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**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-never-smoked-a-cigarette/483878 "2009-02-05T19:16:15Z")
I often like to say I’m one of the 12 people in the United States that has never smoked a cigarette… LOL :slight\_smile: Just wonder who else has NEVER smoked a cigarette? (I’ve never smoked a cigar or smoked anything e… --- ## [Weird Things Customers Say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-customers-say/932375)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-customers-say/932375 "2021-03-04T17:41:45Z")
The other day I was rereading the short and memorable book Weird Things Customers Say In Bookstores. Always makes me chuckle. If you’ve never heard of this amusing book, it is about book stores - mostly in Edinburgh an… --- ## [I've got 99 cookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-99-cookies/607524 "2012-01-04T18:43:49Z")
If you’re having oven problems I can feel for you, son I’ve got 99 cookies cuz a bitch ate one Bitch needs to keep her nasty fingers outta my Christmas cookies. --- ## [Is anyone else unable to hold a grudge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-unable-to-hold-a-grudge/390393)
**Author:** [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-unable-to-hold-a-grudge/390393 "2017-08-10T06:03:35Z")
I suck at it. No, really. I do. I can’t stay mad at anyone. Not my dysfunctional mother, not the psycho girl I work with, not ex-boyfriends, not ex-girlfriends. I’ve had one bad break-up in my life. If I force myse… --- ## [Why are gun owners not required to carry insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-gun-owners-not-required-to-carry-insurance/735454)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-gun-owners-not-required-to-carry-insurance/735454 "2015-10-31T14:51:45Z")
Why is there no law to make sure that all gun owners be required to carry insurance coverage against accidental injury to others. I think that if an owners gun is in anyway accidentally used to cause injury to another p… --- ## [Small, but emotionally devastating social mishaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-but-emotionally-devastating-social-mishaps/253048)
**Author:** [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-but-emotionally-devastating-social-mishaps/253048 "2004-07-10T01:58:14Z")
This, unfortunately, has happened to me TWICE in the past week. I only pray AND ASSUME that it has happened to everyone else. It is: THE MISTAKEN GREETING I was walking down the hall at my temp assignment. A woman w… --- ## [A fact-filled MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fact-filled-mmp/495268)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fact-filled-mmp/495268 "2009-05-11T02:05:53Z")
This is a thread idea I’ve tossed around in the past, and I may well have done it, but I don’t recall and I’m not going to try to search, so deal… :stuck\_out\_tongue: Background - once upon a time in my far, far past, w… --- ## [Uh, I'll use "u" if I damned well please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-ill-use-u-if-i-damned-well-please/230396)
**Author:** [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-ill-use-u-if-i-damned-well-please/230396 "2004-02-22T23:53:30Z")
I’m not the OP of this thread; however, I think there’s a lot of irony in someone spending time to type out a holier-than-thou reply to someone who chooses to use “u” or “u r” as a way of using SHORTHAND. The point of u… --- ## [Tens of Thousands March in Baghdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tens-of-thousands-march-in-baghdad/218262)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tens-of-thousands-march-in-baghdad/218262 "2004-04-08T13:21:12Z")
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there were mass demonstrations in Iraq today. Al Jazeerah says there may have been 10,000 people there. Representatives from almost all the political parties. Kurds, Sunnis, and Shia … --- ## [Help me find a fantasy novel like this...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-fantasy-novel-like-this/600898)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-fantasy-novel-like-this/600898 "2018-07-05T20:24:49Z")
I want mages throwing fireballs and dwarves smashing face with their battle axes. Shape shifting nature loving elves, and holy warriors. Gimme evil wizards summoning elementals and necromancers raising the dead. Orcs,… --- ## [Clinton: We made a person who committed sexual assault president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-we-made-a-person-who-committed-sexual-assault-president/798875)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-we-made-a-person-who-committed-sexual-assault-president/798875 "2017-10-22T04:10:32Z")
Again? Story here: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/clinton-we-made-a-person-who-committed-sexual-assault-president/ar-AAtqWYC?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp Goddamn, this woman is stupid! --- ## [Is there any country that USA can't take over or defeat nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-that-usa-cant-take-over-or-defeat-nowadays/646089)
**Author:** [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-country-that-usa-cant-take-over-or-defeat-nowadays/646089 "2013-01-07T22:36:55Z")
Is there any country that USA can’t take over or defeat nowadays? :confused: --- ## [WoW Cataclysm coming soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-cataclysm-coming-soon/553085)
**Author:** [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-cataclysm-coming-soon/553085 "2010-10-04T19:09:45Z")
With the new ‘Events’ released this week there’s more and more talk about the upcoming expansion. We even have one doper involved in the Beta. But some people want to remain ‘unspoiled’ when it comes out. So I thought I’… --- ## [Something straight men should know about "gaydar"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-straight-men-should-know-about-gaydar/170581)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-straight-men-should-know-about-gaydar/170581 "2003-06-12T01:19:41Z")
In Why is lisping stereotypically associated with homosexuality? Cecil wrote This explains an experience I had years ago. I was spending time with the step daughter of an army major who had married, I later guessed, s… --- ## [Quick change artists. Best guess at how is done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-change-artists-best-guess-at-how-is-done/611115)
**Author:** [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-change-artists-best-guess-at-how-is-done/611115 "2012-02-01T18:06:34Z")
Double Fantasy Duo Sure as heck beats me. --- ## [Starfleet's Prime Directive: Keep or trash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleets-prime-directive-keep-or-trash/665637)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleets-prime-directive-keep-or-trash/665637 "2013-08-13T17:25:40Z")
Imagine, if you will, that the usual space-time anomaly has dumped you in the Star Trek universe (the “original,” not the JJ Abrams continuity) a few years before the launch of of the Enterprise-D. You become good buddie… --- ## [Plasma gasification - pros, cons, limitations? Discussion wanted.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-gasification-pros-cons-limitations-discussion-wanted/535869)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-gasification-pros-cons-limitations-discussion-wanted/535869 "2010-04-23T19:18:51Z")
My hometown, Montgomery, Alabama, is presently conducting feasibility studies on installing a plasma arc waste disposal unit. Several private facilities are using the technology, and quite a few municipalities are inves… --- ## ["Strictly Enforced" Speed Limits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strictly-enforced-speed-limits/654175)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strictly-enforced-speed-limits/654175 "2016-03-07T23:08:23Z")
I regularly come across posted speed limits that have a smaller sign underneath that reads “Strictly Enforced.” Is there a point to this? Shouldn’t a responsible (ha!) driver reasonably assume that all speed limits are… --- ## [Should women over 40 have children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-over-40-have-children/646861)
**Author:** [@timefortrees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timefortrees)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-over-40-have-children/646861 "2013-01-14T22:07:15Z")
Sometimes doing research on the internet sucks. I’d say 50% of what I read on this topic is fine, and exciting, and such great news. The other 50% make it sound like it would be impossible for a woman to get pregnant, t… --- ## [Who are your celebrity crushes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-celebrity-crushes/426613)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-celebrity-crushes/426613 "2007-11-26T14:09:18Z")
Post your age, sex, and one or more celebrity crushes you have… 28 Male. Scarlett Johansson Gemma Atkinson (only since IACGMOUH. I’m taken by how cute she looks in the Jungle) --- ## [Mad-Men 3.12, The Grown-Ups (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-3-12-the-grown-ups-open-spoilers/516016)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-3-12-the-grown-ups-open-spoilers/516016 "2009-11-08T22:43:36Z")
\[QUOTE=AMCTV\] Don meets with an impressive candidate; Peggy second guesses her taste in men; and Pete makes a big decision. \[/QUOTE\] Second to last episode of the season. --- ## [Arrow Season 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-5/767772)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-5/767772 "2017-11-08T15:11:07Z")
So is anyone still watching? The first episode of the season wasn’t half-bad. Fight scenes where it looked like they actually gave a damn. Flashbacks that weren’t completely irrelevant. Oliver shooting trick arrows; … --- ## [The dark side of the gig economy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-side-of-the-gig-economy/782835)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-side-of-the-gig-economy/782835 "2017-04-03T22:43:51Z")
Nice essay in the NewYawkah about the downside/darkside/truth of the gig economy. I was particularly impressed by her insight about the “dedicated” giggers who walk miles to work and so forth, always presented as the Ha… --- ## [What the Hell is up with South Park theses day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-up-with-south-park-theses-day/739541)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-up-with-south-park-theses-day/739541 "2016-12-12T19:25:20Z")
The last few episodes (maybe this whole current season?) are just weird and I don’t get it. Its like some meta (I don’t even know what that means) performance art soap opera. What’s with the stupid new characters like … --- ## [Southern USA Dopers: Stand and be counted, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/367315)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-usa-dopers-stand-and-be-counted-please/367315 "2014-09-26T00:30:39Z")
With the remarkable success of the recent thread I started on Monday of this week, Non-USA Dopers: Stand and be counted. Please., I would love to see a similar accounting of Southern Dopers. Others may wish to take owner… --- ## [Rib Eye Steaks - Can You avert the tragedy?!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rib-eye-steaks-can-you-avert-the-tragedy/615232)
**Author:** [@mehgs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mehgs)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rib-eye-steaks-can-you-avert-the-tragedy/615232 "2012-03-19T20:37:47Z")
My husband’s birthday is this weekend. I decided we needed to splurge and went to buy rib-eye steaks. The prepackaged boneless ones just looked kinda…flaccid. I wanted something a little more celebratory so I headed to … --- ## [Archie Andrews pops the question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918)
**Author:** [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-andrews-pops-the-question/497918 "2009-08-03T08:10:56Z")
And it’s not to longtime sweetheart Betty. Yes, the perennially young comic book character has asked rich, scheming Veronica to be his wife. This does not sound good. --- ## [traits associated with smokers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traits-associated-with-smokers/580214)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traits-associated-with-smokers/580214 "2011-05-05T18:47:43Z")
I am biased against smokers, admittedly, but I wonder which of my assumptions about them are valid. I assume that smokers, for example, are less educated than smokers, and also less intelligent, but have no idea if anyo… --- ## [Why Do People Drive Convertibles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-drive-convertibles/185356)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-drive-convertibles/185356 "2003-07-02T15:30:05Z")
What exactly is the appeal of the convertible automobile? For starters, they have a higher initial cost than an equivalent hardtop. They’re also less safe than a hardtop, particularly in a rollover or if you slam into a… --- ## [Does any language have a word for a parent-whose-children-have-all-died?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-language-have-a-word-for-a-parent-whose-children-have-all-died/563664)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-language-have-a-word-for-a-parent-whose-children-have-all-died/563664 "2014-01-24T05:00:04Z")
Oprah intervire Dr. William Petit yesterday. He is the sole survivor of a murderous rampage on his family, when two men broke into his house and killed his wife and two daughters. Dr. Petit pointed out that if your pare… --- ## [A good graphic novel for a 10 year old boy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-graphic-novel-for-a-10-year-old-boy/604495)
**Author:** [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-graphic-novel-for-a-10-year-old-boy/604495 "2011-12-02T23:08:23Z")
My 10 year old loves graphic novels and comic books. A few years ago the Dope turned us on to the Marvel Adventures series, which was great. He reads things like Missile Mouse and Lunch Lady and I’m looking for more of t… --- ## [Are jewish religion and ideology a threat to us all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-jewish-religion-and-ideology-a-threat-to-us-all/100416)
**Author:** [@ORION\_ORION](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ORION_ORION)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-jewish-religion-and-ideology-a-threat-to-us-all/100416 "2002-04-08T21:25:16Z")
\*\*Professor Israel Shahak about Jewish “Religion” \*\* Book Review: The whole link is here: http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/jewhis.htm Extremism in Israel Is Fueled by a Growing Ultra-Orthodox Movement in the U.S. T… --- ## [Password/countersign anecdotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-countersign-anecdotes/594866)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-countersign-anecdotes/594866 "2011-09-12T16:17:12Z")
Hi all. I’m editing a manuscript about passwords, and need a very quick anecdote/scene from either a famous movie or history that uses the stereotypical challenge-response password dynamic. The current version of the ma… --- ## [Describe real German beer to an American](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-real-german-beer-to-an-american/531778)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-real-german-beer-to-an-american/531778 "2010-03-16T01:39:59Z")
One of the challenges on The Amazing Race last night involved drinking a very large glass of beer at a pub in Hamburg. Everyone of the contestants commented how nasty the beer was. Is it really that different from Amer… --- ## [Explain the popularity of College Sports in the US to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-popularity-of-college-sports-in-the-us-to-me/604923)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-popularity-of-college-sports-in-the-us-to-me/604923 "2011-12-07T21:06:49Z")
One of the things that I find strange about US Sports culture (other then baseball gloves, what you worried you might break a nail? :D) is the following that Collage sports have, especially it seems to me basketball and … --- ## ["Dog?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog/553270)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog/553270 "2010-09-13T14:44:54Z")
For several days, someone’s been calling my land line, saying “Dog?” then hanging up. It’s a man’s voice. The only exception was yesterday morning, when he said “Small dog?”. I’ve traced his phone number to a cell phone… --- ## [Do Jet Fighter pilots really wear Chronograph watches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-jet-fighter-pilots-really-wear-chronograph-watches/472181)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-jet-fighter-pilots-really-wear-chronograph-watches/472181 "2008-11-13T14:17:28Z")
You know-those wrist watches with three little dials and tons of tiny numbers. I find it hard to imagine that a guy flying an aircraft at mach 2 has any need to a timer on his wrist. also, you can’t see most of the numbe… --- ## [What does Mannheim Steamroller and Trans-Siberian Orchestra do the rest of the year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-mannheim-steamroller-and-trans-siberian-orchestra-do-the-rest-of-the-year/520223)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-mannheim-steamroller-and-trans-siberian-orchestra-do-the-rest-of-the-year/520223 "2016-01-07T21:26:07Z")
If you’re in the United States at anyplace larger than a wide spot in the road, you’re probably seeing television commercials for Christmas concerts by Mannheim Steamroller and/or Trans-Siberian Orchestra in your town. A… --- ## [Rantus Augustus (mini rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantus-augustus-mini-rants/916998)
**Author:** [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantus-augustus-mini-rants/916998 "2020-09-07T00:54:14Z")
I give up. The aphids win. no matter how much I spray my pepper plants, or what I use, I can’t get rid of them. I’ve tried the usual home remedies (solution of dish soap,) commercial insecticidal soaps, you name it. i… --- ## [Opposing abortion does not, necessarily, require support for babies or mothers after birth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposing-abortion-does-not-necessarily-require-support-for-babies-or-mothers-after-birth/834602)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposing-abortion-does-not-necessarily-require-support-for-babies-or-mothers-after-birth/834602 "2019-06-08T15:15:33Z")
A lot of pro-choicers like to argue that if pro-lifers were really pro-life, they’d be supporting babies and single mothers, etc. after birth, not just caring about the fetus’ life pre-birth but then ignoring it post-bir… --- ## [Negotiate w/Taliban?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negotiate-w-taliban/637247)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negotiate-w-taliban/637247 "2013-07-06T17:09:52Z")
From CNN: A 14-year-old girl who was awarded Pakistan’s first National Peace Prize for her online diary reporting on the Taliban’s ban on education was shot on her way home from school today. The Taliban claimed respons… --- ## [The Most Weirdest Children's Show Ever Made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-weirdest-childrens-show-ever-made/699918)
**Author:** [@Shockaholics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shockaholics)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-weirdest-childrens-show-ever-made/699918 "2016-02-09T08:44:53Z")
I was looking on inthe00s and found a post by someone that claims they remember a children’s show that aired on PBS back in the 1990s. It was aired on KERA 13. Honestly, I don’t remember any '90s PBS Kids show that aired… --- ## ["Oh, you Kid", "Hubba Hubba", and "23-Skidoo"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-you-kid-hubba-hubba-and-23-skidoo/67238)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-you-kid-hubba-hubba-and-23-skidoo/67238 "2012-02-03T20:34:23Z")
Eve, in the thread about anti-sexist street signs in NYC, mentioned that ogling NY guys used to yell “Hubba hubba”, and “Oh, you kid!” at her. I thought these expressions were way obsolete these days, but do they still u… --- ## [Silly Mnemonics!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-mnemonics/567335)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-mnemonics/567335 "2015-09-11T15:11:02Z")
Over in this thread, I mentioned that I use the mnemonic “Never Eat Soggy Waffles” to walk through the cardinal directions. As I was posting, I thought “wow…that sounds really silly…should I admit that?” A voice in my … --- ## [Do you live a happy life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-a-happy-life/734834)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-a-happy-life/734834 "2015-10-23T23:09:44Z")
In general how satisfactory is your life? Did you achieve most of your goals? --- ## [I guess I \_do\_ cause animal deaths when I eat pre-killed meat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-_do_-cause-animal-deaths-when-i-eat-pre-killed-meat/718450)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-_do_-cause-animal-deaths-when-i-eat-pre-killed-meat/718450 "2015-04-28T19:51:19Z")
This somehow never occurred to me. Whatever one thinks of the merits and demerits of the killing of animals for food, I’d always thought that eating a hamburger doesn’t, in itself, cause an animal to be killed. The thing… --- ## [Which things I can find in large quantities that sell well, legally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-things-i-can-find-in-large-quantities-that-sell-well-legally/621326)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-things-i-can-find-in-large-quantities-that-sell-well-legally/621326 "2012-09-18T20:50:32Z")
Let’s try this again. Fish are out. And apparently flowers are out, even if they aren’t in anyone’s yard. :frowning: --- ## [What's the word? It's not a bay, not a turret, not a copula, not a bow, not an oriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-its-not-a-bay-not-a-turret-not-a-copula-not-a-bow-not-an-oriel/491810)
**Author:** [@whatstheword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatstheword)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-its-not-a-bay-not-a-turret-not-a-copula-not-a-bow-not-an-oriel/491810 "2013-06-18T03:37:43Z")
Trying to remember this word is driving me, and all my family, crazy! I’m looking for a term for the architectural feature found in many Victorian era homes. It’s a rounded window recess, like a bay, but it encompasses t… --- ## [Baby It's Cold Outside - date rapey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside-date-rapey/774546)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside-date-rapey/774546 "2016-12-19T20:50:36Z")
Sorry if this is discussed elsewhere, but search was being uncooperative. Saw an article in the paper the other day about some folk who wrote new lyrics to the song Baby It’s Cold Outside to remove the “date-rapey” elem… --- ## [Can Bill Clinton or George W. Bush become President again? \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-bill-clinton-or-george-w-bush-become-president-again-edited-title/622641)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-bill-clinton-or-george-w-bush-become-president-again-edited-title/622641 "2012-05-29T23:32:05Z")
The thread about what would happen if somebody were to discover in a middle of a President’s term that the President wasn’t Constitutionally qualified reminded me of an on-again, off-again discussion I have been having w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=675&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=677&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)