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**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2015, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-feeling-in-fingertip-permanent/612106 "2015-06-20T07:05:48Z")
I mentioned in another thread that I cut the crap out of my finger in a kitchen mishap. In the middle of this wad of stiches is a small patch of skin with no feeling. I mean, I can take a pin and jab it and if I’m not … --- ## [Fucking UPS just tried to steal our medication for the second time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-ups-just-tried-to-steal-our-medication-for-the-second-time/735306)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-ups-just-tried-to-steal-our-medication-for-the-second-time/735306 "2022-10-05T22:54:47Z")
So my mother has pretty good health insurance, but in order to get most prescriptions covered they insist that that we go through a particular mail-order pharmacy (which has often been a nightmare; I could write a whole … --- ## ["Drill Baby Drill"ers: I TOLD YOU SO!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drill-baby-drill-ers-i-told-you-so/539261)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drill-baby-drill-ers-i-told-you-so/539261 "2010-05-19T05:47:53Z")
From a thread about Obama opening up offshore drilling: Damn. You stupid fucking drill baby drillers are just sad. This was SO PREDICTABLE!!! And I predicted it! And so did MANY others. But hey, keepng gas 25 cents a g… --- ## [The Catholic Church, showing Christlike compassion, plays hardball with its victims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-catholic-church-showing-christlike-compassion-plays-hardball-with-its-victims/108817)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 257\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-catholic-church-showing-christlike-compassion-plays-hardball-with-its-victims/108817 "2002-05-23T10:52:58Z")
According to the Washington Post, it’s no more Mr. Nice Church: Charming, huh? Particulars: Or: So the RCC’s strategy seems to be: show compassion for the priests, aim the big guns at the faithful that they took a… --- ## [Would you let your 7 year old son wear a dress to school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-your-7-year-old-son-wear-a-dress-to-school/784867)
**Author:** [@Maurie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maurie)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-your-7-year-old-son-wear-a-dress-to-school/784867 "2017-04-29T16:06:42Z")
My friend’s son is a smart, sweet kid, more sensitive than a lot of kids. He is into all the regular kid stuff, both traditionally “boy” and “girl” - dinosaurs, Harry Potter, stuffed animals, unicorns, Minecraft, kitten… --- ## [I am white and prefer black girls - OK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-white-and-prefer-black-girls-ok/591051)
**Author:** [@michaelkingdom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/michaelkingdom)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-white-and-prefer-black-girls-ok/591051 "2011-08-07T03:52:21Z")
I am a white male - 35 - and I have a strong preference to black women. I have been using dating sites to meet like-minded women. I would like to know if it is creepy to be up front in my racial preference? For example … --- ## [The death of General Aviation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-general-aviation/703327)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-general-aviation/703327 "2014-11-18T04:43:25Z")
On page 9 of The Great Ongoing General Aviation Thread, I posted this: It is a graph of the cost of the Cessna 172 from 1956 to the present, and a graph of the U.S. median income from 1967 to 2013. For much of the pro… --- ## [ElvisL1ves Speaks From the Ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvisl1ves-speaks-from-the-ass/263215)
**Author:** [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvisl1ves-speaks-from-the-ass/263215 "2004-09-08T13:20:15Z")
In this thread, http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=274416 ElvisL1ves strenuously makes the claim that Barbara Bush made the following statement on Good Morning America on March 18, 2003. Curiously, t… --- ## [Dumbass Drug Addicts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-drug-addicts/690147)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-drug-addicts/690147 "2014-06-17T21:40:40Z")
So my niece got involved with a guy we will call Ted. They were in a relationship for a few years. Ted, as it turns out, was an addict. As many addicts do, he hid it well for a while but as time went on he started in wit… --- ## [America ! WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU STILL IN AFGHANISTAN ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-in-afghanistan/615108)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-in-afghanistan/615108 "2012-03-14T18:19:13Z")
In the News today. -bolding mine Never mind that America is supporting the sick treatment of women endorsed by “our side” which pretty well returns Afghan society back to the days of Taliban control, but I thought th… --- ## [Lawn darts: Who made them and where are those idiots now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawn-darts-who-made-them-and-where-are-those-idiots-now/47197)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawn-darts-who-made-them-and-where-are-those-idiots-now/47197 "2001-01-09T21:38:57Z")
What company originally made Jarts (I think the trade name of lawn darts was Jarts) and what has happened to them since their product went, er, nosedown? Have any of them given explanations as to why they marketed a prod… --- ## [Annoying airline passenger habits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-airline-passenger-habits/740241)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-airline-passenger-habits/740241 "2015-12-16T19:35:52Z")
I was squeezed like a sardine in a can on two of the three legs of my trip yesterday. But on that third leg with more room there was a standout annoying passenger who made that third leg the hardest to endure. If you re… --- ## [Shit on the floor, shit on the toilet seat, shit on the walls, it's like a real shitstorm!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-on-the-floor-shit-on-the-toilet-seat-shit-on-the-walls-its-like-a-real-shitstorm/722952)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-on-the-floor-shit-on-the-toilet-seat-shit-on-the-walls-its-like-a-real-shitstorm/722952 "2015-08-19T21:42:50Z")
I work in a place where supposedly everyone is supposedly old enough to have been toilet trained years ago, so how the fuck does someone manage to shit everywhere but inside the toilet? Fucking animals think it is someo… --- ## [Best Nickname for a Sports Venue.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nickname-for-a-sports-venue/631303 "2012-08-19T12:45:49Z")
I am biased as all get out,but I will start with the University of Michigan’s Big House. (and to hell with the horseshoe) --- ## [So how many skydiving deaths are normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-skydiving-deaths-are-normal/822980)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-skydiving-deaths-are-normal/822980 "2019-07-25T12:21:38Z")
The Lodi Parachute Center has hit 20 fatalities at its facility since it opened in 1981. Seems rather like a lot, and hard to work into a successful advertising campaign. But it also got me wondering, just what is the … --- ## [Street Fighting with Acetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighting-with-acetone/645131)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighting-with-acetone/645131 "2012-12-27T16:37:57Z")
Is this a realistic scenario? I wrap my knuckles with cloth dipped on acetone. I press my wrapped hand against the opponent’s face for a few moments, as if I’m giving him a thumb to the eye. The opponent is dazed and I … --- ## ["Dune" nitpick: Why "Zensunni"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-nitpick-why-zensunni/501187)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-nitpick-why-zensunni/501187 "2014-06-16T15:51:32Z")
The Fremen are described as “Zensunni wanderers,” but, so far as I can tell, nothing in their beliefs shows any Buddhist or Muslim influence. --- ## [Royals in the Military (UK)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royals-in-the-military-uk/579902)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royals-in-the-military-uk/579902 "2013-07-15T09:41:40Z")
Are any and all forms of royal protocol off the table when a royal is in the military? Both Princes William and Harry have served in the British armed forces. Were the other men in their platoons (or divisions or whatev… --- ## [College professors say the darndest things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-say-the-darndest-things/334627)
**Author:** [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-professors-say-the-darndest-things/334627 "2006-02-04T02:25:49Z")
Today, one of my friends showed me an exam (for some sort of history class I think) that was returned to him after being graded. He performed well on the exam (89%) except when answering one of the short essay questions… --- ## [Lens & mirror drawing aid - what's it called? where to get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lens-mirror-drawing-aid-whats-it-called-where-to-get/475100)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lens-mirror-drawing-aid-whats-it-called-where-to-get/475100 "2008-12-04T16:37:36Z")
There is an artist’s aid made of a lens and a mirror in a stand together. When placed on a table with a sheet of paper underneath, it projects an image onto the paper of whatever scene is in front of the table. The lens … --- ## [Burn Notice is back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-is-back/498711 "2009-07-21T14:40:20Z")
9pm tonight on USA, and right now they’re showing a Burn Notice marathon! --- ## [Do people in the southern hemisphere view the moon as inverted compared to the northern hemisphere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-in-the-southern-hemisphere-view-the-moon-as-inverted-compared-to-the-northern-hemisphere/701770)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-in-the-southern-hemisphere-view-the-moon-as-inverted-compared-to-the-northern-hemisphere/701770 "2014-10-23T23:49:25Z")
Yeah, strange question. Imagine a person standing on the North Pole. He’s looking at the Moon. Imagine a person standing on the South Pole. She’s looking at the Moon. You would think that the Moon would be inverted f… --- ## [Cash from a credit card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-from-a-credit-card/592773)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-from-a-credit-card/592773 "2011-08-17T22:19:32Z")
Ok so I’m sure this is a stupid question. … well maybe an ignorant question, so that’s why I’m here How do you get actual cash and charge it to your credit card? Do you go to a bank and say…Here’s my credit card, I nee… --- ## [Sci-Fi becomes SyFy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-becomes-syfy/489628)
**Author:** [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-becomes-syfy/489628 "2009-03-26T04:30:31Z")
As some of you may have already heard, the Sci-Fi channel is changing its name to “SyFy”. OK, beyond being a really silly name, it seems that the folks running the Sci-Fi (oops, SyFy) channel have no idea as to who thei… --- ## [Would I lose weight eating nothing but McD breakfast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-i-lose-weight-eating-nothing-but-mcd-breakfast/660067)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-i-lose-weight-eating-nothing-but-mcd-breakfast/660067 "2013-12-24T12:36:56Z")
Three times a day? I am talking an egg mcmuffin (300 calories) and a Mexican coke (120 calories). This is my regular breakfast at work and it is delicious and filling and since McD is talking about serving breakfast all… --- ## [Foods with the most unappetizing names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600 "2015-05-21T06:29:31Z")
My mom offered me some “muskmelon” tonight. Now had she offered me “cantaloupe,” I may have taken some. As it is, I threw up a little in my mouth and declined. What food names squick you out? Anything else with the wor… --- ## [Was Mustapha Mond right? Is it socially dangerous for too many people to be smart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-mustapha-mond-right-is-it-socially-dangerous-for-too-many-people-to-be-smart/676352)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-mustapha-mond-right-is-it-socially-dangerous-for-too-many-people-to-be-smart/676352 "2013-12-19T05:20:48Z")
From Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World: --- ## [Arrow - Season 4 Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-4-thread/733881)
**Author:** [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-4-thread/733881 "2016-05-26T21:17:32Z")
Season 4 starts tonight! When last we left Ollie, he had turned over the title of Ra’s Al Ghul to Malcolm. Ollie and Felicity are together… I think? Ray was in an explosion at his lab. We know there is a spinoff seri… --- ## [Ave Maria in a gangster movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ave-maria-in-a-gangster-movie/698793)
**Author:** [@qazwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qazwart)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ave-maria-in-a-gangster-movie/698793 "2014-09-19T23:50:16Z")
I’m Embarrassed to admit it, but I am a fan of Gravity Falls. Worst part I have no kids under the age of 21. There are usually lots of cultural references to movies that the writers have added. Last episode involved a b… --- ## [Bull and shit, Arwin.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-and-shit-arwin/286758)
**Author:** [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-and-shit-arwin/286758 "2005-02-11T23:05:04Z")
Gender identity is not - over rated - \*\* Arwin\*\* you jackass. We had a lot of multi-training as well - boys cooked, too, girls also knew how to change a tire and our oil. None of that made us more or less willing to “l… --- ## [Would you buy a Cocktail at a restaurant like Outback?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-cocktail-at-a-restaurant-like-outback/711042)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-cocktail-at-a-restaurant-like-outback/711042 "2015-01-29T22:09:59Z")
We went to Outback yesterday evening. Seeing the bar made us wonder if anyone actually orders cocktails? We don’t associate a place like Outback with drinking booze. Maybe because we go so early. Often right after work… --- ## [Yes, It's Another Moon Hoax Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-its-another-moon-hoax-thread/82520)
**Author:** [@BickByro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BickByro)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-its-another-moon-hoax-thread/82520 "2001-10-05T04:00:47Z")
The avalanche of pro-NASA evidence from the last moon hoax thread I participated in was quite impressive; more than enough (combined with the equally impressive avalanche of personal attacks) to cause me to cease and des… --- ## [Can the obstructionism end, now, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-obstructionism-end-now-please/640250)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-obstructionism-end-now-please/640250 "2012-11-13T21:39:26Z")
Mitch McConnell declared in January 2009 that henceforth the Congressional Pubs’ first priority would be to make sure Obama would be a one-term POTUS. And since then, their apparent strategy/policy has been to stonewall… --- ## [Commercials you love/still remember](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-still-remember/136418)
**Author:** [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-still-remember/136418 "2002-11-20T00:43:42Z")
This is pretty mundane and pointless so here goes. What are your favourite memories of commercials from years ago? Or even little spot-lights on stuff? Some of the ones I still remember are the goofy ones telling kids … --- ## [Is there still any use for VHS tapes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-still-any-use-for-vhs-tapes/687219)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-still-any-use-for-vhs-tapes/687219 "2014-05-04T21:05:21Z")
I am watching Mythbusters (season 3, Outtakes). The episode is a few years old, but they say they are destroying old tapes from the program. Do people still actually use VHS tapes somewhere? Is there any advantage on usi… --- ## [US Civil War: Union Generals=Morons, Confederate Generals=Geniuses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-civil-war-union-generals-morons-confederate-generals-geniuses/280300)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-civil-war-union-generals-morons-confederate-generals-geniuses/280300 "2011-03-24T00:38:56Z")
All of the US Civil War histories I have read give a very dim view about the Union generals. Most of them (according to the books) were incompetent, many criminally irresponsible…I’m talking about commanders like meade, … --- ## [Yes, "300" is the most homoerotic action movie ever made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-300-is-the-most-homoerotic-action-movie-ever-made/396735)
**Author:** [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-300-is-the-most-homoerotic-action-movie-ever-made/396735 "2007-03-24T11:36:47Z")
from this article http://www.dailybulletin.com/entertainment/ci\_5387868 I’ve only seen the trailer and it looked pretty gay to me what your impression? --- ## [I can't make my girlfriend get an orgasm.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-make-my-girlfriend-get-an-orgasm/60753)
**Author:** [@raverxhouston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raverxhouston)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-make-my-girlfriend-get-an-orgasm/60753 "2001-04-18T01:15:12Z")
Ok, this sounds pretty nasty and you people probably don’t want to hear this, but if you people have any suggestions, I’d be grateful. Here is the situation: All my past girlfriends, I had no problem getting them an org… --- ## [Homosexuality & Heterosexuality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-heterosexuality/547910)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-heterosexuality/547910 "2010-07-29T05:38:35Z")
So I was reading a religious apologia which doesn’t footnote/endnote many assertions, but it makes some very bedazzling claims. I’ve found some claims in other parts of this book which are untrue or misleading, but he un… --- ## [Tiger woods in very serious car crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-in-very-serious-car-crash/933579)
**Author:** [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-in-very-serious-car-crash/933579 "2021-04-28T10:20:51Z")
tiger woods was the only person in a single car roll over crash in california. they had to use the jaws to get him out of the vehicle, and he was rushed to the hospital. this happened about an hour ago. --- ## [So do structured settlements really make companies like JP Wentworth profitable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-structured-settlements-really-make-companies-like-jp-wentworth-profitable/495812)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-structured-settlements-really-make-companies-like-jp-wentworth-profitable/495812 "2010-10-20T19:29:11Z")
I’m guessing JP Wentworth creates a loan for the lump sum of the settlement, and makes money from collecting on the interest. Their commercials are getting pretty lavish, so I guess they’re enjoying some measure of succe… --- ## [Help find a great book series for an 8 year old girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-find-a-great-book-series-for-an-8-year-old-girl/553026)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-find-a-great-book-series-for-an-8-year-old-girl/553026 "2010-09-12T01:35:46Z")
My daughter is a good reader in the 3rd grade. For a while she was reading like crazy, but recently she has lost interest in reading. I think the main problem is that she’s having trouble finding books that she just LO… --- ## [Corperation that owns all it's stock - what happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corperation-that-owns-all-its-stock-what-happens/596520)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corperation-that-owns-all-its-stock-what-happens/596520 "2015-01-31T14:26:55Z")
The stock holders are the owners of the corporation, what happens if a company buys back all it’s stock, who owns the corporation? Who votes for the corporate officers? Could you abandon a small single owner/shareholde… --- ## [Shooting police who enter illegally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-police-who-enter-illegally/666362)
**Author:** [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-police-who-enter-illegally/666362 "2013-08-21T21:34:45Z")
I don’t think this has beeen covered here, I came across it while doing some research. This law was passed in response to the Indiana SC ruling in 2011 that said a person can be arrested for even trying to stop an offic… --- ## [A Because I Know How Much My Life Fascinates Y'all MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-because-i-know-how-much-my-life-fascinates-yall-mmp/511808)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-because-i-know-how-much-my-life-fascinates-yall-mmp/511808 "2009-10-05T03:05:23Z")
I live such an excitatin’ life! Really. Why sometimes, it exhauses me to even think about it! I know y’all are just jealous of me. Really though, don’t hate me because I know how to live it up. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Here’… --- ## [Help the Mahaloth family buy an HD TV, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-mahaloth-family-buy-an-hd-tv-please/689287)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-mahaloth-family-buy-an-hd-tv-please/689287 "2023-03-18T22:00:12Z")
We are a very budget-conscious family. Not cheap-skates, but people who have zero debt outside our mortgage, have managed to adopt to kids from Korea, and live within our means. Anyway, we still have a perfectly working … --- ## ["Arrested Development-- \*\*2-Hour Season Finale\*\*"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506 "2006-02-17T17:26:20Z")
http://www.fox.com/schedule/ I know this isn’t news, but I just thought I’d give all you ADdicts a three-day reminder. And the latest on life after FOX: link Apparently ABC is a long shot at this point, but Showtime i… --- ## [Is Christine O'Donnell an Imbecile Who Doesn't Know the First Amendment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-christine-odonnell-an-imbecile-who-doesnt-know-the-first-amendment/558168)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-christine-odonnell-an-imbecile-who-doesnt-know-the-first-amendment/558168 "2010-10-30T23:06:25Z")
…or just an imbecile? Here is a a link to a relevant Anderson Cooper clip. Now, it seems to me that some people are arguing that she is technically correct because the words “separation of church and state” do not appe… --- ## [The kinda bullshit we deal with, or love your computer tech.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kinda-bullshit-we-deal-with-or-love-your-computer-tech/553017)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kinda-bullshit-we-deal-with-or-love-your-computer-tech/553017 "2010-10-01T21:58:57Z")
The setting, Central West Fresno, CA 7:03 PM Thursday, September 2, 2010 Technician: Drachillix arrives on scene. Customer has a laptop with a non-functional, most likely pirated Windows Vista install (key only prese… --- ## [Yaaarghh! It's pronounced SUB-SID-I-ARY, goddammit!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yaaarghh-its-pronounced-sub-sid-i-ary-goddammit/568284)
**Author:** [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yaaarghh-its-pronounced-sub-sid-i-ary-goddammit/568284 "2011-02-03T04:27:11Z")
I just about stabbed my eardrums with a pencil while at work today. In a nearby cube, one of my co-workers was giving some training on one of our back-end sales planning tools which maps account coverage hierarchies. N… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=637&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=639&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)