# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=717&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:** 718 --- ## [A Few questions About The "Aliens" Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-the-aliens-movies/624553)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-the-aliens-movies/624553 "2012-06-19T04:41:33Z")
SciFi has been running an “Aliens” marathon-man, do these endless sequels get boring! Anyway, a few questions: -why are interstellar spaceships so run down and shitty? -what are future clothing styles so drab and shi… --- ## [Fuck you, Japanese Steakhouse!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676 "2011-09-06T19:53:52Z")
My first BBQ Pit thread. Neat. :slight\_smile: So, I wanted Teppenyaki for my birthday party with my friends. Made the reservation two weeks ago. About 45 minutes ago, at FOUR-THIRTY, two and a half hours before dinner, … --- ## [Animal Lover Or Easy Solution - You Decide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lover-or-easy-solution-you-decide/503165)
**Author:** [@Clovernook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clovernook)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lover-or-easy-solution-you-decide/503165 "2009-07-21T20:53:30Z")
Here’s a scenario: A husband and wife have a couple of kids and a dog. The dog is the wife’s property; the husband considers the dog to be “his wife’s.” The dog has a medical history of epileptic seizures. The dog is pr… --- ## [Democrats, would Hillary Clinton have made a better president than Obama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-would-hillary-clinton-have-made-a-better-president-than-obama/603048)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-would-hillary-clinton-have-made-a-better-president-than-obama/603048 "2011-12-18T17:13:26Z")
The Democratic primary in 2008 was contentious and in the end it basically came down to Clinton vs. Obama. There was lots of debate here on the SDMB, and most were pro-Obama by the end. But in the years since, there ha… --- ## [Shouldn't spoiler boxes be restricted to "spoilers"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-spoiler-boxes-be-restricted-to-spoilers/590265)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-spoiler-boxes-be-restricted-to-spoilers/590265 "2011-08-12T21:28:57Z")
I don’t know whether anyone else is bothered by this, or whether I’m just a goofball here. But I’m slightly annoyed when I see spoiler boxes used for things other than actual spoilers. What I’m talking about are things … --- ## [How to order eggs in Spanish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-order-eggs-in-spanish/715959)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-order-eggs-in-spanish/715959 "2015-03-28T03:31:42Z")
Hola. As many of you know, I teach English and Maya in the Yucatan. I have been asked to teach a ESP\* course for waiters. Eggs are very complicated. So many variations, styles. I would appreciate Spanish words (that… --- ## [Why are wiper blades more common than refills?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-wiper-blades-more-common-than-refills/615133)
**Author:** [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-wiper-blades-more-common-than-refills/615133 "2015-02-25T15:18:12Z")
I’ve been looking for refills for the wiper blades on my 2006 Civic. I’ve noticed that the brick ‘n’ mortar stores have a wide variety of replacement blades, but refills are not stocked as thoroughly. It seems to me that… --- ## [Men - You catch a woman masturbating - What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-you-catch-a-woman-masturbating-what-do-you-do/244804)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-you-catch-a-woman-masturbating-what-do-you-do/244804 "2012-08-10T19:48:07Z")
Hard to do cause they’re often so sneaky about it, but per the other thread on this subject, what do you do? What can you do? What should you do? --- ## [Can the liver benefit from a "rest"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-liver-benefit-from-a-rest/699583)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-liver-benefit-from-a-rest/699583 "2014-09-29T18:50:43Z")
Apparently the liver can remove toxins. Is it true that it is good to give it a rest sometimes - perhaps by a short water fast or only eating certain foods such as fresh vegetables? --- ## [Pro-choicers: is there any point in a pregnancy when the woman should no longer abort?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-choicers-is-there-any-point-in-a-pregnancy-when-the-woman-should-no-longer-abort/544025)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-choicers-is-there-any-point-in-a-pregnancy-when-the-woman-should-no-longer-abort/544025 "2010-06-29T21:30:47Z")
A little housekeeping ere we begin. Let’s take it as a given that we’re talking about cases in which there is no medical necessity for an abortion: that is, the continued survival of the fetus presents no danger to the … --- ## [Police directionality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-directionality/539245)
**Author:** [@Patrick\_Mc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patrick_Mc)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-directionality/539245 "2010-05-15T02:31:24Z")
Why is it that police in either fictional and real police shows are able to immediatly able to tell in what direction they are travelling? What kind of training do they receive to be able to do that? --- ## [Was my mailman being a dick, made a mistake, or was I in the wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-mailman-being-a-dick-made-a-mistake-or-was-i-in-the-wrong/413987)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-mailman-being-a-dick-made-a-mistake-or-was-i-in-the-wrong/413987 "2014-07-06T02:49:50Z")
My kids birthday was recently and my wife made all the invitations, addressed the envelopes, put return address labels on them and gave them to me to distribute among neighbors or take to the post office to get postage a… --- ## [Is "Life of Brian" based on a true story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-of-brian-based-on-a-true-story/592878)
**Author:** [@TonKa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonKa)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-of-brian-based-on-a-true-story/592878 "2011-08-23T00:58:14Z")
Some scenes looked quite authentic :dubious: --- ## [Wisdom of DC living wage ($12.50/h) bill for big box stores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisdom-of-dc-living-wage-12-50-h-bill-for-big-box-stores/664007)
**Author:** [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisdom-of-dc-living-wage-12-50-h-bill-for-big-box-stores/664007 "2013-07-23T16:09:31Z")
So the DC council just passed a living wage bill requiring stores with parent companies whose revenue exceeds $1 billion/year to pay all employees a living wage of $12.50/hour. The bill will go into effect unless it is … --- ## [Appeals court fires back at Obama's comments on health care case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appeals-court-fires-back-at-obamas-comments-on-health-care-case/617739)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appeals-court-fires-back-at-obamas-comments-on-health-care-case/617739 "2012-04-13T21:49:58Z")
This is getting more and more fun. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504564\_162-57408827-504564/appeals-court-fires-back-at-obamas-comments-on-health-care-case/ CBS News) In the escalating battle between the administration a… --- ## [Godel: are all undecidable props in consistent math systems subsets of self-referent statements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godel-are-all-undecidable-props-in-consistent-math-systems-subsets-of-self-referent-statements/520559)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godel-are-all-undecidable-props-in-consistent-math-systems-subsets-of-self-referent-statements/520559 "2009-12-15T21:54:57Z")
Are all undecidable propositions in consistent mathematical systems subsets of self-referent statements? Or are there other types of examples where Godel’s incompleteness theorem applies? Also: Q2: How commonplace are … --- ## [Appropriate user name, tho](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-user-name-tho/686277)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-user-name-tho/686277 "2014-04-17T22:25:24Z")
Chance gave me a Official Warning for “Appropriate user name, tho.” (He said it was a “Personal Insult” due the the posters Posting ID.) in Great debates, so apparently they changed the policy about “it was only a joke”.… --- ## [Why did my mortgage payments go up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-mortgage-payments-go-up/590634)
**Author:** [@EhhMon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EhhMon)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-mortgage-payments-go-up/590634 "2011-07-28T22:29:56Z")
I thought I was locked in at a fixed rate. My monthly payments were 1837.06 in 2010, but it jumped up to 2173.43 Feb 2011. My escrow increased and I was reading something about shortfalls and the lender having to cover… --- ## [Fictional places you want to stay the F\*#$ away from.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-places-you-want-to-stay-the-f-away-from/577310)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-places-you-want-to-stay-the-f-away-from/577310 "2011-04-10T21:47:36Z")
Imagine that the stars have aligned against us, and what we all fear has come to pass: Sarah Palin has been elected President, with Rick Santorum as her VP and Michelle Bachmann as new Speaker of the House. Obviously mo… --- ## [Young celebrities behaving badly: is it all PR?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-celebrities-behaving-badly-is-it-all-pr/673442)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-celebrities-behaving-badly-is-it-all-pr/673442 "2013-11-14T20:13:43Z")
Lindsay Lohan – and more recently, Justin Bieber – seem to constantly be in news for misbehaving: driving drunk, not paying for services, etc., etc. I guess my question is, how much of this is “young party kid with no ru… --- ## [Does the English language have many more words than, say, Hindi/Urdu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-english-language-have-many-more-words-than-say-hindi-urdu/595987)
**Author:** [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-english-language-have-many-more-words-than-say-hindi-urdu/595987 "2018-12-26T08:04:59Z")
I frequently see claims to the effect that English has by far the largest vocabulary of all languages, given that it has over 170,000 words theoretically in current use (although something over 98% of all written English… --- ## [Arizona Republican Sheriff Caught With Gay Pants Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-republican-sheriff-caught-with-gay-pants-down/613339)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-republican-sheriff-caught-with-gay-pants-down/613339 "2012-02-23T21:14:12Z")
The story is here. Blurb from article: "A nationally known sheriff resigned from presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s Arizona committee and acknowledged he was gay amid allegations of misconduct made by a man with whom h… --- ## [Hits and other songs you maybe should know...but don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hits-and-other-songs-you-maybe-should-know-but-dont/463084)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hits-and-other-songs-you-maybe-should-know-but-dont/463084 "2013-12-30T21:59:20Z")
Biggirl was looking for the name of a song in another thread. The answer, it turned out, is Chakachas. I’ve never heard of it before.\* I started thinking about buying CDs, back in the day, before you could buy song by… --- ## [Best of The Onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-onion/508657)
**Author:** [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-onion/508657 "2009-09-16T19:47:35Z")
What are some of your favorite Onion articles? I love the articles but, for whatever reason, I never actually visit the website unless following a link posted here. However, I went today and this one is not bad at all. … --- ## [Some shitty mod closed my thread without as much as an explanation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shitty-mod-closed-my-thread-without-as-much-as-an-explanation/424941)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-shitty-mod-closed-my-thread-without-as-much-as-an-explanation/424941 "2007-11-02T03:53:34Z")
Here . Even when the mods go triggery-happy with the close switch, isn’t it customary for them to leave some sort of explanation? This is some bullshit. That post is nowhere near as stupid as 98.9% of posts in MPSIMS, an… --- ## [Fat Bottomed Girls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-bottomed-girls/506506)
**Author:** [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-bottomed-girls/506506 "2009-08-23T15:45:25Z")
I’m fighting with a memory (perhaps imagined) that there is a word that expresses the title of this OP. I’m thinking “bathyculpus” but google concludes that this is a delusion. What is the real word. What (if anyt… --- ## [Should (and would) the West intervene if the Pyramids were in danger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-and-would-the-west-intervene-if-the-pyramids-were-in-danger/627822)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-and-would-the-west-intervene-if-the-pyramids-were-in-danger/627822 "2012-07-20T03:11:41Z")
More calls for the destruction of Egypt’s ‘pagan’ monuments such as the Pyramids. Hopefully this is still fringe Islamist opinion but with Islamists coming to power in Egypt the possibility at least exists that it will … --- ## [Why can't people cover their freaking mouth when they sneeze/cough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-people-cover-their-freaking-mouth-when-they-sneeze-cough/536225)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-people-cover-their-freaking-mouth-when-they-sneeze-cough/536225 "2010-04-18T23:27:01Z")
So I was on the train today, and there’s a woman sitting directly in front of me, all sniffly. She sneezes at least three times, turning her head a little to the side, I think. But does she bother to cover her mouth? No… --- ## [For a change: Commercials you love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427 "2011-03-29T21:37:26Z")
We always have commercials you hate threads…which I love. But let’s have some love for the commercials we love (you can tell this is loving since I’ve typed it thrice now). I’ll start by mentioning the Tax Masters ad. … --- ## [Is Clinique worth the price?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-clinique-worth-the-price/601872)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-clinique-worth-the-price/601872 "2011-11-10T21:31:29Z")
I don’t wear much makeup: maybe a bit of eyeliner and simple eyeshadow for a special occasion, but I never use mascara, blush, lipstick, etc. What I do use a lot is concealer. Even at the age of 40 I am prone to minor br… --- ## [What is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/482453)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this/482453 "2009-02-04T18:51:12Z")
The linked object appears in the background during some shots of The Big Bang Theory. Guesses so far are some sort of musical instrument, or old technology. In case you’re not familiar with the show, it’s about a grou… --- ## [Series you once liked but now cannot stand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-you-once-liked-but-now-cannot-stand/608523)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-you-once-liked-but-now-cannot-stand/608523 "2012-01-19T01:45:58Z")
I wrote series rather than television show on purpose, as I am perfectly okay with talking about books or even movies in this thread. I’ll start with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. I can’t say I ever loved it the wa… --- ## [Charlie Daniels' Draft Deferment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-daniels-draft-deferment/177366)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-daniels-draft-deferment/177366 "2003-05-30T01:03:11Z")
Well since this message board has discussed John Wayne and George Bush’s draft status and/or military records what about right-wing hero Charlie Daniels? He has been very outspoken lately (his Open Letter to the Hollywo… --- ## [A rational discussion of the mid-terms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rational-discussion-of-the-mid-terms/559466)
**Author:** [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rational-discussion-of-the-mid-terms/559466 "2010-11-08T14:03:22Z")
You know, rather than clutter the “fuck the American voters with a rusty barb-wire dildo” thread with rational questions towards the “other side” I figured I would open my own thread to do so. To begin, a couple of thin… --- ## [Why the thanks for today's returning vets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-thanks-for-todays-returning-vets/673670)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-thanks-for-todays-returning-vets/673670 "2013-11-16T03:56:49Z")
I’m posting here in hopes of getting a serious set of responses. I have great reverence and appreciation of the veterans of WWII, who clearly stepped up to help save the world from Hitler and possibly from Japan. They … --- ## [How do I hook up four monitors to one Windows 7 computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-hook-up-four-monitors-to-one-windows-7-computer/569807)
**Author:** [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-hook-up-four-monitors-to-one-windows-7-computer/569807 "2011-02-05T01:58:44Z")
My husband is a trader at a small hedge fund, and at work, he has six monitors at his desk. This is a pretty common setup nowadays, as it lets him monitor lots of different things rather than constantly switching betwee… --- ## [What would be an example of German humor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-an-example-of-german-humor/290345)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-an-example-of-german-humor/290345 "2009-03-07T21:33:16Z")
I can think of plenty of naitonalities known for their humor: English, Jewish, Japanese, Italian, Mexican, even Russian. But I can’t really think of any comedian, troupe, movie, TV show, that’s German in origin and inter… --- ## [Paint: How many pixels x pixels...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paint-how-many-pixels-x-pixels/688157)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paint-how-many-pixels-x-pixels/688157 "2014-05-11T08:03:35Z")
I am sure the SD bank of wisdom has the experience to know this answer to save me from a ton of trial and error… You know how Paint lets one stretch the “canvas” to X pixels x Y pixels? How many X and Y pixles equate t… --- ## [Stupid neighbor heathen children.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-neighbor-heathen-children/489452)
**Author:** [@rwhbyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rwhbyu)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-neighbor-heathen-children/489452 "2009-03-22T22:08:47Z")
I pit my neighbors 4 heathen children for continually messing with my garden. Last fall it was pulling all my green tomatoes off my vines and throwing them all over our condo complex. This spring they have stomped all ov… --- ## [Do you think you can drive safely with a 0.10 BAC level?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-you-can-drive-safely-with-a-0-10-bac-level/502053)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-you-can-drive-safely-with-a-0-10-bac-level/502053 "2009-07-07T21:40:29Z")
I do. I wont, but I think I can. Anyone else? --- ## [The Doper Name Game!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doper-name-game/525884)
**Author:** [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doper-name-game/525884 "2010-02-01T23:33:59Z")
Okay - I propose a new game. The rules are simple: Type a doper name. The next poster takes the last letter of that name and types another doper name that starts with that letter. If you repeat a name already used, yo… --- ## [Democratic National Convention to have Free Speech Zone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-national-convention-to-have-free-speech-zone/255565)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-national-convention-to-have-free-speech-zone/255565 "2004-07-23T00:14:07Z")
I learned of this from (of all places) the Daily Show. I knew that they usually yuck it up with comedic spin but that the essential story was usually true, so I checked it out. It wasn’t hard to find credible sources lik… --- ## [Dear Starbucks: We Don't WANT to Know What You Think . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-starbucks-we-dont-want-to-know-what-you-think/327535)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-starbucks-we-dont-want-to-know-what-you-think/327535 "2005-10-29T01:25:25Z")
. . . We just want bad, overpriced cofffee and muffins. Well, OK, I don’t, I eat at a diner and avoid Starbucks (not for any political reasons–I just think their coffee and muffins and bad and overpriced). But I read th… --- ## [An Aneurysm Of Imbeciles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-aneurysm-of-imbeciles/729313)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-aneurysm-of-imbeciles/729313 "2015-09-01T22:52:22Z")
Very long rant TLDR; Stupid fucking monkeys in human guise suck. I am usually fairly even tempered when it comes to tolerating the day to day stupidities of my fellow man. I’ve even been known to commit a few myself. I… --- ## [Ben Carson's Comment on Slaves = Immigrants: Really So Bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carsons-comment-on-slaves-immigrants-really-so-bad/781599)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-carsons-comment-on-slaves-immigrants-really-so-bad/781599 "2017-03-12T17:48:49Z")
Look, I loathe Trump. I think Carson’s an idiot. I’m one of those lefties who thinks BLM deserved to be heard. But that said, the uproar over Carson calling slaves immigrants (and later qualifying as unwilling) doesn’t … --- ## [Is There Any Point To Buying A Luxury Car Besides The Prestige?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-point-to-buying-a-luxury-car-besides-the-prestige/727287)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-point-to-buying-a-luxury-car-besides-the-prestige/727287 "2015-08-13T19:31:43Z")
Something I’m curious about: when you blow tens of thousands on a luxury car like a BMW or Mercedes-Benz, are you getting anything out of it that you wouldn’t get out of a Toyota Avalon or a similar, less prestigious mod… --- ## [Hijabs oppress women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijabs-oppress-women/832176)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijabs-oppress-women/832176 "2019-05-01T23:33:26Z")
Let’s leave aside the fact that a hijab is an item of clothing and thus can’t oppress anyone. What makes a hijab any different than the snood that Orthodox Jewish women wear? Plenty of fundamentalist Christian sects h… --- ## [Has a professional musician ever made a major mistake in concert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-professional-musician-ever-made-a-major-mistake-in-concert/419667)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-professional-musician-ever-made-a-major-mistake-in-concert/419667 "2007-09-24T04:10:41Z")
It occurs to me that I’ve been to the symphony a fair number of times, and heard concert pianists perform, and so forth, and never to my knowledge heard anyone seriously screw up, hit a wrong note, come in at the wrong t… --- ## [Recommend to me a grand strategy wargame (non RTS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-a-grand-strategy-wargame-non-rts/575980)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-a-grand-strategy-wargame-non-rts/575980 "2011-04-18T15:52:03Z")
As said in the tittle, I’m searching for a grand strategy wargame, that would include if possible supplies, command and control, creation of new units, etc… Ideally also that would allow to play the tactical battles too … --- ## [WV\_Woman... c'mon down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wv_woman-cmon-down/121090)
**Author:** [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wv_woman-cmon-down/121090 "2002-07-30T23:59:29Z")
In this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=127573 In response to matt\_mcl’s joy about support for Canadian gay marriages: Then when criticized for her remarks, she replied with: What… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=716&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=718&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)