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**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-not-a-bad-person-make-an-effort-to-like-him/771149 "2016-11-16T15:24:27Z")
He may not be perfect but he is an honest and a liberal person. He doesn’t hold grudge against opponents. He has won fair and square against odds. He will now be nice to his opponents as well. Even though my equity hold… --- ## [My 600-lb Life on TLC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-600-lb-life-on-tlc/775843)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-600-lb-life-on-tlc/775843 "2017-02-09T13:42:52Z")
I find myself watching this in a slow-down-as-I-pass-a-car-wreck kind of way. I caught the episode on 12/28 of Pauline Potter. I know these are reality shows, edited to provide the most drama. But what strikes me in m… --- ## [Does Down Syndrome ALWAYS = Mental Retardation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-down-syndrome-always-mental-retardation/517935)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-down-syndrome-always-mental-retardation/517935 "2013-02-15T21:45:22Z")
Down Syndrome is a spectrum disorder, and different people are affected differently by it. For example, there are people such as Chris Burke who are able to speak, write, hold jobs, etc. There are also people like the gu… --- ## [The weakest/worst Harry Potter book.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weakest-worst-harry-potter-book/508686)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weakest-worst-harry-potter-book/508686 "2009-09-04T16:30:17Z")
My vote goes to the Order of the Phoniex and the Philosopher’s Stone. The first is too long, the plot drags and it does not do a good job of moving the story forward. We could loes everything that happens except learning… --- ## [Voting Americans in general are racist, homophobic, anti-semetic and anti-islamic.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-americans-in-general-are-racist-homophobic-anti-semetic-and-anti-islamic/541298)
**Author:** [@Jump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jump)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-americans-in-general-are-racist-homophobic-anti-semetic-and-anti-islamic/541298 "2010-06-05T00:01:26Z")
Do you think that if everything else had been equal at the time and if George H W Bush, Bill Clinton, George W Bush, or Barack Obama were either Mexican, Gay, Jewish, or Islamic, they would have still been elected Presid… --- ## [The desperation of less educated Whites: drug deaths, suicides, politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-desperation-of-less-educated-whites-drug-deaths-suicides-politics/743416)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-desperation-of-less-educated-whites-drug-deaths-suicides-politics/743416 "2016-01-26T02:46:36Z")
I cannot be the only one who sees a connection between the rising death rate in younger, primarily less educated, Whites, mostly due to drugs and suicide, and our current political realities. It seems to me that there … --- ## [Topics That Are Sure To Be Closed Strikes Back.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-are-sure-to-be-closed-strikes-back/314520)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-that-are-sure-to-be-closed-strikes-back/314520 "2005-11-29T00:37:30Z")
My other name is a charter member. What’s the best way to make a home made bomb? Hi Opal!- What’s it mean? An indepth study and look. Does this look diseased to you? Help me out with recipes that include human flesh. … --- ## [Job/Baby Conundrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-baby-conundrum/590211)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-baby-conundrum/590211 "2011-07-28T20:25:56Z")
I really like my job. The pay is great, the people are nice, and the job is, for the most part, pretty interesting. I’ve been there for 3 years and received a promotion during that time so they obviously think highly e… --- ## [What happened to bookstore cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-bookstore-cats/674309)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-bookstore-cats/674309 "2013-12-03T00:10:20Z")
It used to be that independent bookstores in the US, especially used/antiquarian/rare book stores, had cats. You could wander around looking at stuff and occasionally a cat would stop by, but would rarely have good advi… --- ## [How Hard Is It To Sneak Across The Border The Other Way (US Into Mexico)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-sneak-across-the-border-the-other-way-us-into-mexico/718586)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-sneak-across-the-border-the-other-way-us-into-mexico/718586 "2015-05-06T03:54:09Z")
Clearly US Border Patrol agents are far more concerned with people coming into the country than they are with people trying to get out. But does that mean they aren’t concerned at all? If someone were seen sneaking throu… --- ## [How are countries with UHC suffering (or not) economically because of UHC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-countries-with-uhc-suffering-or-not-economically-because-of-uhc/530914)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-countries-with-uhc-suffering-or-not-economically-because-of-uhc/530914 "2010-03-05T02:23:58Z")
This assertion by Rand Rover interested me (I’m not meaning to pick on him, I swear; it’s just that his arguments seem to be good exemplars of many points generally made from conservative/libertarian circles): This put… --- ## [A Stream of Consciousness MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stream-of-consciousness-mmp/498341)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stream-of-consciousness-mmp/498341 "2009-06-08T11:25:14Z")
The story of the ant and the grasshopper-the ant toils away as a nameless drone till it dies, while the grasshopper gets to frolic and fornicate in the sun. Who’s the winner there? A dog’s second favorite flavor is “st… --- ## [Film Genres You Hate And Won't Watch (With Few Or Any Exceptions)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-genres-you-hate-and-wont-watch-with-few-or-any-exceptions/529055)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-genres-you-hate-and-wont-watch-with-few-or-any-exceptions/529055 "2010-02-18T11:32:53Z")
Some people hate horror films. Some hate Westerns, or Romance, or any films with Zombies. Are there any film genres that you never watch? And if so, were there any exceptions to your rule? --- ## [The Office: "Did I Stutter?" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-did-i-stutter-open-spoilers/447697)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-did-i-stutter-open-spoilers/447697 "2008-05-08T21:30:46Z")
I think this is the first episode where I really didn’t like Stanley. It’s not even that he’s wrong about Michael, but he was needlessly cruel, and his public dissing really was inappropriate. At the end of it all, Micha… --- ## [Sitcoms that would make good porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-that-would-make-good-porn/117458)
**Author:** [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcoms-that-would-make-good-porn/117458 "2011-05-29T12:38:27Z")
This is a subject that got brought up in chat.\* Seinfeld was spoofed as a porn movie years ago. During chat, it was mentioned that Gilligan’s Island would make a good porn spoof - all those people alone on the island, … --- ## [Crystal Deodorant - How does it work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-deodorant-how-does-it-work/224857)
**Author:** [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-deodorant-how-does-it-work/224857 "2013-12-09T12:22:21Z")
For the past couple of years, I’ve mainly used the “crystal” deodorants instead of the brands such as Arrid, Secret, etc. But I’m wondering WHY the crystal kind works … and what kind of salt does it contain, is it alumi… --- ## [Recommend a tablet for reading/word processing stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-tablet-for-reading-word-processing-stuff/620912)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-tablet-for-reading-word-processing-stuff/620912 "2012-05-08T07:01:38Z")
I am seriously considering getting a tablet - maybe an iPad 2, for three tasks - one, I like to read while on trains and having access to PDFs will be a boon, second - I think a tablet is a great asset for my table-top r… --- ## [Is MRA/pick-up artist/incel "biological psychology" necessarily........wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mra-pick-up-artist-incel-biological-psychology-necessarily-wrong/837132)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mra-pick-up-artist-incel-biological-psychology-necessarily-wrong/837132 "2019-07-31T02:13:44Z")
First off, let’s address the groups of people in question: Many MRAs, pick-up artists, and incels are unsavory people, and many of their views are reprehensible. So there’s that. I don’t think there’ll be much dispute … --- ## [Let's open a Comfort Food Cafe - what do you want on the menu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-open-a-comfort-food-cafe-what-do-you-want-on-the-menu/950865 "2023-01-22T00:09:03Z")
No fusion, nothing trendy, none of this 3 beans and a sprig of parsley stuff. Our cafe will have only the best listing of the food we want when we want to chill, not worry about calories or fat or fiber, and just enjoy e… --- ## [The Raven Paradox - Can anyone explain this in layman's terms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raven-paradox-can-anyone-explain-this-in-laymans-terms/457900)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raven-paradox-can-anyone-explain-this-in-laymans-terms/457900 "2008-08-03T12:30:37Z")
I followed it for a bit then it kind of slid into some sort of symbolic logic meta wankery. Why is this paradox imporant? Can you 'splain me? --- ## [People you think are hot whose names don't usually come up on "sexiest" lists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-think-are-hot-whose-names-dont-usually-come-up-on-sexiest-lists/764468)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-think-are-hot-whose-names-dont-usually-come-up-on-sexiest-lists/764468 "2016-10-08T00:37:29Z")
As a counter-point to the list of people generally considered attractive, but you don’t, who are the people you like that other people don’t generally consider sexy. Jim Parsons Leslie Hendrix (the red-headed ME on\* La… --- ## [DC license plate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-license-plate/541042)
**Author:** [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-license-plate/541042 "2010-06-01T21:00:00Z")
I saw a Washington DC license plate that said “Taxation without representation” on it below the actual license number. And it honest-to-God looked like it was part of the plate - is it?? --- ## [What would happen if Obama did what his more liberal/progressive supporters want him to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-obama-did-what-his-more-liberal-progressive-supporters-want-him-to-do/577248)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-obama-did-what-his-more-liberal-progressive-supporters-want-him-to-do/577248 "2011-04-19T23:39:01Z")
I’m fairly sure this is going to turn into another partisan merry-go-round, but I really am curious. As I mentioned this past thread, I’m a little skeptical of partisan blogs of any stripe. I’m just not sure how much t… --- ## [Links you WILL NOT click](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-you-will-not-click/541349)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-you-will-not-click/541349 "2010-06-09T16:15:35Z")
First thing is, if you put a URL in here, I ask that you break the link so we preserve the “two click” rule about NSFW sites. I am inspired by two recent threads, the first is Has Snopes ever been totally wrong on somet… --- ## [Fellow bikers: Do 'civilians' fear you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-bikers-do-civilians-fear-you/692231)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-bikers-do-civilians-fear-you/692231 "2014-07-08T19:25:44Z")
Fellow bikers: Do ‘civilians’ fear you? Waaaay back when I started college, I was wearing slacks and button-down shirts and loafers to school and my fellow freshmen and sophomore students seemed to treat me like a grad… --- ## [Hard liquor types](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-liquor-types/713060)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-liquor-types/713060 "2015-02-21T07:15:03Z")
I’m mainly a beer drinker. The only “hard liquor” I enjoy is whisky (preferably a good single malt scotch or good bourbon). So … educate me. My question: Are there really only five main types of “hard liquor” in the wor… --- ## [Congress throws the country under the bus.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-throws-the-country-under-the-bus/465780)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-throws-the-country-under-the-bus/465780 "2008-10-02T19:17:13Z")
What a bunch of self-serving cocksuckers these people are. The deal was done, they were on board to pass it, then harpy-in-charge Pelosi gives the Republicans a gratuitous lecture about how fucked up George Bush is, and… --- ## [Stephen King's "The Stand": Vegas or Boulder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-stand-vegas-or-boulder/679703)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-stand-vegas-or-boulder/679703 "2020-11-22T00:16:21Z")
That thread on “The Day After” reminded me of this. Yes, I have read it (both versions) and I’ve been asked more than once which place I would rather go to if anything like this ever happened. My reply is “Neither. I … --- ## [Should businesses be required to give Election Day off with pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-businesses-be-required-to-give-election-day-off-with-pay/707921)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-businesses-be-required-to-give-election-day-off-with-pay/707921 "2014-12-26T01:10:44Z")
Low voter turnout is very common in the USA. What if we required all businesses (except for media/ journalism and emergency services) to close, and give their employees the day off with pay? I imagine that this would b… --- ## [Wolves Attacking People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolves-attacking-people/529491)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolves-attacking-people/529491 "2011-04-12T14:57:12Z")
What is the “Straight Dope” on wolf attacks? Do they attack, kill, and eat people with any degree of regularity? --- ## [Why Don't I "Get" Quentin Tarantino Films?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-get-quentin-tarantino-films/500447)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-get-quentin-tarantino-films/500447 "2009-08-25T20:27:17Z")
I watched Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill 1, and I’m not sure I am “seeing” these films as I should. Is it satire? If so, it’s missing the mark, because the films just basically are nauseating to me, and I cons… --- ## [Why are box staples copper coated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-box-staples-copper-coated/409862)
**Author:** [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-box-staples-copper-coated/409862 "2011-02-18T14:33:30Z")
Why are the staples used with cardboard boxes copper plated? Rust prevention doesn’t seem like a good reason since cardboard isn’t strong when wet. --- ## [How Do You Let Go of the Fear of Losing Your Parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-let-go-of-the-fear-of-losing-your-parents/639903)
**Author:** [@StrawberryDaquiri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrawberryDaquiri)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-let-go-of-the-fear-of-losing-your-parents/639903 "2014-05-06T19:14:13Z")
My dad is dying of cancer. I keep having nightmares and I know they are the result of my fear of loss. I’m an adult and fully capable of taking care of myself without the help or guidance of my parents. I don’t rely on t… --- ## [Life is a Beach-An End of Summer MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174 "2010-10-04T03:11:57Z")
A friend of mine decided to throw an end of summer party at his brother’s house on Lake Gaston. My friend McGyver(a well earned nickname, he whittled a cork for a wine bottle while we were there) brought his boat. We p… --- ## [Meaning of "Suck Eggs"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-suck-eggs/462842)
**Author:** [@KRSOradio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRSOradio)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-suck-eggs/462842 "2008-09-10T12:48:03Z")
Does this have any definate meaning. I Googled around and can’t seem to find an explination that works. I was watching Beverly Hillbillies and Granny is running against Mrs Drysdale for possum queen and Granny says “Any… --- ## [Whatever happened to the Ayds diet caramels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-ayds-diet-caramels/144273)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-ayds-diet-caramels/144273 "2003-01-17T07:03:13Z")
When I was young there was a diet aid call Ayds (I’m unsure of the spelling.) They were little candie caramels that came in a few different flavors. It seemed to work well and except for an unfortunate name that would … --- ## [Holy Cow-WHAT Has Val Kilmer Been Up To?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-cow-what-has-val-kilmer-been-up-to/566062)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-cow-what-has-val-kilmer-been-up-to/566062 "2011-04-14T13:25:24Z")
I mean, he was lithe and handsome in “Top Gun”-now he looks like Jabba the Hut! He looks terrible? Also, he is in trouble with the IRS (owes $500,000 in back taxes). But, unless he stops eating, he’s going to have a ma… --- ## [Only Sea Gulls Poop In-Flight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-sea-gulls-poop-in-flight/22388)
**Author:** [@Jebediah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jebediah)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2000, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-sea-gulls-poop-in-flight/22388 "2000-06-19T13:56:06Z")
Some one told me quite recently that sea gulls are the only birds that can poop in-flight. I’m sure any claim with “only” in it is false, but just how false? How rare is the ability to poop in mid air? Most importantly, … --- ## [24 hours, 24 beers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-hours-24-beers/158857)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-hours-24-beers/158857 "2003-03-05T00:27:38Z")
Back in my care-free college days, when the most pressing concern was how fast my friends and I were going to be able to consume our beer, we tried thinking of all the novel ways of consuming alcohol and the many ways of… --- ## [So, what was wrong with Boo Radley?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-was-wrong-with-boo-radley/677972)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-was-wrong-with-boo-radley/677972 "2014-01-07T04:37:05Z")
Having just finished re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird for perhaps the squillionth time, it occurs to me that nobody ever really addresses what ailed Boo. Scout and Jem were told he was a bit of a tearaway in his youth, … --- ## [Black women and "Mmmmm MM MM!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-women-and-mmmmm-mm-mm/355886)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-women-and-mmmmm-mm-mm/355886 "2010-11-01T16:58:05Z")
Yesterday afternoon, while I was wandering the aisles in the local supermarket, a black woman several feet in front of me was pushing her cart, at random uttering “Mmmmm MM MM! Mmmmm MM!” every so often to nobody in par… --- ## [How to keep drain line for whole house humidifier from freezing up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-drain-line-for-whole-house-humidifier-from-freezing-up/485869)
**Author:** [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-drain-line-for-whole-house-humidifier-from-freezing-up/485869 "2010-12-29T12:26:44Z")
I did not design or install this system. In the basement of my house we have a whole house humidifier attached to the forced hot air heating system. When the system is running water trickles across the filter, and hot … --- ## [US Pronunciation of French words ending in é](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-pronunciation-of-french-words-ending-in-e/583844)
**Author:** [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-pronunciation-of-french-words-ending-in-e/583844 "2011-06-06T17:01:05Z")
While writing a haiku in Haiku Madness in the Games Room, I joked that Americans always stress a final é in French words. It’s hard to be precise in 17 syllables, of which 5 are supplied by the previous writer. So that j… --- ## [Ending of Gran Torino? \[spoiler\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-of-gran-torino-spoiler/654076)
**Author:** [@Kevin\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevin_S)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2013, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-of-gran-torino-spoiler/654076 "2013-03-31T09:03:27Z")
For anyone who hasn’t seen Gran Torino, and may want to; just a warning, this will spoil the end of the movie. At the end of Gran Torino, the viewer has been led to believe that Walt is going to confront the gang member… --- ## [Does anyone else not care at all about clothes and shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-care-at-all-about-clothes-and-shoes/671134)
**Author:** [@Came\_in\_like\_a\_Wrecking\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Came_in_like_a_Wrecking_Ball)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-care-at-all-about-clothes-and-shoes/671134 "2013-10-21T15:34:51Z")
Or is it just me? I wear crappy ones, unless I’m around good ones and then I might throw them on just because they’re clean that day. --- ## [Where do Major League Baseball players buy their gloves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-major-league-baseball-players-buy-their-gloves/405657)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-major-league-baseball-players-buy-their-gloves/405657 "2007-05-29T14:37:31Z")
When I bought my glove at the Sports Authority I bought a decent glove, under $50. Are the big leaguers going to the Secret Big League Sports Store and spending $500 on a glove where you have to show your MLB card to bu… --- ## [I pit president Bush; with blood on his hands.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-president-bush-with-blood-on-his-hands/281078)
**Author:** [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-president-bush-with-blood-on-his-hands/281078 "2004-12-26T07:09:42Z")
NEW YORK – A document released for the first time today by the American Civil Liberties Union suggests that President Bush issued an Executive Order authorizing the use of inhumane interrogation methods against detainees… --- ## [The sad tale of a stupid man with a deformed 100-pound scrotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sad-tale-of-a-stupid-man-with-a-deformed-100-pound-scrotum/625613 "2012-06-20T20:43:01Z")
Man with 100-pound scrotum REJECTS offers to perform $1 million corrective surgery --- ## [I'm thinking of a horror movie scene - someone using a camera flash to see in the dark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-a-horror-movie-scene-someone-using-a-camera-flash-to-see-in-the-dark/605340)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-a-horror-movie-scene-someone-using-a-camera-flash-to-see-in-the-dark/605340 "2021-12-26T03:31:10Z")
What movie is this from? I distinctly remember it: Someone (a woman, I think) is trapped in a dark place and can’t see anything around her. The only source of light she has is a disposable camera. She fires the shutter … --- ## [Frustrations as a healthcare worker...Obama's Bash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frustrations-as-a-healthcare-worker-obamas-bash/948733)
**Author:** [@PossumPie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PossumPie)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frustrations-as-a-healthcare-worker-obamas-bash/948733 "2021-08-29T11:18:54Z")
As a nurse, I’m constantly fighting ignorance of how Covid-19 is spread and why packing into a local church or bar especially without a mask is foolish. I know Obama had everyone tested, I know they were negative, I kn… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=742&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=744&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)