# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=700&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:** 701 --- ## [Would you buy a Google-driven car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-google-driven-car/694834)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-google-driven-car/694834 "2014-08-21T13:28:28Z")
If they were otherwise the same as a regular car (similar in price, options, etc.) but you could optionally sit back and let Google drive you to your destination, would you go for it? The caveat is that, well, Google ca… --- ## [I never realized how huge CCR was until recently.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-realized-how-huge-ccr-was-until-recently/519218)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-realized-how-huge-ccr-was-until-recently/519218 "2009-12-05T02:14:48Z")
I’m a rock/metal guy now and always have been. I grew up listening to classic rock because that’s all my dad listened to (I’m 33 now). I have very wide musical tastes but until the last few years I refused to listen to … --- ## [Mike Gordon (Bassist of Phish) is a Pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-gordon-bassist-of-phish-is-a-pervert/196207)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-gordon-bassist-of-phish-is-a-pervert/196207 "2003-09-22T17:17:49Z")
Mike Gordon, who last week played the Tommy Hilfiger / Jones Beach Theater Grateful Dead / Phish concert was caught red-handed acting on his sick, demented pedohile fantasies. On the face of it, it looks like he may ska… --- ## [20 wacky sex laws in the U.S.: Are you breaking any?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-wacky-sex-laws-in-the-u-s-are-you-breaking-any/681689)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-wacky-sex-laws-in-the-u-s-are-you-breaking-any/681689 "2014-02-25T04:49:52Z")
http://www.alternet.org/sex-amp-relationships/20-wackiest-sex-laws-united-states RE #5: Who is enforcing this? The Texas Dildo Patrol? #11: Who’s gonna tell the moose? Did a mass moose memo go out? #15: Who’s cou… --- ## [What's that thing with wheels that you use to move heavy stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-thing-with-wheels-that-you-use-to-move-heavy-stuff/231844)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-thing-with-wheels-that-you-use-to-move-heavy-stuff/231844 "2004-03-23T20:22:20Z")
The thing with a small horizontal surface and a long vertical one with handles at the top, that you tip backwards so the heavy stuff rests on the vertical part, and roll around on two wheels. What’s that thing called? --- ## [(Native) American Graffiti - A West Texas MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-american-graffiti-a-west-texas-mmp/502042)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-american-graffiti-a-west-texas-mmp/502042 "2009-07-13T04:01:28Z")
We left Houston around 9:00 am, after stopping for a delicious Waffle House breakfast. The trip was uneventful, except for having to convince Dad that the way he’s been going to his hometown (San Angelo) for over 60 yea… --- ## [NFL Black Monday 2024 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-black-monday-2024-thread/995750)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-black-monday-2024-thread/995750 "2024-02-16T13:14:46Z")
Riverboat Ron of the Commanders will be the first to set sail late tonight or tomorrow morning. --- ## [Driving on the Left](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-on-the-left/603246)
**Author:** [@qazwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qazwart)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-on-the-left/603246 "2011-12-21T21:45:15Z")
Why do the British Driving on the Left? There was a popular Norwegian joke about the Swedes switching over. In order to ease the transition, the Swedes decided that trucks would switch over on Sunday, November 3 while … --- ## [Critters Which Will Eat Themselves to Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critters-which-will-eat-themselves-to-death/476853)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critters-which-will-eat-themselves-to-death/476853 "2008-12-12T23:32:08Z")
Over in the “die by running into a wall” thread, there is a side conversation of “Are horses stupid?” Rather than further that hijack: I, for one, consider any animal which will eat so much that it dies to be, in a wor… --- ## [How do lunch-only and breakfast-only restaurants survive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-lunch-only-and-breakfast-only-restaurants-survive/409773)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-lunch-only-and-breakfast-only-restaurants-survive/409773 "2007-07-05T03:42:26Z")
Around my neighborhood, there’s a number of very small restaurants that have very limited hours - they’re open only for breakfast and/or lunch. One diner near me is open for breakfast and lunch for only a few days of t… --- ## [Most out-of-place dishes you've seen on a restaurant menu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-out-of-place-dishes-youve-seen-on-a-restaurant-menu/653803)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-out-of-place-dishes-youve-seen-on-a-restaurant-menu/653803 "2013-03-28T14:50:39Z")
This isn’t about bad food. This isn’t about good food. This is about food that has no business being where it is, in terms of its position on a restaurant menu. Missoula has a high-class (for Missoula) restaurant known … --- ## [Teach Me How to Eat in a Tapas Bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-eat-in-a-tapas-bar/516298)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-eat-in-a-tapas-bar/516298 "2009-11-07T06:11:52Z")
Work is being done on a restaurant here in Springfield that is soon to open as a tapas bar. My only experience with tapas is what I’ve seen via food porn on the Travel Channel and Food Network. While the dishes look fun… --- ## [Pseudoscience that became Mainstream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudoscience-that-became-mainstream/514473)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudoscience-that-became-mainstream/514473 "2009-10-26T17:54:24Z")
Someone had a thread elsewhere denouncing pseudoscience; it got me thinking, what are some historical examples of pseudoscience going mainstream? There must be some. Oddly the one that comes to my mind is the idea that … --- ## [Are people still excited for the final Game of Thrones Novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-still-excited-for-the-final-game-of-thrones-novels/931692)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-still-excited-for-the-final-game-of-thrones-novels/931692 "2022-05-30T17:11:27Z")
…or did the TV show kill all enthusiasm for it? I never finished the books but it seemed like people talked about them all the time but reactions to the TV finale seem to have erased all that. Are people still looking f… --- ## [With the Triple Crown try coming up - Ask the Horse Racing Fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-triple-crown-try-coming-up-ask-the-horse-racing-fan/690040)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-triple-crown-try-coming-up-ask-the-horse-racing-fan/690040 "2014-06-09T16:28:43Z")
As you probably know, California Chrome will try and complete the Triple Crown sweep with a win in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Since I know that horse racing is not covered much by the SDMB, I decided to offer a “A… --- ## [Ho Ho Ho - The Christmas MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-ho-the-christmas-mmp/385522)
**Author:** [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Replies:** 351\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-ho-the-christmas-mmp/385522 "2007-01-01T13:47:16Z")
I’ve always been kind of up and down with Christmas as a holiday. A fairly steady side helping of family drama (thanks, sis) has been a big part of that I guess. You could almost never predict when the day would, at so… --- ## [Abducted 11-year old turns up 18 years later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abducted-11-year-old-turns-up-18-years-later/507938)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abducted-11-year-old-turns-up-18-years-later/507938 "2009-08-30T16:48:02Z")
(this is, or soon will be, a huge story, but I didn’t see any other thread on it. I don’t think it’s RO but if a mod does, it can be moved to the Pit) According the her FBI page, “Jaycee Lee Dugard was last seen as she … --- ## [Why aren't there any PC laptops with high resolution displays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-there-any-pc-laptops-with-high-resolution-displays/648046)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-there-any-pc-laptops-with-high-resolution-displays/648046 "2014-12-05T23:45:56Z")
The current generation 15" Macbook Pro has a 2880 x 1800 display. No PC manufacturers even comes close to that. The highest res PC laptop display I could find was 1920 x 1200 on a 15" Panasonic Toughbook. --- ## [Today's Lesson: Context matters (Canadian edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-lesson-context-matters-canadian-edition/596370)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-lesson-context-matters-canadian-edition/596370 "2012-07-20T23:26:56Z")
Those of you living in the Toronto area might have come across this story in your local papers, or on your local news today. It’s getting quite a bit of play in the academic community, where it serves as Example #25,739 … --- ## [Prince William to marry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-william-to-marry/560847)
**Author:** [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-william-to-marry/560847 "2010-12-05T14:53:11Z")
It’s been on the cards for a while and today it’s been announced that Prince William is to marry Kate Middleton next year. Should be a good bash. I’m hoping it there will be a bank holiday in honour of the occasion! (n… --- ## [Can a "skullet" ever work for a bald man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-skullet-ever-work-for-a-bald-man/765968)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-skullet-ever-work-for-a-bald-man/765968 "2016-09-17T19:44:47Z")
If you have typical male pattern baldness where you can grow side and back of the head hair but not top of head hair can a skullet ever work? Skullet examples here --- ## ["Blacks hate the cold..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-hate-the-cold/684588)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-hate-the-cold/684588 "2014-04-02T14:26:48Z")
“… and that’s why I love the cold!” Quoted from an online white nationalist/supremacist/hater/whatever website. Various online pics show white dudes wearing just briefs and work boots while shoveling snow to prove their … --- ## [A Great Big, Beautiful MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-big-beautiful-mmp/510918)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-big-beautiful-mmp/510918 "2009-09-28T01:38:03Z")
Since it’s been a little tense around these parts lately with TVMan being out of commision, I’d just like to start this MMP and share some things that make me smile. The Carousel of Progress! Everybody, sing with me! T… --- ## [I am the very model of a modern Libertarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-very-model-of-a-modern-libertarian/21291)
**Author:** [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2001, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-very-model-of-a-modern-libertarian/21291 "2001-06-22T12:18:10Z")
Okay, since I never get no credit for trying to make serious arguments on this topic, I decided this time just to have fun with it. As this is parody rather than debate I have pre-exiled it to the Pit; I apologize in adv… --- ## [Pentagon launches investigation of misconduct against Sen. Mark Kelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-launches-investigation-of-misconduct-against-sen-mark-kelly/1025101)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-launches-investigation-of-misconduct-against-sen-mark-kelly/1025101 "2026-02-24T02:52:29Z")
From The Hill: The Pentagon said Monday that it has received “serious allegations of misconduct” against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and has initiated a “thorough review” of the allegations. It comes days after the senat… --- ## [JohnClay is a sinner!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnclay-is-a-sinner/722051)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnclay-is-a-sinner/722051 "2015-07-03T12:56:32Z")
Here’s the latest mundane pointless thing that I must share… For a long time now one of the problems I’ve had with accepting Christianity is that I didn’t feel like I was a sinner… I felt that I was ok - that I was a bi… --- ## [Ladies: Would you shave your head for a million dollars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-shave-your-head-for-a-million-dollars/616537)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-shave-your-head-for-a-million-dollars/616537 "2016-10-17T04:39:56Z")
This came up at work today, and I could not believe some women said NO. Hell, I’d go around bald for the rest of my life for a million dollars. --- ## [Worst Job Interview You Were the Inteviewer On](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-job-interview-you-were-the-inteviewer-on/925607)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-job-interview-you-were-the-inteviewer-on/925607 "2020-12-21T21:19:33Z")
I was interviewing an internal candidate for an entry level management position. The interview panel consisted of the VP and director form the department and HR (me). At the beginning of every interview I like to tell … --- ## [Guns, Runs, & Zev(u)ns - a Russian currency conspiracy MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-runs-zev-u-ns-a-russian-currency-conspiracy-mmp/793621)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-runs-zev-u-ns-a-russian-currency-conspiracy-mmp/793621 "2017-08-21T06:17:29Z")
\*♫ Well, I went home with the waitress The way I always do How was I to know \[del\]S\[/del\] He was with the Russians, too \[COLOR=“Teal”\](Maybe because his name is the their currency) See where this is going? I was gamb… --- ## [Why do people eat Chinese food with chopsticks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-chinese-food-with-chopsticks/742311)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-eat-chinese-food-with-chopsticks/742311 "2016-01-11T21:41:49Z")
People that have enjoyed the functionality and ease of forks for decades feel compelled to use chopsticks for Asian food. Why? I did in the seventies out of some sort of national curiosity, I guess. I’m old and don’t re… --- ## [What's the longest and shortest time period covered by a (fictional) book you've read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-and-shortest-time-period-covered-by-a-fictional-book-youve-read/507295)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-and-shortest-time-period-covered-by-a-fictional-book-youve-read/507295 "2017-04-27T13:28:14Z")
I finished a book today that, from the beginning to the end, just took place over the course of one day (24 hours). It was really enjoyable, I think. And that made me wonder, what books have you read thats time period i… --- ## [The neighbor's parenting drives my wife crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-neighbors-parenting-drives-my-wife-crazy/625060)
**Author:** [@gunnergoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gunnergoz)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-neighbors-parenting-drives-my-wife-crazy/625060 "2012-06-21T03:13:07Z")
My wife, who has lived in the USA for 12 years, comes from a culture where family and a woman’s role as wife and mother are deeply inculcated from earliest childhood. Her resulting values and character are the reasons I… --- ## [Italians: Hispanic, Latino, or White?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italians-hispanic-latino-or-white/304366)
**Author:** [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italians-hispanic-latino-or-white/304366 "2005-05-18T12:36:49Z")
What would someone of Italian heritage be considered as for purposes of race classification in the US, say for equal opportunity or school applications and such? Are they Hispanic? Latino? Both? White? --- ## [How do originalists get around the 3/5 rule, and etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-originalists-get-around-the-3-5-rule-and-etc/746218)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-originalists-get-around-the-3-5-rule-and-etc/746218 "2016-02-17T18:34:52Z")
As Scalia said once, the Constitution “ought to mean…what it meant when it was adopted.” So Article I Section 2 says that black people get 3/5 of a vote, and Indians none. Fourteenth amendment adopted in 1868 seems to … --- ## [House 11/30: Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-11-30-wilson/519532)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-11-30-wilson/519532 "2009-12-08T16:27:58Z")
A Wilson-centric episode? I am so, so there. --- ## [Whats the Straight Dope on Chiropractors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-chiropractors/522352)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-chiropractors/522352 "2009-12-28T19:24:03Z")
A few months ago I hurt my back while on a customers site moving some PC’s. It was pretty painful and I ended up missing almost a week before it seemed to get better. Since then, off and on, I’ll seemingly hurt it agai… --- ## [Auto Insurance discrimination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-insurance-discrimination/72096)
**Author:** [@horhay\_achoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horhay_achoa)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-insurance-discrimination/72096 "2001-07-23T13:40:05Z")
In this time of affirmative action and women’s rights, many great strides have been made to attempt to dissolve the differences between the people of the United States, but there is one glaring example of discrimination … --- ## ["Can We Guess Your Highest Education Level?" Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-guess-your-highest-education-level-test/752976)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-guess-your-highest-education-level-test/752976 "2016-04-25T05:56:18Z")
Caution: test is 75 questions long! (75% will get you a PhD!) What was your score? --- ## [Which dead celebrity would you most like to have boinked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-celebrity-would-you-most-like-to-have-boinked/172628)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-celebrity-would-you-most-like-to-have-boinked/172628 "2010-12-15T15:00:18Z")
While that prson was still a live celebrity, of course… I’d really like to have had carnal knowledge of Jayne Mansfield, Audrey Hepburn, and Sharon Tate. --- ## [Fatal stupidity - school keeps kid's asthma inhaler locked up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-stupidity-school-keeps-kids-asthma-inhaler-locked-up/676003)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-stupidity-school-keeps-kids-asthma-inhaler-locked-up/676003 "2013-12-30T20:18:47Z")
Here is the story. In brief, a 12-year-old boy with asthma was not allowed to keep his asthma inhaler with him. After all, he might, well, he might, well, you know kids and drugs and all that. So, the school kept his i… --- ## [Three polls show Rand Paul the most electable Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-polls-show-rand-paul-the-most-electable-republican/693371)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-polls-show-rand-paul-the-most-electable-republican/693371 "2014-07-20T20:44:10Z")
Three polls in three states doing trial heats between Hillary Clinton and likely GOP contenders shows Rand Paul doing better against her in all three than the other GOP candidates. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epoll… --- ## [Damn pregnant coworker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-pregnant-coworker/570673)
**Author:** [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-pregnant-coworker/570673 "2011-02-11T17:42:13Z")
I pit whiney bitch pregnant women. There are three people in my department and one of them is gone for a few weeks. No problem, me and the other person can pick up the slack. That is unless one of those people is a whine… --- ## [Tell me your favorite joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-favorite-joke/408813)
**Author:** [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-favorite-joke/408813 "2007-06-25T08:58:22Z")
things have fallen apart in my life in a big way these past couple days and I’m really just… need something to cheer me up. And I figure somebody else probably does, too, so- post your favorite joke here :slight\_smile: … --- ## [LOTR - Elrond's massive fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-elronds-massive-fail/550243)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-elronds-massive-fail/550243 "2010-08-19T02:54:36Z")
It seems to me that Elrond could have prevented the entire Third Age war if he had just killed Isildur and hurled him, along with the ring, into the fire at Mount Doom. Instead he lets him walk away with the ring, knowi… --- ## [Quantum of Solace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace/472747)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace/472747 "2008-12-07T18:40:46Z")
I just got back. The film got a bad review in the Washington Post, but it is a slow day here, so I went. Lots of blood, lots of violence, some explosions, not a lot of plot. I did enjoy Colon, Panama doing duty as Hait… --- ## [Yelp: owner harasses you about a negative review. What would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelp-owner-harasses-you-about-a-negative-review-what-would-you-do/611441)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelp-owner-harasses-you-about-a-negative-review-what-would-you-do/611441 "2012-02-19T17:36:33Z")
If you don’t care about the backstory and just want to discuss the poll topic: let’s say you wrote a fair, factual, negative review of a business on Yelp. Not long after your review, you receive a negative private messag… --- ## [Treatment of dog's fungal ear infection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treatment-of-dogs-fungal-ear-infection/565571)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treatment-of-dogs-fungal-ear-infection/565571 "2013-04-18T01:35:24Z")
My dog has a fungal infection in his ear. He’s been to the vet three times. Each time we go he is prescribed two sets of pills - a once-a-day pill and a twice-a-day pill that I don’t have names for (I’m in Indonesia and … --- ## [Removing a stripped & threadlocked bolt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stripped-threadlocked-bolt/327038)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2005, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-stripped-threadlocked-bolt/327038 "2005-10-24T10:48:20Z")
It’s a round-head hex bolt (i.e. the head of the bolt is round and has a hexagonal hole in it). I managed to strip it, before I found out the bolt has been secured with Loctite. As far as I could find out, Loctite is rem… --- ## [You're not a doctor, stop freaking my wife out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-a-doctor-stop-freaking-my-wife-out/318836)
**Author:** [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-a-doctor-stop-freaking-my-wife-out/318836 "2005-09-01T19:32:17Z")
My wife and I are expecting our first child in February. Why must her idiot girlfriends (none of whom have kids, BTW) insist on freaking her out with horror stories, stupid superstitions, and old wive’s tales? With all… --- ## [Don Juanna Is Here. It Must Be The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-juanna-is-here-it-must-be-the-mmp/513510)
**Author:** [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-juanna-is-here-it-must-be-the-mmp/513510 "2009-10-19T03:55:03Z")
So I get up this morning and I really, really Don Juanna. Who the hell is Don Juanna anyway? Is she some some slob sitting around in grungy sweats eating Ring Dings? Maybe she’s wearing a tank top with matching bra st… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=699&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=701&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)