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**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064 "2006-04-03T13:15:33Z")
Saturday was, well, interesting. If you all will recall, Saturday was the big annual Bass Fishing Tournament fundraiser thingy for work. So, natch, I had to be there to be all nice and friendly and do stuff and all that.… --- ## [How did "Baby" become the most popular word in pop music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-baby-become-the-most-popular-word-in-pop-music/588623)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-baby-become-the-most-popular-word-in-pop-music/588623 "2012-02-02T11:01:12Z")
“Baby” as a term of endearment for a lover is a pretty old term, but it’s rivalled in common English by a number of other words and variants, like “honey,” “Darling,” dear," “babe,” “sweetie” and any number of pet names. … --- ## [Worst/most awkward sex scene in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162)
**Author:** [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-most-awkward-sex-scene-in-a-movie/105162 "2002-04-29T05:42:46Z")
Everyone always talks about the good sex scenes in movies, but what about the bad? A friend of mine just recently gave me the Director’s Cut of Blade Runner, which happens to be the only version I’ve seen, but this was … --- ## [BrEkers, Tell Me All About G\*.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brekers-tell-me-all-about-g/556308)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brekers-tell-me-all-about-g/556308 "2010-10-08T19:17:20Z")
A Letter My Son, A Basic Fundie. \[dad\] Dear \*, All souls are in AND of God and always have been. Eternity has neither beginning nor end nor time and space. Each soul is a thinking Thought of God, His image in microc… --- ## [Your favorite descriptions of a character in a song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-descriptions-of-a-character-in-a-song/625883)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-descriptions-of-a-character-in-a-song/625883 "2012-07-05T23:32:08Z")
Not sure if this has been done before, but what are some of your favorite lyrical descriptions of a character in a song, either real or fictional? It doesn’t have to be poetic, or beautifully written - you just have to l… --- ## [When did southern patriotism become part of the culture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-southern-patriotism-become-part-of-the-culture/716196)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-southern-patriotism-become-part-of-the-culture/716196 "2015-04-14T05:13:15Z")
Some of the modern stereotypes of the South is that there’s a lot of American flags on pickup trucks, they listen to a lot of country music that extol the virtues of America and military service, and send a lot of their … --- ## [Amy Adams - for real or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-for-real-or-not/683806)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-for-real-or-not/683806 "2014-03-25T13:40:44Z")
I recently saw American Hustle (2013) starring Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence and others. I liked it a lot. It wasn’t a magnificent film. But it was plenty interesting and a lot of fun to boot. I want to… --- ## [In praise of small boobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-small-boobs/366272)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-small-boobs/366272 "2007-07-29T17:01:31Z")
I’ve been dating this new girl recently, and she is beautiful. Gorgeous eyes, awesome skin, awesome smile. She always smells great. She has an athletic frame that she carries with confidence. She also happens to have… --- ## [Dutch MP denied entry to UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-mp-denied-entry-to-uk/485314)
**Author:** [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-mp-denied-entry-to-uk/485314 "2009-02-27T14:38:54Z")
Dutch MP Geert Wilders has made no secret of his belief that Islam is incompatible with western society, and has advocated strong measures to counter what he sees as the dangerous spread of Islam, going so far as to like… --- ## [Do any of you put henna in your hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-put-henna-in-your-hair/530405)
**Author:** [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-put-henna-in-your-hair/530405 "2010-03-03T16:08:05Z")
I haven’t colored my hair for a few years and it’s completely back to it’s natural, boring light brown, slightly strawberry-ish color. I had always gotten blonde highlights in it, but this time I’m thinking about doing s… --- ## [Olympic Menstruation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-menstruation/629728)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-menstruation/629728 "2012-07-31T01:49:11Z")
I’ve never heard a woman claim that menstruation was pleasant or convenient, or that it enhanced their athletic prowess. Now that the Olympics are under way, I suddenly find myself wondering how all these world-class fe… --- ## [BC Comic thinks setting dogs on fire is funny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bc-comic-thinks-setting-dogs-on-fire-is-funny/503863)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bc-comic-thinks-setting-dogs-on-fire-is-funny/503863 "2009-07-23T11:11:14Z")
I won’t link to it, but I went to JohnHartStudios.com to complain. They offered a lame apology since they were getting letters, saying they were sorry we readers didn’t find it funny. Douchebags. --- ## [Bad choice for The Joker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-choice-for-the-joker/366873)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-choice-for-the-joker/366873 "2006-09-03T23:08:49Z")
Sorry but IMHO Heath Ledger doesn’t carry the weight necessary to play this crucial role. Rumored to have been in the running was Christopher Eccleston (Elizabeth, Gone in 60 Seconds, etc). He would have been a much be… --- ## [Is my marriage about to explode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-marriage-about-to-explode/626223)
**Author:** [@BeSpectacled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeSpectacled)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-marriage-about-to-explode/626223 "2012-06-29T20:24:32Z")
My husband and I have been married for six years, together for eight, and we have two very young children. He has always taken great care of us, financially, and isn’t afraid to work hard. I have always known that my h… --- ## [So my wife cheated on me...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-cheated-on-me/649626)
**Author:** [@Dave.B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave.B)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-cheated-on-me/649626 "2013-02-11T04:08:22Z")
This isn’t a post designed to solicit sympathy or anything like that. I was told years ago that doing something like this would be cathartic, and now seems like a good time. I’ve been lurking here long enough to know th… --- ## [Bank of America can suck my fat American dick!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-america-can-suck-my-fat-american-dick/258367)
**Author:** [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-america-can-suck-my-fat-american-dick/258367 "2004-08-08T03:57:58Z")
So… a little background I guess to get started. I have direct deposit with my job at school. For some reason, it didn’t go through on Friday like it should have, which would have avoided this whole mess, but that’s an … --- ## [TIME Magazine: French people are "Frogs"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazine-french-people-are-frogs/464751)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazine-french-people-are-frogs/464751 "2008-09-24T04:46:36Z")
Apparently, racial epithets are okay for TIME editors to use: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1843168,00.html I know it’s been even more fashionable since the Iraq War to have a weird hate on for France,… --- ## [Was sailing the HMS Bounty through this storm as stupid as it seems to a layman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-sailing-the-hms-bounty-through-this-storm-as-stupid-as-it-seems-to-a-layman/639260)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-sailing-the-hms-bounty-through-this-storm-as-stupid-as-it-seems-to-a-layman/639260 "2014-06-13T22:03:06Z")
This storm you’re having has had loads of attention even in the UK media - and it’s been known about for a while as well. To a layman, trying to sail HMS Bountry through it seems extremely idiotic. On the other hand pr… --- ## [Race is a social, not biological / scientific concept](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-is-a-social-not-biological-scientific-concept/625461)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-is-a-social-not-biological-scientific-concept/625461 "2012-06-23T08:59:10Z")
Nothing shows it more than today’s very interesting NY Times article on Michelle Obama and her white cousins. We’re all of the human race - period. --- ## [Arkham City or Skyrim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkham-city-or-skyrim/599840)
**Author:** [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkham-city-or-skyrim/599840 "2011-10-20T15:47:21Z")
My favorite games are Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Fallout NV on the XBox 360. I really enjoy the open-world RPG genre and am looking forward to Skyrim. Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot about Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: … --- ## [Tim Tebow, go away!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-tebow-go-away/762243)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-tebow-go-away/762243 "2016-11-19T16:50:35Z")
This idiot has finally given up on the NFL, so now he wants to try his hand at Major League Baseball. He hasn’t played baseball in 11 years, but wants to work out for MLB teams. This fucking egomaniac just needs to go a… --- ## [I pit the assholes who are calling the Trump sons disgusting for hunting in Africa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-assholes-who-are-calling-the-trump-sons-disgusting-for-hunting-in-africa/615768)
**Author:** [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-assholes-who-are-calling-the-trump-sons-disgusting-for-hunting-in-africa/615768 "2012-03-20T02:14:22Z")
Here and all over my fucking Facebook. Have any of you ever been to Africa? It’s a shithole for most people. Big game hunting brings in big bucks and stimulates the economy. This is what I have posted to all of my FB a… --- ## [Racial segregation at universities--a growing, and legitimate trend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-segregation-at-universities-a-growing-and-legitimate-trend/951334)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-segregation-at-universities-a-growing-and-legitimate-trend/951334 "2021-10-08T04:08:33Z")
Bill Maher is an astute and well-informed political comedian. He’s a liberal, but is also featured on Fox news ,because he is very opposed to the extreme left,“woke” side of the progressive movement. In this clip, he c… --- ## [A Snitch Ticket, a moral dilemma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-snitch-ticket-a-moral-dilemma/552939)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-snitch-ticket-a-moral-dilemma/552939 "2010-09-14T19:31:35Z")
My city has those red light cameras on several major intersections. You know, red light cameras…Here is the short story. I get a ticket in the mail for running a red light. Actually, it isn’t a ticket, it’s what’s ref… --- ## [Why Do Ducks Wag Their Tails?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ducks-wag-their-tails/95183)
**Author:** [@royjwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/royjwood)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ducks-wag-their-tails/95183 "2001-11-27T04:26:37Z")
Ducks are wierd creatures, we all know this already. But why do they wag their tails from side to side? Is it because they are happy or just because they got that groove thang going? I noticed that they do it while the e… --- ## [Cain's Definition of "Pro-Choice"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cains-definition-of-pro-choice/600477)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cains-definition-of-pro-choice/600477 "2011-10-27T03:12:27Z")
This flip-flopping coward has topped himself when it comes to ridiculous mental gymnastics. He is on record as originally being in favor of a woman’s right to choose. However, now that he’s running for President and be… --- ## [Jon Stewart returns to The Daily Show! (Not for Politics, see P&E thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614 "2024-04-09T15:50:09Z")
I may have missed this being posted somewhere else, but I think this is terrific! There is no one like Stewart and IMHO he made The Daily Show what it was like no one else could. And now, he’s back! OK, to be fair, he… --- ## [Did you experience parents hitting kids or vice versa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-experience-parents-hitting-kids-or-vice-versa/545994)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-experience-parents-hitting-kids-or-vice-versa/545994 "2010-07-16T18:21:30Z")
IN this thread the topic came up of parents hitting their kids. Some people acted as tho it was inconceivable that a parent would ever strike their kid in anger. Others maintained that it was not at all unusual. We ca… --- ## [Are Unions Obsolete?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-unions-obsolete/671343)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-unions-obsolete/671343 "2013-11-08T03:46:37Z")
There seems to be in the Anglo-sphere, a dearth of Unions which are effective, why is this so? Is the legacy of the ‘Winter of Discontent’ and the ways in which they are perceived to stifle productivity still in the mind… --- ## [Exercise questions, esp. push-ups / sit-ups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-esp-push-ups-sit-ups/634636)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-questions-esp-push-ups-sit-ups/634636 "2012-09-20T12:08:44Z")
Can anyone help me set an exercise goal? I’m 41, male, and trying to add some muscle / strength training to my exercise routine, which up to now has consisted of living in a third-floor walkup and lugging a giant backpac… --- ## [Does the fact that we (the US) have the oldest constitution in the world a good or bad thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-fact-that-we-the-us-have-the-oldest-constitution-in-the-world-a-good-or-bad-thing/547164)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-fact-that-we-the-us-have-the-oldest-constitution-in-the-world-a-good-or-bad-thing/547164 "2010-07-22T11:17:56Z")
I say bad. My armchair theory goes something like this: I believe in biology something like 99% of every specie that has ever lived on this planet is extinct now. If I remember my biology class correctly, the reason why… --- ## [What are the odds an alien species would be similar to us physiologically](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-an-alien-species-would-be-similar-to-us-physiologically/708213)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-an-alien-species-would-be-similar-to-us-physiologically/708213 "2015-01-10T20:46:22Z")
I was watching fire in the sky, and while Travis Walton was on a spaceship my first thought was ‘why is the atmosphere breathable in there’. On earth I think the CO2 concentration is something like 0.04%. If it gets too … --- ## [What are the "Ten Commandments" of other religions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-commandments-of-other-religions/195695)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-commandments-of-other-religions/195695 "2003-08-18T01:26:08Z")
I have been observing the debate in this thread about Moore, the Alabama judge who refuses to remove the Ten Commandments from his courthouse, and I got to thinking. Are there factual answers to the question “What would… --- ## [Worst beatles songs (original)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-beatles-songs-original/723091 "2015-07-04T05:07:34Z")
Points for non-obscurity All together now For you blue Savoy Truffle What you’re doing Eight days a week --- ## [Difficult - card for the terminally ill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-card-for-the-terminally-ill/288515)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-card-for-the-terminally-ill/288515 "2005-02-07T03:51:04Z")
I know someone (between “acquaintance” and “good friend”) who has had a cancer relapse and is probably terminal. In addition to visiting him at the hospital, I’d like to send a card or something. Apparently, even Hallm… --- ## [What's the deal with these 'escort' services?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-escort-services/164520)
**Author:** [@Dragline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragline)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-escort-services/164520 "2012-01-12T14:09:32Z")
Anti-prostitution laws seem to be pretty strict around here, yet the newspaper is full of ads for escort services that certainly indicate that they offer a good deal more than somebody to go bowling or play checkers with… --- ## [Your favorite retro/forgotten/by-gone foods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611 "2025-10-05T23:29:34Z")
…and I’m thinking mostly of stuff you just don’t see in restaurants anymore (not pre-pckaged foods). Dishes like Lobster Thermidor. Chicken Cordon Bleu. Baked Alaska. I’m sure they’re out there somewhere, but they’re not… --- ## [How much would it cost to build the Death Star?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-it-cost-to-build-the-death-star/474822)
**Author:** [@What\_the\_deuce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the_deuce)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-it-cost-to-build-the-death-star/474822 "2008-12-01T21:37:42Z")
The Death Star is 120km across, according to 2000 Meters per Pixel Using the 4/3 pi r-cubed formula for the volume of a sphere, we find a volume of about 7.2 million cubic kilometers. This is 7,200,000,000,000,000 cubi… --- ## [Obama's visit to India](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-visit-to-india/559473)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-visit-to-india/559473 "2010-11-08T21:25:53Z")
There are reports on Facebook and various conservative blogs that the President’s upcoming trip to India is wildly extravagant and over-the-top expensive, betraying is lack of understanding or concern of the economic str… --- ## [can I leave my cat alone for 9 days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-leave-my-cat-alone-for-9-days/174233)
**Author:** [@finn1911](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finn1911)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-leave-my-cat-alone-for-9-days/174233 "2003-05-13T11:55:36Z")
I’ve never had to worry about a situation like this before, but now that i’ve moved to a new city i’m faced with it. I have plans to take a 9 day trip to kentucky and then florida and back… but I don’t know anyone to sto… --- ## [Do you really want this sale? Then why are you PISSING ME OFF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-want-this-sale-then-why-are-you-pissing-me-off/340122)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-want-this-sale-then-why-are-you-pissing-me-off/340122 "2006-01-21T02:21:00Z")
What habit of retail salespeople makes it harder for them to make a sale to you? For me it’s about my name. First off, I worked in retail from 1988 to 2001, and I was taught always to address my customers as “Ms. Johns… --- ## [Did Canadians burn down the White House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-canadians-burn-down-the-white-house/57731)
**Author:** [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-canadians-burn-down-the-white-house/57731 "2014-02-21T21:09:42Z")
As a Yank living in Canada, I often find myself in good-natured debates with my Canadian friends about our respective countries. After the obligatory discussion of tax rates, beer, and climate, the Canadians invevitably … --- ## [Rapture coming this WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapture-coming-this-wednesday-wednesday-wednesday/197596)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapture-coming-this-wednesday-wednesday-wednesday/197596 "2003-09-02T18:52:39Z")
So here I am, at work, sifting thru the mail and throwing out the junk from the checks (kinda like chaff from wheat maybe) and I come across an envelope an envelope with two or three other envelopes inside. Humm, lets se… --- ## [Global Population: What to do about our ever growing species?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-population-what-to-do-about-our-ever-growing-species/546391)
**Author:** [@Rhynox\_Philibuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhynox_Philibuster)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-population-what-to-do-about-our-ever-growing-species/546391 "2010-07-22T15:42:25Z")
“The world’s population has risen from two billion in 1930 to 6.8 billion now, with nine billion projected by 2050.” I pulled this from an article On BBC, check it out here if you like. In every major city across the… --- ## [Find the cheapest Amazon Prime item](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cheapest-amazon-prime-item/402343)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cheapest-amazon-prime-item/402343 "2011-04-06T19:35:06Z")
Amazon.com junkies who have signed up for Amazon Prime (free 2-day shipping for a year), here’s a little game for you. Find the cheapest item that qualifies for Prime shipping. I’ll start off with these 5.99 “neckband”… --- ## [Looking for source of a blaming the victim trick question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-source-of-a-blaming-the-victim-trick-question/563016)
**Author:** [@Knigel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knigel)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-source-of-a-blaming-the-victim-trick-question/563016 "2010-12-13T14:30:33Z")
Hello, a long time ago my psych prof used a trick question to demonstrate how people have the tendency to blame the victim. I have forgotten the source and would like to find it. The general idea of the story is that a… --- ## [Paying a debt with coins.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-a-debt-with-coins/418784)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-a-debt-with-coins/418784 "2015-12-04T12:56:41Z")
I just heard a news story about a guy with $700 in traffic tickets. He’s tried to pay them, with coins. The clerk’s office accepted a little over $100 in rolled coins and some unknown amount in loose coins. Now, they sa… --- ## [Are tumors edible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tumors-edible/551594)
**Author:** [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tumors-edible/551594 "2010-08-29T19:56:31Z")
(Partially inspired by shantih’s post in this thread…) Now, before you say, “EWW!! NAASTY!”, think about it – tumors are just meat. In fact, most of the food we eat comes from squicky places, if you think about it. Ba… --- ## [Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak Appeared As Obama White House Visitor At Least 22 Times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ambassador-sergey-kislyak-appeared-as-obama-white-house-visitor-at-least-22-times/781276)
**Author:** [@arfurvirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arfurvirus)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ambassador-sergey-kislyak-appeared-as-obama-white-house-visitor-at-least-22-times/781276 "2017-03-04T22:15:12Z")
Rule one of the Leftists. Accuse everyone else of what you are really doing, we’ve seen the tactic repeatedly. http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/02/russian-ambassador-sergey-kislyak-appeared-as-obama-white-house-visitor-a… --- ## [Easiest online school for Business Degree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-online-school-for-business-degree/560217)
**Author:** [@tpain2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tpain2011)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-online-school-for-business-degree/560217 "2013-09-03T04:01:29Z")
I almost have my associates in business administration, and would like to finish my associates and bachelors degree online. What are the easiest but still accepted and accredited schools for this? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=812&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=814&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)