# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=587&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:** 588 --- ## [On being woken up for/by sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-woken-up-for-by-sex/405932)
**Author:** [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2007, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-woken-up-for-by-sex/405932 "2007-06-02T09:31:04Z")
Do you enjoy it, or not so much? There have been times when my SO and I both have woken each other up because we were horny, more or less. Despite being male and the initiator of sex in most instances, I’m actually not… --- ## [When/how "Timbuctoo"~="Podunk"~="Nowheresville"~="Buttfuck, Idaho"; Other languages have sim. names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-how-timbuctoo-podunk-nowheresville-buttfuck-idaho-other-languages-have-sim-names/649101)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-how-timbuctoo-podunk-nowheresville-buttfuck-idaho-other-languages-have-sim-names/649101 "2013-02-09T07:51:39Z")
See subject. Stand in name for the middle of nowhere. Timbuctoo is tragically in the news, and I thought of this later. Sorry about Idaho, but that’s the way I’ve always heard it (NYC). I presume Idahoans don’t say it … --- ## [Why do fishing boats have sparkly paint?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-fishing-boats-have-sparkly-paint/689996)
**Author:** [@talldarkfellow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/talldarkfellow)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-fishing-boats-have-sparkly-paint/689996 "2014-06-05T18:24:19Z")
I have noticed that many fishing boats have sparkly paint. Does it make the boat more attractive to fish or is it just a marketing gimmick? --- ## [Catholics and Female Masturbation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholics-and-female-masturbation/368134)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholics-and-female-masturbation/368134 "2006-08-14T13:57:49Z")
Okay, male masturbation is bad, because it results the loss of seed. However, female masturbation doesn’t, nor does performing cunnilingus, for that matter. So logically, both things should be a-okay, since they’re not… --- ## [Coworkers selling crap at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworkers-selling-crap-at-work/622353)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworkers-selling-crap-at-work/622353 "2012-05-22T19:59:16Z")
Note to coworkers: I do not want to buy into your ‘money saving electricity supply’ program. No, I don’t know what it is, but I suspect it’s just another multi-level marketing plan that requires me to sell these plans t… --- ## [Is there a way to prevent the Yellowstone Caldera from having a super eruption?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-prevent-the-yellowstone-caldera-from-having-a-super-eruption/627090)
**Author:** [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-prevent-the-yellowstone-caldera-from-having-a-super-eruption/627090 "2012-07-08T03:38:12Z")
Say that we can tell, somehow, that the Yellowstone Caldera will have a major eruption a decade from now. Is there anything we could do to prevent that from happening? --- ## [Can an employer legally cut your pay without your consent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-employer-legally-cut-your-pay-without-your-consent/282369)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-employer-legally-cut-your-pay-without-your-consent/282369 "2005-01-02T16:10:04Z")
spooje’s stupid question of the day I had a pay cut once. But that was where a company wide pay cut was put in to place (5%) and even affected the CEO’s. This was done to avoid layoffs after a major customer went bankru… --- ## [What's your earliest TV memory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earliest-tv-memory/530505)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earliest-tv-memory/530505 "2010-03-07T02:11:05Z")
This is gonna age me but I remember two things very distinctly that must have happened before I was 5. I remember never, ever being “seen” on Romper Room. The host would hold up an imaginary looking glass and chant, 'I s… --- ## [How does one get red wines stains off of a white cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-red-wines-stains-off-of-a-white-cat/310749)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-red-wines-stains-off-of-a-white-cat/310749 "2005-07-03T17:51:07Z")
I was drinking wine and watching TV late last night. Unbeknownst to me, my tuxedo cat (Tuna) stalked his way across the back of the couch, attacked the wine glass as I raised it for a sip, then bid a rather loud and has… --- ## [Who do they poll for Family Feud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-they-poll-for-family-feud/548084)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-they-poll-for-family-feud/548084 "2021-05-24T01:47:44Z")
my friend wants to know --- ## [Are there kids who absolutly cannot be educated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-kids-who-absolutly-cannot-be-educated/647494)
**Author:** [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-kids-who-absolutly-cannot-be-educated/647494 "2013-02-05T13:46:49Z")
I am speaking of extreme profound special ed kids. The overwhelming majority of sped kids can and do aquire at least functional academic abilities, and or “life skills” Even a lot of profound kids can aquire some “skil… --- ## [yet again: Mods who can't moderate ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-again-mods-who-cant-moderate/563177)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-again-mods-who-cant-moderate/563177 "2010-12-20T20:07:58Z")
…or at least who feel the need to get in personal, highly opinionated digs, while criticizing other posters for their views. Here, Tom chimes in on what he has deemed to be a hijack (and I agree, which was why I opened a… --- ## [Halloween in Cleveland 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-in-cleveland-2010/551172)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-in-cleveland-2010/551172 "2010-11-09T12:25:56Z")
So we haven’t even had our \[SE Michigan Dopefest\](SE Michigan Dopefest) yet (this weekend, woo-hoo!) But I’m already up for starting to discuss Halloween. I offer my place, on the west side of Cleveland, near Kamm’s Co… --- ## [Is it dangerous to open a microwave door before the timer winds down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-dangerous-to-open-a-microwave-door-before-the-timer-winds-down/518634)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-dangerous-to-open-a-microwave-door-before-the-timer-winds-down/518634 "2009-11-23T21:00:50Z")
A friend of mine freaked out when I did this recently. He acted as though doing this it lets radiation out that could be harmful. Setting aside that every microwave I know of turns itself off when you open its door, cou… --- ## [Sure signs a movie sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-signs-a-movie-sucks/253839)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-signs-a-movie-sucks/253839 "2004-07-18T18:17:42Z")
When the have to put the authors name in front as in… "Robert A. Heinlein’s The Puppet Masters." Any others? --- ## [2048](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2048/684104)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2048/684104 "2017-02-12T02:57:14Z")
I read about this casual Flash game called 2048 on Buzzfeed yesterday. I’m already hooked. It’s fun, it’s mindless, it’s addicting, sometimes it’s infuriating. Kind of like BoomShine. Enjoy. --- ## [I've Got Your Goat, A College Flashback MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-your-goat-a-college-flashback-mmp/514285)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-your-goat-a-college-flashback-mmp/514285 "2009-10-26T12:47:34Z")
In the spirit of Kaboom! A dynamite MMP, it’s another tale from dogbutler’s college days. On e Saturday, we were drinking. Bob(not his real name), thought the one thing lacking from our college experience was livestock… --- ## [LEDs vs HPS efficiency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leds-vs-hps-efficiency/658292)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leds-vs-hps-efficiency/658292 "2016-01-23T01:22:21Z")
My High Pressure Sodium security light needs a new bulb. I was researching LEDs, and they seem to be less efficient: a 70 watt HPS bulb produces around 6,000 lumens and the 70 watt LED fixtures produce around 4,000. So … --- ## [Curious \[do gals really like bigger genitalia?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-do-gals-really-like-bigger-genitalia/694823)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-do-gals-really-like-bigger-genitalia/694823 "2014-08-07T22:13:01Z")
Counterpose to Curious \[do guys really like bigger breasts?\] I’m curious because I’ve never had any complaints but then I see these movies and… :eek: --- ## [Lack of affirmative consent as rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-affirmative-consent-as-rape/506884)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-affirmative-consent-as-rape/506884 "2009-08-25T20:35:34Z")
I’ve been thinking about this a bunch lately. I’m not sure how common this scenario is, but basically when someone goes along with sex when they are too afraid to say no. Not in a scenario where a gun or a knife is emplo… --- ## [What is the difference between an University and State Colleges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-an-university-and-state-colleges/652512)
**Author:** [@ginger\_garrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ginger_garrett)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-an-university-and-state-colleges/652512 "2013-03-12T18:34:31Z")
What is the difference between an University and State Colleges: --- ## [Xbox 360 games similar to Oblivion and Fable II?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-360-games-similar-to-oblivion-and-fable-ii/498575)
**Author:** [@cromulent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cromulent)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-360-games-similar-to-oblivion-and-fable-ii/498575 "2009-06-09T16:32:23Z")
So, I’m going to have some free time coming up (yay, summer!) and I want to buy a new XBOX 360 game. Since I own exactly two, this is a momentous occasion. I basically like RPGs, not shooting-type games so much (I’m a g… --- ## ["Bucky larson" - will it achieve the rare "0" rating on RottenTomatoes.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucky-larson-will-it-achieve-the-rare-0-rating-on-rottentomatoes-com/595526 "2011-10-03T21:50:04Z")
This weekend, Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star opens in theaters. Based on the ads, it could well be the worst movie of the year. Will it achieve a “0” rating on Rotten Tomatoes.com? --- ## [Car accident without injury: Should I contact an attorney?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-accident-without-injury-should-i-contact-an-attorney/554051)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-accident-without-injury-should-i-contact-an-attorney/554051 "2018-12-03T09:43:32Z")
So I was driving to work a few hours ago when I got into a car accident. A woman turned left directly into my path when I had a green light. I know I had a green light and because after the accident I looked up at the li… --- ## [Glurge attributed to Mark Twain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glurge-attributed-to-mark-twain/750716)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glurge-attributed-to-mark-twain/750716 "2016-04-02T16:34:08Z")
I was given this bit of wisdom to include in a family newsletter. The attribution to Twain is disturbing since he seems the least likely person to have written such a thing. It shows up credited to Twain on thousands of … --- ## [Situational jokes you've always wanted to use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/situational-jokes-youve-always-wanted-to-use/393907)
**Author:** [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/situational-jokes-youve-always-wanted-to-use/393907 "2011-09-19T02:04:30Z")
I’m still waiting for this situation to arise. I’m in an interview. They’re asking all the standard interview questions. The interviewer/boss seems like a pretty geeky guy and I have a good feeling about him. They ask:… --- ## [There are plenty of fish in the sea -- but sometimes it doesn't feel like it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-plenty-of-fish-in-the-sea-but-sometimes-it-doesnt-feel-like-it/548475)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-plenty-of-fish-in-the-sea-but-sometimes-it-doesnt-feel-like-it/548475 "2010-08-06T14:37:19Z")
So… I’ve been having rather pathetic luck with relationships for a long, long time. Almost as long as I’ve been trying to have relationships. I know I’m not alone in this; I have perspective. It just hurts a lot. I feel… --- ## [Would you drink donkey semen for $50,000?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-donkey-semen-for-50-000/610883 "2012-01-31T22:14:13Z")
With a chaser of urine? Some contestants on Fear Factor will have that \ choice. --- ## [What happens if both pilots die at the same time ? (after 9/11)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-both-pilots-die-at-the-same-time-after-9-11/701750)
**Author:** [@exile3D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exile3D)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-both-pilots-die-at-the-same-time-after-9-11/701750 "2014-10-30T01:59:29Z")
Since the doors are practical unbreakable : what happens if both pilots in a plane die at the same time (maybe an electroshock or something) no one could get into the cockpit and land the plane (if another pilot is on b… --- ## [If you were fabulously wealthy, would you want a huge mansion? A smaller one? How about servants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-fabulously-wealthy-would-you-want-a-huge-mansion-a-smaller-one-how-about-servants/635705)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-fabulously-wealthy-would-you-want-a-huge-mansion-a-smaller-one-how-about-servants/635705 "2013-07-21T14:13:26Z")
Let’s say that your long-lost Uncle Scrooge McDuck leaves you both his fortune (conservatively estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars) and his palatial estate with associated servants: maids, cooks, garde… --- ## [Space fighters vs. space battleships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-fighters-vs-space-battleships/585055)
**Author:** [@Kilmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilmore)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-fighters-vs-space-battleships/585055 "2011-06-18T02:27:16Z")
Obviously this is science fiction and cannot be reality checked, but in space movies and TV shows we always see the space fighters zip in and out between the battlestars and star destroyers. However, the big ships have e… --- ## [What's up with potassium supplements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-potassium-supplements/637920)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-potassium-supplements/637920 "2013-07-04T17:30:59Z")
In the summertime when it’s hot outside I tend to have problems with cramps, mostly in my feet and hands. I have been told that sometimes this is caused by a potassium deficiency. Coincidentally, late last summer I was… --- ## [When, in Christian theology, did Jesus become God?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-christian-theology-did-jesus-become-god/374747)
**Author:** [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-christian-theology-did-jesus-become-god/374747 "2012-08-17T11:55:07Z")
I didn’t know where else to slot this question, so I put it here in GD. If Mods want to move it, so be it. According to Catholic Theology, Jesus is God, just as the Father and the Holy Spirit are God. And like the other… --- ## [Dearly Departed Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearly-departed-dopers/351188)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearly-departed-dopers/351188 "2008-09-11T20:21:33Z")
Whenever I look around for favorite threads from the past, it strikes me how many longtime posters aren’t around anymore; some have been banned, some didn’t survive the pay-to-post conversion, and some have probaly just … --- ## [Down Syndrom kids.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-syndrom-kids/735297)
**Author:** [@liontamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liontamer)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-syndrom-kids/735297 "2015-10-28T05:31:20Z")
My grandson and his fiance found out their fetus/child will be born with it. They are in their mid-twenties. He wants to abort, she doesn’t. What are your thoughts? I say abort. What do you do? --- ## [The end of the United Kingdom...........could come as soon as 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-united-kingdom-could-come-as-soon-as-2014/609175)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-united-kingdom-could-come-as-soon-as-2014/609175 "2012-01-17T11:19:29Z")
:D:) The Scottish Government has announced plans to hold an independence referendum It could well be curtains for the most successful nation in the history of the world. And that sad. OTH, no more having to explain Sco… --- ## [Best Monty Python Sketch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monty-python-sketch/513593)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-monty-python-sketch/513593 "2009-10-23T03:48:56Z")
Here are twenty Monty Python sketches. Which is the best? Take your time. --- ## [Do babies in the womb make noise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-babies-in-the-womb-make-noise/511782)
**Author:** [@StaudtCJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StaudtCJ)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-babies-in-the-womb-make-noise/511782 "2011-12-21T16:08:34Z")
My eldest son just asked me a question, which I do not know the answer to, and my google-fu fails me. (It takes me to things like “do babies cry in utero” which isn’t the question.) The question is “do babies make nois… --- ## [Galavant (TV miniseries)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-tv-miniseries/709053)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-tv-miniseries/709053 "2015-05-11T09:43:48Z")
ABC is running this Sunday nights. It’s certainly a goofy concept: Spamalot as miniseries. And, yes, it’s a musical, with music by Alan Mencken. The songs are a hoot: the title song is great and you can’t not like a … --- ## [Why does Sullah mispronounce Belloq as "Bellosh" (Raiders of the Lost Ark)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-sullah-mispronounce-belloq-as-bellosh-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/560010)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-sullah-mispronounce-belloq-as-bellosh-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/560010 "2010-11-13T16:14:16Z")
Is there some joke there I am missing? Indy laughs at it or is the joke simply that he misremembers his name and I am looking for some pun there that doesn’t exist --- ## [Adoption: recipe for failure ? ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-recipe-for-failure/682224)
**Author:** [@geezer1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geezer1)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-recipe-for-failure/682224 "2014-03-02T01:04:32Z")
As is the way of events, one hears more of failures than of successes, but I am wondering, in light of the many news articles, if there is a built-in, perhaps genetic, predisposition for failure, in the adoptee, biologic… --- ## [Only 75 years until the end of the world...SDMB, the world NEEDS you!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-75-years-until-the-end-of-the-world-sdmb-the-world-needs-you/644811)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-75-years-until-the-end-of-the-world-sdmb-the-world-needs-you/644811 "2012-12-28T14:56:16Z")
Getting tired of talking about gun control, so thought I’d try and get the best (and worst) minds on the board engaged in saving humanity. Scientists have discovered that a neutron star is headed towards our solar syste… --- ## [Upon ending my MA program - a reflective MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-ending-my-ma-program-a-reflective-mmp/406658)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 372\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-ending-my-ma-program-a-reflective-mmp/406658 "2007-06-11T02:55:24Z")
Wow. It’s been an intense year. When I first started applying to grad schools, I was completely in the dark. All I knew was that I loved English literature and that I wanted the opportunity to properly study it. I alway… --- ## [The bloated US military](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloated-us-military/556391)
**Author:** [@Dcypher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dcypher)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloated-us-military/556391 "2010-10-13T19:33:12Z")
Why do we keep US troops all over the world? Would we not benefit ourselves by simply emptying Germany and England and everywhere else of US troops? Do we really need 12 aircraft carrier battlegroups? What will it tak… --- ## [Are there Natural Rights? If so, what are they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-natural-rights-if-so-what-are-they/649601)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-natural-rights-if-so-what-are-they/649601 "2013-02-12T01:55:17Z")
The term “Natural Rights” comes up in these threads occasionally, and recently a poster asserted that the right to Free Speech was a natural right that could be infringed upon but not taken away. What part of nature bes… --- ## [Libertarian: Newlywed Game Remark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-newlywed-game-remark/20846)
**Author:** [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-newlywed-game-remark/20846 "2012-12-05T16:17:53Z")
A while ago, there was a long thread in which Libertarian insisted he’d seen an episode of The Newlywed Game in which a contestant was asked where the strangest place she’d made whoopee was, and she said, “That’d be the … --- ## [Chinese culture and always answering "yes"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-culture-and-always-answering-yes/492652)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-culture-and-always-answering-yes/492652 "2009-04-15T19:48:39Z")
Is it just me or do is there a propensity for people from China to always answer “Yes” when asked a yes/no question? Do you have your seafood buffet today? “Yes” only to get there and …no they don’t Do you sell boiled… --- ## [Is Fantastic Four cursed when it comes to film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fantastic-four-cursed-when-it-comes-to-film/727023)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fantastic-four-cursed-when-it-comes-to-film/727023 "2015-08-07T19:51:00Z")
First attempt at a movie adaptation was so horrible it is only available as a pirate vid online. Next two big budget adaptations by Sony are considered fair at best. Now a fourth attempt has no buzz, little in the way o… --- ## [A Very Memorable MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-memorable-mmp/405767)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 367\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-memorable-mmp/405767 "2007-06-04T02:25:37Z")
First of all, I’d like to thank all past and present armed services personnel for their service to their country. And a personal thanks to my brother and sister-in-law over in Afghanistan. OK - on to the cuttin’: I dr… --- ## [12 reasons Why I Definitely f#cking Hate Church](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-reasons-why-i-definitely-f-cking-hate-church/718074)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-reasons-why-i-definitely-f-cking-hate-church/718074 "2015-04-24T03:10:23Z")
Wasting hours of my mortal life every sunday morning. Getting less sleep when I could have slept in. 3. Growing up as a kid I use to sit in the middle between my mom and my older brother. Every sunday, It was my … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=586&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=588&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)