# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=646&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:** 647 --- ## [Black spinning music thing:what do you call it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-spinning-music-thing-what-do-you-call-it/686529)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-spinning-music-thing-what-do-you-call-it/686529 "2014-04-23T19:21:30Z")
With Record Store Day coming to a close, I though it fair to start a thread about what you call those spinning black discs that produce music. I’ve never heard anyone call it vinyl in everyday life, and album could cove… --- ## [I Got My Elephant!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-elephant/80811)
**Author:** [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-elephant/80811 "2001-09-28T16:10:27Z")
Thanks Hastur!!! Am I the first? Oh man, I’m so excited. I got home today from work and there, in the lobby, under the mailboxes, was The Box. I almost peed myself I was so excited to get it upstairs and open it. But n… --- ## [What's the most ridiculous stereotype you've heard about your group?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-ridiculous-stereotype-youve-heard-about-your-group/369286)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-ridiculous-stereotype-youve-heard-about-your-group/369286 "2006-08-24T02:11:40Z")
In GQ there’s a thread about Blacks in the military special forces… and the stereotype about Blacks not being able to swim came up. Hell, some jackass running for public office made a similar statement this week. This st… --- ## [Women live longer than men, why is this life expectancy gap not scandalous? Why is it not a big deal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-live-longer-than-men-why-is-this-life-expectancy-gap-not-scandalous-why-is-it-not-a-big-deal/650597)
**Author:** [@JamesQueue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesQueue)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-live-longer-than-men-why-is-this-life-expectancy-gap-not-scandalous-why-is-it-not-a-big-deal/650597 "2013-02-23T06:02:31Z")
Imagine if the reverse were true, imagine if most men lived longer than most women do. Don’t you think there would be many writers and TV personalities and academics and people of all stripes theorizing about the politic… --- ## [Modern Warfare 2 general discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2-general-discussion/552608)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2-general-discussion/552608 "2010-09-19T17:22:34Z")
The other two FPS threads currently active aren’t sticking to my favorite obsession nearly enough. So I thought I’d open a separate thread for it. So what is your favorite set up (load-out, perks, killsteaks)? Your K:D … --- ## [Has Hillary committed political suicide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-hillary-committed-political-suicide/450410)
**Author:** [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-hillary-committed-political-suicide/450410 "2008-05-27T00:38:40Z")
Here’s her quote of the day on why she’s still in the race: “My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy wa… --- ## [Blue Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend--Experiences w/Viagra?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-diamonds-are-a-girls-best-friend-experiences-w-viagra/354216)
**Author:** [@Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebecca_DiMwitter)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-diamonds-are-a-girls-best-friend-experiences-w-viagra/354216 "2006-04-28T16:03:29Z")
First of all, I am freely admitting that I have been lurking for nearly two years on these boards, and consider most of you to be solid acquaintances of mine, although you don’t know me at all…I have been the blessed rec… --- ## [Will this offensive ad by a Hispanic group hurt or help Trump more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-offensive-ad-by-a-hispanic-group-hurt-or-help-trump-more/736698)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-offensive-ad-by-a-hispanic-group-hurt-or-help-trump-more/736698 "2015-11-12T17:24:00Z")
So here is a video that’s making its way around the internet. It’s very professionally done, and shows two young Hispanic kids, probably 10ish and 6ish, lambasting Trump. As I’ve stated other times on this board, I thin… --- ## [What has our Righties in a lather, of late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-our-righties-in-a-lather-of-late/306630)
**Author:** [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-our-righties-in-a-lather-of-late/306630 "2005-06-08T19:47:52Z")
I considered putting this in In My Humble Opinion, given how much our new Mod likes to move things out of the Pit, but given that this is a topic that I figured that I would take my chances. I don’t really have any on… --- ## [Do you hear words in your head when you read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-words-in-your-head-when-you-read/539333)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-words-in-your-head-when-you-read/539333 "2010-05-14T21:59:34Z")
My boyfriend thinks I’m a freak of nature because I don’t hear words in my head when I read. (He also thinks I’m some sort of autistic idiot savant because I read so fast and because I’m not good with people. I tell hi… --- ## [What would your papal name be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-papal-name-be/651114)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-papal-name-be/651114 "2025-05-07T05:24:19Z")
OK, I accept that this will be derailed within the first 8 posts to see who can have the funniest name but I do intend for this to be serious. If the Vatican calls you up and tells you that you’re the new Pope (if femal… --- ## [How do you feel about the double standard of women attacking men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-double-standard-of-women-attacking-men/688478)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-double-standard-of-women-attacking-men/688478 "2014-05-19T17:24:28Z")
This video of Beyonce’s sister Solange attacking Jay Z in an elevator is unsettling. You normally don’t expect people in expensive designer clothing brawling like this. But it also highlights the current double standard… --- ## [“Swatting” - what the fuck is wrong with people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/805584)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/805584 "2019-04-01T01:16:38Z")
Maybe this is well known and I’m just now hearing about it, but fucking hell… https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/national/unarmed-kan-man-killed-cops-victim-swatting-prank-article-1.3726171 I don’t… --- ## [What are Stephen King's five best books/stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-stephen-kings-five-best-books-stories/553286)
**Author:** [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-stephen-kings-five-best-books-stories/553286 "2010-10-06T04:02:55Z")
Inspired by this thread. What are Stephen King’s five best books, in your opinion? No limitations. Anything from novels to novellas to short story collections to ebooks to published screenplays is eligible. It doesn’… --- ## [Lamar Odom found unconscious in a Nevada Brothel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamar-odom-found-unconscious-in-a-nevada-brothel/734605)
**Author:** [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamar-odom-found-unconscious-in-a-nevada-brothel/734605 "2016-01-10T03:57:41Z")
I’m hoping for the best, but it doesn’t look good. Link --- ## [Lady found my wallet. Should I ask her to hurry the hell up and give it back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-found-my-wallet-should-i-ask-her-to-hurry-the-hell-up-and-give-it-back/568696)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-found-my-wallet-should-i-ask-her-to-hurry-the-hell-up-and-give-it-back/568696 "2011-01-27T14:08:44Z")
OK, I’m being slightly silly. But still, I want her to hurry up already. Last night I discovered that my wallet wasn’t in my coat jacket after all (that’s where I usually keep it). After searching the house, I decided… --- ## [Identify this 80's song for a friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-song-for-a-friend/182224)
**Author:** [@MIKE\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MIKE_P)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-song-for-a-friend/182224 "2021-02-02T14:27:50Z")
We’ve both tried google and had no luck. It sounds like an 80’s rock song and he says its somewhat famous. The Chorus goes “oh oh” OR “oh no” OR “uh oh” (one of those combinations) and “round and round we go”. At the … --- ## [How muggy is it in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-muggy-is-it-in-the-mmp/789363)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-muggy-is-it-in-the-mmp/789363 "2017-06-26T21:26:00Z")
I let the dog out this morning, took a deep breath, and almost drowned!! Happy Moanday! --- ## [Girlfriend wants to move to US, thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655)
**Author:** [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-wants-to-move-to-us-thoughts/754655 "2016-05-17T20:16:22Z")
Hi, I am new to the board. My gifriend who lives in another country wants to move where I am. The problem I am facing is just the tremendous cost of the flights. It costs around 2,500 dollars per flight. With the fiance … --- ## [Botticelli - January 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 367\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2018/805706 "2018-02-02T16:51:07Z")
Happy New Year Botticelians one and all! I am M! --- ## [Does anybody understand how Mexico will pay for the wall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-understand-how-mexico-will-pay-for-the-wall/778144)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-understand-how-mexico-will-pay-for-the-wall/778144 "2017-01-27T19:36:35Z")
The news today is that Trump is going to sign an executive order to start building The Wall. It’s estimated that it will cost over $10 billion/mile. He is still insisting that Mexico will pay for it, but has yet to tell … --- ## [JD Salinger RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-salinger-rip/526789)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-salinger-rip/526789 "2010-01-30T13:59:59Z")
Everyone on Twitter saying that J.D. Salinger passed away at age 91. No links yet available. Edit: confirmed by AP: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_OBIT\_SALINGER?SITE=TXKER&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=… --- ## [A Couple Of (Innocent) SDMB Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176 "2013-01-27T03:18:26Z")
Maybe you can consider them sarcastic, but they aren’t intended that way. What is required from a 1st time poster to not be referred to as a “troll”? Once you rip someone (or someone rips you) a new one in the Pit,… --- ## [Question about knife-throwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-knife-throwing/528103)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-knife-throwing/528103 "2015-12-31T18:27:25Z")
Sometimes in the movies a thrown knife features as a murder or combat weapon. I’m wondering if that’s actually possible. A knife is not a dart or a javelin. When you throw it, it does not fly straight but tumbles end-… --- ## [What are you wearing today? (WAYWT)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-wearing-today-waywt/709747)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-wearing-today-waywt/709747 "2015-01-26T05:17:09Z")
This is cafe society so how dare fashion not be talked about. What are you dopers wearing today? This is a fun outlet to show what outfit you’re wearing out for you fashion-conscious members and we can even evaluate/prai… --- ## [Debunking Atkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-atkins/141302)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-atkins/141302 "2003-04-17T16:37:52Z")
First off, the Atkins diet works. Why then does it need to be debunked? For the same reason the Beverly Hills Diet needed to be debunked, or the all ice cream diet needs to be debunked. Unbalanced, fad and crash diets… --- ## [Movies they promised us!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748)
**Author:** [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-they-promised-us/524748 "2010-02-01T01:49:40Z")
I can think of a few movies that we were told were in the works, but which never materialized. Such as: The Lord of the Rings - Part 2 of the Ralph Bakshi version. Star Wars Episodes 7 - 9 - When ESB was in the works,… --- ## [Mike Huckabee is strongly opposed to abortion - including in cases of rape or incest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-is-strongly-opposed-to-abortion-including-in-cases-of-rape-or-incest/432598)
**Author:** [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Replies:** 257\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-is-strongly-opposed-to-abortion-including-in-cases-of-rape-or-incest/432598 "2008-01-18T19:30:22Z")
This according to wikipedia Isn’t that pretty extreme, even for an evangelical baptist pastor? Does he have even a chance to be elected as the president candidate for the Rep with these believes? :confused: --- ## [Songs that "sound" like covers of another band or group, but aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-like-covers-of-another-band-or-group-but-arent/851982)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-like-covers-of-another-band-or-group-but-arent/851982 "2021-04-21T12:22:44Z")
On the way to work this morning, I was listening to Queen and the song “You’re My Best Friend” came on. Now I know it is an original song written by John Deacon, who wrote it about his wife. But to me, it sounds like a… --- ## [How much and how often do you eat sweets and desserts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-and-how-often-do-you-eat-sweets-and-desserts/622552)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-and-how-often-do-you-eat-sweets-and-desserts/622552 "2012-05-21T17:55:59Z")
I was just listening to my coworkers bragging about how they “only eat one icecream bar a day” as if this was some sort of a dietary achievement. I only eat sweets and deserts maybe once or twice per week, and I feel li… --- ## [Bad Beside Manner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-beside-manner/538924)
**Author:** [@HeadNinja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeadNinja)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2010, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-beside-manner/538924 "2010-05-20T08:36:35Z")
Please share your stories of inappropriate, horrifying, or just plain odd beside manner. To start: After many months of treatment my wife was in for major surgery. They knocked her out at nine, the surgeon did his thi… --- ## [Goodbye cruel world! I've eaten an expired Altoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-cruel-world-ive-eaten-an-expired-altoid/449784)
**Author:** [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-cruel-world-ive-eaten-an-expired-altoid/449784 "2022-07-04T17:05:28Z")
I was looking in the cupboard for something when I came across a tin of Altoids mints. I can’t remember the last time I bought Altoids, and I have no idea what they were doing there. I popped one in my mouth and offered … --- ## [Folks really think non-sequitur replies are clever or funny? ("Bring Pie")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035 "2004-04-15T00:10:04Z")
Do people really still feel that replying to threads they don’t like with “My cat’s breath smells like cat food” and references to pie is actually still clever or funny? Was it EVER anything but stupid and unclever? Ye… --- ## [SCOTUS rules against Arizona campaign finance law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-rules-against-arizona-campaign-finance-law/587164)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-rules-against-arizona-campaign-finance-law/587164 "2011-07-01T20:36:50Z")
ARIZONA FREE ENTERPRISE CLUB’S FREEDOMCLUB PAC v.BENNETT Opinion Dissent This might be a worse decision than Citizen’s United. At least that case had a plausible First Amendment rationale, but this… Arizona provides… --- ## [Hard to find dates in 30's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-to-find-dates-in-30s/672510)
**Author:** [@ScrubJay81](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScrubJay81)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-to-find-dates-in-30s/672510 "2014-09-02T17:59:03Z")
Greetings, I keep hearing stories about women in their thirties who have either divorced, or were working on their careers and now cannot find a partner. To me anybody in their thirties is still young and defiantly not … --- ## [Worst Facebook Status Updates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-facebook-status-updates/553178)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-facebook-status-updates/553178 "2010-09-18T22:19:14Z")
Most of my Facebook friends are a few steps above knuckle-dragging cretins, so it pains me when one of them puts something horrifyingly stupid in their status updates. But on the other hand, Horrifyingly Stupid does have… --- ## [Create a different movie with the same title!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172 "2015-10-19T17:03:50Z")
I’m sure this type of thread has been done before, but I didn’t see one up currently, and I thought it would be fun. The idea is simple: take the title of a film and make a totally different movie. I’ll start. Friends … --- ## [Recommend a time travel book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-time-travel-book/630657)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-time-travel-book/630657 "2012-09-21T15:11:06Z")
A while back I read and enjoyed Stephen King’s 11/22/63, which is all about time travelling back to stop the Kennedy assassination. It was pretty good and unlike most King stories, didn’t end with a giant spider. What I… --- ## [Marla Olmstead: Child Prodigy or Pawn in a Fraud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marla-olmstead-child-prodigy-or-pawn-in-a-fraud/484979)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marla-olmstead-child-prodigy-or-pawn-in-a-fraud/484979 "2009-02-10T23:53:01Z")
I watched the documentary My Kid Could Paint That, about Marla Olmstead, a young girl who took the modern art world by storm with her paintings when she was four years old. She had art showings in galleries and her pain… --- ## [Comments that just blow you away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-that-just-blow-you-away/521787)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-that-just-blow-you-away/521787 "2009-12-23T22:02:27Z")
I was at a friend’s pub last night, and was having a conversation with a guy named Frank. Frank seems like a nice enough chap. He’s 50 years old, but looks much younger. He served in the Navy and IIRC, saw active duty… --- ## [Is fighting tyranny a purpose of the 2nd Amendment and, if so, at what level of government?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fighting-tyranny-a-purpose-of-the-2nd-amendment-and-if-so-at-what-level-of-government/799295)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fighting-tyranny-a-purpose-of-the-2nd-amendment-and-if-so-at-what-level-of-government/799295 "2017-10-27T04:15:38Z")
Federal? State? Local? What counts as “tyranny” when it comes to defending yourself with weaponry? I bring this up because of a post in another thread: --- ## [Steven Seagal: Lawman (in real life AND on TV)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-lawman-in-real-life-and-on-tv/519712)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-seagal-lawman-in-real-life-and-on-tv/519712 "2009-12-14T23:05:39Z")
SFGate article: ‘Steven Seagal: Lawman’ full of possibilities Wow, good for him. Maybe he should have been in Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant instead of Nic Cage! --- ## [Tips on forcing an Accutane prescription?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-on-forcing-an-accutane-prescription/171723)
**Author:** [@Qazzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qazzz)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-on-forcing-an-accutane-prescription/171723 "2003-05-01T17:04:44Z")
Hey, I’m a 23 year old male and have relatively clear skin which breaks out randomly and is extremely oily. I’ve tried all sorts of stuff over the years and nothing really helps very much. I’m really eager to try Accu… --- ## [Fee Fi Fo Fum - what does it really mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fee-fi-fo-fum-what-does-it-really-mean/3946)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 1999, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fee-fi-fo-fum-what-does-it-really-mean/3946 "1999-10-18T02:00:00Z")
So did the Brothers Grimm come up with that one? Or is it a sanitation rhyme included for later kiddy consumption? Not that it’s too sanitised - grinding bones to make bread etc. I once read a book where some so called … --- ## [Lateral thinking puzzles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles/513008)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles/513008 "2009-10-11T21:48:05Z")
I need some good lateral thinking puzzles- not situational riddles like “A man is found dead in a puddle of water; what happened?”, but something like the think outside the box puzzle. The stuff they use in psychological… --- ## [Gay adoption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-adoption/526751)
**Author:** [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-adoption/526751 "2010-02-04T20:24:30Z")
In Argentina, as in the rest of the western world, it will not be to long before gay couples can marry. In fact, since 2003 there has been, a “Civil Union” legislated for gays in the city of Buenos Aires. Last year two … --- ## [WWII: The :Other" Belligerents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-the-other-belligerents/614815)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-the-other-belligerents/614815 "2012-03-19T04:44:30Z")
Okay, the principal belligerents in World War II were, on the Allied side, the USSR. the USA, and the UK, and on the Axis side, Germany and Japan. Fascist Italy and China (temporary alliance of KMT and Red Army forces) w… --- ## [Nifty new printer makes the lights blink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nifty-new-printer-makes-the-lights-blink/615500)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nifty-new-printer-makes-the-lights-blink/615500 "2012-03-23T17:06:39Z")
when it starts up - like when it’s restarting, or waking up to start a print job. Several lights blink, and the computer’s UPS clicks on and off. It’s an office-sized laser printer (well, all-in-one). The printer is no… --- ## [Good non-cooking camping food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346)
**Author:** [@Shooby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shooby)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-cooking-camping-food/663346 "2013-07-16T15:48:41Z")
So I’ll be heading off camping for 3 nights, and we’re not going to have cooking materials (no stove or fire) and obviously no cooler or anything. I usually just go boring with bread, cheese, and some sort of preserved … --- ## [Is it OK to not like a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-not-like-a-kid/569386)
**Author:** [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-not-like-a-kid/569386 "2011-02-01T08:03:28Z")
We live in the mountains and our land backs up to national forest land. As a result, we get lots of visitors throughout the year. My SO’s nephew comes up alot with his son, and every couple of months he brings his best … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=645&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=647&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)