# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=711&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:** 712 --- ## [Is there any reason children shouldn't be allowed to vape nicotine-free juice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-children-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-vape-nicotine-free-juice/695809)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-children-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-vape-nicotine-free-juice/695809 "2014-10-15T16:19:21Z")
Is there any reason we should be preventing children from using nicotine-free liquid in a vape device? Assuming it’s proven to present zero harm to them. I can’t think of one. Can you? --- ## [Are carnivorous beasts people too?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-carnivorous-beasts-people-too/783839)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-carnivorous-beasts-people-too/783839 "2017-04-09T23:56:23Z")
Found a rather interesting blurb on Sci-Am that describes studies of the psychology and emotional health of carnivorous beasties. When you see a claim like does this strike you as woo/pseudoscience? I have a tendency… --- ## [Do black-belt martial artists have to register their hands as lethal weapons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-belt-martial-artists-have-to-register-their-hands-as-lethal-weapons/66351)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-belt-martial-artists-have-to-register-their-hands-as-lethal-weapons/66351 "2001-05-27T00:52:51Z")
I do hap ki do, and one of my friends is going to be getting his black belt pretty soon. Apparently, in the US (but NOT in Canada), if you have a black belt in a martial art you have to register yourself as a weapon? ie… --- ## [(Old) It’s Moanday Again In The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-it-s-moanday-again-in-the-mmp/1011058)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-it-s-moanday-again-in-the-mmp/1011058 "2024-12-09T17:34:24Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 32 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 58 and N.O.S. I shall make a Sam’s run this mornin’ to gather needed household supplies, tp bein’ one. We’re bown to o… --- ## [Gentleman laying his coat on puddle for lady's passage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-laying-his-coat-on-puddle-for-ladys-passage/344786)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-laying-his-coat-on-puddle-for-ladys-passage/344786 "2006-02-16T19:32:59Z")
Did this ever really happen? Seems like a massively stupid thing to do, especially in days of yesteryear when outerwear was probably made by hand and was fabulously expensive. What’s the problem with getting the bottom… --- ## [What became of Hershey's Tastetations™?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566 "2026-10-20T01:35:23Z")
Granted this is not the most pressing matter of the day, but I’m sure it is important to some people. I’ve visited the Hershey’s™ website and they don’t even list it as one of their products. On message boards it is ru… --- ## [why don't actors wear colored contact lenses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-actors-wear-colored-contact-lenses/662274)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2013, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-actors-wear-colored-contact-lenses/662274 "2013-07-02T11:58:06Z")
Tyrion Lannister, Harry Potter, Daenarys (sp?) Targaryen. . . All these characters have very distinctive eye colors in the literature. Distinctive enough that it is mentioned often, and even influences how other characte… --- ## [Hey you idiot third party voters!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-idiot-third-party-voters/467465)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-idiot-third-party-voters/467465 "2008-10-30T06:42:16Z")
When you so smugly vote for the Green party you might actually be voting for a Republican. The Republican party isn’t stupid. They know you love to sit around the (NOT) Starbucks coffee house and tell everyone how YOU d… --- ## [Do You Read Sites That Don't Allow Comments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-sites-that-dont-allow-comments/686689)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-sites-that-dont-allow-comments/686689 "2018-05-17T18:00:04Z")
I personally don’t visit sites more than once that don’t allow comments from visitors. What’s more, I don’t visit sites that require visitors to register with them prior to posting. I have no problem with sites that requ… --- ## [Snow on the roof of your car.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-on-the-roof-of-your-car/344334)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-on-the-roof-of-your-car/344334 "2006-02-17T00:30:54Z")
It just snowed 18 inches here in the wonderful Northeast. Gravity brought it down from the sky but simple physics suggests it is not going to remain on your roof as you hurl yourself through our world. In fact, that ha… --- ## [What is the most incompetent company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-incompetent-company/526450)
**Author:** [@Victory\_Candescence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victory_Candescence)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-incompetent-company/526450 "2010-02-04T20:55:46Z")
I’m not talking about evil; I’m talking about incompetence. For example, some people consider Wal-Mart to be evil, but there’s no doubt that it’s a tightly-run ship. A few years ago, I was riding in a Greyhound bus, wh… --- ## [Ask the Paramedic II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-paramedic-ii/483340)
**Author:** [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-paramedic-ii/483340 "2009-02-25T05:13:58Z")
I did one of these about 6 months ago. I’m really bored at work and I thought maybe you guys could give me something to do :slight\_smile: I’ve been a paramedic for over 5 years now, and I’ve been a supervisor and field … --- ## [Nonbelievers:Would You Disown Your Child if He/She Was Religious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbelievers-would-you-disown-your-child-if-he-she-was-religious/562098)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbelievers-would-you-disown-your-child-if-he-she-was-religious/562098 "2010-12-01T14:13:04Z")
If your child (either real or hypothetical) became religious later in his/her life would you disown him/her? Would you only disown your child if your child was a religious fundamentalist or if they were verbally abusive … --- ## [I'll show you mine, if...\[Self-taken nude photos of teens and child pornography\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-self-taken-nude-photos-of-teens-and-child-pornography/481728)
**Author:** [@jessesheeran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessesheeran)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-show-you-mine-if-self-taken-nude-photos-of-teens-and-child-pornography/481728 "2009-01-21T23:19:01Z")
you show me yours. –\> arrested??? :confused: I took this story from another message board. Mods can delete thread if this is a repeat feel free to share how reading this article makes you feel, i’m not planning to… --- ## [Does Mali matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-mali-matter/648769)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-mali-matter/648769 "2013-02-04T14:09:55Z")
With the news that British forcesare to join the Malian and French forces already combatting an Islamist/ethnic insurgency in the north of the country I’m left wondering if Mali matters and if it does why? I mean with r… --- ## [Linda Rondstat thrown out of casino for supporting Michael Moore!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-rondstat-thrown-out-of-casino-for-supporting-michael-moore/255915)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-rondstat-thrown-out-of-casino-for-supporting-michael-moore/255915 "2004-07-24T12:19:20Z")
Fucking hell! Bush can steal elections, lie to get us into wars, kill our young people and any number of take-your-pick bullshit dangerous and asinine things, but a singer supports Moore from the stage by dedicating a so… --- ## [Badger vs. Gorilla: Who Wins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-vs-gorilla-who-wins/616816)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-vs-gorilla-who-wins/616816 "2012-04-09T19:34:19Z")
It’s a standard animal fight situation. Make whatever assumptions you like. Who comes out alive? --- ## [The Trouble With Tea-Baggers And Progressives.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trouble-with-tea-baggers-and-progressives/536984)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trouble-with-tea-baggers-and-progressives/536984 "2010-04-26T02:27:54Z")
I am a Conservative Anarchist or perhaps an Altruistic Libertarian. I agree with most tea-baggers that we need a small and efficient govt that can organize and administer the national infrastructure and resources as e… --- ## [Oh dear...I kind of agree with the "racist"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-i-kind-of-agree-with-the-racist/336892)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-i-kind-of-agree-with-the-racist/336892 "2005-12-30T12:30:38Z")
Don’t know if these are national, but my local Air America affiliate runs anti-bigot PSAs, the formula of which is one person making a bigoted statement (something like “you can figure out this tip because you’re good at… --- ## [What's the original Anglo-Saxon word for "penis"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-original-anglo-saxon-word-for-penis/177458)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-original-anglo-saxon-word-for-penis/177458 "2024-09-04T11:01:41Z")
“Penis” is from Latin, and every other commonly used word for it in English is an obvious slang phrase. What was it’s proper name back in ye olde times? --- ## [German Dopers: Karlsruhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopers-karlsruhe/709412)
**Author:** [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopers-karlsruhe/709412 "2015-07-15T12:19:06Z")
Guten Tag! It looks like my husband and I will be moving to Karlsruhe this autumn, for my husband’s job – postdoc at the KIT. I lived in Berlin for the summer of 2003 but it has been a while. My German is OK but quite … --- ## [Can we use a singularity as a garbage disposal? Also, why not dump in the Marianas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-use-a-singularity-as-a-garbage-disposal-also-why-not-dump-in-the-marianas/555483)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-use-a-singularity-as-a-garbage-disposal-also-why-not-dump-in-the-marianas/555483 "2010-10-06T02:41:59Z")
I apologize if I get some of the sciency stuff wrong, quantum physics is not my specialty. If it were possible to create a tiny black hole, would a practical use for it be to turn it into a garbage dump? I don’t know i… --- ## [Sorry, I don’t believe you that my toothpaste will kill me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-i-don-t-believe-you-that-my-toothpaste-will-kill-me/617181)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-i-don-t-believe-you-that-my-toothpaste-will-kill-me/617181 "2012-03-31T15:53:25Z")
(This is my first Pit thread, I appologize if it’s too light for some.) Yesterday, as a favor for a friend, my wife went to some kind of cosmetic product party. This vendor’s big selling point is that they use safe, al… --- ## [Apple's open letter to the U.S. Gov't refusing to comply: lines drawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples-open-letter-to-the-u-s-govt-refusing-to-comply-lines-drawn/746327)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples-open-letter-to-the-u-s-govt-refusing-to-comply-lines-drawn/746327 "2016-02-23T17:11:07Z")
This one is bouncing around my brain. This is related to the shootings in San Bernadino - so important to pursue. Access for a specific phone(s) for specific reasons like this make sense. But this, according to the … --- ## [I have about 40 days to get into beach shape. How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-about-40-days-to-get-into-beach-shape-how/621879)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-about-40-days-to-get-into-beach-shape-how/621879 "2012-06-25T15:07:53Z")
I am heading to Rehoboth Beach for annual family vacation on June 24th. I do not want to endure the embarrassment of one more summer looking like a bowling pin wearing swim trunks. I am currently 32 years old, 5’10" and … --- ## [The Flash Season 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-season-6/841413)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-season-6/841413 "2020-06-10T02:55:06Z")
The Flash returns for its sixth season on Tuesday at 8 ET. Hopefully this season will come out better than the last one, and they won’t just keep letting the Big Bad go because of reasons. Word of God is that the season… --- ## [Can someone explain the difference between rape and aggravated rape to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-difference-between-rape-and-aggravated-rape-to-me/520512)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-difference-between-rape-and-aggravated-rape-to-me/520512 "2009-12-09T19:04:59Z")
In a story I’m working on, the protagonist is a woman whose husband told her (before their marriage) that, prior to their acquaintance, he had committed the crime of rape but has reformed. As the story opens, about four … --- ## [Colombia's coat of arms looks like Nintendo animation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colombias-coat-of-arms-looks-like-nintendo-animation/382755)
**Author:** [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colombias-coat-of-arms-looks-like-nintendo-animation/382755 "2006-12-11T07:33:55Z")
Link. I’m not an artist, and don’t know how better to describe the style. The fruit and coins in the top panel look like items you would collect in a Mario game. Not particularly regal in my book. That is all. --- ## [Suppose Gary Hart Hadn't Been Caught Out as an Adulterer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-gary-hart-hadnt-been-caught-out-as-an-adulterer/698880)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-gary-hart-hadnt-been-caught-out-as-an-adulterer/698880 "2018-10-22T18:35:39Z")
Would he have won the Democratic nomination for President? Would he have then beaten Bush, Sr.? Would Bush, Jr. then never have become President? Would we have thus avoided the Iraq War? Article about Gary Hart: --- ## [What were the words to the "Looney Tunes" Song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258 "2023-11-23T00:21:20Z")
I know that Daffy Duck, and Bugs Bunny both sang this song, but apart from that have very little to go on. The only part I know for sure is a line of Daffy’s “Please pass the Ketchup, I think its going to rain” I am a… --- ## [Testing Facebook Share and AddThis buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-facebook-share-and-addthis-buttons/539363)
**Author:** [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-facebook-share-and-addthis-buttons/539363 "2010-05-15T08:19:54Z")
We want you to spread the SDMB love, and so we’re testing the Facebook Share and AddThis buttons on the SDMB. You should see them at the top of each thread now. Feedback appreciated. -xash Administrator --- ## [Asians are so bad at driving I](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asians-are-so-bad-at-driving-i/638313)
**Author:** [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asians-are-so-bad-at-driving-i/638313 "2012-11-27T22:44:31Z")
…am starting to think Pearl Harbor was an accident. That’s what a friend posted on Facebook today. Distastefully, most of the other comments were yukking it up with him. Am I too sensitive? I was sad and annoyed. As … --- ## [Sampiro, stop being a supercilious asshole, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sampiro-stop-being-a-supercilious-asshole-please/562877)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sampiro-stop-being-a-supercilious-asshole-please/562877 "2010-12-09T20:08:25Z")
Obligatory link. --- ## [Am I a Weirdo? NYLONS! Introduced in 1940! Yay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-weirdo-nylons-introduced-in-1940-yay/539487)
**Author:** [@boilercake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boilercake)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-weirdo-nylons-introduced-in-1940-yay/539487 "2010-05-16T14:31:27Z")
Per ABC News tonight. Apparently it was the norm for ALL ladies, even young ones, to wear nylons back in olden times. These days, I would never expect a young women (frankly circa \<50) to sport nude/flesh/natural or wh… --- ## [Republican National Convention thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-national-convention-thread/461817 "2008-09-08T05:11:52Z")
I’m surprised we don’t have one of these yet, but I can understand. It’s been a pretty lackluster affair so far. Laura Bush is not a scintillating speaker. W was as awkward and stilted as ever, but it should be noted tha… --- ## [Playmates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playmates/146429)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playmates/146429 "2003-01-15T20:29:17Z")
So here I sit in Saudi arabia, happy as a clam as I am downloading pthots of Playmates of the Month that somehow has (thusfar) escaped the Saudi censors. I LOVE getting over on the system. So anyway, a couple of though… --- ## [Origin of the "slow clap" meme?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-slow-clap-meme/502662)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-slow-clap-meme/502662 "2009-07-18T02:41:19Z")
The device is constantly being parodied and referenced, and I’m starting to think that the parodies may far outnumber the serious portrayals. There are plenty of teen movies, 80s or otherwise, that turn on a rousing spee… --- ## [I'm 44 and scared of monsters under the bed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-44-and-scared-of-monsters-under-the-bed/693137)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-44-and-scared-of-monsters-under-the-bed/693137 "2014-07-30T13:00:24Z")
Well, between the bed and the wall. I have a waterbed, so if a monster is under the bed, he (OR she) can’t get to me. Every once in a while, my arm will flop over the side of the bed. I immediately retract it back, of… --- ## [Contest: predict how many posts will ultimately be made in this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807)
**Author:** [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contest-predict-how-many-posts-will-ultimately-be-made-in-this-thread/564807 "2011-07-27T13:28:59Z")
Rules: \[ul\] \[li\]The OP is post #1.\[/li\]\[li\]Each person is allowed 1 vote.\[/li\]\[li\]Anyone breaking the SMDB rules/guidelines in trying to get this thread to close at some # of posts does so at their own risk!\[/li\]\[li\]Mo… --- ## [The worst marketed movies of all time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-marketed-movies-of-all-time/624672)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-marketed-movies-of-all-time/624672 "2012-07-19T05:11:09Z")
I saw previews several months ago for The Pirates! Band of Misfits and thought, “cool, another movie from Aardman Animation (Wallace & Grommit. Chicken Run, etc.)\[sup\]\*\[/sup\]. I’ll have to see that when it comes out.” … --- ## [Want to ruin a great tv series? Here's how!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-ruin-a-great-tv-series-heres-how/517789)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-ruin-a-great-tv-series-heres-how/517789 "2009-11-20T21:52:35Z")
(For purposes of this thread, great tv series = series the poster happens to think is great. Even if it’s The Sarah Silverman Program. As everyone knows, Joan of Arcadia was the greatest tv show of all time. Even so, … --- ## [Homeopathic "medicines" now in drugstore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathic-medicines-now-in-drugstore/671860)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathic-medicines-now-in-drugstore/671860 "2013-10-23T18:52:47Z")
I’ve just noticed that my local drugstore has begun stocking some homeopathic “medicines” . . . not in a separate section, but along with the actual medicines. Has anyone else encountered this? Or is this old news, and I… --- ## [A question concerning Jiffy Pop popcorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-concerning-jiffy-pop-popcorn/811877)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-concerning-jiffy-pop-popcorn/811877 "2018-04-09T14:45:08Z")
OK, so my youngest - aged 13 - is suddenly lit up over Jiffy Pop. No kidding. I’ll even toss in a ‘what the hell?’ for those playing at home. Apparently it’s mentioned prominently in some Tumblr thing she and her frie… --- ## [If you are white and were called a "wypipo", would you be offended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-white-and-were-called-a-wypipo-would-you-be-offended/813752)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-white-and-were-called-a-wypipo-would-you-be-offended/813752 "2018-07-09T14:16:57Z")
Apparently this is a new (to me, at least) attempt at coming up with an anti-white insult and is (maybe) becoming a thing. To me, the term is so ludicrous that I’d be giggling at it, not offended. It sounds like baby-ta… --- ## [What happens to European footballers from poor backgrounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-european-footballers-from-poor-backgrounds/540619)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-european-footballers-from-poor-backgrounds/540619 "2010-05-28T19:35:58Z")
I just got to thinking (was watching this commercial) about the studies I’ve read about that describe what happens with American sports stars from poor backgrounds, i.e. many of them go broke despite making millions. I … --- ## [Security beats man at Whole Foods over EBT card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-beats-man-at-whole-foods-over-ebt-card/730141)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-beats-man-at-whole-foods-over-ebt-card/730141 "2015-09-14T04:17:43Z")
ok they used to be called food stamps. Now it’s a EBT card that’s used just like a cc in the store’s card scanner terminal. I’ve been in grocery lines behind people using them. It’s no big deal for the cashier anymore. … --- ## ["Outside Space and Time"-where and when, again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outside-space-and-time-where-and-when-again/494402)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outside-space-and-time-where-and-when-again/494402 "2009-05-01T19:00:55Z")
In another thread someone(it doesn’t matter who-the term is used many times by many people) said “God exists outside Space and Time” as if this was all the explanation necessary for those trying to find evidence of that … --- ## [Will My Baby (or I) EVER Sleep Again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-baby-or-i-ever-sleep-again/572111)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-baby-or-i-ever-sleep-again/572111 "2011-02-25T02:25:43Z")
I’m getting desperate. The kid, 5 months, has gone through a few periods of sleeping pretty well, gradually getting better and better, but lately, things have fallen off a cliff. We can’t get him to nap unless it’s on o… --- ## [Most beautiful Language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-language/665862)
**Author:** [@Fluke54](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluke54)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beautiful-language/665862 "2013-08-14T17:40:51Z")
Inspired by the ugliest language thread. What, in your opinion, is the prettiest or most beautiful language? I have a couple I like hearing. French,spoken by a native speaker or someone with an ear for it, can sound ju… --- ## [10th Republican presidential debate tonight 02/25/16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-republican-presidential-debate-tonight-02-25-16/747147)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-republican-presidential-debate-tonight-02-25-16/747147 "2016-02-26T23:37:33Z")
At the University of Houston, on CNN. Begins 8:30 E.T. All five remaining candidates are invited – Carson, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio and Trump. This is the one from which National Review was disinvited because of its anti-Tr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=710&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=712&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)