# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=625&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:** 626 --- ## [Movie references in Roku's screensaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-references-in-rokus-screensaver/819755)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-references-in-rokus-screensaver/819755 "2019-01-10T00:19:28Z")
What are all the movie references in Roku’s Movie Magic screensaver? Starting with the background layer, specifically with the sunrise in the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge, I see (scribbled in haste, so some may be a… --- ## [Explain alternating current to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-alternating-current-to-me/635944)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-alternating-current-to-me/635944 "2012-10-01T23:26:53Z")
like I’m an idiot. I understand the direction of the current periodically changes. What I don’t know is how this happens. What causes it. How does it work? Wikipedia doesn’t seem to explain this, or if it does, it’s bu… --- ## [The War of Northern Aggression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-war-of-northern-aggression/400046)
**Author:** [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-war-of-northern-aggression/400046 "2007-04-18T06:52:44Z")
Jesus, are you serious? The War of Northern Aggression? It’s the fucking Civil War, you idiot. And that beautiful house was built with slave labor. As in human slavery, the thing the Confederates went to war to preserve.… --- ## [Why are the penises of men in Playgirl flacid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472)
**Author:** [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-penises-of-men-in-playgirl-flacid/143472 "2002-12-20T15:39:36Z")
Is there something offensive about showing a erect penis as opposed to a flacid one? --- ## [Fewer days, more rants (February Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fewer-days-more-rants-february-mini-rants/979184)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fewer-days-more-rants-february-mini-rants/979184 "2023-03-29T16:56:23Z")
My biggest rant right now: it’s after 5pm PST and no one else got it in gear to start this month’s mini-rants. Minor: maintenance is pressure-washing the balcony above my patio, which means water coming down on my patio… --- ## [Botticelli, July 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 509\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407 "2023-08-03T17:24:31Z")
Last month’s thread: Botticelli June 2023 Updated: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #104 by Elendil\_s\_Heir Right. Our new letter is K --- ## [Could this be the end of Bill O'Reilly (please please please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-the-end-of-bill-oreilly-please-please-please/269150)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-the-end-of-bill-oreilly-please-please-please/269150 "2004-11-01T18:45:46Z")
Producer alleges Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly forced her into phone sex Could this be the end of this crappy demagogue? I sure hope she has a blue dress of proof. --- ## [YogSosoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogsosoth/609710)
**Author:** [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogsosoth/609710 "2012-01-27T17:48:49Z")
From this thread, we have this gem: You strike me as the kinda guy that jerks off to documentaries about concentration camps. --- ## [Judge Judy's Yiddish words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-judys-yiddish-words/140801)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-judys-yiddish-words/140801 "2002-12-12T18:27:00Z")
Judge Judy Sheindlin tends to sprinkle her statements with words that are obviously Yiddish, like chutzpah (unmitigated gall), kvetch (complain about petty things), and so on. Last week, when hearing a claim about a cera… --- ## [Moon cycle and menstruation and...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-cycle-and-menstruation-and/555900)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-cycle-and-menstruation-and/555900 "2010-10-06T14:50:51Z")
Does menstruation and the moon cycle coincide in any way? Auxillaryly Or did it before modern tech made the moon obscured? and… does this affect males in any way? 2\_… what are the official names for leg pits and toe… --- ## [I'm REALLY awake - An insomniac MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-awake-an-insomniac-mmp/561523)
**Author:** [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-awake-an-insomniac-mmp/561523 "2010-11-29T03:02:31Z")
Things I’ve done this evening: Laundry Watched movie online Knit Surfed the net Wished my niece a happy birthday I really should have been asleep 2 1/2 hours ago, or so, but…no dice. So, what are your recommendati… --- ## [What are you supposed to do if you find a gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-supposed-to-do-if-you-find-a-gun/766813)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-supposed-to-do-if-you-find-a-gun/766813 "2020-05-15T01:30:16Z")
Don’t worry, don’t need answers fast. I’m guessing it varies with state jurisdiction, but what are you supposed to do if while going about your business you see a pistol, rifle, shotgun or any other sort of firearm just… --- ## [Practical uses for parrots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-uses-for-parrots/566822)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-uses-for-parrots/566822 "2011-01-25T00:21:04Z")
Has the ability of parrots to mimic human speech ever been used for anything other than entertainment or amusement? --- ## [Telemarketing and Freedom of Speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telemarketing-and-freedom-of-speech/203788)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telemarketing-and-freedom-of-speech/203788 "2004-02-18T19:45:57Z")
So over here we’re discussing the hit the National Do Not Call list took yesterday and what it all means. And I mention that the ATA will probably have a ready made ‘Freedom of Speech’ suit ready when the current ruling… --- ## [What Habits Do You Regard As Irredeemably Degenerate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-habits-do-you-regard-as-irredeemably-degenerate/425644)
**Author:** [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-habits-do-you-regard-as-irredeemably-degenerate/425644 "2007-11-12T01:10:17Z")
{Warning: May Contain Irrational Prejudices} Eating and drinking while driving is the hallmark of a pig, a beast with neither forethought nor restraint. Are you parched? Starving? No? Then either sate your gluttony and … --- ## [ID these classic video game phrases!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710 "2005-11-29T20:48:02Z")
So I’ve got some phrases taken from classic video games. All you gots to do is ID what game they came from, and add your own. (And by classic, I mean no console games on current systems OR the generation before that (tha… --- ## [Something I'd love to know about heavy water…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-id-love-to-know-about-heavy-water/553288)
**Author:** [@NoriMori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoriMori)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-id-love-to-know-about-heavy-water/553288 "2010-11-04T16:10:59Z")
Hi all! I’m new. Don’t have anything to add to that, just thought you’d like to know. Anyway, to the topic at hand: I’ve been thinking about extraterrestrial life lately (partly because I want to write a novel about ali… --- ## [I don’t like watching new movies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-watching-new-movies/789785)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-watching-new-movies/789785 "2017-08-04T15:04:54Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of movies made in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s over the past year. Mainly westerns, but also quite a few thrillers and a comedy here and there. I now find modern flicks are almost unbearable to watch… --- ## [commercials you love, hate or don't get](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046)
**Author:** [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046 "2009-02-19T12:12:03Z")
theres a commercial I’ve seen dfor castrol motor oil with a scottish man running around hitting people with a dipstick yelling"thats thinking with your dipstick, Jimmy!’. I don’t get it. Is it just a silly kind of comme… --- ## [Can an Iphone with no phone service call 911?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-iphone-with-no-phone-service-call-911/593928)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-iphone-with-no-phone-service-call-911/593928 "2011-08-25T19:54:40Z")
I got a new Iphone and I’m giving the old one, which now has no service but still acts as an Ipod, to my young son. Is it still capable of calling 911? I know that cell phones are required to have 911 capability even if… --- ## [How much has Chinese culture changed since China went Communist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-has-chinese-culture-changed-since-china-went-communist/715448)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-has-chinese-culture-changed-since-china-went-communist/715448 "2015-04-04T15:38:12Z")
From Bertrand Russell’s The Problem of China (1922). Can all of that still be true, today, in one of the fastest-industrializing countries in the world? Can that attitude have survived decades of indoctrination by an… --- ## [Steam Summer Sale begins today you guys!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-begins-today-you-guys/722258)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale-begins-today-you-guys/722258 "2015-07-08T03:44:39Z")
The annual Steam Summer Sale is kicking off today, in just a few short hours in fact. Here’s your plan of attack: http://i.imgur.com/NMTBpfv.jpg Hoping to pick up some of those great indie games I passed on this year … --- ## [Israeli military is preparing itself to launch a massive aerial assault on Iran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-military-is-preparing-itself-to-launch-a-massive-aerial-assault-on-iran/493495)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-military-is-preparing-itself-to-launch-a-massive-aerial-assault-on-iran/493495 "2009-05-01T05:06:32Z")
\[According to The Times\](Israeli military is preparing itself to launch a massive aerial assault) Israel is on the cusp of launching an attack on Iran. Is this wise? Is this necessary? Can Iran repel the attack? --- ## [Does a Philly Cheesesteak need Cheez-Whiz?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-philly-cheesesteak-need-cheez-whiz/555525)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-philly-cheesesteak-need-cheez-whiz/555525 "2010-10-09T10:10:37Z")
There seem to be two schools of thought on the question. One side, we’ll call it the “Pat side”, believes that if it doesn’t have Cheez-Whiz, it’s not a real cheesesteak. The other side, the “Geno side” says that provo… --- ## [How To: argue with Trumpers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-argue-with-trumpers/938856)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-argue-with-trumpers/938856 "2021-05-11T21:00:23Z")
I’d like to learn some basic techniques for arguing with Trumpers. I feel I’m pretty well informed, but not confident that I wouldn’t get riled, or go off track. Any tips? Also, you Trumpers aren’t allowed to read any o… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin - June 2013 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-june-2013-edition/659805)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-june-2013-edition/659805 "2013-06-30T01:56:22Z")
Welcome to June, everyone. I’ve been looking forward to this month for a long time. After having almost no time to read for most of May, June promises lots of quiet time with a book or two… I just finished ‘Fluke’ by … --- ## [The UK and the fox hunting ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-and-the-fox-hunting-ban/720042)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-and-the-fox-hunting-ban/720042 "2015-05-28T22:05:20Z")
So in recent days, in among fears of the new Government repealing the Human Rights Act and a referendum on the EU, the other concern is that an attempt will be made to repeal the fox hunting ban which has been in force f… --- ## [Do you think humanity will ever become a interstellar civilization?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-humanity-will-ever-become-a-interstellar-civilization/685031)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-humanity-will-ever-become-a-interstellar-civilization/685031 "2014-04-28T17:58:05Z")
What do you think? Do you think that it will be possible for humanity to become an interstellar civilization? Like seen on Star Trek or Star Wars? I would like to know what do you think about the idea of that happening i… --- ## [Florida Principal says he "can't say the Holocaust was real"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-principal-says-he-cant-say-the-holocaust-was-real/836709)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-principal-says-he-cant-say-the-holocaust-was-real/836709 "2021-10-19T14:33:12Z")
This is seriously fucked up. I think the principal is claimed that he doesn’t want to say this, but is forced to by policies. Which are seriously fucked up, if that’s true. Just when you’ve digested that, you get the s… --- ## [The 1950's weren't great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1950s-werent-great/813479)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1950s-werent-great/813479 "2018-05-28T03:12:37Z")
Now, let me preface this with a statement: I am not arguing that the 1950’s were a bad time in American life. Far from it. However, I am railing against the myth in this country that the 1950’s were an especially idyll… --- ## [Do Credit Cards have a foreign "billing address" that you can use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-credit-cards-have-a-foreign-billing-address-that-you-can-use/503431)
**Author:** [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-credit-cards-have-a-foreign-billing-address-that-you-can-use/503431 "2009-07-18T17:01:51Z")
I need to buy something from an online vendor from abroad. Problem is that their online system only allows you to put in a foreign address (i.e. the address format in the country they are located) in the credit card’s b… --- ## [What are your Favorite Unsubstantiated Theories!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-unsubstantiated-theories/305656)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-unsubstantiated-theories/305656 "2005-07-21T06:36:30Z")
I’m creating this post in honor of tremorviolet. Below you can see the text of her post from within another thread where she suggested this. As it appears that she’s off galavanting around the skies at the moment, I migh… --- ## [Teleprompter, Wasilla-style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teleprompter-wasilla-style/528071 "2010-02-13T17:06:32Z")
Sarah Palin reads notes off of her hand during speech. This would be funny if 30% of the country didn’t want this daft bimbo to be our next President. The best part is that during this speech, she made a comment about … --- ## [What was so bad about Clinton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-so-bad-about-clinton/150568)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-so-bad-about-clinton/150568 "2003-02-05T23:59:31Z")
I’m amazed at the severity of the hatred of Bill Clinton by some Dopers in various threads and of course by average citizens quoted throughout the Internet and other media. While I certainly never believed he was withou… --- ## [Should abortion law be based on morality, technology or something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-abortion-law-be-based-on-morality-technology-or-something-else/358259)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 329\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-abortion-law-be-based-on-morality-technology-or-something-else/358259 "2006-06-08T13:53:13Z")
To prevent myself from hijacking Can abortion be responsible birth control? any further than I already have (sorry!), let me present a few threads which have spun off into an interesting (to me) side issue: \[QUOTE=Fivey… --- ## [Inoffensive words that make immature people snicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690)
**Author:** [@Jesse\_Pinkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesse_Pinkman)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690 "2013-12-25T22:57:37Z")
I was watching this clip from Whose Line Is It Anyway and it was one of the picked categories. I immediately thought of pianist, ramrod and kumquat. I know there are more, so what other words make you chuckle when they … --- ## [Is the universe real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-real/291594)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-real/291594 "2005-03-10T11:06:48Z")
I’d like to use either one of two operative definitions for “real”: The common definition — “Being or occurring in fact or actuality” (American Heritage) or The philosophical definition — “Existing objectively … reg… --- ## [Future classic cars from the 90s and 00s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-cars-from-the-90s-and-00s/597818)
**Author:** [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-classic-cars-from-the-90s-and-00s/597818 "2014-12-18T08:05:40Z")
I found myself watching one of those strange shows on the Speed channel where they televise live auctions of classic cars. They had cars from the 20’s through about the early 80’s represented. For those who haven’t see… --- ## [Why are Chinese take-out restaurants so stingy with duck sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-chinese-take-out-restaurants-so-stingy-with-duck-sauce/531271)
**Author:** [@ScatteredFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScatteredFrog)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-chinese-take-out-restaurants-so-stingy-with-duck-sauce/531271 "2013-09-18T21:32:53Z")
I’ve noticed this all my life, actually…but it seems that every time I get a Chinese takeout or delivery order, or know of someone else who gets a Chinese takeout or delivery order, the order comes with about 500 packs o… --- ## [On Grandmother's Cooking: Which Dishes Were Misses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-grandmothers-cooking-which-dishes-were-misses/792832)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-grandmothers-cooking-which-dishes-were-misses/792832 "2017-08-19T04:21:49Z")
The chicken pot pie thread here got me thinking about this. When reminiscing about my long-since departed grandmother, I remember as much as anything, her skills as a cook. I know this is a common enough sentiment but r… --- ## [Fuck Off with your Feigned Outrage and Shock over Spying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-with-your-feigned-outrage-and-shock-over-spying/672228)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-with-your-feigned-outrage-and-shock-over-spying/672228 "2013-11-01T14:26:09Z")
Every county spies to the extent that their resources allow. This has been the case since countries began. You spy on us, we spy on you, get over it. If you think your country is pure and innocent, you are a fucking idio… --- ## [Which Dean Koontz book should I read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dean-koontz-book-should-i-read/619656)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dean-koontz-book-should-i-read/619656 "2012-06-10T03:09:46Z")
I’m going to read a Dean Koontz book. If I like it I’ll read more. You tell me which one to read first. Don’t bother asking what I like in order to make a suggestion, just tell me. I’d tell you to base your suggestion o… --- ## [First trailer for "Sully"--Miracle on the Hudson movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-trailer-for-sully-miracle-on-the-hudson-movie/758782)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-trailer-for-sully-miracle-on-the-hudson-movie/758782 "2016-11-13T06:03:41Z")
Youtube video here Directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks. I’m going to see it. --- ## [Do you live in a trailer park? What's it like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-trailer-park-whats-it-like/74994)
**Author:** [@schief2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schief2)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-a-trailer-park-whats-it-like/74994 "2014-03-12T03:20:01Z")
There’s a deep, ingrained stereotype in our society that trailer parks are the last refuge of the poor, the redneck, and the scoundrel; littered with weeds, rusting trailers, and junked cars; and attracting tornadoes fro… --- ## [Why are Australian films so generally uninteresting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-australian-films-so-generally-uninteresting/524129)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-australian-films-so-generally-uninteresting/524129 "2010-01-10T11:10:33Z")
I should clarify: It’s a fairly well known meme in Australia that the movies we’ve been making since the early '90s are generally not that interesting to Australian audiences. Obviously there are numerous exceptions to … --- ## [Worst technical screwup you've seen on TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-technical-screwup-youve-seen-on-tv/609674)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-technical-screwup-youve-seen-on-tv/609674 "2012-01-20T16:08:35Z")
While scouring YouTube, I found this oddity. It’s from 1978, and shows NBC breaking into a miniseries to admit it’s airing the wrong episode of the miniseries–17 minutes into the show! Have you ever seen a technical sc… --- ## [Suggestion: Additional Member Status of 'Deceased'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-additional-member-status-of-deceased/606647)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-additional-member-status-of-deceased/606647 "2011-12-28T16:51:16Z")
Having been active on the Dope now for 7 years I’m noticing quite a few posters have died. A search for some old threads or posts of mine often includes somebody gone but not forgotten. We recently had somebody awaken … --- ## [Thinking back on it, I pit that cop.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-back-on-it-i-pit-that-cop/523954)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-back-on-it-i-pit-that-cop/523954 "2010-01-11T19:54:30Z")
Several years ago on Christmas Eve the family was gathered at my aunt’s house for our usual dinner and opening-of-presents in central Indiana. At that time, my cousin lived in Indianapolis. She was a single mom caring fo… --- ## [Child porn conviction overturned on appeal -- Can fiction ever be "illegal"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-porn-conviction-overturned-on-appeal-can-fiction-ever-be-illegal/203279)
**Author:** [@Karellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karellen)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-porn-conviction-overturned-on-appeal-can-fiction-ever-be-illegal/203279 "2014-05-12T21:55:25Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/09/19/obscene.journal.ap/index.html "Dalton, 24, is believed to be the first person in the United States successfully prosecuted for child pornography for writings rather than images. The st… --- ## [Charles Manson is getting married!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907)
**Author:** [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907 "2015-02-21T05:40:02Z")
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ap-exclusive-charles-manson-gets-marriage-license/ar-BBeksFN?ocid=iehp I wonder what they will register for? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=624&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=626&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)