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**Author:** [@ABareBear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ABareBear)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-m-off-an-m-m/554585 "2010-09-24T16:55:21Z")
How can I get the “m” off of an M&M without any trace of the shell? --- ## [The worst movies that you liked.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movies-that-you-liked/415967 "2007-09-03T03:18:35Z")
I’m not talking about guilty pleasure movies here, like Southpark, or Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I’m talking about movies that you sincerely thought were good when you first saw them. I actually liked Dragonheart… --- ## [Fresco Restoration - Leave it to The Pros](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresco-restoration-leave-it-to-the-pros/632307)
**Author:** [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresco-restoration-leave-it-to-the-pros/632307 "2013-08-13T20:53:12Z")
Whoops. --- ## [How could teen survive wheel well of airliner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-teen-survive-wheel-well-of-airliner/691168)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-teen-survive-wheel-well-of-airliner/691168 "2014-07-31T16:40:02Z")
Hello Everyone, Recently a teen boy stowed away in the wheel well of a jet liner flying to Hawaii and survived the trip without a scratch. What I can’t understand is how it was possible for him to survive without oxygen… --- ## [I'm a visionary philosopher! (Online IQ test)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904 "2025-09-01T09:34:53Z")
I thought this online IQ test was kinda cute. Not only does it supposedly test your IQ (these online tests have given me scores all over the map), but it supposedly tells you your “intellectual type,” whatever that is. … --- ## [There are too many attractive people in TV/Movies now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-attractive-people-in-tv-movies-now/742272)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-too-many-attractive-people-in-tv-movies-now/742272 "2016-01-14T15:37:02Z")
I’ve noticed alot of the new TV shows like the man in the High Castle, Blindspot, Brooklyn 99, New Girl, etc etc have central characters who are attractive by such a degree that it bothers my suspension of disbelief, it … --- ## [Bush is right and the Democrats are full of shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-is-right-and-the-democrats-are-full-of-shit/347716)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-is-right-and-the-democrats-are-full-of-shit/347716 "2006-03-13T01:43:26Z")
I’ve done a lot of Bush bashing around here so it’s only fair to give him credit when I think he’s doing something right even when it’s hurting him politically to do it. Bush is right about the UAE Ports deal and Congre… --- ## [When, If Ever, is it Appropriate to Blame the Victim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-if-ever-is-it-appropriate-to-blame-the-victim/999984)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-if-ever-is-it-appropriate-to-blame-the-victim/999984 "2024-05-08T00:52:18Z")
When I was an undergraduate, there were a series of crimes on and around campus mostly revolving around robberies and petty theft. The adminstrators sent out an alert informing us that a student had been robbed the prev… --- ## [What superhero or superhero team would you LIKE to see get a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064 "2025-03-05T08:56:28Z")
I imagine that we are already passed the highwater mark of the trend for superhero movies for the time being. I think we’ll be seeing less of them, or they just won’t be dominating the box office as much as they have in … --- ## [Why was the star trek cast so viciously typecast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-star-trek-cast-so-viciously-typecast/523202)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-star-trek-cast-so-viciously-typecast/523202 "2010-01-06T00:15:49Z")
“After the series ended, Doohan found himself typecast and had a hard time getting other acting roles.” James Doohan’s wikipedia entry. I’ve seen references to the typecasting of original series cast members. Was the t… --- ## [Need home remedies for kidney infection pain... really badly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-home-remedies-for-kidney-infection-pain-really-badly/272931)
**Author:** [@MinniePurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinniePurl)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-home-remedies-for-kidney-infection-pain-really-badly/272931 "2016-12-17T16:51:04Z")
I had a moderately bad bladder infection. I drank lot of fluid, unsweetened cranberry and blueberry juice, and tried to rest. Wasn’t working, so I called my internist. At first she gave me sulfa, and my minor pain turned… --- ## [Language Peeves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-peeves/542598)
**Author:** [@jimpatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimpatro)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-peeves/542598 "2010-06-13T22:26:14Z")
This is not a debate. More like a pile on. What mis-uses of the English language, or any language for that matter, bug the heck out of you? Can be spoken or written. A few of mine lately: Written Could of - For the c… --- ## [The J. Peterman Catalog is Awesome. That is All There is to it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-j-peterman-catalog-is-awesome-that-is-all-there-is-to-it/511366)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-j-peterman-catalog-is-awesome-that-is-all-there-is-to-it/511366 "2009-09-26T12:15:48Z")
I haven’t gotten J. Peterman catalogs for years but I finally broke down and requested them again. Whoever writes the ads would be a great Doper and I read it from front to back. It is high comedy. Here is an ad for the… --- ## [Bank Overdraws (ATM and Debit Cards) End!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-overdraws-atm-and-debit-cards-end/550344)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-overdraws-atm-and-debit-cards-end/550344 "2010-08-19T23:34:10Z")
The Federal Reserve has ruled that on August 15, 2010, banks must stop allowing customers to overdraft their checking accounts when using a debit card at an ATM or while making a purchase then charging an overdraft fee o… --- ## [When Mods mess up - It's Miller's time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-mods-mess-up-its-millers-time/761508)
**Author:** [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-mods-mess-up-its-millers-time/761508 "2016-08-06T18:30:14Z")
As instructed in the ‘When Mod’s mess up thread’ - its stated to make a new ATMB thread when Mod’s don’t follow the rules - So, what say you about this - Posted in GD ? --- ## [Is The Far Side Returning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-far-side-returning/840244 "2020-07-16T05:03:25Z")
https://www.thefarside.com/ Hmmmm… any ideas as to what this is? --- ## [Should I get my PS3 reballed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-my-ps3-reballed/621562)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-my-ps3-reballed/621562 "2012-11-12T14:55:22Z")
Long story short, my 60GB PlayStation 3 just got the yellow light of death. I talked to a tech in my city that I can take the machine to and he will reflow the solder on the mother board for $40 or do a reball, or re-sol… --- ## [Pictures of Castles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-castles/730827)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-castles/730827 "2015-11-10T16:42:04Z")
I just got an email with some spectacular images of scenery around the world. Among them was a view of Hohenwerfen Castle that I have turned into my computer “wallpaper.” There are some other amazing castles views at To… --- ## [Pavlovian celebrity gossip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pavlovian-celebrity-gossip/489922)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pavlovian-celebrity-gossip/489922 "2009-03-24T13:30:03Z")
There are some bits of celebrity gossip that, once you hear them, it becomes the automatic first thing you think when you hear that person’s name. Doesn’t even matter whether it’s true or not – if you find out later it’s… --- ## [The Incident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incident/808229)
**Author:** [@PackerMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PackerMan)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incident/808229 "2018-03-03T00:02:44Z")
Hello all. I’ve been a lurker for 15+ years, so I don’t feel all that new. I’ve never really felt like I’ve had anything I’ve wanted to post before. Something occurred recently that I thought might be good to type out… --- ## [Thread topics you never want to see again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-topics-you-never-want-to-see-again/614134)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-topics-you-never-want-to-see-again/614134 "2012-03-03T01:27:40Z")
After seeing a thread tonight asking a question which has been asked and answered countless times before, I got to thinking about other recurring threads of this nature that seem to recur every few months. Here’s my per… --- ## [Aeschines -stop being an asshole.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813)
**Author:** [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeschines-stop-being-an-asshole/396813 "2007-04-07T23:01:10Z")
ok, so, maybe that’s like asking you to stop breathing, but damn. You started the thread, it’s not going the way you wanted, but continuing to post /quote responses w/nonesensical responses= you being an asshole. --- ## [Martinis: I drink 'em with Vodka. Feels wrong. Gin-educate me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martinis-i-drink-em-with-vodka-feels-wrong-gin-educate-me/584755)
**Author:** [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martinis-i-drink-em-with-vodka-feels-wrong-gin-educate-me/584755 "2011-06-14T20:01:46Z")
I like Martinis, and sometimes like 'em dirty. Either way, I order them with Vodka. Usually, I request Grey Goose. I want to order them with gin. A gin martini would ‘feel’ right to me. I feel like that’s the way … --- ## ["There Have Been, On Average, 10 Mass Shootings In The U.S. Each Week This Year"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-have-been-on-average-10-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-each-week-this-year/941793)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-have-been-on-average-10-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-each-week-this-year/941793 "2022-05-31T20:14:29Z")
When a man walked into a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colo., over the weekend, killing six people and then himself, it was the deadliest mass shooting in the state since March, when a rampage at a grocery store… --- ## [Do you discuss health care costs with your doctor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-discuss-health-care-costs-with-your-doctor/697286)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-discuss-health-care-costs-with-your-doctor/697286 "2014-09-10T15:30:00Z")
Every time I go to the doctor, we end up having a conversation about the cost of health care. I can’t remember the last time it didn’t happen. I’ve been trying to remember how it usually starts, but I don’t really thin… --- ## [Karaoke Fans: Need Male Duets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282)
**Author:** [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2005, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282 "2005-08-24T08:52:55Z")
My friend and his brother are entering in a karaoke competition. They both have excellent voices and want to do something out of the ordinary for this Duets competition. Can you think of any songs that would have good h… --- ## [Which NFL team is headed for Suck Town?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nfl-team-is-headed-for-suck-town/549565)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nfl-team-is-headed-for-suck-town/549565 "2010-08-31T00:00:27Z")
My friend and I were debating over which team would be next to experience a period of failure. Sadly, we both kind of agreed that our beloved Steelers seem to be headed on that road (although he felt that his faith would… --- ## [Nuclear attack question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-attack-question/684617)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-attack-question/684617 "2014-03-29T17:42:07Z")
Let’s say the Russians have launched a full-scale attack and the U.S. President refuses to retaliate. Saying, I dunno…“What’s the point.” or “It will make a nuclear winter worse” or “It will douse a lot of our allies wit… --- ## [Kevin Hart Steps Down From Hosting The Oscars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-hart-steps-down-from-hosting-the-oscars/825737)
**Author:** [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-hart-steps-down-from-hosting-the-oscars/825737 "2019-04-02T13:49:58Z")
On Tuesday, comedian Kevin Hart was announced to be the host for the 91st Academy Awards, but early this morning he said he was stepping down due to mounting pressure from people who called him homophobic for (in particu… --- ## [Single Fathers getting the short end of the stick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-fathers-getting-the-short-end-of-the-stick/477773)
**Author:** [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2008, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-fathers-getting-the-short-end-of-the-stick/477773 "2008-12-23T06:44:39Z")
This isn’t a rant about child support payment. I come down firmly on the pro-child/custodial parent side of that debate (in most circumstances). It is about attitudes at work. I’m a divorced, non-custodial parent. My so… --- ## [Are safer in a cave during an earthquake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-safer-in-a-cave-during-an-earthquake/524706)
**Author:** [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-safer-in-a-cave-during-an-earthquake/524706 "2015-03-10T01:34:29Z")
On my vacation I visited a cave. Our guide informed us that during an earthquake a cave would be safer than above ground. Seems to me this is something a spelunker would want to believe, not something he should believe.… --- ## [NFL Week 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/638023)
**Author:** [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/638023 "2012-10-23T14:28:22Z")
Week 7 Games, home team last, odds per vegas.com SEA SFO -7 TEN BUF -3 ARI MIN -6 CLE INDY -3 BAL HOU -6.5 GB StL +5.5 DAL CAR +2 WAS NYG -5.5 NO TB +3 NYJ NE -10.5 JAX OAK -4 PIT CIN … --- ## [Hopin' for world peace in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopin-for-world-peace-in-the-mmp/960227)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopin-for-world-peace-in-the-mmp/960227 "2022-03-07T10:12:48Z")
It’s 5:30 a.m. in Ye Olde Western Mitten State and the world hasn’t quite blown up yet, but stupid’s gonna stupid so we’ll see what the coming days bring us. Meanwhile, we’ve got Mumpers (and Mumper parents, pets, partn… --- ## [Westboro Baptist at it again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westboro-baptist-at-it-again/506307)
**Author:** [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westboro-baptist-at-it-again/506307 "2009-08-20T20:11:25Z")
I read in an Associated Press report that on Tuesday, Fred Phelps and his insane church posse (the Westboro Baptist Church) were in New York City, “demonstrating” in front of a number of synagogues, this time with a “G… --- ## [Pardon My Zinger- your favorite Simpsons one-liners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-my-zinger-your-favorite-simpsons-one-liners/126294)
**Author:** [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2002, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-my-zinger-your-favorite-simpsons-one-liners/126294 "2002-09-20T10:24:19Z")
Ah the random one-liners thrown off during a episode. Often, they have nothing to do with the plot, just a great line they had to fit in. My favorite: Homer \[turning back to the television\]: “Ah the Luftwaffe, the Was… --- ## [Man tells Cheney "Your policies in Iraq are reprehensible." SS arrests him.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-tells-cheney-your-policies-in-iraq-are-reprehensible-ss-arrests-him/375568)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-tells-cheney-your-policies-in-iraq-are-reprehensible-ss-arrests-him/375568 "2006-10-11T13:55:44Z")
No, I’m not making this up. All charges were promptly dropped, but still, how and why could this have happened in the first place?! --- ## [Where is the cold and snow I was promised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198 "2016-01-26T17:18:56Z")
When I agreed to move from my life-long Los Angeles home earlier this year, one of the things I looked forward to about moving to the east coast was getting some actual weather! We got to the DC area in the late summer, … --- ## [How do Biblical literalists deal with slavery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-biblical-literalists-deal-with-slavery/677023)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-biblical-literalists-deal-with-slavery/677023 "2013-12-31T02:32:37Z")
There are a great many things that followers of Biblical Literalism take as the (forgive) Gospel truth as spelled out on the pages. But while they will take great pains to justify eschewing scientific facts in matters o… --- ## [Worst rock&roll lyrics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918)
**Author:** [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rock-roll-lyrics/240918 "2004-11-02T11:16:04Z")
Sure, there’s the classicly bad, like “Look what you’ve done to this rock ‘n’ roll clown”, or pretty much any random line from “Sister Christian”. And then there’s stuff like… “When I drink alone, I prefer to be by mys… --- ## [I am making spaghetti...what kind of wine should I serve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-making-spaghetti-what-kind-of-wine-should-i-serve/301078)
**Author:** [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-making-spaghetti-what-kind-of-wine-should-i-serve/301078 "2005-04-26T18:33:03Z")
I am going to make spaghetti for dinner tonight, complete with a wonderful red tomato sauce and some buttery garlic bread. I would also like to serve a bottle of wine or two with dinner. However, I am quite the dunce w… --- ## [Changing names, removing statues while avoiding 1984-ism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-names-removing-statues-while-avoiding-1984-ism/912444)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-names-removing-statues-while-avoiding-1984-ism/912444 "2020-09-11T07:44:49Z")
Right now, product names like Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, Eskimo Pie, Mrs. Butterworth’s, Cream of Wheat, the Native American woman on Land O’Lakes butter are being changed, and statues of various Confederate leaders are bei… --- ## [PSH \[Philip Seymour Hoffman\] has died; discuss drugs and addiction here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psh-philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died-discuss-drugs-and-addiction-here/680477)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psh-philip-seymour-hoffman-has-died-discuss-drugs-and-addiction-here/680477 "2014-03-07T06:19:21Z")
To avoid more sidetracking and tangents from this thread: Philip Seymour Hoffman has died. - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board --- ## [Actors Who Looked "Old" for a LOOOONG Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-looked-old-for-a-loooong-time/847069)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-looked-old-for-a-loooong-time/847069 "2020-03-28T11:46:25Z")
Recently we had a thread about Tom Selleck starting to look like Wilford Brimley, which lead to a discussion of his career, and something about Abe Vigoda, who seemed to be old forever. I thought we ought to have a threa… --- ## [German Chancellor vs. President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-chancellor-vs-president/570224)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-chancellor-vs-president/570224 "2011-02-09T19:25:12Z")
In Germany, what is the difference between the chancellor and president? Who has more power? What are the roles of each? --- ## [Neon sign repair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neon-sign-repair/643671)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neon-sign-repair/643671 "2014-11-27T18:55:27Z")
I have a sign that’s a 4 letters and an apostrophe that UPS managed to break. Anyone ever had neon fixed, and is it at all affordable or am I out of luck? Sign is fairly small, made of clear tubing (no phosphors of any k… --- ## [Iconic lines from TBBT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-lines-from-tbbt/744616 "2016-02-26T02:06:37Z")
What are some iconic lines from \*The Big Bang Theory \*? I think the best is “My mother had me tested.” --- ## [Some Reasons are Off-Limits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-reasons-are-off-limits/576788)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-reasons-are-off-limits/576788 "2011-04-05T23:37:43Z")
This has to do with Marley23’s ruling in the Africa thread. What the ruling seems to be saying is the mod in question does not want to hear “Africa would be pretty much the same because of Reason X”. (Read the thread t… --- ## [Sex is good, unless it is your daughter that is having it...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-is-good-unless-it-is-your-daughter-that-is-having-it/603543)
**Author:** [@Bannedit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bannedit)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-is-good-unless-it-is-your-daughter-that-is-having-it/603543 "2011-11-23T17:10:42Z")
I apologize ahead of time for bouncing around from thought to thought… My 17 year old daughter wants to go on “the pill”. She went to her mom a few days ago and asked about getting an appointment with the doctor. On o… --- ## [Do Armadillos bite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-armadillos-bite/413533)
**Author:** [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-armadillos-bite/413533 "2007-07-29T17:05:46Z")
So I was puttering around in the yard this afternoon there was an armadillo about nine or ten inches long near the woods. I was able to walk right up to it. I reached down to touch it and the thought occured to me: If … --- ## [What was your favorite \*arcade\* game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-arcade-game/994902)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-arcade-game/994902 "2024-04-19T20:04:04Z")
Anyway, what games were your favorite, for those who did or do play arcade games? I very rarely played them (lived in a rural area, and was only a place with an arcade a few times a year). I died quickly. They faded fro… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=815&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=817&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)