# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=544&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:** 545 --- ## [Ok dude, we got it. You like lions and you hate tigers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-dude-we-got-it-you-like-lions-and-you-hate-tigers/633795)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-dude-we-got-it-you-like-lions-and-you-hate-tigers/633795 "2012-09-29T02:50:48Z")
What the fuck is this shit? This guy must have collected all the fucking links about lions on a single thread. What is this guy’s major malfunction? :confused: --- ## [Frank, you're such a tool (for closing my thread, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-youre-such-a-tool-for-closing-my-thread-etc/382609 "2006-12-12T00:44:46Z")
Hey Dopers, did you know that the phrase “Feed that to your horse” is bad? And if you “sneer in all directions” your IMHO thread could be closed? (Otherwise we’d have to rename the forum IMHSO–In My Honest Sneering Opin… --- ## [Is the Constitution a 'living breathing' document?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-constitution-a-living-breathing-document/473169)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-constitution-a-living-breathing-document/473169 "2008-11-22T02:45:24Z")
Seen elsewhere: Info: I am not involved in that thread. The reply was to someone who thought that the U.S. government should fund stem cell research (including embryonic). The board thinks Bush it too liberal. The q… --- ## [Do you remember miniest rants of September?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-miniest-rants-of-september/820615 "2018-10-03T00:05:08Z")
Dear husband, I know you want to make me happy by suggesting a bigger zero turn lawnmower, but I don’t need it or want it. I’ve got the little one for the yards, and the tractor and bushhog for the pastures. I don’t want… --- ## [Can Driving a Too-Sporty Car Make You Look Like a Tool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-driving-a-too-sporty-car-make-you-look-like-a-tool/510482)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-driving-a-too-sporty-car-make-you-look-like-a-tool/510482 "2009-09-20T18:40:00Z")
One of these days, after I’ve won the lottery/gotten a fat book contract/collected an inheritance, I’m going to buy a convertible of some kind. Preferably a two-seater coupe. Something like this or this or even this. Mr… --- ## [More SDMB memes you're sick of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779 "2007-05-20T16:13:28Z")
(1) (I’ve posted this in the past, but it bears repeating) (and it happens a lot IRL, not just on the SDMB) I’m sick of people attempting to point out conservative hypocrisy by contrasting the phrase “pro-life” with some… --- ## [Wave of anti semitic violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wave-of-anti-semitic-violence/781040)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wave-of-anti-semitic-violence/781040 "2017-03-26T04:55:40Z")
The current wave of anti semitic violence and vandalism has caught me off guard a bit. Most attribute this to far right wing groups feeling empowered by Donald Trump. The thought crossed my mind this morning that some o… --- ## [What's so great about Doctor Who?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-doctor-who/540186)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-doctor-who/540186 "2010-05-22T23:18:17Z")
I’m watching the episode School Reunion right now and I’m completely underwhelmed. I understand that it’s impossible to judge an entire show by one episode but really, I don’t get the huge amount of love. --- ## [Write this story, one word at a time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-this-story-one-word-at-a-time/394045)
**Author:** [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Replies:** 427\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-this-story-one-word-at-a-time/394045 "2007-03-08T12:54:24Z")
The one sentence at a time thread reminds me of when I participated in something similar on another message board, but just one word at a time. It was lots of fun. Note that this thread title doesn’t have an exclamation… --- ## [How to discourage a bear. (Need answer fast!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-discourage-a-bear-need-answer-fast/628533)
**Author:** [@Testy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Testy)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-discourage-a-bear-need-answer-fast/628533 "2012-07-20T02:10:02Z")
How do I discourage a bear from coming around? I have some free-range chickens that run around the place and yesterday one of them was raising hell about something so I got a .22 and ran outside expecting to see a coyot… --- ## [Post the stupidest things you hear Olympic announcers say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-stupidest-things-you-hear-olympic-announcers-say/344429)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-stupidest-things-you-hear-olympic-announcers-say/344429 "2006-02-27T02:31:08Z")
First off, we all know sports announcers say a lot of stupid things. That’s not new. But the Olympics provide us with whole new levels of stupid, and as the days and weeks drag on, the announcers begin to dribble out s… --- ## [Sacremental/Communion Wine and where it comes from](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sacremental-communion-wine-and-where-it-comes-from/545196)
**Author:** [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sacremental-communion-wine-and-where-it-comes-from/545196 "2010-07-15T15:21:42Z")
I’ve heard of a lot of churches serving non-alcoholic wine or juice so that kids and recovering alcoholics can share the same “wine” as everyone else. Is it at all common anymore for actual alcohol bearing wine to be se… --- ## [January's New Mini Rants for a New Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/januarys-new-mini-rants-for-a-new-year/845708)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/januarys-new-mini-rants-for-a-new-year/845708 "2020-02-01T19:58:09Z")
Two skunks were fighting in the back yard. My eyes are burning. It’s so strong that if I try breathing though my mouth I can taste it. The back half of the house is untenable. Apologies for the mediocre title. I was… --- ## ["Inside sales" vs. "outside sales"--what's the difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-sales-vs-outside-sales-whats-the-difference/137767)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-sales-vs-outside-sales-whats-the-difference/137767 "2002-11-20T20:37:06Z")
Simple question–when I look at job board postings, what typically goes into an “inside sales” position vs. an “outside sales” one? Thanks! --- ## [Oregon Trail - Marital Relations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-trail-marital-relations/638925)
**Author:** [@supery00n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supery00n)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-trail-marital-relations/638925 "2012-10-30T06:02:05Z")
I was curious as to how the pioneers on the Oregon Trail would have had marital relations, especially given the fact that each night they would circle their wagons and live in a communal space that wasn’t very big imo, a… --- ## [Does President Obama speak any foreign languages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-obama-speak-any-foreign-languages/560195)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-obama-speak-any-foreign-languages/560195 "2010-11-19T02:21:44Z")
What language did President Obama use when he was going to school in Indonesia? If it was not English, is he still fluent in it? Does he speak any other languages? --- ## [South Park & John Edward](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-john-edward/139412)
**Author:** [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-john-edward/139412 "2002-12-01T03:35:31Z")
So I was watching the latest episode of South Park last night where they spent most of the show bashing John Edwards of Crossing Over fame. At one point in the show, Stan is speaking with John, and says: So my questi… --- ## [Why was the space shuttle retired without an immediate successor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-space-shuttle-retired-without-an-immediate-successor/666260)
**Author:** [@SHARKBITEATTACK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SHARKBITEATTACK)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-space-shuttle-retired-without-an-immediate-successor/666260 "2013-08-28T19:47:41Z")
I don’t understand why we retired all 3 shuttles and our now relying exclusively on the Russians to get to the ISS. We were paying 62 mil and now 70+ for each seat aboard a soyuz rocket. According to Wikipedia a shuttle … --- ## [Senator Obama, Quit Making This Hard For Me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-obama-quit-making-this-hard-for-me/458492)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-obama-quit-making-this-hard-for-me/458492 "2008-08-09T15:22:54Z")
I have shared before my dilemma for the 2008 election. We have a Democratic candidate (well, presumptive candidate) whose positions are, almost across the board, things I don’t generally support. And we have a Republica… --- ## [How Long Would It Take One Person to Eat a Blue Whale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-one-person-to-eat-a-blue-whale/781969)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-one-person-to-eat-a-blue-whale/781969 "2017-03-17T10:27:22Z")
Assume they eat 2,500 calories of whale per day. --- ## [Random people that are getting on my nerves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-people-that-are-getting-on-my-nerves/494033)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-people-that-are-getting-on-my-nerves/494033 "2010-04-21T12:00:49Z")
A very mild rant in which I complain about people that are getting on my nerves here as I cannot in real life for various reasons, and ask them to rectify said behavior: My housemate D: It may just be my personal peeve,… --- ## [The USA now has homeless (tented) communities outside 55 cities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-usa-now-has-homeless-tented-communities-outside-55-cities/612701)
**Author:** [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-usa-now-has-homeless-tented-communities-outside-55-cities/612701 "2012-02-24T15:07:23Z")
If you can watch past 2mins 40 secs you’re stronger than me: I don’t understand how a population can become so cowered as to not revolt against the obscenity of poverty and inequality in society. Based on the above,… --- ## [Impaired vision in one eye- what might the cause be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impaired-vision-in-one-eye-what-might-the-cause-be/557299)
**Author:** [@Bamboo\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bamboo_Boy)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impaired-vision-in-one-eye-what-might-the-cause-be/557299 "2010-10-23T22:19:33Z")
I’m just wondering what’s going on with my eyes. I do plan to see a doctor as soon as possible, which will be this coming week. I realize that responses I receive here are not to be taken as medical advice, etc. I do pla… --- ## [Are polar bears friendly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-polar-bears-friendly/364586)
**Author:** [@Feces\_Of\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feces_Of_Death)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-polar-bears-friendly/364586 "2006-07-17T23:38:23Z")
In the unlikely event you met one, would it let you pet it? Or just kill you on the spot? --- ## [Best and worst zoos in the US.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-zoos-in-the-us/629595)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-zoos-in-the-us/629595 "2012-08-01T01:39:32Z")
As part of my upcoming travel plans I’m looking for any zoos in the US that are worth traveling to see. I know the San Diego zoo is highly regarded. IRC the Toledo Zoo has been world famous for a long time, I recall hear… --- ## [Do you like to cook? If yes, why? If not, why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-cook-if-yes-why-if-not-why-not/670116)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-cook-if-yes-why-if-not-why-not/670116 "2013-10-04T16:15:26Z")
Put me down as someone who likes to cook. My reasons are fourfold. I started cooking around 1999 or so. I’d just broken up with my live-in girlfriend because she’d decided that (a) she was more lesbian than bisexual, an… --- ## [Way to start a holy war, Newsweek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-start-a-holy-war-newsweek/303951)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-start-a-holy-war-newsweek/303951 "2005-05-22T01:49:06Z")
As if our soldiers and civilians don’t have enought to contend with, Newsweek pulls this total fuckup. No amount of retractions and corrections will fix this, since it will now be seen as an attempt to cover up what may… --- ## [What Aphrodisiacs Work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128)
**Author:** [@Ladymarmalade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ladymarmalade)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aphrodisiacs-work/551128 "2010-08-30T23:16:51Z")
So, aphrodisiacs - for women- what works? What doesn’t work? How do you know? :cool: Thanks. --- ## [Is socialism bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-socialism-bad/487927)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slip_1)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-socialism-bad/487927 "2009-03-15T13:32:11Z")
My father’s version of conversation these days is recounting whatever he’s been watching on television news. One of his favorite topics is how this country is becoming/going to become increasingly socialist. After some… --- ## [Crazy Woman accosts my son and me in a bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648)
**Author:** [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648 "2014-01-17T14:46:48Z")
So one of the great things about living in London - lots of great pubs reasonably near by serving a wonderful range of beers. One of my favorite pubs is a few tube stops away, it’s a free house (i.e., it’s run independen… --- ## [Literal Interpretation of the Bible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-interpretation-of-the-bible/151679)
**Author:** [@rhinostylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhinostylee)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literal-interpretation-of-the-bible/151679 "2003-02-13T06:28:36Z")
How is it that religions are still based on literal interpretations of the Bible? To me it seems obvious that while the Bible has many valuable lessons in it, it is not to be taken literally. Many of those stories were… --- ## [Live Fish and Reptiles Sold as Keychains in China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-fish-and-reptiles-sold-as-keychains-in-china/578202)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-fish-and-reptiles-sold-as-keychains-in-china/578202 "2011-04-18T03:09:00Z")
Ok…so this will not be the best rant or the most indignant post the Pit has seen. Admittedly I am an animal lover. I even like the ugly ones. That said I an no PETA freak. Still unnecessary cruelty is…well…unnecessar… --- ## [What do you think are acceptable exit conditions for \[the Ukraine\] war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-acceptable-exit-conditions-for-the-ukraine-war/980189)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 352\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-acceptable-exit-conditions-for-the-ukraine-war/980189 "2023-03-06T15:33:07Z")
Question for all of you: What do you think are acceptable exit conditions for this war? Kiev makes a deal to allow Russia to keep some small gains and promises not to join NATO in exchange for peace. Russia is pus… --- ## [Finally, we learn the name of Evil- Lori Drew.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-we-learn-the-name-of-evil-lori-drew/428141)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-we-learn-the-name-of-evil-lori-drew/428141 "2007-12-06T13:08:56Z")
I do not hope she or her family are harmed. I do hope she & whoever else is involved are glared at, insulted and/or shunned for the rest of their days. --- ## [If we're supposed to like these characters, why are they such tools?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-were-supposed-to-like-these-characters-why-are-they-such-tools/409760)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-were-supposed-to-like-these-characters-why-are-they-such-tools/409760 "2007-07-15T23:26:00Z")
(Otherwise known as the Everybody Loves Raymond Award. Yes! It’s time yet again for ostensibly sympathetic fictional characters whom you’d happily drop into a live volcano given the chance. Spoilers, I think, are inevit… --- ## [Eyeball glass, Cellulits, Shingles, MRSA, Pulmonary Embolisim with a cherry on top.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-glass-cellulits-shingles-mrsa-pulmonary-embolisim-with-a-cherry-on-top/505732)
**Author:** [@AquaPura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AquaPura)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2009, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-glass-cellulits-shingles-mrsa-pulmonary-embolisim-with-a-cherry-on-top/505732 "2009-09-09T06:56:27Z")
Warning- Long and filled with arrrggghhh… Fuck ME! I am so done with this shit I cannot take it anymore! May 11th, whilst doing something mundane, changing a florescent light bulb at work, the old cranky bulb bursts in… --- ## [Best commercial in all history of mankind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991 "2009-07-29T05:16:32Z")
To counter the negative thread what is the best. Commercial. Ever? I submit this: Oh, I win already? Too bad. Top that, I dare you! --- ## ["The Lottery": is it "realistic"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lottery-is-it-realistic/680883)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lottery-is-it-realistic/680883 "2016-12-17T15:25:32Z")
A recent Final Jeopardy led me to this article about the famed Shirley Jackson short story, and this part in particular stood out: Perhaps the point of the story isn’t “realism,” and Dr. Kroeber was looking at it throu… --- ## [Celebrity Apprentice Season 14 cast announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645 "2015-02-17T17:26:28Z")
Donald Trump was on the Today show this morning and said who would be on the newest season of Celebrity Apprentice: The show starts on January 4th. --- ## [I had no idea they were selling sex at the mall!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-no-idea-they-were-selling-sex-at-the-mall/665661)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-no-idea-they-were-selling-sex-at-the-mall/665661 "2013-08-21T05:28:50Z")
Today I needed to get a new shirt so I went to the local mall. It is a pretty normal mall, with an Auntie Annie’s and a Build-a-Bear and all of those standard mall-type stores. On my way to find a shirt I passed by one o… --- ## [Why is prostitution illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-prostitution-illegal/827482)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-prostitution-illegal/827482 "2019-03-04T16:09:36Z")
I have been reading about Storyville, New Orleans and the presence of semi-legal prostitution in this now lost area. It got me wondering about why things are legal or illegal in the first place. Is it just the will of … --- ## [Favourite Christmas song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288)
**Author:** [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288 "2012-12-29T17:53:57Z")
My favourite Christmas song is White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin. Funny, intelligent and sentimental. What’s yours? --- ## [Things I've learned from Science Fiction Conventions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-learned-from-science-fiction-conventions/640095)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-learned-from-science-fiction-conventions/640095 "2015-11-23T15:32:59Z")
I’m talking about fan-run full on conventions, not those media run whorehouses where you stand in line for two hours to buy a $60 photo from a STAR who doesn’t even glance in your direction. Most writers and actors are … --- ## ["Aw, Nerts!" Antiquated Phrases You've Heard or Used](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-nerts-antiquated-phrases-youve-heard-or-used/106286)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-nerts-antiquated-phrases-youve-heard-or-used/106286 "2003-04-13T13:32:04Z")
I was walkin’ down the street yesterday and I heard a fellow talking about his car to another fellow: “I don’t care if it breaks down while I’M driving it, but my wife don’t know shit from Shinola!” I gave a little sque… --- ## [So, your car breaks down while traveling? What happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-your-car-breaks-down-while-traveling-what-happens/543075)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-your-car-breaks-down-while-traveling-what-happens/543075 "2010-06-15T08:13:42Z")
I have refused a few job offers because it involved traveling. I’m not so scared of traveling alone…as long as I am in my car and it is moving. I am scared, however, if my car breaks down and I’m hundreds of miles from … --- ## [Do you remember your first model computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-your-first-model-computer/586107)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-your-first-model-computer/586107 "2011-06-28T05:27:38Z")
I’d be shocked if there aren’t 100 threads exactly like this zombified. But what the hey! I can’t find one by searching for “First computer” in a title scan, and at any rate, this should be interesting. What was the fir… --- ## [When would you reroll the dice in a board game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-would-you-reroll-the-dice-in-a-board-game/647648)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-would-you-reroll-the-dice-in-a-board-game/647648 "2013-01-23T16:42:39Z")
A story I posted in the stupid arguments thread in MPSIMS got me thinking about an argument I had on this subject once and I’m curious what other people think. Imagine that you’re sitting at a table with two or more oth… --- ## [Funny mathematical joke about "giving 110%"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-mathematical-joke-about-giving-110/376652)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-mathematical-joke-about-giving-110/376652 "2006-10-18T18:25:31Z")
I got this from my dad, who probably passed it on from someone else, but it’s funny, and apt. This equation should be taught in all math \[and business\] classes! From a strictly mathematical viewpoint it goes like this… --- ## [Shower Faucet won't turn off water. Can I fix it myself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-faucet-wont-turn-off-water-can-i-fix-it-myself/554442)
**Author:** [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-faucet-wont-turn-off-water-can-i-fix-it-myself/554442 "2010-09-24T07:23:50Z")
Took a shower the other day, and when I tried to turn off the water, the “cold” faucet worked, but the “hot” faucet didn’t turn off the hot water. I rent, and the maintenence man fixed it, and now is on vacation. Well, I… --- ## [Twilight chaps my ass in yet another way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-chaps-my-ass-in-yet-another-way/504064)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-chaps-my-ass-in-yet-another-way/504064 "2009-07-31T18:39:12Z")
First, I read the first book, and it was boring, then when I thought about it, downright offensive to women. Then, I had to contemplate all the teenage girls, and their mothers too, who have swooned over these books and… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=543&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=545&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)