# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=829&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:** 830 --- ## [Starting to eat before everyone is at the table is rude!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-to-eat-before-everyone-is-at-the-table-is-rude/458776)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-to-eat-before-everyone-is-at-the-table-is-rude/458776 "2008-08-06T17:53:38Z")
Ok, someone hear me out on this. I just got into a heated discussion with my girlfriend on this topic. I gave my girlfriend $20 to go pick up a pizza for dinner, so that it would be ready when I got home from work. Up… --- ## [Greetings to Jezebel, on her birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-jezebel-on-her-birthday/18971)
**Author:** [@Cecil\_Adams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cecil_Adams)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-to-jezebel-on-her-birthday/18971 "2001-11-28T19:40:48Z")
Cheerful birthday greetings to Jezebel, who turns 29 today, and who was kind enough to respond to the psychic orgasm questionnaire circulated by my assistant Little Ed. Only I know which part was her contribution (you th… --- ## [Poll: Should this TX teacher have been fired for telling a student to "Go back to Mexico"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-this-tx-teacher-have-been-fired-for-telling-a-student-to-go-back-to-mexico/613272)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-this-tx-teacher-have-been-fired-for-telling-a-student-to-go-back-to-mexico/613272 "2012-02-24T22:41:43Z")
I’ll give my opinion in the thread, but for the OP I’ll link to the story (for other links google Shirley Bunn Mexico suspended) and try to stick to just the facts: Shirley Bunn, 63, is a junior high math teacher in Arl… --- ## [Yellow Jacket Death Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-jacket-death-help/623359)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-jacket-death-help/623359 "2012-07-06T01:33:03Z")
We live in a rural area and have dealt with yellow jackets (aka ground wasps) for decades. This year we are faced with the biggest most intractable nest we’ve ever encountered. We’ve sprayed a full can of wasp death into… --- ## [Cliche/Iconic moments that have actually happened to you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-iconic-moments-that-have-actually-happened-to-you/451907)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-iconic-moments-that-have-actually-happened-to-you/451907 "2011-07-26T01:07:41Z")
It’s a little wierd to explain, but I’m thinking about the kind of iconic moments in life that have become novelist or screenwriter shorthand to get the exact situation across, without wasting time detailing the particul… --- ## [pseudotriton ruber ruber: ignorant and intellectually dishonest is no way to go through life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudotriton-ruber-ruber-ignorant-and-intellectually-dishonest-is-no-way-to-go-through-life/594768)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudotriton-ruber-ruber-ignorant-and-intellectually-dishonest-is-no-way-to-go-through-life/594768 "2011-09-04T23:50:40Z")
Just a few things, prr: If you’re going to title a thread, “Jesus Christ as your fantasy dinner guest,” you ought not to be upset when people stick with the example of Jesus in your little thought experiment. If yo… --- ## [Has American culture become or is it becoming too PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-american-culture-become-or-is-it-becoming-too-pc/731992)
**Author:** [@PritrumJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PritrumJ)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-american-culture-become-or-is-it-becoming-too-pc/731992 "2015-09-25T18:19:34Z")
I think in many places it has. Think of it like over regulation or a really unhealthy bureaucracy. You can never make enough rules to prevent people who are acting in bad faith from being destructive or regulate them int… --- ## [Disadvantages to spaying/neutering a dog/cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disadvantages-to-spaying-neutering-a-dog-cat/189007)
**Author:** [@Dalchini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dalchini)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disadvantages-to-spaying-neutering-a-dog-cat/189007 "2012-06-25T17:26:21Z")
Besides Inactivity and not being able to reproduce, what is the other reasons for not spaying and are they true? --- ## [Fox thinks Mr Rogers is evil. (Really Fox?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-thinks-mr-rogers-is-evil-really-fox/662262)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-thinks-mr-rogers-is-evil-really-fox/662262 "2013-07-08T04:50:52Z")
Seriously, you can’t make this shit up. Fox and Friends went off on some crazy rant about how Mr. Rogers screwed up an entire generation of “self entitled” kids. Here --- ## [What's your Wordle approach?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wordle-approach/957372)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wordle-approach/957372 "2022-05-14T09:14:44Z")
Continuing the discussion from "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game: I’m splitting this off because I feel like discussion will get buried in people sharing their results. I’m curious about how y’all approach Wor… --- ## [Can I see the Moderator Registration Agreement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040)
**Author:** [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040 "2001-12-03T17:10:07Z")
I would like so much to see it. Hmmmmm…As if that is not clear enough, the agreement the moderators have to agree to in order to moderate zee board? --- ## [Standing Up to Persecution...Is It Courageous or Is It Fear.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standing-up-to-persecution-is-it-courageous-or-is-it-fear/644929)
**Author:** [@pchaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pchaos)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standing-up-to-persecution-is-it-courageous-or-is-it-fear/644929 "2012-12-29T15:14:16Z")
Religious wars are still being fought around the globe. But let’s go back in time…in the early 1600’s in Japan…Christian missionaries arrived in Japan and started converting the Japanese to Christianity. Because the Po… --- ## [Could illegal actions committed only at WiFi hotspots be tracked to an individual user?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-illegal-actions-committed-only-at-wifi-hotspots-be-tracked-to-an-individual-user/518576)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-illegal-actions-committed-only-at-wifi-hotspots-be-tracked-to-an-individual-user/518576 "2009-11-24T13:43:41Z")
Let’s say that I suspect someone is illicitly using my credit card to buy things online. Let’s further say that the person I suspect has a laptop but no home internet connection. Whenever this person uses the internet … --- ## [Is MILF an insult or a compliment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-milf-an-insult-or-a-compliment/399262)
**Author:** [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-milf-an-insult-or-a-compliment/399262 "2007-04-10T13:04:22Z")
In this thread, LOUNE mused on whether I was a MILF, and RNATB expressed his opinion that I was/am. Aside from noticing that Dopers with exceedingly long usernames are making this observation, I am trying to decide wheth… --- ## [How to raise non-consumerist kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-raise-non-consumerist-kids/742170)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-raise-non-consumerist-kids/742170 "2016-01-09T03:36:49Z")
I was distressed when our son who is in 4th grade recently complained about the gray sweatshirt he received at Christmas. The problem? It did not have a ‘Puma’ logo on it! Apparently “everyone” at his elementary school o… --- ## [Please reconsider closing Reza thread on "wit brain"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-reconsider-closing-reza-thread-on-wit-brain/688686)
**Author:** [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-reconsider-closing-reza-thread-on-wit-brain/688686 "2014-06-03T05:48:26Z")
I would respectfully request a reconsideration of the closing of this thread regarding the term “wit brain” and the ban on Reza posting threads about usage in English, due to the fact that he is tutoring students and thu… --- ## [What if "Back to the Future" took place in 1990?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-back-to-the-future-took-place-in-1990/846461)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-back-to-the-future-took-place-in-1990/846461 "2021-03-17T23:52:56Z")
I did a thread similar to this some years back when there was talk of possibly doing a BTTF reboot. Anyway, I thought it’d be fun to speculate on this again. What would it be like if Marty traveled from 2020 to 1990. Wh… --- ## [A question about permissible and non-permissible remarks in Great Debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-permissible-and-non-permissible-remarks-in-great-debates/559342)
**Author:** [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-permissible-and-non-permissible-remarks-in-great-debates/559342 "2010-11-04T20:03:50Z")
Can I ask a question here since it seems relevant? In this thread: Repubs have biggest gain since before WWII... - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board Marley23, a mod, makes a crack about another poster’s educa… --- ## [What will the first interstellar probe be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-interstellar-probe-be-like/570830)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-first-interstellar-probe-be-like/570830 "2011-02-28T19:07:46Z")
(I’m putting this here instead of GQ because it seems like a speculative question that’s open to debate.) If we wanted to send a probe to another star, what would be the best way to do it? It seems like there are a num… --- ## [How are priests and nuns compensated re pay and benefits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-priests-and-nuns-compensated-re-pay-and-benefits/480771)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-priests-and-nuns-compensated-re-pay-and-benefits/480771 "2009-01-12T16:57:28Z")
Do they get a reasonable salary? What are benefits & retirement like? --- ## [What % of people actually believe the rapture is about to happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-people-actually-believe-the-rapture-is-about-to-happen/582727)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-people-actually-believe-the-rapture-is-about-to-happen/582727 "2011-05-26T05:30:14Z")
in America? on the entire planet? or would it even = 1%? basically I am wondering if some cult consisting of 17 people came up with this nonsense and the media just ran with it. --- ## [People who are NEVER confused with each other.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-never-confused-with-each-other/535615)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-never-confused-with-each-other/535615 "2010-04-12T21:35:42Z")
We’ve had threads about famous people who are often confused for each other. This is a thread about famous people who have similar names . . . but who would NEVER be confused for each other . . . like: Ron Paul and Ru… --- ## [What is an upper middle class lifestyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-upper-middle-class-lifestyle/835236)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-upper-middle-class-lifestyle/835236 "2019-06-21T17:38:32Z")
If you assume there is a lower middle class, middle class and upper middle class, what would an upper middle class lifestyle entail? To me lower middle class is like the Connors on Roseanne. They own a house and cars, b… --- ## [Donald Trump transition 2016-2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-transition-2016-2017/771181)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-transition-2016-2017/771181 "2016-12-03T21:39:40Z")
Not sure if this is the right forum but. Sec of State. Gingrich? Chritsie. Vince McMahon. SecDef:? NSA: --- ## [Get off my dick about not getting a vaccine yet (not anti-VAXX)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-my-dick-about-not-getting-a-vaccine-yet-not-anti-vaxx/939471)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-off-my-dick-about-not-getting-a-vaccine-yet-not-anti-vaxx/939471 "2021-05-27T00:58:29Z")
I live in Pennsylvania which to be frank is one of the slower states to roll out the COVID vaccine. In our state we have a rolled out priority system: . . . which is currently in Phase 1a, 1b and 1c. I am phase 2 (bas… --- ## [The Occupy Movement - could someone explain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occupy-movement-could-someone-explain/671915)
**Author:** [@knel3030](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knel3030)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occupy-movement-could-someone-explain/671915 "2013-10-27T01:04:12Z")
Could someone explain what the Occupy movement was/ is about? I’ve never been able to figure it out. People are pissed about entrenched and growing inequity and are hoping to reform …something…ok. So what is the objec… --- ## [Bucks County killings . . . strangerer and strangerer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucks-county-killings-strangerer-and-strangerer/791066 "2017-12-16T09:00:10Z")
The investigation into four missing young men is happening in my area and I have friends with close connections to the (presumed) victims and the POI :eek: This is a really strange investigation in many ways. The detail… --- ## [Amazing 100 MPH crash video captured on police dash camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254 "2010-08-27T20:52:27Z")
That guys lucky to be alive! --- ## [Why don't you see pure Strawberry juice anywhere? Marsh a local grocery had fresh...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-see-pure-strawberry-juice-anywhere-marsh-a-local-grocery-had-fresh/242643)
**Author:** [@Roland\_Deschain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Deschain)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-see-pure-strawberry-juice-anywhere-marsh-a-local-grocery-had-fresh/242643 "2004-04-30T03:46:21Z")
juice machines (and a display of juices which went with it) about ten years ago. In addition to orange juice they had strawberry juice for about a month one year. It was perhaps the greatest liquid that I’ve ever taste… --- ## [Have you heard of the Christmas song "Up On the Housetop?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-the-christmas-song-up-on-the-housetop/520717)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-the-christmas-song-up-on-the-housetop/520717 "2009-12-12T13:09:45Z")
You can see what song I’m talking about here: Up On the Housetop Lyrics My wife seems to think it is a rather common song, but I’ve never heard of it. To be fair, I don’t know the words to almost every Christmas song, … --- ## [So what IS the correct answer to "Do these pants make my butt look big?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-correct-answer-to-do-these-pants-make-my-butt-look-big/619486)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-correct-answer-to-do-these-pants-make-my-butt-look-big/619486 "2018-01-07T19:43:44Z")
Inquiring minds want to know. --- ## [WWII - Why the Eternal Interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-why-the-eternal-interest/649382)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-why-the-eternal-interest/649382 "2013-02-12T01:04:27Z")
Maybe because it was the US’s last “good” war? There is a current thread in GQ about Midway - how many thousands and thousands of hours of history and military people have gone over that battle? Yes, it was the turning … --- ## [Favorite SNL recurring character\\skits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-recurring-character-skits/700991)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-recurring-character-skits/700991 "2017-07-06T22:19:57Z")
Been thinking about it for a while, but now that we have the Has SNL cut down on unfunny recurring skits? thread, it seems like a good time. For my money, the funniest has been Justin Timberlake and the ‘Bring it on dow… --- ## [Firefly question: Do you kick the vengeful bad guy into the engine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-question-do-you-kick-the-vengeful-bad-guy-into-the-engine/629151)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-question-do-you-kick-the-vengeful-bad-guy-into-the-engine/629151 "2012-07-25T15:32:29Z")
In a thread I can’t be arsed to link to, someone (probably me) brought up the famous\* moment in the Firefly pilot† in which Malcolm Reynolds, faced with the vengeful henchmen of a mob boss he, Malcolm, has just betrayed‡… --- ## [Best looking musicians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-looking-musicians/788368)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-looking-musicians/788368 "2017-06-12T15:04:02Z")
I am new here so I hope this is the right forum, instead of IMHO, but I’ve been listening to a lot of music lately, and have eclectic tastes in men. Who would you say, are the top 3 most attractive men in music? Lets go… --- ## [Are you still allowed to bring Codeine across the Canadian/American border?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-allowed-to-bring-codeine-across-the-canadian-american-border/587536)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-allowed-to-bring-codeine-across-the-canadian-american-border/587536 "2011-07-03T13:44:34Z")
I remember that you used to be able to bring 2-bottles of codeine from Canada across the border to the states? Is this still the case? --- ## [The Hallmark channel censors the word "butt"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hallmark-channel-censors-the-word-butt/530649)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hallmark-channel-censors-the-word-butt/530649 "2011-04-20T04:58:38Z")
I’ve been watching ‘Cheers’ recorded from the Hallmark channel (it was one of my favorite shows), and they actually censor the word “butt”. --- ## [Say I wanted to treat a burn that has started to peel...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-i-wanted-to-treat-a-burn-that-has-started-to-peel/615921)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-i-wanted-to-treat-a-burn-that-has-started-to-peel/615921 "2012-03-16T23:27:13Z")
Let’s just say there is a burn on a piece of skin about the size of a 3x5 card. Say from scalding water, such that the skin did not break or blister, but just turned a purple color. Alright, let’s say after a few days th… --- ## [Singers who depress you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-depress-you/684585)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2014, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-depress-you/684585 "2014-04-06T09:45:30Z")
It can be for whatever reason: Their music, something about their lives, something they remind you of. For me, Jim Croce hits the trifecta. Sad songs. Died extremely young. And he was one of the favorite singers of m… --- ## [Animals nobody eats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-nobody-eats/447162)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-nobody-eats/447162 "2008-05-01T14:17:16Z")
Any animal that is no poisonous is probably edible, but some simply are not eaten. Koreans eat dogs, but I’ve never heard of a culture that eats cats. Oh, when a city is under siege or something, alley cats might find … --- ## [Tell me about tanning for a vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-tanning-for-a-vacation/602513)
**Author:** [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-tanning-for-a-vacation/602513 "2011-11-17T16:43:02Z")
Getting this out of the way: I am not going to tan on a regular basis. I am going on a vacation to Mexico, once. I just want to tan so I don’t sizzle like a choice cut of pork when I get there. Please keep the ‘omg tan… --- ## [Name some "American Hugh Lauries," please...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-american-hugh-lauries-please/530783)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-american-hugh-lauries-please/530783 "2010-06-16T19:55:54Z")
That is, Americans who have made it big outside of the U.S. (I know Hugh was big in the UK prior to House, but he’s much bigger now, even a household name). I’m thinking it’s much more likely to see Americans going to Ca… --- ## [Well when a man and a woman love each other very much they get a stork and......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-when-a-man-and-a-woman-love-each-other-very-much-they-get-a-stork-and/626061)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-when-a-man-and-a-woman-love-each-other-very-much-they-get-a-stork-and/626061 "2012-07-03T01:16:39Z")
I am the parent of a two year old, it occurs to me I have zero desire to lie or make any kind of obfuscating statements on human reproduction if he should ask. Making exceptions for simplified language and leaving the mo… --- ## ["Women's Rights" blog says: virtual sexual assault should be a criminal act](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-rights-blog-says-virtual-sexual-assault-should-be-a-criminal-act/526376)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-rights-blog-says-virtual-sexual-assault-should-be-a-criminal-act/526376 "2010-01-27T16:51:09Z")
Ruth Fertig, writing for the womensrights.change.org site, says: She goes on to say that And concludes by saying I am not sure I see how even stalking charges might apply if the object of the stalk is an avatar, wi… --- ## ["Job Hopping" prejudice is ageism in disguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hopping-prejudice-is-ageism-in-disguise/440758)
**Author:** [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hopping-prejudice-is-ageism-in-disguise/440758 "2008-03-26T05:30:38Z")
(longish) I am looking for a new job. I can’t COUNT the number of ads I read that say, “no job hoppers!!!” in big, obnoxious print. Apparently, according to recruiters I’ve talked with, I qualify as a “job hopper” and h… --- ## [Five-Strike Hangman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 977\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633 "2020-08-28T21:28:19Z")
It is a sentence hangman. The original player posts the structure of the sentence. The letters are not revealed since they are supposed to be found out by the rest of the players. Players make their guesses. Only let… --- ## [How could someone like Newton believe in irrational things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-someone-like-newton-believe-in-irrational-things/784540)
**Author:** [@Complexintuition](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Complexintuition)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-someone-like-newton-believe-in-irrational-things/784540 "2017-05-26T00:42:43Z")
How could Isaac Newton believe in nonsense like alchemy, finding biblical codes in the bible, prophecies and all that nonsense, I mean that stuff is just silly it makes me argue if he was even smart to begin with, I mea… --- ## [I had my first migraine ever last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-my-first-migraine-ever-last-night/580837)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-my-first-migraine-ever-last-night/580837 "2011-05-13T13:00:26Z")
It started like a regular headache caused by computer monitor eye strain. It wasn’t even a headache, really. More like the dry eyeball feeling you get when you’re tired. I work the night shift, and my job is primarily e… --- ## [Reveal Your Unattractive Celebrity Crush](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reveal-your-unattractive-celebrity-crush/144569)
**Author:** [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2003, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reveal-your-unattractive-celebrity-crush/144569 "2003-01-09T11:08:13Z")
If John Belushi wasn’t dead and old, rather, straight out of Animal House with his ‘College’ shirt on, telling me what my Delta-Delta-Delta sorority equivalent name was…I’d do him. Yup. This sickens most of the people I … --- ## [Lucky Charms Marshmallows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-charms-marshmallows/39514)
**Author:** [@pezwookiee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezwookiee)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-charms-marshmallows/39514 "2013-08-30T19:23:03Z")
I’m looking for a complete history of Lucky Charms Marshmallows. I know they changed the blue diamond and yellow moon to a blue moon. I know the purple horseshoe was added in the 1980’s. My dream is to have a complete ch… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=828&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=830&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)