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**Author:** [@corpuient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corpuient)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2000, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-least-dense-liquid-on-earth/38940 "2000-10-31T04:09:45Z")
What is the least dense liquid on Earth, the liquid that will float on any other? --- ## [Go fuck your mother again, you inbred car-keying motherfucking cocker spaniel fucker!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-fuck-your-mother-again-you-inbred-car-keying-motherfucking-cocker-spaniel-fucker/599137)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-fuck-your-mother-again-you-inbred-car-keying-motherfucking-cocker-spaniel-fucker/599137 "2011-10-14T02:55:34Z")
What possesses people to do this? Keyed my car from front to back, making sure a repaint will have to cover both quarter panels and the door on the passenger side. I’d like to catch this motherfucker. I would beat th… --- ## [Tailgating fault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tailgating-fault/512154)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tailgating-fault/512154 "2014-03-31T06:08:29Z")
Ok, I hate tailgaters. If someone is tailgating me, to where I can’t see their license plate, on the street or freeway, I’ll tap my brakes. (Personally, I drive using the 1 car length per 10 mph. So, there would be about… --- ## [Without checking any reference source: define and give the significance of the word "blitzkrieg."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-checking-any-reference-source-define-and-give-the-significance-of-the-word-blitzkrieg/686798)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-checking-any-reference-source-define-and-give-the-significance-of-the-word-blitzkrieg/686798 "2014-05-10T00:44:17Z")
Why? Because I just read a memo using the term in a context that leads me to suspect that the memo’s author believes the Second World War was fought between the armies of Mordor and Persia. I would have thought that ever… --- ## [Shoplifter stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoplifter-stories/477575)
**Author:** [@Demonica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demonica)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoplifter-stories/477575 "2008-12-20T00:30:58Z")
One of my jobs is at Safeway, in a decent area downtown. Shoplifters are caught every day, either by our uniformed security, or by the “undercover” security on that is in plain clothes and pretends to shop. They can’t … --- ## [Couldn't ballistic missile subs have been easily tracked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-ballistic-missile-subs-have-been-easily-tracked/624761)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-ballistic-missile-subs-have-been-easily-tracked/624761 "2012-06-23T01:05:29Z")
During the cold war (and I suppose now) what was to stop stationing ships just in international waters outside ballistic missle carrying submarine bases, not hidden or anything, with active sonar dialed up to 11 (as ther… --- ## [Fox News hits a new low with Reza Aslan interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-hits-a-new-low-with-reza-aslan-interview/664794)
**Author:** [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-hits-a-new-low-with-reza-aslan-interview/664794 "2013-08-02T19:08:15Z")
Last Friday, Fox News had religious scholar Reza Aslan on their show “Spirited Debate” to talk about his new book “Zealot”, and all the interviewer manages to ask him in about 10 minutes is why a Muslim would write a boo… --- ## [Areas of agreement between conservatives and liberals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/areas-of-agreement-between-conservatives-and-liberals/706435)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/areas-of-agreement-between-conservatives-and-liberals/706435 "2014-12-10T22:35:20Z")
So, with all the disagreement and gridlock…what are areas of broad agreement between conservatives and liberals today? The media is awful. The United States’ days as No. 1 are numbered. Governmental spying on citizens … --- ## [When did Black people become the REAL racists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-black-people-become-the-real-racists/627977)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-black-people-become-the-real-racists/627977 "2012-07-15T12:02:33Z")
So in the Romney/NAACP thread magellan01 basically calls Black people racist for voting for Obama despite the fact that Blacks overwhelmingly vote Democratic. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15263360&p… --- ## [Economics-minimum wage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economics-minimum-wage/599788)
**Author:** [@Grinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grinner)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economics-minimum-wage/599788 "2012-01-27T18:24:32Z")
Is minimum wage a bad economic policy? --- ## [Are American blacks more homophobic and if so, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-american-blacks-more-homophobic-and-if-so-why/712431)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-american-blacks-more-homophobic-and-if-so-why/712431 "2015-02-17T13:22:21Z")
If at all possible, I would love it if African-Americans could speak on this thread. I am not asking whites or other races to stay off completely, but I would really like to hear what blacks have to say. In case you are… --- ## [Is there really such a thing as a "Chillicothe Sandwich"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-such-a-thing-as-a-chillicothe-sandwich/652613)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-such-a-thing-as-a-chillicothe-sandwich/652613 "2022-02-20T02:16:56Z")
I watched part of The Harvey Girls (1946) on TCM today. At the beginning of the movie, one of the girls on the train offers Judy Garland an “award-winning” Chillicothe Sandwich for lunch, claiming it’s based on a recipe… --- ## [Help me build a classic science fiction reading list!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-classic-science-fiction-reading-list/790986)
**Author:** [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-classic-science-fiction-reading-list/790986 "2017-07-25T02:20:20Z")
I am trying to put together a reading list of 15-20 classics of science fiction. This was inspired by a conversation with someone who mentioned a book that he claimed was a science fiction classic, which I had never hear… --- ## [French translation: ''La Cage aux Folles''](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-translation-la-cage-aux-folles/306433)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-translation-la-cage-aux-folles/306433 "2005-06-02T22:33:11Z")
I know that the adjective folle is the feminine of fou meaning “crazy.” So, does the title in French mean “The Crazies Cage” or “The Nut House?” Or is it an French idiom that shouldn’t be translated word for word. --- ## [Will Charles be the end of the Monarchy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-charles-be-the-end-of-the-monarchy/779111)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-charles-be-the-end-of-the-monarchy/779111 "2017-02-13T06:54:14Z")
It seems like Prince Charles is unhappy with the idea of staying within his “constitutional” role. He likes to express his opnion on political questions within the UK government. I wonder if he becomes King and continues… --- ## [national cemetery burial - headstones incredibly close together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-cemetery-burial-headstones-incredibly-close-together/491390)
**Author:** [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-cemetery-burial-headstones-incredibly-close-together/491390 "2009-03-31T23:09:38Z")
Just went to my first funeral at a national cemetery today. And the headstones are too close together for traditional graves. Are the caskets buried ‘standing up?’ -rainy --- ## [Supporting acts stealing the show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supporting-acts-stealing-the-show/541180)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supporting-acts-stealing-the-show/541180 "2010-06-03T04:17:52Z")
I’ve been to many concerts in my life, but I don’t recall any event where the opening act made such a big impression that the main act didn’t have any chance to top it. But there must have been many occasions where a new… --- ## [The morality of draft avoidance/dodging during Vietnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-draft-avoidance-dodging-during-vietnam/927194)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-draft-avoidance-dodging-during-vietnam/927194 "2020-12-15T15:34:41Z")
One of my best friends is a 56-year-old American, so old enough to remember the Vietnam War. He also hates Donald Trump. One of his criticisms of Trump is that he avoided the draft. When he said this, I asked for a simpl… --- ## [Semi-Trailer Trucks Cruising at 120 MPH: Myth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-trailer-trucks-cruising-at-120-mph-myth/92347)
**Author:** [@tsunamisurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsunamisurfer)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-trailer-trucks-cruising-at-120-mph-myth/92347 "2015-12-01T04:29:23Z")
Stupid? I think so too. But recently, a trucker told me that it’s not unusual for a caravan of truckers out in the Great Plains, etc., to cruise at night at speeds approaching 120 mph. I expressed my skepticism. Wide-eye… --- ## [Would pigs eat a human being?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-pigs-eat-a-human-being/530787)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-pigs-eat-a-human-being/530787 "2010-03-15T18:02:34Z")
And if so, under what circumstances? I understand that wild boars can be vicious animals, from documentaries and anecdotes. But the idea that they might eat a human being comes only from film (that Hannibal Lecter film,… --- ## [I want the new iPhone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-the-new-iphone/387317)
**Author:** [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-the-new-iphone/387317 "2007-05-20T20:56:59Z")
Wow, I want the new iPhone. It has everything. Apple can do no wrong. Engadget --- ## [Is it ever acceptable to use the term "retarded" when referring to a dumb person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ever-acceptable-to-use-the-term-retarded-when-referring-to-a-dumb-person/549264)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ever-acceptable-to-use-the-term-retarded-when-referring-to-a-dumb-person/549264 "2010-08-11T14:54:37Z")
This thread has come about due to this previous thread in MPSIMS Computer Retarded People Make Me Cry Some are suggesting that “retarded” is a slur and should not be used, even when someone is intellectually slow at so… --- ## [Why do some people hate tourists? What's a tourist trap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-hate-tourists-whats-a-tourist-trap/487705)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-hate-tourists-whats-a-tourist-trap/487705 "2009-03-02T16:30:01Z")
Excuse my ignorance, I have not traveled a lot in my life time. :frowning: I noticed that people who live in popular places like NYC really hate tourist, but they never say why. A kind of semi-related question…what is … --- ## [the "Wow" signal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wow-signal/529880)
**Author:** [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wow-signal/529880 "2017-06-14T16:29:32Z")
What’s the dope on the detection of this signal? I recently watched a “Naked science” episode on NatGeoTV which one of the SETI scientists theorized that it could have been a communication signal between two alien ships… --- ## [Why do some women like to dress all slutty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-women-like-to-dress-all-slutty/284299)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2005, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-women-like-to-dress-all-slutty/284299 "2005-01-15T11:20:58Z")
That’s probably not a very diplomatic way of saying what I mean. But anyways, of the kind of women who love to slather themselves in makeup, bleach their hair, and wear high heels and a short skirt - what is it they are … --- ## [Insect bites not healing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-bites-not-healing/283037)
**Author:** [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-bites-not-healing/283037 "2005-01-07T00:28:19Z")
And they frigging itch. Anyone got home remedies or over the counter medicines to help heal my owies? Some bug has injected me with alien blood or something so I’ve had itchy little holes in me for weeks and I want them … --- ## [National Fraternal Order of Police endorses Trump - Mask isn't just slipping it's being thrown away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-fraternal-order-of-police-endorses-trump-mask-isnt-just-slipping-its-being-thrown-away/766176)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-fraternal-order-of-police-endorses-trump-mask-isnt-just-slipping-its-being-thrown-away/766176 "2016-09-24T03:39:51Z")
Anyone who thought black people’s protests about police treatment of them were not being fair to the police can think again. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/296342-nations-largest-police-union-end… --- ## [Suppose a corpse was sealed in a vacuum casket and...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-a-corpse-was-sealed-in-a-vacuum-casket-and/484388)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-a-corpse-was-sealed-in-a-vacuum-casket-and/484388 "2009-02-05T21:42:03Z")
I read a short story many years ago in some ISAAC ASIMOV PRESENTS type knock off magazine, though with more of a horror bent. In it, a man digging in his garden unearths a century old grave, in which, under thick glass,… --- ## [What's the worst properly prepared thing you have ever eaten?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940 "2017-11-11T18:53:08Z")
Properly prepared being key. So the tuna casserole from the church potluck that gave you the three day trots doesn’t count. I’m sure I’ve had worse, but liver and onions just makes me physically ill. This is open to d… --- ## [Anti-TSA Activist claims she was groped during security search. What's the goal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-tsa-activist-claims-she-was-groped-during-security-search-whats-the-goal/659553)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-tsa-activist-claims-she-was-groped-during-security-search-whats-the-goal/659553 "2013-06-06T06:27:31Z")
Story and video here on the NY Daily News website. Woman refuses body scan and films herself and another person going through the pat down security check. She questions the procedure and is obviously uncomfortable with … --- ## [Favorite "little" jokes in movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 372\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688 "2026-02-01T15:46:32Z")
I don’t know how to define a little joke, but I really just mean one that doesn’t necessarily go for the huge laugh, but it just in there to keep the comedy going and for little fun gags the writers or movie-makers thoug… --- ## [Examples where old or antique tools work better than their modern counterparts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-where-old-or-antique-tools-work-better-than-their-modern-counterparts/571911)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-where-old-or-antique-tools-work-better-than-their-modern-counterparts/571911 "2016-02-19T10:46:11Z")
I just finished building a rec room in the basement. There were countless instances when I had to drill a pilot hole (a.k.a. “thread hole”) for a wood screw. In most of those cases, I did not want the hole to go all the … --- ## [The death of Hulu may be nigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-hulu-may-be-nigh/620651)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-hulu-may-be-nigh/620651 "2012-05-10T01:05:57Z")
Alas: Hulu To Require Cable TV Subscription This is some serious bullshit. I’m too pissed/disheartened at the moment to write a coherent flame, but I wanted to share. Discuss amongst yourselves. --- ## [Ever known anyone who'd had polio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-known-anyone-whod-had-polio/544317)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-known-anyone-whod-had-polio/544317 "2012-12-03T02:58:08Z")
I’m 64, and remember when the first polio vaccines came out, in the 50s. All in all, I’ve known 5 people who’d had polio . . . not counting people with no visible effect. How many people have you known, if any? And pleas… --- ## [Anyone ride a Vespa? Are they cool? Sexy? Practical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ride-a-vespa-are-they-cool-sexy-practical/316619)
**Author:** [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ride-a-vespa-are-they-cool-sexy-practical/316619 "2005-08-16T19:48:05Z")
Howdy all, I’m not buying a Vespa any time soon, but I’ve always really dug them. I love their look: the lines and curves, the retro-cool style, the association with ska music and mod culture. It just wouldn’t be prac… --- ## [Shodan: Sneaky in Las Vegas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-sneaky-in-las-vegas/531988)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-sneaky-in-las-vegas/531988 "2010-06-25T11:57:55Z")
Shhhhhh… I am going to try and get away with something. I would like to surprise the Lovely and Talented Mrs. Shodan with a weekend in Vegas - in June, when she is done with her various jobs and tasks for the summer. … --- ## [How people with superpowers earn money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-people-with-superpowers-earn-money/624607)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-people-with-superpowers-earn-money/624607 "2012-06-12T22:53:19Z")
While starting to watch Superman III for the first time, I was thinking that he could just earn heaps of money doing manual labor rather than earning an average amount being a reporter. Are there any super heroes that ea… --- ## [Dopers currently living in "The South" (USA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-currently-living-in-the-south-usa/699245 "2014-10-03T20:38:48Z")
The current thread by cmyk – One Year living in Memphis, TN. (an apology\* for “y’all”) – has prompted me to revive an old idea with a new wrinkle. Both Southern USA Dopers: Stand and be counted, please from 08-04-2006 … --- ## [Rudolph, you'll go down in history (like \_\_\_)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727 "2013-12-25T15:43:27Z")
Please also tell your location. --- ## [Botticelli: Early December 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-early-december-2012/642443 "2013-01-07T20:37:17Z")
Your letter is: T. --- ## [Dexter Season 5 Finale (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-season-5-finale-open-spoilers/563956)
**Author:** [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-season-5-finale-open-spoilers/563956 "2010-12-17T22:55:41Z")
Well, well, well. An interesting end to an interesting season. I don’t want to say the finale was predictable, although I did kinda predict what would happen. We all pretty much figured Lumen would have to leave. Sh… --- ## [Arthur S. versus Arthur T.: Massachusetts residents only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arthur-s-versus-arthur-t-massachusetts-residents-only/694274)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arthur-s-versus-arthur-t-massachusetts-residents-only/694274 "2014-09-01T01:32:40Z")
If you’re not from Massachusetts, you can stop reading right here, because I can hardly explain this crazy controversy to you. But if you’re from Massachusetts, you surely have an opinion. So how are you handling it? … --- ## [Feeding the Homeless is Against the Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeding-the-homeless-is-against-the-law/667152)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeding-the-homeless-is-against-the-law/667152 "2013-08-31T20:45:55Z")
in Raleigh, North Carolina. I swear, I am not making this up! http://lovewins.info/2013/08/feeding-homeless-apparently-illegal-in-raleigh-nc/ Are you fucking kidding me? As many of you may have guessed, I am not a c… --- ## [Acid Lamp's 4-hr body weight gain experiment: 20 lbs in 4 weeks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-lamps-4-hr-body-weight-gain-experiment-20-lbs-in-4-weeks/596062)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-lamps-4-hr-body-weight-gain-experiment-20-lbs-in-4-weeks/596062 "2011-10-11T12:13:03Z")
Allrighty, I just got done reading The four hr. body and while skeptical i’m going to give the “geek to freak” chapter a shot. I’ve always been a thin, hard gainer my entire life. Unlike a lot mass building diets, this d… --- ## [Is it legal to open other people's mail in Australia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-open-other-peoples-mail-in-australia/518823)
**Author:** [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2010, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-open-other-peoples-mail-in-australia/518823 "2010-10-23T12:06:30Z")
I work in a bank. I had a call from a person saying they had opened another person’s letter from the bank at their address. The person was saying that the letter was addressed to a similar name to her. I immediately aske… --- ## [MLB: May 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529 "2018-06-01T12:02:27Z")
It’s now the merry month of May. Ichiro seems to be done as a player. http://mlb.com/r/article?ymd=20180503&content\_id=275071046&vkey=news\_sea&c\_id=sea --- ## [Israel ! stay the hell away from EU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-stay-the-hell-away-from-eu/145508)
**Author:** [@Naxox\_dec.2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naxox_dec.2002)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-stay-the-hell-away-from-eu/145508 "2003-01-05T18:11:32Z")
EU is for countries within Europe and not Asia the same goes for Turkey I know that you think that USA will put preassure on EU, but it woun’t work so forget it. Europeans aren’t so found of Israel as Americans are, y… --- ## [A poll about your most liked and most disliked colors, by gender](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-about-your-most-liked-and-most-disliked-colors-by-gender/541202)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-about-your-most-liked-and-most-disliked-colors-by-gender/541202 "2010-06-07T16:31:00Z")
I’ve wanted to know about people’s most liked and disliked colors. I often see polls about the most liked color but seldom the most disliked one and it’s almost never broken down by gender. --- ## [Sweet, republicans would lose the house if the elections were held today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-republicans-would-lose-the-house-if-the-elections-were-held-today/670532)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-republicans-would-lose-the-house-if-the-elections-were-held-today/670532 "2013-10-23T20:15:52Z")
Of course they aren’t, and voters have short memories. So I don’t really expect them to lose the house in 2014. But a PPP study found the GOP losing in 21 house races against a democrat. Plus the study was funded by M… --- ## [6th Annual SDMB Shot glass Exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/577274)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/577274 "2011-06-14T12:55:29Z")
It’s April, and that means it’s time for the shot glass exchange! For those of you who haven’t done it before, here’s how it works: \[ul\] \[li\]Reply to this thread expressing your interest in the exchange.\[/li\]\[li\]Email… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=631&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=633&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)