# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=783&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:** 784 --- ## [Do British People Walk on The Right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-british-people-walk-on-the-right/628355)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-british-people-walk-on-the-right/628355 "2012-07-23T05:44:44Z")
Just wondering-they drive on the LHS-do they extend this to walking? In London, should you walk on the RHS or LHS? --- ## [Is Breaking Bad the best show ever made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-breaking-bad-the-best-show-ever-made/537669)
**Author:** [@robgotabingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgotabingbang)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-breaking-bad-the-best-show-ever-made/537669 "2010-05-01T21:43:01Z")
Absolutely. --- ## [Visitors and Transplants: what have you only heard said in New England?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visitors-and-transplants-what-have-you-only-heard-said-in-new-england/541358)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visitors-and-transplants-what-have-you-only-heard-said-in-new-england/541358 "2010-06-11T17:07:48Z")
The older I get, the more I realize that people who live in a given place are really bad at identifying regionalisms. This is especially true of people who have lived in the same area of the country their entire life. Yo… --- ## [should employees with kids get special treatment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-employees-with-kids-get-special-treatment/651981)
**Author:** [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-employees-with-kids-get-special-treatment/651981 "2013-03-07T02:22:37Z")
Names changed but the basic facts of the story are as they happened. Mary, Sue, Mark, Antonio, Marla and Jessica all work at a store. The store always closes by eight. When employees work the closing shift, they know the… --- ## [Traffic ticket for something different than what I was pulled over for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-ticket-for-something-different-than-what-i-was-pulled-over-for/640801)
**Author:** [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-ticket-for-something-different-than-what-i-was-pulled-over-for/640801 "2012-11-16T17:34:47Z")
So I was pulled over for speeding the other day, and without admitting guilt, that may have been a legitimate citation. However, the officer wrote me a ticket for “Driver Inattention,” stating that while a speeding tick… --- ## [Old Martin Guitar - Smashed during filming of The Hateful Eight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-martin-guitar-smashed-during-filming-of-the-hateful-eight/745098)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-martin-guitar-smashed-during-filming-of-the-hateful-eight/745098 "2016-02-09T17:48:38Z")
https://reverb.com/blog/the-hateful-eight-hates-on-six-strings?\_aid=newsletter&utm\_source=newsletter&utm\_campaign=175502ea04-rn160203\_legacypedals&utm\_medium=email&utm\_term=0\_5889ed6702-175502ea04-57131717 \[QUOTE=articl… --- ## [How do you get cat pee smell out of leather boots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-cat-pee-smell-out-of-leather-boots/271564)
**Author:** [@teleute12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teleute12)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-cat-pee-smell-out-of-leather-boots/271564 "2004-10-29T02:54:21Z")
My wicked cat was confusing the closet floor with her cat box for a while several months ago. I had thought the residual smell in there was just from the carpet, but when I pulled out my most favorite pair of winter boo… --- ## [A Moving CDO MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-moving-cdo-mmp/582078)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-moving-cdo-mmp/582078 "2011-05-23T01:53:04Z")
So my best friend C’s roommate moved out, and she needed a new one. I got asked, since I was there more than I was at the old place(did I mention the Digital cable and the 50" LCD TV?). I’ve been working on it for two mo… --- ## [Christopher Columbus coming to America is the most significant thing to happen in our human species](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-columbus-coming-to-america-is-the-most-significant-thing-to-happen-in-our-human-species/986066)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-columbus-coming-to-america-is-the-most-significant-thing-to-happen-in-our-human-species/986066 "2023-11-29T23:28:45Z")
Or so thinks Neil deGrasse Tyson. Source: I loves me some NdGT but beyond the fact that if it wouldn’t have been Columbus, it would have been someone else soon enough, I would think maybe agriculture has i… --- ## [Can you cook a whole cow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-cook-a-whole-cow/537596)
**Author:** [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-cook-a-whole-cow/537596 "2010-05-01T06:48:52Z")
Either on a spit or in a pit, can you cook a cow whole and have it mostly edible the way you can cook a whole pig? I’m not suggesting it be cooked with everything in it, of course. You’d obviously have to cut it open, gu… --- ## [New Wave Lynch Mobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216)
**Author:** [@Dufus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dufus)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-lynch-mobs/617216 "2012-04-02T21:21:12Z")
When I ask questions in right-wing god-guns-and-guts forums, all I get is brainless hate-filled political-party worthless garbage. So I would like to ask SDMB what they think of current news events: Couple who don’t ev… --- ## [Is she hitting on me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-she-hitting-on-me/444477)
**Author:** [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-she-hitting-on-me/444477 "2008-04-18T04:58:28Z")
At my current job, as in previous jobs, there is a girl that has a good set of knockers. Sometimes, we have to be in fairly close quarters, but not remarkably close: kind of look at this list on my desk, that sort of thi… --- ## [What's your LEAST favorite Looney Tunes character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-least-favorite-looney-tunes-character/504587)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-least-favorite-looney-tunes-character/504587 "2009-07-30T22:48:02Z")
Me? Gotta be Sniffles the Mouse. His blood must be molasses. He’s just plain dull. (I got this idea from the Foghorn Leghorn thread.) --- ## [Attention numbskulls! Get edumakated right here, y'all.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-numbskulls-get-edumakated-right-here-yall/218415)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-numbskulls-get-edumakated-right-here-yall/218415 "2003-12-19T06:24:10Z")
…or, “A Brief Primer For The Terminally Dumb”. Read and learn. In no particular order. 1. Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK. He did it alone, and he did it from the Texas Scoolbook Depository. There was no conspiracy. Sorry. … --- ## [Why arming all your citizens is a stupid idea.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arming-all-your-citizens-is-a-stupid-idea/808905)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arming-all-your-citizens-is-a-stupid-idea/808905 "2018-02-22T01:47:29Z")
If I give a kid some money to buy whatever he wants, and we put a gumball machine in his room. How many people honestly think he’s not going to spend his money on a gumball? Now what if we gave that same kid a .44 magnum… --- ## [Obama backs India for permanent seat on UN Security Council](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-backs-india-for-permanent-seat-on-un-security-council/559919)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-backs-india-for-permanent-seat-on-un-security-council/559919 "2010-11-13T07:03:11Z")
Story here. Makes sense to me. India is at least as important a country as China, now. And it is not even nominally Communist. Since India and China still have some border disputes, etc. – and since both clearly are it… --- ## [Gross or not - Dog drinking from regular fountain at park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-or-not-dog-drinking-from-regular-fountain-at-park/547071)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-or-not-dog-drinking-from-regular-fountain-at-park/547071 "2010-07-20T21:10:29Z")
It’s public fountain in a public park. It’s a metal bowl with a standard metal fountain attachment with a concrete base. The dog puts his front paws on the edge of the bowl. The owner pushes the button with his or her… --- ## [Movies that make you blub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961)
**Author:** [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-make-you-blub/455961 "2008-07-18T02:33:17Z")
I’m a strong, middle aged, father of two. And yet, I can’t watch Toy Story 2 without a tear in my eye when Jessie has her montage “When She Loved Me”. I can understand my reaction to the final reveal in “It’s a wonderf… --- ## [It's a fucking dog. Get over it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-fucking-dog-get-over-it/258860)
**Author:** [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-fucking-dog-get-over-it/258860 "2004-08-11T12:29:33Z")
So some local kids burned a puppy on a grill. I think it’s a sick fucking thing to do, and it’s a Jeffrey Dahmer thing to do. But I’m angered more at the demented humor of these kids, not at the suffering of a dog. Wo… --- ## [Is every Chicago police officer corrupt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-every-chicago-police-officer-corrupt/519417)
**Author:** [@The\_Cleveland\_Steamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cleveland_Steamer)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-every-chicago-police-officer-corrupt/519417 "2009-12-04T01:46:46Z")
I have had more than one Chicago police officer say police officers do not write traffic tickets on other officers. They say every officer knows about this practice. Is this true? Should a massive sting operation be ins… --- ## [Is there anything at all wrong with fractional-reserve banking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-at-all-wrong-with-fractional-reserve-banking/536289)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-at-all-wrong-with-fractional-reserve-banking/536289 "2010-04-23T05:24:30Z")
Tangentially related to this recent thread on “fiat money” vs. the gold standard. I’ve been following a thread another board where several posters are arguing that fractional-reserve banking is somehow fundamentally dis… --- ## [Classic cars and gasoline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-cars-and-gasoline/165779)
**Author:** [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-cars-and-gasoline/165779 "2003-04-02T18:25:17Z")
For people who own classic cars, where do they get the gasoline necessary to run them? All you can buy these days is unleaded. Is there a specialty source of leaded gasoline for pre-conversion vehicles or do they have to… --- ## [Married women, what turns you on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-women-what-turns-you-on/569182)
**Author:** [@Ladymarmalade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ladymarmalade)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-women-what-turns-you-on/569182 "2011-02-01T21:00:34Z")
This one’s for the ladies who are married or in long term relationships (and for guys in the know, naturally): What turns you on? Thank you! --- ## [My wife is dying \[Edited: RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-dying-edited-rip/917745)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-dying-edited-rip/917745 "2020-08-29T19:53:13Z")
Cross-posted on Gweeb, because they are Good People too. Don’t know where else to put this, and I need to work through things, so guess what? Y’all drew the short straw. We went through a bad allergy season this spring… --- ## [Musicians who changed styles or genres and became popular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-who-changed-styles-or-genres-and-became-popular/544838)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-who-changed-styles-or-genres-and-became-popular/544838 "2010-07-03T12:02:06Z")
Michael Bolton started out doing rock, but of course he got huge in the 90’s when he started doing more, I guess you’d call it, soulful music, or adult contemporary. The Go-Gos started out punk, but went pop to get a re… --- ## [Is the pilot wave interpretation of quantum mechanics valid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pilot-wave-interpretation-of-quantum-mechanics-valid/770462)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pilot-wave-interpretation-of-quantum-mechanics-valid/770462 "2016-11-13T20:29:23Z")
Is just watched this Veritasium video. I find this much easier to understand than all the other explanations I’ve seen. Why isn’t this interpretation the leading method for explaining to laymen? Is there anything abou… --- ## [Do Cats Need To Eat Canned Food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-need-to-eat-canned-food/562260)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-need-to-eat-canned-food/562260 "2010-12-01T21:30:26Z")
Someone told me the other day that cats will get major kidney problems if they only eat dry food, and that you’re supposed to give them wet canned food every day, as well as dry, to prevent problems. My cats have been e… --- ## [What does this phrase describing people with ADHD mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-phrase-describing-people-with-adhd-mean/641681)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-phrase-describing-people-with-adhd-mean/641681 "2012-11-24T20:50:37Z")
The phrase in question is “driven by a motor.” I’ve seen this phrase at least a dozen times, both to describe people who have ADHD and as a question on self-evals about ADHD, and I’m not sure what it’s getting at. I su… --- ## [Pandorum -terrific science fiction film!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandorum-terrific-science-fiction-film/512907)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandorum-terrific-science-fiction-film/512907 "2013-08-05T14:03:57Z")
Pandorum. Anyone else seen this yet? German production, American actors (mostly). Damn fine film. For my money, the best science fiction film of the year. Yes, better than Section 9 in my opinion, though I am not tryin… --- ## [How can I look older?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-look-older/636767)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-look-older/636767 "2012-10-20T03:48:45Z")
This is going to be a bit long so I apologize up front. I had an upsetting experience today. I was stopped in the street by a woman who claimed she was with social services who told me that my child’s doctor had sent he… --- ## [Pronunciations which are legit but sound pretentious to outsiders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciations-which-are-legit-but-sound-pretentious-to-outsiders/823939)
**Author:** [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciations-which-are-legit-but-sound-pretentious-to-outsiders/823939 "2018-11-08T17:52:53Z")
This came up on another thread a day or two back: when hearing the usual North American pronunciation of “pecan” (piKAHN), it sounds - to a British ear - like an over the top hypercorrection, like a gauche attempt to sou… --- ## [Why does tort reform keep getting mentioned in healthcare debates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-tort-reform-keep-getting-mentioned-in-healthcare-debates/737248)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-tort-reform-keep-getting-mentioned-in-healthcare-debates/737248 "2015-12-18T23:44:45Z")
In two separate threads recently discussing single-payer health care systems, comments have been made that tort reform is essential for single-payment to be adopted in the US. First, in the Ben Carson thread in the Pit,… --- ## [WKRP finally released on DVD with original rock music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-finally-released-on-dvd-with-original-rock-music/703833)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-finally-released-on-dvd-with-original-rock-music/703833 "2015-01-02T12:58:27Z")
With a very few hold outs WKRP is now available with the original soundtrack. This is FANTASTIC news. What a series. In the four-year series they have the rights to over 100 classic artists secured. This is a must-bu… --- ## [Poorly conceived movie and/or SF inventions/technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-movie-and-or-sf-inventions-technology/377916)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-movie-and-or-sf-inventions-technology/377916 "2006-10-31T15:11:32Z")
Darth Vader should remote-strangle the R&D team that came up with the imperial walkers in The Empire Strikes Back. They’re obviously designed for no purpose but to get knocked down. There’s a very good reason why real-l… --- ## [Median net worth for single black women: $5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-net-worth-for-single-black-women-5/532168)
**Author:** [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-net-worth-for-single-black-women-5/532168 "2010-03-12T23:41:43Z")
This is staggering to me. I haven’t read the study that this article references yet. Here are a few quotes. \[QUOTE=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\] Among the most startling revelations in the wealth data is that while single … --- ## [Real estate is NOT a great investment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-is-not-a-great-investment/713363)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-is-not-a-great-investment/713363 "2015-02-26T03:44:53Z")
I just heard from old friends who just sold their Silicon Valley home for $1.55M - they bought it for $120,000 in 1980. They sold for almost thirteen times more or a growth of nearly 7.6%. Sounds great doesn’t it? Nop… --- ## [39 firearm-related deaths in the UK last year, firearm offences down 40% in the last decade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/39-firearm-related-deaths-in-the-uk-last-year-firearm-offences-down-40-in-the-last-decade/648209)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/39-firearm-related-deaths-in-the-uk-last-year-firearm-offences-down-40-in-the-last-decade/648209 "2013-01-28T21:05:08Z")
According to new statistics: Only 39 killed out of 63 million people currently living in the UK. Pretty impressive! --- ## [The Incoming Holidays MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incoming-holidays-mmp/563961)
**Author:** [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incoming-holidays-mmp/563961 "2010-12-20T01:01:16Z")
What clues you in that the holiday season is about to rear its ugly head? Is it the stores putting up their Christmas decorations the day after Halloween? Let me tell you or our families sinister wakeup call. First, s… --- ## [Guess what happens when you dress in Muslim garb and go out in a tiny Alabama town.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-happens-when-you-dress-in-muslim-garb-and-go-out-in-a-tiny-alabama-town/485264)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-happens-when-you-dress-in-muslim-garb-and-go-out-in-a-tiny-alabama-town/485264 "2009-02-12T20:34:22Z")
Nothing. I guess I’m pitting two things. I’m pretty sure that particular BBQ joint only serves pork. Would a “traditional” Muslim even walk through the doors? What the fuck? Are people still this goddamn ignora… --- ## [Building a wood deck over a concrete slab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-wood-deck-over-a-concrete-slab/704986)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-wood-deck-over-a-concrete-slab/704986 "2014-11-20T18:45:44Z")
So we have a slab with a huge crack as a patio. I’ve been looking online and it doesn’t seem that hard to put a wood deck on top of it. Spacers on the bottom for the needed height and slope and so the joists do not sit… --- ## [Who are these guys I always see in the neighborhood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-these-guys-i-always-see-in-the-neighborhood/697055)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-these-guys-i-always-see-in-the-neighborhood/697055 "2014-09-03T22:41:38Z")
Two young white guys, college-age-ish, wearing black or dark gray slacks, white shirt and a tie, carrying backpacks and riding bicycles. Not always the same two guys, I’m sure, but there’s always a pair of them around so… --- ## [Postmodern era = the second Dark Age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postmodern-era-the-second-dark-age/657140)
**Author:** [@donnie\_darko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnie_darko)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postmodern-era-the-second-dark-age/657140 "2014-08-28T05:33:22Z")
Do you think the rise of new media and the end of old media and the Cold War is leading us into a second Dark Age? Prior to 1991, there was a real world order. It was often made of scary stuff (- YouTube) but it was an … --- ## [Question regarding Obamacare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-obamacare/768316)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-obamacare/768316 "2016-10-27T16:57:30Z")
Hi What exactly is Trump implying with his analogy of “unless you get hit by a truck, you’re never going to be able to use it”? I don’t understand. If I pay a deductible, I pay my premiums and co-payments, why would I… --- ## [Just GO already.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-go-already/488665 "2009-03-09T03:02:42Z")
Dear Friends, I’m so glad that you’ve found a new message board that suits your needs so much better than this one. You’ve even got the freedom to say bad words there. Wow, I’m so happy for you, really. We get it. T… --- ## [Buchanan: "White America died" election night \[satire\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buchanan-white-america-died-election-night-satire/640746)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buchanan-white-america-died-election-night-satire/640746 "2012-11-13T03:03:25Z")
Dude got to be too much even for G. Gordon Liddy. (Don’t tell him the Arabs discovered algebra and the Chinese invented paper.) --- ## [Question for those who are against gay rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-those-who-are-against-gay-rights/199074)
**Author:** [@Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-those-who-are-against-gay-rights/199074 "2003-09-10T05:46:59Z")
I have a question for those who are against the legalization of gay marriage and homosexual sodomy. Specifically, what do you make of how the laws play out in the following scenario: Suppose there’s a bisexual woman na… --- ## [Does scrapbooking encourage or prevent hoarding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-scrapbooking-encourage-or-prevent-hoarding/525634)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-scrapbooking-encourage-or-prevent-hoarding/525634 "2010-01-22T20:35:48Z")
Just a random question that came to me the other day after I saw a preview for A&E’s Hoarders. Scrapbooking is huge, or at least it was a few years ago when it seemed to go from hobby to craft store ubiquity over night. … --- ## [This doesn't work.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-doesnt-work/317309)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-doesnt-work/317309 "2005-08-21T16:29:29Z")
\[activate\] : wait : : tap : : tap : :tap : nothing What the…Oh! Maybe if I do this. No. Um … Hey! Yeah, you! Hey, can you help me with this thing? I can’t seem to make it work. --- ## [Ask a 23 year old virgin anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-23-year-old-virgin-anything/723707)
**Author:** [@HandsomeGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HandsomeGorilla)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-23-year-old-virgin-anything/723707 "2015-07-24T16:16:02Z")
I have never dated or even approached a woman. Go… --- ## [I know someone with a fairly high IQ (149) who is like wrong about everything.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-someone-with-a-fairly-high-iq-149-who-is-like-wrong-about-everything/728286)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-someone-with-a-fairly-high-iq-149-who-is-like-wrong-about-everything/728286 "2015-08-23T20:56:28Z")
Well, not everything. But copious amount of salt must be taken with the statements this person makes. Examples include telling me the Jared guy is a child molester, minimum wage is $15, 911 was an inside job; and, wors… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=782&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=784&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)