# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=703&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:** 704 --- ## [What kind of eel is this? (Is it even a real animal?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eel-is-this-is-it-even-a-real-animal/579547)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-eel-is-this-is-it-even-a-real-animal/579547 "2011-04-29T01:30:19Z")
This friendly chap. See? He’s smiling. He likes you. At least, I’m assuming it’s a real thing and not from some movie or something. It looks kinda freaky but not obviously impossible and, well, once you’ve internalized … --- ## [2012 NHL draft and off season thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nhl-draft-and-off-season-thread/625355)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nhl-draft-and-off-season-thread/625355 "2012-08-13T10:48:17Z")
I figured it was time for a new thread since the playoffs are over and we’ve got about 3 months until training camps and preseason starts. Any predictions on where Zach Parise ends up? I’m hoping anywhere but Detroit. I… --- ## [Trump did not know what happened at Pearl Harbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-did-not-know-what-happened-at-pearl-harbor/846545)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-did-not-know-what-happened-at-pearl-harbor/846545 "2020-01-29T07:57:11Z")
He thinks it involved Washington or Lincoln Trump reportedly doesn't know what happened at Pearl Harbor --- ## [What do homeowners do in a situation like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-homeowners-do-in-a-situation-like-this/660763)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-homeowners-do-in-a-situation-like-this/660763 "2013-06-20T19:02:39Z")
On my way home every day, I pass by this house. A crazy religious person lives there. Hung on the porch are all these hand-painted, wooden signs commanding everyone to PRAY AND REPEAT. JESUS LIVES! REJOICE IN THE LOR… --- ## [What does Bourbon taste like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bourbon-taste-like/491773)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-bourbon-taste-like/491773 "2009-04-03T00:41:12Z")
I got a flyer for a buy one get one free Kentucky Bourbon burger (the one in the commercial with the “alcoholic surgeon” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8\_kJGC2qoQ) from Carl’s Jr in the newspaper. I don’t drink and don’… --- ## [If Pit threads for members are allowed, it should only be for things they post in the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-pit-threads-for-members-are-allowed-it-should-only-be-for-things-they-post-in-the-pit/816320)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-pit-threads-for-members-are-allowed-it-should-only-be-for-things-they-post-in-the-pit/816320 "2018-06-21T22:07:00Z")
Personally, I don’t think Pit threads about members should be allowed. If someone doesn’t like what someone else posts, they should contact the moderators to handle it. But if pitting members is allowed, I think it sho… --- ## [I feel like an alien sometimes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-an-alien-sometimes/683022)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-an-alien-sometimes/683022 "2014-03-10T13:21:37Z")
I honestly feel like I have almost nothing in common with most people. I don’t care about sports, I don’t think children and dogs are cute, I could care less about honoring military veterans or being patriotic, I don’t h… --- ## [A U-Haul full of "Patriot Front" extremists pulled over on their way to Pride event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067 "2023-07-21T23:11:58Z")
At least 31 of the assholes in what must have been one stinky U-Haul van. To paraphrase a Utube comment: Do you know what I’m doing this weekend? Not sitting in jail thinking about how the gays ruined my life. --- ## [What do you make of this creepy photograph?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-make-of-this-creepy-photograph/409753)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-make-of-this-creepy-photograph/409753 "2007-07-08T19:13:15Z")
From a news story found here. A photograph found at a gas station is Oklahoma has police concerned that the woman pictured may be seriously injured or dead. The picture in the link above gave me the heebie-jeebies. Whi… --- ## [New pics of THOR costume.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pics-of-thor-costume/541819)
**Author:** [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pics-of-thor-costume/541819 "2010-06-07T09:28:00Z")
Ain’t It Cool’s got 'em. What do you think? Me, I’m in Geek Heaven right about now. --- ## [Most over-rated state to live in? (US only)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2012, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377 "2012-03-26T09:31:28Z")
I vote for Colorado. Everything Colorado offers Utah offers even better. The skiing is better and WAY? closer than most of Colorado. The weather is better. The women are much more attractive and the “notch” (the only… --- ## [Any tips for first time trip to Ireland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-first-time-trip-to-ireland/580410)
**Author:** [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-first-time-trip-to-ireland/580410 "2011-07-06T15:58:12Z")
The wife and I will be going in a few weeks for a 10 day self drive trip of Southern Ireland. Anybody got some advise? How many euros will we need a day for gas, meals, and tourist stuff? The plane tickets, car rental… --- ## [My TV picture lost its color.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-picture-lost-its-color/547147)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-picture-lost-its-color/547147 "2010-07-19T22:46:47Z")
This sucks. The signal coming in from my cable box has become a black-and-white picture. I determined there is nothing wrong with my TV since the DVD player and Playstation both have color. I went behind the TV and un… --- ## [Help with Ikea Furniture - need drilling!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-ikea-furniture-need-drilling/658319)
**Author:** [@teddybound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teddybound)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-ikea-furniture-need-drilling/658319 "2013-05-15T15:29:22Z")
I’ve always thought Ikea furniture are all pre-drilled and you just need to assemble them together using a screwdriver. However, today I bought an add-on to a table that requires drilling, and I’m freaking out. I’m ash… --- ## [It is the year 2015 no Hologram, landspeeder or Mega vehicle.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-the-year-2015-no-hologram-landspeeder-or-mega-vehicle/709878)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-the-year-2015-no-hologram-landspeeder-or-mega-vehicle/709878 "2016-07-07T15:45:18Z")
It is the year 2015 no Hologram, landspeeder or Mega vehicle. I just watched the movie Prometheus ,Serenity and Star Wars :eek: this weaken and got me thinking we are in the year 2015 no Hologram, landspeeder or Mega ve… --- ## [Watermelon: A Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watermelon-a-poll/456780)
**Author:** [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watermelon-a-poll/456780 "2009-12-13T15:11:36Z")
I just finished half of a small, juicy, delicious watermelon and I became curious as to how Dopers take theirs. I like mine cold from the fridge with salt. A few years ago I heard of someone putting sugar on theirs. T… --- ## [If it weren't for religion, would the folks in the middle east still be fighting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-werent-for-religion-would-the-folks-in-the-middle-east-still-be-fighting/539753)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-werent-for-religion-would-the-folks-in-the-middle-east-still-be-fighting/539753 "2010-05-21T20:38:52Z")
This is something in my head that I’ve always believed to be true. But then again, I’m not exactly an expert when it comes to the Middle East. Just curious if there is an argument otherwise. Thanks. --- ## [Predictions for the future of the GOP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-the-future-of-the-gop/640354)
**Author:** [@MDKSquared](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MDKSquared)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-the-future-of-the-gop/640354 "2012-11-13T00:17:50Z")
Not what you think they SHOULD do, but what you think they WILL do. How do you predict they will act going forward? What do you predict for the 2016 election and beyond? Any other predictions? --- ## [Who carries the most blame in these three scenarios of sexual conflict?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-carries-the-most-blame-in-these-three-scenarios-of-sexual-conflict/564684)
**Author:** [@Knigel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knigel)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2010, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-carries-the-most-blame-in-these-three-scenarios-of-sexual-conflict/564684 "2010-12-30T07:21:08Z")
Situation 1: Hyemin is at a dinner party with her schoolmates. She has been enjoying her conversation with her senior named Taehoon. They have known each other for over one year. Hyemin tells Taehoon that she is tire… --- ## [Is Glen Beck/Fox News responsible for this guy's attempted mass murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-glen-beck-fox-news-responsible-for-this-guys-attempted-mass-murder/556789)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-glen-beck-fox-news-responsible-for-this-guys-attempted-mass-murder/556789 "2010-10-13T01:18:07Z")
Here’s the article from Media Matters. If we don’t blame Ozzy and Metallica when heavy metal kids commit suicide, how can we blame Glen Beck/Fox News for what the crazy guy in the article tried to do? I believe that po… --- ## [Rest in Peace, Jimmy Carter who turned 100 on October 1st. Amazing (has died, Dec. 29, 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838 "2025-10-10T05:14:12Z")
I guess peanuts are good for your diet! The Carter Center is asking for the public’s help in celebrating former President Jimmy Carter’s birthday: A good idea! --- ## [chemical cooking with lemon juice, Peruvian lemon industry proganda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemical-cooking-with-lemon-juice-peruvian-lemon-industry-proganda/479593)
**Author:** [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemical-cooking-with-lemon-juice-peruvian-lemon-industry-proganda/479593 "2011-08-24T18:55:40Z")
I have a friend from Peru who gets homesick and can’t cook very well. Sometimes for this dish back home called “Ceviche”. It’s raw fish with assorted ingrediants that’s chemically “cooked”. Well awhile ago I made her Cev… --- ## [How did Germany recover from WWI so quickly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-germany-recover-from-wwi-so-quickly/562434)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-germany-recover-from-wwi-so-quickly/562434 "2010-12-06T20:08:21Z")
This thread got me wondering how Germany managed to pull itself out of what was essentially total ruin following WWI and the Treaty of Versailles. It’s my understanding that the ToV basically destroyed the economy and c… --- ## [Czarcasm's Definitive Christmas Album](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasms-definitive-christmas-album/642183)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasms-definitive-christmas-album/642183 "2012-11-30T22:18:34Z")
I know what exactly what songs I want on the album-the problem is that I don’t know which version of each song I want! Each one has several popular versions, so help me choose which versions to record. If you have one … --- ## [What do foreign Dopers think about the UK expenses scandal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-foreign-dopers-think-about-the-uk-expenses-scandal/496040)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-foreign-dopers-think-about-the-uk-expenses-scandal/496040 "2009-05-28T16:44:43Z")
Full story here. Cliffs notes: The Daily Telegraph has got hold of the expenses of our Parliamentary representatives and found that many of them have been claiming for things which seem rather dodgy. Like Margaret Moran… --- ## [So, why haven't Republicans got rid of Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-havent-republicans-got-rid-of-trump/799885)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-havent-republicans-got-rid-of-trump/799885 "2017-10-31T18:20:48Z")
The list of Trump’s solecisms is considerable: liar, bully, incompetent, etc etc. And they have one of their own - Pence - in the wings. Removing Trump now will give Pence three years to correct the damage Trump has done… --- ## [Do you leave your car doors unlocked? Cops will lock 'em for you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-leave-your-car-doors-unlocked-cops-will-lock-em-for-you/600151)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-leave-your-car-doors-unlocked-cops-will-lock-em-for-you/600151 "2015-11-29T00:38:07Z")
Police in Massachusetts look for unlocked vehicles and lock them: http://autos.sympatico.ca/auto-news/9972/left-your-car-open-police-lock-it-for-you I’d be PISSED. I leave my Jeep doors unlocked because a) there’s not… --- ## [Why do people confuse the original offense with non-compliance follow on penalties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-confuse-the-original-offense-with-non-compliance-follow-on-penalties/820737)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-confuse-the-original-offense-with-non-compliance-follow-on-penalties/820737 "2018-10-04T19:44:40Z")
After keeping up with the news recently, it seems that a huge chunk of the population has some kind of fundamental logical disconnect between people who commit an original offense of some sort, and any follow-on penaltie… --- ## [Is 3x5 the same as 5x3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-3x5-the-same-as-5x3/737167)
**Author:** [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-3x5-the-same-as-5x3/737167 "2015-11-13T19:30:22Z")
There’s an image floating round of a student being marked wrong for writing “5+5+5” as the “repeated addition strategy” to solve “5x3”. The correct answer is apparently “3+3+3+3+3”. “5+5+5” would be the correct answer if… --- ## [Why no artificial honey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-artificial-honey/557581)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-artificial-honey/557581 "2010-10-25T01:48:51Z")
As far as I know, all honey is made by bees. Why has no one figured out how to make artificial honey? Is there something bees know that we don’t? --- ## [Are the "quiet" girls really more wild in bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-quiet-girls-really-more-wild-in-bed/678664)
**Author:** [@Megacannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Megacannon)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-quiet-girls-really-more-wild-in-bed/678664 "2014-01-16T03:53:27Z")
See topic title. I assume most of you have heard the expression that the quiet girls are actually the wildest ones in bed. I’m curious about the truth of this matter. --- ## [Things that one should just not do.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-one-should-just-not-do/371284)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-one-should-just-not-do/371284 "2006-09-27T15:34:04Z")
I purchased a box of wine last week, and the cardboard was seemingly reluctant to yield to my advances in terms of opening the bugger. So I grabbed a sharp knife and stabbed into the area where the ‘opening’ was located… --- ## [Straight Dope Subscription Help 2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-subscription-help-2006/351473)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-subscription-help-2006/351473 "2006-10-10T02:47:28Z")
Please use this thread for all requests for Doper assistance with the subscription process. This includes assistance for those with no credit card or PayPal access as well as people who need help with the subscription … --- ## [Guys: Would you be jealous about this? \[Adult Content\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-be-jealous-about-this-adult-content/325877)
**Author:** [@ReubenH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReubenH)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-be-jealous-about-this-adult-content/325877 "2005-10-18T20:20:26Z")
If your SO told you of a sexual encounter she’d had some years before you met, which took place in a toilet in a youth hostel, where the man whom she’d just met that evening and would never see again was so spectacularly… --- ## [Election of a new Governor of California, 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-of-a-new-governor-of-california-2026/1028986)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 327\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-of-a-new-governor-of-california-2026/1028986 "2026-06-10T20:39:39Z")
Surprised there isn’t already a thread. The Wikl article: 2026 California gubernatorial election - Wikipedia Hadn’t thought of this, from CNN: California’s good government dream has a nightmare flaw for state Democrat… --- ## [Need urgent assistance--pre-Christmas issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-urgent-assistance-pre-christmas-issues/708027)
**Author:** [@WonderdingMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WonderdingMom)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-urgent-assistance-pre-christmas-issues/708027 "2014-12-25T03:01:42Z")
Hello everyone and happy holidays. My older sister is happily married with two teenage sons living two hundred miles away, so we do not see each other that often. Here comes the part where I need any of your advice. Las… --- ## [Wearing glasses w/ intermediate lenses all the time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-glasses-w-intermediate-lenses-all-the-time/616694)
**Author:** [@Night\_so\_be\_it](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Night_so_be_it)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-glasses-w-intermediate-lenses-all-the-time/616694 "2012-03-26T22:55:26Z")
Just got glasses for the first time, pretty weak prescription, -0.5 either eye, mostly due to headaches while using a computer. Went and ordered some with single vision intermediate lenses, and I’m wondering if it’s poss… --- ## [Laurel or Yanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurel-or-yanny/814250)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laurel-or-yanny/814250 "2018-05-25T15:50:30Z")
So this is another of those what color is the dress things, except now people are hearing a different word. Me, I’m clearly hearing one word, so it’s unclear how anyone could hear the other. But then the dress was CLEAR… --- ## [Any ideas on how to get really bad smell out of car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ideas-on-how-to-get-really-bad-smell-out-of-car/385755)
**Author:** [@goldenmean1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldenmean1975)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ideas-on-how-to-get-really-bad-smell-out-of-car/385755 "2007-01-08T16:52:02Z")
DH received a gift of frozen steaks and seafood. He forgot about them and left them in his car for a couple of days. The smell is indiscribable. We managed to get the area where it leaked cleaned up and just about odo… --- ## [Give Me an Example of Conservative Political Fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-conservative-political-fiction/646397)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-conservative-political-fiction/646397 "2013-01-19T06:55:40Z")
The Handmaids Tale is - IMHO - a work that supports a liberal viewpoint. At the very least, it offers a dystopian vision of what a socially conservative USA could look like. What would be an example of a work that is op… --- ## [Religious accommodation or ‘accessory to sexism’?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-accommodation-or-accessory-to-sexism/678378)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-accommodation-or-accessory-to-sexism/678378 "2014-01-13T19:27:47Z")
In a nutshell: A male student at York University in Ontario did not want to do a group assignment with females. He approached his prof and asked for a religious accommodation. The prof was not comfortable with this, a… --- ## [Would Szechuan peppers make a good addition to chili?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-szechuan-peppers-make-a-good-addition-to-chili/548192)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-szechuan-peppers-make-a-good-addition-to-chili/548192 "2011-06-28T04:09:33Z")
This thread made me wonder. Has anyone tried making chili with Szechuan peppers? How did it turn out? --- ## [Why So Many Nuclear Tests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-nuclear-tests/586863)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-nuclear-tests/586863 "2011-06-29T20:21:01Z")
I’ve just been watching this video by Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto. The video is a time-lapse representation of every nuclear explosion on Earth between 1945 and 1998. It’s 16 minutes long but according … --- ## [Stuck with an unstable/menacing roommate for 6 weeks, what should I do to protect myself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-with-an-unstable-menacing-roommate-for-6-weeks-what-should-i-do-to-protect-myself/757367)
**Author:** [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-with-an-unstable-menacing-roommate-for-6-weeks-what-should-i-do-to-protect-myself/757367 "2016-07-12T22:51:01Z")
Due to a complicated series of circumstances (I sublet an apartment from a nice guy who also sublet a room to the roommate in question) I’m stuck living with someone who can only be described as an 'unstable verbally-abu… --- ## [Eat my ass, I was here first and you didn't ask nicely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-ass-i-was-here-first-and-you-didnt-ask-nicely/516757)
**Author:** [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-my-ass-i-was-here-first-and-you-didnt-ask-nicely/516757 "2009-11-21T23:21:14Z")
I was pulling up to the closest gas pump today, when another car flies up behind me and almost rear ends me. I was thinking about moving up to the next pump, when they start honking at me. Put my car in park and turn i… --- ## [I Miss Ugly People on TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-ugly-people-on-tv/495561)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-ugly-people-on-tv/495561 "2009-05-08T16:48:32Z")
Okay, maybe by Ugly I mean “Normal Looking” I grew up on shows like “All in the Family” “The Odd Couple” “Barney Miller” “Carol Burnett” “Sanford & Son” “Columbo” “Cannon” “Quincy, ME”. And I’ll tell you one thing, I c… --- ## [Transgender activists pressure Always to Womens symbol of feminine hygiene products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgender-activists-pressure-always-to-womens-symbol-of-feminine-hygiene-products/842069)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgender-activists-pressure-always-to-womens-symbol-of-feminine-hygiene-products/842069 "2019-10-28T15:52:18Z")
A transgender activist by the name “Ben” and others were upset that Always had a a womens symbol on their products andpressured them to remove it because they said “anyone” can have periods. I wasnt aware of this. I gu… --- ## [Woman pets cat, drops it in wheelie bin, walks off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-pets-cat-drops-it-in-wheelie-bin-walks-off/551271 "2010-08-25T18:55:42Z")
News story with video The cat spent 15 hours in the bin, but survived with no ill effects. This woman might need a Jon Venables-style new identity if she gets caught… --- ## [NFL Week 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-11/641423)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-11/641423 "2012-11-21T04:54:09Z")
TNF MIA @ BUF Sunday early CIN @ KC JAX @ HOU NYJ @ STL CLE @ DAL TB @ CAR ARI @ ATL GB @ DET PHI @ WAS Sunday late NO @ OAK SD @ DEN IND @ NE SNF BAL @ PIT MNF CHI @ SF --- ## [What's a "New Atheist"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-new-atheist/582242)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-new-atheist/582242 "2011-05-22T22:17:05Z")
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