# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=576&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:** 577 --- ## [I pulled a tree stump out of my face!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pulled-a-tree-stump-out-of-my-face/298401)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pulled-a-tree-stump-out-of-my-face/298401 "2014-07-13T13:32:06Z")
I was off work for a few days and I didn’t shave during that time. So last night I figured I’d take a nice hot bath to really soften up my beard for the razor. As I laid there in the tub, I rubbed my hand over the pre-… --- ## [What's the use of bees dying after stinging?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-use-of-bees-dying-after-stinging/508014)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-use-of-bees-dying-after-stinging/508014 "2009-09-01T20:53:13Z")
I’m sure this has come up before, but bee’s a three letter word and thus ignored by the search engine… So it’s probably quicker to just ask and wait for an answer rather than trying to get the terms right. So, (honey) b… --- ## [Have any of you attempted auto fellatio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-attempted-auto-fellatio/342310)
**Author:** [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-attempted-auto-fellatio/342310 "2006-02-02T22:49:45Z")
Not succeeded, necessarily. But, in a weak moment, have you tried? I just finished reading Paul Feig’s second memoir Superstud: or How I Became a 24-Year-Old Virgin. Very funny stuff. And one of the funniest chapters… --- ## [Moderator's Notes: On General Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-notes-on-general-questions/50416)
**Author:** [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-notes-on-general-questions/50416 "2002-03-13T23:52:15Z")
As you doubtless have noticed, traffic in General Questions has increased recently, seemingly exponentially. The traffic comes from a combination of a crush of new members and from increased posting activity from our mo… --- ## [Physics in the kitchen: How hot can boiling water get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-in-the-kitchen-how-hot-can-boiling-water-get/408603)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-in-the-kitchen-how-hot-can-boiling-water-get/408603 "2007-06-19T21:36:26Z")
To avoid burning garlic, I don’t add it until liquid is added to the sautéed veggies. I believe (without any documentation) that boiling water will never exceed the boiling temperature of roughly 212° F. Is that really … --- ## [What members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have you seen live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-members-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-have-you-seen-live/679059 "2014-01-29T01:41:40Z")
And did you see them before or after induction? List here (including 2014) For me (\* indicates after they were inducted; \*\*indicates I’m unsure): Ray Charles\*\* The Beach Boys Wilson Pickett Elton John\* Allman Brot… --- ## [What are the world's easiest jobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-worlds-easiest-jobs/509762)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-worlds-easiest-jobs/509762 "2009-09-24T03:55:15Z")
I was contemplating this question while standing in line at a Fry’s in Austin last weekend. A Fry’s employee is stationed at the head of the line, watching for a register to open. When one does – always indicated by a … --- ## [Constitutionality of the Slaughterhouse Rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitutionality-of-the-slaughterhouse-rule/533031)
**Author:** [@NotreDame05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotreDame05)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitutionality-of-the-slaughterhouse-rule/533031 "2010-03-22T05:25:55Z")
The Slaughterhouse rule, also called the Self-Executing rule, as I understand it, will permit the House of Representatives to vote on the package of amendments and corrections to the Senate bill, and if this package pass… --- ## [Why does the IRS tolerate Hollywood accounting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-irs-tolerate-hollywood-accounting/617780)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-irs-tolerate-hollywood-accounting/617780 "2015-06-18T03:03:44Z")
In the John Carter thread in CS right now someone brought up the well known term Hollywood accounting, which is where costs on a film are fraudulently inflated so that no movie no matter how profitable ever makes a profi… --- ## [Was being afraid of getting an erection in the locker room shower an actual thing among guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-being-afraid-of-getting-an-erection-in-the-locker-room-shower-an-actual-thing-among-guys/930710)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-being-afraid-of-getting-an-erection-in-the-locker-room-shower-an-actual-thing-among-guys/930710 "2023-10-24T13:55:52Z")
Inspired by another post here, despite never actually taking a fully nude shower in the PE Locker room in Middle/High school (if you did took showers you took them with your underwear or swim trunks on) I remember both a… --- ## [Girl you can never have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-you-can-never-have/667973)
**Author:** [@CMG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CMG)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-you-can-never-have/667973 "2019-12-02T01:30:44Z")
This could be long post. I really really need advice on how to deal with girl i am in to but know deep down i cant have. We’ve been roomates for the past few years. Shes in her 20s and i am in my early 30s. We are comple… --- ## [How long ago did the Moon stop rotating...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-ago-did-the-moon-stop-rotating/522054)
**Author:** [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-ago-did-the-moon-stop-rotating/522054 "2017-10-08T20:42:54Z")
and how would life on Earth have differed before it did? Would the tides have been more, or less predictable and extreme, for instance? --- ## [Why hasn't air travel seen the same technological jumps as other industries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-air-travel-seen-the-same-technological-jumps-as-other-industries/646334)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-air-travel-seen-the-same-technological-jumps-as-other-industries/646334 "2013-01-14T01:13:58Z")
Everything is better: Computers, cars, phones, medicine, etc. How come air travel isn’t seeing the same gains as other industries? Today, my computer runs at 2000X the speed it did ten years ago. Hybrid cars use 50% les… --- ## [Top Gear news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-news/745806)
**Author:** [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-news/745806 "2016-07-05T21:07:07Z")
A new cast has been announced, BBC.com. Matt LeBlanc has been doing intros on clip shows. Gotta admit he’s kind of annoying. --- ## [SallyStar-when come back, bring coherance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sallystar-when-come-back-bring-coherance/248913 "2004-06-07T00:43:07Z")
Am I the only one who can’t make sense out of what this chick is saying? Where she insists that “japs” is not a racial slur When asked for a cite for Bush winning in a landslide come November, and that our economy is g… --- ## [Stupidest thing you've heard a newscaster say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-thing-youve-heard-a-newscaster-say/457981)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-thing-youve-heard-a-newscaster-say/457981 "2008-08-20T01:37:48Z")
On CNN Headline News last week…when reporting on the Qantas flight with the mid-air explosion. The anchor said “Alas, there were no injuries.” “Alas”? Sorry to have disappointed you! On a San Francisco station many y… --- ## [Doper Valentines Exchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 361\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763 "2004-03-18T00:21:04Z")
It’s getting to be that time of year – and I’d love a repeat of this charming Doper tradition. For those who haven’t participated before, here’s the drill: You send your (IRL) name and address to the Designated Recipie… --- ## [Egregious cooking violations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egregious-cooking-violations/515044)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egregious-cooking-violations/515044 "2009-10-30T21:35:14Z")
Last night we bought home some Buffalo wings from Stop 'n Shop. Had I been paying attention and not looking to see if the Killian’s or Dundee was cheapest, I would have stopped my husband from putting these deli ready-ma… --- ## [Are guys who are tall and skinny more likely to be jerks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guys-who-are-tall-and-skinny-more-likely-to-be-jerks/460889)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guys-who-are-tall-and-skinny-more-likely-to-be-jerks/460889 "2008-08-25T02:40:27Z")
In my experience - and that’s all it is, my experience - guys who are very tall, and very thin, what you might call “gangly,” I guess, tend to be bigger jerks and have poorer social manners, a more rude and ill-humored a… --- ## [Series I U.S. savings bonds are paying 7.12% \[update - now 6.89%\]\[Down to 5.27% Mar2023\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-i-u-s-savings-bonds-are-paying-7-12-update-now-6-89-down-to-5-27-mar2023/955092)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-i-u-s-savings-bonds-are-paying-7-12-update-now-6-89-down-to-5-27-mar2023/955092 "2024-03-13T23:29:14Z")
I realize that’s the result of our borderline hyperinflation, but it was quite a pleasant surprise for me. Back in my working days, I bought a bunch of them, and needed to cash one in and found this out. I really hated… --- ## [How to piss off a new customer: computer repair.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-piss-off-a-new-customer-computer-repair/692618)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-piss-off-a-new-customer-computer-repair/692618 "2014-07-13T14:49:53Z")
So I purchased an el-cheapo desktop computer off’ve Gumtree (the Aus equivalent of Craigslist) a few months ago ($80) because it had Windows 7, and I was only running XP. I work from home, and Windows 7 is now the defau… --- ## [AGW Revealed as a Hoax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agw-revealed-as-a-hoax/518854)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agw-revealed-as-a-hoax/518854 "2009-11-29T22:31:29Z")
Read it and weep: WWW.DRUDGEREPORT.COM The extent of this fraud is amazing-we have evidence of outright destruction of data, evidence of collusion (in suppressing acdemic data), and conspiracy. So, do the revelations e… --- ## [U.S. citizen drives into Mexico without a passport, so what actually does happen...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-citizen-drives-into-mexico-without-a-passport-so-what-actually-does-happen/709684)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-citizen-drives-into-mexico-without-a-passport-so-what-actually-does-happen/709684 "2015-01-15T04:25:46Z")
…when they attempt to return to the U.S.? (Or from Canada, as applicable?) If memory serves you now need a passport when re-entering the United States from Mexico. The Mexican authorities don’t bother to check anyone’… --- ## [My startup disc is almost full? (Mac)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-startup-disc-is-almost-full-mac/593785)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-startup-disc-is-almost-full-mac/593785 "2011-08-25T02:30:56Z")
I just got this pop-up: Ar? :confused: How would my startup disc become full, and what should be deleted? --- ## [\[OLD\] Have As Good A New Monday MMP As Possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700)
**Author:** [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Replies:** 408\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700 "2023-04-03T05:30:18Z")
thanks @purplehorseshoe for the inspiration. Here’s hoping this finds us all having “as good a day as possible”. I’ll be the one stumbling in mid-morning rueing the hour after I take my pill before I can have that firs… --- ## [Why is it sad when a language dies out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-sad-when-a-language-dies-out/726695)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-sad-when-a-language-dies-out/726695 "2015-08-12T01:24:54Z")
Reading about some languages considered endangered (like Breton, for example), I came across various revival efforts. It makes sense to me that the language speakers themselves might be concerned about the loss of what … --- ## [The Situation with the Police in Buffalo is More Complex than it Seems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-situation-with-the-police-in-buffalo-is-more-complex-than-it-seems/855197)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-situation-with-the-police-in-buffalo-is-more-complex-than-it-seems/855197 "2026-04-10T09:10:00Z")
The Buffalo (New York) Police were filmed pushing an Old Guy to the ground. It was horrifying in that he fell backward, landed on the concrete and began bleeding, reportedly from the ear. Then the city suspended two poli… --- ## [Star Trek, where the heck are the Indians, Africans and Chinese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-where-the-heck-are-the-indians-africans-and-chinese/616118)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-where-the-heck-are-the-indians-africans-and-chinese/616118 "2012-03-22T14:16:21Z")
Even before the Federation as seen in Enterprise the show Earth is ruled by a one world government, we don’t get much background on how this works in reality. People seem very laid back about nationality and national pri… --- ## [What little things set you off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-little-things-set-you-off/436423)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-little-things-set-you-off/436423 "2013-05-23T16:07:40Z")
Hopefully this thread isn’t a repeat of something already started, but I wanted to know what things set other people off? I got to thinking about it this morning when my husband got livid when our toddler dribbled some … --- ## [Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and Star Trek's "The Enemy Within"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-jekyll-mr-hyde-and-star-treks-the-enemy-within/695975)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-jekyll-mr-hyde-and-star-treks-the-enemy-within/695975 "2014-08-25T18:21:16Z")
So I just finished reading Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tome, “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.” I couldn’t help but notice the many parallels to the Star Trek (TOS) episode, “The Enemy Within.” That was the on… --- ## [Teachers' Strike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-strike/634358)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-strike/634358 "2012-09-25T00:38:37Z")
Is there a prevailing feeling amongst the general public w/regard to sympathy or lack of it for the teachers? --- ## [Why did the Japanese side with Hitler? And what was (is) the basis of Anti-Semitism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-japanese-side-with-hitler-and-what-was-is-the-basis-of-anti-semitism/41713)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-japanese-side-with-hitler-and-what-was-is-the-basis-of-anti-semitism/41713 "2000-11-23T16:25:20Z")
OK, maybe I’m missing out on some central facts here, but can somebody explain to me why the Japanese sided with Hitler in WWII? After all, wasn’t Hitler’s whole philosophy centered around the supremacy of the white race… --- ## [What's it like living on a busy road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-living-on-a-busy-road/719031)
**Author:** [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-living-on-a-busy-road/719031 "2017-05-06T16:43:23Z")
I am considering moving to a house that’s on a reasonably busy 2-lane road (major arterial road for a subdivision, cars generally going 30-40mph). Interested in hearing experiences of others who’ve lived on busy roads. D… --- ## [What are Japanese children taught about WW2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-japanese-children-taught-about-ww2/293771)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2005, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-japanese-children-taught-about-ww2/293771 "2005-03-15T07:31:40Z")
I’ve been listening to an audio version of Stephen Ambrose’s posthumously published To America: Personal Reflections of a Historian. In the book he praises America (and Germany for that matter) for owning up to past inj… --- ## [Is Dr. House a sociopath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dr-house-a-sociopath/419336)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dr-house-a-sociopath/419336 "2007-09-17T17:23:48Z")
I just finished watching the last season of House M.D. Great show, very daring to create a character as nasty as House, who holds so many views that seem antithetical to most people’s and who is so open about hating eve… --- ## [Should Trump be Prosecuted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trump-be-prosecuted/925105)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trump-be-prosecuted/925105 "2021-03-18T15:14:58Z")
The New Yorker had a pre-election article on what could happen if he loses (as he did.) I won’t summarize, since some of the options were him leaving the country, replacing Limbaugh, etc. Some thought prosecuting Trump… --- ## [Can Superman tear his own head off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-superman-tear-his-own-head-off/345543)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-superman-tear-his-own-head-off/345543 "2010-02-24T13:02:37Z")
As long as we’re on the superhero kick, this is something I’ve always wondered for a while. On the one hand, Superman is very strong. On the other, he’s damn-near invulnerable. It’s tough to pick which aspect is great… --- ## [Did Glenn Beck kill a frog on live TV, or is he just an idiot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333)
**Author:** [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-glenn-beck-kill-a-frog-on-live-tv-or-is-he-just-an-idiot/511333 "2009-09-26T11:59:15Z")
Okay, I realize the two don’t have to be mutually exclusive… Anyway, in this video, Glenn tries to bring up that old trope about frogs not jumping out of gradually heating water vs boiling water, which I think those bra… --- ## [The Weird Dreamage MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-dreamage-mmp/562247)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-dreamage-mmp/562247 "2010-12-06T17:00:42Z")
I should really write these down the minute I wake because they fade quickly, but the latest weirdness involved trying to climb steps backwards because I didn’t have my “stick” with me; marching in a band made up of anci… --- ## [Favorite Irish-themed Stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-irish-themed-stuff/532751 "2010-03-26T15:09:14Z")
Anything Irishy. Movies, music, TV shows, games, products, places outside Ireland, names, drinks, food, pets… Irish Spring The Quiet Man Liam Neeson U2 Irish Washerwoman Irish potatoes Irish McCalla (do a Yahoo! I… --- ## [2012 World Series of Poker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-world-series-of-poker/623047)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-world-series-of-poker/623047 "2012-11-03T01:15:12Z")
So yeah, the WSOP starts on Monday. Anyone care? Anyone playing? Seems like each year, the SD thread on the Series gets less and less attention. I’ll be keeping decent tabs on a long distance friend of mine who finishe… --- ## [Things that make you immediately stop reading something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-immediately-stop-reading-something/829270)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-immediately-stop-reading-something/829270 "2019-05-03T17:42:21Z")
So you start reading a book, article, essay, poem, whatever, and you’re thinking, “this will enrich my life in some way.” And then you get to some word, phrase, sentence, or idea that makes you go, “Nope! This is actuall… --- ## [Do you remove the plastic film on your electronics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-the-plastic-film-on-your-electronics/650740)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-the-plastic-film-on-your-electronics/650740 "2013-10-10T16:47:02Z")
My daughter will leave that film on until all that is left are ragged edges. It keeps her screen clean, she says. It looks to me that the protective film gets even greasier than the glass it’s protecting. My son rips th… --- ## [Kamala should run for president again in 2028](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-should-run-for-president-again-in-2028/1011774)
**Author:** [@Ash\_trav511](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ash_trav511)\ **Replies:** 466\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-should-run-for-president-again-in-2028/1011774 "2025-10-31T11:50:25Z")
I feel she should run again in 2028 and become the first woman president. I feel she stands better chance in 4 years time than in the present election where she was saddled with the twin burdens of inflation and border… --- ## [Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1975/699780)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1975/699780 "2015-02-05T04:02:07Z")
Our survey brings us now to 1975, the tail end of the peak of the most turbulent era in the history of the Hot 100. This year we have 35 songs at the top of the chart, just shy of the previous year’s record of 36 (which … --- ## [What is up with overweight people and Diet Coke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-overweight-people-and-diet-coke/498738)
**Author:** [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-overweight-people-and-diet-coke/498738 "2009-06-19T18:22:04Z")
It seems like it’s the official drink of the obese or something. Now, this is purely anecdotal, but it seems to me that a lot of overweight people drink Diet Coke. If you want a low-cal drink, there’s a lot of options … --- ## [They wouldn't fly now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wouldnt-fly-now/962825)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wouldnt-fly-now/962825 "2022-05-06T18:11:13Z")
What things were very popular at one time that would never fly now? I’ll start it off with a couple of my own. A man singing in a gravely voice, or any voice, really, “Thank heaven for little girls.” A male photographe… --- ## ["Trouble at t'mill" - origin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-at-tmill-origin/554766)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-at-tmill-origin/554766 "2014-03-11T21:06:05Z")
It’s a cliché of Yorkshire speech, but does anyone know where the phrase “trouble at t’mill” originally came from and how it became such a standard? It’s used in Monty Python’s “Spanish Inquisition” sketch which was fir… --- ## [Now I really am pitting Lance Armstrong directly (And yes, he is doped)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-really-am-pitting-lance-armstrong-directly-and-yes-he-is-doped/256728)
**Author:** [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-really-am-pitting-lance-armstrong-directly-and-yes-he-is-doped/256728 "2004-09-27T01:02:13Z")
I started a thread a week or so ago pitting the Tour for generally being lackluster and missing excitement. Frankly, things have turned around a bit, and things ended on a more exciting tone than the first flat stages t… --- ## [Two Kids Dead, But Mom's Hair Sure Looks Nice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kids-dead-but-moms-hair-sure-looks-nice/116850)
**Author:** [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kids-dead-but-moms-hair-sure-looks-nice/116850 "2004-07-09T03:33:31Z")
\[url=http://www.freep.com/news/locoak/kids1\_20020701.htm\]Story is Here\[/url This article made me weep for these children. This woman is indicative of everything that is wrong with allowing sick, lazy, self-absorbed peo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=575&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=577&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)