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**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-family-houses-in-manhattan/399147 "2012-10-08T18:43:31Z")
Even in the largest American cities, a large number of households have single family dwellings that are physically seperate from other houses and have lawns. However, on TV shows and press accounts I’ve never noticed th… --- ## [Greatest Movie Props?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-props/509042)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-movie-props/509042 "2009-09-10T01:53:11Z")
What are your picks? Let’s say it has to have some real-world non-effects component, so a lightsaber is fine, but a purely CGI “prop” is out – someone was going to say lightsaber anyhow, and I’d like to hear your argume… --- ## [Instead of raising taxes, why not push for this idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-raising-taxes-why-not-push-for-this-idea/590347)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-raising-taxes-why-not-push-for-this-idea/590347 "2011-08-10T08:41:22Z")
I think we can all agree that this board leans to the left. If it was a ship, it would capsize. And most liberals, progressives or whatever label currently being used to identify this group enjoy government spending (a… --- ## [Are there any dirty knock-knock jokes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dirty-knock-knock-jokes/457896)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dirty-knock-knock-jokes/457896 "2008-07-31T23:31:45Z")
I can’t think of any … but I’ve lived a sheltered life. --- ## [Cast your vote: The Worst Person in the World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-vote-the-worst-person-in-the-world/427260)
**Author:** [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-vote-the-worst-person-in-the-world/427260 "2007-11-27T23:21:45Z")
My vote goes to George W. Bush, Current Occupant (with a bow to Garrison Keeler). “Apparently, thousands of wounded soldiers who served in Iraq are being asked to return part of their enlistment bonuses – because their … --- ## [What's the most you've eat in one sitting (and without throwing up)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-youve-eat-in-one-sitting-and-without-throwing-up/669916)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-youve-eat-in-one-sitting-and-without-throwing-up/669916 "2013-11-01T09:37:09Z")
I was thinking about the most I’d ever had in one sitting the other day after ordering a large pizza from Dominos and eating half of it in one go. 4-5 hours later, hungry again, I ate all but one piece (which I had for b… --- ## [Has Anyone Here Ever Seen An Airplane Crash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-seen-an-airplane-crash/555985)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-seen-an-airplane-crash/555985 "2010-10-08T17:42:41Z")
I am one of those white-knuckle fliers. I really hate to fly, but do. Look at where I have lived and you know I didn’t get there by train. I am getting better about flying, but still… I know statistically that flying is… --- ## [Alcoholism in Amish communities (No, seriously)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholism-in-amish-communities-no-seriously/544163)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholism-in-amish-communities-no-seriously/544163 "2010-06-25T15:18:46Z")
I heard from a friend that there is a higher rate of alcoholism In Amish communities than in the general public. First, can someone confirm this? Second, does anyone have any answers/theories as to why this is? Third,… --- ## ["Names you associate with \[edit for racial slur\]"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-edit-for-racial-slur/205004)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-edit-for-racial-slur/205004 "2025-12-15T20:43:33Z")
Got your attention, didn’t I? Well, I meant to, and no, it’s not a Troll. Over in Cafe Society, Liirogue started a thread “Names you associate with white trash”. Several of us came in, and explained politely that “whi… --- ## [Why do old men like lawns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-old-men-like-lawns/760360)
**Author:** [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-old-men-like-lawns/760360 "2016-07-26T18:37:22Z")
I think lawns are an environmental disaster, and I have never encountered a single woman who thinks lawns are in any way important or even remotely interesting. But I have met a lot of men who think a perfect green expan… --- ## [Fact or Fiction About Bob Marley's Death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fact-or-fiction-about-bob-marleys-death/65117)
**Author:** [@Jeffism15](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffism15)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fact-or-fiction-about-bob-marleys-death/65117 "2001-05-13T00:04:47Z")
Considering today marks the 20th anniversary of the great musician Bob Marley’s death. I thought what better time to ask such a question as today. As high school kids we used to pass around this rumor that after Bob Mar… --- ## [I Pit "someecards"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-someecards/629048)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-someecards/629048 "2013-03-22T19:54:10Z")
You know those “jokes” with stupid old timey pictures from someecards? The ones where 70% of them are jokes about how women drink too much wine? Yeah, fuck those. The first fourteen million of them were sort of funny,… --- ## [Right-of-way laws in parking lots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-of-way-laws-in-parking-lots/547650)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-of-way-laws-in-parking-lots/547650 "2010-07-23T21:44:22Z")
I just almost had an accident in a parking lot. It’s the kind of lot with lanes containing diagonal parking, so people can drive in one direction in alternating lanes, and the other direction in the other lanes. As I wa… --- ## [What does the salt do in salt (pla-)dough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-salt-do-in-salt-pla-dough/480574)
**Author:** [@kdeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kdeus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-salt-do-in-salt-pla-dough/480574 "2009-01-10T21:49:01Z")
Home making salt dough with Thing 1 and Thing 2. 2 cups flour 1 cup salt 3/4 - 1 cup water food coloring Mix, play with, cut shapes, bake & paint. Thing1 (a scientist) asks “What does the salt do?” kdeus “I dunno.… --- ## [Can someone explain musical chords to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-musical-chords-to-me/717988)
**Author:** [@Cold\_Dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Dish)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-musical-chords-to-me/717988 "2015-04-21T12:45:28Z")
What constitutes a chord? How many are there? Is there an infinite amount? I assume a chord would be the same for any instrument. Say a piano vs a guitar. My apology if this belongs in the Cafe Society foruum. --- ## [Slimy men and their slimy words.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimy-men-and-their-slimy-words/802333)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimy-men-and-their-slimy-words/802333 "2017-12-02T20:01:45Z")
Going to take a leave of absence and reflect are you? Didn’t realize you were being inappropriate? Recognise now that your innocent actions could be misinterpreted? What a steaming pile of freshly dumped horseshit you ar… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' Thread - August 2015 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-august-2015-edition/726896)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-august-2015-edition/726896 "2015-09-01T02:52:59Z")
Looks like no one started a new thread for August, so here goes. Over the weekend I finished The West Point History of the Civil War, a big, coffee-table style book written Wiki-style by the U.S. Military Academy facult… --- ## [W authorizes CIA action against Iran; GOP candidates blast . . . ABC for reporting it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-authorizes-cia-action-against-iran-gop-candidates-blast-abc-for-reporting-it/405260)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-authorizes-cia-action-against-iran-gop-candidates-blast-abc-for-reporting-it/405260 "2007-05-25T16:43:22Z")
ABC News just broke the story: Mitt Romney and Tom Tancredo reacted immediately: So there are really two debates here: Foreign policy – Is the proposed CIA action wise and/or justified? Journalistic ethics – Wh… --- ## [Ask the computer forensics (and general computer security) guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-computer-forensics-and-general-computer-security-guy/691238)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-computer-forensics-and-general-computer-security-guy/691238 "2017-03-31T19:07:05Z")
I know there are a lot of IT people around here and at least some security specialists, so maybe there won’t be much of a demand for this thread. But I’ll give it a whirl. I’m an IT guy with about 14 years of overall I… --- ## [Hannity calls tea-baggers "Tim McVeigh wanna-bees."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannity-calls-tea-baggers-tim-mcveigh-wanna-bees/534638)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannity-calls-tea-baggers-tim-mcveigh-wanna-bees/534638 "2010-04-09T00:51:47Z")
And they cheer. :rolleyes: This should come back to haunt every Repug that courted these nutballs come November, and haunt the party until it goes the way of the Know-Nothings Party, which they are starting to resemble… --- ## [What movie has changed the most as you've aged and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-changed-the-most-as-youve-aged-and-why/832891)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-changed-the-most-as-youve-aged-and-why/832891 "2019-05-06T20:14:17Z")
I think this is a really interesting subject and shows something incredibly unique about the nature of movies that I don’t think music or even TV shows can really grasp. They can stand so out of time or so in time that, … --- ## [Isolated shit, courtesy your neighbourly right wing scumbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isolated-shit-courtesy-your-neighbourly-right-wing-scumbag/966900)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isolated-shit-courtesy-your-neighbourly-right-wing-scumbag/966900 "2023-02-13T11:11:29Z")
Right-wing violence will be on the rise now. This thread is for documenting such isolated incidents. To premept fucktards from the right, here - antifa/blm woo will get obviously FUCKING ZERO traction here. Thankfull… --- ## [Wisconsin's primary is Tuesday. I have no predictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsins-primary-is-tuesday-i-have-no-predictions/750566)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsins-primary-is-tuesday-i-have-no-predictions/750566 "2016-04-09T02:57:06Z")
This week: Bernie: In Madison last Saturday, in West Allis and Appleton today, Kenosha and La Crosse tomorrow. Hilary: in Madison yesterday, Milwaukee today, and then to La Crosse and Green Bay. The Donald: Janesville… --- ## [Tell me about your experience with Lisinopril and other ACE inhibitors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-lisinopril-and-other-ace-inhibitors/638288)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-lisinopril-and-other-ace-inhibitors/638288 "2012-10-21T14:10:03Z")
Been prescribed Lisinopril due to inexplicable high blood pressure. I have of course been given the normal medical knowledge about it, in particular to lie down the first time you take it - but would be interested in he… --- ## [A bar bet I would have lost - Did Fred Sanford ever say the N -word on "Sanford & Son"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bar-bet-i-would-have-lost-did-fred-sanford-ever-say-the-n-word-on-sanford-son/715460)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bar-bet-i-would-have-lost-did-fred-sanford-ever-say-the-n-word-on-sanford-son/715460 "2015-03-24T19:12:34Z")
I was reading this article on Empire - ‘Empire’ Is Showing Us A New Way To Think About Black TV Characters and they referenced how it has not (so far) used the N-word, but Sanford and Son and “the Jeffersons” did. I th… --- ## [The case of the bent key](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-bent-key/690178)
**Author:** [@Duke\_of\_York](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_York)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-bent-key/690178 "2014-06-07T15:07:14Z")
This happened 30 years ago and I still wonder about it. We lived in a flat which was on the second storey of the building. There was a Yale type deadlock on the door, which we locked on going to bed. After locking the do… --- ## [Remembering birthdate. Modern vs ancient humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-birthdate-modern-vs-ancient-humans/951020)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-birthdate-modern-vs-ancient-humans/951020 "2021-10-07T17:59:31Z")
It is now very easy to remember your birthdate and anticipate it and mark it. Dates and times are relevant to man. What about in ancient times. Did humans have a innate instinct about how old they were. Did they also in… --- ## [What is the biggest exposed conspiracy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-biggest-exposed-conspiracy/518204)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-biggest-exposed-conspiracy/518204 "2009-12-01T15:21:40Z")
Not sure if it belongs on this board or not so if mods need to move it then please do. I’m curious about what the biggest exposed conspiracy is. These days, with extremists left and right shouting about conspiracies, t… --- ## [Can we stop calling sex between different identical to human species bestiality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-stop-calling-sex-between-different-identical-to-human-species-bestiality/727865)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-stop-calling-sex-between-different-identical-to-human-species-bestiality/727865 "2015-08-19T20:53:38Z")
Yes it was cute the first time, haha Superman boinking Louis is like doing a pig! There are a bunch of examples from scifi and fantasy. No, its not, not at all. They might be different species(but even related in some … --- ## [Ok, you're deaf, why be an asshole about it? (Gallaudet)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-youre-deaf-why-be-an-asshole-about-it-gallaudet/378378)
**Author:** [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2006, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-youre-deaf-why-be-an-asshole-about-it-gallaudet/378378 "2006-11-06T10:34:37Z")
So apparently the new deaf president at Gallaudet University wasn’t deaf enough? WTF? Can someone educate me on why the student body shouldn’t stfu and gbtw, why it makes sense to them to measure a person’s worth based… --- ## [Origin of the word ‘Nippy’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-word-nippy/40571)
**Author:** [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2000, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-word-nippy/40571 "2000-11-10T22:38:14Z")
I heard it once again as I listened to the local weather forecast- “Boy is it gonna be nippy tonight”. I also, once again, immediately started thinking of nipples- woman’s nipples. I’ll assume my heads in the gutter and… --- ## [What will be the next US state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-next-us-state/686063)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-next-us-state/686063 "2014-05-06T01:29:52Z")
This is the longest the USA has ever gone with no new states. I’m just curious as to what people think is the next one to come in, if any. Poll to follow. --- ## [Maus, by Art Spiegelman, banned by McMinn County (TN) school board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maus-by-art-spiegelman-banned-by-mcminn-county-tn-school-board/958557)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maus-by-art-spiegelman-banned-by-mcminn-county-tn-school-board/958557 "2022-02-25T18:54:49Z")
Unanimously. I put this in Cafe Society, but perhaps it would be better placed in Great Debates or Factual Questions (title: Are they all gone mad?), or Politics and Elections (title: First Amendment revisited: praise fo… --- ## [What did the Nazis do with captured American soldiers who were Jewish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-nazis-do-with-captured-american-soldiers-who-were-jewish/464816)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-nazis-do-with-captured-american-soldiers-who-were-jewish/464816 "2016-11-30T15:54:54Z")
The title pretty much sums it up. What did the Nazis do to Jewish POWs from the American (or British) military? Did they just kill them right away? Or did they send them to concentration camps? --- ## [Fiscal conservatives, what/how would you change the budget](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiscal-conservatives-what-how-would-you-change-the-budget/528109)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiscal-conservatives-what-how-would-you-change-the-budget/528109 "2010-02-23T04:07:01Z")
Over 70% of government spending goes to a handful of programs. Social security, medicare, medicaid, public education & military. http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/fed/10facts/index.html http://www.usatoday.com/news/… --- ## [Why would steam trains puff smoke out rhythmically (puff, puff, puff instead of smoothly)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-steam-trains-puff-smoke-out-rhythmically-puff-puff-puff-instead-of-smoothly/664279)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-steam-trains-puff-smoke-out-rhythmically-puff-puff-puff-instead-of-smoothly/664279 "2013-07-24T12:11:16Z")
Title kinda says it all. Here is an example: Steam Train struggles on 1 in 48 grade. SRV Robinvale Weekender: Australian Trains - YouTube I would think the coal burning would be steady and produce a constant stream of … --- ## [Very mild, but... the Dope isn't influencing popular culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mild-but-the-dope-isnt-influencing-popular-culture/467986)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mild-but-the-dope-isnt-influencing-popular-culture/467986 "2008-10-18T15:13:22Z")
No one famous is shouting out to the SDMB. This isn’t the only group that likes bacon. This isn’t the only group that says “asshat.” If someone says something about 1920-style death rays, that might be a shout out. M… --- ## [Whats the worst sound you can think of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-sound-you-can-think-of/588675)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-sound-you-can-think-of/588675 "2011-07-23T23:08:57Z")
Pretty self-explanatory. However, I’m not talking about nails-on-a-chalkboard sound, I mean sounds that most people wouldn’t think twice about if they heard it but drives you nuts, maybe because you associate it with som… --- ## [Mike Tyson to fight YouTuber Jake Paul this July. Yeah, you read that correctly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-to-fight-youtuber-jake-paul-this-july-yeah-you-read-that-correctly/998580)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-to-fight-youtuber-jake-paul-this-july-yeah-you-read-that-correctly/998580 "2025-12-28T21:33:55Z")
Tyson will turn 58 years old in June. --- ## [How acceptable would the Lord's Prayer be to non-Christians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-acceptable-would-the-lords-prayer-be-to-non-christians/570420)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-acceptable-would-the-lords-prayer-be-to-non-christians/570420 "2011-02-11T23:58:16Z")
There are slightly different variations in various Christian faiths, but here’s how the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer puts it: \*Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on… --- ## [On Turning 50 Alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-turning-50-alone/543695)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-turning-50-alone/543695 "2012-09-18T00:34:42Z")
Today, around noon, I turned 50. I did so alone, as I do most everything else in my life. I am an only child. Parents, grandparents, aunts & uncles all dead. No cousins live locally. I don’t have any local friends. … --- ## [Looking back, the 90's might've been the best decade in movies:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-back-the-90s-mightve-been-the-best-decade-in-movies/686583)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-back-the-90s-mightve-been-the-best-decade-in-movies/686583 "2014-04-25T05:58:40Z")
Goodfellas, Malcolm X, LA Confidential, Leaving Las Vegas, Schindler’s List, The Shawshank Redemption, Grave of the Fireflies, Pulp Fiction, etc. Forrest Gump I can’t think of another decade packed with so many excelle… --- ## [Is this an accurate factoid about pi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-accurate-factoid-about-pi/782209)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-accurate-factoid-about-pi/782209 "2017-03-22T17:49:11Z")
In honor of pi day, I told my third graders that you could assign a different value to each letter: 01 for A, 02 for B, and so on, up to 26 for Z. Somewhere in pi’s digits is thereby buried the message, “Left Hand of Dor… --- ## [How do you pronounce Ozymandias?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-ozymandias/477400)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-ozymandias/477400 "2008-12-18T15:34:24Z")
Pretty simple question. I love the poem, but have never in my life heard it read, or ever heard the name said out loud. I’m afraid to ever quote the poem for fear of looking like more of an idiot. :wink: --- ## [How many of your fingers would you be willing to sell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-fingers-would-you-be-willing-to-sell/689941)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-your-fingers-would-you-be-willing-to-sell/689941 "2025-11-09T16:29:58Z")
The usual \[del\]eccentric\[/del\] sadistic billionaire is offering you a small fortune for each of your fingers. If you accept, whichever fingers you sell will be amputated by a qualified surgical team; you will be anesthes… --- ## [Last night I got punched in the Jaw.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-got-punched-in-the-jaw/494279)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-got-punched-in-the-jaw/494279 "2009-05-03T17:40:58Z")
I went out for supper with my friend last night. We were going into the restaurant when we passed a dispute in the lobby between boyfriend and girlfriend. The girl was crumpled up on the floor crying while the guy was s… --- ## [Are You "Obamaed-Out"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-obamaed-out/480795)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-obamaed-out/480795 "2009-01-13T22:28:28Z")
I am. I’m sick of his constant whining about how we all face disaster unless we spend 1$ trillion (right away); and his pecs and his basket ball playing. I mean, this guy is just a Chicago politician-less than 1-term sen… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 17 (February 25, 2016) -- "The Celebration Experimentation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-17-february-25-2016-the-celebration-experimentation/747191)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-17-february-25-2016-the-celebration-experimentation/747191 "2016-03-04T15:50:41Z")
I took a cursory glance through the “Cafe Society” messages, and did not see a thread for this episode. So, here we go – what did everyone think of last night’s episode? --- ## [This is the most disturbing YouTube video I've ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710 "2010-05-27T20:56:42Z")
This was hiding behind the Iron Curtain for 20 years: Dude looks like a puppet from Team America World Police. I showed my girlfriend last night and she said she couldn’t sleep afterwards. --- ## [The coded messages and secret signals for "holy crap, we've got trouble"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coded-messages-and-secret-signals-for-holy-crap-weve-got-trouble/493255)
**Author:** [@mattomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattomic)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coded-messages-and-secret-signals-for-holy-crap-weve-got-trouble/493255 "2009-04-18T22:50:54Z")
I’ve always been fascinated by the codes and signals used by groups to indicate that there’s serious trouble going down. Generally, these messages are coded so that the public doesn’t become alarmed, but understood by th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=791&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=793&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)