# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=571&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:** 572 --- ## [Driving during and immediately after airbag deployment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-during-and-immediately-after-airbag-deployment/559640)
**Author:** [@Honestly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honestly)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-during-and-immediately-after-airbag-deployment/559640 "2010-11-07T17:07:51Z")
Is it mechanically possible for a car be in a head-on collision that causes the airbags to deploy and keep driving? And would a person wearing no protection above the neck be able to maintain\\regain reasonable control of… --- ## [SCOTUS should preserve race-based AA because we are not created equal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-should-preserve-race-based-aa-because-we-are-not-created-equal/638219)
**Author:** [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-should-preserve-race-based-aa-because-we-are-not-created-equal/638219 "2012-10-23T20:39:16Z")
Well-meaning social policy based on a faulty premise will backfire. Here’s the faulty premise: Given equal opportunity, SIRE (Self-Identified Race/Ethnic) groups will perform about the same. Fisher v U Texas Austin is… --- ## [SDMB Dynasty Fantasy Football interest list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-dynasty-fantasy-football-interest-list/506147)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-dynasty-fantasy-football-interest-list/506147 "2009-08-20T16:11:16Z")
In our general discussion FF thread, we were trying to think up something new or different to do for a league this year. VarlosZ had the idea a dynasty league, and I’m definitely interested. Dynasty leagues work by hav… --- ## [Could army doctors actually get away with Hawkeye-like behavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-army-doctors-actually-get-away-with-hawkeye-like-behavior/561585)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-army-doctors-actually-get-away-with-hawkeye-like-behavior/561585 "2010-11-30T13:39:37Z")
Pretty much what the OP says. I’ve been watching a lot of MASH lately and I keep thinking, “Sure, Frank Burns is a jerk, but I can’t imagine that a captain (or captains) in the army can really get away with so much blata… --- ## [Where's the farthest point from a Wal-Mart in the contiguous 48 states?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-farthest-point-from-a-wal-mart-in-the-contiguous-48-states/479917)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-farthest-point-from-a-wal-mart-in-the-contiguous-48-states/479917 "2009-01-07T20:35:17Z")
Somewhere in Montana maybe? --- ## [Moving nest with baby birds. Need answer....err.... today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-nest-with-baby-birds-need-answer-err-today/497298)
**Author:** [@ShotgunZen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShotgunZen)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-nest-with-baby-birds-need-answer-err-today/497298 "2009-06-01T20:45:44Z")
Last night while getting the underside of the porch roof ready for instillation of siding on the ceiling I discovered a bird’s nest, complete with babies, built in the already partially enclosed soffit. The mother is som… --- ## [Number One with their first single](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847 "2020-06-05T22:58:07Z")
Ruby and the Romantics were an R&B singing group from Ohio. In 1963 they lucked out and got to sing “Our Day Will Come,” a fantastically beautiful ballad written by Mort Garson and Bob Hilliard. The song went straight t… --- ## [The morality of coercion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-coercion/684730)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2014, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-coercion/684730 "2014-04-10T11:32:29Z")
Most, if not all societies have endorsed the idea of forcing people to do things against their will, to some extent or another. At one end of the spectrum you have totalitarian political or theocratic doctrines, which ca… --- ## [Is Bill O'reilly an alcoholic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bill-oreilly-an-alcoholic/479859)
**Author:** [@jakesteele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakesteele)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bill-oreilly-an-alcoholic/479859 "2009-01-05T23:03:19Z")
Having dealt with alcoholism both personally and thru family and friends I have noticed that Bill sounds and acts like someone who either has the problem, had the problem or grew up in a family that had the problem. I w… --- ## [The WTC Twin Towers Were \*\*Pulverized\*\* on 9/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-twin-towers-were-pulverized-on-9-11/406161)
**Author:** [@CB\_Brooklyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CB_Brooklyn)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-twin-towers-were-pulverized-on-9-11/406161 "2007-06-04T14:12:30Z")
See bottom of post for important links It’s an Urban Myth that the Twin Towers Collapsed. The Twin Towers Did Not Collapse, They Were Pulverized Into Dust. Look at the following photos: Where’s the hundreds of tons o… --- ## [What does this word mean to you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-word-mean-to-you/626126)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2012, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-word-mean-to-you/626126 "2012-07-01T09:02:15Z")
There is a common English word. I’d like to know what people think it means. Please give me list of synonyms for this word. Please note, I’m asking for OPINIONS here. Tell me what YOU think the word means. Don’t look … --- ## [How much money would it take to change your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-would-it-take-to-change-your-life/575886)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2011, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-would-it-take-to-change-your-life/575886 "2011-03-29T09:51:57Z")
If you hypothetically happened upon a windfall of money, how much would it have to be before it actually made a noticeable and lasting difference in your life? You can define any of the terms however you see fit, hopeful… --- ## [Diet Coke vs. Coca Cola Light](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-coke-vs-coca-cola-light/195840)
**Author:** [@transitionality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/transitionality)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-coke-vs-coca-cola-light/195840 "2003-08-18T12:41:45Z")
Why is it that Coca Cola Company makes and markets the relatively tasty Diet Coke product in North America and Europe, but instead makes and markets the absolutely horrendous Coca Cola Light product in third world territ… --- ## [Hydrogen PERoxide ... Potassium PERmanganate ... what does the PER- prefix indicate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hydrogen-peroxide-potassium-permanganate-what-does-the-per-prefix-indicate/109069)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hydrogen-peroxide-potassium-permanganate-what-does-the-per-prefix-indicate/109069 "2002-05-15T20:25:22Z")
What does the prefix per- indicate in the names of chemical compounds? Let’s look at hydrogen peroxide compared to dihydrogen monoxide (water). Mono- indicates, quite simply, “one” of something – in this case one oxygen… --- ## [Teenagers with kidney stones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-with-kidney-stones/497997)
**Author:** [@Bad\_Samaritan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Samaritan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-with-kidney-stones/497997 "2013-08-08T23:58:09Z")
How common is this? I just found out that my 19 year old niece has been in and out of the hospital a few times recently due to complications in passing kidney stones. Her brother has had kidney stones for a couple of yea… --- ## [Who is middle class?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-middle-class/566695)
**Author:** [@The\_Amazing\_Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Amazing_Hanna)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-middle-class/566695 "2011-01-16T20:17:19Z")
The word “middle class” is often used in politics these days. However, it appears to be a somewhat loosely defined word. Politicians often claim that their policies benefit the middle class - neither the deadbeats nor t… --- ## [Sushi is not a fucking lifestyle, you idiots.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-is-not-a-fucking-lifestyle-you-idiots/406459)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-is-not-a-fucking-lifestyle-you-idiots/406459 "2007-06-07T04:22:54Z")
You got suckered. Face it. Sushi is like the worm in the tequilla, and you’re the dumb fucking gringo that fell for it. No, but seriously, it doesn’t taste very good. How do you eat that stuff? And why do sushi eate… --- ## [What is the difference between Ruffles and Wavy Lays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-ruffles-and-wavy-lays/442283)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-ruffles-and-wavy-lays/442283 "2008-03-22T11:44:25Z")
This is something I’ve been wondering. They’re made by the same people, both fried, made of potatoes, and have ridges to allow for dip holding? Why two different names? --- ## [Factual Scientific errors in movies...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-scientific-errors-in-movies/261704)
**Author:** [@MikeCollins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeCollins)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-scientific-errors-in-movies/261704 "2004-09-04T23:43:14Z")
I’m not talking about the types of Hollywood out-and-out babble as seen in Minority Report or Face-Off, but pure errors. Such as if in a movie, someone says, “a prime number is a number that can be divided by any intege… --- ## [Just How Much Visine Does It Take To Kill Someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-much-visine-does-it-take-to-kill-someone/820709)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-much-visine-does-it-take-to-kill-someone/820709 "2018-09-07T12:55:15Z")
Do not need answer fast. Just a weird story I read. I didn’t know you could even kill someone with Visine. And here I’ve been putting that stuff right on my eyeball! :eek: “Authorities say 52-year-old Lana Clayton co… --- ## [Women and "signals"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-signals/487929)
**Author:** [@Moccioso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moccioso)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-signals/487929 "2009-03-06T00:16:54Z")
Let me rant for a moment on women and their “signals” – Wake up baby, 95+% are missed by men. At least. I find it funny to hear conversations where women discuss how they “gave such obvious signals” and yet the guy did… --- ## [Has Obama committed any "Impeachable Offenses"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750)
**Author:** [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750 "2009-10-25T19:50:43Z")
I live in the Red State of Texas, and I have seen some bumper stickers saying “Impeach Obama!” Now, I’m sure the guy who had it on his rusty pickup next the sticker of Calvin peeing on a Ford logo did not put much thoug… --- ## [Are those cheap bowls from Dollar General safe to eat from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-those-cheap-bowls-from-dollar-general-safe-to-eat-from/678796)
**Author:** [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-those-cheap-bowls-from-dollar-general-safe-to-eat-from/678796 "2014-01-15T20:14:48Z")
My understanding is that some bowls have lead in them. How can you tell? Is it the cheap ones that has lead? Do lead “contaminated” bowls have a certain look? I need to buy several cheap bowls that I can pitch after I u… --- ## [How the hell do you store Potatoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-you-store-potatoes/522289)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-you-store-potatoes/522289 "2009-12-24T14:11:35Z")
I live alone and don’t cook a ton, but I like having potatoes on hand for side dishes whenever I do make a dinner. I don’t shop frequently, usually once every 10 days to 2 weeks or so so when I do buy things I tend to op… --- ## [Erin Andrews peephole video: have you looked? Would you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erin-andrews-peephole-video-have-you-looked-would-you/504031 "2009-07-28T01:13:11Z")
I admit it. I looked. Not at the whole video, just a couple of screen caps. I felt bad about it, though. Sort of. --- ## [Botticelli - December 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446 "2015-12-31T16:22:47Z")
All righty, I’ll start the thread then. I am S. --- ## [Skald brain, dog turd and BBQ sandwich for supper.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-brain-dog-turd-and-bbq-sandwich-for-supper/608327)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-brain-dog-turd-and-bbq-sandwich-for-supper/608327 "2012-01-08T04:03:20Z")
Ingredients. 1 piece of bread 1 dog turd, long and straight barbeque sauce 1 brain from a skald creature delicately removed as they are miniscule. Procedure. place dog turd, skald brain with BBQ sauce on bread. … --- ## [Have you never had a birthday party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-had-a-birthday-party/486324)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-had-a-birthday-party/486324 "2009-02-20T01:52:32Z")
I was just having a conversation about birthdays the other day, and it dawned on my that I have never, in my entire life, had a birthday party. I’ve been invited to plenty, but never has one been thrown for me. It’s just… --- ## [Plot to blow up 10 US airplanes over Atlantic - credible threat, or rumour-mongering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-to-blow-up-10-us-airplanes-over-atlantic-credible-threat-or-rumour-mongering/368144)
**Author:** [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-to-blow-up-10-us-airplanes-over-atlantic-credible-threat-or-rumour-mongering/368144 "2006-08-19T16:23:33Z")
Here in the UK we woke up this morning to chaos across our airport system, following the arrest of 20+ people in anti-terrorism operations last night. Many in-bound flights to the UK have been grounded, and the UK’s ale… --- ## [Too-salty corned beef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-salty-corned-beef/548185)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-salty-corned-beef/548185 "2010-07-31T22:13:28Z")
Well, this hasn’t happened before… A few months ago I bought a corned beef brisket and put it in the freezer. Sunday, after it had been thawed, I put it in water in the slow-cooker for several hours until it was tender… --- ## [Taxes from the Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-from-the-rich/599547)
**Author:** [@Hi\_Medlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Medlo)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-from-the-rich/599547 "2011-10-19T22:49:18Z")
One of the basic tenets of the Occupy (insert name here) movement is that the rich are making too much money and aren’t paying enough taxes. I’m curious, how much revenue would be created if The Rich (your definition) … --- ## [He's a poet and don't know it cause his feet are longfellows. Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-a-poet-and-dont-know-it-cause-his-feet-are-longfellows-huh/297478)
**Author:** [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-a-poet-and-dont-know-it-cause-his-feet-are-longfellows-huh/297478 "2005-04-06T15:33:29Z")
“Your a poet and don’t know it cause your feet are longfellows.” or whatever variation of that I have heard. I don’t get it. Someone help. --- ## [Atheism does not work...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheism-does-not-work/382571)
**Author:** [@ReggieB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReggieB)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2006, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheism-does-not-work/382571 "2006-12-13T11:11:32Z")
…a philosophical argument on why it is rational to accept the possibility of a creator. I am agnostic and I have had more than a few heated debated with some athiest collegues of mine. I am a person is is constantly fas… --- ## [The Return of Danny Torrance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-danny-torrance/669632 "2013-12-08T23:46:33Z")
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King just came out…its the sequel to The Shining. Its awesomely scary through 100 pages. I expect some really bad dreams the nexr few nights. Kings best and scariest work in ages. --- ## [Sarah Huckabee Sanders deserves her own Pitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-deserves-her-own-pitting/816659)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-deserves-her-own-pitting/816659 "2018-07-04T23:04:26Z")
So here it is. After being told by a restaurateur that she wasn’t welcome there, SHS tweeted the following: Ms. Sanders, the policies of you and your boss have needlessly and gratuitously turned the lives of thousands… --- ## [More smililes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-smililes/541097)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-smililes/541097 "2010-06-04T23:34:27Z")
Any chance of more smilies? I would particularly like thumbs up and thumbs down, and a laughing smilie. --- ## [Decorative soaps and sundries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decorative-soaps-and-sundries/286896)
**Author:** [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decorative-soaps-and-sundries/286896 "2011-05-29T23:57:59Z")
In the name of all that is reasonable, sane, and good, can we please, at the earliest opportunity, eradicate decorative soap from the face of the Earth? For all time? A huge bonfire would be the most enjoyable method, … --- ## [Having a 1600 on your SATs and a lawyer doesn't make you God.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-1600-on-your-sats-and-a-lawyer-doesnt-make-you-god/196727)
**Author:** [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-1600-on-your-sats-and-a-lawyer-doesnt-make-you-god/196727 "2003-08-29T16:13:18Z")
Student whose admission was rescinded due to poor senior grades sues UNC He sounds like a charming young man. The frightening part is that if he wins his case, he could be sitting in my freshman English class six days … --- ## [Special Names for Animal Meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-names-for-animal-meat/674758)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-names-for-animal-meat/674758 "2013-12-01T06:51:38Z")
I’ve noticed that in the English language certain animals have specific names for their meat. For example, meat from cattle is called ‘beef’, and meat from deer is called ‘venison’, and meat from sheep is called ‘mutton… --- ## [Explain why you think Dave Matthews sucks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-think-dave-matthews-sucks/279818)
**Author:** [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-you-think-dave-matthews-sucks/279818 "2005-04-10T19:27:48Z")
Okay, so I get that you think Dave Matthews sucks – but the question is, WHY? I’ve heard this everywhere, but have yet to find even a scrap of a reason from anyone that’s made the claim – it’s always just a phrase that’… --- ## [Apparently, I work part-time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-i-work-part-time/628987)
**Author:** [@incidental](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/incidental)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-i-work-part-time/628987 "2012-09-02T17:12:02Z")
I’ve just recently returned to the boards a couple of week ago, but I found myself in a work-related conundrum yesterday. I would really value some outside opinions, because I really don’t know what to think or do. Back… --- ## [Kennedy assassination question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-assassination-question/598515)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-assassination-question/598515 "2011-10-09T23:39:53Z")
I happened to watch a special this evening and they showed the Zapruder film. I’ve seen this film a thousand times, but one thing finally stood out to me that I never thought of before… When Kennedy gets hit in the thr… --- ## [I Pit Walking Poles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walking-poles/641261)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walking-poles/641261 "2012-11-25T22:54:30Z")
Look, I’m sorry, but people who use frigging ski poles to walk look like idiots. You’re not mounting a climb of K2, lady, you’re just walking up Nondescript Avenue. This page presented as an example to make fun of, not… --- ## ["She's a Betty"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-a-betty/631980)
**Author:** [@GregE625](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GregE625)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-a-betty/631980 "2012-08-21T15:16:29Z")
Anyone know the true origin of the phrase “She’s a Betty” and it’s meaning? I’ve found references to Betty Cooper from the Archie comics, Betty Grable, Betty Boop and even Bettie Page. Definitions range from “an attracti… --- ## [~~~ Virtual hot tub party ~~~](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-hot-tub-party/205923)
**Author:** [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-hot-tub-party/205923 "2003-11-10T22:39:20Z")
Fall is here, crisp weather. Its perfect for a hot tub party. Bring your swim suit ( if you want) and an adult beverage and join me in the hot tub. \ **Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-planned-obsolescence-dead-and-gone-and-did-it-actually-exist-in-the-first-place/555893 "2010-10-13T00:37:23Z") When I was a kid (born in 1960) not a week would go by without seeing a television repair man at someones house. And picture tube testing devices were at the local drug store for kripes sake. Everyone I knew had, at leas… --- ## [How can I figure out after how long it's safe to take meds after drinking a glass of wine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-figure-out-after-how-long-its-safe-to-take-meds-after-drinking-a-glass-of-wine/662125)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-figure-out-after-how-long-its-safe-to-take-meds-after-drinking-a-glass-of-wine/662125 "2013-06-30T02:29:18Z")
Drank a glass of wine about four hours ago, and I’d like to take a muscle relaxant now 'cause my neck is killing me. But not at the expense of my liver or other important parts. --- ## [Comments from people that have either shocked you or have left you pondering...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-from-people-that-have-either-shocked-you-or-have-left-you-pondering/469821)
**Author:** [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-from-people-that-have-either-shocked-you-or-have-left-you-pondering/469821 "2008-11-02T20:39:49Z")
Its amazing how each person is there own little world. We all have different ideas, thoughts, perspectives, backgrounds, etc. Sometimes, during the day to day routine you hear people say the darnest things, some which m… --- ## [Can you legally ban someone from your retail store simply for being a obnoxious jerk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-legally-ban-someone-from-your-retail-store-simply-for-being-a-obnoxious-jerk/320330)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2005, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-legally-ban-someone-from-your-retail-store-simply-for-being-a-obnoxious-jerk/320330 "2005-09-07T07:55:38Z")
This thread about obnoxious customers made me wonder if an owner of a retail establishment could walk up to a customer making a noisy fuss and (after immediate problem is resolved) legally ban them from ever re-entering … --- ## [The Truth about Democratic People's Republic of Korea.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea/655910)
**Author:** [@DPRK\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK_Truth)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea/655910 "2013-04-17T14:35:30Z")
For years and years the vile American Empire and its “South Korean” puppets have been lying to the world about the true nature of the DPR Korea. The scheming pigs spoonfeed the mentally asleep with their dishonest propa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=570&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=572&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)