# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=707&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:** 708 --- ## [Seems like the Occupy protests have lost steam this week (10/19/11). Did they jump the shark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-like-the-occupy-protests-have-lost-steam-this-week-10-19-11-did-they-jump-the-shark/600155)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-like-the-occupy-protests-have-lost-steam-this-week-10-19-11-did-they-jump-the-shark/600155 "2011-10-28T17:57:19Z")
Media attention was at full frenzy last week, as people were surprised that it was still going on for a month…but not too many mentions this week. Has the Occupy protests jumped the shark? It’s not like the issues rais… --- ## [Top Gear and miles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-and-miles/548195)
**Author:** [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear-and-miles/548195 "2010-07-30T00:20:17Z")
I’m a big fan of the British TV show “Top Gear”. I also reside in the US. It’s a car show with comedic elements thrown in. A very enjoyable and very British show. As such, they constantly refer to their speed in Mile… --- ## [Could 1960s scientists reverse-engineer a modern desktop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-1960s-scientists-reverse-engineer-a-modern-desktop/625340)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-1960s-scientists-reverse-engineer-a-modern-desktop/625340 "2012-06-18T23:48:36Z")
It’s been said that a modern cell phone has more processing power than the computers that helped send man to the moon. Say I want to help out the Apollo program, so in 1961 I drop off my desktop computer at Cape Canaver… --- ## [How come science fiction films rarely use "exotic" fictional technology anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-science-fiction-films-rarely-use-exotic-fictional-technology-anymore/669839)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-science-fiction-films-rarely-use-exotic-fictional-technology-anymore/669839 "2013-10-01T22:14:12Z")
Is it just me, or does most current sci fy tech try to be too “grounded in reality”. In the old days, Star Wars and Star Trek and other media had all kinds of crazy shit scientists couldn’t even tell you how it might be… --- ## [Being stood up on a date -- Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-stood-up-on-a-date-why/503594)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-stood-up-on-a-date-why/503594 "2013-01-16T02:06:26Z")
I’m just curious as to what goes through a woman’s mind (or I suppose a man’s, although the the former seems more frequent) when she makes the decision to not show up on a date. If you’ve stood someone up, or been stood… --- ## [I may have just gotten my neighbor's dog killed, and I don't feel even a little guilty.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-just-gotten-my-neighbors-dog-killed-and-i-dont-feel-even-a-little-guilty/502704)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-just-gotten-my-neighbors-dog-killed-and-i-dont-feel-even-a-little-guilty/502704 "2009-07-14T00:08:18Z")
How long has it been since a RhymerDrama thread? A week, you say?\* Too long! And now the story. My next-door neighbor has a large, unfriendly dog she does not keep caged, leashed, nor properly fenced.^ I don’t know … --- ## [Would you allow your child to read/have Playboy magazine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-your-child-to-read-have-playboy-magazine/350771)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-your-child-to-read-have-playboy-magazine/350771 "2006-04-04T16:35:55Z")
I’m curious at the opinions of members here. Back when I was 16, my mom, who had remarried, called my dad up and asked if it was all right if I were to have my stepfather’s old issues (which totalled about 2 years worth… --- ## [I Pit Hitler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hitler/569308)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hitler/569308 "2011-01-30T15:22:24Z")
In case there’s any doubt – I mean Adolf Hitler of the Austrian Hitlers. I searched, and to my astonishment I didn’t find any previous pittings of Hitler. Always a trend setter, I decided to break new ground in the pit… --- ## [Mixed Metaphors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixed-metaphors/8142)
**Author:** [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2000, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixed-metaphors/8142 "2000-09-21T07:11:51Z")
I’m looking for some help on mixed metaphors you have heard. My favorite that my father always says is: That’s a horse of a different feather that has lost his color. --- ## [Don't want a pickle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-want-a-pickle/385191)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-want-a-pickle/385191 "2007-01-15T09:50:44Z")
Went to a MacDonalds and asked for a Big Mac without pickle. Received a Big Mac with pickle. Asked for a new Big Mac without pickle. Received the same Big Mac with pickle picked off. Asked for a new Big Mac without p… --- ## [I'm taking the bar exam tomorrow.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281 "2014-11-03T15:05:23Z")
In Florida. Starts at 9 am (though we have to be there by eight for security/housekeeping purposes). Right now I’m sitting in my hotel room alternating between last minute cramming and waiting for it to be seven o’clock … --- ## [Is Wayne an uncommonly common middle name for criminals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wayne-an-uncommonly-common-middle-name-for-criminals/329576)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wayne-an-uncommonly-common-middle-name-for-criminals/329576 "2012-11-03T13:32:02Z")
You may be familiar with Chuck Shepard’s News of the Weird - a weekly column devoted to…weird news articles (duh). One item that is periodically reported and updated is names in the news, in which he reports on people … --- ## [Should Liberty University Lose its Federal Loans/Accreditation for its position on Dems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-liberty-university-lose-its-federal-loans-accreditation-for-its-position-on-dems/498079)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-liberty-university-lose-its-federal-loans-accreditation-for-its-position-on-dems/498079 "2009-06-03T09:58:44Z")
This is more of a GQ but it’ll probably end up here anyway. For those not familiar, Liberty University is the Lynchburg Virginia institution founded by Jerry Falwell. It’s probably the most respected academic institut… --- ## [Political Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117 "2011-09-04T17:23:44Z")
http://www.politicaltest.net/eng/ Interestingly enough I got Ordoliberal (a very fascinating system of economics) and then now I got Liberal (presumably Classical Liberal): You are a Liberal. 4 percent of the test part… --- ## [Victory at Any Cost to the Country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victory-at-any-cost-to-the-country/696753)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victory-at-any-cost-to-the-country/696753 "2014-09-22T08:04:42Z")
Cite. I look forward to the universal condemnation of liberals on the SDMB for this open statement by Reid that he valued political advantage over the business of the country. Obviously Reid is saying that he is willi… --- ## [Hatfields & McCoys on History Channel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hatfields-mccoys-on-history-channel/623401)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hatfields-mccoys-on-history-channel/623401 "2012-06-05T02:00:32Z")
I know the History Channel has a deserved reputation for being only marginally associated with anything factually historical since it veered away from being “The Hitler Channel,” and nowadays has more to do with UFO Cons… --- ## [Ask a former blackjack card counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-former-blackjack-card-counter/687671)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-former-blackjack-card-counter/687671 "2014-05-25T18:09:37Z")
Every once in a while a blackjack thread shows up in GQ and I find myself spending a lot of time correcting misconceptions and myths about the game and card counting and how it works. So ask me about blackjack, counting,… --- ## [Randomly hilarious moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomly-hilarious-moments/358832)
**Author:** [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomly-hilarious-moments/358832 "2011-09-17T22:27:39Z")
Setting: After a rare recreational indulgence ;), Mr. Armadillo and I walk to Taco Bell for dinner. We peruse the menu for a moment, while Colin our pimply teenage server stares into space. Mr. Armadillo: I’ll have a so… --- ## [The most vile, disgusting commercial EVER](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2012, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-vile-disgusting-commercial-ever/622746 "2012-06-04T08:14:56Z")
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=pedi%20spin%20video&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFwQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2bUQfLwMTwk&ei=Iea7T4bMKc-f6QG1\_dy-Cw&usg=AFQjCNGisYOBU-GX4szDq9\_hyUwqZaNhTQ This… --- ## [How Do I Surrender \[to Islam and/or Islamist terrorists\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-surrender-to-islam-and-or-islamist-terrorists/370884)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-surrender-to-islam-and-or-islamist-terrorists/370884 "2006-09-26T23:49:39Z")
OK, I’m done; I surrender. I don’t want anything from Muslims: I don’t want to convert you, I don’t want to kill you, and I don’t want to prevent you from making women wear silly clothes. As long as you don’t want to cha… --- ## [What a lovely bunch of statists we have here (hi Steophan!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-bunch-of-statists-we-have-here-hi-steophan/791730)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-lovely-bunch-of-statists-we-have-here-hi-steophan/791730 "2017-07-27T14:29:55Z")
I think the “Why are Police so quick to Kill” thread is kind of a special beast. This is a thread where Shodan is the smart and reasonable person arguing on the minority side of the issue. Okay, that’s not quite fair - i… --- ## [Stereotactic breast biopsy Friday-- anticipation is freaking me out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotactic-breast-biopsy-friday-anticipation-is-freaking-me-out/712919)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotactic-breast-biopsy-friday-anticipation-is-freaking-me-out/712919 "2015-03-25T21:39:37Z")
I’m scheduled for a Stereotactic breast biopsy this Friday (Feb 20, 2015) and I made the mistake of researching it. On YouTubethere is a video that has totally creeped me out. Basically you lie facedown with the boob in… --- ## [Black Lives Don't Matter (Walter Scott)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-lives-dont-matter-walter-scott/774007)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-lives-dont-matter-walter-scott/774007 "2019-03-07T12:30:24Z")
They caught it on video. They fucking caught it on video. They clearly caught, on video, the police officer shooting the fleeing suspect in the back, then planting a taser on him in order to intentionally frame it as s… --- ## [Should Romney's six month extension on his 2011 tax return be an issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-romneys-six-month-extension-on-his-2011-tax-return-be-an-issue/618880)
**Author:** [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-romneys-six-month-extension-on-his-2011-tax-return-be-an-issue/618880 "2012-04-19T00:25:30Z")
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-14/obama-says-romney-should-absolutely-release-tax-returns.html The last time I filed an extension it was for three months so when I heard about Romney’s extension I didn’t think mu… --- ## [Models you have, but haven't built](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/models-you-have-but-havent-built/665398)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/models-you-have-but-havent-built/665398 "2013-08-09T18:50:41Z")
I grew up building models, and kept buying them even after I had no time to build them. I no longer have the ones I built, but I have boxes of models that I’ve bought over the last 30 years that are waiting to be built.… --- ## [Who Killed The Electric Car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-the-electric-car/515964)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-the-electric-car/515964 "2009-11-08T23:18:21Z")
I watched this documentary on Planet Green channel last night. The whole thing progresses like a grassy knoll conspiracy, how big corporations, George W. Bush, big oil, and Ronald Reagan all conspired to kill the electr… --- ## [IAAF wins control of Caster Semenya's body (kind of).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iaaf-wins-control-of-caster-semenyas-body-kind-of/833345)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iaaf-wins-control-of-caster-semenyas-body-kind-of/833345 "2019-05-07T13:37:21Z")
And it isn’t just Caster Semenya, of course. This ruling means that she will have to take testosterone suppressing drugs in order to compete in her chosen events. (Mods - not sure what forum is best for this thread. Ple… --- ## [Celebrities you were surprised to learn are not American (or Canadian)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-were-surprised-to-learn-are-not-american-or-canadian/530067)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-were-surprised-to-learn-are-not-american-or-canadian/530067 "2010-03-10T00:46:41Z")
So, we all know that Nicole Kidman and Mel Gibson are Australian, in spite of the American accent they use in most of their movies. But what other actors did you always assume were North American only to discover to you… --- ## [You can go back in time and stop Michael Jackson from dying. Do you do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-go-back-in-time-and-stop-michael-jackson-from-dying-do-you-do-it/555924)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-go-back-in-time-and-stop-michael-jackson-from-dying-do-you-do-it/555924 "2026-02-05T20:45:34Z")
A certain unnamed Doper who likes to screw with the timeline for the sake of mischief is offering you a brief, one-time-only opportunity. He’s lending you one of his Burroughs-Libby continua craft-- the scooter version, … --- ## [So, Rap is on life support?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-rap-is-on-life-support/690435)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-rap-is-on-life-support/690435 "2014-06-21T12:29:46Z")
Quite honestly it’s not before time. The genre became old and stale a long time ago and now it’s simply the same dreary old crap over and over and over again. Yeah, yeah, we know how tough you are, how many ho’s you have… --- ## [Re the Chick-Fil-A "safety notice" pulling Muppet toys. Is this fake or for real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-chick-fil-a-safety-notice-pulling-muppet-toys-is-this-fake-or-for-real/629318)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-chick-fil-a-safety-notice-pulling-muppet-toys-is-this-fake-or-for-real/629318 "2012-07-31T02:15:01Z")
News outlets treating it is as real I thought this was someone’s failure obvious photoshop joke ie (“fingers stuck in the holes”) but the media says otherwise. Addition after posting - Looked at site updates apparent… --- ## [One of our neighbors shot our dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-neighbors-shot-our-dog/291932)
**Author:** [@Mdm.President](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdm.President)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-neighbors-shot-our-dog/291932 "2005-03-03T23:45:09Z")
I was walking with my dog and one year old son down our dead end, country, black top road. My Lab went about 10 yards away from me and into someones yard sniffing around. Immediately I hear a pop and he yelps. I assum… --- ## [Hannibal Lecter: mentally ill or just evil? Plus, if he were real, what would you want done with him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-lecter-mentally-ill-or-just-evil-plus-if-he-were-real-what-would-you-want-done-with-him/557942)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-lecter-mentally-ill-or-just-evil-plus-if-he-were-real-what-would-you-want-done-with-him/557942 "2015-11-19T22:42:12Z")
In either Red Dragon or The Silence of the Lambs,\* everyone’s favorite cannibal psychiatrist protests against being called insane; and, frankly, I don’t believe he was legally insane, no matter what the fictional court t… --- ## [Petting a cat "against the grain"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-a-cat-against-the-grain/568327)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petting-a-cat-against-the-grain/568327 "2011-01-21T17:09:34Z")
To my surprise recently, a fellow Doper opined that petting a cat the “wrong way” is not a good idea, and that they hate it. This runs very much counter to my experience with cats. Every single one I’ve ever owned (whi… --- ## [Can self-raising flour kill mices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-self-raising-flour-kill-mices/638413)
**Author:** [@oyster11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oyster11)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-self-raising-flour-kill-mices/638413 "2012-10-24T22:55:18Z")
I know that baking soda can kill mices. Since self-raising flour contains what is called bicarb, can this kind of flour itself kill mices? For an effective poisin with this type of flour, do I need to add sugar? --- ## [Moon with Sam Rockwell (And Kevin Spacey is a robot)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-with-sam-rockwell-and-kevin-spacey-is-a-robot/500276)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-with-sam-rockwell-and-kevin-spacey-is-a-robot/500276 "2012-03-25T18:16:22Z")
This movie has thus far had a very small release in New York and other cities and should be getting a wider release in the coming weeks. I saw it the other night because I was bored (I hadn’t read the reviews going in) a… --- ## [Texas Driver wine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-driver-wine/449703)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-driver-wine/449703 "2008-05-20T15:23:08Z")
In a lot of Stephen King novels, a mention is made of a drink entitled “Texas Driver”. And yet, I can’t find neither hide nor heels of this online. What gives-is it just a name King made up? --- ## [Someone you love dearly elopes. Do you feel disappointed, hurt, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-love-dearly-elopes-do-you-feel-disappointed-hurt-etc/642615)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-love-dearly-elopes-do-you-feel-disappointed-hurt-etc/642615 "2012-12-16T08:47:04Z")
Stop looking for the long involved hypothetical backstory. Ain’t gonna be one. Well, let me take that back. There’s not a HYPOTHETICAL backstory. My baby sister (by far my favorite sibling) and my best friend from coll… --- ## [Racism and Sexism: It's Complicated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-and-sexism-its-complicated/667814)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-and-sexism-its-complicated/667814 "2020-06-18T21:04:57Z")
Just got into a huge fight with my feminist wife whom I love dearly. And it was over this: I asserted that a woman on Facebook saying that I liked football because I was a man was sexist. I even elaborated that this f… --- ## [Doperball III](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 366\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034 "2005-02-11T19:19:53Z")
Hum de dum…slow day. Heeeey, perhaps a little Doperball will liven things up! Ok, since Doperball I and Doperball II were both blowouts, we’re going to try and change up the teams a bit this time around. As always, whic… --- ## [So you want to fill your soda to the top?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989)
**Author:** [@Jbone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jbone)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989 "2012-03-23T01:02:02Z")
I submit, to the Pit, people who insist on filling up their fountain soda to the very tippy-top of their cup when there is a line of people standing behind them. Yeah, I get it, you want to ‘get what you paid for’, but … --- ## [Why is the "P" in corp silent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-p-in-corp-silent/527884)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-p-in-corp-silent/527884 "2010-02-07T21:14:49Z")
Poor Obama mispronounced “corp” 3 times in his speech. Don’t they prep him? Why is the P in “corp” silent? Are there any other words that have a silent P at the end? --- ## [That Latin on Gus's Sign in Lonesome Dove?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-latin-on-guss-sign-in-lonesome-dove/267326)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-latin-on-guss-sign-in-lonesome-dove/267326 "2005-06-25T18:01:21Z")
Can anyone translate it for me? I’d type out the Latin here but my copy of the book is packed away as part of our babyproofing crusade. I thought I’d take a chance that some knowledgeable person had translated it and w… --- ## [What other fields besides high-end audio are susceptible to 'woo'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-fields-besides-high-end-audio-are-susceptible-to-woo/801057)
**Author:** [@vonespy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vonespy)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-fields-besides-high-end-audio-are-susceptible-to-woo/801057 "2017-11-27T23:51:55Z")
The thread on “What equipment do they use in audio recording studios?” got me to thinking about other fields that are highly susceptible to ‘woo’, with woo being defined as “Audio woo consists of various vague and unsupp… --- ## [Electric motor doesn't start - likely problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-motor-doesnt-start-likely-problems/503482)
**Author:** [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-motor-doesnt-start-likely-problems/503482 "2009-07-23T17:16:04Z")
My central A/C air handler stopped working. The fan motor is a 220V single phase, capacitor start. The motor gets hot, the capacitor stays cool. The fan turns freely when pushed by hand, but pushing it does not get the m… --- ## [People who want to convert my religion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-want-to-convert-my-religion/565561)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-want-to-convert-my-religion/565561 "2011-01-05T12:34:56Z")
Why do religious kooks feel the need to help me “see the light” and convert to their religious beliefs? I practice freedom of religion. I make no attempt to convert them to my beliefs. Why do Mormons stop me on the str… --- ## [Jon Stewart August 04, 2005](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-august-04-2005/315669)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-august-04-2005/315669 "2005-08-08T20:58:53Z")
Opening Dialogue was killer tonight. Let me get this right, I heard/saw Bill O’Reilly equate ACLU to terror supporters? WTF But wait it gets worse, he’s tell John McCain about the effectiveness of torture. How does he… --- ## [Another JFK Conspiracy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-jfk-conspiracy/629690)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-jfk-conspiracy/629690 "2012-08-10T14:55:16Z")
OK, Not exactly. But every JFK conspiracy theory program run nowadays (usually by the History Channel or A&E) is now bent on proving that the Warren Commission was correct, that LHO acted alone, etc. I seem to remember… --- ## [Does anyone else hate Sookie Stackhouse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-sookie-stackhouse/506866)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-sookie-stackhouse/506866 "2009-08-24T20:25:16Z")
Okay, not just her. The books as a whole. Well, not all of them, I’m not even done with the first one, Dead Until Dark. It wasn’t the best written book but it was fun enough. Until I got to the sex scene. White with go… --- ## [I got "felt up" on my way to work this morning...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-felt-up-on-my-way-to-work-this-morning/594212)
**Author:** [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-felt-up-on-my-way-to-work-this-morning/594212 "2011-08-29T21:03:41Z")
The strangest thing happened to me this morning. I (a gay guy) was walking from my parking garage to my place of employment at about 7:30am this morning. I normally like to get to work a bit early so I’ll have time to … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=706&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=708&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)