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**Author:** [@Sinisterniik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinisterniik)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-is-thai-food-vegetarian/610025 "2012-01-26T08:33:20Z")
So I was reading up on my curries when I made a shocking discovery: thai curries use shrimp paste, made from ground up shrimp. However, I know that vegetarians regularly flock to good thai restaurants for their deliciou… --- ## [Why do shoes fly off in accidents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-shoes-fly-off-in-accidents/292241)
**Author:** [@Phylis\_Sophical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phylis_Sophical)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-shoes-fly-off-in-accidents/292241 "2010-10-12T00:33:19Z")
Why do people loose thiner shoes in car accidents? In one instance I know of, a women had boots on and they went flying. In another, the guy was wearing Doc Martin boots and was hit by a car. The soul of the shoe was fou… --- ## ["Doctor, I think I've caught. . . PORNOGRAPHY!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-i-think-ive-caught-pornography/275659)
**Author:** [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-i-think-ive-caught-pornography/275659 "2004-11-30T03:06:14Z")
MSNBC reports that the legacy of Anthony Comstock is riding high again: “Porn addiction”? What the hell are these censorious assmonkeys smoking? (I’m guessing it’s not the pole.) Humans enjoy erotica; you can find exam… --- ## [What are your top three TV show theme songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-three-tv-show-theme-songs/715618)
**Author:** [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-three-tv-show-theme-songs/715618 "2015-04-02T15:50:19Z")
Boy, there surely are a lot o’ good ones to choose from. Mine are as follows: “The Streetbeater” (a.k.a. the Sanford and Son theme), by Quincy Jones the Rockford Files Theme, by Mike Post “Woke Up This Morning (Cho… --- ## [If you could travel to the year 1820, how could you prove you were from the future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-travel-to-the-year-1820-how-could-you-prove-you-were-from-the-future/854931)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-travel-to-the-year-1820-how-could-you-prove-you-were-from-the-future/854931 "2020-06-13T03:03:22Z")
With no notice and no preparation, you are transported to the year 1820 stark naked. A passerby takes pity on you and gives you some clothes. “I am from the year 2020!” you claim. Telling them about technologies or worl… --- ## [Where's the little girl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-little-girl/789988)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-little-girl/789988 "2017-07-02T14:57:15Z")
I saw this last year when it was new, and it cracked me up. Yesterday I ran across it again, and I’ve shown it to a few people who, incredibly, hadn’t seen it. Wheres the little girl? --- ## ["Newsweek" cover story exposes well-funded global-warming denial machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsweek-cover-story-exposes-well-funded-global-warming-denial-machine/415037)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsweek-cover-story-exposes-well-funded-global-warming-denial-machine/415037 "2007-08-22T21:00:12Z")
From here: Now, this is stuff most Dopers know already, but will front-page coverage in a major mainstream newsweekly have any effect, change the terms of the public debate any, etc.? What will be the effect on public… --- ## [Ask the Aspie Teenage Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-aspie-teenage-girl/673314)
**Author:** [@Purin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purin)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-aspie-teenage-girl/673314 "2013-11-13T18:05:17Z")
Aspergers is a type of autism. On the spectrum, it is usually on the higher end. Most people with Aspergers are men, and only a fraction of the diagnosed are women. I was diagnosed with high-functioning Aspergers syndro… --- ## [I do NOT want to donate to breast cancer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-want-to-donate-to-breast-cancer/598857)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-want-to-donate-to-breast-cancer/598857 "2011-10-20T17:43:50Z")
This is a funny story from a few days ago when I was shopping with my sister. First, let me give you a little background info. I HATE when people ask me if I want to “donate to breast cancer” only because of the fact th… --- ## [Wgen did you discover that "reality" is inconsistent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wgen-did-you-discover-that-reality-is-inconsistent/501738)
**Author:** [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wgen-did-you-discover-that-reality-is-inconsistent/501738 "2009-07-07T18:00:14Z")
I remember the specific instant when I realized that the representational Universe in which we live is inconsistent, and that all the adults in the world were lying about it. I was in grade 2 and I laid my big pencil do… --- ## ["Revolt Of The Rich" Article In The New American Conservative...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolt-of-the-rich-article-in-the-new-american-conservative/633491)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolt-of-the-rich-article-in-the-new-american-conservative/633491 "2012-09-04T21:41:36Z")
OK. I want to discuss the merits of this article, which means you have to actually read it to participate. This guy’s thoughts represent the “Republican Party That I Used To Know”. I align myself along somewhat conservat… --- ## [Are all Confederate Monuments and Memorials Offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-confederate-monuments-and-memorials-offensive/946168)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-confederate-monuments-and-memorials-offensive/946168 "2021-10-26T15:26:05Z")
I can understand why people might be offended by statues of Confederate generals on horseback with inscriptions describing them as great heroes. On the other hand, what about monuments and memorials such as the followin… --- ## [What's the maximum height that an ant can fall and walk away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-maximum-height-that-an-ant-can-fall-and-walk-away/544978)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-maximum-height-that-an-ant-can-fall-and-walk-away/544978 "2010-07-05T16:04:22Z")
The other day a little ant was on my hand, and rather than shmush him I shook him off, and he landed I know not where. I then wondered if I had killed the little bugger (residual guilt from childhood ant-massacres with … --- ## [Not-the-greatest movies you watch over and over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-greatest-movies-you-watch-over-and-over/606654 "2011-12-21T03:28:09Z")
There are certain movies that I don’t want to defend as particularly good, but they’re certainly better than straight guilty pleasures. I’m talking about so-so movies that you enjoy for whatever reason and watch at least… --- ## [Should The United States Join the Commonwealth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-united-states-join-the-commonwealth/552712)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-united-states-join-the-commonwealth/552712 "2014-02-08T02:49:15Z")
Should the United States of America join the Commonwealth of Nations? Its one of the few Anglophonic nations not to be in the Commonwealth. --- ## [Are police procedurals becoming self-parodies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-police-procedurals-becoming-self-parodies/673363)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-police-procedurals-becoming-self-parodies/673363 "2013-11-21T15:35:12Z")
TheMrs. will watch just about any CSI or Law & Order (or Bones or Mentalist or Liar, Liar or Sherlock or NCIS or whatever). So, even by “osmosis”, I’m subjected to some of this genre. My question… It seems there’s mor… --- ## [Ladies: How do you hook your bra?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-hook-your-bra/313408 "2014-07-15T15:22:05Z")
Do you link the hooks in front, swing it around, and stick your arms in the straps? Or put your arms in first, then reach around to hook it up? I use the swing-around method, myself, but today I saw someone attach her b… --- ## [Is Britannia ruled today by nearly non-stop crime? (Says Theo. Dalrymple)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-britannia-ruled-today-by-nearly-non-stop-crime-says-theo-dalrymple/540790)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-britannia-ruled-today-by-nearly-non-stop-crime-says-theo-dalrymple/540790 "2010-05-28T18:54:52Z")
\*Real Crime, Fake Justice Theodore Dalrymple For the last 40 years, government policy in Britain, de facto if not always de jure, has been to render the British population virtually defenseless against criminals and cr… --- ## [Did the military top-brass behind the GPS system really doubt relativistic effects ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-military-top-brass-behind-the-gps-system-really-doubt-relativistic-effects/600656)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-military-top-brass-behind-the-gps-system-really-doubt-relativistic-effects/600656 "2011-11-01T09:34:10Z")
I was just watching Brain Cox on the BBC show QI, and he made a claim when talking about how relativistic affects have to be taken into account in GPS tracking. He claimed that when the system was first proposed by the … --- ## [Unique physical features of various ethnic groups?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-physical-features-of-various-ethnic-groups/346236)
**Author:** [@filemat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filemat)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-physical-features-of-various-ethnic-groups/346236 "2012-11-02T13:31:52Z")
A friend of mine claimed blacks and whites have a different amount of teeth. Surely this isn’t true, is it? Regardless, I would love to hear about such interesting physiological “features” for various groups of people. … --- ## [When does child protection get out of control?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-child-protection-get-out-of-control/500978)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-child-protection-get-out-of-control/500978 "2012-05-07T14:36:38Z")
In this thread, a little discussion ensued about one poster who asked that said dangerous fans be turned off when she was in a restaurant in Taiwan. I don’t want to be one of those “Kids should just deal” types…but i… --- ## [How can Christian Righters be against gay marriage but not divorce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-christian-righters-be-against-gay-marriage-but-not-divorce/466962)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-christian-righters-be-against-gay-marriage-but-not-divorce/466962 "2008-10-13T16:40:36Z")
This isn’t a pitting of divorce/remarriage or anybody in particular but an honest question. Since it’s on a religious/political topic however I’ll put it here. I’ve never understood this double standard and I’m seeing … --- ## [New puppy is sad. Is that normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-is-sad-is-that-normal/646103)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-is-sad-is-that-normal/646103 "2013-01-08T19:16:07Z")
We just bought this morning a 4,5 month old maltese puppy. At first when we brought to our home is was rather scared and wouldn’t let us touch it. A few hours later the puppy doesn’t look that scared and won’t go away w… --- ## [Pearls of wisdom passed on to you by your elders which were wrong, wrong, wrong!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-of-wisdom-passed-on-to-you-by-your-elders-which-were-wrong-wrong-wrong/363562)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearls-of-wisdom-passed-on-to-you-by-your-elders-which-were-wrong-wrong-wrong/363562 "2006-07-13T22:05:12Z")
I was musing over the wisdom of some of my elders the other night. Now “Pops” Mercotan rarely steered me wrong, and neither did “Moms” M. for that matter, either. But my mom’s mother had a plaque on the wall when I was… --- ## [Did Santorum almost call Obama the N word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-santorum-almost-call-obama-the-n-word/617299)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-santorum-almost-call-obama-the-n-word/617299 "2012-04-03T04:20:11Z")
Youtube link here to a 15 second clip My personal opinion? I honestly have no idea what other word he could have possibly been slipping out. I mean, I think us white people try to just skip all words that start with “ni… --- ## [Shelf life of peanut butter..............](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelf-life-of-peanut-butter/551427)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelf-life-of-peanut-butter/551427 "2015-02-22T19:20:35Z")
Reading the post about the shelf life of honey… What is the shelf life of peanut butter? I have never seen rotten or spoiled peanut butter. This seems like a product that if kept sealed in a container (like what they ar… --- ## [Bush wanted to bomb al-Jazeera HQ in Doha, Qatar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wanted-to-bomb-al-jazeera-hq-in-doha-qatar/332282)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-wanted-to-bomb-al-jazeera-hq-in-doha-qatar/332282 "2005-12-06T14:46:50Z")
The British newspaper The Daily Mirror just broke a story based on a “Top Secret” Downing Street memo: In April 2004, when Tony Blair visited Washington, Bush proposed bombing the Doha, Qatar, headquarters of the al-Jaze… --- ## [What will happen if I don't pay a parking ticket issued by a private parking lot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-i-dont-pay-a-parking-ticket-issued-by-a-private-parking-lot/781512)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-i-dont-pay-a-parking-ticket-issued-by-a-private-parking-lot/781512 "2017-10-08T14:34:16Z")
I got a $25 ticket for going over the time limit in a private parking lot. At first I thought it was a NYC ticket, but then I noticed the ticket said it was issued by the SP Plus Corporation. Has anyone received a ticke… --- ## [Of Surprises and Desserts: A Parisian MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-surprises-and-desserts-a-parisian-mmp/499082)
**Author:** [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-surprises-and-desserts-a-parisian-mmp/499082 "2009-06-15T02:28:48Z")
First installment: Getting to Stuttgart As most of the Western World knows (and even some of the Eastern….), I was lucky enough to take a last-second, spontaneous trip to Paris a couple of weeks ago. I had just over a… --- ## [How many women here would be interested in dating a gay guy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-women-here-would-be-interested-in-dating-a-gay-guy/656106)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-women-here-would-be-interested-in-dating-a-gay-guy/656106 "2014-10-11T17:22:21Z")
Ok so I know the “joke” is that all the good guys are either taken or gay, and that women typically get along fabulously with gay guys. But my question is actually a bit serious. So I’m posing the following question to … --- ## [Where do they get the pictures of characters in movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-the-pictures-of-characters-in-movies/710078)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-the-pictures-of-characters-in-movies/710078 "2015-01-27T03:20:23Z")
In several movies, pictures of the characters are seen, which may depict home life, baby photos, college and travel shots, family portraits, albums, the works, you know the kind of photographs every one has at home. Now … --- ## [Hamsters razor blades and eyebolts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942 "2009-12-14T15:20:01Z")
So, I go to Walmart during lunch, which I try to do as rarely as possible because of all the Walmartians. From the wizened and ancient greeter at the entrance, who, Charonlike tries to entice you into taking a shopping … --- ## [Infinity is nonsense ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infinity-is-nonsense/662709)
**Author:** [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infinity-is-nonsense/662709 "2013-07-10T04:18:55Z")
Proposition - our concepts are the result of brain activity Proposition - brain activity requires metabolic fuel Proposition - any idea of infinity requires infinite brain fuel Proposition - there is no infinite suppl… --- ## [Songs about amusement parks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-amusement-parks/623786)
**Author:** [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-amusement-parks/623786 "2012-06-08T19:01:56Z")
I was flipping radio channels on the drive into work this morning and happened on “Palisades Park” by Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon (written by Chuck Barris). That got me to thinking about other songs about amusement parks –… --- ## ["Makeup for Men Is on the Rise—and No Longer a Taboo" I call shenanigans on this perennial BS claim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-for-men-is-on-the-rise-and-no-longer-a-taboo-i-call-shenanigans-on-this-perennial-bs-claim/658381)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-for-men-is-on-the-rise-and-no-longer-a-taboo-i-call-shenanigans-on-this-perennial-bs-claim/658381 "2013-05-20T04:53:37Z")
I’m 54 and I’ve seen this claim practically every year by fashion articles. This might be true in certain youth oriented genres like emo/goth dress up, the urban music and artsy fartsy fashion scene or for some gay men,… --- ## [Bush White House to Obamas: Maybe you can find a park bench to sleep on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-white-house-to-obamas-maybe-you-can-find-a-park-bench-to-sleep-on/476962)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-white-house-to-obamas-maybe-you-can-find-a-park-bench-to-sleep-on/476962 "2009-01-08T14:29:41Z")
I would guess that it’s more of an oversight than malice, but still: Sorry, We’re Booked, White House Tells Obamas --- ## [something is eating my clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-eating-my-clothes/558393)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-is-eating-my-clothes/558393 "2010-10-27T03:28:24Z")
I pulled out a 100% merino wool sweater dress out of my closet today (new, never worn or washed) and after putting it on found several tiny holes in the fabric that I am absolutely sure were not there when I bought it. I… --- ## [Has a human being ever "ridden" a tornado and survived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-human-being-ever-ridden-a-tornado-and-survived/90447)
**Author:** [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-human-being-ever-ridden-a-tornado-and-survived/90447 "2013-05-24T16:07:32Z")
Are there any documented cases of a person or persons, having been sucked up into the funnel of a twister, being carried quite a good distance, and surviving? Specifically: I would be very interested in accounts of a pe… --- ## [Roadside memorials for dead kids: cut it the fuck out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadside-memorials-for-dead-kids-cut-it-the-fuck-out/741716)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadside-memorials-for-dead-kids-cut-it-the-fuck-out/741716 "2016-01-05T02:15:19Z")
Today (for reasons I won’t go into now) I had to drive an 800km round trip from my home, for fucking nothing. Just 50km away from home on the return journey I encountered a traffic jam of the worst kind…three roads tryi… --- ## [I ordered tacos today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ordered-tacos-today/596100)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ordered-tacos-today/596100 "2011-09-16T12:36:34Z")
and told the waitress(who was also the cook) “cheese,onion and tomato only!” Thats what I got. I was very polite when she served the food,I said"I’m sorry,I should have been more specific,can I have meat on these also?… --- ## [What's (supposedly) going to kill 281 million Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-supposedly-going-to-kill-281-million-americans/695165)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-supposedly-going-to-kill-281-million-americans/695165 "2014-10-07T15:33:27Z")
Says an email infomercial making the rounds. I gave up after listening to five minutes of jawing and they still hadn’t identified wtf they were talking about. Cliff Notes version anyone? --- ## [Assassinating American Citizens--Impeach Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assassinating-american-citizens-impeach-obama/562190)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assassinating-american-citizens-impeach-obama/562190 "2010-12-09T01:36:50Z")
Is what situations do you think it is okay for the US president to order the assassination of an American citizen? I know this is kind of an old story, but I think Obama should be impeached for this order. There are fe… --- ## [So how were slaves and free people told apart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-were-slaves-and-free-people-told-apart/615244)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-were-slaves-and-free-people-told-apart/615244 "2012-03-20T08:56:45Z")
I can find information only as relates to US slavery, and then it seems to vary state by state(it sounds crazy complicated) here Frederick Douglas explains how Maryland operates: So what was stopping someone from bei… --- ## [Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel--what were they trying to get at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodgers-hammersteins-carousel-what-were-they-trying-to-get-at/478538)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodgers-hammersteins-carousel-what-were-they-trying-to-get-at/478538 "2016-10-16T04:55:09Z")
I’m not politically correct. I’m perfectly capable of seeing musicals in their historical context. It’s no biggie when Koko the Executioner has “the nigger serenader and the others of his race” on his list of annoying pe… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 2.06 "Secrets" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-06-secrets-open-spoilers/603599)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-06-secrets-open-spoilers/603599 "2011-11-24T03:47:00Z")
Secrets, secrets, what secrets will be revealed? How will the gang react to Hershel’s barn full of zombies? And will the little girl somehow turn out to be one of the zombies in the barn? --- ## [Death penalty opponents: Afghan massacre soldier an exception?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-opponents-afghan-massacre-soldier-an-exception/617982)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-opponents-afghan-massacre-soldier-an-exception/617982 "2012-04-09T01:48:18Z")
You hear a lot of news stories about various sociopaths who commit serial or mass murder. In general, despite the emotional responses they evoke, I think that there’s no compelling rationale for executing them: in a mo… --- ## [Rent payment on trip. Who is in the right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rent-payment-on-trip-who-is-in-the-right/791489)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rent-payment-on-trip-who-is-in-the-right/791489 "2017-07-22T20:16:50Z")
A lot of my extended family, including me, had to go somewhere. It’s far enough away it requires an overnight stay. I was taking a lift with some people and was paying for my share of the petrol. As far as I was concerne… --- ## [Legal question: Why didn't Christina Crawford just challenge her mother's will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-why-didnt-christina-crawford-just-challenge-her-mothers-will/202936)
**Author:** [@OldFogey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldFogey)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-why-didnt-christina-crawford-just-challenge-her-mothers-will/202936 "2026-03-04T06:08:00Z")
There is one thing about the whole “Mommie Dearest” story that I have never understood. It is my understanding that Joan Crawford’ disinheriting Christina was the so-called straw that broke the camel’s back: the reason … --- ## [Talk me off the edge: UK democracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-off-the-edge-uk-democracy/844847)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-off-the-edge-uk-democracy/844847 "2019-12-29T22:24:57Z")
I’ve experienced disappointment in elections before. I have always been a floating voter. I voted Lib Dem in my first election in 2001, again 2005, then Tory 2010, Green 2015, and Labour the past two. I was surprised whe… --- ## [Nicholas Thalasinos (killed in the San Bernardino shootings)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-thalasinos-killed-in-the-san-bernardino-shootings/739506)
**Author:** [@Scandic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scandic)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-thalasinos-killed-in-the-san-bernardino-shootings/739506 "2015-12-11T02:43:34Z")
Nicholas Thalasinos. A religious extremist and zionist that was of the opinion that Israel was above all other nation. He was also an pro-life activist that recently wrote this on the net: “WHY is the LIBERAL MEDIA so UP… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=676&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=678&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)