# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=741&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:** 742 --- ## [The Imitation Game (probable spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-imitation-game-probable-spoilers/707118)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-imitation-game-probable-spoilers/707118 "2015-03-05T19:11:14Z")
Here’s a thread to post your reviews of The Imitation Game. I’ve seen some very favorable reviews so far, some likening it to this year’s The King’s Speech, so I plan on seeing it. I’d like Doper reviews too, though. … --- ## [In Defence of Dualism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-dualism/832962)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-dualism/832962 "2019-04-28T17:34:22Z")
To start, I would like to advise any readers and participants that I do not necessarily agree or disagree with Dualism. My defense of such amounts to playing devil’s advocate. In the course of debate on philosophical im… --- ## [Show Us Your (Monitor) Wallpaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718 "2010-03-31T17:18:23Z")
I am sure everyone will have far more interesting than I, but here is mine anyway: Wallpaper. --- ## [I remember when "kilt him a bar, when he was only 3" was something to be admired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-when-kilt-him-a-bar-when-he-was-only-3-was-something-to-be-admired/327827)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-when-kilt-him-a-bar-when-he-was-only-3-was-something-to-be-admired/327827 "2005-10-28T23:08:50Z")
Let me preface this by saying that I am not a hunter, although I do enjoy recreational shooting, and I fully realize that the song about Davy Crockett is part of the American mythos and not a historical account of actual… --- ## [Rockets should land on their tails, as God and Heinlein intended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockets-should-land-on-their-tails-as-god-and-heinlein-intended/687490)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockets-should-land-on-their-tails-as-god-and-heinlein-intended/687490 "2014-08-24T21:32:15Z")
SpaceX’s latest effort SpaceX is on a roll lately. Their Falcon 9 Reusable testbed continues to make improvements. In case it’s not apparent from the video, that’s a big rocket. Each leg is something like 25 feet lon… --- ## [The SDMB has a Monopoly on Chicken Littles.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905)
**Author:** [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905 "2007-10-18T20:47:51Z")
This thread started out with a simple wonderment: “Are they really getting rid of the paper money from the Monopoly game?” Since our M.O. is fighting ignorance, I decided to point out this is not true- the electronic ban… --- ## [im so short....getting depressed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-short-getting-depressed/357204)
**Author:** [@peachpit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peachpit)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2006, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-short-getting-depressed/357204 "2006-05-21T05:46:12Z")
hey. im 16(turning 17 this summer) and im only 5’7" 1/2 I am so short and its starting to make me really like depressed. Is there anything i can do to grow more? I eat healthy for the most part…im slightly lactoseintol… --- ## [Republicans are ALWAYS the REAL victims! :rolleyes:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-always-the-real-victims-rolleyes/823506)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-always-the-real-victims-rolleyes/823506 "2020-02-29T15:47:53Z")
I’m getting sick of this shit, so I’m starting a thread to post examples of Republicans using this ploy. Here’s the first entry, from New Hampshire. Yeah, she did nothing… nothing except learn a new language and cultu… --- ## [is interstellar travel by embodied humans even possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-interstellar-travel-by-embodied-humans-even-possible/515833)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-interstellar-travel-by-embodied-humans-even-possible/515833 "2009-11-09T18:36:08Z")
I’m looking for dope help on a fairly obscure and geeky argument. A friend of mine has argued with me that interstellar travel by humans is not possible even in theory because the energy requirements for accelerating th… --- ## ["Old things are more durable/reliable than new things": what kind of logical fallacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-are-more-durable-reliable-than-new-things-what-kind-of-logical-fallacy/415484)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-are-more-durable-reliable-than-new-things-what-kind-of-logical-fallacy/415484 "2007-08-27T22:09:08Z")
We’ve all heard it. “Older houses were built to last! They’re built much more solidly than newer houses.” “Older cars were built with steel panels an inch thick, and were designed to last for decades! Not like newer … --- ## [Music that goes straight to your groin.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-goes-straight-to-your-groin/523848)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-goes-straight-to-your-groin/523848 "2010-01-17T08:55:04Z")
One of the purposes of music has traditionally been to rouse the passions, yes? So, what particular performers or pieces get you in the mood just hearing them? I’m looking for songs or artists that do it to you just by… --- ## [Is "securing the border" even possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-securing-the-border-even-possible/540255)
**Author:** [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-securing-the-border-even-possible/540255 "2010-05-27T05:19:56Z")
So, some say the first priority of United States immigration policy should be “securing the border.” Southern border, that is. Physically preventing anyone from crossing the border without passing through a continuously … --- ## [Missing jury duty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-jury-duty/51951)
**Author:** [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-jury-duty/51951 "2001-02-01T19:55:08Z")
About two years ago, I lost my summons. On the advise of a lawyer friend, I did not worry about it. The reason she said is that there is no way they could ever prove you got the summons unless it was delivered directly t… --- ## [They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill, says NY Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-have-to-find-someone-else-to-write-the-next-stimulus-bill-says-ny-post/486406)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-have-to-find-someone-else-to-write-the-next-stimulus-bill-says-ny-post/486406 "2009-02-21T19:15:12Z")
Another chimpanzee, in fact. http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/18/sharpton-spanks-the-monkey-cartoon-chat/ I tried to call the Post to ask whether the cartoon in fact refers to Obama. The surly phone attendent switched me to … --- ## [What Would Jesus Do For a Klondike Bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do-for-a-klondike-bar/105076)
**Author:** [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do-for-a-klondike-bar/105076 "2003-07-13T23:33:59Z")
Would he give a sermon on the Mount of Onions? --- ## [Why do many Americans hate the French?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-americans-hate-the-french/681189)
**Author:** [@Oedipus\_Flex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus_Flex)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-americans-hate-the-french/681189 "2014-02-18T15:13:33Z")
I always hear people talking about how much they hate french people but I’ve never understood why?? I know they didn’t join in on the Iraq like Bush’s poodle, Tony Blair, but so what?? And even if it is feeling like they… --- ## [lovesickness loss of appetite - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovesickness-loss-of-appetite-why/537903)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovesickness-loss-of-appetite-why/537903 "2010-05-04T05:35:17Z")
I haven’t been able get myself to eat today due to amorous causes. I even made myself a lunch because, hungry or not, i figured it would make me feel better. Ate a few bites, then pushed it away. Physiologically, what… --- ## [What Prevents Obama From Closing the Gitmo Prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prevents-obama-from-closing-the-gitmo-prison/674152)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prevents-obama-from-closing-the-gitmo-prison/674152 "2013-11-24T02:27:44Z")
I just saw the "60 Minutes"show on Gitmo. It looks like the US has invested a lot of $$ in the Gitmo detention center-it is not being closed any time soon. So I have a question: Obama pledged to close the place-so why n… --- ## [Dry Socket Experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-socket-experiences/676292)
**Author:** [@Girl\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Hermit)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-socket-experiences/676292 "2013-12-16T13:36:45Z")
Anyone have a tooth pulled and later develop dry socket? In the past two years I’ve lost four teeth and three healed quickly and easily. The last one, pulled on Wednesday morning, was totally painless by Thursday eveni… --- ## [Wearing glasses for better than 20/20 vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-glasses-for-better-than-20-20-vision/382267)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-glasses-for-better-than-20-20-vision/382267 "2006-11-30T18:05:16Z")
Is it true that modern optometry can produce lenses that will give a person with 20/20 vision 10/20 vision, and is this really the equivalent of seeing details that you previously saw at 20 feet away, at 10 feet away? T… --- ## ["Deaf Culture" is, well, bullshit. Sorry.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaf-culture-is-well-bullshit-sorry/181853)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaf-culture-is-well-bullshit-sorry/181853 "2003-06-19T17:01:00Z")
I finally got a chance to watch “Sound and Fury”, the documentary about the two families facing the choice of whether or not to get a cochlear implant for their deaf child. One family was made up of hearing people in th… --- ## [What the Navy base plays at sunset that's not "Taps"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-navy-base-plays-at-sunset-thats-not-taps/586641)
**Author:** [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-navy-base-plays-at-sunset-thats-not-taps/586641 "2011-06-24T14:14:15Z")
I live near-ish a Navy base in the US. Many nights, I guess if the wind’s blowing the right way and if we have windows open, we can hear what I’m guessing is a recording (but maybe not) of a bugler playing a particular s… --- ## [Which Shit is Faker: Dances with Wolves or Top Gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shit-is-faker-dances-with-wolves-or-top-gun/536500)
**Author:** [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shit-is-faker-dances-with-wolves-or-top-gun/536500 "2010-04-27T19:55:32Z")
Fakes I’m gonna point out: DWW: A lone wolf surviving in Buffalo Gap Nat’l Grassland. Wiki Wolf. “Walks-with-Fuck-Hair”? with no kids? Bitch would be “Loose-Bitch-is-Havin’-Another-Papoose-and-Shit” and you know what… --- ## [Incredibly slow 100m dash in first olympics -- explain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-slow-100m-dash-in-first-olympics-explain/510374)
**Author:** [@misterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterW)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-slow-100m-dash-in-first-olympics-explain/510374 "2009-09-28T02:42:40Z")
First, some background as to how this question came about: I used to teach at a small (~40 kids /class) school in a rural area. Track is the last sport played before the school year ends and I had been regularly update… --- ## [What Do They Do With Old Churches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-old-churches/591765)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-with-old-churches/591765 "2011-11-07T16:44:00Z")
I was walking past a pretty good sized Orthadox Church today and I noticed a sign that said that the new church has been built and is open, and that the worshippers should now go to the new location. My question is, wha… --- ## [Bottle Episodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-episodes/540582)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-episodes/540582 "2010-06-21T22:33:59Z")
A bottle episode is an episode of a TV show that is designed to cost as little money as possible. Producers like to have the occasional bottle episode because it frees up part of the budget so they can spend more on oth… --- ## [JD, MPA, or MBA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-mpa-or-mba/586446)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-mpa-or-mba/586446 "2011-06-27T15:08:34Z")
I’m about to enter my fifth year of teaching, and it will be my first at a traditional public school. It’s still here in Arizona, which isn’t where my wife and I want to be, but it’s a far better school than I’ve taught … --- ## [Question about shallots.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-shallots/497032)
**Author:** [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-shallots/497032 "2012-11-23T15:28:08Z")
And just so we’re clear, I’m talking about these things. Grocery stores around here sell two versions. The first is a small mesh bag containing six or eight pearl-onion-sized shallots; the second is a small mesh bag co… --- ## [Ever notice how some PhD holder are incredibly arrogant and think of themselves as gods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-some-phd-holder-are-incredibly-arrogant-and-think-of-themselves-as-gods/829468)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-how-some-phd-holder-are-incredibly-arrogant-and-think-of-themselves-as-gods/829468 "2019-03-01T01:14:19Z")
I guess the words “doctor of philosophy” are what give them the wrong idea of them being so godly or godlike. Anyway, I was reading about how a PhD advisor said “Listen I’m the boss here. If you don’t like that, then get… --- ## [Help me name my scooter!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-scooter/556799)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-scooter/556799 "2010-10-12T17:49:09Z")
Okay, so I got a new scooter this weekend. I love it! It’s a Yamaha TMax, 500cc, and I realized how much I’ve missed having a maxi-scooter around. But I have a problem–he hasn’t told me his name yet! Usually when I get a… --- ## [What happened to half-tracked vehicles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-half-tracked-vehicles/620405)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-half-tracked-vehicles/620405 "2012-05-02T20:20:14Z")
Up until the 1950s, half-tracked vehicles cars or trucks (with two front wheels at the front and caterpillar tracks at the rear) were quite popular as military vehicles. The Allies alone built something like 50,000 M3 Ha… --- ## [What do you do when you find a small but dangerous animal in your house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-find-a-small-but-dangerous-animal-in-your-house/484153)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-find-a-small-but-dangerous-animal-in-your-house/484153 "2009-02-09T00:12:53Z")
I’ve always wondered this. If it’s something tiny but deadly like a scorpion, are you supposed to just smash it yourself? Will they laugh at you for calling Animal Control? What about black widows? --- ## [Do many people in your area go out and about in their pajamas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-many-people-in-your-area-go-out-and-about-in-their-pajamas/526884)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2010, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-many-people-in-your-area-go-out-and-about-in-their-pajamas/526884 "2010-02-24T09:22:40Z")
Prompted by this article that describes how a Tesco supermarket in Wales has started barring people (nearly invariably women) from wearing slippers and pajamas in their store. It is common enough here, usually working c… --- ## [The Barton Organ at Chicago Stadium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barton-organ-at-chicago-stadium/542993)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barton-organ-at-chicago-stadium/542993 "2025-04-26T11:55:09Z")
So I periodically glance at the forums here (and post from time to time), and I just happened to glance at this “Chicago” sub-forum out of the corner of my eye. What luck! I’m a Canuck writing an M.A. Thesis on Hockey O… --- ## [Boys get to go on a movie field trip, girls don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-get-to-go-on-a-movie-field-trip-girls-dont/612865)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-get-to-go-on-a-movie-field-trip-girls-dont/612865 "2012-02-23T19:04:49Z")
February is Black History Month, and there’s a movie that is about the black fighter pilots of WWII. And the Dallas Independent School District had some money to spend for low-income students. So it’s field trip time t… --- ## [Big Bang Theory - speculation \[and reactions to Jan. 10 episode\].](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-speculation-and-reactions-to-jan-10-episode/646235)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-speculation-and-reactions-to-jan-10-episode/646235 "2013-01-13T15:09:48Z")
“The Bakersfield Expidition” - \*While the guys take a road trip to a comic book convention dressed as “Star Trek: The Next Generation” characters, the girls stay home and try to interpret a comic book. \* OK - who is goi… --- ## [Do Asian countries have "American fetish" porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-asian-countries-have-american-fetish-porn/577389)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-asian-countries-have-american-fetish-porn/577389 "2011-04-08T14:06:00Z")
It’s common for American porn websites to advertise that they have “Hot Asian Chicks” for American guys who like looking at naked Japanese/Chinese/Koreans, etc. But does it go the other way? Are there websites in Japan… --- ## [Opinions On A Neighbor/Pet Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-a-neighbor-pet-problem/453982)
**Author:** [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-a-neighbor-pet-problem/453982 "2008-06-28T16:04:28Z")
Hey, Dopers! I wanted your opinions on the following situation: My brother Jim has a dog, Bob. Bob’s a laid-back dog, good with kids, doesn’t bark much, likes people. But he’s a big dog, and he’s a cat chaser to the … --- ## [TV Shows With No Likable Major Characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-no-likable-major-characters/452769)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-no-likable-major-characters/452769 "2008-06-21T16:54:50Z")
This is all subject to opinion of course. For my own entries I’ll exempt kids as major characters, but suit yourself in your own. SEINFELD is of course the king of these shows, the original “With Friends Like These…” s… --- ## [Musical passages that everyone knows or should know (with links)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-passages-that-everyone-knows-or-should-know-with-links/544612)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-passages-that-everyone-knows-or-should-know-with-links/544612 "2010-06-29T15:22:25Z")
Inspired by this thread. What are the basic musical passages or tunes that everybody should know? This occurred to me when I read something about “Chopsticks”, then realized I didn’t really know what “Chopsticks” sound… --- ## [Sequential Threads Jan 26](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-jan-26/744263)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-jan-26/744263 "2016-03-02T00:06:31Z")
How did the word “Bitch” come to be associated with… High sulfur steel --- ## [Gladiator DVD mocks deaths of 96 innocent people. Please read](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gladiator-dvd-mocks-deaths-of-96-innocent-people-please-read/52545)
**Author:** [@Biffer\_Spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffer_Spice)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gladiator-dvd-mocks-deaths-of-96-innocent-people-please-read/52545 "2001-02-25T19:48:42Z")
Don’t know what thread to put it in. Any moderator thinking it should be in a different forum, please move it, but please leave it open. Am too saddened to rant, but here’s the story. BRIEF SUMMARY OF HILLSBOROUGH TRAG… --- ## [The "I Love You" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-love-you-thread/258448)
**Author:** [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-love-you-thread/258448 "2005-06-25T02:44:51Z")
I don’t really know what this thread is about. I tried to come up with some reasoning behind it but I can’t see the slightest hint of logic. I’d say that it has no ulterior motives, but who’s to say what is motivating me… --- ## [What if Pompey had defeated Caesar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-pompey-had-defeated-caesar/499762)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-pompey-had-defeated-caesar/499762 "2009-06-26T01:29:49Z")
After Julius Caesar defeated Pompey the Great in civil war, he (quite unconstutionally) had the Senate appoint him Dictator in Perpetuity (Dictator perpetuo), strongly implying that he had no intention of stepping down a… --- ## [Corey Lewandowski tweets the NYT story about the Manafort/Russia connection:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corey-lewandowski-tweets-the-nyt-story-about-the-manafort-russia-connection/762904)
**Author:** [@hulka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hulka)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corey-lewandowski-tweets-the-nyt-story-about-the-manafort-russia-connection/762904 "2016-08-27T18:31:20Z")
Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump’s Campaign Chief http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html?\_r=0 Handwritten ledgers show $12.7 million in undisclosed cas… --- ## [Will spraying water on a hot engine crack the block?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-spraying-water-on-a-hot-engine-crack-the-block/732477)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-spraying-water-on-a-hot-engine-crack-the-block/732477 "2015-09-28T06:33:41Z")
Or put another way… what’s the best way to clean the engine compartment in a vehicle? While at the car wash (the kind with a wand that can spray high/low pressure water or soap), I have always been tempted to pop the ho… --- ## ["Girls become women by growing older; boys become men by accomplishing something."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-become-women-by-growing-older-boys-become-men-by-accomplishing-something/648844)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-become-women-by-growing-older-boys-become-men-by-accomplishing-something/648844 "2013-02-02T08:52:48Z")
The Daily Show 01/28/13 – segment on the Pentagon’s decision to allow women in combat. Samantha Bee is interviewing Kingsley Browne (author of Co-Ed Combat: The New Evidence that Women Shouldn’t Fight the Nation’s Wars)… --- ## [Why are many deaf people such poor written communicators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-many-deaf-people-such-poor-written-communicators/497250)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-many-deaf-people-such-poor-written-communicators/497250 "2009-05-26T03:03:49Z")
Long, probably kind of boring, penmanship related. Please don’t jump on me - I know many deaf people communicate just fine through writing, and I’m sure many of them are here online. I’d expect an overrepresentation of… --- ## [Honorable Republicans - are you out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honorable-republicans-are-you-out-there/313691)
**Author:** [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honorable-republicans-are-you-out-there/313691 "2005-07-29T18:47:05Z")
This shall be a fair and balanced rant. I had Republican leanings once upon a time, but damned if this administration didn’t knock it out of me. Right from the start the lies flowed out of this white house like water th… --- ## [Can you drink untreated Lake Michigan water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-drink-untreated-lake-michigan-water/454391)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-drink-untreated-lake-michigan-water/454391 "2008-06-30T10:56:13Z")
Obviously one can’t drink effluent from a steel plant, but can one go out in the middle of the lake, dip a ladle in, and drink? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=740&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=742&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)