# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=799&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:** 800 --- ## [The mighty air traffic controllers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-air-traffic-controllers/828440)
**Author:** [@Ancient\_Erudite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Erudite)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-air-traffic-controllers/828440 "2019-01-29T20:50:54Z")
I predict the next shut down will last until the air traffic controllers stop showing up for work. The news and the knee jerk reaction is Trump caved, but fails to explain why he had to. Trump had to re-open the gover… --- ## [What fraction of your sexual partners do you regret sleeping with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123 "2012-08-16T19:33:25Z")
Suggested by the currently-running thread on fathers being unduly possessive of their daughters. Poll in a moment, but first let me say two things. I wrote what fraction rather than how many because I don’t feel like ta… --- ## [I want to be the (or at least a) boss. What's the easiest career that will let me do that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-the-or-at-least-a-boss-whats-the-easiest-career-that-will-let-me-do-that/687464)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-the-or-at-least-a-boss-whats-the-easiest-career-that-will-let-me-do-that/687464 "2014-06-03T01:53:10Z")
I’ve been a software developer for many years and the competition is so fierce and the high performers are so high performing that the route to even a basic supervisory position seems to be nearly unattainable. I have b… --- ## [MLB Regular Season March/April 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-regular-season-march-april-2023/981730)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-regular-season-march-april-2023/981730 "2023-05-02T23:50:40Z")
Since Opening Day is less than 72 hours away I thought I’d kick off the regular season threads. So, what are you most excited for? As a Yankees fan I’m looking forward to seeing how the kid, Volpe, does as a 21-year ol… --- ## ["Bison are the only mammals that don't get cancer." True?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bison-are-the-only-mammals-that-dont-get-cancer-true/165094)
**Author:** [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bison-are-the-only-mammals-that-dont-get-cancer-true/165094 "2003-03-31T17:46:13Z")
OK, so I’m looking at this website, which happens to be where we are going to eat tonight. They make the claim: “Bison are the only mammals that don’t get cancer.” Is this true? I hit google for some help and found o… --- ## [The last in 2011 MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-in-2011-mmp/607410)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-in-2011-mmp/607410 "2012-01-02T03:55:51Z")
Title says it all -this is the last MMP to be begun in 2011. Is it a time for reflection and contemplation, or are you, like me, going “Where the heck did the year go??” Goodness knows, a lot happened in the world this… --- ## [Favorite Star Trek line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-line/362311 "2006-07-07T03:05:01Z")
Only one line. From all the versions, only one. Not one from each series, not one from each episode, one. Mine is from TOS, The City on the Edge of Forever: “Let’s get the Hell out of here.” --- ## ["Bath Salts" and real bath salts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bath-salts-and-real-bath-salts/625186)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bath-salts-and-real-bath-salts/625186 "2012-06-27T07:21:19Z")
So are sellers of actual for-your-bathtub bath salts having any trouble due to the now-ubiquitous name for the illegal drug? --- ## [Trump Campaign Chair Busted for Pedophila](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-campaign-chair-busted-for-pedophila/783067)
**Author:** [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-campaign-chair-busted-for-pedophila/783067 "2017-03-28T12:32:15Z")
Link here. Oh, I guess there needs to be a question for this to be a real OP? How about “In light of the fact that, having gained control of the Presidency and both houses of Congress, you’re still too busy stepping on… --- ## [Drunken fucktard soldier kills endangered tiger at Baghdad zoo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-fucktard-soldier-kills-endangered-tiger-at-baghdad-zoo/202848)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-fucktard-soldier-kills-endangered-tiger-at-baghdad-zoo/202848 "2003-09-24T20:09:15Z")
Reuters So a bunch of G.I.s are partying at the zoo and one of them decides it would be a good idea to go through an outer cage intended for keepers, go right up to the inner cage and stick his fucking arm in. When the… --- ## [Oddly enough, I have a LEGAL question about the RealDoll sex doll.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-enough-i-have-a-legal-question-about-the-realdoll-sex-doll/261009)
**Author:** [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-enough-i-have-a-legal-question-about-the-realdoll-sex-doll/261009 "2004-08-27T20:49:10Z")
Okay, so I had an idea, I’m just not sure if what I’m thinking is legal or not. Let’s say you purchased a Real Doll (link NSFW). For those that don’t wish to click and find out, the Real Doll is a super-realistic sex d… --- ## [WTF? My hair is stabbing me in the foot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-my-hair-is-stabbing-me-in-the-foot/548726)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-my-hair-is-stabbing-me-in-the-foot/548726 "2010-08-04T03:38:40Z")
Seriously! Not the hair still attached to my head, the hair I had cut off me this morning! I went in for a hair cut this morning and there was a lot of dry cut off hair ends involved (she cut it dry, not wet.) And I w… --- ## [\[Origin of Phrase/Saying\] Your money's no good here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-phrase-saying-your-moneys-no-good-here/499291)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-phrase-saying-your-moneys-no-good-here/499291 "2009-06-11T00:14:16Z")
“Your money’s no good here.” How did this phrase come to mean, at least be used now and then, as meaning that the drink/product/service will be on the house? It sounds as though there are negative implications of your … --- ## [How to make really good chili? Where to start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-really-good-chili-where-to-start/509663)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-really-good-chili-where-to-start/509663 "2009-10-09T14:33:06Z")
I was looking at the other “name my chili” thread and got to wondering re chili. I’ve crafted a pretty good spaghetti sauce over the years, and disdain canned spaghetti sauces, but my chili’s always built off a can of Ho… --- ## [Best movie beginning/ending of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-beginning-ending-of-all-time/554260)
**Author:** [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-beginning-ending-of-all-time/554260 "2010-09-26T21:39:41Z")
Beginning: Pulp Fiction (with 1977’s Star Wars being a close runner up). Ending: Without hesitation, The Godfather, Part II. --- ## [Homeopathy vs. non-homeopathy dilution calculations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathy-vs-non-homeopathy-dilution-calculations/670717)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathy-vs-non-homeopathy-dilution-calculations/670717 "2013-10-09T16:58:07Z")
This thread is not how or if homeopathy works. We know it doesn’t. If you don’t agree, start your own damn thread. Furthermore, read this entire thread before replying or you might be assuming too much; if it’s tl;dr … --- ## [Hunger Games \[Open spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-games-open-spoilers/615266)
**Author:** [@Everyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Everyman)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-games-open-spoilers/615266 "2012-03-27T15:06:21Z")
What are the hunger games? Why have I never heard of it until last week? :confused: --- ## [iPhone 5 to have a new 19 pin connector. Will make all accessories for previous models obsolete.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-5-to-have-a-new-19-pin-connector-will-make-all-accessories-for-previous-models-obsolete/625865)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-5-to-have-a-new-19-pin-connector-will-make-all-accessories-for-previous-models-obsolete/625865 "2012-06-29T12:52:58Z")
It has been announced the new iPhone 5 will have a smaller 19 pin connector on the bottom, replacing the 30 pin connector in all previous models. --- ## [What was the old telephone number to get the time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-old-telephone-number-to-get-the-time/696177)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-old-telephone-number-to-get-the-time/696177 "2014-08-25T17:30:35Z")
I know, the number is defunct and will not work; hasn’t worked in years. But I can’t remember it, and it’s going to drive me crazy until I do. If it makes any difference, I’m talking about California. Thanks! --- ## [Oh my God... I feel sorry for a Phelps and I agree with Sean Hannity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-feel-sorry-for-a-phelps-and-i-agree-with-sean-hannity/355201)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-feel-sorry-for-a-phelps-and-i-agree-with-sean-hannity/355201 "2006-05-31T22:19:26Z")
Fred Phelps’ daughter, Shirley Phelps Roper, was interviewed recently on Hannity and Colmes (watch it here ) to “discuss” her family’s picketing of an Iowa serviceman’s funeral. Hannity and even colmes\* jump all over h… --- ## [My fellow Conservative posters.... A word, please (No liberals)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fellow-conservative-posters-a-word-please-no-liberals/199435)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fellow-conservative-posters-a-word-please-no-liberals/199435 "2003-09-11T06:33:25Z")
Thank you for your time and attention. I have called you here today to address a significatn issue that effects all conservative posters on the SDMB. But before I get to that, I need to address something first. Elucid… --- ## [Stop proposing no-government-marriages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-proposing-no-government-marriages/563742)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-proposing-no-government-marriages/563742 "2010-12-15T23:36:20Z")
(I admit this is a pretty tangential and minor issue, yet I feel like ranting.) In nearly every SDMB thread about gay marriage, and there are a LOT of them, someone will propose “well, I think we should get the governme… --- ## [Is Imax 3D worth the extra $8 per ticket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imax-3d-worth-the-extra-8-per-ticket/658469)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imax-3d-worth-the-extra-8-per-ticket/658469 "2013-05-21T00:08:59Z")
More imho, but since it’s movie related: I’m thinking of seeing STAR TREK at the Imax 3D just because this is the first time I’ve ever lived close to an Imax 3D. A friend I’m going to see it with is afraid it’ll be a m… --- ## [The Great Divorce \[Charles Murray’s book “Coming Apart”\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-divorce-charles-murray-s-book-coming-apart/611338)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-divorce-charles-murray-s-book-coming-apart/611338 "2012-02-10T23:16:30Z")
Murray’s basic argument is not new, that America is dividing into a two-caste society. What’s impressive is the incredible data he produces to illustrate that trend and deepen our understanding of it. … Since then, A… --- ## [Do tax cuts stimulate job growth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-tax-cuts-stimulate-job-growth/616531)
**Author:** [@kibitzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kibitzer)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-tax-cuts-stimulate-job-growth/616531 "2012-04-07T02:29:31Z")
Cecil, if you were a student in my econ course and you answered an exam question the way you answered this reader question, I would give you at best a C-. You hopelessly muddled three different concepts: \[ol\] \[li\]Tric… --- ## ["I will take what is mine with fire and blood" Threat or fan T-shirt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-take-what-is-mine-with-fire-and-blood-threat-or-fan-t-shirt/686682)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-take-what-is-mine-with-fire-and-blood-threat-or-fan-t-shirt/686682 "2014-04-26T03:04:58Z")
At New Jersey’s Bergen Community College, art and animation professor Francis Schmidt was summoned for a meeting with the human resources department, and the school’s security staff. He was questioned about his threat to… --- ## [Snow day staff payment-am I being unreasonable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-day-staff-payment-am-i-being-unreasonable/744971)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-day-staff-payment-am-i-being-unreasonable/744971 "2016-02-06T05:28:03Z")
I have 2 employees, both hourly workers. As you know, we had an epic snowstorm a week and a half ago. The snow policy that is delineated in the office manual is as follows: All closings are at my discretion We usually… --- ## [What's the meaning of, or why did you choose, your Doper name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958 "2004-10-07T13:56:53Z")
Mine should be obvious. I love to golf. (If this has been done before, could someone link the thread?) If not, let’s here it. --- ## [Resort fee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resort-fee/568627)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resort-fee/568627 "2011-01-28T01:46:17Z")
I spent the past 4 days in Las Vegas (attending the SHOT show - impressive). The company that sent me there booked me a room in the Excalibur hotel/casino - rather a strange place, but serviceable. I used an “auto chec… --- ## [Please explain reverse mortgage to me...simply!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-reverse-mortgage-to-me-simply/538375)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-reverse-mortgage-to-me-simply/538375 "2010-05-06T15:01:31Z")
And is it/can it be a scam? Is it an actual governmental program? What little (and it IS very little!) I’ve heard just doesn’t sit exactly right with me. --- ## [World War I and II - tell me about your relatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-i-and-ii-tell-me-about-your-relatives/472575)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-i-and-ii-tell-me-about-your-relatives/472575 "2009-05-14T21:17:13Z")
What with Armistice just having passed, and having yesterday visited the Imperial War Museum (London), I’ve been thinking a fair bit lately about what my relatives did during the wars. My better half commented that she w… --- ## [Get McFucked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-mcfucked/294006)
**Author:** [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-mcfucked/294006 "2015-10-28T18:14:45Z")
Dear McDonalds, It has come to my attention that you are suffering under the delusion that you somehow own the prefix/abbreviation “Mc”. While I’m sure your bogan lawyers have wonderfully eloquent and persuasive argume… --- ## [Why I won't vote for Bush - An Essay from a Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-wont-vote-for-bush-an-essay-from-a-republican/256166)
**Author:** [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-wont-vote-for-bush-an-essay-from-a-republican/256166 "2004-07-28T07:05:18Z")
Why I won’t be voting for Bush - Part 1 As a Republican, this is not an easy thing to write, but I want my fellow Republicans to understand my position. It’s not about Kerry. It’s not about the Democrats. They could nom… --- ## [Fictional characters you could just slap the sh-t out of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-you-could-just-slap-the-sh-t-out-of/152314)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2003, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-you-could-just-slap-the-sh-t-out-of/152314 "2003-02-15T08:43:07Z")
I know we’ve done Who do you think is the coolest or most interesting fictional character ever?, and Fictional characters you have wanted to date. Now I’m wondering what fictional characters have had a line, attitude, or… --- ## [Who leaked the shuttle on West Wing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-leaked-the-shuttle-on-west-wing/370370)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-leaked-the-shuttle-on-west-wing/370370 "2006-08-30T15:38:38Z")
I may be having a senior moment here, but I bought the DVD to season six of the West Wing, and now I find I can’t remember who pissed Jed off (in Season seven) by leaking the existence of a military shuttle. I remember… --- ## [Ramadan, sodomy, and Muslim man-babies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramadan-sodomy-and-muslim-man-babies/251241)
**Author:** [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramadan-sodomy-and-muslim-man-babies/251241 "2013-07-23T11:34:19Z")
I heard a story from an acquaintance recently that I still don’t know what to make of it, so I’m coming here to finally settle the matter once and for all. My acquaintance used to be in the British Navy, and he claimed … --- ## [Same band name, album title, and song title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-band-name-album-title-and-song-title/441468)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-band-name-album-title-and-song-title/441468 "2013-07-11T07:01:32Z")
I’ve been copying my old LPs to CD lately, and the other day I was working on my copy of the first album by Bad Company, when I realized that besides the album title being the same as the band name (which happens a lot w… --- ## [Tribeca Film Festival to screen Wakefield anti-vac film.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribeca-film-festival-to-screen-wakefield-anti-vac-film/749890)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribeca-film-festival-to-screen-wakefield-anti-vac-film/749890 "2016-05-22T15:43:42Z")
https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/vaxxed-from-coverup-to-catastrophe-2016 The trailer: https://player.vimeo.com/video/159566038 This shit just won’t go away. How many more unnecessarily sick, damaged, or dead childr… --- ## [Can 20 GOP moderate Reps switch Party to avert Tea Party looming catastrophe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-20-gop-moderate-reps-switch-party-to-avert-tea-party-looming-catastrophe/670228)
**Author:** [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-20-gop-moderate-reps-switch-party-to-avert-tea-party-looming-catastrophe/670228 "2013-10-13T10:39:06Z")
My Congressman has publically joined 20 other Republicans in the House of Reps in stating he would vote for a clean resolution with no extortion adders to destroy Obamacare to get the government funded. I’m wondering if… --- ## [Frequently True?: testicles + kick = vomit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequently-true-testicles-kick-vomit/393376)
**Author:** [@Angelahaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angelahaus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequently-true-testicles-kick-vomit/393376 "2007-02-24T14:09:58Z")
At a party last night the topic of if its possible that guys will throw up if hit in the crotch. Everybody was in agreement that it hurts, but even the guys weren’t so sure that is was possible and worse…none of them wa… --- ## [My Secret Santa thinks I'm a serial killer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-secret-santa-thinks-im-a-serial-killer/46480)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2001, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-secret-santa-thinks-im-a-serial-killer/46480 "2001-01-05T10:52:38Z")
At least, that’s the impression I’m getting from the gifts I’ve received so far. See, we’re doing the five-day Secret Santa thing at work. It’s a big pain in the ass, but it’s hard to refuse to do it, because then you lo… --- ## [Is it possible to make a woman spontaneously lose bladder control? (TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-make-a-woman-spontaneously-lose-bladder-control-tmi/270585)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-make-a-woman-spontaneously-lose-bladder-control-tmi/270585 "2004-10-23T21:57:50Z")
I woman I slept with onceclaimed she knew a guy who could do something to her while giving her oral sex that caused her to lose bladder control. While I am not attracted to the idea of someone peeing directly into my mou… --- ## [Mass Mosquito Extinction (need answers fast!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-mosquito-extinction-need-answers-fast/547547)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-mosquito-extinction-need-answers-fast/547547 "2010-07-28T23:18:51Z")
Our back yard opens up to open space. When you step out on our pack porch, You enter air-traffic control, at which point you become bait for continuing their life cycle. I don’t WANT to continue their life cycle. I als… --- ## [What Are Some Slang Names For Recreational Drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-slang-names-for-recreational-drugs/601638)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-slang-names-for-recreational-drugs/601638 "2011-11-05T04:17:25Z")
I was reading a book about the Carpenters and they were saying how Richard especially but even Karen took drugs. They used names of some of these drugs and I had to look them up. I could kind of figure out that Barbie… --- ## [Regarding the blacks marching for reparations tomorrow...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-blacks-marching-for-reparations-tomorrow/124303)
**Author:** [@watch\_the\_world\_burn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watch_the_world_burn)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-blacks-marching-for-reparations-tomorrow/124303 "2002-08-29T17:00:51Z")
http://www.millionsforreparations.com/ How many of them are actually former slaves? Or just lazy freeloaders looking for a quick buck? --- ## [Why hasn't anyone pitted fries made from potato flour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-anyone-pitted-fries-made-from-potato-flour/652257)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-anyone-pitted-fries-made-from-potato-flour/652257 "2013-03-09T23:47:32Z")
I saw a thread in Cafe Soc and I thought it needed louder words: I weep for this generation. I think they will never enjoy real potato strings and wedges with their burgers. And even if they tried it at home (or in Germa… --- ## [Will gays destroy society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-gays-destroy-society/302755)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-gays-destroy-society/302755 "2005-05-13T12:27:04Z")
It seems to be the position of many on the right that gay marriage will “destroy” the institution of marriage, and since marriage is the bedrock of our society, the destruction of marriage will destroy civilized society.… --- ## [Is the Pledge of allegiance inherently automatic invalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pledge-of-allegiance-inherently-automatic-invalid/681902)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pledge-of-allegiance-inherently-automatic-invalid/681902 "2014-03-03T13:23:16Z")
‘With liberty and justice for all’ Does the pledge actually require the republic that it has such a thing as stated above as a condition of such pledge? I don’t think for a second anyone can say that the US does even … --- ## [Democrats and Farrakhan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-and-farrakhan/810237)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-and-farrakhan/810237 "2018-03-21T12:45:51Z")
Why Won’t Women’s March Leaders Denounce Louis Farrakhan’s Anti-Semitism? Louis Farrakhan’s anti-Semitism and the silence of the left So is racism such a nuanced issue? Or is there something different about anti-Semi… --- ## [Evilest People In History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evilest-people-in-history/562238)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evilest-people-in-history/562238 "2010-11-30T05:19:33Z")
Who was the single evilest human being who ever lived? The person must directly have caused evil (ie you can’t say Jesus for starting Christianity or Karl Marx for starting Communism). I would say Zhang Xianzhong. http:… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=798&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=800&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)