# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=565&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:** 566 --- ## [You can have dinner with one famous person who shares your birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-dinner-with-one-famous-person-who-shares-your-birthday/646086)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-have-dinner-with-one-famous-person-who-shares-your-birthday/646086 "2013-01-07T16:54:40Z")
You are allowed to have dinner with any one person, living or dead, who shares your birthday. Whom do you choose? Why do you choose this person? What questions or topics of discussion will you raise? Who picks up the tab… --- ## [Immigrant Visa to the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrant-visa-to-the-us/741271)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrant-visa-to-the-us/741271 "2020-12-06T20:36:22Z")
As I’ve mentioned before, the wife and I are planning to move back to the US in the next couple of years, quite probably in mid-2016. We’re starting to prepare the paperwork now and would like to submit Form I-130, in wh… --- ## [Stupid Geography Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-geography-questions/65805)
**Author:** [@beegowhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegowhite)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-geography-questions/65805 "2015-06-24T04:33:49Z")
The stereotype that many people share about Americans knowing very little about the world outside their borders is sometimes, sadly, very true. I don’t know anymore whether to laugh or cry when I hear some of the stupid … --- ## [How do locals pronounce the name of the town of Cirencester in Gloucestershire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-locals-pronounce-the-name-of-the-town-of-cirencester-in-gloucestershire/510791)
**Author:** [@Satyagrahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satyagrahi)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-locals-pronounce-the-name-of-the-town-of-cirencester-in-gloucestershire/510791 "2014-07-10T16:42:14Z")
I’m working on a novel set in 15th Century England and part of the action is set near the town of Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Given that the readers of a text novel will pronounce names however they want, still, I’m f… --- ## [Why should we care if playing in the NFL has long time health problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-we-care-if-playing-in-the-nfl-has-long-time-health-problems/731726)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-we-care-if-playing-in-the-nfl-has-long-time-health-problems/731726 "2015-10-06T16:33:01Z")
Why should we care if playing in the NFL has long time health problems? Nobody seems to care too much that working in a coal mine is dangerous so what’s so special about the NFL? Isn’t digging subway tunnels and tunnels … --- ## [Weird grammar. "How many resources/how much resources" as a non-discrete quantity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-grammar-how-many-resources-how-much-resources-as-a-non-discrete-quantity/575766)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-grammar-how-many-resources-how-much-resources-as-a-non-discrete-quantity/575766 "2011-03-26T15:06:41Z")
I was reading about something and wondering what quantity of natural resources it would require to accomplish, as a general way of understanding the magnitude of the project. But I hit a bit of a grammatical stumbling bl… --- ## [Hypothetical Road Trip: Aggressive Vegan vs. Extremely Pregnant Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160 "2011-07-06T19:03:19Z")
A frequent feature of the Adam Carolla podcast, the “Hypothetical Road Trip” game consists of Adam posing to Larry Miller two possible travel companions for a cross-country road trip from California to Florida, and Larry… --- ## [Do young people not go to bars anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-young-people-not-go-to-bars-anymore/659864)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-young-people-not-go-to-bars-anymore/659864 "2013-06-04T16:54:29Z")
In a recent Pit thread discusing various social dynamics of the pub scene, \*\* Amateur Barbarian\*\* made the following comment: \[QUOTE=Amateur Barbarian\] The moral is to stay out of bars, kids. Isn’t the whole idea of g… --- ## [Palin's vigilantes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-vigilantes/534417)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-vigilantes/534417 "2010-04-02T17:13:37Z")
Sarah Palin is now advising Tea-Partiers to “stop” cars that have Obama bumper stickers. I’m wondering if she’ll be criminally responsible when someone is run off the road and shot. --- ## [Share some obtuse, indirect insults](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-some-obtuse-indirect-insults/301965)
**Author:** [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-some-obtuse-indirect-insults/301965 "2005-05-04T22:08:44Z")
Y’know, the kind of insult where the person you say it to looks confused for a second, says ‘thanks’ and then walks away, only to realize 5 minutes later that they’ve been insulted. I love those. I can’t think of any goo… --- ## [Is this the most obscure #1 Billboard hit song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-most-obscure-1-billboard-hit-song/727953)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-most-obscure-1-billboard-hit-song/727953 "2015-08-22T23:09:28Z")
This was #1 on the Billboard charts only a decade before I started getting into pop music, but I had NEVER heard of the song or the group before today (thanks to the Meat Loaf thread). If it’s not this one, what is it? … --- ## [What's the worst thing conservatives have to fear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-thing-conservatives-have-to-fear/939345)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-thing-conservatives-have-to-fear/939345 "2021-04-25T01:57:49Z")
Generally, you don’t see conservatives arguing that conservative dominance of the political system would be good for liberals. But I’ve seen some - not many, but some - liberals argue that total liberal dominance would b… --- ## [Puppies - enforceability of spay/neuter contract](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-enforceability-of-spay-neuter-contract/442231)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-enforceability-of-spay-neuter-contract/442231 "2008-03-22T18:21:31Z")
We recently bought a purebred golden retriever pup, and encountered something we considered curious. If you are looking for a purebreed, you will meet a small number of breeders who all seem to know each other and appea… --- ## [Ryan and the congressional Republicans to investigate the FBI.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-and-the-congressional-republicans-to-investigate-the-fbi/759229)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-and-the-congressional-republicans-to-investigate-the-fbi/759229 "2016-07-12T18:43:31Z")
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-attack-fbi-over-decision-clinton-emails-075513976--election.html I thought this deserved its own thread, but feel free to merge with the thread about the FBI report on Clinton’s se… --- ## [Ok, so I saw your boobs twice...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-i-saw-your-boobs-twice/158566)
**Author:** [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-i-saw-your-boobs-twice/158566 "2003-03-14T20:14:06Z")
After knowing you for a total of 3 minutes, I saw your boobs. I saw them again 30 minutes later. All for the price of a few crappy strings of plastic beads at a practically abandoned party. What does this do for me? … --- ## [How I set my testicles afire...share your dumb story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-set-my-testicles-afire-share-your-dumb-story/484541)
**Author:** [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-set-my-testicles-afire-share-your-dumb-story/484541 "2010-08-22T02:25:02Z")
So in the \[thread=505137\]Swiss Army Knife thread,\[/thread\] it came up that I’d once set myself afire. I was an oceanography graduate student at the time. I’d been to the antarctic and collected a bunch of water samples … --- ## [Begging to get back together... does it ever work out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begging-to-get-back-together-does-it-ever-work-out/433957)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begging-to-get-back-together-does-it-ever-work-out/433957 "2008-01-19T20:52:48Z")
I’m sure this has come into my mind from watching some show or other, but I was thinking about how it never works out when one person in a relationship winds up cajoling, begging, or trying to convince the other not to b… --- ## [My Best Friend's Husband Hates Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-best-friends-husband-hates-me/237420)
**Author:** [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-best-friends-husband-hates-me/237420 "2004-04-04T20:02:02Z")
Holy crap. I typed and formatted this whole freakin’ thread once, then got the “Invalid Forum Specified” error. El Gone-o. Now I shall try to recreate. I think this belongs in the Pit. Mod, please move if it doesn’t. … --- ## [Mundane changes to comic book origin stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-to-comic-book-origin-stories/619882)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-to-comic-book-origin-stories/619882 "2012-05-31T15:53:40Z")
Bright, socially-ostracised teen Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider during a high school field trip to a laboratory. A small bump arises but disappears after a couple days. Peter goes on to college and eventu… --- ## [Planned Parenthood sues anti-abortion group behind secret videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-sues-anti-abortion-group-behind-secret-videos/743167)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-sues-anti-abortion-group-behind-secret-videos/743167 "2022-10-23T13:26:57Z")
Does PP have a case? Did the Center for Medical Progress break the law? I’d love to see CMP have to pay through the nose for this. I’d also love to see some of the individuals face criminal charges if appropriate. --- ## [Well-known actors/actresses that have retired.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-actors-actresses-that-have-retired/530930)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-actors-actresses-that-have-retired/530930 "2010-03-02T19:39:58Z")
So I was thinking about Rick Moranis earlier today and realized that I hadn’t seen him in a movie (on-screen) for awhile. Turns out he retired from acting back in 1997 (save for doing some voice work). And that got me … --- ## [I pit that it's okay to say someone has a small penis for driving (car you don't like/wish you had)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-that-its-okay-to-say-someone-has-a-small-penis-for-driving-car-you-dont-like-wish-you-had/612945)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-that-its-okay-to-say-someone-has-a-small-penis-for-driving-car-you-dont-like-wish-you-had/612945 "2012-02-16T20:17:02Z")
I’ve seen it many times on the SDMB, and it really surprises me that no one ever calls anyone out for this cheap shot. What I am talking about is someone insulting someone else either verbally or in their head “Sorry ab… --- ## [Water Absorption during Shower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-absorption-during-shower/321427)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-absorption-during-shower/321427 "2013-06-28T01:23:13Z")
I was sitting with some coworkers waiting for a meeting to start when someone mentioned that they had quit drinking coffee a few weeks ago and that they were feeling “dehydrated” all the time. (They had been a heavy cof… --- ## [Wonderful anti-Muslim e-mail I got](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-anti-muslim-e-mail-i-got/595378)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-anti-muslim-e-mail-i-got/595378 "2012-01-24T06:00:55Z")
To my work e-mail. The sender is a Jewish woman, with whom I have sometimes discussed Israel - I have a friend in Israel, and sometimes I share news with her, and generally have a positive view of Judaism and Israel in … --- ## [What objects could survive a close-up nuclear explosion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-objects-could-survive-a-close-up-nuclear-explosion/679330)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-objects-could-survive-a-close-up-nuclear-explosion/679330 "2014-01-23T14:21:48Z")
There’s a photo of Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves inspecting the Trinity Test site. The device had been detonated on top of a 100-foot steel tower, and only a few remnants of it remained. So… Even a modes… --- ## [Selected for Special Attention! (airport security rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selected-for-special-attention-airport-security-rant/408164)
**Author:** [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selected-for-special-attention-airport-security-rant/408164 "2007-07-07T21:52:19Z")
I got on a place yesterday, and discovered to my dismay that I had the dreaded Secret Code on my boarding pass that informed the TSA knuckledraggers that I had been “Selected for Special Attention.” In addition to causi… --- ## [Something that's always bugged me about the book "Little House on the Prairie"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-thats-always-bugged-me-about-the-book-little-house-on-the-prairie/759471)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-thats-always-bugged-me-about-the-book-little-house-on-the-prairie/759471 "2016-07-23T20:56:18Z")
Yes, I know all about the Native American hate and White entitlement attitudes. It’s the most objectionable book in the series, blah, blah, blah… But ever since reading this book when I was young, there was always one … --- ## [Should I hire a hooker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-hire-a-hooker/29218)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-hire-a-hooker/29218 "2000-08-24T23:48:39Z")
In all seriousness, I’ve been considering it. It’s been so long since I got action of any kind that I’ve almost overcome my built in inhibitions against such a thing. Before you label me an amoral cad, let me give you th… --- ## [Prohibition; new PBS Ken Burns Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prohibition-new-pbs-ken-burns-series/598384)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prohibition-new-pbs-ken-burns-series/598384 "2011-11-04T13:50:48Z")
This looks real good, and I’m looking forward to watching it. Not crazy about Peter Coyote as a narrator. Why does he get so many narrator gigs? Anyone else planning to watch? It’s on tonight and then the next two ni… --- ## [German covers of popular American songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-covers-of-popular-american-songs/418067)
**Author:** [@steadierfooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steadierfooting)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-covers-of-popular-american-songs/418067 "2007-09-07T19:02:32Z")
I’m having an Oktoberfest party at the end of the month, and am looking for some popular American songs that were covered/translated into German. We’re a group of mid to late 20’s who are predominately into rock alterna… --- ## [Bush - Torture saves lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-torture-saves-lives/560112)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-torture-saves-lives/560112 "2010-11-14T04:30:40Z")
\*“Three people were waterboarded and I believe that decision saved lives.” He denied that waterboarding, which simulates drowning, amounted to torture. \* Two things there. First - I know Bush is about as popular as a … --- ## [Independence Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050 "2016-07-11T03:17:24Z")
As \[del\]threatened\[/del\] promised, here’s the new MMP. I’m up (& out) early to go get high…after smoking all afternoon yesterday. That’s balloons & food; nothing ill-eagle. Once that’s done it looks like two of: catch… --- ## [Why is India lagging behind China?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-india-lagging-behind-china/597446)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-india-lagging-behind-china/597446 "2011-09-26T21:42:13Z")
In 2007, China had a global GDP share of 10.7%, compared to India’s 4.6% \[cite\]. Further, China’s share of global GDP will likely surpass that of Europe within the next five years, and that of the US within a decade \[ci… --- ## [What should we be doing about the heroin crisis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-be-doing-about-the-heroin-crisis/796079)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-be-doing-about-the-heroin-crisis/796079 "2018-01-29T16:02:38Z")
If you have not yet been personally touched by the rapidly expanding human tragedy of opiate addiction, I suggest reading this. It seems a moral and policy shame that the companies who helped create this crisis–marketin… --- ## [Words with Friends just played an unskippable video ad on my android.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-with-friends-just-played-an-unskippable-video-ad-on-my-android/614041)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-with-friends-just-played-an-unskippable-video-ad-on-my-android/614041 "2017-06-15T03:17:07Z")
Fuck. This. Bullshit. I just switched from an iPhone, where I gladly paid the cost of the game to remove ads, to an Android phone. Of course I redownloaded this game as it’s one of only a couple I play. I was looking… --- ## ["We've evolved to be creationists"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-evolved-to-be-creationists/408445)
**Author:** [@coberst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coberst)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-evolved-to-be-creationists/408445 "2007-07-01T18:30:20Z")
“We’ve evolved to be creationists” “We’ve evolved to be creationists” is a quote from the “The Atlantic Monthly” article “Is God an Accident?”—December 2005 issue. Paul Bloom, author of the article, informs us that “hu… --- ## [Are elephant paintings the result of prolonged animal abuse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-elephant-paintings-the-result-of-prolonged-animal-abuse/680455)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-elephant-paintings-the-result-of-prolonged-animal-abuse/680455 "2014-02-11T02:28:26Z")
I was just turned onto thiswebsite, claiming that elephant paintings are a product of prolonged animal abuse. Is there a lot if any truth to this? I don’t doubt the elephants are insanely intelligent and emotional anima… --- ## [GOP / movement conservatives: Bad decisions are a business model](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-movement-conservatives-bad-decisions-are-a-business-model/704819)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-movement-conservatives-bad-decisions-are-a-business-model/704819 "2014-11-20T19:38:53Z")
There’s always going to be a problem getting “conservative” politicians in the USA to do the smart or socially responsible thing. I don’t know what the ratio is of principled true believers to corrupt pols to principled… --- ## [What are the differences among Protestant denominations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-differences-among-protestant-denominations/463168)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-differences-among-protestant-denominations/463168 "2008-09-22T20:50:33Z")
What are the things that fundamentally distinguish Lutherans from Methodists from Baptists from Presbyterians? Are they just practical things like how the pastors dress, or how they serve communion, or even whether or n… --- ## [Are there laptops without webcams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-laptops-without-webcams/547441)
**Author:** [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-laptops-without-webcams/547441 "2010-08-09T03:39:28Z")
Due to totally unecessary security stupidity, I’m going to be working somwhere that bans all cameras. Even crappy littlecams on laptops. But all modern laptops seem to have them. Is there anyone out there that still make… --- ## [Fifth grade girls have boobies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-grade-girls-have-boobies/249432)
**Author:** [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-grade-girls-have-boobies/249432 "2004-06-10T06:46:40Z")
I can’t believe it. I went to see my son’s class in a school play. I’m shocked ! All the little girls have boobies, not little apple seed things, but real live boobs. And the girls were all wearing little half cut t-shi… --- ## [Julian Assange of Wikileaks for Nobel Peace Prize?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julian-assange-of-wikileaks-for-nobel-peace-prize/554154)
**Author:** [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julian-assange-of-wikileaks-for-nobel-peace-prize/554154 "2010-09-24T16:40:27Z")
I saw a Facebook page on this topic, of all things. The idea intrigued me. I think Wikileaks provides an important service to humanity and makes it harder for governments to commit atrocities, at least if they leave a p… --- ## [Sealing wax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealing-wax/634142)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2012, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealing-wax/634142 "2012-09-13T07:24:04Z")
What is Mick talking about here? “And your father’s still perfecting ways of making sealing wax.”\* Why is her father trying to make sealing wax and what the heck was he going to do with it once he perfected the maki… --- ## [The Madness of King Henry VI (and also of his grandfather): what was it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-madness-of-king-henry-vi-and-also-of-his-grandfather-what-was-it/554200)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-madness-of-king-henry-vi-and-also-of-his-grandfather-what-was-it/554200 "2010-09-20T20:01:45Z")
I’ve been reading a long novel about the Wars of the Roses in which King Henry VI is a supporting character. I’ve read of him before- he was the son of King Henry V (who was sane) and of Katherine de Valois (who was evi… --- ## ["Snoop, spy, and eavesdrop on your teens"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snoop-spy-and-eavesdrop-on-your-teens/529316)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snoop-spy-and-eavesdrop-on-your-teens/529316 "2010-02-22T03:14:38Z")
From here: So writes Ellen Rittberg, self-appointed guru of dealing with teens. Yes, that’s what she advises you do to your teenage kids. Not to your eleven or twelve year-old, but your teens. Teens, the very age when… --- ## [How complicated can a Starbucks order realistically get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-complicated-can-a-starbucks-order-realistically-get/564291)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-complicated-can-a-starbucks-order-realistically-get/564291 "2015-02-12T13:15:32Z")
How complicated can a Starbucks order realistically get? I am listening to someone who wants a (1) venti, (2)double (3)\[something\] with (4)\[somethng\] and (5) \[something\] and I got to thinking. Just how many things could… --- ## [Do You Still Have Hope For the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-hope-for-the-united-states/803575)
**Author:** [@Neo-Calredic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neo-Calredic)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-hope-for-the-united-states/803575 "2017-12-11T19:36:25Z")
One simple question: Do you have hope for the future of the United States? Speaking for myself, I have precious little hope left. Every few days brings some affront to common decency from the piece of human filth curr… --- ## [Graphology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphology/704751)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphology/704751 "2014-11-21T14:27:50Z")
I believe that graphology has the capacity to be of scientific value, similar in many ways to how we study body language. I also believe that the large majority of those who practice this are ill informed and unqualified… --- ## [Funniest Episode from The Andy Griffith Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-episode-from-the-andy-griffith-show/633522)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-episode-from-the-andy-griffith-show/633522 "2012-09-05T20:47:57Z")
Andy Griffith recently died. Farewell Andy. You made some fine TV shows and some fine films too. But my favorite thing you ever did was the original Andy Griffith Show with Don Knotts as Barnie Fife. There were many tr… --- ## [Anyone see Judge Judy - stolen tax refunds? Lets discuss Da Judge!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-judge-judy-stolen-tax-refunds-lets-discuss-da-judge/569728)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-judge-judy-stolen-tax-refunds-lets-discuss-da-judge/569728 "2011-02-16T19:40:03Z")
Once in awhile some pretty shady characters show up in Judge Judy’s make believe court. Today, they got one that is probably headed to prison. Started out like most cases. Best friends suing over money. One lady had he… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=564&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=566&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)