# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=756&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:** 757 --- ## [Would you be in favor of a religion taxed at 90%?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-in-favor-of-a-religion-taxed-at-90/668099)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-in-favor-of-a-religion-taxed-at-90/668099 "2013-09-06T23:02:11Z")
This question is aimed primarily at non-religious people, although all are free to vote & discuss. Would you be in favor of a religious organization that was taxed at 90% of its adherents contributions? To be in favor y… --- ## [Super Heroes vs. Starship Enterprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-heroes-vs-starship-enterprise/581244)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-heroes-vs-starship-enterprise/581244 "2011-05-14T20:23:24Z")
I was just watching Thor and obviously he makes present day humans look weak by comparison. How would he or other super heroes & villains match up against the Enterprise? Perhaps, at some point, shield technology advance… --- ## [The 2026 edition of the SDMB Postcard exchange - new management, old rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 441\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779 "2026-09-15T14:37:02Z")
G’day! The venerable SDMB tradition of periodically exchanging postcards seems to have been in hiatus for a while. Methinks that amongst the prevailing angst and brouhaha we could with some expression of goodwill. And … --- ## [Battle of Hastings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-hastings/700006)
**Author:** [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-hastings/700006 "2014-11-24T15:38:15Z")
Seems like anytime you see a list of the most important battles in history, the Battle of Hastings most times is on the list. Sure, French became the language of royalty and Anglo-Saxon rule ended, but those didn’t seem… --- ## [Socks - I have rules about them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-i-have-rules-about-them/707138)
**Author:** [@RID905](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RID905)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-i-have-rules-about-them/707138 "2014-12-19T23:33:12Z")
This is my first post, so please be gentle and supportive. :slight\_smile: LOL. Yes, I have several rules about socks. A few of them are as follows: If I take off my socks ( either white sport socks, or black dress… --- ## [Brexit vote prediction thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-vote-prediction-thread/827737)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-vote-prediction-thread/827737 "2019-01-20T15:29:59Z")
Poll coming. I predict Theresa May loses the Brexit vote on 15 January and calls a snap general election. --- ## [Time-travel fiction with rules that make sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-fiction-with-rules-that-make-sense/466062)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-fiction-with-rules-that-make-sense/466062 "2008-10-04T00:28:31Z")
(For lenient values of the word “sense,” of course.) This thread is inspired by a discussionelsewhereon the infamous scene in Superman: The Movie, in which Man of Steel demonstrates that even causality is your bitch whe… --- ## [Is it true that ATM machines.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-atm-machines/648565)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-atm-machines/648565 "2013-01-29T22:52:52Z")
automatically inform police that an emergency is in progress when you punch in the reverse sequence of your PIN number? --- ## [Toe or Tow the line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toe-or-tow-the-line/139414)
**Author:** [@spiffo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiffo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toe-or-tow-the-line/139414 "2002-12-02T01:09:58Z")
Dopers, I had a “discussion” last night about the expression “tow the line”. (as in Tow the company line) Can someone please confirm if it should be Toe the line or Tow the line. Also, what is the “origin of words” we… --- ## [Probably the worst restaurant i've ever been to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-the-worst-restaurant-ive-ever-been-to/275077)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-the-worst-restaurant-ive-ever-been-to/275077 "2004-11-23T16:51:29Z")
God what crap. So I go to an all you can eat mongolian BBQ buffet here in town. I figure since its $6 it can’t be too bad of a gamble. I find that instead of a buffet like i’m used to they have a bunch of raw things you … --- ## [How to get to Heaven according to the Bible: By faith alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-heaven-according-to-the-bible-by-faith-alone/189549)
**Author:** [@johnny\_miles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnny_miles)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-heaven-according-to-the-bible-by-faith-alone/189549 "2003-07-31T05:59:06Z")
I would like to know if anyone can use Bible verses to prove that to get to “saved” you must do more than have faith alone in Jesus Christ. --- ## [When children don't look like their parents.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-children-dont-look-like-their-parents/353426)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-children-dont-look-like-their-parents/353426 "2006-04-21T20:26:23Z")
This is actually two different questions: I saw a show about adoptions the day before yesterday. A couple from ‘frozenland’ Canada, white as white can be adopted a child from Haiti. Another adopted one from Korea. I am … --- ## [Student charged for stealing free milk.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-charged-for-stealing-free-milk/755625)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-charged-for-stealing-free-milk/755625 "2016-05-28T01:22:48Z")
Quite a proud moment for the vigilant police. Nabbed a kid for stealing a 65 cent carton of milk. The school hallways are so much safer now. :rolleyes: Never saw a guard or cop in my school’s. EVER now we need them wat… --- ## [Do your ears hang low?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-ears-hang-low/509014)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-ears-hang-low/509014 "2014-06-09T21:03:50Z")
Ears aren’t known for “hanging low” or “wobbling to and fro”. Was this song originally about some other body part? --- ## [Alabama’s unemployment rate continues to plummet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-s-unemployment-rate-continues-to-plummet/610786)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-s-unemployment-rate-continues-to-plummet/610786 "2012-02-27T04:34:24Z")
This shows just how easy it could be to partially reduce US unemployment. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Would You Visit North Korea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-visit-north-korea/678609)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-visit-north-korea/678609 "2014-01-25T22:49:26Z")
You are offered a chance to go on a 10-day tour of North Korea, all expenses paid. Like in most tours taken by foreigners in North Korea, the itinerary will be set by the North Korean tourism agency and you will be acco… --- ## [Is consent sufficient for sexual activity to be ethical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-consent-sufficient-for-sexual-activity-to-be-ethical/761227)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-consent-sufficient-for-sexual-activity-to-be-ethical/761227 "2016-08-24T22:33:01Z")
Warning and/or Good news! Frank talk of kinky BDSM sex to follow. I wrote an erotic short story that pissed Sr. Weasel off. He has always been more conservative than me on sexual matters and he claims that I am extraord… --- ## [Do Chinese take-out places still use the iconic boxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-chinese-take-out-places-still-use-the-iconic-boxes/660889)
**Author:** [@alsoknownas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alsoknownas)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-chinese-take-out-places-still-use-the-iconic-boxes/660889 "2013-06-17T02:03:41Z")
This may seem a bit trivial, but it’s important to someone! We’re visiting New York shortly, and Mrs Alsoknownas is keen to eat Chinese food from the kind of carton she used to see on the tv as a child. Like this: … --- ## [Sock-hunting is stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-hunting-is-stupid/436134)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-hunting-is-stupid/436134 "2008-02-07T11:47:03Z")
The rule against anyone having socks is stupid. Those who engage in sock-hunting are stupid. Sending away paying customers while claiming the board is penniless is stupid. Someone comes back after being banned? Fine.… --- ## [Which two U.S. states are most similar/most different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-u-s-states-are-most-similar-most-different/735054)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-u-s-states-are-most-similar-most-different/735054 "2015-10-31T01:35:46Z")
I’m after news from the colonies - if you were to give travel advice to a foreigner framed in the sentences; “Don’t bother visiting both \[state\] and \[state\], the experience you’ll have will be so similar,” and “To exp… --- ## [No poet, artist or composer in history has ever committed a calculated, first-degree murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-poet-artist-or-composer-in-history-has-ever-committed-a-calculated-first-degree-murder/805813)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-poet-artist-or-composer-in-history-has-ever-committed-a-calculated-first-degree-murder/805813 "2018-01-08T18:58:35Z")
I’ve just finished reading an interesting book, ‘A Criminal History of Mankind’ by Colin Wilson. In it the author makes the above claim, is it true? I imagine the words ‘calculated’ and ‘first-degree’ leave a little def… --- ## [Aww Crap. Please help. Fast. Tile, bathroom, dammit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aww-crap-please-help-fast-tile-bathroom-dammit/534015)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aww-crap-please-help-fast-tile-bathroom-dammit/534015 "2013-12-28T01:15:24Z")
We are working in our bathroom this weekend. We are removing the carpet (no, I don’t understand the carpet/bathroom thing either) and putting in ceramic tile. I decided that since we have all the tiling shit out anyway, … --- ## [The Scottish Parliament Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scottish-parliament-election/580979)
**Author:** [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scottish-parliament-election/580979 "2011-05-24T10:30:40Z")
Well, someone else on the Dope might be interested. The results here in Scotland are truly astonishing. The Scottish National Party have exceeded even the most optimistic of forecasts, and have absolutely swept the boar… --- ## [Language in India](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-in-india/609300)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-in-india/609300 "2012-01-16T09:21:50Z")
I was watching the movie Chak De! India this weekend. It features characters from every state in India meeting in New Delhi to form a field hockey team. The dialogue of the movie was Hindi (please correct me if I’m wron… --- ## [Help me figure out this odd encounter w/woman & baby.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-odd-encounter-w-woman-baby/739180)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-odd-encounter-w-woman-baby/739180 "2015-12-19T19:33:56Z")
This thing’s been nagging at me for the past week, and I don’t exactly know why. Last Monday I was sitting on a little park bench near the Roosevelt Island Tram here in NYC, checking my email on a drizzly day. I was in… --- ## [What does "waive extradition" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-waive-extradition-mean/557059)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-waive-extradition-mean/557059 "2010-10-22T12:07:31Z")
It sounds counterintuative to me. Every time I hear it on the news, it’s “the accused waived extradition” and is being returned to another state Extradition: The surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state… --- ## [Is Cain's popularity because of his low name recognition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cains-popularity-because-of-his-low-name-recognition/583586)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cains-popularity-because-of-his-low-name-recognition/583586 "2011-06-10T03:11:48Z")
The esteemed Nate Silver has been arguing for taking Herman Cain seriously because, despite his low name recognition of only about 30%, he’s still polling at around 10%. But I have an alternate hypothesis: What if his … --- ## [Writers--Please steer me to a laptop for word processing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-please-steer-me-to-a-laptop-for-word-processing/528797)
**Author:** [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-please-steer-me-to-a-laptop-for-word-processing/528797 "2010-02-19T22:30:42Z")
…because I am really clueless here. Currently my husband and I share an aging desktop which has held up well and still does most of what it is supposed to. Unfortunately what it doesn’t do anymore is reliably allow me … --- ## [Fundamental Misunderstanding of the Nature of God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundamental-misunderstanding-of-the-nature-of-god/330885)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundamental-misunderstanding-of-the-nature-of-god/330885 "2005-12-07T16:56:56Z")
People believe in God without evidence. This is simply not the case. People believe in God even though they cannot repeat their results in a lab. That is completely different from lacking proof for themselves. It may… --- ## [Pulling the sheet up over someone's face/head when they die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-the-sheet-up-over-someones-face-head-when-they-die/662278)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-the-sheet-up-over-someones-face-head-when-they-die/662278 "2013-07-01T06:44:01Z")
You see this in the movies all the time. But does it happen IRL? I have the unfortunate distinction of having been in a hospital room on a couple of occasions when someone died, and not only did no one do this, but I th… --- ## [Sex and the Mirena (TMI maybe?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-mirena-tmi-maybe/572039)
**Author:** [@Kkrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kkrose)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-mirena-tmi-maybe/572039 "2011-02-21T23:36:45Z")
About two weeks ago I had a Mirena implanted by planned parenthood. So far I love it. The first day was crampy, pukey painfulness but since then no spotting, little cramping. Last night, for the first time since I had… --- ## [One of the stupiest bets ever on Jeopardy tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-stupiest-bets-ever-on-jeopardy-tonight/569961)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-stupiest-bets-ever-on-jeopardy-tonight/569961 "2011-02-07T15:07:30Z")
Spoiler space for those places where it isn’t done airing yet. So it’s final Jeopardy. The winner is in the lead with 16,000, the second place has something in the 13,000 range, IIRC. So, in theory, the leader only need… --- ## [I just saw STAR WARS -- it's really fun! (spoilers OK)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477 "2003-05-21T13:54:56Z")
I can’t believe I waited in line (which stretched from The Orpheum halfway down State Street!) for a movie I knew nothing about, other than that TIME called it “a cowboy movie in space”. Now the other Sci-Fi movies I’ve … --- ## [Religious Accommodation {Christian postal worker case}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-accommodation-christian-postal-worker-case/978267)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-accommodation-christian-postal-worker-case/978267 "2023-08-01T05:35:21Z")
The US Supreme Court is set to rule on a case where a Christian postal worker was fired for refusing to work on Sundays. I’m a non-believer, but generally support reasonable religious accomodations. This got me wonderin… --- ## [Need help fast -- responding to a foreclosure summons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-fast-responding-to-a-foreclosure-summons/664829)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-fast-responding-to-a-foreclosure-summons/664829 "2014-02-06T13:10:14Z")
Yes, you are not my attorney, I am not your client, and you have no legal liability for anything you suggest to me. I am in WI, having been unemployed for 3-1/2 years (except for one terrible week), and fallen on hard t… --- ## [How is John Cusack organizing his records in "Hi-Fidelity"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-john-cusack-organizing-his-records-in-hi-fidelity/354717)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-john-cusack-organizing-his-records-in-hi-fidelity/354717 "2006-04-30T00:34:42Z")
In the movie Hi-Fidelity, there is a scene in which the John Cusack character has his records spread out and he is reorganizing them. His co-worker comes in and asks him if he is organizing them chronologically or alph… --- ## [Prohibition (US): how did the 18th amendment pass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prohibition-us-how-did-the-18th-amendment-pass/709059)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prohibition-us-how-did-the-18th-amendment-pass/709059 "2015-01-08T02:00:28Z")
Wife and I have been binge-watching Boardwalk Empire, which among other things depicts widespread, often flagrant disregard for laws against alcohol sales/consumption during Prohibition in the 1920s. No doubt some drama… --- ## [Does Gingrich scare you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-gingrich-scare-you/580812)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-gingrich-scare-you/580812 "2011-06-13T16:17:12Z")
Couldn’t find any Gingrich threads. Gingrich to Run for President I can brush off Trump, Buchanan, and others, but Gingrich? Errrrm…do Republicans miss the party of yesteryear? Here’s a current poll that gives Trump t… --- ## [Ryder Cup 2010 Discussion!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryder-cup-2010-discussion/555519)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryder-cup-2010-discussion/555519 "2010-10-05T22:36:21Z")
I love the Ryder Cup. I think it is the most compelling competition in golf and I look forward to it very much. TV coverage in the states starts early on Friday, on the east coast. 2:30 am. Actually starts at 11;30 p… --- ## [Does gunpowder smell like...gunpowder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-gunpowder-smell-like-gunpowder/535247)
**Author:** [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-gunpowder-smell-like-gunpowder/535247 "2010-04-08T14:50:32Z")
The last time I shot a gun was a couple of decades back as a teenaged air cadet. I’d like to make some “joke” soap that smells like that just-fired-rifle odor. Would adding gunpowder to a soap base (just like if one was … --- ## [Trading intelligence for larger breasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-intelligence-for-larger-breasts/659752 "2013-06-07T02:45:34Z")
There’s a special sex section in the local paper today. Among other things, it claims that 33% of women would trade their intelligence for bigger breasts. The rest of the section was pretty good, but that statistic made… --- ## [I May Have Been the Last Hold-out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-been-the-last-hold-out/695154)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-been-the-last-hold-out/695154 "2014-08-16T00:48:50Z")
My husband is having a spat with his, for want of a better description, sister. She isn’t actually related. She has been a live-in caregiver for his parents for several years. He has known her since high school. I don’… --- ## [Examples of mansplaining](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-mansplaining/942036)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-mansplaining/942036 "2021-07-01T07:34:39Z")
This article is pretty funny, tho I really wish they had included closer to the 200 stories they claim to have recieved; maybe it’ll be a weekly series or something, tho. I couldn’t pick a favorite but this makes me ch… --- ## [Can a heterosexual couple have a domestic partnership?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-couple-have-a-domestic-partnership/409344)
**Author:** [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-couple-have-a-domestic-partnership/409344 "2007-06-25T22:06:29Z")
My girlfriend and I are going to get married. We’re not engaged or anything, but it’s inevitable. We’ve talked about it. A lot. While I am gainfully employed, she’s fresh out of law school and studying for the bar exam a… --- ## [America's School System has Brought Back De-facto Segregation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-school-system-has-brought-back-de-facto-segregation/519309)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-school-system-has-brought-back-de-facto-segregation/519309 "2009-12-07T15:29:40Z")
This thread continues a discussion from the recent thread about the ACLU, which unfortunately got buried under posts about the school prayer issue. The discussion in question was the claim, which I advanced, that forcin… --- ## ["Pro-life" pharmacies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-life-pharmacies/453086)
**Author:** [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-life-pharmacies/453086 "2008-06-24T16:56:10Z")
Here’s an article in today’s Washington Post about a new “pro-life” pharmacy which won’t dispense any type of birth control, including condoms or birth control pills. Now, ever since the Plan B contraceptive (or mornin… --- ## [Can you put a note in your neighbor's mailbox?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-put-a-note-in-your-neighbors-mailbox/229816)
**Author:** [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-put-a-note-in-your-neighbors-mailbox/229816 "2011-05-13T02:05:00Z")
My dad wanted to give his neighbor a gift for plowing his driveway. He said he’s just going to mail it to them because it’s illegal for anyone but a postal employee to put anything in a mailbox. Is this true? I mean, if … --- ## [How does an autonomous car decide which parking space I want?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-autonomous-car-decide-which-parking-space-i-want/775137)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-autonomous-car-decide-which-parking-space-i-want/775137 "2016-12-25T09:37:34Z")
With all the talk about self-driving cars, I’ve never seen this issue discussed. But it seems critical. Some autonomous cars still have steering wheels, but the Google car very proudly does not. There’s a lot of talk … --- ## [Bollywood songs \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-songs-edited-title/671566)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-songs-edited-title/671566 "2014-08-28T18:05:37Z")
and dance too - --- ## [Keep your fingers out of other people's pies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-your-fingers-out-of-other-peoples-pies/526946)
**Author:** [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-your-fingers-out-of-other-peoples-pies/526946 "2010-02-05T23:08:03Z")
Who the hell do these Canadian medical schoolsthink they are? Allowing medical schools to do gynecological exams on unconscious patients without their prior consent is sexual assault! Sure, the students gotta learn how t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=755&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=757&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)