# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=670&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:** 671 --- ## [Dirty jokes that kill.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-jokes-that-kill/534009)
**Author:** [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-jokes-that-kill/534009 "2010-04-05T21:50:51Z")
A spin-off of Oakminster’s thread. I just wanna learn some new dirty jokes. There’s no such thing as a joke too dirty for this thread. Anything goes. I’ll begin with the nastiest joke I know. . Two fishermen are si… --- ## [Sand in Urine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sand-in-urine/572779)
**Author:** [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sand-in-urine/572779 "2011-03-02T21:29:17Z")
So, I just discovered sand in my urine. I’m thinking kidney stones of some sort, but I haven’t seen any other symptoms–no pain, no blood, no nothing. I drink plenty of fluids, but some of those are heavily caffeinated. W… --- ## [Laws that should be repealed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-that-should-be-repealed/528015)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2010, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-that-should-be-repealed/528015 "2010-02-14T09:24:03Z")
I’m curious to hear about laws that you think should be repealed, and why. All of us, whatever our politics, can probably agree that some laws are just bothersome (at best) or destructive (at worst). A lot of people wi… --- ## [Lost 1.22: "Born to Run"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-22-born-to-run/303396)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-22-born-to-run/303396 "2005-05-16T06:21:35Z")
First the rules: Interesting title. Maybe the writers will use the slow, accoustic version of Bruce’s song in the ending clips of tonight’s episode. The action should pick up tonight, as is usual after a “character d… --- ## [Ever puke in public? (This one's gonna be gross, I'm sure)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-puke-in-public-this-ones-gonna-be-gross-im-sure/317482)
**Author:** [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-puke-in-public-this-ones-gonna-be-gross-im-sure/317482 "2005-08-21T04:52:31Z")
I have. Twice. Both times at the Indiana State Fair. #1: My best friend Marie and I went to the fair on one of those days that they offer a wristband for purchase that gets you all the rides you want. We were about … --- ## [Celebrity deaths since 2002 that upset you most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-since-2002-that-upset-you-most/642284)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deaths-since-2002-that-upset-you-most/642284 "2012-12-07T02:53:46Z")
Eve had this thread almost exactly 10 years ago. What celebrity deaths in the last decade have upset you the most? For me? Colin Mcrae - Partly because he caused the accident and also because his son died with him in … --- ## [Ever had a house door key stop working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-house-door-key-stop-working/710303)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-house-door-key-stop-working/710303 "2015-01-23T03:53:10Z")
I have 3 door locks that I purchased as a set, all use the same key. I had a copy made of the original key and hid that copy outside in case I ever locked myself out. The other day I tried to unlock my front door with … --- ## [Why would Congress make Trump's tax returns public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-congress-make-trumps-tax-returns-public/976859)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-congress-make-trumps-tax-returns-public/976859 "2023-01-05T16:06:28Z")
I understand the needs for Congress to get Trump’s tax returns. But how could they justify making them public? I read they will be voting on whether to do that today (Dec 20). Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see them pu… --- ## [Living in foreclosed home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-in-foreclosed-home/610734)
**Author:** [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-in-foreclosed-home/610734 "2012-02-02T00:15:59Z")
Okay, I am curious about options here. I have lived at my parents house since 2000 (though i moved in there all my life but left in 1989.) They have been deceased since 08. They had stopped paying on the loan to it befo… --- ## [Best Song Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever/612618 "2013-08-02T05:08:02Z")
I have a $50.00 itunes gift certificate and want to download 50 great songs. What is your favorite song ever. For me, it depends on the day, and today I think “The Greatest Discovery” by Elton John, although in the pa… --- ## [Best "Screw you, Nazis!" Ever - I love this video!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screw-you-nazis-ever-i-love-this-video/546698)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screw-you-nazis-ever-i-love-this-video/546698 "2010-07-20T05:05:02Z")
This video has made my day, my week, my year… how absolutely WONDERFUL! “living well is the best revenge” is right! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUvo5OHH6o8 --- ## [I like her -- a lot. She likes me. She's taken. Should I stop seeing her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-her-a-lot-she-likes-me-shes-taken-should-i-stop-seeing-her/481225)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-her-a-lot-she-likes-me-shes-taken-should-i-stop-seeing-her/481225 "2009-02-06T03:38:03Z")
(Warning: Long! Brevity is not my forte, sorry.) It all started innocently enough… The barista hands me my regular cup of coffee and I walk towards my normal section. There’s a lady sitting on a couch and she smiles … --- ## [Button start cars- why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/button-start-cars-why/568333)
**Author:** [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/button-start-cars-why/568333 "2011-01-24T07:34:12Z")
Cars used to be started with push (or step) buttons a great while back. Now “push to start” buttons are showing up in cars again. Why? Will tail fins come next? --- ## [Glee: 1.20 "Theatricality" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-1-20-theatricality-open-spoilers/540786)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-1-20-theatricality-open-spoilers/540786 "2010-06-08T20:56:31Z")
Finn did not deserve that. I don’t have a problem with Kurt’s dad reaction to what he thought was going on (& he does have a point; Finn would never say nigger like that). Finn certainly isn’t homophobic; he’s never … --- ## [Cheney has no pulse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-has-no-pulse/547267)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-has-no-pulse/547267 "2010-07-25T09:39:39Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/20docs.html?\_r=1&hp Apparently Dick Cheney’s heart problems are rapidly worsening - he has been implanted with a ventricular assist device, and as a result, now has no pulse or h… --- ## [Spartacus War of the Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spartacus-war-of-the-damned/648432)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spartacus-war-of-the-damned/648432 "2013-04-18T20:28:49Z")
aka Blood and Boobs in ancient Rome:p Caught the first episode and thought that it was quite a good startto what is the final season. Lots of gore and fucking. \*The character of Marcus Crassus has more dept than every … --- ## [Are there any creatures that are wholly inedible for humans to eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-creatures-that-are-wholly-inedible-for-humans-to-eat/494454)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-creatures-that-are-wholly-inedible-for-humans-to-eat/494454 "2009-04-28T16:16:51Z")
I know there are creatures like pufferfish etc. that have some poisonous organs or body parts. I’m talking about creatures where the flesh itself is inedible. Any creatures like this? --- ## [Kinks. What are yours? What's too much? (TMI, duh!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-what-are-yours-whats-too-much-tmi-duh/361890)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-what-are-yours-whats-too-much-tmi-duh/361890 "2009-08-31T04:10:23Z")
In this thread on sexual incompatiblity, it’s mentioned by several dopers that there was incompatability between kinks. One poster said his kinks left her feeling depersonalized while hers did nothing for him. So - rat… --- ## [Why are gays attracted to members of the same sex who look like the opposite sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-gays-attracted-to-members-of-the-same-sex-who-look-like-the-opposite-sex/692360)
**Author:** [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-gays-attracted-to-members-of-the-same-sex-who-look-like-the-opposite-sex/692360 "2014-07-17T17:31:09Z")
The Great Master’s recent column on “Why are gays attracted to members of the same sex who look like the opposite sex?” could have mentioned that straight people don’t necessarily look for oppositely-gendered traits in t… --- ## [Very small 3rd degree burn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-small-3rd-degree-burn/641721)
**Author:** [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-small-3rd-degree-burn/641721 "2012-11-22T19:19:48Z")
About a third the length of a cigarette, although not as thick. Came from my arm hitting the inside of a woodstove’s door. White and starting to blister after a half an hour. I realize both that burns can be serious a… --- ## [Aren't laws based on Christian faith un-christian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-laws-based-on-christian-faith-un-christian/610075)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-laws-based-on-christian-faith-un-christian/610075 "2012-01-28T13:42:47Z")
Full disclosure: I haven’t set foot inside a church for many years. So if my memory is a little off, please correct me. Also, I am atheist. From what I remember, the bible can be rather ambiguous about a lot of things. … --- ## [I am not a murderer, mutantmoose. You, however, are a twit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-murderer-mutantmoose-you-however-are-a-twit/494040)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-murderer-mutantmoose-you-however-are-a-twit/494040 "2009-05-02T12:51:23Z")
First here’s the thread in which he has vexed me. It began as a discussion of the woman in Germany who was mauled by polar bears in a zoo after going into their enclosure in what may have been a suicide attempt. But it… --- ## ["Women and Children First!" on fated Italian cruise: policy or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-children-first-on-fated-italian-cruise-policy-or-not/609543)
**Author:** [@ecoaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecoaster)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-children-first-on-fated-italian-cruise-policy-or-not/609543 "2012-01-23T15:01:04Z")
A crew member apparently shouted this during the loading of lifeboats. Standard operating procedure or chivalry? --- ## [Brown's gotta get fired right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796)
**Author:** [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browns-gotta-get-fired-right/320796 "2005-09-13T01:11:11Z")
I mean, they gotta fire somebody over some fuck up someday, right? Apparently, his last job had to do with International Arabian Horse Association program. His previous disaster management experience has been exposed a… --- ## [Paleolithic Diet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paleolithic-diet/688046)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paleolithic-diet/688046 "2014-06-01T15:22:32Z")
My 2¢: Probably much more significant than grain, dairy and other agricultural foods is the tremendous amount of sugar in modern diets. Even if one avoids sweets and non-diet beverages, sugar is added to so many produ… --- ## [Fuck "Starving Artist"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-starving-artist/478596)
**Author:** [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-starving-artist/478596 "2008-12-27T00:59:20Z")
Your name surely is sarcastic. Your posts are testaments to a curious mixture of pre-pubescent incomprehension and inflated entitlement combined with elderly, infirm xenophobia and inflated entitlement with none of the i… --- ## [cornopean, conservatives are not oppressed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornopean-conservatives-are-not-oppressed/671989)
**Author:** [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornopean-conservatives-are-not-oppressed/671989 "2014-10-22T15:54:03Z")
…instead, they are the oppressors, and you are making excuses for their hate crimes. Over in this thread, cornopean claimed that liberals are violent, and conservatives never think liberals are evil, in an attempt to hi… --- ## [Scotch/Bourbon/Whiskey drinkers: Are you supposed to add a drop of water to the drink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotch-bourbon-whiskey-drinkers-are-you-supposed-to-add-a-drop-of-water-to-the-drink/597173)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotch-bourbon-whiskey-drinkers-are-you-supposed-to-add-a-drop-of-water-to-the-drink/597173 "2011-09-26T09:55:20Z")
For purposes here assume you are going for a Scotch straight-up (neat). First as a person who drinks almost exclusively wine and beer I have little experience with hard alcohols. I have had them to be sure but if we we… --- ## [Physicists - so, how is the Higgs Field NOT ether?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physicists-so-how-is-the-higgs-field-not-ether/686541)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physicists-so-how-is-the-higgs-field-not-ether/686541 "2014-04-24T19:23:56Z")
http://www.onbeing.org/program/brian-greene-reimagining-the-cosmos/6118 Listened to the above NPR show, where Krista Tippett interviewed physicist Brian Greene on her show about spirituality, philosophy, etc. called On… --- ## [Hydraulic vs cable clutch. Which requires less force?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hydraulic-vs-cable-clutch-which-requires-less-force/604937)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hydraulic-vs-cable-clutch-which-requires-less-force/604937 "2011-12-06T17:43:17Z")
I keep hearing that hydraulic clutches are more powerful than cable ones but is it so? Essentially a hydraulic system is similar to a lever system. You trade in distance for force. So it should’n have any force advantag… --- ## [Are Democrats Risking Another 2004 because of the "Radical Islamic terrorism" issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-democrats-risking-another-2004-because-of-the-radical-islamic-terrorism-issue/739614)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-democrats-risking-another-2004-because-of-the-radical-islamic-terrorism-issue/739614 "2015-12-11T19:37:55Z")
A lot of pundits claims that 2004 was decided by “moral values” and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Problem is that one look at the exit polls from 2004 and you’ll notice 2 things: Given that exit polls have a margin of… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 5.06 "Consumed" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-06-consumed-open-spoilers/704818)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-06-consumed-open-spoilers/704818 "2014-11-21T02:52:53Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Stakes are high when members of the group must go on a heroic rescue mission in a previously known location. \[/QUOTE\] Tyler James, CM Punk, & Yvette Nicole Brown are on Talking Dead. Discussion of the com… --- ## [Other driver paying for your rental car after an accident?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-driver-paying-for-your-rental-car-after-an-accident/339866)
**Author:** [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-driver-paying-for-your-rental-car-after-an-accident/339866 "2006-02-02T23:04:24Z")
The situation: I had a minor accident a couple of months ago, where someone else hit me. Clearly their fault. Now I am finally getting it fixed, and I need to rent a car for a week. The problem is that I don’t have r… --- ## [Is the State Lottery a 'Sucker's Bet'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-state-lottery-a-suckers-bet/526262)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-state-lottery-a-suckers-bet/526262 "2010-01-30T19:54:28Z")
I’m putting this in IMHO because I don’t think there is a definitive answer, but if there is one Mods feel free to move it to GQ instead. In certain social situations it is not uncommon for the topic of the state-sponso… --- ## [Movies with intermissions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-intermissions/682673)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-intermissions/682673 "2014-04-28T20:54:16Z")
Is there some way to research how many movies have had intermissions? I just saw part of Oliver! today and had forgotten it had an intermission. Just off the top of my head I can remember: Oliver My Fair Lady Gone W… --- ## [Why do people hate Mark Hamill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-mark-hamill/305508)
**Author:** [@SlyFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlyFrog)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-mark-hamill/305508 "2005-05-26T20:35:42Z")
Inspired by the “Why do people hate Return of the Jedi” thread. I honestly do not understand why there is such a hatred of Mark Hamill. I’ve always kind of like the guy, and have always been a “Luke over Han” kind of p… --- ## [Bald heads and pubic mounds.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-heads-and-pubic-mounds/575966)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-heads-and-pubic-mounds/575966 "2011-03-28T14:24:46Z")
Not they’re connected in any way ('cept maybe fashion), but I find myself becoming jaded by overexposure to both. Peace, mangeorge, who loves the female body (and intellect). :wink: --- ## [SDMB's new civility goals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-new-civility-goals/485961)
**Author:** [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-new-civility-goals/485961 "2009-02-26T12:19:16Z")
A while back I asked in another thread: I’m curious if you have an example of another message board whose level of civility you would be trying to equal? But I guess Ed managed to miss it, though he was quite active… --- ## [Saving Private Ryan: what other movies "accurately" portray combat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-private-ryan-what-other-movies-accurately-portray-combat/665387)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2013, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-private-ryan-what-other-movies-accurately-portray-combat/665387 "2013-08-07T07:32:18Z")
Saving Private Ryan was in theatres fifteen years ago. Many veterans of the Allied landing at Normandy regarded the film as realistic, to the point of reinvigorating their long-dormant PTSD: What other war movies have… --- ## [Hey, "Crazy Eyes" Michelle, now are you starting to get it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-crazy-eyes-michelle-now-are-you-starting-to-get-it/594261)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-crazy-eyes-michelle-now-are-you-starting-to-get-it/594261 "2011-08-31T03:04:28Z")
Your campaign is starting to flame out like a 4th of July skyrocket. You are probably too stupid to figure it out why so I’ll explain it to you. Another person has arrived on the scene that is just as ignorant, misguide… --- ## [Reason why Trump's approval ratings are falling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-why-trumps-approval-ratings-are-falling/839623)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-why-trumps-approval-ratings-are-falling/839623 "2019-09-10T14:33:23Z")
I have noticed on fivethirtyeight that Trump’s approval ratings (which have been remarkably steady through fiasco after fiasco), seem to be dropping a bit (and disapproval rising). It looks like it started about 40ish d… --- ## [Stand Even More Ground](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-even-more-ground/733844)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-even-more-ground/733844 "2015-10-21T13:11:01Z")
A new bill in the Florida legislature will expand the “Stand Your Ground” law - specifically, the provision that allows a defendant to request a hearing where the court determines if he is immune from prosecution. “Well… --- ## [It's A Beautiful Day...For Doperball!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840 "2004-05-20T02:57:46Z")
The sun is shining, there’s a light breeze, we have a wide open field (with just a few trees, land mines, and other obstacles in the way), two goals 100 yards apart, and a mess of dopers. What a perfect day for a game of… --- ## [Gun free zones; which eatery do you pick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-free-zones-which-eatery-do-you-pick/694861)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-free-zones-which-eatery-do-you-pick/694861 "2014-08-07T19:07:38Z")
Say you’re driving across the U.S. While going through a small town you realise you are absolutely ravenous; you pull up and to your delight spot two delicatessen type sandwich places, mom’n’pop type establishments - not… --- ## [Iconic structures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-structures/517346)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-structures/517346 "2009-11-17T03:30:00Z")
It occured to me today that I generally represent cities in my head as buildings. Then it occurred to me that I have no idea what structure represents my adopted hometown of Orlando to most non-locals; I would guess it’s… --- ## [How would evolution proceed without predators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-evolution-proceed-without-predators/612638)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-evolution-proceed-without-predators/612638 "2012-02-21T00:52:52Z")
I was watching The Lion King with my daughter, and sort of smirked at the self-serving explanation Mufasa (the lion king at the beginning of the movie, for the two people who haven’t seen it) gives his son and heir appar… --- ## [Help! My children don't like my girlfriend!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-children-dont-like-my-girlfriend/584345)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-children-dont-like-my-girlfriend/584345 "2011-06-09T06:29:42Z")
The title is a bit simplistic way of describing a complicated situation, but I was going for an attention-grabber. :slight\_smile: I was widowed in August 2009, after 27 happy years of marriage. About six months later I… --- ## [The Democrats Emergency Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-emergency-thread/843006)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrats-emergency-thread/843006 "2019-11-15T16:21:18Z")
Let’s face facts: as things right now, the Democrats are in danger of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Biden is too old. Warren and Sanders are too radical. Castro, Booker, and Harris are too identity-ish. Klob… --- ## [White Castle gross cut in half by Obamacare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-castle-gross-cut-in-half-by-obamacare/543055)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-castle-gross-cut-in-half-by-obamacare/543055 "2010-06-17T02:47:43Z")
June 21 issue of National Review, says that “The victualer specializing in diminutive hamburgers reports that the punitive feature of Obamacare will cut its income–in half. Very likely, that lost income will be recouped … --- ## [A Game: MY FAVORITE EPISODE OF \_\_ WAS THE ONE WHERE \_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739 "2011-04-28T18:59:46Z")
I’ve done one of these before and probably so have others but it’s been years and I don’t feel like googling it and there’s new material now, so rather than give the rules I’ll just give some examples. MY FAVORITE EPISO… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=669&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=671&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)