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**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-my-car-run-cold/378760 "2006-11-04T12:25:15Z")
I’ve replaced the thermostat on my '99 Explorer and it didn’t help. If the air temperature is below 50 degrees (F), I just can’t get the needle into the normal range. I don’t believe that it’s a sensor problem because … --- ## [What do you call your grandmother?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-grandmother/673607)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-grandmother/673607 "2015-12-12T06:37:55Z")
Put this in subtle (or not so subtle) linguistic clues about your background. My grandmother, long since deceased, was always “Nana”. Never really thought about it until I was thinking about what other people call thei… --- ## [How do you decline invitations tactfully?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decline-invitations-tactfully/183299)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decline-invitations-tactfully/183299 "2003-06-21T17:48:12Z")
I have a coworker who likes to cook. I’ve had her cooking before and it’s perfectly fine. Sometime this week, she got it into her head to invite everyone to her house for dinner. But I have a problem… I do not want to… --- ## [Here’s why I am voting for Donald Trump.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-why-i-am-voting-for-donald-trump/747057)
**Author:** [@Einstein\_was\_a\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einstein_was_a_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-why-i-am-voting-for-donald-trump/747057 "2016-02-27T11:39:16Z")
I posted a thread earlier which was toned in such a way that came off as offensive and trolling (because it was), but I was not aware of the boundaries here. I come from a less moderated and free flying forum setting, so… --- ## [Trump's ongoing collusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-ongoing-collusion/809196)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-ongoing-collusion/809196 "2018-03-06T00:45:59Z")
What does it take? Every time he broaches the subject of Russia he is colluding with him. He is fully cooperating with their effort to interfere with the democratic process, he is covering up their illegal activities. Th… --- ## [I Am Displeased With iPod for Monopolising The MP3 Player Market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-displeased-with-ipod-for-monopolising-the-mp3-player-market/503082)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-displeased-with-ipod-for-monopolising-the-mp3-player-market/503082 "2009-07-24T13:10:00Z")
I’m about to begin my second semester of studies at University and as this will involve a lot of time on public transport and time spent in front of computers at university doing work, I thought I might upgrade my curren… --- ## [General Questions under spam attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-under-spam-attack/699195)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-under-spam-attack/699195 "2014-09-26T05:52:12Z")
The first page is filled with spam and advertising. Surely not all mods are asleep? Are all in N American? --- ## [Why don't people like the south?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-like-the-south/802010)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-like-the-south/802010 "2017-11-24T22:39:12Z")
You don’t hear southerners talking about how much they dislike northerners. --- ## [Hockey! How's your team doin'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-hows-your-team-doin/352874)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-hows-your-team-doin/352874 "2006-06-21T01:35:30Z")
This thread is just an excuse to boast about our San Jose Sharks, who two or three weeks ago did not look like playoff material. Well, they’ve just won eight straight and are headed for the playoffs, and their first mat… --- ## [What happens to new cars that never get sold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-new-cars-that-never-get-sold/293561)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-new-cars-that-never-get-sold/293561 "2005-03-14T20:49:43Z")
I would imagine that car dealers sometimes have “leftovers”: what happens if a new car hangs around, unsold, for a model year or two? They don’t just destroy it, do they? Does it go back to a giant warehouse somewhere? I… --- ## [Is a CT scan a claustrophobic sort of thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-ct-scan-a-claustrophobic-sort-of-thing/479999)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-ct-scan-a-claustrophobic-sort-of-thing/479999 "2009-01-06T21:55:23Z")
I’m getting one tomorrow for my sudden and awful sinus issues. I’m not super-claustrophobic, but I don’t really like to put my head, say, under the bed, or the idea of those caves you have to wriggle through places to g… --- ## [Bermuda Triangle - Bruce Gernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bermuda-triangle-bruce-gernon/563993)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bermuda-triangle-bruce-gernon/563993 "2013-10-06T01:43:34Z")
OK, so my daughter was watching a very educational TV show on the Bermuda Triangle. One of the cases it covered was the famous incident of Bruce Gernon, who claims he flew a Beech Bonanza from Andros Airport, Bahamas, t… --- ## [I hate little kids.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-little-kids/487660)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-little-kids/487660 "2009-03-07T05:08:11Z")
Not my own, for the most part (though they have their moments), but in general, all the rest of them. They tend to be destructive, thoughtless and sometimes dangerous. I offer you two anecdotes to illustrate why I hate l… --- ## [Income inequality -- good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/income-inequality-good-or-bad/531835)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/income-inequality-good-or-bad/531835 "2010-03-12T17:42:45Z")
One almost gets the impression that right-wingers praise the huge gap between rich and poor in America, as proof that the free market is working properly. Those who think income inequality is good might want to read thi… --- ## [What's the rarest or most unusual animal you've seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-or-most-unusual-animal-youve-seen/758650)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rarest-or-most-unusual-animal-youve-seen/758650 "2017-12-29T15:53:26Z")
As a spin-off to the sheep and fox thread that dealt with fairly mundane animals. Let’s keep it to ‘seen in the wild’ rather than in a zoo. For me, the rarest would have to be a black rhinoceros that we saw at a pretty … --- ## [Creep Me Out With Your Closing Line....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2005, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creep-me-out-with-your-closing-line/303850 "2005-05-20T08:10:57Z")
There is a short story I read years back, in (IIRC) an Alfred Hitchcock story collection. It closes with the most nastily haunting line I know: Want to guess the name of the story? And/or share your own? Regards, S… --- ## [Mother claims difference in boys vs girls (age 3-10) clothing sizes overly sexualizes girls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-claims-difference-in-boys-vs-girls-age-3-10-clothing-sizes-overly-sexualizes-girls/700383)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-claims-difference-in-boys-vs-girls-age-3-10-clothing-sizes-overly-sexualizes-girls/700383 "2014-10-09T11:25:58Z")
This women has gone to Target and picked out examples of boys vs girls clothing with huge discrepancies in sizing between boys and girls sizes that are ostensibly in the same general age/size category. The differences s… --- ## [Do the laws of the Old Testament apply to Christians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-laws-of-the-old-testament-apply-to-christians/530384)
**Author:** [@Frank\_apisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_apisa)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-laws-of-the-old-testament-apply-to-christians/530384 "2010-03-03T19:58:04Z")
In another thread, Tom Tildrum made the oft offered assertion that the rules and laws of the Old Testament do not apply to Christianity…and claimed there is scriptural evidence for this. I suggested this is not so…and t… --- ## [Queen Elizabeth crashes a wedding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902 "2012-03-30T02:08:19Z")
And they say Her Maj doesn’t have a sense of humour. :slight\_smile: Link from the CBC. --- ## [Accept one stereotype, accept them all: True or False](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accept-one-stereotype-accept-them-all-true-or-false/583770)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accept-one-stereotype-accept-them-all-true-or-false/583770 "2011-06-01T00:59:47Z")
I’ve been thinking about this idea ever sense I scolded Argent in this thread. To summarize, he said something to the effect that Jews are brainy and ambitious, and I responded that if you accept those stereotypes to be… --- ## [Revenue recovery notice: a scam or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenue-recovery-notice-a-scam-or-not/276826)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenue-recovery-notice-a-scam-or-not/276826 "2004-11-29T02:22:56Z")
I just got something in the mail that threw me for a loop today. It’s from some revenue recovery service and they say that I’m due X amount of dollars “which was paid to the government by state of CA Savings PL.” (?… --- ## [Tiger Passes Jack in PGA Wins --- Does That Change Your Opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-passes-jack-in-pga-wins-does-that-change-your-opinion/627630)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-passes-jack-in-pga-wins-does-that-change-your-opinion/627630 "2012-08-01T00:27:46Z")
I’m just wondering whether Tiger Woods’ recent 74th PGA win has changed the opinion of anyone who formerly thought that Jack Nicklaus was the greatest player of all time. Jack had 73 official PGA wins (71 individual win… --- ## [More Harry Potter Book 7 speculation (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-harry-potter-book-7-speculation-spoilers/355487)
**Author:** [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-harry-potter-book-7-speculation-spoilers/355487 "2006-06-22T14:24:12Z")
Time once again for the speculation about Book 7: Harry Potter and the Best-Selling Conclusion. Naturally, we presume that most of Book 7 will be taken up with Harry and/or friends pursuing the Horcruxes left behind by… --- ## [Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens - indicted!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-gov-eric-greitens-indicted/809376)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-gov-eric-greitens-indicted/809376 "2022-08-03T02:49:49Z")
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was indicted this afternoon for felony invasion of privacy. On the same night that he gave the State of the State Address last month, news broke that he had tried to blackmail a woman he was… --- ## [You haven’t changed a bit – a post-reunion MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-haven-t-changed-a-bit-a-post-reunion-mmp/392800)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 383\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-haven-t-changed-a-bit-a-post-reunion-mmp/392800 "2007-02-27T00:51:12Z")
In September of 1960, I began the first grade at the parochial school where I’d spend the next 8 years. During that first year, I became aware of J – I can’t recall if we ever had the same teachers, but I knew who she w… --- ## [Setting the record straight on Americans born overseas and the presidency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-record-straight-on-americans-born-overseas-and-the-presidency/666177)
**Author:** [@Keyzer\_Soza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keyzer_Soza)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-record-straight-on-americans-born-overseas-and-the-presidency/666177 "2013-08-20T14:31:22Z")
Hopefully this doesn’t get politicized but can someone help clear up the situation whereby Americans can run for president while being born overseas? Now from my understanding of the Obama Birth Certificate controversy … --- ## [Why does my ground beef get so watery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-ground-beef-get-so-watery/510710)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-ground-beef-get-so-watery/510710 "2009-09-22T10:16:58Z")
Usually when I brown a pound of ground beef, I don’t get much sizzle, but instead get a pan full of watery brown gunk, resulting more in boiled beef than fried. Sure, it gets brown, but doesn’t have that yummy sear. What… --- ## [Why did WW2-era carrier aircraft tend to have radial engines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-ww2-era-carrier-aircraft-tend-to-have-radial-engines/199084)
**Author:** [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-ww2-era-carrier-aircraft-tend-to-have-radial-engines/199084 "2013-02-12T18:49:13Z")
I am in a bit of a WW2 aviation kick lately. Though I have known about the Hellcat, and Dauntless DB, and Corsair, and Avenger,etc, for some time, it just occured to me: They all have radial engines. As did the Zero and … --- ## [Rant-a Claus is coming to town! (December mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-a-claus-is-coming-to-town-december-mini-rants/975866)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 364\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-a-claus-is-coming-to-town-december-mini-rants/975866 "2023-01-03T23:55:45Z")
I don’t have anything to rant about (yet) but I noticed there wasn’t a December thread yet and I had an idea for a thread title, so there you go. --- ## [flat feet as excuse from U.S. military service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-feet-as-excuse-from-u-s-military-service/251583)
**Author:** [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-feet-as-excuse-from-u-s-military-service/251583 "2017-05-17T21:26:19Z")
In the U.S., it’s common mythology that during times of an active draft, men with flat feet were regularly excused or rejected from military service. I’ve always wondered about this, because I have flat feet and it does… --- ## [Do animals perform cunnilingus and-or fellatio? And why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039)
**Author:** [@bonitahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonitahi)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-perform-cunnilingus-and-or-fellatio-and-why/503039 "2009-07-17T15:50:35Z")
Other than humans what, if any, animals perform cunnilingus and-or fellatio? And why? --- ## [Why is a bicycle so much more efficient than walking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-bicycle-so-much-more-efficient-than-walking/634910)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-bicycle-so-much-more-efficient-than-walking/634910 "2012-09-21T15:27:13Z")
Or why is walking so damn inefficient? I understand that the bicycle stores potential and kinetic energy so for example when you go from the foot to the top of a hill and back, you have to only pedal for half of the tri… --- ## [Holy shit the chick in the consumertips.org ads on sdmb is hot as hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-the-chick-in-the-consumertips-org-ads-on-sdmb-is-hot-as-hell/539829)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-the-chick-in-the-consumertips-org-ads-on-sdmb-is-hot-as-hell/539829 "2010-05-22T02:03:58Z")
Has anyone noticed that the ad that comes up right after the first post has an incredibly hot chick on it? The one i see is for ipads for 80% off or something but the chick on there is smoking ass hot. Wow. Carry on. I… --- ## [Where's the best place to be homeless?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-best-place-to-be-homeless/665754)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-best-place-to-be-homeless/665754 "2013-08-10T05:10:02Z")
Obviously being homeless anywhere is not a desirable state for any individual, but there must be some areas better than others. Say you’re driving along one day and swerve to avoid an adorable puppy. Unfortunately you c… --- ## [Congratulations, straight supremacists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-straight-supremacists/212786)
**Author:** [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-straight-supremacists/212786 "2003-11-18T11:35:48Z")
If it is God’s work to make life miserable for children, if the Creator wants us to hound those who need our help the most until they crack, if the Lord wants to rip families apart, then the straight supremacists of the … --- ## [Is Glenn Greenwald's partner a terrorist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-glenn-greenwalds-partner-a-terrorist/666640)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-glenn-greenwalds-partner-a-terrorist/666640 "2013-08-22T17:58:18Z")
The British government apparently has its suspicions. David Miranda, Greenwald’s partner, was traveling back to Brazil from Germany, where he had been visiting a documentary filmmaker who has been helping disseminate Ed… --- ## [Your favourite etymology trivia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-etymology-trivia/620124)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-etymology-trivia/620124 "2012-05-16T17:03:16Z")
I love etymology on a pure layman basis. Sometimes the origin of common words can be very fascinating and at best give a good insight into history. I kick it off with the word “trivia” (how apropos): Trivia is from the… --- ## [Things that disqualify you from being an astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-disqualify-you-from-being-an-astronaut/655453)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-disqualify-you-from-being-an-astronaut/655453 "2013-04-13T03:37:52Z")
My daughter was told by a friend, that if you’ve ever broken a bone, even your pinky finger, that NASA wouldn’t let you go in space. This sounds kind of silly, on the face of it, and being a good budding young skeptic, … --- ## [Fast Food Hoax (strip searches)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-hoax-strip-searches/325713)
**Author:** [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-hoax-strip-searches/325713 "2005-10-15T13:29:06Z")
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051009/NEWS01/510090392 In a nutshell: man calls fast food restaurant says he’s a cop. Gets manager to strip search the girl and leave her naked for four hour… --- ## [Can homosexuality be cured?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-homosexuality-be-cured/725173)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-homosexuality-be-cured/725173 "2015-07-18T06:48:14Z")
If we disregard the question of whether it should be, are there any methods, psychological or medical, which have shown to be effective in turning gay people straight? Certainly the only I thing one hear from the faith b… --- ## [Killing Mold on Wallpaper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-mold-on-wallpaper/408551)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-mold-on-wallpaper/408551 "2007-07-30T17:19:33Z")
Mold is beginning to form on our wallpaper down toward the bottom. It’s the tropical climate, I guess, but our previous place had wallpaper, and in seven years there, no mold. We’ve owned this one several years now, and … --- ## [British, which American actor has nailed your accent the best.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-which-american-actor-has-nailed-your-accent-the-best/358196)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2006, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-which-american-actor-has-nailed-your-accent-the-best/358196 "2006-06-06T11:36:23Z")
Any nominees? Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors is one off the top of my head that I can come up with. Whose your nomination? Is it harder for an American to do British or for British to do American? --- ## [Which British Monarch Came From Furthest Down The List?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-british-monarch-came-from-furthest-down-the-list/589013)
**Author:** [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-british-monarch-came-from-furthest-down-the-list/589013 "2011-07-18T19:06:28Z")
Just curious. Right now Charles is #1, William #2, and Harry is #3. It’s a foregone conclusion that William will eventually become monarch, coming from the #2 position. It’s unlikely but not unthinkable that Harry wou… --- ## [Best recording of Beethoven's Piano Concerto #5 (Emperor)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-recording-of-beethovens-piano-concerto-5-emperor/515268)
**Author:** [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-recording-of-beethovens-piano-concerto-5-emperor/515268 "2016-10-28T22:06:26Z")
I have recently been obsessively listening to Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto; I’ve had it for years, but for some reason, it’s really getting me now, especially the 2nd movement (adagio), which brings me to the verge of … --- ## [Welcome to Dopeville, pop. 27,757](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-dopeville-pop-27-757/142006)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 370\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-dopeville-pop-27-757/142006 "2002-12-18T17:58:53Z")
The SDMB community has grown and changed so much since I posted this thread a couple of years ago that I thought I’d revive it, for our new and vital community—A Great Place to Live and Work! Cecil is our Mayor, Ed Zotti … --- ## [Could I Import/Register/Drive a Hindustan Motors "Ambassador"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-import-register-drive-a-hindustan-motors-ambassador/538014)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-import-register-drive-a-hindustan-motors-ambassador/538014 "2010-05-06T01:03:49Z")
I like the 1950’s look of these cars-plus the high roofline is something I appreciate-why on earth do are car designers insist in swept back roof? (IT allows you to bump your head, if you ride in the back). Anyway, can… --- ## [Is my son's teacher overreacting, or am I underreacting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sons-teacher-overreacting-or-am-i-underreacting/528745)
**Author:** [@DivineComedienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DivineComedienne)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-sons-teacher-overreacting-or-am-i-underreacting/528745 "2010-02-17T23:30:51Z")
I am not sure what to do with this, so I thought I’d ask for opinions. My ex-husband has a hot tub at his house, and he and my 6-year-old son go in it frequently. During the recent snowstorm, my ex shoveled a path to t… --- ## [Lost 1.10 "Raised by Another" (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-10-raised-by-another-spoilers/277583)
**Author:** [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilHamsterOnCrack)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-10-raised-by-another-spoilers/277583 "2004-12-06T23:47:35Z")
Taking a cue from the previous lost threads, and being as how there is an episode tonight, but no thread to talk about it in! ABC’s teaser shows today’s episode as: “Jack, Kate and Charlie wonder if Claire’s disturbing … --- ## [It's official. It's Jeb Bush.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-its-jeb-bush/642261 "2016-02-22T14:54:48Z")
So I noticed that JB’s name is first in Top Stories category on Google news and clicked. You get a bunch of stories speculating on his intentions for 2016. JB jr. wants him to run. Former President Clinton has weighed in… --- ## [What is your favorite painting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-painting/437452)
**Author:** [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-painting/437452 "2013-07-12T00:25:28Z")
We’ve all had the chance to weigh in on our favorite poem. What about the visual arts? My favorite painting is \*The School of Athens\* by Raphael–a fresco which originally decorated the walls of the pope’s library and i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=527&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=529&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)