# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=691&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:** 692 --- ## [Race and Sexual Attraction Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195 "2014-08-01T19:19:13Z")
“Think of the fact that, in general, people tend to be more sexually attracted to members of their own racial group.” This was a quote made by a psychiatrist (in an unrelated article) that caught my eye. I’m Indian, an… --- ## [Are there any Android games that don't suck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-android-games-that-dont-suck/617058)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2012, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-android-games-that-dont-suck/617058 "2012-04-07T10:59:24Z")
I bought a Toshiba Thrive tablet a month or so ago and I am in most ways satisfied with it. The game situation seems pretty bleak, though. I have the three Angry Birds games, but they are cursed with advertising and th… --- ## [What should a basic guy take to a potluck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-basic-guy-take-to-a-potluck/564247)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-basic-guy-take-to-a-potluck/564247 "2010-12-17T03:17:58Z")
I was getting intimidated by the office potluck gourmets here: “Scottish salmon poached in white wine and court bouillon, glazed with sesame/citrus/apricot and decorated with approximately 217,593 sliced kumquat scales” … --- ## [Effects of nuking the Yellowstone supervolcano?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effects-of-nuking-the-yellowstone-supervolcano/686992)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effects-of-nuking-the-yellowstone-supervolcano/686992 "2014-06-10T02:30:49Z")
Relative to tectonic/geologic forces, are nuclear weapons at all substantial? Would nuking the Yellowstone supervolcano (magma chamber) either on the surface or belowground cause any sort of eruption? Could the Russians… --- ## [How can a racist frat-boy rehabilitate himself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-racist-frat-boy-rehabilitate-himself/714820)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-racist-frat-boy-rehabilitate-himself/714820 "2015-03-16T23:23:48Z")
I’m talking about the issue that’s been in the news the past couple days. In case you don’t know: A bus full of fraternity brothers driving to a formal event, and singing their favorite fraternity song, with disgustingl… --- ## [Why do the Japanese hate Apple?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-japanese-hate-apple/642509)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-japanese-hate-apple/642509 "2012-12-03T23:54:17Z")
According to this article: I can’t seem to find any further detail or explanation for this. Does anyone have any insight? --- ## [Guns in homes with children: protection or danger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-homes-with-children-protection-or-danger/661382)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-homes-with-children-protection-or-danger/661382 "2013-06-30T18:58:01Z")
I have kids 13 and 9 years old. My mom helps immensely with my kids since my wife and I are both in school. She gets them off the bus, takes them to school, and is generally a great Grandparent. Last weekend I discove… --- ## [Why are textbooks so expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-textbooks-so-expensive/552127)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-textbooks-so-expensive/552127 "2010-09-08T23:31:36Z")
A quality hardcover coffee-table book might sell from Amazon for $30-$50 or so. When I was in grad school 15 years ago, textbooks were starting to get above $100; I’m sure by now they’re well past that mark. Why are te… --- ## ["Reward" sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reward-sex/546690)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reward-sex/546690 "2010-07-19T19:37:25Z")
In this thread the OP asks for a way to show appreciation for the extra hard work her husband did. Dozens of responses suggested sex (usually oral). (Someone said oral doesn’t count as sex, but I completely disagree.) … --- ## [Evidence Russians are Attempting to Influence the US Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-russians-are-attempting-to-influence-the-us-election/768215)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-russians-are-attempting-to-influence-the-us-election/768215 "2016-10-21T23:07:03Z")
This seems really important and as the author of the piece says, terrifying, which is why I gave it it’s own thread. Kurt Eichenwald at Newsweek, along with Washington Post reporter David A. Fahrenthold, has done some a… --- ## [Sarah Palin attacks the President on foreign soil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-attacks-the-president-on-foreign-soil/511253)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-attacks-the-president-on-foreign-soil/511253 "2009-09-25T16:47:56Z")
Remember that rule the Republicans made up a few years ago about how criticizing the President of the United States on foreign soil makes you a treasonous, anti-American terrorist? Remember how incensed they all got when… --- ## [Who should be able to own a hospital? Jehovah's Witnesses? Christian Scientists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-able-to-own-a-hospital-jehovahs-witnesses-christian-scientists/613775)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-able-to-own-a-hospital-jehovahs-witnesses-christian-scientists/613775 "2012-07-02T18:39:25Z")
Can a group of Christian Scientists buy a hospital, convert it to reading rooms, accept patients and operate as a licensed hospital? Okay, that’s ludicrous as well as being a simplistic stereotype of Christian Science, s… --- ## [Obama forcefully denounces Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-forcefully-denounces-wright/447403)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-forcefully-denounces-wright/447403 "2008-05-02T20:26:03Z")
It’s all over the news and YouTube, so no links are necessary. Obama was lucid and livid as he unequivocally repudiated Rev Wright, divorcing himself completely from this nut case. At the press conference, he was eloquen… --- ## [I pit you, highschool letterman wearer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864)
**Author:** [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2006, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864 "2006-02-18T08:10:14Z")
ITS BEEN 22 YEARS, GIVE IT UP! I had a woman get gas yesterday wearing her highschool lettermans jacket. Not uncommon because we have alot of “school spirit” in our town. But, what was peculiar was the wording on the … --- ## [I pit slow assholes who take up the whole damn sidewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-slow-assholes-who-take-up-the-whole-damn-sidewalk/617198)
**Author:** [@FixMyIgnorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FixMyIgnorance)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-slow-assholes-who-take-up-the-whole-damn-sidewalk/617198 "2012-04-01T19:08:38Z")
You assramming cockpacks. Are you somehow incapable of walking faster than .000holyshit002 MPH? Do you really have to take up the entire bloody walkway? It’s even worse when these mouthbreathing fucks get all ancy and s… --- ## [Agents of SHIELD - S02E11 - Aftershocks (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-s02e11-aftershocks-open-spoilers/714192)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-s02e11-aftershocks-open-spoilers/714192 "2015-03-10T17:28:47Z")
Love the alliance between Fitz and Skye. I think Simmon’s attitude change came a bit out of left field, but I’m willing to let it go. Obviously they won’t be able to keep this quiet for long, and lots of distrust when it… --- ## [Why don't container cargo ships tip over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-container-cargo-ships-tip-over/222427)
**Author:** [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2004, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-container-cargo-ships-tip-over/222427 "2004-01-04T08:16:55Z")
About a year ago we had a thread asking Why don’t ships fall over where you can see that I do understand the physics and the chemistry of the matter. But I was looking at some Container Ships and they have cargo contain… --- ## [Requirements to be a Catholic godparent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requirements-to-be-a-catholic-godparent/650030)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requirements-to-be-a-catholic-godparent/650030 "2013-02-13T16:12:14Z")
On the fictional show \*Downton Abbey \*one of the characters is allowed to be a godparent to her Catholic niece despite the fact that she’s an Anglican. A few years ago I was told by my SIL that her priest wouldn’t let me… --- ## [How do officals get dental records for ID of bodies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-officals-get-dental-records-for-id-of-bodies/498335)
**Author:** [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-officals-get-dental-records-for-id-of-bodies/498335 "2013-11-27T02:12:30Z")
It’s in every cop movie: They get the remains of some unknown dead person, they take a scan of the jaw, waltz over to the computer, and in a little while have an ID matched to dental records. I know they futz a lot of t… --- ## [Ever had a partner that says they're ugly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-partner-that-says-theyre-ugly/688997)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-partner-that-says-theyre-ugly/688997 "2014-05-27T17:28:57Z")
Tonight my wife was saying how good looking I am and I said she’s “cute”. She said she’s ugly and fugly ("f\*\*\*ing ugly). Again I said she’s cute. One of her friends used to be a model but is now somewhat overweight and a… --- ## [Music Videos That Tell A Story (With A Twist, so Spoilers Be Here)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-videos-that-tell-a-story-with-a-twist-so-spoilers-be-here/380742)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-videos-that-tell-a-story-with-a-twist-so-spoilers-be-here/380742 "2006-11-21T02:51:47Z")
Tell me some music videos – any genre - that tell a story with an “O. Henry” sort of twist at the end. For example, in Martina McBride’s “Concrete Angel,” the song tells a melancholy story of a girl who suffers. The mus… --- ## [Another bad bank story....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bad-bank-story/664668)
**Author:** [@cedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedman)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bad-bank-story/664668 "2014-10-04T10:29:52Z")
There are brain-dead liars, thieves, morons, assholes and idiots running this bank; I don’t want to name names but their initials are BB&T. Here’s the situation… My mom died in August 2010. She had a will but it seems t… --- ## [Should all schools be private?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-all-schools-be-private/657699)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-all-schools-be-private/657699 "2013-05-12T16:50:31Z")
There are those that say that our government should get out of the education business and let private enterprise take over completely because they would do a much better job. Are there countries out there that operate t… --- ## [What did the US gain from the Phillipines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-us-gain-from-the-phillipines/739022)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-us-gain-from-the-phillipines/739022 "2015-12-05T13:27:56Z")
The US took over the Phillipines after the Spanish American war in 1898. What did the US gain from owning the Phillipines other than having a forward military base? Surely it must have cost alot to put troops there and … --- ## [But, Mr. Francis, you are a rapist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-mr-francis-you-are-a-rapist/367904)
**Author:** [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-mr-francis-you-are-a-rapist/367904 "2006-09-27T22:17:03Z")
‘Baby, Give Me a Kiss’, LA Times, August 6, 2006 However, from earlier in the article: So, not only did Joe Francis, of Girls Gone Wild fame and fortune, ply an 18 year old girl with alcohol, not only did he rape her… --- ## [Most hilarious fart scenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-fart-scenes/639393)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-fart-scenes/639393 "2012-11-08T14:00:17Z")
IMO, best I’ve seen so far was the scene in Down Periscopewhere they are running silent on the ocean floor. Facial expressions make me split a gut every time! What’s your favorite? --- ## [If I can't trust a 20 year old to buy alcohol...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-cant-trust-a-20-year-old-to-buy-alcohol/611698)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-cant-trust-a-20-year-old-to-buy-alcohol/611698 "2012-02-27T03:59:50Z")
If I can’t trust a 20 year old to buy alcohol, what can I trust him/her to do? I realize debating a legal drinking age is old and tired, but I’ve run into what I think is a strange new twist. Last December my non-profi… --- ## [Bombs Blast Bangkok](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombs-blast-bangkok/711653)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombs-blast-bangkok/711653 "2016-05-11T23:23:32Z")
Looks like the pro-Thaksin red shirts may be on the move again. Two homemade bombs went off in front of Siam Paragon shopping center about 8pm Sunday night, a peak shopping time. Only one person injured and no deaths, am… --- ## [The Obama Hype](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obama-hype/438667)
**Author:** [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obama-hype/438667 "2008-03-04T02:25:09Z")
Maybe it’s just because I’m abroad these days and operate a life devoid of most media, but I’m having a difficult time understanding the almost fanatical following Barack Obama has built in the past few months. Several … --- ## [Lurkers Anonymous: Roll Call Part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call-part-ii/449513)
**Author:** [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lurkers-anonymous-roll-call-part-ii/449513 "2009-05-08T00:40:17Z")
Zeldar posted a thread calling for lurkers to announce themselves back in August of 2005, almost two a half years ago. I still consider myself a lurker, since I come here every day and read the thread here, yet I hardly… --- ## [Perry Mason endings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-endings/696304)
**Author:** [@MostlyUseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyUseless)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-endings/696304 "2014-08-28T02:56:10Z")
I have been watching Perry Mason lately. At the end of every Perry Mason, someone stands up and simply confesses in open court. Has this exceptional event ever actually happened? --- ## [What should modern technology have accomplished by now, but didnt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-modern-technology-have-accomplished-by-now-but-didnt/560415)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-modern-technology-have-accomplished-by-now-but-didnt/560415 "2010-11-19T17:04:35Z")
Given how far the human race has come technologically, there has to be certain accomplishments we should have made by now, but didn’t. I submit two things: putting a man on Mars and fully-functional mind-controlled pros… --- ## [I was threatened by an off-duty cop.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840 "2009-11-26T02:51:33Z")
The off-duty cop works as a courtesy officer at my apartment complex (Chelsea Apt). I have made mulitiple noise complaints against my upstairs neighbors. Wed Nov 11, I made another late night complaint. Courtesy offic… --- ## [Why does Tourette Syndrome manifest itself in swearing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-tourette-syndrome-manifest-itself-in-swearing/251390)
**Author:** [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-tourette-syndrome-manifest-itself-in-swearing/251390 "2004-06-23T02:16:50Z")
Tourette Syndrome is a very common reference in pop culture, especially the swearing (“coprolalia”?) which sometimes goes along with it. I find the idea of involuntary muscular tics easier to deal with, or even the idea… --- ## [Should we skip Prague or Krakow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-skip-prague-or-krakow/631560)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-skip-prague-or-krakow/631560 "2018-09-05T18:31:49Z")
We’re going on a honeymoon this November, and it’s non-negotiable that I get to go to Budapest and he gets to do all that Dracula bullshit in Romania. We had planned to also see Krakow and Prague, but we’re looking at t… --- ## [What the fuck happened to Q101? (Chicago)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-happened-to-q101-chicago/589639)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-happened-to-q101-chicago/589639 "2011-11-09T20:44:34Z")
I don’t usually listen to radio, but lately I have been turning it on on my way to work. I turned on Q101 this morning and they were playing OLDIES? What the fuck happened to Q101? It’s some easy-listening bullshit now! … --- ## [My Awesome New Time Travel Novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-time-travel-novel/838524)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-time-travel-novel/838524 "2021-04-23T20:35:36Z")
The Traveler is coming out as an e-book from Rogue Phoenix Press next month, but the links are already up for ordering it on several sites. It’s the story of a Time Traveler whose Time Machine has broken down – one of h… --- ## [Did 19th century women frequently faint?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-19th-century-women-frequently-faint/343881)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-19th-century-women-frequently-faint/343881 "2012-10-24T16:41:07Z")
I just finished reading Dickens’ Pickwick Papers for the first time. While I found it an enjoyable read, I did notice that it had countless episodes of women fainting. This was a worse case than usual, but in fact most… --- ## [What was your farthest booty call? or How Far for Sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-farthest-booty-call-or-how-far-for-sex/536279)
**Author:** [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-farthest-booty-call-or-how-far-for-sex/536279 "2010-04-18T07:36:59Z")
OK, look, this shit is real. There’s this chick, known her forever, “crossed paths” like in the Biblical sense and shit, enough times to know that when she wants me to “fly out and visit her for the weekend!” it means s… --- ## [Alyson Hannigan in FHM-oh my sweet God!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alyson-hannigan-in-fhm-oh-my-sweet-god/185159)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alyson-hannigan-in-fhm-oh-my-sweet-god/185159 "2003-07-02T00:40:18Z")
http://www.alysonhannigancorner.com/alyfhmus0603.html rows 4-7 bows in worship Yeah, the pics of Charisma Carpenter in row 2 are quite nice also but dammit, Willow has my heart! --- ## [US Highway vs. Interstate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-highway-vs-interstate/118807)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-highway-vs-interstate/118807 "2002-07-15T23:20:59Z")
Driving up to Traverse City from where I live in Kalamazoo, (yes, it is really a city) I started wondering: What is the difference between an Interstate and a US Highway? --- ## [Another climber left to die on Everest.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-climber-left-to-die-on-everest/405733)
**Author:** [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-climber-left-to-die-on-everest/405733 "2007-05-30T02:15:53Z")
As luck would have it, this time the climber was rescued - undoubtedly bad news for her “team”, who, it seems, would much have preferred a dead heroine to a living liability. The depressing story here. Fuckers. They l… --- ## [Describe your last bowel movement with a movie title (one per post, please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-last-bowel-movement-with-a-movie-title-one-per-post-please/990070)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 512\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-last-bowel-movement-with-a-movie-title-one-per-post-please/990070 "2023-11-01T17:14:37Z")
“Splash” --- ## [Misogyny and pop culture: don't yuck my yum! (Spoilers for the movie Poor Things)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-and-pop-culture-dont-yuck-my-yum-spoilers-for-the-movie-poor-things/997107)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 452\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-and-pop-culture-dont-yuck-my-yum-spoilers-for-the-movie-poor-things/997107 "2024-02-28T11:10:55Z")
I continue to be pissed off about an interaction hours later, so what better choice then drop it to the pit. tl;dr version: @DSeid and @Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom each take up aspects of the all-too-common position that if you th… --- ## [What's a fair price for a four-wheel brake job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-fair-price-for-a-four-wheel-brake-job/112293)
**Author:** [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-fair-price-for-a-four-wheel-brake-job/112293 "2002-06-05T20:48:46Z")
The local Toyota dealer wants to spend $435 (parts and labor) to replace the brakes and flush the brake fluid on my 1992 Toyota Celica. My dad thinks this is a little much, though the rest of the price list seemed fair … --- ## [Male orgasms and the lack of moaning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752)
**Author:** [@Horemheb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horemheb)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-orgasms-and-the-lack-of-moaning/429752 "2007-12-18T15:40:02Z")
So, yesterday I heard a claim (from a woman) that for some men it is “physically impossible to make sounds \[moaning\] while they are experiencing an orgasm”. As a man myself I found this strange, but apparently it is quit… --- ## [The World Is Not Your Trash Can](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-is-not-your-trash-can/462401)
**Author:** [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-is-not-your-trash-can/462401 "2008-09-11T20:22:42Z")
So I was just driving home from the grocery store, and approaching me in the other direction comes this inconsiderate turdbag bitch who is simultaneously driving and going through her junk mail, and throwing the rejects … --- ## [Bourbon aficionados, a moment please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bourbon-aficionados-a-moment-please/657607)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bourbon-aficionados-a-moment-please/657607 "2013-05-17T18:58:06Z")
This Saturday I will be attending the Bourbon, Beer and BBQ festival here in Charlotte. I will have a tasting glass and six hours to try any of the bourbons on the following list. I will try to stick with ones I have not… --- ## [How long does it take to get paint mixed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-paint-mixed/733392)
**Author:** [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-paint-mixed/733392 "2015-10-07T05:15:09Z")
Say you go into a Sherwin-Williams or Lowes or whatever and pick out a color and order a couple of cans. How long do they take before it’s ready? --- ## [L&O: SVU sucks most royally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-o-svu-sucks-most-royally/507581)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-o-svu-sucks-most-royally/507581 "2009-08-31T12:30:50Z")
Take any episode. A few of the regulars are in the office discussing their latest case. “The problem is we have no idea who this scumbag is”. Finn walks into shot. “I wouldn’t be too sure of that. I just found …” Later… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=690&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=692&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)