# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=696&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:** 697 --- ## [Hole In The Wall (Long, and possibly obscenely offensive)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hole-in-the-wall-long-and-possibly-obscenely-offensive/714551)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hole-in-the-wall-long-and-possibly-obscenely-offensive/714551 "2015-03-14T04:09:26Z")
“Another one got rowdy last night,” Winnie said. “Made trouble?” I replied, eating my cereal. “Are you okay?” said Max. “Fine,” said Winnie, “but I’m getting tired of Friday and Saturday nights at work after the damn … --- ## [Should I stop buying thrift store clothing because of bedbugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-stop-buying-thrift-store-clothing-because-of-bedbugs/657115)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-stop-buying-thrift-store-clothing-because-of-bedbugs/657115 "2013-08-04T09:54:01Z")
I’m not sure if this belongs in general questions or not. I love to shop at thrift and consignment stores for clothing. I have a few favorite stores, and some of my very best designer garments come from these places. H… --- ## [Mandatory Ebola Quarantine, Can't this be done a bit more intelligently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandatory-ebola-quarantine-cant-this-be-done-a-bit-more-intelligently/702629)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandatory-ebola-quarantine-cant-this-be-done-a-bit-more-intelligently/702629 "2014-11-07T18:18:17Z")
This nurse sums up quite well how clumsily and poorly planned the NJ and NY quarantine have been implemented. I’ve read in other interviews she was thrown into this room without anything to wear except a paper gown. No … --- ## [The Fat vs Thin debate in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-vs-thin-debate-in-america/18141)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2000, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-vs-thin-debate-in-america/18141 "2000-07-02T04:12:04Z")
Countless TV reports, news and medical magazines are reporting that too many Americans are dramatically overweight. Some statistics quote figures as high as 50% of the population can be classified as obese. It’s generall… --- ## [14-year old Natalie Portman looks like 26-year old Portman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-natalie-portman-looks-like-26-year-old-portman/627652)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-natalie-portman-looks-like-26-year-old-portman/627652 "2012-07-15T02:17:42Z")
I’d never even heard of Natalie Portman until recently but a few weeks ago my wife and I watched The Other Boleyn Girl (with 26-year old Portman playing Anne Boleyn). Yesterday we watched Beautiful Girls (with 14-year o… --- ## [How much paid maternity/parental leave do you get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-paid-maternity-parental-leave-do-you-get/509876)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-paid-maternity-parental-leave-do-you-get/509876 "2009-09-26T19:32:39Z")
I adore the (100-person) company I work for, which is very flexible and accommodating. When I told them about my pregnancy last week, I asked them for three months leave, whether (after the birth) I could work three quar… --- ## [Did the Asian bakery violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by serving me after its Asian customers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-asian-bakery-violate-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-by-serving-me-after-its-asian-customers/692956)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-asian-bakery-violate-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-by-serving-me-after-its-asian-customers/692956 "2014-07-18T19:32:37Z")
A friend, her daughter and I went into an upscale Asian bakery for shave ice and macarons. Besides a customer already served and seated, we were the only customers present. The layout was a display case abutted by the c… --- ## [House 5/17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-17/539838)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-5-17/539838 "2010-05-24T13:13:17Z")
I suspect this is a season finale. Lots of damage; rescue attempts ensue. --- ## [Why was everyone in the past so well-dressed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-in-the-past-so-well-dressed/843819)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-in-the-past-so-well-dressed/843819 "2020-11-04T16:50:28Z")
Street scenes from NYC in 1911 Notice how well-dressed everyone is. No yoga pants, no leggings, no pajamas, no basketball shorts… everyone is dressed in a manner that we would consider ‘formal.’ All the me… --- ## [Pit Manners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-manners/398271)
**Author:** [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-manners/398271 "2007-04-07T04:36:50Z")
I’m getting really tired of reading interesting Pit thread OPs only to find the first dozen posters “rating” the post for pitworthiness, whining about “recreational outrage” and generally acting like four-year-olds. If … --- ## [...Buzzfeed were right to publish Christopher Steele's Trump Dossier.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzfeed-were-right-to-publish-christopher-steeles-trump-dossier/777161)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzfeed-were-right-to-publish-christopher-steeles-trump-dossier/777161 "2018-01-11T22:50:29Z")
…Christopher Steele is a former MI6 agent who, through his company Orbis Business Intelligence, was engaged (initially allegedly by FusionGPS) to investigate Donald Trump to find information to “stop his nomination bid.” … --- ## [Obama's campaign attacks McCain's military service.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-campaign-attacks-mccains-military-service/454677)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-campaign-attacks-mccains-military-service/454677 "2008-07-01T14:18:08Z")
Apparently Obama and his campaigners haven’t learned to keep their traps shut about McCain’s military service yet. http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080629/pl\_politico/11425 Questioning or attacking McCain’s military … --- ## [Is Liveleak run by racists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-liveleak-run-by-racists/505721)
**Author:** [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-liveleak-run-by-racists/505721 "2010-01-18T20:36:52Z")
Does anyone here know what the background of Liveleak.com is? I know the same people who run LiveLeak used to run Ogrish, which was never noted for its delicate sensibilities. Liveleak “features” videos which seem to c… --- ## [Obama to open up offshore drilling!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-to-open-up-offshore-drilling/534440)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-to-open-up-offshore-drilling/534440 "2010-04-04T01:41:59Z")
A year or so ago, I expressed my misgivings about the man on this board, and despite some major remaining doubts, particularly about the HCR which I feel will have a lot of devilish details and unintended consequences, t… --- ## [A verse for Collounsbury](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-for-collounsbury/192093)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-for-collounsbury/192093 "2003-08-05T13:28:43Z")
\*The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. \* ~ The Rubaiyat of \[possibly\] Omar Kayyam Farewell… --- ## [I protest!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-protest/726085)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-protest/726085 "2015-07-26T01:36:43Z")
I received a warning in Starving Artist’s Trump thread (here) for bringing up the paper towel tube thing. I had never heard that the “incident” was verboten, and as far as I can tell no effort was made to advise people … --- ## [I don't really care if it's Constitutional or not!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-really-care-if-its-constitutional-or-not/519816)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-really-care-if-its-constitutional-or-not/519816 "2009-12-09T18:37:16Z")
I am so sick of people saying, for health care or occupational safety or, I don’t know, protecting the environment, defining marriage, whatevs: “You can’t do that, it’s unconstitutional. It’s not a government function.” … --- ## [The Bank has Taken (almost) all of my Money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bank-has-taken-almost-all-of-my-money/540341)
**Author:** [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bank-has-taken-almost-all-of-my-money/540341 "2010-05-29T00:26:53Z")
I’ll be brief: I use a very large and well-known online-only bank as my long-term savings due to their better rates. I’ve been depositing and depositing money in it for years, and today I needed to get to a large portion… --- ## [Starting C25K, anyone with me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-c25k-anyone-with-me/552474)
**Author:** [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-c25k-anyone-with-me/552474 "2010-12-13T02:01:01Z")
There have been threads about this program in the past and people generally seem to have had good success with it so I figure I may as well give it a go. I have been dieting and walking to lose weight and it’s going pret… --- ## [Caveman Pornography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-pornography/675936)
**Author:** [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-pornography/675936 "2013-12-13T18:29:28Z")
I know this may sound facetious but I am curious. Pornography has obviously been around for many many years. Hefner, Guccione, Flynt and others revolutionized pornography but in no way did they invent it. So I am curi… --- ## [Dumbest/Most Ineffective Ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-most-ineffective-ads/415429)
**Author:** [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-most-ineffective-ads/415429 "2007-08-19T22:57:44Z")
It wasn’t unintentionally funny, nor were there a confluence of words or poorly placed images that made it amusing, but it was just a complete non-sequitur. I had to stop in to the variety store near my work before head… --- ## [Security check-in on a cruise ship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-check-in-on-a-cruise-ship/565493)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-check-in-on-a-cruise-ship/565493 "2010-12-29T04:42:46Z")
I loathe going through airport security (no, really. I’m unique that way). But because I understand that it’s not \*all \*Security Theater, that I’m not qualified to tell the difference, that the TSA folks have their job t… --- ## [Is it actually required to dress like a cartoon character to practice before English courts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-required-to-dress-like-a-cartoon-character-to-practice-before-english-courts/804771)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-required-to-dress-like-a-cartoon-character-to-practice-before-english-courts/804771 "2018-01-11T05:33:19Z")
Or can you just wear a suit like a normal person? Also, do they wear foppish powdered wigs in Scotland too? Seems like they would have less affinity for that kind of idiocy. --- ## [How much do your bio kids look like you? How closely do you resemble your bio parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-your-bio-kids-look-like-you-how-closely-do-you-resemble-your-bio-parents/595429)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-your-bio-kids-look-like-you-how-closely-do-you-resemble-your-bio-parents/595429 "2011-09-14T18:23:26Z")
Suggested, oddly enough, by the current thread aboutJurassic Park and the discussion therein about Ian Malcolm’s child. Feel free to contribute whether you or your child is is biracial or not. (It’s not like the word r… --- ## [Cops Kill Innocent Hofstra Student](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-kill-innocent-hofstra-student/658722)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2013, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-kill-innocent-hofstra-student/658722 "2013-05-22T10:26:01Z")
" The bullet that killed a beautiful Hofstra University student — while the terrified woman was being held hostage by an armed gunman — was fired by a Nassau County cop, authorities said Saturday night. Officials reveal… --- ## [Saw Pirates 2...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-pirates-2/363372)
**Author:** [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-pirates-2/363372 "2006-07-24T14:10:22Z")
I just saw Pirates and it was awesome. I begged my way into an advanced screening, and although now my first born child now belongs to the pigmy slave trade, I got to see it dammit~ And it was phenomenal. I was a big … --- ## [Short & Long Versions of Pop/Rock Songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-long-versions-of-pop-rock-songs/318525)
**Author:** [@bobk2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobk2)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-long-versions-of-pop-rock-songs/318525 "2012-02-21T16:38:46Z")
Not sure if it’s even done anymore, but who started having a shorter version of a song for ‘air play’ and a much longer ‘album version’ of a song? I seem to remember The Doors’ ‘Light My Fire’ being an early example. Any… --- ## [Modern Family 02/15/2012 "Aunt Mommy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052)
**Author:** [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-02-15-2012-aunt-mommy/613052 "2012-02-28T13:18:28Z")
Can’t believe there’s not already a thread. Claire agrees to donate an egg to Mitch and Cam so they can have a child that’s equal parts Pritchett and Tucker. The next day everyone involved startes having second thoughts… --- ## [Really dumb college athletes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-dumb-college-athletes/551759)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-dumb-college-athletes/551759 "2010-08-31T03:41:07Z")
As an academic in training, I always hear snarky remarks about American colleges and how much they care about sports. Athletes that get into university on a sports scholarship, and float their way through three or four y… --- ## [Is This Some Weird British Thing about Pizza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-some-weird-british-thing-about-pizza/836114)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-some-weird-british-thing-about-pizza/836114 "2019-07-18T18:29:53Z")
There’s a British show called Secret Eaters that I saw a couple of episodes of on YouTube. In it, large people are asked to estimate how much they eat, and keep a food journal. The show then follows them around with pr… --- ## [Would people in the 50s be disappointed in "the future"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-people-in-the-50s-be-disappointed-in-the-future/519588)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-people-in-the-50s-be-disappointed-in-the-future/519588 "2009-12-14T19:38:50Z")
No flying cars. No moon bases. No real robots to speak of. Sure, there’s a LOT of really cool stuff in cellphones and the Interwebz and ipods and such. But if you’d gone to, say, 1959 and sat someone down and told … --- ## [Revolver cylinder rotation, CW, or CCW?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolver-cylinder-rotation-cw-or-ccw/481025)
**Author:** [@spike404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spike404)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolver-cylinder-rotation-cw-or-ccw/481025 "2009-04-24T17:19:52Z")
When cocking or firing a revolver the cylinder rotates to bring a live shell ready to fire. My question–is the rotation of the cylinder typically clock-wise, or counter-clockwise, when viewing from the back of the weapo… --- ## [Salinas v Texas: "What you don't say may be used against you" or "Why do we even have Miranda laws?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salinas-v-texas-what-you-dont-say-may-be-used-against-you-or-why-do-we-even-have-miranda-laws/661287)
**Author:** [@trabajabamos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trabajabamos)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salinas-v-texas-what-you-dont-say-may-be-used-against-you-or-why-do-we-even-have-miranda-laws/661287 "2013-06-27T01:09:49Z")
Some background can be found here, from the CATO Institute, or here, from The Atlantic: \[QUOTE=The Atlantic\] …in a 5-4 ruling on Salinas v. Texas… if you remain silent before police read your Miranda rights, that silen… --- ## [How can you die of pancreatitis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-die-of-pancreatitis/707460)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-die-of-pancreatitis/707460 "2017-02-02T22:16:16Z")
Just heard of an acquaintance who went into hospital with pancreatitis and died. Is it normally fatal? I thought it was just extremely painful and draining. --- ## [(Old, or maybe we mean Aulde) Happy Christmas MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-or-maybe-we-mean-aulde-happy-christmas-mmp/995108)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 325\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-or-maybe-we-mean-aulde-happy-christmas-mmp/995108 "2024-01-01T05:58:00Z")
According to my watch, it’s 02:23 GMT. So Happy Christmas, everyone! A Fairyrtale Of New York Still Christmas Eve here. We’ve had escargots and bourbon. Can’t wait until tomorrow when I give Mrs. L.A. her Christmas … --- ## [Easiest way to remove flesh from bone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-remove-flesh-from-bone/387865)
**Author:** [@misterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterW)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-remove-flesh-from-bone/387865 "2007-01-14T17:09:33Z")
I’m interested in collecting skulls, skeletons, etc. from various species. What would be the easiest and quickest way to remove flesh from carcasses that I come across? --- ## [How long could one live on spongecake, boiled shrimp and Margaritas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-one-live-on-spongecake-boiled-shrimp-and-margaritas/632971)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-one-live-on-spongecake-boiled-shrimp-and-margaritas/632971 "2012-09-11T00:05:28Z")
I haven’t a clue. Seriously. --- ## [What is Natalie Portman's real last name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-natalie-portmans-real-last-name/99761)
**Author:** [@torben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torben)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-natalie-portmans-real-last-name/99761 "2011-03-21T07:55:06Z")
Natalie Portman’s real last name is so shrouded in mystery it just makes me a little bit curious. Does anybody out there know what it is? --- ## ["Good Hair" the movie- has anyone seen it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hair-the-movie-has-anyone-seen-it/567007)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hair-the-movie-has-anyone-seen-it/567007 "2011-01-16T03:44:45Z")
Just watched this incredible 2009 documentary hosted by Chris Rock about the industry and issues surrounding hair for African-American women and men. (I’m white.) I had no idea all of this went on. I do remember Oprah s… --- ## [Manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan/196352)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan/196352 "2003-09-02T21:17:03Z")
manhattan, GQ moderator for lo these many years, is resigning. As some of you know, manny IRL manages billions of dollars of other people’s money (no shit), and why he’s been hanging around here all this time doing a job… --- ## [I Love Lucy! But I don't Love this statue.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-but-i-dont-love-this-statue/716797 "2016-08-06T00:12:41Z")
Man, this is not even close to a good likeness. Some residents have claimed the statue is actually scary at night. I think it’s just awful. --- ## [North Korea: A speaker in every home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-a-speaker-in-every-home/540720)
**Author:** [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-a-speaker-in-every-home/540720 "2010-05-29T02:10:35Z")
According to the last paragraph of this articleabout the rising tension on the Korean Peninsula, each North Korean home has a speaker in it that can be used for government announcements. Yeah, I know, there’s the semi-a… --- ## [Villains with a point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/villains-with-a-point/919885)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/villains-with-a-point/919885 "2020-10-23T11:46:50Z")
After thinking about posting Kilmonger in Your favorite villains, I really didn’t think Michael B. Jordan occupied this bad guy anywhere near as well as some of the actors in that thread. What Kilmonger did have was a po… --- ## [Misleading Business names (that you've encountered in your travels)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-business-names-that-youve-encountered-in-your-travels/751974)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-business-names-that-youve-encountered-in-your-travels/751974 "2016-05-02T13:38:29Z")
Let’s limit this to businesses you’ve actually at least driven by yourself, okay? In NH along route nine towards the capital, one encounters The Town Pump which is neither business that sells pumps of any sort or the ha… --- ## [Do US Republicans really want a smaller government or just a different one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-us-republicans-really-want-a-smaller-government-or-just-a-different-one/613223)
**Author:** [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-us-republicans-really-want-a-smaller-government-or-just-a-different-one/613223 "2012-02-27T19:24:58Z")
This is more of a question for me since I don’t know much about US politics (I’m not American) but it’s clearly not going to have a definitive answer. Reading some other threads I’ve begun to wonder this. I often hear R… --- ## [Whose Doper name do you feel you need a little info on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-doper-name-do-you-feel-you-need-a-little-info-on/753238 "2016-05-02T23:23:41Z")
We all come across Dopers’ names that we wonder about. This is the place to inquire, to learn, to share. I’ll start us of with one I had not noticed until just now: F.Pu-du-he-pa-as Come on, F.Pu - what’s your story? … --- ## [Project Runway October 28 2010: Finale Part 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-runway-october-28-2010-finale-part-2/558732)
**Author:** [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-runway-october-28-2010-finale-part-2/558732 "2010-11-08T20:35:51Z")
Where it is 2 hours until the winner is revealed, and the judges smoke the HIGH quality crack… --- ## [Is there a Medieval role-playing-game that does NOT have any fantasy elements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-medieval-role-playing-game-that-does-not-have-any-fantasy-elements/491254)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-medieval-role-playing-game-that-does-not-have-any-fantasy-elements/491254 "2009-03-31T18:48:28Z")
I would really like to play a Medieval role playing game for PC. The problem is, I’m not sure if any such game exists. There are many “swords and armor” type RPGs, but they all have some kind of fantasy element - wizards… --- ## [Frozen “oven chips” (fries) vs frying chips. Is there really a difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-oven-chips-fries-vs-frying-chips-is-there-really-a-difference/672191)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-oven-chips-fries-vs-frying-chips-is-there-really-a-difference/672191 "2013-10-28T13:56:13Z")
This is about what are called chips in the UK, which Americans call french fries. Specifically I am concerned with the frozen ones you buy to cook at home. Here in the UK, what are called “oven chips” are widely sold in… --- ## [Who are your "Freebies" and who are your "MILF"'s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-freebies-and-who-are-your-milf-s/554259)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-freebies-and-who-are-your-milf-s/554259 "2012-09-18T00:59:20Z")
My “Freebies” (women I can sleep with and my girlfriend can’t get mad) Michelle Kwan Mariah Carey Jarah Mariano Eva Mendes America Ferrera My "MILF"s (“Moms I’d Like to F\*&%”) Jessica Alba Brooke Burke Kimora … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=695&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=697&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)