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**Author:** [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-store-a-cut-onion/382877 "2006-12-05T02:38:16Z")
I like a little purple onion on my sandwiches. I am a single gal living alone. How do I store a cut onion so it stays fresh as long as possible? Additional info: I live in an apartment with a crap refrigerator that o… --- ## [How many people do you know that have genital herpes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-do-you-know-that-have-genital-herpes/428010)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-do-you-know-that-have-genital-herpes/428010 "2007-12-02T19:35:37Z")
Granted, I’m sure this isn’t exactly something people would openly talk about or anything, but I imagine you’d know with close friends (or notice their Valtrex laying about eventually. Hell, when I got shingles and had … --- ## [There's no such thing as unconditional love.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-such-thing-as-unconditional-love/535899)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-such-thing-as-unconditional-love/535899 "2010-04-16T13:24:16Z")
Except and unless the definition you use is love that encompasses every single human being on earth, without any exceptions. Because anything else, by definition, includes conditions. Even if the condition is as simple… --- ## [Why are some people's veins easy to stick and others nearly impossible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-peoples-veins-easy-to-stick-and-others-nearly-impossible/606495)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-peoples-veins-easy-to-stick-and-others-nearly-impossible/606495 "2011-12-18T23:13:35Z")
I’m one of the unlucky people with veins that are hard to stick. IV’s sometimes takes three or four tries by an experienced blood technician. A regular nurse could stick me ten times and never hit a vein. :frowning: … --- ## [No, Actually, I'm Not A Child Molester, Thanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-actually-im-not-a-child-molester-thanks/383233)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-actually-im-not-a-child-molester-thanks/383233 "2006-12-12T01:40:00Z")
Arright buddy, enough already. We each have one-year-old daughters. They spend at least five afternoons a week together while your wife babysits my little girl. Our wives are close friends, and we all get together at lea… --- ## [Cool Mnemonics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-mnemonics/616675)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-mnemonics/616675 "2012-04-02T05:08:39Z")
My daughter just learned this very cute spelling mnemonic at school: "Big elephants can always understand small elephants " Not sure how much better that is than just learning the spelling , but the kids seemed to find… --- ## [NEW and IMPROVED Rants! Same Bitter Taste! Less Content!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-improved-rants-same-bitter-taste-less-content/411349)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-improved-rants-same-bitter-taste-less-content/411349 "2007-08-01T16:42:44Z")
A hearty fuck you to you The Printer and the Spawn of Satan who designed it so impossible to remove a torn piece of paper. 1 hour, an arsenal of various tools that have never failed me until now, and I cannot get the st… --- ## [Obama's VP choice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-vp-choice/448420)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-vp-choice/448420 "2008-05-28T21:57:00Z")
The manner that Hillary leaves is still to be decided and can be discussed elsewhere but clearly the time for serious speculation about Obama’s VP choice is upon us. Does he take someone from the Hillary side of the pa… --- ## [Worm drive vs regular circular saw.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worm-drive-vs-regular-circular-saw/385987)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worm-drive-vs-regular-circular-saw/385987 "2006-12-30T14:15:02Z")
Every so often, at a tool shop or browsing Home Depot, I’ll notice the worm drive circular saws (and how expensive they are). I have been curious about what the difference is. I know a worm drive is geared instead of d… --- ## [Are the "99" percent protestors getting too much press coverage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-99-percent-protestors-getting-too-much-press-coverage/600008)
**Author:** [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-99-percent-protestors-getting-too-much-press-coverage/600008 "2011-10-22T07:48:50Z")
Per the title, is the US and world media giving too much air time to what appears to be a very small group? In Chicago the protestors by the Chicago Boatd of Trade number less than a hundred and even their biggest rally… --- ## [When did Quartz become such a tool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052 "2017-02-22T21:48:58Z")
ATMB thread he started. Note Colibri, a mod, called him on his “concerns”… So, just to give the board a better “aura”, or something, we are to refrain from calling a spade a spade? Sing kumbayas while the country mel… --- ## [When did you decide to euthanize your pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-decide-to-euthanize-your-pet/532246)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-decide-to-euthanize-your-pet/532246 "2010-03-17T00:21:30Z")
Based on this thread, when did you make the decision to put your pet to sleep? I think I might have to do it this weekend. My cat was diagnosed with kidney failure, high blood pressure and pancreatitis. The first two ha… --- ## [European Dopers: How do you spot American tourists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-dopers-how-do-you-spot-american-tourists/160316)
**Author:** [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-dopers-how-do-you-spot-american-tourists/160316 "2014-05-23T22:32:04Z")
What non-verbal clues tell you that someone is an American? Are there certain styles of dress, mannerisms, etc., that tip you off? Obviously, if someone has a camera around their neck and a map under their arm, that’s a … --- ## [Was there another word for "tsunami", in English and other languages, before 2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-another-word-for-tsunami-in-english-and-other-languages-before-2004/666578)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-another-word-for-tsunami-in-english-and-other-languages-before-2004/666578 "2013-08-20T02:08:58Z")
I was watching a short documentary about the infamous 2004 tsunami, when I wondered about this. In France, before 2004, a tsunami was called “raz-de-marée” and this name was rarely mentioned. During the massive media cov… --- ## [A priest, a minister, and a rabbi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-priest-a-minister-and-a-rabbi/838954)
**Author:** [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-priest-a-minister-and-a-rabbi/838954 "2020-07-28T23:49:57Z")
A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a bar, bartender says, “Is this a joke?” A priest, a minister, and a pig walk into a bar, bartender says,“What’s with the pig?” Priest says, "It’s the rabbi’s day off. A prie… --- ## [Is adult tonsillectomy really that bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-adult-tonsillectomy-really-that-bad/688148)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-adult-tonsillectomy-really-that-bad/688148 "2015-02-23T06:10:24Z")
My sister got her tonsils taken out when she was 19 and said it was absolutely horrible. I always figured it wasn’t a big deal prior to that, but I’ve read other anecdotal accounts and apparently it’s quite an extreme or… --- ## [A Jewish newspaper has photoshopped Angela Merkel out of the Charlie Hebdo march](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756)
**Author:** [@Scandic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scandic)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756 "2015-01-15T21:58:44Z")
From The Journal: TWO FEMALE POLITICAL leaders – including the most powerful woman in Europe – have been photoshopped out of an historic image of world leaders showing solidarity after the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks. … --- ## [Would you submit DNA in a voluntary genetic dragnet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-submit-dna-in-a-voluntary-genetic-dragnet/505362)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-submit-dna-in-a-voluntary-genetic-dragnet/505362 "2009-08-18T20:33:43Z")
Let’s say a child in your neighborhood is raped and murdered. The police have no leads, and the community is in uproar. You know that you are innocent. After two fruitless weeks, the investigators ask everyone in the… --- ## [Monkubines: a business proposal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkubines-a-business-proposal/505247)
**Author:** [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkubines-a-business-proposal/505247 "2013-08-06T16:52:29Z")
For years I have bored my friends with talk about an idea which I am certain would be worth billions if it could be pulled off. They all think I’m totally insane. So, I am here to lay my proposal before SD, so that the… --- ## [Do you refrigerate luncheon meat sandwiches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-refrigerate-luncheon-meat-sandwiches/639456)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-refrigerate-luncheon-meat-sandwiches/639456 "2012-11-05T05:36:39Z")
My wife and I both bring sack lunches to work. She keeps hers refrigerated while I keep mine on my desk. She worries about food poisoning. I don’t. She also likes the taste of a cold sandwich to a room temperature on… --- ## [(Old) When Mom's Away...A Coasterless MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-when-moms-away-a-coasterless-mmp/996477)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-when-moms-away-a-coasterless-mmp/996477 "2024-01-29T15:01:03Z")
FCM is in the opposite hemisphere, so anarchy reigns in the MMP! So put your drink directly on the table, or just hijack this thing. Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. It’s 21 degrees ferret height at the m… --- ## [Why was my poop crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-poop-crazy/310149)
**Author:** [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-poop-crazy/310149 "2005-06-30T14:20:29Z")
I’m not one to analyze stool, but I did happen to notice tonight, among some GI distress the following: I though that I had diarrhea. “Crap,” I say. So I finish, and am getting up, when I see… Whoa?! There are leaves … --- ## [Target bookcase shelf pegs... where to get more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-bookcase-shelf-pegs-where-to-get-more/521234)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-bookcase-shelf-pegs-where-to-get-more/521234 "2009-12-15T08:23:02Z")
In our recent move from Ohio to Massachusetts, some of these pegs apparently didn’t make the journey. We now have several bookcases with an unusable shelf because the pegs are missing. Target says they can’t get, sell, o… --- ## [How do homeless people live in very cold areas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-homeless-people-live-in-very-cold-areas/514591)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-homeless-people-live-in-very-cold-areas/514591 "2009-10-22T19:56:59Z")
Here in NC homeless shelters only let most people spend the night, during the day they are on their own. It seems to me that in places like Buffalo or Minneapolis that would be very hard on homeless people since it’s… --- ## [Hackneyed plots that could be improved by inversion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hackneyed-plots-that-could-be-improved-by-inversion/532397)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hackneyed-plots-that-could-be-improved-by-inversion/532397 "2010-03-19T05:07:49Z")
Inspired by this thread. I remember from Mad magazine collections from the 1950s and 1960s, they had a running “Scenes We’d Like to See” segment with cliched movie plots inverted – e.g., the Western heroes besieged in t… --- ## [Strangest Movie You Ever Saw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-you-ever-saw/833616)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-you-ever-saw/833616 "2019-05-21T20:55:15Z")
I’m watching Terry Gilliam’s Brazil right now, and it is still, along with The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen, the weirdest big-budget, general release motion picture I’ve ever seen. I’m going to split the question … --- ## [TV & Movie Characters Who HAD to Have Been Gay, but Weren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-characters-who-had-to-have-been-gay-but-werent/219436)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-characters-who-had-to-have-been-gay-but-werent/219436 "2003-12-29T06:35:32Z")
The list is limited to characters who were never openly gay and were even seen with hetero dates/mates, but there’s no way they could have been straight: Felix Unger (THE ODD COUPLE)- it’s not the compulsive neatness (… --- ## [Game of Thrones season 8 open show/book discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-season-8-open-show-book-discussion-thread/832543)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-season-8-open-show-book-discussion-thread/832543 "2019-06-20T21:53:26Z")
This thread is for discussion of the show, the books, and how they might relate, or pretty much anything you want to discuss. If you happen to get an actual spoiler (like some entertainment magazine discovers and reveals… --- ## [So, say that North Korea actually carries out its nuclear threat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-say-that-north-korea-actually-carries-out-its-nuclear-threat/748177)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-say-that-north-korea-actually-carries-out-its-nuclear-threat/748177 "2016-03-30T15:45:03Z")
North Korea, a country which seemingly issues an outlandish threat every other week, has threatened nuclear preemptive strikes recently. Now, we all know, of course, that nothing will actually happen - it’s empty bluste… --- ## [Are redheads sexy: males and females](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-redheads-sexy-males-and-females/625486)
**Author:** [@Irish\_ArcAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irish_ArcAngel)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-redheads-sexy-males-and-females/625486 "2012-07-11T05:58:09Z")
What do you think of natural red, strawberry blond, copper, or auburn hair on light skin. Does ethnic background matter EX: Irish, American, Russian, Norway,… --- ## [Why Obama can't do anythin g about the Russian hacking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-obama-cant-do-anythin-g-about-the-russian-hacking/774848)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-obama-cant-do-anythin-g-about-the-russian-hacking/774848 "2017-06-25T23:47:42Z")
The article I’ve linked below points out some interesting reasons as to why Obama is powerless to respond to Russia’s hacking with anything more than rhetoric. Fred Kaplan, the author, points out that we have better cy… --- ## [CNN Town Hall with Donald Trump: May 10, 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-town-hall-with-donald-trump-may-10-2023/983873)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-town-hall-with-donald-trump-may-10-2023/983873 "2023-06-08T21:07:35Z")
I couldn’t find anything about this on the board, but if it belongs better elsewhere, Mods, please feel free to move to a more appropriate forum, or fold it into an existing topic. Anyway, it gets going in just a few mi… --- ## [Someone dinged my rental (I think!). What do I do now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-dinged-my-rental-i-think-what-do-i-do-now/685193)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-dinged-my-rental-i-think-what-do-i-do-now/685193 "2014-04-07T05:39:48Z")
This might be IMHO, but i thought i’d start it in GQ. I’ve been driving a rental for the last four weeks, since my own car died and i had to buy a new one. I noticed a couple of days ago that there is a ding where the b… --- ## [What are these Dominion Voting Machines? (Fox News and Dominion have settled for $787.5 million)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-dominion-voting-machines-fox-news-and-dominion-have-settled-for-787-5-million/926845)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-dominion-voting-machines-fox-news-and-dominion-have-settled-for-787-5-million/926845 "2025-04-09T23:29:37Z")
I’ve never voted on a machine - always on paper with a pen. When I was a kid, I remember going into a voting booth with my mom, and she pulled some levers to vote. I think those are very rare nowadays. I do remember t… --- ## [Have you ever heard of Logan's Run?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616 "2019-12-30T04:52:58Z")
From this thread about a restaurant called Logan’s Run, a couple of posters claim that nobody today remembers the 1974 sci-fi movie of the same name. Well, I do and I believe it’s considered to be a classic. It’s about a… --- ## [Why just one Enterprise class aircraft carrier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-just-one-enterprise-class-aircraft-carrier/452623)
**Author:** [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-just-one-enterprise-class-aircraft-carrier/452623 "2012-12-14T17:13:56Z")
From what I understand there is just one Enterprise class aircraft carrier. Now I am sure these things are not cheap or easy to design. Why invest in the design if you are only going to build one. Was there some type of … --- ## [What are the benefits and drawbacks of trikes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-benefits-and-drawbacks-of-trikes/734320)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-benefits-and-drawbacks-of-trikes/734320 "2018-09-06T17:57:42Z")
Here, I am specifically asking about motorized trikes like these: http://tanommotors.com/wp-content/uploads/… --- ## [America is the greatest country on Earth? Delusional](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-is-the-greatest-country-on-earth-delusional/831542)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-is-the-greatest-country-on-earth-delusional/831542 "2019-11-01T23:20:05Z")
I just now heard on CNN Trump state that America is the greatest country on Earth. And then Don Lemon repeated this comment and agreed with it. There is literally no metric available anywhere to substantiate this claim… --- ## [Dopers that posted often and regularly and then just vanished without a trace.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-that-posted-often-and-regularly-and-then-just-vanished-without-a-trace/511710)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-that-posted-often-and-regularly-and-then-just-vanished-without-a-trace/511710 "2009-11-05T02:51:29Z")
Where did lobstermobster go? :dubious: I’m sure she’s just one of an easy hundred that have done this…posted often and then just suddenly wasn’t there anymore. Anyone else you’d like to add to the list? --- ## [7.0 earthquake in Haiti](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-0-earthquake-in-haiti/524744)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-0-earthquake-in-haiti/524744 "2010-01-16T16:14:33Z")
This looks like a big one. The list of buildings destroyed include the presidential palace, parliament building, the Finance Ministry, The Public Works Ministry, the Palace of Justice and Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Port-a… --- ## [They Couldn't Have Picked A Better Actor/Actress For That Role](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-couldnt-have-picked-a-better-actor-actress-for-that-role/503455)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-couldnt-have-picked-a-better-actor-actress-for-that-role/503455 "2009-07-25T17:03:54Z")
I bought the DVDs for the old Blondie movies, the series of movies in the 40s, and the leads Penny Singleton (Blondie) and Arthur Lake (Dagwood) are just TOO perfect, at least I think so. So my question is, what actors … --- ## [Being gay a mental illness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-gay-a-mental-illness/670873)
**Author:** [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-gay-a-mental-illness/670873 "2013-10-20T20:49:02Z")
I did a couple of searches to see if this question has been asked recently, and I did not find anything. I am not really asking if this is true, however. I do not believe it to be, personally. I am in the “born that way”… --- ## [Scooter Libby skates free](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooter-libby-skates-free/410296)
**Author:** [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooter-libby-skates-free/410296 "2007-07-09T00:46:52Z")
Scooter Libby’s prison term is commuted by President Bush, who calls it “too harsh”. He still has to pay $250,000, and is on probation for two years. --- ## [Nice guy Christian Bale is visiting the shooting victims in the hospital. Warner Bros is quick to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-guy-christian-bale-is-visiting-the-shooting-victims-in-the-hospital-warner-bros-is-quick-to/629292)
**Author:** [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-guy-christian-bale-is-visiting-the-shooting-victims-in-the-hospital-warner-bros-is-quick-to/629292 "2012-07-27T16:48:45Z")
note that he is on his own. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1690388/christian-bale-visits-colorado-shooting-victims.jhtml What a nice guy. --- ## [NHL: January 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2012/608131)
**Author:** [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2012/608131 "2012-02-01T01:30:41Z")
Winter Classic today. Start time moved to 3 eastern. --- ## [Gift ideas for a crossword puzzle lover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-ideas-for-a-crossword-puzzle-lover/562820)
**Author:** [@JustAwakening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAwakening)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-ideas-for-a-crossword-puzzle-lover/562820 "2010-12-04T17:51:30Z")
I just started dating a woman who loves crossword puzzles and am trying to think of something really great to get her as a gift. She has plenty of puzzle books, so no subscriptions to books or anything like that. Any su… --- ## [On the closing of the Omegaman thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-omegaman-thread/406094)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-omegaman-thread/406094 "2007-06-01T02:34:14Z")
I don’t think Iv’e ever complained about the closing of a thread before but I find myself in a position of disagreement with the locking of Omegaman’s I Pit Satan thread. I also disagree with the charge that he was trol… --- ## [Has anyone gotten a Costco sheet cake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-a-costco-sheet-cake/568374)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-a-costco-sheet-cake/568374 "2011-01-20T22:27:55Z")
My daughter’s birthday is in two weeks. We’re having the party on a Sunday, and most of the good bakeries within a decent driving distance are closed on Sundays. And then I noticed that Costco does sheet cakes for like… --- ## [Tell me about being genderqueer (& etc)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-being-genderqueer-etc/607886)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-being-genderqueer-etc/607886 "2012-01-06T17:39:25Z")
I’m going to do that thing where I don’t limit the topic much… So anything outside the gender binary and heteronormativity is on-topic. If you don’t think any of that exists, or you don’t like it, or whatever, please st… --- ## [Are the teabaggers really so dumb as to not know the difference between Nazis and Communists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-teabaggers-really-so-dumb-as-to-not-know-the-difference-between-nazis-and-communists/510312)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-teabaggers-really-so-dumb-as-to-not-know-the-difference-between-nazis-and-communists/510312 "2009-09-19T20:51:41Z")
Sadly, some people will believe anything if it fits into their political worldview. I grew up around such folks. If Rush Limbaugh had told them the world was flat, they not only would have believed it, but they probably … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=531&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=533&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)