# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=734&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:** 735 --- ## [What is the most complex consumer product?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-complex-consumer-product/687655)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-complex-consumer-product/687655 "2014-05-11T15:09:45Z")
I’m stunned at the success of e-cigs of the refillable vaporizer type, just to charge the unit requires dissassembly and ditto for refilling it with the nicotine liquid. Now when you get into cleaning dirty atomizer coil… --- ## [I Pit Terr and all the other insolent morons at SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-terr-and-all-the-other-insolent-morons-at-sdmb/666233)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-terr-and-all-the-other-insolent-morons-at-sdmb/666233 "2013-09-03T06:34:06Z")
First, I apologize if there’s a thread Pitting Terr already in progress. I do notice that in threads like this one, he’s already been informed that he’s stupid and imbecilic, mistakes jokes for valid opinions, and worse… --- ## [Mumford and Sons' hit songs all sound the same](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mumford-and-sons-hit-songs-all-sound-the-same/590735)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mumford-and-sons-hit-songs-all-sound-the-same/590735 "2015-06-09T20:22:25Z")
Recently, Mumford and Sons have been getting a lot of play on the radio. Here are the three songs that are played most often: The Cave Little Lion Man Roll Away Your Stone All three of these songs, essentially, sound… --- ## [Women and hunting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-hunting/675469)
**Author:** [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-hunting/675469 "2013-12-12T01:00:58Z")
I live in an area that is big into hunting, especially deer. My Facebook feed is pretty heavy with pictures of people smiling beside of dead deer in the back of a pick up truck. Not really my thing. I find it especial… --- ## [Northwestern Mutual, you suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northwestern-mutual-you-suck/667980)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northwestern-mutual-you-suck/667980 "2016-04-20T02:57:40Z")
I have yet to encounter an insurance company that wasn’t sleazy. Northwestern Mutual, with whom I have recently had the displeasure to deal, has reaffirmed this view. The story is pretty simple. My mother recently died,… --- ## [You Know You're Getting Older When ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-older-when/564202)
**Author:** [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-older-when/564202 "2010-12-20T15:47:34Z")
When I was younger, I used the following “handy cheat sheet”: WWII veterans were old men, in their 60s Korean veterans were relatively old men, in their 50s Vietnam vets were “adults”, late 30s, maybe just approaching… --- ## [How do we decide if not taking precautions against COVID is irresponsible and dangerous, generally as well as personally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-decide-if-not-taking-precautions-against-covid-is-irresponsible-and-dangerous-generally-as-well-as-personally/962705)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-decide-if-not-taking-precautions-against-covid-is-irresponsible-and-dangerous-generally-as-well-as-personally/962705 "2022-05-15T09:01:01Z")
This question is being discussed elsewhere, of course, but I don’t think this angle has gotten a lot of traction from what I’ve seen. Apologies if I’m mistaken. I think there’s an impulse (in my mind) to think, as long… --- ## [Best branch of the military for civilian life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-branch-of-the-military-for-civilian-life/647289)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-branch-of-the-military-for-civilian-life/647289 "2013-01-17T16:37:51Z")
Another thread was about someone’s son possibly joining the military. I and others opined that certain branches might better prepare a person for life in the real world. Which branches of the military do you think best… --- ## [Covering the anti Trump protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covering-the-anti-trump-protests/777688)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covering-the-anti-trump-protests/777688 "2017-01-24T08:22:31Z")
So what do you think of the anti Trump protests so far? First there is this guy who sets himself on fire:LINK Now check out this woman doing a Globe winning performance crying:LINK What others do you find funny, sad, … --- ## [Oh Shit!!!! Is Bosda ok?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-is-bosda-ok/308581)
**Author:** [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-is-bosda-ok/308581 "2005-06-17T02:12:43Z")
I have been trying to email Bosda all day and I haven’t gotten a reply back yet. I’m starting to get worried about him. Usually he is such an attention whore that he replies back very quickly. I really hope he is ok, and… --- ## [Is Tim Tebow a US Citizen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tim-tebow-a-us-citizen/608440)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tim-tebow-a-us-citizen/608440 "2012-01-08T21:21:46Z")
He was born in The Philippines, to American parents who were there on… whatever visa The Philippines issues to missionaries. Does this make him a US Citizen under the jus sanguinis principle (or any other legal principl… --- ## [Beat this for hard-to-understand pronuciation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-for-hard-to-understand-pronuciation/692656)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-for-hard-to-understand-pronuciation/692656 "2014-07-16T16:41:49Z")
Can you name a place whose pronunciation is harder to understand (or explain) than Natchitoches (Nack-a-tish), Louisiana? --- ## [Is the election Obama's to lose? (August 2011)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-election-obamas-to-lose-august-2011/593510)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-election-obamas-to-lose-august-2011/593510 "2011-08-25T03:50:21Z")
Why can’t we make polls in the Elections forum? Anyway… Since we’re about a year from the start of the Presidential campaign (the RNC will be held on August 27, 2012), I thought this would be a good time to poll the for… --- ## [Letter to the Teacher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089 "2005-09-06T13:09:52Z")
Soupo’s teacher sent some homework home already. But not for the actual student in her class. Oh no, no, no. She sent home a project for me. This is what she was asking for: I (that “I” would be Soupo’s teacher) would g… --- ## [Funny Kitty Videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-kitty-videos/588483)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-kitty-videos/588483 "2013-09-19T17:11:19Z")
I just came across this: From Russia Just under two minutes. From Japan minute and half --- ## [What should be the maximum non-punitive damages on Erin Andrew's "peephole" lawsuit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-the-maximum-non-punitive-damages-on-erin-andrews-peephole-lawsuit/605431)
**Author:** [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-the-maximum-non-punitive-damages-on-erin-andrews-peephole-lawsuit/605431 "2011-12-11T03:08:29Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/espn-reporter-andrews-sues-man-peephole-videos-162733484.html Her lawsuit is for $10 million. "According to the lawsuit, Andrews said the hotel was guilty of negligence for, among other things, al… --- ## [Kushner's Play to Bring Peace to the Middle East](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kushners-play-to-bring-peace-to-the-middle-east/803602 "2018-05-01T15:08:52Z")
There’s a whole bunch of insidious goings-ons in the Middle East, probably due to Salman and Kushner striking a deal where the US would back Sunni Islam against Shia, in exchange for help securing Israel. Any predi… --- ## [There Goes the Neighborhood: How do Creepers Find Themselves in Nice Neighborhoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-goes-the-neighborhood-how-do-creepers-find-themselves-in-nice-neighborhoods/637887)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-goes-the-neighborhood-how-do-creepers-find-themselves-in-nice-neighborhoods/637887 "2012-10-22T19:57:37Z")
There are areas in my city that are nice, but I am noticing that slowly more and more scary people are showing up. A rise in cars with tinted windows driving like a bat out of hell. Women with high ponytails and red lips… --- ## [Novelty Songs post-1984](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350)
**Author:** [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novelty-songs-post-1984/673350 "2013-11-13T23:31:46Z")
I’m going to put together a “name that tune” game for an upcoming party. My theme will be Novelty Songs. I was able to come up with a whole slew of them off the top of my head. Problem is, 95% of them are pre-1984. M… --- ## [I can't believe someone actually used to wear this once...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-someone-actually-used-to-wear-this-once/518395)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-someone-actually-used-to-wear-this-once/518395 "2009-11-25T20:53:29Z")
As an amateur historian I frequently find myself looking at things from the past and being amazed that there was once a time when real, living people used them. Case in point being…this. Someone back in the early 1600s … --- ## [Moon pie / Wagon Wheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785 "2005-11-07T18:26:45Z")
Is a Moon Pie in American English the same thing that as a Wagon Wheel in British English? Are they exactly the same, or is there some difference? --- ## [British weight: what does "st" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-weight-what-does-st-mean/181225)
**Author:** [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-weight-what-does-st-mean/181225 "2003-08-29T00:55:46Z")
In the book James Bond: The Legacy, it is quoted that they wanted the first actor who played Bond (which, of course, became Sean Connery) to be “about 12st.” What does “st.” mean, and what is 1st. equal to in kilograms (… --- ## [What brand of cookware do professional chefs generally use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brand-of-cookware-do-professional-chefs-generally-use/219451)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brand-of-cookware-do-professional-chefs-generally-use/219451 "2003-12-18T12:58:49Z")
After watching several cooking shows on television (the kind that profile full-time chefs in their kitchen, not those hosted by a celebrity chef), I’ve noticed that almost all of them use really banged up, cheap looking,… --- ## [What oil do you cook hashbrowns in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-oil-do-you-cook-hashbrowns-in/548405)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-oil-do-you-cook-hashbrowns-in/548405 "2010-07-29T18:21:36Z")
I’ve just began using butter. My goodness. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Did American and Soviet troops ever actually shoot at each other in the cold war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-american-and-soviet-troops-ever-actually-shoot-at-each-other-in-the-cold-war/679998)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-american-and-soviet-troops-ever-actually-shoot-at-each-other-in-the-cold-war/679998 "2018-03-01T00:55:01Z")
Was there ever a case, during the cold war, of US and Soviet (or Warsaw Pact) uniformed ground troops actually exchanging small-arms fire? If not, what was the closest they came? This is assuming (as it is generally d… --- ## [Where have all the hobbyists gone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-hobbyists-gone/687048)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-hobbyists-gone/687048 "2014-05-01T18:56:42Z")
It seems that most of the traditional “Hobbies” I grew up around are disappearing. Googling around a bit, many of the articles about hobbies are reporting on their decline. Stamp collecting appears to have dropped 90% … --- ## [Virgin Galactic's space ship crashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-galactics-space-ship-crashed/703160)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virgin-galactics-space-ship-crashed/703160 "2015-08-04T03:04:40Z")
It’s been a bad week for space flight. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashed during a test flight. One pilot is dead, another was injured. This was supposed to be that “space tourism” ship. I guess it’s better that … --- ## [North Korea - Should the West/UN take action?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-should-the-west-un-take-action/681573)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2014, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-should-the-west-un-take-action/681573 "2014-02-26T07:06:39Z")
A UN investigation has revealed/confirmed (unsurprisingly) that North Korea is guilty of some pretty horrendous human rights violations. Is it incumbent upon the world community to tap NK on the shoulder, and say ‘cut i… --- ## [A Potentially Dumb Question Regarding a Flash Drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-potentially-dumb-question-regarding-a-flash-drive/643666)
**Author:** [@NGC2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NGC2024)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-potentially-dumb-question-regarding-a-flash-drive/643666 "2012-12-13T16:32:29Z")
Greetings. I am generally computer literate, but I have a basic question about removing documents from my work computer using a flash drive (or some other USB storage device). Let’s imagine that I’m contemplating leavi… --- ## [Brandon, you will be missed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandon-you-will-be-missed/150749)
**Author:** [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandon-you-will-be-missed/150749 "2003-02-05T12:16:22Z")
I am so fucking angry right now. Last night I found out that a close friend of mine for the last 5 years killed himself a little less than two weeks ago. We used to do everything together, Brandon and I. We rode arou… --- ## [The nightmare next door](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-next-door/630817)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nightmare-next-door/630817 "2013-10-11T15:38:43Z")
My brother has put every last dime into renovating a pair of duplex homes in Kansas City, Missouri. He has made them into really nice rental units. This is not the usual flipper behavior of slapping on some paint, but gu… --- ## [Children speaking with the dead (ed. title per OP req.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-speaking-with-the-dead-ed-title-per-op-req/504952)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-speaking-with-the-dead-ed-title-per-op-req/504952 "2009-08-11T15:26:59Z")
I didn’t want to hijack this thread, describing apparent communication between children and dead people. I thought about posting in GQ, but I think the answers will mostly be opinions. I thought about posting it in IMH… --- ## [How do I dye a dog pink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-dye-a-dog-pink/444821)
**Author:** [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-dye-a-dog-pink/444821 "2008-04-16T21:53:59Z")
My friend has a new dog. It is a big, happy mixed-breed husky type. The dog is all white, with with blue eyes. Sooner or later my friend will be on vacation and I will dog sit and take the pup on daily walks. It feel it … --- ## [Lower-class diets in the Victorian era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-class-diets-in-the-victorian-era/622855)
**Author:** [@tmoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tmoh)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-class-diets-in-the-victorian-era/622855 "2013-12-26T11:38:54Z")
If you’d been around in England sometime between 1837 and 1901 and you didn’t have a lot of money, what would you have been eating, and what appliances/utensils would you have kept around to cook it with? I’ve been tryi… --- ## [Why do I have such a problem with understanding music theory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-such-a-problem-with-understanding-music-theory/804268)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-such-a-problem-with-understanding-music-theory/804268 "2017-12-18T19:31:07Z")
So I am a self taught guitar player. When I started playing I was a youngster (long about 1960) and getting any kind of lessons was monetarily out of the question. Consequently, I learned through trial and error, hitting… --- ## [Time to end the war on drugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-end-the-war-on-drugs/732553)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-end-the-war-on-drugs/732553 "2015-10-01T15:53:57Z")
Too many people have been killed or thrown in jail for non-violent victimless crimes. Putting someone behind bars for years, or seizing their car because they might have smoked a joint should not be acceptable. The dru… --- ## [Seralini, Would You Please Just Go Away? (Anti-GMO crackpot republishes shit paper)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seralini-would-you-please-just-go-away-anti-gmo-crackpot-republishes-shit-paper/691597)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seralini-would-you-please-just-go-away-anti-gmo-crackpot-republishes-shit-paper/691597 "2014-06-28T22:22:18Z")
This paper has been shot, stabbed, hung, drawn, quartered, burned alive, and retracted. It is so obviously fallacious that even someone with barely any understanding of toxicology could look at the raw data and say “h… --- ## [So....Where Was All The "Voter Fraud"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-was-all-the-voter-fraud/471517)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-was-all-the-voter-fraud/471517 "2009-02-10T20:06:42Z")
Reading around, doesn’t seem to have been much of a problem. Actually, doesn’t seem to have been a measurable problem. So, either the Soros-ACORN conspiracy worked flawlessly…and I mean perfectly, so perfectly that nob… --- ## [Meat eaters - do you ever eat veggie burgers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-eaters-do-you-ever-eat-veggie-burgers/574642)
**Author:** [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-eaters-do-you-ever-eat-veggie-burgers/574642 "2011-03-23T03:12:58Z")
The veggie patty at Subway is yum (I’m a veggie) and I’ve wondered whether meat-eaters ever actually buy that stuff. Or any other obvious meat substitutes like soy or veggie burgers. --- ## [What makes Rolex watches so special?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-rolex-watches-so-special/397130)
**Author:** [@benny73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benny73)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-rolex-watches-so-special/397130 "2014-01-04T01:42:24Z")
If you’ve ever thumbed through a watch magazine, you know that there are many watches out there that are way nicer looking than Rolexes, Henry Winston, for example. In one magazine I saw a watch listed for $900,000.00. … --- ## [Funny, and Not Terribly Offensive, Religious Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-and-not-terribly-offensive-religious-jokes/83209)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2001, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-and-not-terribly-offensive-religious-jokes/83209 "2001-09-30T08:00:40Z")
\#1 Jesus is out & about going about His preaching, teaching and healing and whatnot, and He winds up needing a new robe. So He heads into Jerusalem and stops by Finklestein’s Haberdashery. Finklestein sets Him up with a… --- ## [Question about "Superman Returns": How was he able to lift the Kryptonite island?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-superman-returns-how-was-he-able-to-lift-the-kryptonite-island/544436)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-superman-returns-how-was-he-able-to-lift-the-kryptonite-island/544436 "2010-06-28T21:18:19Z")
Earlier in the film he had become so weakened from being on the island that Lex Luthors goons were easily able to beat him up. And when Luthor stabbed him with the Kryptonite shank he almost died. Yet after a brief recov… --- ## [Your Favorite Fictional Aliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321 "2014-07-26T17:52:52Z")
Strange visitors from another planet. They crop up in books, comics & movies. Name one, two, or three of your favorites. \[ul\] \[li\]Spock\[/li\]\[li\]Kal-El/Superman\[/li\]\[li\]Roger (American Dad)\[/li\]\[/ul\] --- ## [Is the theory of evolution "testable"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-theory-of-evolution-testable/319752)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-theory-of-evolution-testable/319752 "2014-01-30T20:41:30Z")
First off, I’m a great fan of the theory of evolution. I think it’s got a few kinks, but overall - good theory. I certainly don’t think intelligent design or creationism offer a better theory. But after reading this art… --- ## [SDMB is changing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-is-changing/727357)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-is-changing/727357 "2015-09-09T00:46:28Z")
This is getting annoying: going to SDMB on my iPhone will randomly result in a redirect to the Apple App Store application. Do the people running this site realize how bad an experience this is? I could look the other … --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S01E05: Girl in the Flower Dress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e05-girl-in-the-flower-dress/671994)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e05-girl-in-the-flower-dress/671994 "2013-10-27T04:19:39Z")
A mysterious Femme Fatale in a flower dress kidnaps a SHIELD protected magician with the gift of fire. The team finds out that someone from Rising Tide broke into their system to find this magician who was just given the… --- ## [Are we any closer to beam me up scotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-any-closer-to-beam-me-up-scotty/752118)
**Author:** [@nansbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nansbread)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-any-closer-to-beam-me-up-scotty/752118 "2016-04-29T00:03:35Z")
Since the phrase was used for the first time on Star Trek have we taken any step in the direction of it becoming a reality. Even the tinest little advancement to beam a person from one place on earth to another place on … --- ## [Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch in the New Avengers film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver-and-scarlet-witch-in-the-new-avengers-film/664237)
**Author:** [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicksilver-and-scarlet-witch-in-the-new-avengers-film/664237 "2014-02-26T14:15:35Z")
Most of y’all that are fans of the Marvel movies and/or comic books have probably heard that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are supposed to play prominent roles in Avengers: The Age of Ultron, the second movie. The thin… --- ## [Tesla Motors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-motors/490941)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-motors/490941 "2009-04-09T18:27:17Z")
This is a conditional Pitting. Tesla Motors, one of Elon Musk’s companies, is putting out their second electric car: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090326/ts\_afp/usautoteslaelectriclead\_20090326224034 The first one, a … --- ## [You find a brick of Cocaine. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-a-brick-of-cocaine-now-what/331474)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-find-a-brick-of-cocaine-now-what/331474 "2007-11-23T12:10:27Z")
Say you’re driving along a quiet street and you happen to notice something strange laying in the gutter. You turn the car around and take a closer look. The package seems to be some kind of tightly wrapped powdery subs… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=733&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=735&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)