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**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-coen-brothers-movie/567646 "2013-02-28T07:52:19Z")
“Coen brothers movie” to be defined here as “feature-length movie directed by Joel and/or Ethan Coen”; shorts and films they just wrote or produced don’t count here. I’m specifying “favorite” instead of “best,” because … --- ## [Yes, you can go to prison for nothing more than expressing your views on a message board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-you-can-go-to-prison-for-nothing-more-than-expressing-your-views-on-a-message-board/543353)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-you-can-go-to-prison-for-nothing-more-than-expressing-your-views-on-a-message-board/543353 "2010-06-18T01:25:14Z")
I recently learned of the case of Vikram Buddhi, a foreign doctoral student at Purdue who went on the Yahoo Finance message board in 2005 and posted messages expressing the opinion that Iraqis should do harm to certain h… --- ## [Scientific Method and the Atkins diet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-method-and-the-atkins-diet/222861)
**Author:** [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-method-and-the-atkins-diet/222861 "2004-01-30T01:05:01Z")
Here I pit something I trust and believe in deeply, Correct Scientific Method. I do this because, to my knowledge there is no scientific evidence that the Atkins diet works. Yet I have just come back from Xmas with my Br… --- ## [How to say "No presents" for a first wedding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-no-presents-for-a-first-wedding/570318)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-no-presents-for-a-first-wedding/570318 "2014-09-19T12:38:37Z")
I know that even discussing presents to guests is crass and not to be done. The thing is, I’m marrying into a very large clan of West Virginians. I’m a west coast girl. My sweet baboo is a career Marine who is current… --- ## [Who's your favorite US Supreme Court Justice, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-us-supreme-court-justice-and-why/659869)
**Author:** [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-us-supreme-court-justice-and-why/659869 "2013-06-10T14:48:25Z")
… current or former, and have you actually met your favorite, or any others that you have interesting stories about? My favorite is Thomas, because whether I agree with him or not, his opinions usually have some amusing… --- ## [How hard is getting an MSW?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-getting-an-msw/585595)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-getting-an-msw/585595 "2012-11-02T13:44:59Z")
My fiancee will be going back to school to get a Master’s degree in Social Work. She had been working for 4 years as a Social Worker up until this point, and has a lot of relevant experience in her field. She hopes to ge… --- ## [top your hotdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-your-hotdog/697303)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-your-hotdog/697303 "2014-09-04T03:25:22Z")
What do you put on your dogs? Yeah, we’ve done this before… I like the smokey cheese and pepper dogs right now. I put spicy pickle relish on 'em. Tell us yours. Make fun of other’s. Free for all. Attack the topping,… --- ## [Since you asked, have a lesbian orgy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-you-asked-have-a-lesbian-orgy/52944)
**Author:** [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-you-asked-have-a-lesbian-orgy/52944 "2001-03-06T04:07:47Z")
\[andy affects her deadpan voice\] In the interest of gender equity, here is a thread in which to partake in a lesbian orgy. Woo. House rules: No men participants. No straight men saying "ooh, I’m a lesbian trapped in … --- ## [Why does Ann Coulter spew this...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152)
**Author:** [@mckinleypk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mckinleypk)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ann-coulter-spew-this/283152 "2005-01-11T13:41:47Z")
I know that she does it as an act, the problem is that many less informed individuals believe this doctrine. I respect freedom of speach, but have to question this lady’s moral platform. I found this video quite distu… --- ## [What outlandish conclusions can be drawn from fossils formed today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-outlandish-conclusions-can-be-drawn-from-fossils-formed-today/551625)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-outlandish-conclusions-can-be-drawn-from-fossils-formed-today/551625 "2010-12-27T09:16:24Z")
Suppose a future archaeologist looked at the fossil record of our age. What conclusions (correct and incorrect) would be evident? For example, would they incorrectly conclude that humans evolved straighter, healthier t… --- ## [What is the argument against Snowden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-argument-against-snowden/673306)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-argument-against-snowden/673306 "2013-11-09T04:59:20Z")
Has this been debated to death yet? Probably, but doing a search would require a level of effort I normally only reserve for watching TV. So it keeps coming to light that the NSA broke the law and spent a lot of effort s… --- ## [The word 'fag' = cigarette... Still in use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-fag-cigarette-still-in-use/671688)
**Author:** [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-fag-cigarette-still-in-use/671688 "2013-10-22T11:44:23Z")
I recently came across this article on ‘The Weird Universe’, which used the word ‘fag’ to describe cigarettes. I realize that this was a common slang word for cigarettes in England (Great Britain? Which is correct?) at o… --- ## [Convince my conservative dad to dislike GWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-my-conservative-dad-to-dislike-gwb/396315)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-my-conservative-dad-to-dislike-gwb/396315 "2007-03-25T12:31:22Z")
I don’t think anyone in my family has voted Democrat in three generations, at least. I’ve come to really hate GWB, and for things I already believed. I think, though, that my Christian conservative dad still would proba… --- ## [Those who shall be, forever mocked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-who-shall-be-forever-mocked/492351)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-who-shall-be-forever-mocked/492351 "2009-04-14T02:38:22Z")
Going on for over 10 years, people still make fun of Alanis Morissette for Ironic. It’s been over, what, 60 years now, and people still make fun of France for surrendering to Germany. So I’m curious, what other people … --- ## [Seeking Photoshop advice: Removing the yellow background from old newspaper clippings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-photoshop-advice-removing-the-yellow-background-from-old-newspaper-clippings/553498)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-photoshop-advice-removing-the-yellow-background-from-old-newspaper-clippings/553498 "2010-09-13T03:32:06Z")
I’m working on a history project. I just acquired a few hundred very fragile, yellowing (sometimes browning) newspaper clippings of various sizes. The clippings themselves are not valuable to me, but the information they… --- ## [Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipity/322346)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipity/322346 "2019-04-11T11:59:06Z")
Saturday morning I went up to a local park to do a little hiking around. On the way, because I wasn’t paying close enough attention, I took a wrong turn. Because I took that wrong turn I found a gas station with gas at $… --- ## [Artist/song for that video where the guy dances same day every year.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-song-for-that-video-where-the-guy-dances-same-day-every-year/129113)
**Author:** [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artist-song-for-that-video-where-the-guy-dances-same-day-every-year/129113 "2002-09-24T01:31:55Z")
Anybody know the name of the artist and or song for the video where a guy shows up on the same day every year to dance in front of a store or diner or something? --- ## [The various pronunciations of "Leia" in the Star Wars movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-various-pronunciations-of-leia-in-the-star-wars-movies/300883)
**Author:** [@Limbo\_Donni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limbo_Donni)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-various-pronunciations-of-leia-in-the-star-wars-movies/300883 "2005-04-26T19:51:31Z")
(I apologize for not being a Star Wars fan, so I don’t know any of the minor character’s names.) We have a running argument in our house about how to pronounce “Leia”. They played the original on TV last week and we ta… --- ## [Should lying be a banning offense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lying-be-a-banning-offense/291845)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2005, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lying-be-a-banning-offense/291845 "2005-03-02T11:35:50Z")
I’m sure many people are aware a poster was recently discovered to have been telling extensive lies about his or her personal life. As often happens, I came in late on this one and, having had no major contact with this … --- ## [Does NLP work? Is it the basis of Derren Brown's "mind control" act?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-nlp-work-is-it-the-basis-of-derren-browns-mind-control-act/480658)
**Author:** [@Dex\_Sinister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dex_Sinister)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-nlp-work-is-it-the-basis-of-derren-browns-mind-control-act/480658 "2009-10-06T23:19:13Z")
In reference to the article “Does NLP work? Is it the basis of Derren Brown’s “mind control” act?”, perhaps I can help, having studied psychology, and NLP, and (to a much lesser extent) Derren Brown. A more helpful defi… --- ## [Bill Clinton - Why linked video indicates he couldn't pursue Bin Laden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-why-linked-video-indicates-he-couldnt-pursue-bin-laden/685610)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-why-linked-video-indicates-he-couldnt-pursue-bin-laden/685610 "2014-04-13T18:16:40Z")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L2513JFJsY The linked video is an interview with a Fox News reporter and former President Bill Clinton regarding Clinton’s failure to act on Osama Bin Laden. I could care less about the … --- ## [A Load of Cobblers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-load-of-cobblers/517174)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-load-of-cobblers/517174 "2010-06-15T03:01:04Z")
20 October 2009 Partner takes in two pairs of boots to local shoe repairer. She pays him £10. Shoe repairer says boots will be ready on 27 October. 27 October 2009 Partner visits shoe repairer to collect boots. SR is … --- ## [Can you refuse to have your mugshot taken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-refuse-to-have-your-mugshot-taken/414194)
**Author:** [@bett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bett)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-refuse-to-have-your-mugshot-taken/414194 "2007-08-03T22:46:44Z")
I’m always amazed at how some of the worst, nastiest, most hardened criminals will cooperate to have their mugshot taken. Why, just take a look at this unsavory fellow: http://estb.msn.com/i/E7/9F97F1C7F145801FD586A4954… --- ## [Gibson Guitar's Top 50 Guitar Solos of All Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gibson-guitars-top-50-guitar-solos-of-all-time/556169)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gibson-guitars-top-50-guitar-solos-of-all-time/556169 "2010-10-20T12:45:49Z")
See article here. As always: I find these lists to be pointless other than as fodder for discussion. That said, I find the first entries in this list to be reasonably unsurprising. That takes into account how Gibson … --- ## [Do you believe the world will end in 2012?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-the-world-will-end-in-2012/598020)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-the-world-will-end-in-2012/598020 "2011-10-12T12:30:55Z")
Pretty simple. The TV is full of TV shows from Mayan Calendars to shows that claim ancient prophets saying the world will have a cataclysmic end next year. Does anybody buy this shit? Is someone on the DOPE running scar… --- ## [Black Holes: Where does the matter go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-holes-where-does-the-matter-go/637050)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2012, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-holes-where-does-the-matter-go/637050 "2012-10-17T08:38:41Z")
That’s pretty much it. Is the mass merely converted into one immensely \[infinitely\] dense point of energy? Or might we have reason to believe baryonic (et al) matter survives somehow, and maybe is siphoned off or transi… --- ## [How do restaurants.com coupons work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-restaurants-com-coupons-work/644939)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-restaurants-com-coupons-work/644939 "2015-01-24T13:24:20Z")
Are they as good as cash at every restaurant listed at that site? … or is there often fine-print that you either need to research in advance or be prepared to have piss you off if you just show up? --- ## [Has Putin shot himself in the foot by blocking food imports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-shot-himself-in-the-foot-by-blocking-food-imports/695085)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-shot-himself-in-the-foot-by-blocking-food-imports/695085 "2014-08-10T04:45:12Z")
According to this NPR Piece (audio only) it was reported that Russia will suffer the most from Putin’s America and European food import ban. It says that America will be hurt the least, as food imports to Russia account… --- ## [It's time to stop requiring students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-stop-requiring-students-to-recite-the-pledge-of-allegiance-in-school/750995)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-stop-requiring-students-to-recite-the-pledge-of-allegiance-in-school/750995 "2016-04-07T06:03:11Z")
I think there is something vaguely Third Reich-ish about this practice, and I’m surprised that, in today’s culture, that there hasn’t been more of an outcry against it. First of all, there are some students in US school… --- ## [Downspout drainage - grading properly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downspout-drainage-grading-properly/498029)
**Author:** [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downspout-drainage-grading-properly/498029 "2009-06-01T04:02:36Z")
So I am replacing all of the downspout drains on my property. I’ve already trenched out the area where the drains will go. My question is what is the best way to grade the bottom of the trench for proper drainage down … --- ## [Most quotable movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movie/532047)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movie/532047 "2010-03-17T06:14:11Z")
I’m talking about those movies where you can tell who the fans are because they’re quoting half the movie in every conversation. The kind where someone says a random lie, and everyone else in the room finishes the dialog… --- ## [How dangerous is asbestos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dangerous-is-asbestos/656374)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dangerous-is-asbestos/656374 "2013-04-25T04:48:47Z")
So we’ve heard all these dire warnings about how we’re going to die if we touch How dangerous is this stuff really? Are the lung cancer cases all from people who breathed the stuff daily for years in mines or pipefittin… --- ## [How involved is enlarging a window?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-involved-is-enlarging-a-window/523291)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-involved-is-enlarging-a-window/523291 "2010-01-02T23:12:58Z")
My house has a somewhat recent addition (built in approx 1980) that’s set up as the master bedroom. It has 2 big exterior walls (aluminum siding) with 1 window on each: a pseudo bay window that I’d like to eventually re… --- ## [Why do most people have trouble with this brain teaser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-most-people-have-trouble-with-this-brain-teaser/129296)
**Author:** [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-most-people-have-trouble-with-this-brain-teaser/129296 "2017-02-21T22:57:11Z")
I’m sure you’ve had this discussion before, but I couldn’t find it in a search. First, the puzzle: You’re driving a race car on a one mile oval track. You drive one lap at 30 MPH. How fast do you have to drive the se… --- ## [Panetta and the DoD banning God from military funerals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panetta-and-the-dod-banning-god-from-military-funerals/588809)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panetta-and-the-dod-banning-god-from-military-funerals/588809 "2011-09-24T19:44:50Z")
Okay, I know it’s bullshit, but the below is all over social sites. I know it’s BS, but I can’t find a cite to refute it. Anyone got something for me? \*Please stand with our veterans today. Posted by Jack Cunningham … --- ## [What song hit you like a thunderbolt when you first heard it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-hit-you-like-a-thunderbolt-when-you-first-heard-it/914065)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-hit-you-like-a-thunderbolt-when-you-first-heard-it/914065 "2020-10-14T18:21:21Z")
…sounded like nothing else you’d ever heard before, and seemed to expand the very horizons of music? --- ## [RboxTV: streaming TV service. Legal? Good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rboxtv-streaming-tv-service-legal-good/737060)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rboxtv-streaming-tv-service-legal-good/737060 "2015-11-11T17:28:58Z")
(Mods: I considered putting this in CS also. Please move there if you think that’s where it should be.) I just saw something at an exhibition called RBoxTV. It’s a streaming service for your TV. Do you remember an ol… --- ## [If I eat a pound of chocolate, how come I gain 10 pounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-eat-a-pound-of-chocolate-how-come-i-gain-10-pounds/396227)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2007, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-eat-a-pound-of-chocolate-how-come-i-gain-10-pounds/396227 "2007-03-19T11:18:24Z")
I got into a VERY heated debate about this the other night. I’ve tried to find literature or data on this and can’t locate anything. Question as posed to me: If I eat one pound of chocolate, how come I gain 10 pounds? … --- ## [Well, the Democrats just threw me under a bus with healthcare.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-democrats-just-threw-me-under-a-bus-with-healthcare/526385)
**Author:** [@VoluntaryPlan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VoluntaryPlan)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-democrats-just-threw-me-under-a-bus-with-healthcare/526385 "2010-01-30T05:44:56Z")
From this link: I’ll note that I don’t see any other way to interpret the new language, either. As a teenager, I suffered from heart disease that I thankfully survived but now, as I’m nearing my graduation in a few mo… --- ## [The Busty Redhead Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-busty-redhead-thread/19008)
**Author:** [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-busty-redhead-thread/19008 "2000-06-03T16:10:52Z")
I seem to recall there’s quite a few of us…Im just curious - who-all is there? There’s me, and I think I remember that Cristi is one too…other names escape me, but I know there’s more. --- ## [Make my email work you LAZY FAT PIECE OF SHIT IT MOTHERFUCKERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-my-email-work-you-lazy-fat-piece-of-shit-it-motherfuckers/752166)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-my-email-work-you-lazy-fat-piece-of-shit-it-motherfuckers/752166 "2016-04-18T13:22:13Z")
I did nothing to change any of the settings on my computer. I log into VPN client once a week, like you suggested, so the admin can recognize my computer. FINALLY, after a busy week, I have a hour or two to catch up on… --- ## [Romantic-comedy characters who did (and did not) stay together after the story ended.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romantic-comedy-characters-who-did-and-did-not-stay-together-after-the-story-ended/581438 "2011-05-16T18:20:54Z")
So simple a concept even I can’t bear to complicate it with an overlong OP. What romantic comedy couples would you say were most likely to stay together for a long period? Contrariwise, which broke up in short order, p… --- ## [convention for writing volume units (1mL; 1 mL, 1-mL, etc)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convention-for-writing-volume-units-1ml-1-ml-1-ml-etc/638936)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2012, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convention-for-writing-volume-units-1ml-1-ml-1-ml-etc/638936 "2012-10-27T09:53:38Z")
Looks like I never learned this though I write a lot of numbers with metric units. 1cm? 1 cm? 1-cm? 1g 1 g 1-g I vacillate between the space or no-space versions. Is one way, the ‘correct’ way? --- ## [Cryogenic treating of parts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryogenic-treating-of-parts/481774)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryogenic-treating-of-parts/481774 "2009-10-06T22:45:24Z")
Reference article: Can cryogenic cooling miraculously improve car parts, sports equipment, and musical instruments? - The Straight Dope Cryotreating parts was something I was tangentially involved with (read: I bought s… --- ## [jerks. i'm so happy for the women you know.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerks-im-so-happy-for-the-women-you-know/157008)
**Author:** [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerks-im-so-happy-for-the-women-you-know/157008 "2003-02-27T21:48:05Z")
Fuck it. I don’t want to pit people, I don’t like doing it. But I’m upset. Really, really fucking upset. (Look, I’m even using capitals!) And my computer skills are nil, so I can’t link. But folks, if you’d be so k… --- ## [Severus Snape (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severus-snape-spoilers/393159)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severus-snape-spoilers/393159 "2007-03-10T15:47:27Z")
I had a realization today that has started to form a theory about Snape, though I’m not sure what the implication is. The theory is that Snape doesn’t and hasn’t ever wanted to work at Hogwarts. My reasoning for this … --- ## [It's official: There Are No Weapons Of Mass Destruction, & Georgie is a Fucktard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-there-are-no-weapons-of-mass-destruction-georgie-is-a-fucktard/284403)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-there-are-no-weapons-of-mass-destruction-georgie-is-a-fucktard/284403 "2005-01-16T15:09:50Z")
The search for Weapons Of Mass Destruction in Iraq is officially over. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6814588/ We didn’t find any. More than 100,000 Iraqi civilians, & more than 1200 of our own troops died for nothing. … --- ## [What items of clothing have changed their names over the years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-items-of-clothing-have-changed-their-names-over-the-years/655011)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-items-of-clothing-have-changed-their-names-over-the-years/655011 "2013-04-12T23:04:12Z")
This morning, as I put on underpants, a brassiere, sweatshirt, sweatpants, and hooded sweatshirt, I reflected that nowadays I am actually wearing panties, a bra, sweatshirt, sweats, and hoodie. And socks and shoes. So … --- ## [14th Annual SDMB Early Super Bowl Pick Contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124 "2017-02-15T20:38:14Z")
It’s that time of year again! The playoff teams are set, so it’s time for our annual contest – can you predict the Super Bowl a month before the game and join our list of champions?: Year 1: Trillionaire Year 2: Uncomm… --- ## [Common actions or objects we have no word for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-actions-or-objects-we-have-no-word-for/691234)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-actions-or-objects-we-have-no-word-for/691234 "2014-06-25T17:03:03Z")
My example may be hard to visualize because…we have no word for it. “The ‘tee-hee’ clap” Hands formed in a steeple position and barely clapped together while the person clapping restrains glee. It’s an odd gesture mea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=820&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=822&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)