# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=809&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:** 810 --- ## [So what is there to this Indian Brahmin birdsong pre-oral tradition thing I just heard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-there-to-this-indian-brahmin-birdsong-pre-oral-tradition-thing-i-just-heard/588956)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-there-to-this-indian-brahmin-birdsong-pre-oral-tradition-thing-i-just-heard/588956 "2015-07-09T03:46:30Z")
I happened on this “Story of India” documentary on Netflix, and I thought, hey, let’s watch something pretty and vaguely educational that won’t require too much thought, right? Well, the very first thing in the document… --- ## [Songs That Can Be Sung To (or to which you can sing) "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-can-be-sung-to-or-to-which-you-can-sing-the-ballad-of-gilligans-island/643775)
**Author:** [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-can-be-sung-to-or-to-which-you-can-sing-the-ballad-of-gilligans-island/643775 "2013-01-08T04:59:13Z")
As far as I know, this parlor game began in the 1960s, when science-fiction fans began scouting around for a melody to fit “The Green Hills of Earth” from a short story of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein. Here’s the… --- ## [Opening Day in the MMP!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645 "2017-04-10T08:33:47Z")
For whatever reason, my spousal unit has become a big baseball fan, and today is opening day for the Washington Nationals, among others. The game starts at 1, so we’ll just see the highlights on the news, but soon, we’l… --- ## [Why am I lighter in the morning than at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-lighter-in-the-morning-than-at-night/496397)
**Author:** [@FishStampede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FishStampede)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-lighter-in-the-morning-than-at-night/496397 "2009-05-15T14:01:34Z")
As a very health-conscious person, I weigh myself regularly. I found that if I weigh myself shortly before going to bed, and then again shortly after waking up, there is often a difference of as much as three or four pou… --- ## [Did this happen (80's computers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-happen-80s-computers/697811)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-happen-80s-computers/697811 "2014-09-12T03:23:53Z")
I heard an apocryphal story about odd business practices during the '80’s and the first wave of PC’s. Can anyone tell me if 1) this story is true, and 2) if so, who it’s about? Basically, a company was producing nice co… --- ## [What is topology, and what's cool about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-topology-and-whats-cool-about-it/514409)
**Author:** [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-topology-and-whats-cool-about-it/514409 "2009-11-18T05:33:09Z")
As I understand it, it’s a branch of mathematics dealing with knots and wadded-up pieces of paper. I’m confident that it IS cool and useful, I just don’t know (at present) how or why. Anybody wanna fight my ignorance? (… --- ## [Stadium policy - no cap on your bottle of pop. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stadium-policy-no-cap-on-your-bottle-of-pop-why/368701)
**Author:** [@LionelHutz405](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LionelHutz405)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stadium-policy-no-cap-on-your-bottle-of-pop-why/368701 "2006-08-15T02:55:08Z")
At the Skydome in Toronto (I refuse to call it the Rogers center), they have a policy that the concession people are not allowed to sell you a bottle (plastic) of pop with the cap on. They remove the cap in front of you… --- ## [Advantages of being 14 years old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-14-years-old/62354)
**Author:** [@Lego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lego)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-being-14-years-old/62354 "2001-04-19T03:10:34Z")
None seem obvious at the time. I wish I was still 8 or 9. --- ## [The Haka Considered Harmful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-haka-considered-harmful/736192)
**Author:** [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-haka-considered-harmful/736192 "2015-11-06T03:17:59Z")
Probably everyone who comes here will know this, but I’ll summarize. Australia and New Zealand are in the final of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Before games, the New Zealand team does a performance called the Haka. I don’t… --- ## [9/11 Commission, were any photos shown of the people who jumped hitting the ground?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-commission-were-any-photos-shown-of-the-people-who-jumped-hitting-the-ground/246593)
**Author:** [@SallyStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyStar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-commission-were-any-photos-shown-of-the-people-who-jumped-hitting-the-ground/246593 "2004-05-24T20:43:13Z")
I don’t want to see them, but were there any photos or videos shown of the people jumped on 9/11/01 from 1,000 feet in the World Trade Towers hitting the ground? --- ## [Movie question - "This is the End"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-question-this-is-the-end/709176)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-question-this-is-the-end/709176 "2015-01-30T17:14:42Z")
I am wondering if anyone can tell me how this pile of garbage can have a rating of 6.8 on IMDB? I came across this movie on cable, and with a cast I mostly like, decided to give it a try. After 15 minutes, I went in IM… --- ## [Attic Fan Turns Off When It Gets Too Hot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attic-fan-turns-off-when-it-gets-too-hot/663177)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attic-fan-turns-off-when-it-gets-too-hot/663177 "2013-08-05T14:40:36Z")
Which is kind of the opposite of what it’s supposed to to. It turns itself off during the heat of the day, but is on in evenings through the morning. Question is whether this is most likely related to the thermostat or … --- ## [Hey ladies: what do you think about kilts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ladies-what-do-you-think-about-kilts/744719)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ladies-what-do-you-think-about-kilts/744719 "2016-02-05T15:09:26Z")
I was going to make this a poll, but thought I might cause an influence in positions with my poll choices. So, in a free format, what do you think about kilts on men? --- ## [Deep Clog in Sink Drain... help me out, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-clog-in-sink-drain-help-me-out-please/146211)
**Author:** [@keeper0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeper0)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-clog-in-sink-drain-help-me-out-please/146211 "2018-04-03T16:46:06Z")
I have stumbled across a couple of threads on dealing with stopped up drains, like: Slow Drains by Baloo and How Do I Unclog a Sink by Mazee Rather than resurrect a two year dead thread, I thought I would ask my spec… --- ## [My Lava Lamp needs help!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lava-lamp-needs-help/198085)
**Author:** [@Illiniwek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illiniwek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lava-lamp-needs-help/198085 "2003-08-29T01:49:32Z")
I read the column about how a lava lamp works. However, what I’m interested in is how a lava lamp DOESN’T work!!! When I turned it on, some of the wax was hard and some got bubbly. Then a column went to the top of the… --- ## [When did you know he/she wasn't the one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-know-he-she-wasnt-the-one/153241)
**Author:** [@Cormac36](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cormac36)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-know-he-she-wasnt-the-one/153241 "2003-03-24T17:30:47Z")
Hi folks, I have been reading these forums for some time (there seems to be an unusually high level of intelligence among the posters to these forums), but this is my first post. I just spent a very pleasurable bit of … --- ## [Whatever happened to You're Welcome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-youre-welcome/581229)
**Author:** [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-youre-welcome/581229 "2011-05-16T21:58:39Z")
Maybe it’s just me but it seems like the phrase “you’re welcome” as a response to thank you is going out of style. Seems like the new standard is to respond with another “thank you”. “Thank you” “Thank you” I especia… --- ## [CVS dumps cigarettes, keeps homeopathic remedies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cvs-dumps-cigarettes-keeps-homeopathic-remedies/699482)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cvs-dumps-cigarettes-keeps-homeopathic-remedies/699482 "2014-10-06T21:40:51Z")
So, CVS has decided to stop selling cigarettes in the name of health, and is running lots of TV ads regarding CVS’s promotion of health and healthy living, and how cigarettes just aren’t compatible with that. Much as I’… --- ## [Juicy family secrets you learned as an adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juicy-family-secrets-you-learned-as-an-adult/807329)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juicy-family-secrets-you-learned-as-an-adult/807329 "2018-11-04T17:57:05Z")
My grandparents were dyed-in-the-wool fundie Utah Mormons. As a kid, I sometimes got the feeling there were things I didn’t know about them. In my late twenties I got the story: -Grandma had pre-marital sex and got pre… --- ## [Hot salsa and wimpy Canadians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-salsa-and-wimpy-canadians/563659)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-salsa-and-wimpy-canadians/563659 "2013-10-31T18:54:13Z")
A few years ago there was a thread here regarding a really good, hot salsa. I forget the name of the stuff, but when I went looking for it in the grocery stores I could only find the medium and mild versions. Oh well, … --- ## [Clinton/ Obama debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-obama-debate/438551)
**Author:** [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-obama-debate/438551 "2008-02-23T00:27:26Z")
I believe HRC and Obama have a debate tonight. I won’t be able to watch it, since it’ll be around 2 AM for me when it starts and thats assuming AFN airs it. But considering Obama’s winning streak and the HRC campaign’s … --- ## [Wrap up "The Pretender" for me (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrap-up-the-pretender-for-me-spoilers/273513)
**Author:** [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrap-up-the-pretender-for-me-spoilers/273513 "2014-01-11T05:52:06Z")
Okay, so The Pretender was on TV while I was a university student and some terms I had cable, most terms I did not. So I have no idea how the series ended and in particular, I was curious about Jarod’s history. I remem… --- ## [Why were Pedro and Onil Castro Arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-pedro-and-onil-castro-arrested/657845)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-pedro-and-onil-castro-arrested/657845 "2013-05-17T16:33:47Z")
A short time ago, Onil and Pedro Castro were freed, and their brother was charged with kidnapping and rape. Do we know why Pedro and Onil were arrested in the first place? The stories only seem to report what they were s… --- ## [More Emotional After Anesthesia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emotional-after-anesthesia/471439)
**Author:** [@Radegast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Radegast)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-emotional-after-anesthesia/471439 "2008-11-11T20:38:42Z")
Does anyone else find him/herself to be more emotional after being under general anesthesia? My father said he was more emotional – certainly quicker to get choked up over something – after he had open-heart surgery and… --- ## [What can I add bacon to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-add-bacon-to/479869)
**Author:** [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-add-bacon-to/479869 "2009-01-20T17:59:19Z")
I’ve got a pound of bacon that’s not going to make it much longer, and I’ve gotta go through that sucker. How can I get rid of it? Bacon oatmeal? Bacon spaghetti? Bacon bacon? --- ## [Help! Are there any good non-underwire bras?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-are-there-any-good-non-underwire-bras/561239)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-are-there-any-good-non-underwire-bras/561239 "2010-11-23T21:22:47Z")
My GYN just told me that my painful breast lumps are most likely glandular tissue irritated by underwire bras. My “prescription” is to stop using underwires. I’m a 38-40 D to DD, and I want my breasts to appear separat… --- ## [If you could apply the death penalty to the use of political rhetoric .....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-apply-the-death-penalty-to-the-use-of-political-rhetoric/562932)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-apply-the-death-penalty-to-the-use-of-political-rhetoric/562932 "2011-01-09T17:22:02Z")
…which one phrase or concept would you apply it to? Mine is that a tax cut or not increasing taxes is giving away taxpayer money instead of letting them keep it. --- ## [Joe the Plumber Becomes Joe the War Correspondent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-the-plumber-becomes-joe-the-war-correspondent/480295)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-the-plumber-becomes-joe-the-war-correspondent/480295 "2009-01-15T07:01:19Z")
Fuck, how does this asswipe keep getting work? I hope zombi Edward R. Murrow eats what little brains JtP has. --- ## [Price increases you've noticed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-increases-youve-noticed/598833)
**Author:** [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-increases-youve-noticed/598833 "2011-10-14T00:53:57Z")
Used to be the only time I noticed something getting more expensive was either gasoline or movie tickets. But, just the other day, I was at the grocery store, picking up stuff for the parents, and my poor brain kept stut… --- ## [Why doesn't the government consider reducing spending on non-essential programs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-government-consider-reducing-spending-on-non-essential-programs/589720)
**Author:** [@Nica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nica)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-government-consider-reducing-spending-on-non-essential-programs/589720 "2011-07-25T22:53:50Z")
Rather than cutting social security and even military pay?? I understand that they give people jobs, but cutting back some funding couldn’t hurt. Like the space program, for example. Do we really NEED to explore space … --- ## [Secret Invasion (Nick Fury tv series) There be spoilers in here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-invasion-nick-fury-tv-series-there-be-spoilers-in-here/985922)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-invasion-nick-fury-tv-series-there-be-spoilers-in-here/985922 "2023-10-13T11:59:31Z")
The new Nick Fury series on Disney Plus is out. They’re releasing one episode per week, with six episodes expected. After watching the first episode, it looks like they’re going for the spy-thriller genre. So far, so go… --- ## [Chocolate making and paraffin wax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-making-and-paraffin-wax/338673)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-making-and-paraffin-wax/338673 "2006-01-06T15:50:56Z")
I got a recipe from my sister for chocolate covered peanut butter balls. Think Reeces, but as little balls about acorn size. It calls for paraffin wax, ostensibly to make the chocolate have a waxy sheen and hold together… --- ## [Pro Giuliani group co-chair says we should get rid of all Muslims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-giuliani-group-co-chair-says-we-should-get-rid-of-all-muslims/431655)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-giuliani-group-co-chair-says-we-should-get-rid-of-all-muslims/431655 "2008-01-04T03:35:48Z")
NH Co-chair of Veterans for Rudy resigns after Muslim comment This is the unintended consequence of running a campaign that promotes rabid anti-terrorist hysteria. While I don’t believe it reflects Rudy’s position, I … --- ## [Sign of the Times: More Pianos are Being Dumped; too costly to maintain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-times-more-pianos-are-being-dumped-too-costly-to-maintain/629842)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-of-the-times-more-pianos-are-being-dumped-too-costly-to-maintain/629842 "2018-04-20T13:45:52Z")
Pay-to-see article in the NY Times here. A poignant quote from the article: So it is not all bad news: there remains an interest in keyboard-triggered instruments and music. It is just seems there is a large populat… --- ## [People who have successful lives, but are miserable inside](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-successful-lives-but-are-miserable-inside/519008)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-successful-lives-but-are-miserable-inside/519008 "2009-12-04T01:19:22Z")
You ever heard of the theory that you do not need to put a lid on a case full of lobsters since the second one tries to climb out to a better life, the others will pull it back in? Then just call me Dr. Pinchie. A big p… --- ## [Logan Int'l Airport: moving between terminals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logan-intl-airport-moving-between-terminals/624109)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logan-intl-airport-moving-between-terminals/624109 "2012-06-06T11:52:42Z")
In a few weeks my wife and I will be flying out of Logan International airport in Boston. We will arrive on the Silver Line bus-train thingie and then we will each fly out on a different airline, and those two airlines … --- ## [LED traffic lights can't melt off snow and ice from their lens.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-off-snow-and-ice-from-their-lens/713512)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-off-snow-and-ice-from-their-lens/713512 "2015-02-27T12:28:40Z")
Seems like a major, disastrous design flaw too me. They can’t be serious about having workers manually remove that snow from every traffic light? :confused: A major city might have say ten thousand traffic lights? And… --- ## [Catfishing, a daily Wikipedia trivia game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323)
**Author:** [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Replies:** 743\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfishing-a-daily-wikipedia-trivia-game/1028323 "2026-09-27T15:42:00Z")
Link Each day, guess ten Wikipedia articles based on the categories that they’re in. For example, here are the clues for an entry from a couple days ago: 1979 disasters in the United States | 1979 in the environment |… --- ## [Nose piercings: share your thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nose-piercings-share-your-thoughts/364610)
**Author:** [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nose-piercings-share-your-thoughts/364610 "2006-07-20T00:38:32Z")
From time to time I think about getting my nose pierced. I’d like to get a stud on the left side, as IMHO, they’re very classy in appearance. Anyone on the board have a side piercing done? Are they terribly painful or a … --- ## [Mock pornography titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mock-pornography-titles/725985)
**Author:** [@Blues\_Wade\_Shoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blues_Wade_Shoes)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mock-pornography-titles/725985 "2015-10-26T01:40:28Z")
Meat Me in St. Louis --- ## [I broke 12.5 years of sobriety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-12-5-years-of-sobriety/510746)
**Author:** [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-12-5-years-of-sobriety/510746 "2009-11-10T20:57:54Z")
A couple months ago I drank a bottle of champagne with a girl. Then tried a few more drink and some beers with a few other girls. Just last night gave hard liquor a try for the first time. Just a few shots. I am not sur… --- ## [What are the funniest or most interesting bumper stickers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-funniest-or-most-interesting-bumper-stickers/605818)
**Author:** [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-funniest-or-most-interesting-bumper-stickers/605818 "2012-03-19T02:28:52Z")
1- Let me know your most favorite bumper stickers you’ve come cross and they are not too long. 2- I’ve told this one: " Drive carefully, funeral costs more than being alive !! " A- Please correct any mistakes in the se… --- ## [Shit test/fitness test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-test-fitness-test/633741)
**Author:** [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-test-fitness-test/633741 "2012-09-12T18:53:00Z")
I recently stumbled upon a thread on this forum talking about shit tests, or fitness tests, where a woman “tests” her boyfriend / husband by throwing crap at him and seeing how confident, capable, or “fit” he is. I must… --- ## [(Old) The first day of school in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-first-day-of-school-in-the-mmp/988860)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 369\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-first-day-of-school-in-the-mmp/988860 "2023-08-29T02:30:55Z")
I know in some areas, school has started and in others it’s about to start - my granddaughter starts kindergarten on Wednesday. So let’s share memories of first days - yours, your kids, whoever. I’ll be back later with … --- ## [Where should my family travel to in your state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-my-family-travel-to-in-your-state/623910)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-my-family-travel-to-in-your-state/623910 "2012-06-15T23:40:26Z")
My husband came up with the idea that by the time our three-and-a-half year old daughter goes off to college, she should have set foot in all 50 states. We’re not going to tell her we’re doing this; hopefully at some po… --- ## [Making Your Own Kitchen Cabinets-Easy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-your-own-kitchen-cabinets-easy/651253)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-your-own-kitchen-cabinets-easy/651253 "2013-03-06T11:14:46Z")
Watching an experienced carpenter/cabinetmaker like Norm Abrams on TV, I get the impression that building a nice set of kitchen cabinets is quite easy-provided you have the correct tools (table saw, router), correct mea… --- ## [Serious question about Habakkuk3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-about-habakkuk3/658322)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-about-habakkuk3/658322 "2013-05-17T04:20:48Z")
Is he on meth? Because there’s a lot of right wing crazy on the Internet, but holy shit! That combination of total incoherence, heaps of anger, lack of impulse control, and chock full o’ frenetic energy just screams 60 … --- ## [Are the Republicans still on their long walk in the woods to re-define themselves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-republicans-still-on-their-long-walk-in-the-woods-to-re-define-themselves/482611)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-republicans-still-on-their-long-walk-in-the-woods-to-re-define-themselves/482611 "2009-01-29T08:27:28Z")
With the shredded corpse of the old Republican themes and coalitions having been body bagged and covered with lime, what’s next for the Republicans? What are the next big themes and ideas to define what it means to be a … --- ## [Universal Life Church](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church/493343)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-life-church/493343 "2014-02-08T02:55:12Z")
I want to become a minister for the hell of it, because I can. I’m just having trouble figuring out these websites, and wondering what people’s experiences were; I did search, found some info but not a whole lot. It look… --- ## [Unintelligent Design](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintelligent-design/330773)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintelligent-design/330773 "2006-10-30T18:30:06Z")
What with all the talk about teaching “Intelligent Design” in the classroom, I thought I’d take a look at the whole concept, and I quickly concluded that if God, indeed, had created things the way the Bible says, then he… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=808&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=810&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)