# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=801&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:** 802 --- ## [Complete BS movie trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-bs-movie-trivia/218875)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-bs-movie-trivia/218875 "2004-03-07T17:36:31Z")
Peter Jackson’s first choice to play Aragorn wasn’t Viggo Mortensen. He originally signed Bob Saget to the role, but replaced him after seeing the dailys. The end credits to “Schindler’s List” originally had bloopers f… --- ## [Buckingham Palace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buckingham-palace/545256)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buckingham-palace/545256 "2010-07-04T00:37:48Z")
Why doesn’t Buckingham Palace look like a palace? To me, it could pass as an office building more than my image of a palace! Did the architect have absolutely no imagination? --- ## [What are Christian Principles? Do they exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-christian-principles-do-they-exist/603649)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-christian-principles-do-they-exist/603649 "2011-11-30T12:31:34Z")
I listened to a web cast of Politichicks with Victoria Jackson and three other conservative ladies. It was painful. One lady mentioned the old meme I’ve heard for years “This country was founded on Christian principles” … --- ## [I Canada joined the U.S., how would the party systems fit together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-canada-joined-the-u-s-how-would-the-party-systems-fit-together/640609)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-canada-joined-the-u-s-how-would-the-party-systems-fit-together/640609 "2012-11-15T15:56:54Z")
Inspired by this thread a few months ago. Please assume, hypothetically and without screaming in outraged Canadian nationalism, that the provinces of Canada (peacefully) become States of the Union. There is no more Can… --- ## [Crack Cocaine vs Powder Cocaine distinction in our laws is a terrible policy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-cocaine-vs-powder-cocaine-distinction-in-our-laws-is-a-terrible-policy/472810)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-cocaine-vs-powder-cocaine-distinction-in-our-laws-is-a-terrible-policy/472810 "2008-11-18T18:46:45Z")
I challenge anyone on this message board to come up with a sensible reason why crack and powder cocaine should be treated unequally under the law. As far as I can tell, this is a concrete example of institutional racis… --- ## [Remote Desktop on Mac to PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-desktop-on-mac-to-pc/572886)
**Author:** [@rainwalker78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainwalker78)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-desktop-on-mac-to-pc/572886 "2011-03-09T11:20:12Z")
We got a Mac for my wife yesterday, and I am considering getting one for myself. This is the first Apple computer in the house, and I am trying to learn a bunch of stuff. One need I have is to be able to remotely connect… --- ## [I've got hemorrhoids. What's going to happen to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-hemorrhoids-whats-going-to-happen-to-me/118763)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2002, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-hemorrhoids-whats-going-to-happen-to-me/118763 "2002-07-17T04:59:46Z")
The pain is not constant, but when I’m experiencing it, it can be really bad. My appointment is on Monday afternoon. What do you suppose they’re going to do to me? --- ## [Using The Climate Alarmists' Logic To Prove God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-climate-alarmists-logic-to-prove-god/786056)
**Author:** [@Great\_White\_Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_White_Dope)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-climate-alarmists-logic-to-prove-god/786056 "2017-05-12T00:30:14Z")
Climate Change Alarmists: Premise I: 97% of climate scientists accept climate change. Premise II: Climate scientists are the experts on climate change. Conclusion: The overwhelming majority of those who most understan… --- ## ["Deploy the Carriers!" How long to get there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deploy-the-carriers-how-long-to-get-there/653705)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deploy-the-carriers-how-long-to-get-there/653705 "2013-03-25T14:46:29Z")
Hypothetical scenario: Y’all elect me President (not too farfetched, I run every four years). The Spaniards and the North Koreans start rattling their individual sabers, and as a show of force, I decide to send a coupl… --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S01E11 The Magical Place (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e11-the-magical-place-spoilers/678234)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e11-the-magical-place-spoilers/678234 "2014-01-12T17:13:02Z")
The Magical Place Directed by Kevin Hooks Written by We need more episodes where Skye goes off on her own to get shit done. May said she could get more done without SHIELD agents breathing down here neck, and that is … --- ## [In constant pain for a month - don't know where else to turn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-constant-pain-for-a-month-dont-know-where-else-to-turn/595108)
**Author:** [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-constant-pain-for-a-month-dont-know-where-else-to-turn/595108 "2011-10-13T23:45:29Z")
I have tried posting questions about this in other (non-Straight Dope) forums, and people seem to keep misunderstanding the issue, so I want to stress a few things right off the bat: -I have been working out at the offi… --- ## [Assuage my paranoia. Explain to me why I should have faith in E-voting machines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuage-my-paranoia-explain-to-me-why-i-should-have-faith-in-e-voting-machines/377532)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuage-my-paranoia-explain-to-me-why-i-should-have-faith-in-e-voting-machines/377532 "2006-11-06T00:31:36Z")
I’ve never been a conspiracy theorist about anything in my life but I am sincerely worried about all these new electronic voting machines, their lack of a paper trail and their VERY dubious results in the '04 elections. … --- ## [Is it de rigeur to haggle at furniture stores like Crate and Barrel or Pottery Barm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-de-rigeur-to-haggle-at-furniture-stores-like-crate-and-barrel-or-pottery-barm/609526)
**Author:** [@Blackzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackzilla)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-de-rigeur-to-haggle-at-furniture-stores-like-crate-and-barrel-or-pottery-barm/609526 "2012-01-18T16:11:34Z")
I’m finally at the point where I’m going to be buying adult (non-Ikea) furniture for the first time. I’m talking specifically about Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, to Restoration Hardware level stuff, where I’ll be payin… --- ## ["Blackish" .. Oh.... REALLY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-oh-really/705873)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackish-oh-really/705873 "2014-12-04T18:30:35Z")
No idea if this belongs in Café Society or here. Move as seen fit. We watched “Blackish” this week. There were many mediocre things about the show. They are interchangeable with every other sitcom of the last 5 years. T… --- ## [The 2021 Gardening Thread - what's going on in your yard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2021-gardening-thread-whats-going-on-in-your-yard/938321)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2021-gardening-thread-whats-going-on-in-your-yard/938321 "2022-04-05T21:19:47Z")
On behalf of the vernal equinox (“spring has sprung!”) let’s talk about what we’re growing this year. Gardeners and wannabe growers, here’s our thread! What seeds have you planted, even if they’re in a pot or window box… --- ## [Come everyone on the SDMB it is time to rape a rich girl - The bitch is asking for it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-everyone-on-the-sdmb-it-is-time-to-rape-a-rich-girl-the-bitch-is-asking-for-it/212209)
**Author:** [@Hydrocortisone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hydrocortisone)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-everyone-on-the-sdmb-it-is-time-to-rape-a-rich-girl-the-bitch-is-asking-for-it/212209 "2003-12-07T23:46:26Z")
Come it is so much fun to make fun of a girl who is so out of it that she doesn’t know what is happening being fucked. Come she is rich so it is funny. Everyone knows if you are rich you deserve to be raped. Fuckin’ skan… --- ## [What was government cheese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-government-cheese/250234)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-government-cheese/250234 "2004-06-16T01:40:15Z")
Re the 5 lb blocks they gave away on street corners out of the back of trucks about 20 years ago. What kind of cheese was it? Oh, and what the hell was the government doing with all that cheese anyway. And why the trucks… --- ## [To those opposed to gay marriage: Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-opposed-to-gay-marriage-why/273013)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-opposed-to-gay-marriage-why/273013 "2004-11-19T00:19:58Z")
Can someone who is strongly opposed to gay marriage explain to me (preferably in calm, rational terms, even though I know this is GD) why? I just don’t get it. I’m totally straight, I’m happily married to a person of the… --- ## [New discussion thread for Israel/Gaza/West Bank (Hijacks tolerated)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-discussion-thread-for-israel-gaza-west-bank-hijacks-tolerated/1031615)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 611\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-discussion-thread-for-israel-gaza-west-bank-hijacks-tolerated/1031615 "2026-09-26T23:49:11Z")
This is a hijacks tolerated thread (per mod recommendation). The intention for this thread is a wide ranging discussion of the conflict without the vitriol of the Pit. Latest news I saw - a US Congressman was detained … --- ## [Is 'liberal' the new 'nigger'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-liberal-the-new-nigger/534534)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-liberal-the-new-nigger/534534 "2010-04-07T12:37:24Z")
Did you know that racism as it existed in the US was effectively invented by the elites as a way to sow disunity among the lower classes to hemegonize their power? Consider a quote from chapter 2 of Howard Zinn’s ‘A Peop… --- ## [Still Wondering About Snowblowing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-wondering-about-snowblowing/6468)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2000, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-wondering-about-snowblowing/6468 "2000-01-24T08:02:00Z")
The movie Stepmom mentions snowblowing as a sexual activity, what the heck is it? A friend and I thought it had something to do with fellatio and using mints like Altoids, any thoughts? Does the noise in my head bother… --- ## [Ever order "off menu" at a restaurant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-order-off-menu-at-a-restaurant/479541)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-order-off-menu-at-a-restaurant/479541 "2009-01-04T15:10:34Z")
– like in the movies when the patron asks the waiter, “What’ve you got that’s not on the menu?” How did it go? I’d think you’d have to be at a really swank place where a chef would even have something not on the menu, … --- ## [what makes black people's voices "sound black"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-black-peoples-voices-sound-black/242021)
**Author:** [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-black-peoples-voices-sound-black/242021 "2004-04-28T01:43:28Z")
Now, don’t get all Cecil on me (ie. getting all PC and saying the question is unfair, etc.), because I’ve wondered this for years. Black people’s voices have a definite “blackness” to them - I’m referring specifically t… --- ## [Somebody show me something that will make me laugh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-show-me-something-that-will-make-me-laugh/620830)
**Author:** [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-show-me-something-that-will-make-me-laugh/620830 "2012-05-10T18:49:17Z")
Based on this thread, which is the opposite and totally had me in tears. Now I’m all depressed. I want happiness darnit! You can post videos that are cute too, or that will make me smile, or think “OMG that’s awesome”… --- ## [English words that pack lots of meaning but other languages don't have a word for it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-words-that-pack-lots-of-meaning-but-other-languages-dont-have-a-word-for-it/846726)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-words-that-pack-lots-of-meaning-but-other-languages-dont-have-a-word-for-it/846726 "2020-01-30T00:19:40Z")
We hear a lot about other languages that have a single word that is ridiculously specific and translate into English as a phrase, like schadenfreude. Can you think of any English words that would take a sentence or two … --- ## [Missing White Woman Syndrome in news coverage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-white-woman-syndrome-in-news-coverage/715790)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-white-woman-syndrome-in-news-coverage/715790 "2015-04-20T16:14:29Z")
Could or should anything be done about Missing White Woman Syndrome in news coverage? (I didn’t make that term up; it’s actually an established phenomenon in media. Missing white woman syndrome - Wikipedia ) Since t… --- ## [Do you consider sex to be a recreational activity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-sex-to-be-a-recreational-activity/686289)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-sex-to-be-a-recreational-activity/686289 "2014-04-24T16:28:18Z")
Just out of curiosity’s sake. I read an article years ago in my AP Psychology class back in high school which suggested that one of the reasons for the uptick in teen pregnancies was that sex was increasingly considered… --- ## [Is humanity's future a near guaranteed dystopian oligarchy? \[ed. title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-humanitys-future-a-near-guaranteed-dystopian-oligarchy-ed-title/523599)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-humanitys-future-a-near-guaranteed-dystopian-oligarchy-ed-title/523599 "2010-01-06T22:37:51Z")
Dystopian oligarchy sounds like a cool band name. Either way. There are various forms of ‘capital’. Financial capital, political capital, social capital, etc which can be used for acquisition, protection and influence. … --- ## [The Earth now has 95% of its former gravity, what happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-now-has-95-of-its-former-gravity-what-happens/584786)
**Author:** [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-now-has-95-of-its-former-gravity-what-happens/584786 "2011-06-11T23:06:45Z")
Say, one day, Earth’s gravity fell five percent from where it’s at now. So it’s at 95% of what it usually is. Here’s a bunch of questions: How long would it take the average person to notice? How long would it take a sci… --- ## [Why Do Blue T-Shirts Make My Hubby Stink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-blue-t-shirts-make-my-hubby-stink/350869)
**Author:** [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-blue-t-shirts-make-my-hubby-stink/350869 "2015-07-14T06:50:21Z")
It’s an interesting phenomenon. It’s as if blue t-shirts in some day deactivate his deodorant. Black has a lesser effect, but still does something strange to him. Any other colors don’t seem to cause this problem, but i… --- ## [Major battles/events of WWII NOT given cinematic/TV treatment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-battles-events-of-wwii-not-given-cinematic-tv-treatment/686701)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-battles-events-of-wwii-not-given-cinematic-tv-treatment/686701 "2014-04-24T16:22:06Z")
World War II seems to be a pretty thoroughly plowed furrow as regards cinematic treatments but I’m curious what major battles or other significant events of the war have not yet made it to the (big or small) screen? I im… --- ## [Yay! I'm finally going to the Grand Canyon- what exciting things should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-finally-going-to-the-grand-canyon-what-exciting-things-should-i-do/608952)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-finally-going-to-the-grand-canyon-what-exciting-things-should-i-do/608952 "2012-01-26T05:54:36Z")
After wanting to go for probably a million years, I’m going to the Grand Canyon the weekend of January 20th for my 26th birthday. Hooray! I booked a cabin at Bright Angel, but since it’s so short notice, it isn’t a rim … --- ## [What became of Hershey's Tastetations™?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-of-hersheys-tastetations/231566 "2019-03-07T17:52:24Z")
Granted this is not the most pressing matter of the day, but I’m sure it is important to some people. I’ve visited the Hershey’s™ website and they don’t even list it as one of their products. On message boards it is ru… --- ## ["I'm not asking for money - just some gas..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-asking-for-money-just-some-gas/814618)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-asking-for-money-just-some-gas/814618 "2018-05-27T04:33:12Z")
When I was in Ocala, Florida this past weekend, I was approached at the gas pump by a young man with a sob story about having his grandmother and his son in the “silver SUV over there” and he needed a couple of gallons o… --- ## [Is it really rude to cut your food with the side of your fork?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-really-rude-to-cut-your-food-with-the-side-of-your-fork/422788)
**Author:** [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-really-rude-to-cut-your-food-with-the-side-of-your-fork/422788 "2007-10-16T10:58:57Z")
My wife, who has some serious Southern debutante tendencies, claims that it is poor-mannered to use the side of your fork to cut your food, rather than a knife. As an extremely practical fella, I don’t understand why a … --- ## [Mundane Pointless Things that Elude Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-that-elude-dopers/683640)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-that-elude-dopers/683640 "2014-03-20T19:56:36Z")
I can’t be the first person on this messageboard to notice that there are some things that utterly escape some Dopers. Now, while I’d like to think I’m simply on a messageboard full of reclusive savants, I feel like some… --- ## [Well, so much for voting this November.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-so-much-for-voting-this-november/237593)
**Author:** [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-so-much-for-voting-this-november/237593 "2004-04-07T20:32:28Z")
Just ran across this article on Yahoo!, which among other things noted: So, instead of breaking to the left away from the Democrats like he did last time, he’s breaking right for that tiny center between the Democrats… --- ## [Rereading Ice and Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-ice-and-fire/327183)
**Author:** [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-ice-and-fire/327183 "2006-02-03T00:57:56Z")
Spoilers, for those who haven’t read these yet. In preparing for Feast for Crows I’ve been rereading the books. I’ve nearly finished Book 1. Since I know I’m not the only other one interested in this book, hopefully th… --- ## [I pit Novelty Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-novelty-bobble/953914)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-novelty-bobble/953914 "2023-02-19T01:00:01Z")
Expressing opinions that are racist as fuck, while playing the “I’m not touching you” game. And now trying to get people to call them a racist in IMHO to further their victimhood status. --- ## [Origins of "You can't swing a cat"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-you-cant-swing-a-cat/246171)
**Author:** [@jfortun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jfortun)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-you-cant-swing-a-cat/246171 "2010-07-27T01:04:52Z")
You can’t swing a cat on the net without finding someone using this phrase but I am hard pressed to find an explanation of it’s origins. Any ideas? --- ## [Why does a CAT Scan cost so damn much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-cat-scan-cost-so-damn-much/685421)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-cat-scan-cost-so-damn-much/685421 "2014-12-17T12:47:43Z")
I’ve passed kidney stones before, and felt some ugly renal colic last week. So, I went to the ER, the gave me a shot of Dilaudid and I had a CAT scan done. I was there maybe an hour and a half total. I got the medical… --- ## [Anyone wanna concede their most elite special forces are not the best in the world in some respect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-concede-their-most-elite-special-forces-are-not-the-best-in-the-world-in-some-respect/639279)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-concede-their-most-elite-special-forces-are-not-the-best-in-the-world-in-some-respect/639279 "2014-04-19T14:11:33Z")
I would say that people from the following countries: \[ul\]\[li\]Australia\[\]France\[\]Israe\[\]New Zealand\[\]North Korea\[\]Russia\[\]South Africa\[\]UK\[\]US\[/ul\]\[/li\] All have a tradition of thinking their most elite special forces … --- ## [Difficult Workplace Situations - how have you handled them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-workplace-situations-how-have-you-handled-them/596188)
**Author:** [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-workplace-situations-how-have-you-handled-them/596188 "2012-11-09T12:22:29Z")
I have a co-worker who is making my workplace unpleasant. We are part of a team of four people, and the other two people agree that Rhonda has singled me out to be the target of her rudeness. All three of us have repor… --- ## [Unconstitutional? Yes, it is. But, who cares - it's irrelevant because the police acted reasonably.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconstitutional-yes-it-is-but-who-cares-its-irrelevant-because-the-police-acted-reasonably/690725)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconstitutional-yes-it-is-but-who-cares-its-irrelevant-because-the-police-acted-reasonably/690725 "2014-09-09T22:08:29Z")
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its ruling in what had been anticipated, if not trumpeted, beforehand as promising to be a ‘momentous’ and ‘important’ decision involving on-line privacy in Canada. Here is the … --- ## [Dispute with rental car company; could use perspective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-rental-car-company-could-use-perspective/637011)
**Author:** [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-rental-car-company-could-use-perspective/637011 "2012-10-15T18:05:00Z")
So here is the situation in a nutshell. Wife and I rented a car earlier this summer from Enterprise. Drove car without incident (it actually spent most of the time in a parking garage). Return home and Enterprise is clai… --- ## [Nick Spencer, Writer of Nazi Captain America..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-spencer-writer-of-nazi-captain-america/786470)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-spencer-writer-of-nazi-captain-america/786470 "2017-07-06T13:22:23Z")
… apparently used to be a Republican politician. Just came across this today, and it appears to be well-loaded with citations. Sort of sheds new light on things, if accurate! --- ## [10 years after the "looming crisis in human genetics"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-after-the-looming-crisis-in-human-genetics/844236)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years-after-the-looming-crisis-in-human-genetics/844236 "2019-12-13T18:10:54Z")
It might be hard to remember, but there was a time when the SDMB was struggling with a racism problem. Perhaps it is better to say, a “race-realist” problem. From about late 2008-2010 there existed a consistent weekly s… --- ## [Does any tv show have "contingency plans"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-tv-show-have-contingency-plans/528161)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-tv-show-have-contingency-plans/528161 "2010-02-12T07:49:50Z")
The recent weirdness with Charlie Sheen’s car has got me thinking. Charlie Sheen has been in plenty of trouble over time. It must have ocurred to the producers of Two and a Half Men that there’s a possibility that Shee… --- ## [Things businesses think are great customer service that aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-businesses-think-are-great-customer-service-that-arent/307372)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-businesses-think-are-great-customer-service-that-arent/307372 "2005-06-13T22:36:13Z")
Fantastic customer service! NOT. -reading my name off a credit card or discount card and addressing me by it. Doesn’t make me feel special. Creeps me out. Especially because I don’t socially use the name printed on m… --- ## [How many lottery tickets must be bought to assure every combination of numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lottery-tickets-must-be-bought-to-assure-every-combination-of-numbers/286155)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-lottery-tickets-must-be-bought-to-assure-every-combination-of-numbers/286155 "2005-02-09T16:47:15Z")
The numbers in our lottery go up to 49. You are allowed to choose 6 numbers. So how many tickets would have to be bought to have every combination of numbers? This was a debate on another board I went to not long ago a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=800&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=802&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)