# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=739&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:** 740 --- ## [Essential features of a Fifties sci-fi movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essential-features-of-a-fifties-sci-fi-movie/595345)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essential-features-of-a-fifties-sci-fi-movie/595345 "2012-02-04T22:29:35Z")
I belong to a little teeny hobbyist group that gets together every now and then on Sunday afternoons to work on models while watching movies. Lots of fun. We were having a little discussion at the last build session, a… --- ## [Are contact lenses as bad an idea for my 14 year old son as I think they are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-contact-lenses-as-bad-an-idea-for-my-14-year-old-son-as-i-think-they-are/623996)
**Author:** [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-contact-lenses-as-bad-an-idea-for-my-14-year-old-son-as-i-think-they-are/623996 "2012-06-11T10:26:19Z")
Contact lenses, love 'em or hate 'em? I have no first hand experience with contacts. My mom tried them for two different spurts. First hard lenses, and then again when soft lenses were first introduced. My sister got … --- ## [I eat Crow; it tastes like suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-crow-it-tastes-like-suck/313674)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-crow-it-tastes-like-suck/313674 "2006-01-26T19:48:49Z")
I hate to do this. I really hate to do this. However, it seems I owe Diogenes the Cynic an apology. Blech. I have been a jerk to him. This is partly because I feel he insulted the 80+% of the world population which I fa… --- ## [Okay. So I didn't like "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-i-didnt-like-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/588338)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-i-didnt-like-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/588338 "2021-10-04T20:57:47Z")
There. I said it. This was one of the books to read last year, and received what appears to be universal acclaim from both critics and fans. The back cover describes it as a “story of the collision between ethics, race … --- ## [What do you use to soothe your chapped nipples?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-to-soothe-your-chapped-nipples/481645)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-to-soothe-your-chapped-nipples/481645 "2009-01-17T04:54:41Z")
I use chapstick. Is there something better out there that I’m missing? --- ## [I've concluded Hayden Christensen isn't a bad actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-concluded-hayden-christensen-isnt-a-bad-actor/522405)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-concluded-hayden-christensen-isnt-a-bad-actor/522405 "2009-12-25T06:50:07Z")
Here the thing; I know for a fact that Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jimmy Smits, Christopher Lee and the like are all talented actors. I’ve seen them act with great skill. But the Star Wars prequels are… --- ## [cell phones: why is there a transmit/receive delay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-why-is-there-a-transmit-receive-delay/612459)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-why-is-there-a-transmit-receive-delay/612459 "2017-02-17T18:58:47Z")
When I speak to someone over my cell phone, there is a tiny but noticeable delay (compared to when I use a land line), either in the sending of my words to my partner, or in the sending of their words to me. It’s just a… --- ## [Why do I immediately get sleepy when the airplane closes its doors and pressurizes the cabin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-immediately-get-sleepy-when-the-airplane-closes-its-doors-and-pressurizes-the-cabin/648190)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-immediately-get-sleepy-when-the-airplane-closes-its-doors-and-pressurizes-the-cabin/648190 "2013-01-26T00:42:23Z")
I’ve been travelling by air a lot more lately, and while I’m fine with air travel, I’ve noticed something. Early flight? No problem, I’m awake and alert in getting to the airport. Boarding? Similar. I feel normal wh… --- ## [Irrational fear of bees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-fear-of-bees/632407)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-fear-of-bees/632407 "2012-08-26T02:18:35Z")
Why do some people seem to have an exaggerated, irrational fear of bees? I’ve seen many instances in which people get really freaked out by noticing a bee around them, causing them to run and scream in a way that seems w… --- ## [Geekiest joke ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-joke-ever/427695)
**Author:** [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geekiest-joke-ever/427695 "2007-12-01T17:10:06Z")
A guy at work has this taped to the side of his computer. He works a different shift, so I never see him but I’ve passed by it at least 100 times without realizing the joke. Then I took a good look one day and had a la… --- ## [Rightwing fucktards starting their bullshit already.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rightwing-fucktards-starting-their-bullshit-already/389041)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2007, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rightwing-fucktards-starting-their-bullshit-already/389041 "2007-01-26T07:24:03Z")
Fuck me, but nothing is beneath these people. Lie about everything, verify nothing, character assassination the order of the day. It never fucking stops, does it. And we’re still two years out. They must be scared to… --- ## [Is Russia more powerful than the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-more-powerful-than-the-united-states/492060)
**Author:** [@Spin\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spin_Master)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-more-powerful-than-the-united-states/492060 "2009-04-10T16:13:51Z")
I know I’m opening a can of worms here and I’m just as patriotic as the next guy but think about it. In the past 200 years Russia was invaded twice by the armies of two of the most imperialistic leaders in modern times:… --- ## [She's been dead for 10 years. Let it fucking go already.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-been-dead-for-10-years-let-it-fucking-go-already/421486)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-been-dead-for-10-years-let-it-fucking-go-already/421486 "2007-10-15T10:30:19Z")
Princess Di has been dead for 10 years. 10 YEARS. And for some reason those damn Brits can’t get her off their minds. It feels like her death has never left the news and I don’t even go looking for it. IT just POPS u… --- ## [Will passing tax reform actually help the gop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-passing-tax-reform-actually-help-the-gop/801886)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-passing-tax-reform-actually-help-the-gop/801886 "2018-01-18T17:21:27Z")
I get the impression they feel it will help them. But that is confusing to me. The bill isn’t popular. It’ll raise taxes on middle class families, students, sick people, etc as well as cut money from Medicare all to give… --- ## [Who REALLY runs the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-really-runs-the-us/619951)
**Author:** [@SomeBodyUK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeBodyUK)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-really-runs-the-us/619951 "2013-01-18T16:26:54Z")
I’ve often heard that the US President is often a “front man” or a “puppet” of other organisations - how true is this assertion? This will never happen for obvious reasons, but there are many articles stating that Herma… --- ## [Unprotected Sex - any reliable odds of pregnancy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unprotected-sex-any-reliable-odds-of-pregnancy/601981)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unprotected-sex-any-reliable-odds-of-pregnancy/601981 "2011-11-07T15:06:53Z")
It took my wife and I over a year to conceive our first child. We had waited three years into the marriage before stopping birth control. After the first birth. We started trying for child #2. Two and half years latter… --- ## [Police stage 'chilling' raid on small Kansas newspaper, seizing computers (due to divorce conflict?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438 "2026-08-15T17:54:31Z")
In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper’s reporters, and the publisher’s home. Eric Meyer, owner a… --- ## [Tell me about some of your favorite board games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-of-your-favorite-board-games/520989)
**Author:** [@Archie\_Spelunker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archie_Spelunker)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-some-of-your-favorite-board-games/520989 "2009-12-25T05:54:29Z")
There are tons of board games out there, and I feel as though I’m probably missing out on some great ones. So, tell me about your favorites; what they’re about, what is unique, why you like them, etc. --- ## [Slut shaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slut-shaming/674651)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slut-shaming/674651 "2013-11-25T04:25:39Z")
I have the feeling internet has turned out to be a place for merciless slut-shaming. Seriously, you need to have a hate forum where you can leave back sexist and rude comments like pussies that you are because you are no… --- ## [Still Image from YouTube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-image-from-youtube/555528)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-image-from-youtube/555528 "2010-10-01T21:49:20Z")
How does one capture & copy a single frame image from YouTube? I want to use it as a wallpaper on my desktop. --- ## [Most archetypal Englishmen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-archetypal-englishmen/782589)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-archetypal-englishmen/782589 "2017-03-26T09:42:31Z")
Recently I was thinking about John Houseman and how when I was a kid (late 70s/early 80s) he seemed to me the definition of an Englishmen. Looking back, that’s kinda odd since he was actually Irish/Romanian Jewish and h… --- ## [Confederate Flag outside the South](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-flag-outside-the-south/573783)
**Author:** [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-flag-outside-the-south/573783 "2011-03-10T17:56:36Z")
I grew up in the American South. I’m glad the Union won. I personally dislike the symbolism of the Confederate battle flag for it’s connotations of racism, redneckery and good-ol’-boy-ism, although I can understand why o… --- ## [How are Chinese/Japanese Fonts Made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-chinese-japanese-fonts-made/664281)
**Author:** [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-chinese-japanese-fonts-made/664281 "2013-07-26T15:17:24Z")
This question has been plaguing me for literally years. I’ve asked tons of people and nobody knew. OK, so basically, fonts for scripts that use an alphabet are made by someone drawing them in Photoshop or whatever. Tha… --- ## [What's your "perfect" rock song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-perfect-rock-song/552466)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-perfect-rock-song/552466 "2010-09-08T15:38:29Z")
Not necessarily your favorite, or the most meaningful, or the best lyrics, but the song that just seems to embody rock and roll to you. Obviously, since rock means something a little different to all of us, this is a pr… --- ## [Smaug vs the Nazgul](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaug-vs-the-nazgul/678929)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smaug-vs-the-nazgul/678929 "2014-01-20T03:03:28Z")
who is the greater threat? Smaug is well, a dragon, while the Witch King was quickly taken down when he took one in the knee. --- ## [The Walking Dead; 7.03 "The Cell" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-03-the-cell-open-spoilers/770919)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-03-the-cell-open-spoilers/770919 "2016-11-11T22:14:17Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] A new group of survivors seem to have it all in their impressive community; however, there is a price \[/QUOTE\] Scott Aukerman and a surprise cast member are on Talking Dead. Also apparently there’s a new w… --- ## [Apple juice headache](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-juice-headache/149910)
**Author:** [@XPav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XPav)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-juice-headache/149910 "2003-01-22T23:03:13Z")
This has happened to my more than once now at different times. I drink a couple tall glasses of apple juice direct from the fridge, and I get a headache shortly after. I don’t get a headache if I drink orange juice. A… --- ## [PSA: you can't make it better and cheaper at home.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-you-cant-make-it-better-and-cheaper-at-home/848148)
**Author:** [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-you-cant-make-it-better-and-cheaper-at-home/848148 "2020-03-11T13:28:48Z")
OK there may be a couple of outliers here, but virtually all of you who think you’re the outliers are not, you’re just deluded. You can’t make it “better” and “cheaper” at home. You say you can make it “better”, most of… --- ## [My own personal Minecraft problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-own-personal-minecraft-problems/672051)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-own-personal-minecraft-problems/672051 "2013-11-02T19:14:51Z")
I got the XBox 360 version about a couple months ago, and, as is the case with a lot of hot franchises, much of the time playing it I was trying to convince myself that it’s half as good as nearly everyone constantly ins… --- ## [Dream Act fails.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-act-fails/564641)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-act-fails/564641 "2010-12-21T15:12:53Z")
Five short. A real shame. But to keep this a GD thread, albeit a Pit would not be inappropriate for how I feel, what will be the ramifications of this vote? I posit that this will end up neutral and not really in the … --- ## [How do you deal with people who talk to themselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-people-who-talk-to-themselves/228113)
**Author:** [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-people-who-talk-to-themselves/228113 "2004-02-10T04:18:16Z")
I have a very good friend that in all honesty is one of the greatest guys I know. The only thing that bothers me about him is that he seems to have this scary habit of constantly talking to himself. At first he would … --- ## [Meet my neighbors, The Douche Bags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-neighbors-the-douche-bags/580638)
**Author:** [@Time\_to\_get\_a\_gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_to_get_a_gun)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-neighbors-the-douche-bags/580638 "2011-05-12T19:25:19Z")
Hello! I’m new here and wanted a platform in which to rant about my neighbors. Do not read anymore if you could give a crap…you wont hurt my feelings. I live in a condo …Mr and Mrs Douche Bag live right next door. Fron… --- ## [Movies filmed on a location you know well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515 "2022-11-27T02:37:38Z")
New Yorkers, Los Angelenos and Vancouverans probably don’t need to reply. What are the films or shows that you connect with strictly because of the location where they are filmed? Nothing to do with where the plot says … --- ## [Adam West died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-west-died/788594)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-west-died/788594 "2017-06-19T15:14:25Z")
:frowning: --- ## [Are Chiropractors bogus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-chiropractors-bogus/673653)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-chiropractors-bogus/673653 "2013-12-02T22:49:06Z")
I use to see one, but I don’t anymore. And you know what? I feel the same. So are regular “adjustments” necessary for some people? --- ## [Survivor: One World February 15 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-one-world-february-15-2012/612988)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-one-world-february-15-2012/612988 "2012-02-19T20:39:02Z")
Interesting group so far. Hey, if it is the first episode and I can remember some of them, I consider it at least somewhat interesting. --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 8 (November 12, 2015) -- "The Mystery Date Observation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388 "2016-04-17T22:04:45Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Need suggestions for some 'insane' instrumental music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-some-insane-instrumental-music/712481)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-some-insane-instrumental-music/712481 "2015-02-27T07:02:41Z")
I’m looking for some incidental music for a play that is set in an insane asylum. (actually in an person’s dream) I want some music (preferably orchestral or orchestral-ish, trios quartets) Vocals not in English OK. … --- ## [The Mob and Trash Collection Firms: Connection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mob-and-trash-collection-firms-connection/545851)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mob-and-trash-collection-firms-connection/545851 "2010-07-23T18:33:40Z")
I have read a lot about the NYC and NJ mafia families, and these guys seem to have a prediliction for trash collection-why is this? I assume that trash/garbage collection is a vital city service, and that cities and to… --- ## [Is a male actor refusing to kiss a man as part of playing a gay character anti-gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-male-actor-refusing-to-kiss-a-man-as-part-of-playing-a-gay-character-anti-gay/497370)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-male-actor-refusing-to-kiss-a-man-as-part-of-playing-a-gay-character-anti-gay/497370 "2009-05-26T00:23:44Z")
In this story this soap actorrefused to go along with having his character turn gay and begin kissing men. Some are asserting that he’s anti-gay for doing this, but he did not make antii-gay statements, all he did was re… --- ## [Whats the song solsbury hill by peter gabriel about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-song-solsbury-hill-by-peter-gabriel-about/97208)
**Author:** [@samnkm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samnkm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2001, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-song-solsbury-hill-by-peter-gabriel-about/97208 "2001-12-07T09:11:38Z")
i have been feelings its about jesus and his journey whats the song really about --- ## [Can I Use Nair On My Beard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-nair-on-my-beard/100386)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-nair-on-my-beard/100386 "2002-04-03T16:22:29Z")
I don’t like shaving, so I’m trying to find alternatives. What would happen if I used Nair or some similar product on my face? Would it work?? If it did, how frequently would I have to use it??? --- ## [Covering the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covering-the-mmp/786113)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covering-the-mmp/786113 "2017-05-15T02:26:41Z")
Certain things need to be done well in advance. I went to buy a Bat Mitzvah card for 13yo girl this weekend & could barely find them in the store because of all the space devoted to Mother’s Day & Graduation cards. Tho… --- ## [What was the point of "Hold Reset before Power off" on the old NES?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-point-of-hold-reset-before-power-off-on-the-old-nes/508728)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Buttons)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-point-of-hold-reset-before-power-off-on-the-old-nes/508728 "2012-06-18T04:14:20Z")
I’ve been messing around with some NES ROM’s of games I owned long ago, and I noticed on a couple that they request you hold the NES “Reset” button when you’re powering down (to save). If I remember right from my childh… --- ## [Dads United Against Father's Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992 "2011-06-24T01:07:17Z")
I know you’re out there, in the millions. Lets just say it here, say it loud and say anonymously so they can’t hear us: Fuck Father’s Day. It was crap from the git-go, and everybody knows it. Mother’s Day, sure, make… --- ## [Time out, everybody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-out-everybody/463050)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-out-everybody/463050 "2008-09-16T13:48:35Z")
OK, everybody needs to take a timeout, me included. I’ve revoked the posting privileges of a few people. In the first case I concede I did so precipitously. A couple of subsequent cases occurred after I specifically sai… --- ## [Explain Jewish funeral customs to a non-Jew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-jewish-funeral-customs-to-a-non-jew/383788)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-jewish-funeral-customs-to-a-non-jew/383788 "2013-10-12T21:58:40Z")
I just learned one of our neighbors has died. We weren’t exactly friends, mostly our interactions were waves and ‘good mornings’ as our path crossed. Still, of course I’m sorry she had died and I want to express sym… --- ## [Obama, like Bush, ignores military recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-like-bush-ignores-military-recommendations/734881)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-like-bush-ignores-military-recommendations/734881 "2015-10-31T03:04:08Z")
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/15/obama-ignores-generals-on-troop-levels-for-unprece/ Oh my. I thought that liberals held advice from the military to be well-nigh sacred. At least that’s the impression … --- ## [All-time coolest SF vehicle ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-coolest-sf-vehicle-ever/368553)
**Author:** [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-coolest-sf-vehicle-ever/368553 "2006-08-22T22:51:43Z")
My nomination: The Nautilus– specifically, Harper Goff’s design for the 1954 Disney movie. If anything, Verne’s conception of the Nautilus was too prescient: His description of the craft as a mostly featureless, stream… --- ## [I don't get people who say "so and so supports a cause I don't agree with so I won't see his mov](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-people-who-say-so-and-so-supports-a-cause-i-dont-agree-with-so-i-wont-see-his-mov/541251)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-people-who-say-so-and-so-supports-a-cause-i-dont-agree-with-so-i-wont-see-his-mov/541251 "2010-06-03T15:05:51Z")
Is it really that big a deal? I am not going to deny myself the joy of a film/book/whatever just because I disagree with the author. some people take these things too far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=738&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=740&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)