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**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilets-and-drinking-water-in-se-europe/611023 "2012-02-01T21:12:25Z")
There is something to be said for traveling in the US. You don’t have to worry about being able to plug in your electric gizmos, but most importantly whether it’s Key West or Seattle you’ll always find a sit-down toilet … --- ## [Vibram FiveFingers and blisters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibram-fivefingers-and-blisters/546159)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibram-fivefingers-and-blisters/546159 "2010-07-29T14:08:55Z")
So, like just about everybody else with feet, I decided to pick up a pair of those Vibram FiveFingers shoes so that I could give ‘barefoot’ running a try. I spent the weekend walking around in them and generally getting … --- ## [Hillary-Obama: a fanciful scenario but the only one that would worry me at this point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-obama-a-fanciful-scenario-but-the-only-one-that-would-worry-me-at-this-point/599407)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-obama-a-fanciful-scenario-but-the-only-one-that-would-worry-me-at-this-point/599407 "2011-10-19T21:43:56Z")
In threads I’ve started in the past, half the posts seem to have been wasted on accusations that I’m somehow Betraying the Cause :confused:, so I thought I’d be explicit up front this time: I once liked Obama but now con… --- ## [Do wooden flutes sound the same as metal flutes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-wooden-flutes-sound-the-same-as-metal-flutes/115540)
**Author:** [@hammerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammerbach)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2014, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-wooden-flutes-sound-the-same-as-metal-flutes/115540 "2014-05-12T11:02:24Z")
This came up in another thread about violins.. Do wooden flutes sound the same as metal flutes? as an amateur maker, I say that it is my experience that they do, but there are obviously many other opinions. Are there any… --- ## [Prophecies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prophecies/686582)
**Author:** [@butterfiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butterfiles)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prophecies/686582 "2014-04-25T21:43:52Z")
Not that I want to debate necessarily (not sure this is the right forum for my post), but I’ve always wondered about the validity of prophecies in the bible, and prophecies in general. Religious people tend to refer to … --- ## [Ebay and Ebay fink, I pit thee. And thine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-and-ebay-fink-i-pit-thee-and-thine/232294)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2004, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-and-ebay-fink-i-pit-thee-and-thine/232294 "2004-03-13T07:28:05Z")
All right, ya fuckin bluenosed scumbag. I know you’re a dickless asshole who couldn’t manage to create a good, bad or indifferent piece of artwork if your life depended on it. I know that in your drab world the greatest … --- ## [What is the strangest and mosts obscure Conspiracy Theory you know of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-strangest-and-mosts-obscure-conspiracy-theory-you-know-of/482275)
**Author:** [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-strangest-and-mosts-obscure-conspiracy-theory-you-know-of/482275 "2009-01-28T03:39:55Z")
As a few recent threads in Great Debates have shown us, people love their conspiracy theories. Most of us have hears about moon landing deniers, 9/11 theorists, the New World Order, JFK’s assassination, and some other b… --- ## [Kid Trapped in Car on Hot Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-trapped-in-car-on-hot-day/583476)
**Author:** [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-trapped-in-car-on-hot-day/583476 "2011-06-06T05:23:27Z")
You are about to walk into the grocery store, when you notice a red SUV with a baby in a car seat. The SUV is located about 60 feet from the front of the store. It is a hot day (perhaps 90F), and all the windows in the… --- ## [Sun shines while raining or "The Devil is beating his wife"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sun-shines-while-raining-or-the-devil-is-beating-his-wife/67994)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sun-shines-while-raining-or-the-devil-is-beating-his-wife/67994 "2001-06-14T18:19:33Z")
I have always heard the phrase “The devil is beating his wife” in reference to a weather condition in which it is raining and the sun is shining. Any clues as to its origin? Is it mainly a Southern phrase? (I live in Geo… --- ## [Jets/Giants? Mets/Yankees? Islanders/Rangers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jets-giants-mets-yankees-islanders-rangers/449733)
**Author:** [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jets-giants-mets-yankees-islanders-rangers/449733 "2012-09-06T08:22:19Z")
How do New Yorkers decide which teams they root for? Is it fairly evenly divided by burrow? Do you simply root for the teams that your family raises you to root for? New Yorkers, which teams do you root for? --- ## [Rolling Stone article, and at what point writers should be fired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stone-article-and-at-what-point-writers-should-be-fired/716981)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stone-article-and-at-what-point-writers-should-be-fired/716981 "2016-11-08T21:41:13Z")
This thread isn’t advocating for or against firing people, but rather, asking in which situations journalistic staff should be fired. Does an incident like the recent Rolling Stone article cross the “Yes, this calls for… --- ## [Sondheim Sez: Lie to Me, Damnit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sondheim-sez-lie-to-me-damnit/689024)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sondheim-sez-lie-to-me-damnit/689024 "2014-05-24T22:53:19Z")
Stephen Sondheim is one of my favorite Broadway composers and lyricsts. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Passio… --- ## [More Deer Now Than When Columbus Landed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-now-than-when-columbus-landed/695110)
**Author:** [@Ornery\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ornery_Bob)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-deer-now-than-when-columbus-landed/695110 "2014-08-13T18:25:05Z")
Found here and heard on a recent television show: \* Researchers believe that the United States has more deer today than when Columbus landed in the New World. \* How do you estimate 15th century deer populations? --- ## [Who is the most universally agreed upon scumbag on Planet Earth Right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-universally-agreed-upon-scumbag-on-planet-earth-right-now/644406)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-universally-agreed-upon-scumbag-on-planet-earth-right-now/644406 "2012-12-28T13:58:15Z")
I’m really at kind of a loss here. The only people I can think of seem like pretty week tea or penny ante villains – Putin, Joseph Kony, Justin Bieber, etc. Help me out. Because as one of the ongoing competitions betw… --- ## [Who has better orgasms? Men or women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-better-orgasms-men-or-women/676128)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-better-orgasms-men-or-women/676128 "2013-12-18T20:13:47Z")
Who has better orgasms, climax’s, release of sexual frustrations? Men or women? I think men have a stronger release with the ejaculation of sperm being a sign of pent up physical and psychological emotions, but hey I’… --- ## [Why can't you just quit the army?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-you-just-quit-the-army/369852)
**Author:** [@happywaffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happywaffle)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-you-just-quit-the-army/369852 "2006-08-28T16:07:33Z")
I was reading about these involuntary Marine recalls to Iraq and it got me thinking. Does the military have some separate legal status from other employers where it’s allowed to force its employees into service in this w… --- ## [What will happen in the next 10 weeks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-in-the-next-10-weeks/925002)
**Author:** [@paulmarkj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulmarkj)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-in-the-next-10-weeks/925002 "2021-01-08T21:47:26Z")
Trump has some weeks left to run. Will he do anything drastic? I don’t think he will refuse to leave, he will have to find a ‘way out’ for his ego to survive. Will he encourage puiblic disorder? Will he sabotage/ Wha… --- ## [NFL offseason discussion thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-discussion-thread/746344)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-discussion-thread/746344 "2016-04-16T04:22:37Z")
Here’s a place for all the offseason news, signings, and unfortunately arrests. The draft is worth a separate thread. I’m not all disappointed that Everett Golson didn’t receive a combine invitation. This self centered … --- ## [Your "One sentence scary story" submissions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-one-sentence-scary-story-submissions/733083 "2026-01-31T12:45:27Z")
I’ve seen these types of things on other sites and figure the Dopers should be the best at it since they’re the best at everything. I’ll get the ball rolling. (Please, no political jabs.) With each wipe of the makeup … --- ## [My Worthless, Uninformed Take On The Trump Win.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-worthless-uninformed-take-on-the-trump-win/771301)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-worthless-uninformed-take-on-the-trump-win/771301 "2016-11-14T03:16:17Z")
It is Rural America, screaming “STOP IGNORING US & OUR NEEDS!” And, as everything else has failed, they try to smash the plate glass window, by electing Trump. --- ## [The end of the suburbs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-suburbs/539055)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-suburbs/539055 "2010-05-12T23:52:43Z")
According to a study done by the Brookings Institution the suburbs are becoming poorer as the educated elite move back into the cities: Anyway what sort of future do you see for the suburbs? As someone who recently t… --- ## [reissuance of a lost passport with outstanding arrest warrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reissuance-of-a-lost-passport-with-outstanding-arrest-warrant/690403)
**Author:** [@LostAtSea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LostAtSea)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reissuance-of-a-lost-passport-with-outstanding-arrest-warrant/690403 "2016-01-07T22:09:07Z")
Will the re-issuance of a passport be denied by the state department for an outstanding FTA warrant for a class 2 felony? Lost passport overseas and never reported it. Can embassy detained someone on a state warrant for … --- ## [What's the deal with Mariah Carey and her right side of her face?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-mariah-carey-and-her-right-side-of-her-face/357337)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-mariah-carey-and-her-right-side-of-her-face/357337 "2006-05-19T06:39:36Z")
I thought this was a rumor, that Mariah Carey is only filmed from her right side… but I just watched a craptacular Pepsi commercial and sure enough, every shot only showed her right side of her face. What gives? Is the o… --- ## [Why aren't utility companies considered monopolies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-utility-companies-considered-monopolies/279383)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-utility-companies-considered-monopolies/279383 "2004-12-12T04:51:03Z")
Something occured to me while I was in the shower. I have only ONE company that I can turn to to have electricity. Only ONE company that I can turn to for my water/sewage needs. I have a few choices for telephone serv… --- ## [They're coming for us ... what will you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-coming-for-us-what-will-you-do/817507)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2018, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-coming-for-us-what-will-you-do/817507 "2018-09-21T08:20:39Z")
First they came for the travelers and would-be immigrants from suspect countries … Immediately after assuming the presidency, Trump issued an order that he often characterized as a “Muslim ban” to restrict travel to the… --- ## [What Do Cats Do That Annoys You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cats-do-that-annoys-you/633315)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cats-do-that-annoys-you/633315 "2012-09-05T22:39:21Z")
I know this is a pretty cat-centric board because its populated by liberal wankers (I keed! I keed!) but surely not everything little fuzzy-wuzzy feline overlord does is pleasing to its owners. What do your cats do that … --- ## [Laptop in transit: Shut Down or Sleep/Hibernate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-in-transit-shut-down-or-sleep-hibernate/615866)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-in-transit-shut-down-or-sleep-hibernate/615866 "2015-10-01T19:51:07Z")
Giving this its own thread. Advice, please. Interested in maximizing the life of my laptop. I’m a freelancer and I also go to school where I use my laptop in class. So there are days when I get to class, use laptop for… --- ## [Alabama Gov Says Non-Christians Not His Brothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-gov-says-non-christians-not-his-brothers/568227)
**Author:** [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-gov-says-non-christians-not-his-brothers/568227 "2011-01-23T15:12:14Z")
Tell me again why we didn’t just let the Confederates leave. --- ## [Things other people are picky about, but you don't care.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-are-picky-about-but-you-dont-care/710925)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-are-picky-about-but-you-dont-care/710925 "2015-01-31T21:09:24Z")
Over in this thread, Little things that you are irrationally picky about, people discuss little things which set them off. What are things that everyone else gets upset about, but don’t care that much about? For me, pr… --- ## [Wristwatches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wristwatches/677978)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wristwatches/677978 "2014-01-08T14:19:47Z")
I was never really a watch guy. My grandmother got me a Wenger two-tone in 9th grade, I bought myself a fossil in 10th grade because a) the Wenger was just too gaudy for me b) all my friends had fossils and I didn’t know… --- ## [Sprained Ankles: tell me your story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprained-ankles-tell-me-your-story/253981)
**Author:** [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprained-ankles-tell-me-your-story/253981 "2004-07-12T23:02:25Z")
Last Thursday I went to a doc because my ankle was hurting something awful, and after checking it out he told me that it was indeed sprained. I hadn’t done anything in particular that made it hurt, but the likely source… --- ## [The obligatory "Incredibles" thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obligatory-incredibles-thread/273061)
**Author:** [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obligatory-incredibles-thread/273061 "2004-12-22T22:14:51Z")
Well, whatever else you want to say about this week, there’s at least one bright spot at the end of the tunnel – the release of Pixar and Brad Bird’s soon-to-be-a-classic animated movie, The Incredibles! Share your thou… --- ## [Has anybody here ever been banned from a forum/website?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-here-ever-been-banned-from-a-forum-website/519274)
**Author:** [@independentminded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/independentminded)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-here-ever-been-banned-from-a-forum-website/519274 "2010-01-16T22:29:43Z")
I’m curious. I know that I’ve been permanently banned from two forum/websites that I’d been posting on for 2 or 3 years due to retaliation against flaming, and for having different opinions than the prevailing majority … --- ## [Trump vs Sanders looks awfully probable (over a year out)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-sanders-looks-awfully-probable-over-a-year-out/728146)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-sanders-looks-awfully-probable-over-a-year-out/728146 "2015-08-24T19:30:34Z")
Blah blah blah, it’s only August of the year before, blah blah blah. Yes, it’s too soon to call. Yes, in commasense’s poll I said Trump would get distracted by something shiny by Halloween. That was wishful thinking. I… --- ## [Probably the saddest comedy sketch I've ever seen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-the-saddest-comedy-sketch-ive-ever-seen/676455)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-the-saddest-comedy-sketch-ive-ever-seen/676455 "2013-12-23T14:32:51Z")
Here is the final sketch from the Mitchell and Webb look, Do not watch if you don’t want to burst into tears. A Chinaman costume is worn, but it is tastefully done. :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:frowning: --- ## [How did David Copperfield reassemble this Honus Wagner card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-david-copperfield-reassemble-this-honus-wagner-card/652504)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-david-copperfield-reassemble-this-honus-wagner-card/652504 "2016-02-22T17:39:56Z")
The video is grainy and features some very cheesy “Copperfield banter”. Anyway, I remember this trick from when it aired and am curious how it works. Here is the video. --- ## [How can you tell if a girl actually digs you and isn't just an attention whore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-tell-if-a-girl-actually-digs-you-and-isnt-just-an-attention-whore/404862)
**Author:** [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2007, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-tell-if-a-girl-actually-digs-you-and-isnt-just-an-attention-whore/404862 "2007-05-23T09:52:46Z")
Because I only seem to experience the latter. --- ## [Atheists: What Do You Believe In?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-what-do-you-believe-in/650082)
**Author:** [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-what-do-you-believe-in/650082 "2013-02-13T15:50:18Z")
Spun off from this thread. One of source of misunderstanding about atheism is the idea that atheist can or should be a complete philosophy or worldview, with an ethical component and statements about meaning and so fort… --- ## [Top Chef Masters - Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-masters-season-2/534956)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-masters-season-2/534956 "2010-06-14T17:22:41Z")
Finally! Top Chef Masters Season 2 starts April 7, in the usual time slot. :slight\_smile: I’ve been going through major withdrawals for Top Chef. It’s been 3 or 4 months. They are bringing back a few Masters from the… --- ## [Should parents be required to support their adult children's college and medical expenses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-parents-be-required-to-support-their-adult-childrens-college-and-medical-expenses/550537)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-parents-be-required-to-support-their-adult-childrens-college-and-medical-expenses/550537 "2010-08-26T04:18:48Z")
Over in this thread there is a discussion about specific child support requirements. One of the topics veered into the legal and moral obligations of parents to support their adult children with their medical and colleg… --- ## [Is it cheesy to wear scrubs in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-cheesy-to-wear-scrubs-in-public/409402)
**Author:** [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-cheesy-to-wear-scrubs-in-public/409402 "2007-06-29T13:31:50Z")
As a newly-minted RN, I’m starting my first hospital job this week (well, this week is just orientation, computer classes, and other boring stuff; I won’t actually get on the care floor until next week). I’m just wonder… --- ## [Is there an official musical term for that thing Sia does with her voice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-official-musical-term-for-that-thing-sia-does-with-her-voice/698035)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-official-musical-term-for-that-thing-sia-does-with-her-voice/698035 "2014-09-11T19:38:35Z")
It’s not only Sia, of course, she’s just one who has it very prominently, It’s that roughness, that’s squeak, that almost off sound it’s actually quite appealing… If you listen to chandelier she does it a lot in the fir… --- ## [Straight Dope's boards-- why no upgrade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-boards-why-no-upgrade/740039)
**Author:** [@Sputnikkk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sputnikkk)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopes-boards-why-no-upgrade/740039 "2015-12-19T00:22:15Z")
This site is full of intelligent people, an people who run it are so smart but its so unsophisticated compared to other discussion forums I post on including Rabbittalk and Rabbitsonline (no I’m not kidding, there are 2… --- ## [Who 'won' the War of 1812 (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-won-the-war-of-1812-again/521564)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-won-the-war-of-1812-again/521564 "2009-12-23T21:41:14Z")
I know this has been debated several times on this board, but was having an interesting discussion with a friend of mine who is a military historian, and thought I’d bring the discussion here to see what 'dopers think. A… --- ## [Why is healthcare so expensive without health insurance, and was it always this way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-healthcare-so-expensive-without-health-insurance-and-was-it-always-this-way/631717)
**Author:** [@supery00n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supery00n)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-healthcare-so-expensive-without-health-insurance-and-was-it-always-this-way/631717 "2012-08-22T01:25:33Z")
Pretty much the topic title says it all. I’m only 22 years old, so I don’t really know what the situation was like historically, or even a few decades ago. Was purchasing prescription drugs and seeing a doctor, and oth… --- ## [What are all those dials on the SR-71 Blackbird for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-all-those-dials-on-the-sr-71-blackbird-for/548641)
**Author:** [@Flying\_Saucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flying_Saucer)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-all-those-dials-on-the-sr-71-blackbird-for/548641 "2010-08-04T00:24:30Z")
I just finished last month’s issue of Wired magazine (yeah, I’m behind). The issue contains an interesting photo feature on cockpits, starting with the SR-71 Blackbird. I count twenty-nine dials apart from the compass … --- ## [A case study in TALKING TO THE POLICE AND HANGING YOURSELF with your own words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-case-study-in-talking-to-the-police-and-hanging-yourself-with-your-own-words/939341)
**Author:** [@KennyT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennyT)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-case-study-in-talking-to-the-police-and-hanging-yourself-with-your-own-words/939341 "2021-05-01T11:54:19Z")
\[ How did Pa. State Police finally ID ‘Beth Doe’ and what led them to her long-ago boyfriend? - lehighvalleylive.com \] - www.lehighvalleylive.com a fascinating case study about why you should NEVER talk to the police.… --- ## [(North) American vs UK accents: does word-final /r/ really sound this different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-american-vs-uk-accents-does-word-final-r-really-sound-this-different/783062)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-american-vs-uk-accents-does-word-final-r-really-sound-this-different/783062 "2017-04-06T15:17:57Z")
NOTE: In what follows, /r/ means word-final /r/, and not /r/ at the beginning of the word. Referring to this video on YouTube: What Americans Sound Like While this video is somewhat tongue-in-cheek (or finger-in-throa… --- ## [(Old) It is getting cold in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-it-is-getting-cold-in-the-mmp/994405)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-it-is-getting-cold-in-the-mmp/994405 "2024-01-12T01:09:33Z")
Winter has kinda showed up here, the water in the shallow bird bath has started freezing at night and we are bringing the hummingbird feeder in at night (it goes out just after dawn). We lost the tomatoes two nights and… --- ## [Push ups - chin to the ground or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-ups-chin-to-the-ground-or-not/529984)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-ups-chin-to-the-ground-or-not/529984 "2010-02-27T07:09:02Z")
When I was in school, they taught us to do push ups by lowering your body until your chin touched the floor, then back up, but when I see people doing push ups now, they don’t go down far enough for that to happen - they… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=662&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=664&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)