever been to one of these restaurants Gordon Ramsay "saved"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-been-to-one-of-these-restaurants-gordon-ramsay-saved/652482)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-been-to-one-of-these-restaurants-gordon-ramsay-saved/652482 "2013-03-14T18:13:12Z")
I’m talking about one of the restaurants featured on Kitchen Nightmares. If so, how was it? --- ## [Ash vs Evil Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead/736216)
**Author:** [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead/736216 "2016-07-24T20:57:13Z")
Starts late tonight (alright technically it’s Halloween after midnight) at 12:17am Eastern. There will be plenty of replays if you forgot to set the DVR or can’t stay up til then, and also OnDemand etc. I assume the wei… --- ## [What is the most common road kill in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-common-road-kill-in-your-area/571378)
**Author:** [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-common-road-kill-in-your-area/571378 "2011-02-17T17:40:08Z")
I just got back from a long bike ride and saw yet another squished armadillo, and that got me to thinking about this very important topic. Even though this isn’t an opinion question, I’m putting it here because a poll is… --- ## [CBS is literally interrupting The Price is Right for Obama's budget conference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-is-literally-interrupting-the-price-is-right-for-obamas-budget-conference/651738 "2013-03-08T15:37:33Z")
this is the future why do we still need to interrupt TV for everytime the President speaks. There’s enough channels and the Internet that I don’t need to be inconvenienced and have my whole morning ruined because Obama … --- ## [Two Questions About Hotel Bathrooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-hotel-bathrooms/668653)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-hotel-bathrooms/668653 "2013-09-18T20:28:38Z")
Two things I’ve noticed about hotel bathrooms: 1) the ceilings tend to be lower than the ceilings of the main room(s) and 2) they frequently have the light switch outside the bathroom door. Why are these so? And why spe… --- ## [Some Questions on Anne Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-on-anne-frank/513005)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-on-anne-frank/513005 "2009-12-15T03:30:24Z")
I’ve been reading the Diary of Anne Frank at school and having not finished it yet have a few questions about it’s author. Now considering how famous the book is and how all diaries are analyzed heavily by academians who… --- ## [University of \_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_ University](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-____-and-____-university/553786)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-____-and-____-university/553786 "2010-09-23T23:20:57Z")
Maybe it is because I went toUniversity of Washington which is very diffrent than Washington University, but I don’t understand the interchangability of University of Blank and Blank University. I recently picked up a s… --- ## [5 Most Important Human Qualities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-important-human-qualities/131082)
**Author:** [@Molly\_Coddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molly_Coddle)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2002, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-important-human-qualities/131082 "2002-10-07T09:51:50Z")
What do you think are the five most important qualities for a human being to have? (i.e. understanding, sympathy, good judgement…) --- ## [Game: spot the obscure movie/book/etc.. references in doper's nicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544)
**Author:** [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544 "2005-01-09T20:30:50Z")
Ok here is the game - find the really obscure pop culture references in other ppls nicks. Me: prisoner6655321 - Alex’s prison number from Clockwork Orange Iggy Popov - A russified version of a really good punk rocker … --- ## [What's The SD On The "Corroboree" Ghost Photo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-sd-on-the-corroboree-ghost-photo/546339)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2010, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-sd-on-the-corroboree-ghost-photo/546339 "2010-08-11T10:22:46Z")
This (alleged) photo of a ghostly image was taken in Australia, in 1959: I have never read anything about it, except that it was taken by a minister, who was honest. Supposedly, it portrays an aboriginal woman-holding… --- ## [The US Constitution DOES NOT GRANT ANY RIGHTS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-constitution-does-not-grant-any-rights/141129)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-constitution-does-not-grant-any-rights/141129 "2018-05-16T15:34:35Z")
I am so sick of hearing people say “Well, the Constitution gives us the right to…” or “You can’t do that because there’s no right to \[whatever\] granted by the Constitution.” The idea that the Constitution, and hence the… --- ## [Faculty member arrested in UAH shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faculty-member-arrested-in-uah-shooting/528805)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faculty-member-arrested-in-uah-shooting/528805 "2010-07-29T18:43:33Z")
Not mundane or pointless news, but a biology professor at the University of Alabama-Huntsville has been arrested for shooting 6 people, killing 3. The story from CNN is here. The comments section is saying that the profe… --- ## [Indian Jones is a rapist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-jones-is-a-rapist/750508)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-jones-is-a-rapist/750508 "2016-04-03T03:27:29Z")
So I’m watching raiders of the lost ark for the 42nd thousand time. Just now it clicks that Indiana probably statitorily raped Marion some time in the past. The scene when he finds her in the bar, she says something like… --- ## [Christmas songs with parts that irritate me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-parts-that-irritate-me/804212)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-parts-that-irritate-me/804212 "2017-12-26T12:19:53Z")
No, I don’t mean those that are simply overrepeated on the radio, like Mariah’s “All I Want for Christmas”. That’s not so bad in itself, and I know there are those who love it. Or “The Little Drummer Boy”, who badly ne… --- ## [2 coffee filters = weaker coffee than 1 filter, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-coffee-filters-weaker-coffee-than-1-filter-right/413967)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-coffee-filters-weaker-coffee-than-1-filter-right/413967 "2007-08-02T17:38:28Z")
All other things being equal, if one uses 2 filters instead of just one when making coffee (automatic drip), this will result in weaker coffee because more of the coffee particulates are filtered out, right? My coworker… --- ## [Most overrated historical event?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-historical-event/683927)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-historical-event/683927 "2014-03-21T13:22:38Z")
What, in your opinion, is the most overrated, over-discussed, overly-written about historical event? While I do get sick of all the HITLER HITLER HITLER books, articles, movies, and documentaries, and I can see WW2 and/… --- ## [Nintendo Wii U](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-wii-u/584654)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-wii-u/584654 "2012-11-18T18:04:09Z")
Thoughts? I have to read more about it, but it sounds neat. Not sure about the name, though. Very weird name. --- ## [Advice on a situation with a girl...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-a-situation-with-a-girl/685694)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-a-situation-with-a-girl/685694 "2014-08-02T13:50:08Z")
Here’s the story: Halloween 2.5 years ago, I was visiting my hometown Houston for a friend’s party. I met a really cool, intelligent, pretty girl and we hit it off immediately. Lets call her Sara. We chatted all night, … --- ## [Rules you'd make if you were king](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-youd-make-if-you-were-king/693220)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-youd-make-if-you-were-king/693220 "2014-08-26T01:19:11Z")
This really is kind of a IMHO/Pit thread, but since it’s About This Message Board I’m going to post it in Comments on Cecil’s Columns. No, wait, that’s not right. Anyway, I want a rule that says “no direct pitting of us… --- ## [Why is Jar Jar Binks Annoying...but C3PO isn't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jar-jar-binks-annoying-but-c3po-isnt/744550)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jar-jar-binks-annoying-but-c3po-isnt/744550 "2016-02-12T18:58:07Z")
Someone asked me this today, and I don’t have a good answer. Threepio is a useless, whingeing sidekick, who says dumb things and gets people in trouble…very much like Jar Jar. He talks funny, he’s worse than useless, h… --- ## [How can I legally dispose of a firearm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-legally-dispose-of-a-firearm/319158)
**Author:** [@Margeuerite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Margeuerite)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-legally-dispose-of-a-firearm/319158 "2005-09-01T05:19:12Z")
I have a never-used Remington 870 12g shotgun and a box of shotshells that I would like to dispose of or sell. I have all the original paperwork and accessories. My questions are Can I sell the gun online? Ebay won’t… --- ## ["All About That Bass": harmless pop song or insult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-that-bass-harmless-pop-song-or-insult/701530)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-that-bass-harmless-pop-song-or-insult/701530 "2014-12-22T20:50:13Z")
For any of you who haven’t heard the latest top forty earworm, the lyrics are here. If you’d like to have it linger in your brain, check out Youtube (sorry, I can’t access from work). On the radio the other day the DJ… --- ## [Attaching a wind turbine to an Automobile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attaching-a-wind-turbine-to-an-automobile/636757)
**Author:** [@supery00n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supery00n)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attaching-a-wind-turbine-to-an-automobile/636757 "2012-10-10T15:58:42Z")
I was thinking about ways in which wind turbines could be coupled with other forms of generating energy and came across a rather ugly and unaesthetic thought -attaching a (miniaturized) vertical axis wind turbine to a ca… --- ## [Downtown Albany and the Bronx Zoo - an Educational MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downtown-albany-and-the-bronx-zoo-an-educational-mmp/375778)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 410\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downtown-albany-and-the-bronx-zoo-an-educational-mmp/375778 "2006-10-16T04:36:46Z")
Well, it’s midnight, and no way am I going to be up before at least 10 AM tomorrow, since it’s been a hell of a week and a hell of a weekend. So I am posting tonight. But what a fun weekend! All pictures provided are pu… --- ## [Lactose intolerance flatulence: volume, or scent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lactose-intolerance-flatulence-volume-or-scent/313479)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lactose-intolerance-flatulence-volume-or-scent/313479 "2005-07-26T22:39:43Z")
I’ve read in many places that one of the symptoms of lactose intolerance is flatulence. However, these sources all seem to tiptoe around the subject as though everyone knows what they mean by “flatulence” as a symptom. … --- ## [Why is the US so opposed to the International Criminal Court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-us-so-opposed-to-the-international-criminal-court/116962)
**Author:** [@samboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samboy)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-us-so-opposed-to-the-international-criminal-court/116962 "2002-07-22T16:00:15Z")
The ICC has now begun operation. It has the power to prosecute individuals for crimes in violation of International Humanitarian Law committed after July 1st 2002 if the country where the crimes occurred is unable or unw… --- ## [How do people who can swim drown in pools, gravel pits etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-who-can-swim-drown-in-pools-gravel-pits-etc/322437)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-who-can-swim-drown-in-pools-gravel-pits-etc/322437 "2005-09-21T13:33:50Z")
In summer I seem to read regional news items on the following lines every few weeks: a) 12-year-old X was found drowned in the swimmers’ pool of A-town municipial baths. X, who could swim, had not been observed to strug… --- ## [Does the trickle down theory actually work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-trickle-down-theory-actually-work/526583)
**Author:** [@randy054](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randy054)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-trickle-down-theory-actually-work/526583 "2010-02-02T07:14:50Z")
I came across this thread at Something Awful Forums wherein the OP posted quite a compelling argument that trickle down theory is bullshit and that our standard of living as well as class mobility is on the decline. Her… --- ## [Is it reasonable for an employee to expect a living wage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-reasonable-for-an-employee-to-expect-a-living-wage/592348)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-reasonable-for-an-employee-to-expect-a-living-wage/592348 "2011-08-15T00:23:38Z")
I know that a lot of people will say that an employee should only receive what their job is actually worth. But what is it worth? It can be argued that a job that isn’t worth the resources necessary to do it isn’t worth… --- ## [The Caine Mutiny---Was Queeg really crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-caine-mutiny-was-queeg-really-crazy/712719)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-caine-mutiny-was-queeg-really-crazy/712719 "2015-02-20T23:49:52Z")
I watched the Caine Mutiny last night for the first time in a long time. As a kid when I watched it, I was convinced that Queeg was absolutely crazy and that Greenwald’s masterful cross examination got him to show his i… --- ## [It's a shame the kilt isn't a mainstay in men's fashion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-shame-the-kilt-isnt-a-mainstay-in-mens-fashion/629131)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-shame-the-kilt-isnt-a-mainstay-in-mens-fashion/629131 "2012-07-27T07:49:21Z")
It’s such a superior garment for everything save a splintery seesaw. It needn’t be the pleated variety which requires yards upon yards of wool cloth either. Utili-Kilts have been adopted by long distance hikers, like t… --- ## [Dealing With Presumptuous People](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-presumptuous-people/585867)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-presumptuous-people/585867 "2011-06-22T14:17:37Z")
TheKid and I have been dealing with presumptuous people lately, and we’re both wondering how you deal with them. Her example: We have a standing date for the midnight release of the last Harry Potter movie. It’s with he… --- ## [Mathletes: Two card-odds questions (blackjack and side bet)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mathletes-two-card-odds-questions-blackjack-and-side-bet/564006)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mathletes-two-card-odds-questions-blackjack-and-side-bet/564006 "2010-12-29T05:21:53Z")
A recent trip to Vegas got me hooked on blackjack. It’s not the game itself, but the math behind it that really draws me in. For example, there’s the section on the basic strategy chart that says I should hit on a 12 v… --- ## [Jokes that sound like they are going to be racist, but aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654 "2014-02-25T03:15:24Z")
I’ve come across two of these in the wild: How do you find Will Smith in the snow? What do you call a black guy flying a plane? --- ## [Consumer Electronics Brands That Have Disappeared?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-electronics-brands-that-have-disappeared/633991)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-electronics-brands-that-have-disappeared/633991 "2012-09-13T13:22:37Z")
I know…in this MPEG-compressed audio world, there is no market for analog based sound systems. But I wonder why we don’t see some once-famous brands anymore: -RCA: once a top TV and audio brand…haven’t seen it in yea… --- ## [Sam Brownback: The Crazy finally appears.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-brownback-the-crazy-finally-appears/587809)
**Author:** [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-brownback-the-crazy-finally-appears/587809 "2011-07-09T16:06:03Z")
http://cjonline.com/news/2011-07-02/brownback-program-promotes-marriage I am so disgusted right now. I’ve been waiting for this asshole to go ultra fundamental nuts on us, and now it’s happened. Last week this delusio… --- ## [Do Restaurants 'Recycle' Uneaten Food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-recycle-uneaten-food/104691)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-recycle-uneaten-food/104691 "2002-04-25T19:31:56Z")
What happens when you go to a restaurant and they give you bread that you don’t eat? Are we supposed to believe that they just throw it out and make a fresh loaf for the next customer?? What happens when they give you a … --- ## [Was jesus born in what we would call modern day IRAQ? My friends think I am nuts..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jesus-born-in-what-we-would-call-modern-day-iraq-my-friends-think-i-am-nuts/503769)
**Author:** [@ih8hwy17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ih8hwy17)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jesus-born-in-what-we-would-call-modern-day-iraq-my-friends-think-i-am-nuts/503769 "2009-07-23T00:43:10Z")
but I say it is true. Your thoughts please --- ## [The customer is not always right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-customer-is-not-always-right/471164)
**Author:** [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-customer-is-not-always-right/471164 "2008-11-19T14:14:19Z")
The customer is sometimes a fucking asshole, trust me. Why they feel the need to come into the store where I work and give me shit about the bread which was baked in the bakery where I work I have no clue. If I was per… --- ## [Should being a full time student be an excuse out of jury duty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-being-a-full-time-student-be-an-excuse-out-of-jury-duty/412463)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-being-a-full-time-student-be-an-excuse-out-of-jury-duty/412463 "2007-07-21T15:19:12Z")
The title pretty much says it all. As a college student, it seems that every week someone is missing because they have jury duty. Hell, I’ve been called every. single. year (if you don’t get picked for a trial, you are … --- ## [What was so extreme about Barry Goldwater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-so-extreme-about-barry-goldwater/680281)
**Author:** [@Donald\_Rump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donald_Rump)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-so-extreme-about-barry-goldwater/680281 "2014-02-06T07:47:25Z")
I’m trying to educate myself on the history of the Republican Party, particularly its conservative wing. I know that Goldwater’s nomination was the conservatives’ high watermark for many years, and that establishment Rep… --- ## [MoveOn, Hitler and Bush: Hooo, boy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moveon-hitler-and-bush-hooo-boy/223071)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moveon-hitler-and-bush-hooo-boy/223071 "2004-01-15T17:01:03Z")
Suprised no one has entered this yet. “To boldly go where nobody in his right mind…” BACKSTORY: If you dont already know… MoveOn, the internet “grass roots” organization, had a contest for participants to produce anti… --- ## [Is Danish really that close to English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-danish-really-that-close-to-english/773132)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-danish-really-that-close-to-english/773132 "2016-12-07T10:59:40Z")
On s14e02 of QI Sandi Toksvig spouted a sentence in Danish. Aside from a few vowels it sounded just like English gibberish. The stresses, pace, intonation (pitch) all sounded ‘normal’ to my english-attuned ear. Are the t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=519&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=521&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)