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**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camo-vs-green-in-actual-effectiveness/695132 "2014-08-14T02:13:33Z")
I am wondering if there have ever been any studies testing the actual effectiveness of olive drab green vs different types of camo like the “traditional” woodland camouflage that was used by the US army for many years, o… --- ## [Microsoft Hearts is a filthy \*\*\*\*ing cheater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-hearts-is-a-filthy-ing-cheater/626502)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-hearts-is-a-filthy-ing-cheater/626502 "2018-03-19T10:09:31Z")
There is no way under the sun that any normal hearts play would have the knowledge of my cards that Microsoft Hearts has. It knows just the card combination to play in order to screw me over with the damn queen of spade… --- ## [One Hit Wonder comedians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746 "2010-01-31T01:27:55Z")
Sure, these guys were known for lots of other good humor, but I can guarantee that 99% of a casual humor fan will name that ONE routine when asked about them, and many probably couldn’t even name another one. Lets start … --- ## [Med ethics: can patient refuse blood draw after employee needlestick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/med-ethics-can-patient-refuse-blood-draw-after-employee-needlestick/585448)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/med-ethics-can-patient-refuse-blood-draw-after-employee-needlestick/585448 "2011-06-21T19:26:19Z")
Scenario: a nurse comes to give patient an injection for whatever reason (blood draw, insulin time, whatever). After sticking the patient, nurse goes to cap it and accidentally sticks herself with the contaminated needle… --- ## [An Xmas gift reaction.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-xmas-gift-reaction/740488)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-xmas-gift-reaction/740488 "2015-12-17T19:03:39Z")
A lot could change judgments about this depending on a lot of contextual details but, in general, given the following scenario, can you understand (or at least see as understandable) the wife’s reaction? The scenario is… --- ## [Freedom Fries guy changes mind, opposes war. What does this mean for liberals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-fries-guy-changes-mind-opposes-war-what-does-this-mean-for-liberals/308062)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-fries-guy-changes-mind-opposes-war-what-does-this-mean-for-liberals/308062 "2005-06-16T22:00:33Z")
Conservative Republican Walter Jones of North Carolina was the man who spearheaded the Freedom Fries campaign to protest France’s opposition to the Iraq War. In an interview yesterday with George Stephanopoulos (and prev… --- ## [Teach your brats some manners, you pricks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-your-brats-some-manners-you-pricks/306018)
**Author:** [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-your-brats-some-manners-you-pricks/306018 "2005-06-09T21:10:14Z")
Is it just me, or are parents getting lazier and lazier in teaching their children common courtesy? I had to pop down to the convenience store today to pick up a few things, and took my bike as usual, chaining it up on … --- ## [Do Fiberglass Body Cars Outlast Steel Bodied Cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fiberglass-body-cars-outlast-steel-bodied-cars/585019)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fiberglass-body-cars-outlast-steel-bodied-cars/585019 "2011-06-13T07:34:14Z")
As far as I know , the only production cars (using fiberglass bodies) made in the USA were the Studebaker Avanti (1961-63), and the Corvett sports car (fiberglass Corvettes were made at various times). Sice fibreglass-r… --- ## [What are "real" doctors' views of psychiatry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-real-doctors-views-of-psychiatry/332045)
**Author:** [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-real-doctors-views-of-psychiatry/332045 "2005-11-25T06:47:00Z")
Last week there was a meeting of about a dozen doctors in the office of the hospital where I work. It’s a cancer research center, and these doctors were all pathologists and cytologists specializing in cancer. Someone at… --- ## [I need to replace the innards of my toilet tank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-the-innards-of-my-toilet-tank/622819)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-replace-the-innards-of-my-toilet-tank/622819 "2012-06-06T15:23:46Z")
Is this simple enough that I can do it myself? The flush handle broke off. The innards may be 30+ years old and their time had come. Do I just go to Home Depot and buy some kind of kit and then follow the directions? I… --- ## [Was the Times Square bomb credible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-times-square-bomb-credible/538152)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-times-square-bomb-credible/538152 "2010-05-11T05:33:59Z")
Supposedly the fertlizer wasn’t even combustible. And the M-88 firecrackers were taped to the outsides of the propane tanks and the locker containing the non-combustible fertlizer. Sounds like something that would go … --- ## [What would be wrong with dropping the income tax entirely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-wrong-with-dropping-the-income-tax-entirely/629237)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-wrong-with-dropping-the-income-tax-entirely/629237 "2012-08-01T20:54:49Z")
What about going entirely to a consumption tax? Assuming certain basic cheap goods are tax free (as they currently are already) would this at least stop people from arguing unnecessarily about who is being taxed fairly? … --- ## [Seinfeld Jeopardy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-jeopardy/172785)
**Author:** [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Replies:** 329\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-jeopardy/172785 "2003-05-16T21:49:00Z")
In my COMPLETELY original thread, I begin with the first answer: Hand --- ## [Uk equivalent of US marshals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-equivalent-of-us-marshals/672668)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-equivalent-of-us-marshals/672668 "2013-11-01T16:45:29Z")
What’s the UK equivalent of US marshals? --- ## [Stuff almost everyone enjoys that you don't care for/about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-almost-everyone-enjoys-that-you-dont-care-for-about/604342)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-almost-everyone-enjoys-that-you-dont-care-for-about/604342 "2011-12-02T03:53:13Z")
What are some things that, as far as you can tell, everyone you know seems to enjoy, but you don’t give a crap about? A personal example: Tailgate parties. Everyone I see at one seems to be having a good time, but I ha… --- ## [Is the recent drop in violent crime due to banning lead in gasoline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-recent-drop-in-violent-crime-due-to-banning-lead-in-gasoline/642569)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-recent-drop-in-violent-crime-due-to-banning-lead-in-gasoline/642569 "2013-01-30T12:54:42Z")
Noting that violent crime has dropped pretty much everywhere (in the world!) since the 90s, and this blog post suggests that the ban on leaded gasoline (by the EPA in the USA in the 70s and 80s, and most other countries … --- ## [Airplane, Airplane 2 and Police Squad- your favorite quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-airplane-2-and-police-squad-your-favorite-quotes/250853)
**Author:** [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-airplane-2-and-police-squad-your-favorite-quotes/250853 "2018-09-01T00:58:29Z")
Enough Monty Python, Simpsons and Family Guy quotes, time to revel in the absurdity that is Airplane, Airplane 2 and the short but brillant Police Squad (I guess the Naked Gun movies count if you want to use them too). I… --- ## ["It's Just a ball", umm, no it isn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-ball-umm-no-it-isnt/588320)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-ball-umm-no-it-isnt/588320 "2011-07-22T00:21:02Z")
In the wake of the recent trgic death of a fan at a Rangers/A’s game I have heard by various commentators, “it’s just a ball”. No it isn’t. Now don’t get me wrong, it is not a winning lottery ticket or bag of gold, but… --- ## [HS dance team performs stripper lap dance routine at halftime - With video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hs-dance-team-performs-stripper-lap-dance-routine-at-halftime-with-video/483459)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hs-dance-team-performs-stripper-lap-dance-routine-at-halftime-with-video/483459 "2009-02-06T04:02:07Z")
Wow.. just wow. - Video lives up to the title of the dance. --- ## [Japan Authorities Hostile to Vagina Kayak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-authorities-hostile-to-vagina-kayak/693368 "2016-06-04T01:28:10Z")
Yep, it’s the same old story. Um. Actually, no. It’s a story that, in my view, should count as at least a little bit new: Vagina-based kayak designs are, so far as I am aware, a new thing, notwithstanding a certain p… --- ## [Why do sitcom families all have the same house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-sitcom-families-all-have-the-same-house/89683)
**Author:** [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-sitcom-families-all-have-the-same-house/89683 "2002-12-02T19:37:24Z")
Roseanne, Drew Carey, 70’s Show, Grounded for Life, Cosby Show (the Huxtable one), etc all seem to have the same style of house. You walk in the front door, walk behind the couch and in front of the stairs going to the b… --- ## [Skip forever, Yahoo, I'm not giving you my fucking phone number!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skip-forever-yahoo-im-not-giving-you-my-fucking-phone-number/700405)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skip-forever-yahoo-im-not-giving-you-my-fucking-phone-number/700405 "2016-12-22T22:06:17Z")
Fuck you, you idiots. I have four Yahoo mail accounts (one of which is for the SDMB). About every three or four weeks I make the rounds to see what’s showed up. For more or less the last two years Yahoo has offered the … --- ## [Unused Prescription Medication, Can you donate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unused-prescription-medication-can-you-donate/494261)
**Author:** [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unused-prescription-medication-can-you-donate/494261 "2013-09-06T23:11:54Z")
We have a some unused meds when my ex died. Is there anyway to donate them? I have checked at all pharmacies, hospitals and nursing care agencies in my area (Ohio) and no one will take them. I hate to throw them all a… --- ## [Why do winner-take-all voting systems (like in the USA) persist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-winner-take-all-voting-systems-like-in-the-usa-persist/556998)
**Author:** [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-winner-take-all-voting-systems-like-in-the-usa-persist/556998 "2010-10-17T03:28:15Z")
I have always struggled to understand why many countries keep their first-past-the-post voting system that routinely wastes 50+% of all votes. Theoretically, one party with a relative majority in every state/district cou… --- ## [Duncan, OK school teacher handing out bibles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duncan-ok-school-teacher-handing-out-bibles/717116)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duncan-ok-school-teacher-handing-out-bibles/717116 "2015-04-17T00:00:12Z")
This town is apparently now trying to run this woman out of town for daring to challenge the teachers actions. Massive numbers of threats via Facebook, Twitter, etc. National news has not seemed to pick this up yet, … --- ## [Movie lines you inadvertently blurt out in public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748 "2024-12-06T03:32:24Z")
I was at the grocery store yesterday, and the piped in music was playing “Gimme Some Lovin’”. But it wasn’t the Spencer Davis Group version, it was the one from The Blues Brothers. And without even thinking about it, I h… --- ## [Real-life uses for Simpsons quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656 "2010-09-10T19:45:16Z")
Somehow a couple of religious types made it past my security door the other day. They knocked, I answered, and they wanted to start talking to me about “the violence in our society.” I asked, “Is this a religious thing… --- ## [I Pit "I'm Sick Of The Smoke"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-im-sick-of-the-smoke/316196)
**Author:** [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-im-sick-of-the-smoke/316196 "2005-08-27T14:28:46Z")
As a lifelong nonsmoker, I’ve noticed that smokers have generally become a lot more sensitive to us. More people ask before they light up and graciously take no for an answer. 2 years ago,when my ashen, bald wife would… --- ## [Best Straight Line You've Ever Knocked Out Of The Park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-straight-line-youve-ever-knocked-out-of-the-park/534790)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-straight-line-youve-ever-knocked-out-of-the-park/534790 "2010-04-14T05:52:20Z")
You know what I’m talking about. Those magical times when someone inadvertently sets you up with a perfect straight line…and you instantly respond with the perfect zinger? Oh, and there are others around to appreciate yo… --- ## [Saudi Arabia or North Korea: where would you rather live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saudi-arabia-or-north-korea-where-would-you-rather-live/545378)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saudi-arabia-or-north-korea-where-would-you-rather-live/545378 "2010-07-17T14:11:52Z")
The rules: You’re forced to live in either North Korea or Saudi Arabia. You cannot leave the country. Let’s assume your exile is for 10 years. You will have a comfortable material lifestyle that is the equivalent of a… --- ## [TSA agent plants bag of powder on passenger. "It was just a joke."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-agent-plants-bag-of-powder-on-passenger-it-was-just-a-joke/526534)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-agent-plants-bag-of-powder-on-passenger-it-was-just-a-joke/526534 "2010-02-02T17:23:02Z")
Story. I can’t even begin to imagine where someone could have considered this to be a good idea. I can see the need for the security service that TSA allegedly provides, but really, let’s get some professionals with mo… --- ## [\[Discussion\] World Series of Poker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247 "2009-11-13T23:16:34Z")
Here is the best WSOP blog if you want almost constant updates. No real specific direction for this thread other than general thoughts on the WSOP. Potential topics included but are not limited to: \[ul\] \[li\]The Donku… --- ## [Bands/Musicians whose music hasn't "aged" well...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-musicians-whose-music-hasnt-aged-well/540591)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-musicians-whose-music-hasnt-aged-well/540591 "2010-05-28T07:48:42Z")
Driving home today, I caught a song by Elton John and it was bad. I then started thinking of his catalog of songs, and I couldn’t think of one song that I’d want to listen to. He was good in the 70’s, but his music is … --- ## [Toss up your reasons NOT to allow concealed carry, and I\`ll (heh) shoot them down.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toss-up-your-reasons-not-to-allow-concealed-carry-and-i-ll-heh-shoot-them-down/227437)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toss-up-your-reasons-not-to-allow-concealed-carry-and-i-ll-heh-shoot-them-down/227437 "2004-03-03T05:43:58Z")
Our wonderful (D) Governor, Jim “Veto” Doyle, has once again vetoed a bill. This time it happened to be a piece of legislation that the people of Wisconsin want, that a democrat actually sponsored, that 46 other states … --- ## [Explain the comic strip Nancy to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-comic-strip-nancy-to-me/338597)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-comic-strip-nancy-to-me/338597 "2006-01-14T00:36:40Z")
As my username would indicate, I’m a fan of the old time comic strips. I’ll admit from the start that I’ve never gotten the appeal of Krazy Kat - okay, I understand that many people think George Herriman was a genius, b… --- ## [Names you don't hear much these days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-dont-hear-much-these-days/502371)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-dont-hear-much-these-days/502371 "2009-07-19T01:26:59Z")
We’ve got yet another thread about flaky names parents give their kids, but it got me to thinking about the names of my younger days that have fallen from popularity. For example, among my close friends in high school w… --- ## [RO: So many better ways to kill yourself...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-so-many-better-ways-to-kill-yourself/676115)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-so-many-better-ways-to-kill-yourself/676115 "2015-04-06T07:22:11Z")
…than speeding across a median and doing this to the car and passengers in it. The thing by the road used to be an SUV and the red truck sped across the median, and flew through the air, ripping off the top of it. http… --- ## [Polyamorus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polyamorus/644392)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polyamorus/644392 "2012-12-18T20:29:16Z")
Why do people in these types of relationships always seem to be,…um, how can I put this delicately, not the kind of people you would want to be sleeping around with? The word ogre comes to mind. --- ## [Are there any Christian denominations that fully embrace the Old Testament?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christian-denominations-that-fully-embrace-the-old-testament/600919)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-christian-denominations-that-fully-embrace-the-old-testament/600919 "2017-02-28T15:53:24Z")
It’s frequently pointed out that Christians completely disregard 90+% of the so-called “Old Testament”, but still keep some of the parts that they like (notably, a few lines in Leviticus about homosexuality and some of t… --- ## [Is there any legal justification for impeachment of Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-legal-justification-for-impeachment-of-obama/640573)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-legal-justification-for-impeachment-of-obama/640573 "2012-11-14T20:06:15Z")
So I’m assuming there is a decent chance the GOP in the house will want to find a reason to impeach Obama to get revenge on him for being the president. Do they have any legal justification for doing so? I haven’t been … --- ## [1 in 4 renters must use half their earnings to pay their housing costs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-in-4-renters-must-use-half-their-earnings-to-pay-their-housing-costs/719098)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-in-4-renters-must-use-half-their-earnings-to-pay-their-housing-costs/719098 "2015-05-07T19:34:55Z")
Article here. I have a lot of thoughts and opinions about this. There should be no stigma for a 20-something or even 30-something to live with his or her parents for the purpose of saving money. Hiking up the mini… --- ## [American Idol 4/26](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161 "2005-05-01T20:56:03Z")
Hey, where’s everybody at? It is Tuesday, isn’t it? crickets Good Egg? Diogenes? Anyone? --- ## [mail with wrong zip code](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-with-wrong-zip-code/526168)
**Author:** [@Magret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magret)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-with-wrong-zip-code/526168 "2010-01-25T21:57:39Z")
I sent a letter from the UK to the US, but I wrote the address from memory, and like a doof, used my brother’s old, not current zip code. Same city, wrong zip. What are the chances it will still reach its destination? … --- ## [I don't understand this crossword clue/answer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-this-crossword-clue-answer/274044)
**Author:** [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-this-crossword-clue-answer/274044 "2004-11-17T00:38:17Z")
My wife bought me a New York Times Sunday Crossword book, and I’m loving it. I have yet to finish one fully, but I’m getting better. My grammar is certainly improving. But I’ve run across one clue and answer combo tha… --- ## [Opera has so much gorgeous music. But the singers sound like shit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-has-so-much-gorgeous-music-but-the-singers-sound-like-shit/748182)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-has-so-much-gorgeous-music-but-the-singers-sound-like-shit/748182 "2016-03-18T14:47:31Z")
Why is that? --- ## [Korean girls sounding like babies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-girls-sounding-like-babies/638158)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-girls-sounding-like-babies/638158 "2012-10-26T16:09:13Z")
So when the gangnam thing started a month or two ago, I told myself to investigate K-Pop songs. Finally listened to a few today, and it seems to me, and I can’t really find a non offensive way of putting this, that the g… --- ## [Trunk, which part of "stop hijacking this thread" did you not understand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trunk-which-part-of-stop-hijacking-this-thread-did-you-not-understand/437170)
**Author:** [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trunk-which-part-of-stop-hijacking-this-thread-did-you-not-understand/437170 "2008-02-15T03:08:03Z")
No part of it. I understood the whole fucking thing. I just obviously don’t fucking care because you’re being fucking obtuse and you fucking know it. --- ## [It's Monday Somewhere - a pointless MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-monday-somewhere-a-pointless-mmp/568745)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2011, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-monday-somewhere-a-pointless-mmp/568745 "2011-01-31T11:25:16Z")
Of course, most MMPs are pointless. Some are pointy. O Pointy Birds O pointy pointy Anoint my head Anointy 'nointy. Another week, another $3.27 after taxes. --- ## [Spock's Brain - worst episode ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spocks-brain-worst-episode-ever/372702)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spocks-brain-worst-episode-ever/372702 "2007-06-25T03:32:07Z")
Ignoring anything TNG and onwards, was Spock’s Brain really the worst that TOS could offer? Was it actually a pretty good episode? Thinking about it, the science behind this science fiction episode was more interesting … --- ## [“White girl, take OFF your hoops!”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-girl-take-off-your-hoops/782200)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-girl-take-off-your-hoops/782200 "2017-03-19T20:08:41Z")
Now! - Thieving, grabby white women. Can’t take your eyes off 'em for a second. If you do your entire cultural closet is raided. “White girl, take OFF your hoops!” Pitzer College Demographics 10 Tricks for Perfect W… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=551&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=553&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)