# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=814&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:** 815 --- ## [Should my son learn cursive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-my-son-learn-cursive/459761)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-my-son-learn-cursive/459761 "2008-08-18T14:48:55Z")
My son had a total waste of a third grade teacher and he never learned cursive. Now he’s in 5th grade and in a very academically strenuous school. Should I make an effort to teach him cursive? I’ve heard some people s… --- ## [Amercian Idol 3/27-3/28](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amercian-idol-3-27-3-28/397713 "2007-04-02T21:54:25Z")
Gwen Stefani coaches the kids singing songs from the 90s. And she sings tomorrow, my name day! Coincidence?? :smiley: –gigi, aka Gwen(dolen) --- ## [Peanut Allergy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-allergy/515698)
**Author:** [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-allergy/515698 "2010-03-09T22:37:32Z")
Halloween is upon us, and thus are the 7,989,872 kids that will be wandering around my office tomorrow (we have a work thing where people bring their kids to work and ‘trick or treat’ at the desks/offices). Well, this y… --- ## ["Chest freeze"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-freeze/196020)
**Author:** [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-freeze/196020 "2020-08-19T15:49:32Z")
I’m not sure if this is the right forum for this, as I am looking for not only accounts of other people’s experiences, but also hard scientific fact… I am familiar with the concept of “brain freeze” (if you drink someth… --- ## [Natural disasters-where do they occur the least?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-disasters-where-do-they-occur-the-least/659042)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-disasters-where-do-they-occur-the-least/659042 "2013-05-26T19:38:02Z")
An Israeli friend was asking me about the Oklahoma tornadoes earlier tonight. I tried to explain the concept of “tornado alley” to him, and I believe I was at least somewhat successful. He was incredulous that people w… --- ## [What is so bad about living with your parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-bad-about-living-with-your-parents/187503)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-bad-about-living-with-your-parents/187503 "2003-07-14T23:50:29Z")
There seems to be a social stigma about people who live with their parents. This really bothers me, because many people live with their parents for a logical reason, its not that they are inept at living by thesmelves. T… --- ## [Free Palestine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-palestine/396880)
**Author:** [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-palestine/396880 "2007-04-04T12:47:29Z")
I had a chance to watch the Mike Wallace interview with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He posed an interesting question that begs to be answered: Why should the Palestinian peoples suffer if they had no hand in the atro… --- ## [What’s the least dignified scene you’ve ever seen a respected actor do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-least-dignified-scene-you-ve-ever-seen-a-respected-actor-do/529517)
**Author:** [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-least-dignified-scene-you-ve-ever-seen-a-respected-actor-do/529517 "2010-02-22T02:03:51Z")
First one who mentioned Michael Caine in “Jaws: The Revenge” gets the back of my hand. We’ve all read the quote before. Anyway, that’s not what this thread is about. I’m not talking about great actors doing lousy movies.… --- ## [Have you ever killed somone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-killed-somone/629267)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-killed-somone/629267 "2012-07-30T12:46:58Z")
So have you ever killed another human being? Private poll to follow…details if you care to share. --- ## [Is there a difference between a voltmeter and a multimeter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-difference-between-a-voltmeter-and-a-multimeter/236639)
**Author:** [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-difference-between-a-voltmeter-and-a-multimeter/236639 "2004-03-27T06:09:48Z")
Are they basically the same thing is there some fundamental difference? --- ## ["Survivor: Cagayan" cast announced.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2014, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460 "2014-03-04T07:09:27Z")
All new players, No Redemption Island. Three tribes: Brains, Beauty, Brawn. They just might have won me back. --- ## [Republicans seem hell bent on nominating an unqualified candidate for president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-seem-hell-bent-on-nominating-an-unqualified-candidate-for-president/732088)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-seem-hell-bent-on-nominating-an-unqualified-candidate-for-president/732088 "2015-10-04T13:38:26Z")
After Fiorino’s rise in the polls, the top three are now all candidates with no governmental experience. Never in the history of this country have we had a president with no such experience. Before you bring up Hoover, … --- ## [Is the internet the worst thing to happen ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-internet-the-worst-thing-to-happen-ever/742784)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-internet-the-worst-thing-to-happen-ever/742784 "2016-01-30T23:49:10Z")
Ok, obviously not the “worst” thing ever. But still not that great. Here’s what I mean. Growing up in the 70s and 80s, we obviously didn’t have email or the internet in any meaningful way. It wasn’t until the mid 90s… --- ## [The ex & the new guy making out in front of me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-the-new-guy-making-out-in-front-of-me/495249)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-the-new-guy-making-out-in-front-of-me/495249 "2009-06-01T14:20:10Z")
Okay, quick question. Lets say I go to a concert with a group of people, which includes someone I dated for 2 years and her new boyfriend. It is unreasonable that I ask them to refrain from making out in front of me, if … --- ## [Take that lightbulb out of your mouth...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544)
**Author:** [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-that-lightbulb-out-of-your-mouth/183544 "2003-06-28T02:07:28Z")
Dearest Straight Dope, I believe I have come up with the ultimate in questions. Is the human jaw so imperfectly ‘put together’, that if you put a lightbulb in your mouth, you could not take it out without either A) dis… --- ## [Should interracial marriage have been kept illegal until Congress acted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-interracial-marriage-have-been-kept-illegal-until-congress-acted/359615)
**Author:** [@Tripwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripwire)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-interracial-marriage-have-been-kept-illegal-until-congress-acted/359615 "2006-06-19T15:54:06Z")
Hearing the President’s recently released speech for today on marriage was an interesting experience. Word for word, you could have placed his speech into the context of opposing interracial marriage. At the time, it w… --- ## [Come n' Get It! lno will assign you a Native American Tribal Name!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-n-get-it-lno-will-assign-you-a-native-american-tribal-name/119428)
**Author:** [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-n-get-it-lno-will-assign-you-a-native-american-tribal-name/119428 "2002-08-12T01:32:25Z")
If you didn’t already know about it, lno is a Native American history buff of sorts. Not a buffalo, cause then he’d be skinned and turned into a teepee, but a scholar, if you will. In celebration of lno’s upcoming 2000… --- ## [So Paula Deen has Type 2 diabetes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-paula-deen-has-type-2-diabetes/609834)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-paula-deen-has-type-2-diabetes/609834 "2012-01-26T19:04:03Z")
I don’t know what she eats or weighs, but if she routinely consumes the dishes described in her recipes then I guess I’m not surprised. Here are her Fried Butter Balls, for example. And her Fried Peanut Butter and Banan… --- ## [What about American culture makes us dislike soccer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-american-culture-makes-us-dislike-soccer/360535)
**Author:** [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-american-culture-makes-us-dislike-soccer/360535 "2006-07-02T21:38:24Z")
What is it about the American culture, that makes us not appreciate soccer (football, or futbol)? Are there any particular reasons behind are lack of enthusiasm? A couple of my Wags. 1.) Sometimes it seems that we don’… --- ## [Mail delivery more than once a day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-delivery-more-than-once-a-day/679542)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-delivery-more-than-once-a-day/679542 "2014-02-05T17:02:21Z")
I just heard ‘It came in the morning mail’ on a 1960s U.S. TV show. I’ve never experienced mail delivery more than once a day in my life. Was there a time when there would be a morning mail delivery, followed by one or… --- ## [Flying with a one-year-old: do you buy him a seat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-with-a-one-year-old-do-you-buy-him-a-seat/551423)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-with-a-one-year-old-do-you-buy-him-a-seat/551423 "2010-08-27T00:30:28Z")
Besides the obvious HOLY SHIT WE’RE FLYING WITH A ONE-YEAR-OLD!, we’re a bit flabbergasted that airlines seem to expect us to hold him on our lap (we looked into checked baggage and under-seat carriers, but those are a n… --- ## [Why did the hijackers on Flight 93 make so many "mistakes"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-hijackers-on-flight-93-make-so-many-mistakes/755800)
**Author:** [@GlowingDarkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GlowingDarkness)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-hijackers-on-flight-93-make-so-many-mistakes/755800 "2016-05-28T07:29:33Z")
I’ve watched a few documentaries on Flight 93, the last plane that was apparently headed for the Capitol but crashed after a passenger revolt. A few things caught my eye on this about the hijackers. After hijacking th… --- ## [Ancient Roman poem about a dog and two bones.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-roman-poem-about-a-dog-and-two-bones/317651)
**Author:** [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-roman-poem-about-a-dog-and-two-bones/317651 "2015-07-07T06:27:12Z")
In Devo’s song Freedom of Choice there’s a part that goes, “In ancient Rome there was a poem about a dog who had two bones. He picked at one, he licked the other, he went in circles 'till he dropped dead.” So… what is … --- ## [Happy Fourth of July - an Independent MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fourth-of-july-an-independent-mmp/587801)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fourth-of-july-an-independent-mmp/587801 "2011-07-11T14:24:20Z")
In the spirit of American Independence Day, you are FREE to post whatever you want. As opposed to, well, you know, our usual MMPs where there’s occasionally a shred of a topic. So be safe with your fireworks, don’t dr… --- ## [About Radical Feminism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-radical-feminism/789440)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-radical-feminism/789440 "2018-02-25T21:37:32Z")
Nowadays on LGBTQIA group chats and in leftist social discussions, the phrase “radical feminism” most often appears in a pejorative mention – TERFS (“trans exclusive radical feminists”) being castigated for their intrans… --- ## [Sam Malone on "Cheers" - sober alcoholic or 'dry drunk'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-malone-on-cheers-sober-alcoholic-or-dry-drunk/185854)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-malone-on-cheers-sober-alcoholic-or-dry-drunk/185854 "2003-07-06T22:20:16Z")
Okay, so as I’ve mentioned a few times before on the MPSIMS board, I’ve been in recovery for about eight months now. I don’t want to come off as some sanctimonious blowhard (I know it’s only a t.v. show!) but I happen … --- ## [Ask the dwarf (or little person, or almost any other term you want to use)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-dwarf-or-little-person-or-almost-any-other-term-you-want-to-use/431501)
**Author:** [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-dwarf-or-little-person-or-almost-any-other-term-you-want-to-use/431501 "2008-01-02T05:49:10Z")
This thread stems from a Cafe Society thread about Peter Dinklage, and while he is indeed a hottie a few other issues are coming up that seem better discussed elsewhere, so I thought I’d start this thread. I have a very… --- ## [Does a meritocracy inevitably create enclaves of "idiocracy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-meritocracy-inevitably-create-enclaves-of-idiocracy/618451)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-meritocracy-inevitably-create-enclaves-of-idiocracy/618451 "2012-04-13T05:02:54Z")
I recently read a TIME magazine article about a new book by Charles Murray, who co-authored the infamous book The Bell Curve, which had a chapter about race and IQ. His new book is called Coming Apart: The State of Whit… --- ## [Did Mad Magazine change our world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mad-magazine-change-our-world/751631)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mad-magazine-change-our-world/751631 "2016-04-19T19:32:50Z")
It seems absurd to assert a kids humor magazine could significantly affect a nation’s culture…but, I believe it did just that. In it’s heyday (50’s – 70’s), Mad Magazine had wide circulation and it was read primarily by… --- ## [Your terrible go-to heartbreak song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-terrible-go-to-heartbreak-song/620310)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-terrible-go-to-heartbreak-song/620310 "2012-12-19T13:33:37Z")
You know what I’m talking about. The one you play on seeming infinite loop when you’re done pretending you want to have a good time and move on, and succumb to sitting alone, running the entire relationship through your … --- ## [North Korea's recent attack on Yeonpeyong Island was a war crime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-recent-attack-on-yeonpeyong-island-was-a-war-crime/563917)
**Author:** [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-koreas-recent-attack-on-yeonpeyong-island-was-a-war-crime/563917 "2010-12-18T20:47:56Z")
Recently, this subject came up tangentially in a now-locked GD thread, but didn’t have a chance to be properly addressed. I also posted this in a pit thread, but due to the nature of the thread it wasn’t ever debated. I… --- ## [Do you regret having kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-having-kids/554065)
**Author:** [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-having-kids/554065 "2010-09-20T18:14:33Z")
This is a serious question. This is not meant to demean those that have children or make outlandish claims like “not having kids is ethical” (most hilarious thing I’ve read on the boards in quite some time). I know tha… --- ## [Need a Mammogram Re-Check. Keep Me From Freaking Out...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-mammogram-re-check-keep-me-from-freaking-out/609458)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-mammogram-re-check-keep-me-from-freaking-out/609458 "2012-01-19T18:28:06Z")
I got my first mammogram on the 4th, and got a simple letter in the mail that I need to come back for an appointment with a radiologist available for immediate evaluation. So I have that appointment on the18th, with a “j… --- ## [Why do you drive what you drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-drive-what-you-drive/778075)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-drive-what-you-drive/778075 "2017-02-06T20:13:17Z")
I expect people select their vehicles for all sorts of reason, whether fiscal, prestige, power (of the car and/or the driver), color, safety, manufacturer… There are so many vehicles on the market, it can be overwhelmin… --- ## [Unimportant things you feel proud about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unimportant-things-you-feel-proud-about/741821)
**Author:** [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unimportant-things-you-feel-proud-about/741821 "2016-01-19T14:02:02Z")
This morning I went to the dentist, and discovered that I’m still 100% cavity-free. Completely unimportant (and, to be honest, probably more related to good teeth genes than anything else), yet I get a small amount of ir… --- ## [Constant Rearrangement of Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-rearrangement-of-furniture/582263)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constant-rearrangement-of-furniture/582263 "2014-04-01T23:16:26Z")
My mother has been constantly rearranging household furniture for at least a decade. I’m twenty-two years old, so it is quite possible that she has been rearranging furniture constantly for her whole life, but I just hav… --- ## [Did TGI Friday's Pay The Entire Production Cost of "Zookeeper"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tgi-fridays-pay-the-entire-production-cost-of-zookeeper/585276)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tgi-fridays-pay-the-entire-production-cost-of-zookeeper/585276 "2011-07-24T23:11:16Z")
I ask because I’ve never seen a more unbelievably blatant product placement in a movie. In the upcoming comedy shitpile “Zookeeper,” Kevin Something, the guy from “King of Queens,” plays a zookeeper who has the animals … --- ## [Electricians: LED bulbs stay dim until motion is detected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricians-led-bulbs-stay-dim-until-motion-is-detected/806443)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricians-led-bulbs-stay-dim-until-motion-is-detected/806443 "2018-01-20T02:09:08Z")
I have a light fixture in our laundry room that has been using two regular 60 Watt lights bulbs for years. The bulbs burned out and I replaced both of them with 60 Watt Sylvania Ultra LED 60W replacement. It actually use… --- ## ["Bulletproof" Engines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulletproof-engines/158953)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulletproof-engines/158953 "2003-03-08T00:25:01Z")
In the various automotive circles, there are certain engines which everyone refers to as being the “best of the best” or bulletproof, or what have you. I’m not talking modified engines, but ones stock from the factory. … --- ## [If there were a White Caucasian Heritage Month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-were-a-white-caucasian-heritage-month/719632)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-were-a-white-caucasian-heritage-month/719632 "2021-10-09T18:09:33Z")
This should have gone into Great Debates, except that I can’t post a poll there, so in IMHO it goes: In the United States, there is a Hispanic Heritage Month, Native American Heritage Month, and an African-American Hist… --- ## [So I want to get better at Chess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-want-to-get-better-at-chess/841795)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-want-to-get-better-at-chess/841795 "2020-01-31T03:45:50Z")
I’m either an advanced beginner or at an introductory intermediate level. I just finished Bobby Fisher Teaches Chess without too much trouble and am enjoying the chess puzzles on Chess.com and can usually handle the 600… --- ## [How cover nose ring for soccer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cover-nose-ring-for-soccer/417955)
**Author:** [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2007, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cover-nose-ring-for-soccer/417955 "2007-09-12T11:27:53Z")
My daughter’s best friend, who is also on the high school soccer team, just got her nose pierced. I told her they won’t let her play with the ring in, but she says she can cover it. Anyone know how that would be done? … --- ## [Women: the more moral sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-the-more-moral-sex/712792)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-the-more-moral-sex/712792 "2015-02-19T22:17:42Z")
The stats seem to suggest so, don’t they? Unless women are simply more adept at getting away with things, men just commit more crimes, it’s a fact. Men murder more, they rape more, they’re more likely to be pedophiles, … --- ## [Muslim Funeral/Death Traditions, Help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-funeral-death-traditions-help/624127)
**Author:** [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-funeral-death-traditions-help/624127 "2012-06-06T13:08:47Z")
I tossed up GQ and IMHO, so if I picked wrong please feel free to move. I have a co-worker who I like very much and whom I have spent a lot of time with, who is a Shiite Muslim (Lebanese, if it matters.) We have had a l… --- ## [What do Americans REALLY think of Brits.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-americans-really-think-of-brits/199298)
**Author:** [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-americans-really-think-of-brits/199298 "2003-09-11T02:50:09Z")
MOD: If you feel this is on the wrong board then just shunt it across. I think it fair to say that by and large the majority of us Britons like you guys. I mean you are our little brothers that grew up to be bigger than… --- ## [They swipe your ID if you want to buy booze or medicine now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-swipe-your-id-if-you-want-to-buy-booze-or-medicine-now/388520)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-swipe-your-id-if-you-want-to-buy-booze-or-medicine-now/388520 "2025-01-02T02:50:33Z")
What the hell? I heard someone mention getting their driver’s license swiped to buy alcohol recently in another thread somewhere and I meant to ask about it but figured, “eh, must be some anal local thing.” Just got bac… --- ## [URGENT: How do I assemble moving boxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-how-do-i-assemble-moving-boxes/573580)
**Author:** [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-how-do-i-assemble-moving-boxes/573580 "2011-03-05T22:28:39Z")
So I need to start packing up my stuff to get ready for a subletter moving in tomorrow. I purchased a bunch of standard cardboard moving boxes and a tape dispenser but I am stuck trying to figure out what the ideal meth… --- ## [Documentaries and Related Information...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-and-related-information/724902)
**Author:** [@Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-and-related-information/724902 "2015-08-13T03:01:08Z")
This thread is just what the title says. Post your favorite documentaries. Might start a bit slow at first, just to make sure everything’s okay with the SD people. But lots of interesting content to be had, that’s for s… --- ## [Help me with the ‘snot’ rhyme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956 "2022-05-08T14:36:48Z")
I bet most anglophones have heard this at some point in their lives: If you’re dancing with your honey And your nose is wet and runny You may think it’s funny But it’s not! (snot) I recite this with … --- ## [Pix of Joseph Smith's Seer Stone published!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pix-of-joseph-smiths-seer-stone-published/727054)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pix-of-joseph-smiths-seer-stone-published/727054 "2015-08-13T11:57:10Z")
This might not be impressive (or even interesting) to most Dopers, but I’m amazed. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has published pictures of Joseph Smith’s “seer stone”, apparently the one he placed in h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=813&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=815&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)