# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=830&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:** 831 --- ## [On September 11, 2001, I...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-september-11-2001-i/417679)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-september-11-2001-i/417679 "2007-09-08T06:24:01Z")
Inspired by this thread (post #11 and others) about people going through their normal routines on that day. Whether in spite of being shocked and horrified, in order to get over being shocked and horrified, or because it… --- ## [Substances that are uncontrolled in the US but are controlled substances elsewhere.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substances-that-are-uncontrolled-in-the-us-but-are-controlled-substances-elsewhere/647879)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substances-that-are-uncontrolled-in-the-us-but-are-controlled-substances-elsewhere/647879 "2013-01-26T22:43:02Z")
In this thread, a poster inquires about whether or not coffee is considered an illegal drug under the laws of any country. I’m extending the question. Are there any chemical substances, other than alcohol/alcoholic bev… --- ## [Will DVD format disappear like VHS has?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-dvd-format-disappear-like-vhs-has/533209)
**Author:** [@PokerAKQJT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PokerAKQJT)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-dvd-format-disappear-like-vhs-has/533209 "2010-03-24T01:41:05Z")
Is DVD format destined to become virtually extinct like VHS has become? Best guesses as to when this might happen? --- ## [Anyone ever recognize someone from online porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-recognize-someone-from-online-porn/154111)
**Author:** [@rhinostylee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhinostylee)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-recognize-someone-from-online-porn/154111 "2003-02-11T22:43:05Z")
Through many years of dedicated surfing within the free porn sites, filled with amateurs, I have always hoped to see someone I knew in the act. I would just get the biggest kick out it. If that person was I girl that I… --- ## [Is Japanese really the hardest to learn E.Asian language, and Vietnamese the easiest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-japanese-really-the-hardest-to-learn-e-asian-language-and-vietnamese-the-easiest/477627)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-japanese-really-the-hardest-to-learn-e-asian-language-and-vietnamese-the-easiest/477627 "2008-12-22T23:42:14Z")
For English speakers, the Foreign Service Institute lists Japanese as the hardest language to learn (out of all they teach). Why? Wouldn’t chinese with its accent-based meanings be more difficult? What is it about Jap… --- ## [Braggart, maybe wannabe!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braggart-maybe-wannabe/292114)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braggart-maybe-wannabe/292114 "2008-11-07T14:59:52Z")
My roommate brought home her new boyfriend for us to meet. I haven’t been too impressed regarding her choices in men in the past, but this bozo takes the cake. He sat up all last night till 3 a.m. (!!!) bragging on himse… --- ## [Comcast DVR - How to transfer content to Computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-dvr-how-to-transfer-content-to-computer/338055)
**Author:** [@Citygirl852](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Citygirl852)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-dvr-how-to-transfer-content-to-computer/338055 "2006-01-03T17:46:58Z")
I’m not sure if there is a factual answer to this, but I figured I’d submit the question in GQ and cross my fingers. I’ve had a Comcast DVR box for about 2 months, and I have quite a bit of recorded material stored on t… --- ## [Have you ever been called "Sugar Tits". Has anyone ever been called Sugar Tits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-called-sugar-tits-has-anyone-ever-been-called-sugar-tits/367108)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2006, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-called-sugar-tits-has-anyone-ever-been-called-sugar-tits/367108 "2006-08-06T10:34:35Z")
From Mel Gibson’s little exercise in alcoholic street theatre the other day Is this some Australian slang? It sounds like something a bad scriptwriter might dream up. It this valid street slang, or something he conjured… --- ## [What if Anglo-Irish treaty was rejected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anglo-irish-treaty-was-rejected/539047)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anglo-irish-treaty-was-rejected/539047 "2010-05-27T13:22:52Z")
In the movie about Michael Collins, they show the treaty negotiators pressured to sign as plenipotentiaries, which of course in turn triggered an Irish civil war. What though, if the rebellious Irish forces were unanimo… --- ## [Unfair gift giving practices, parents to multiple children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfair-gift-giving-practices-parents-to-multiple-children/282143)
**Author:** [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfair-gift-giving-practices-parents-to-multiple-children/282143 "2005-01-03T23:48:12Z")
Towards the end of the Worst Christmas Gift of All Time thread, there’s a minor hijack about bad gifts from parents that were bad only in comparison to the cool gift received by a sibling. So I’m curious, how many of yo… --- ## [Would you stand for a Star Wars reboot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-stand-for-a-star-wars-reboot/630130)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-stand-for-a-star-wars-reboot/630130 "2012-08-07T19:25:04Z")
Ignoring Lucas and all his control issues. Would you want it to happen? Would you just want the prequels rebooted? The entire thing? Not to happen at all, so as to not open the floodgates of continuous rebooting? --- ## [What, about WWII, are the Japanese denying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-wwii-are-the-japanese-denying/715506)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-wwii-are-the-japanese-denying/715506 "2015-03-31T06:48:26Z")
In this thread, Kamakiri states that “Today, denial is official policy” of the Japanese regarding WWII. I said “May I ask what they are denying in japan?” and didn’t get a response. I bumped my own question, and still … --- ## [Prince Williams hair. Should he shave it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-williams-hair-should-he-shave-it/706882 "2014-12-13T10:25:40Z")
Well, this guy has lost so much of his hair that it seems like he is styling it in an actual, 70’s style combover at this point. I’m wondering if either he or his keepers have considered just shaving it off. His wife i… --- ## [What's up with Dilbert Creator Scott Adams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-dilbert-creator-scott-adams/769849)
**Author:** [@CultOfReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CultOfReason)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-dilbert-creator-scott-adams/769849 "2016-11-09T13:38:42Z")
I present four options for the rather bizarre stuff coming from Scott Adams during this election cycle: Scott Adams has climbed aboard the Fox, Breibart, Alex Jones crazy train and become a full-fledged Right Wing Con… --- ## [Any men who wear hats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-men-who-wear-hats/640456 "2012-11-12T15:29:49Z")
Not baseball caps and not just stocking caps, but real hats. Be it a fedora or a bowler or a pork pie … Last winter I started to wear a bowler hat if I was wearing either my well worn old leather jacket or my dress coat… --- ## [Oldest Phone Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-phone-number/42531)
**Author:** [@JoAnneSchmitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoAnneSchmitz)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-phone-number/42531 "2010-12-29T02:12:00Z")
Besides “0 for operator,” what is the oldest phone number? That is, what phone number has been in service, assigned to the same person, place or thing, for the longest time? -JoAnne --- ## [Dropbox - free extra space, referral codes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropbox-free-extra-space-referral-codes/632281 "2012-10-02T05:25:53Z")
Want to try the Dropbox cloud-storage tool? Use one of the referral links in this thread to sign up, and both you (and the refer-er) get an extra half gig of free storage. Already a Dropbox user and want to earn more s… --- ## [I Can't believe I never noticed before... (Fawlty Towers - Amazing breasts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-never-noticed-before-fawlty-towers-amazing-breasts/140340)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-never-noticed-before-fawlty-towers-amazing-breasts/140340 "2002-12-05T13:49:51Z")
I have never noticed before, but Connie Booth’s (Polly) Breasts are magnificent! It was in the second episode - she was wearing a thin, tight top and no bra - my eyes were fixed! She’s probably an OAP now! argh my b… --- ## [Minimum safe tire tread depth for driving in light snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-safe-tire-tread-depth-for-driving-in-light-snow/604496)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2011, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-safe-tire-tread-depth-for-driving-in-light-snow/604496 "2011-12-01T06:52:52Z")
For mud and snow tires on a front-wheel-drive compact car with traction control, ABS brakes and a stick shift transmission, what is the minimum safe tread depth for driving in light snow. Let’s assume the driver is an e… --- ## [How do rock climbers retrieve their ropes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-rock-climbers-retrieve-their-ropes/695339)
**Author:** [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-rock-climbers-retrieve-their-ropes/695339 "2014-08-13T00:49:15Z")
Or do they? Just a few minutes ago, I’m watching Bear Grylls and another repelling down a huge rock mountain. After a long descent, they run out of rope, so find another ledge to send yet another rope to repel another 8… --- ## [What would a world with mandatory DNA testing of all children be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-world-with-mandatory-dna-testing-of-all-children-be-like/480372)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-world-with-mandatory-dna-testing-of-all-children-be-like/480372 "2009-01-10T22:20:56Z")
Prompted by this post: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10664529&postcount=4 Just as a little personal background, when my wife became pregnant with our first child about 3 years ago, I was reading th… --- ## [The ethics of lying by law enforcement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-lying-by-law-enforcement/139624)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-lying-by-law-enforcement/139624 "2011-06-20T19:07:59Z")
This is a discussion inspired by GQ’s Lying to obtain a confession. Could someone please explain to me the ethical reasoning behind allowing law enforcement officials to fraudulently misrepresent facts? If I were interr… --- ## [At what age is someone mature enough to date/have sex? How much is too much of an age difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-is-someone-mature-enough-to-date-have-sex-how-much-is-too-much-of-an-age-difference/577697)
**Author:** [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-is-someone-mature-enough-to-date-have-sex-how-much-is-too-much-of-an-age-difference/577697 "2011-04-09T04:14:15Z")
So this is a spinoff from the thread recently closed by Ellen Cherry (How to handle daughter dating older guy (Long) - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board) concerning a Doper’s 17-yr-old daughter dating a … --- ## [How is Harlan Ellison regarded as a writer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-harlan-ellison-regarded-as-a-writer/491686)
**Author:** [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-harlan-ellison-regarded-as-a-writer/491686 "2009-04-05T00:00:28Z")
I’ve read a few of Ellison’s stories in years past, but the writing style didn’t really do anything for me, so I gave up and subsequently haven’t been exposed to too much of his work. Where does he sit in the pantheon of… --- ## [Who was the last statesman known by their epithet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-last-statesman-known-by-their-epithet/490036)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-last-statesman-known-by-their-epithet/490036 "2009-03-31T22:05:29Z")
Everyone who reads history has come across people who were identified by an epithet for some outstanding characteristic good or bad - like “Alfred the Great” or “Ivan the Terrible”. Who is the most recent statesman to h… --- ## [Your Worst Experience of Being Hit On](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-experience-of-being-hit-on/387578)
**Author:** [@amelioration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amelioration)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2007, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-experience-of-being-hit-on/387578 "2007-01-17T07:58:19Z")
After reading through Squeaker Snow’s post about unexpectedly receiving attention from attractive men, and the responses to said post, I began to wonder about the potential for disaster a situation like that could bring.… --- ## [How do I get the screen out of my living room window?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-screen-out-of-my-living-room-window/359521)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-screen-out-of-my-living-room-window/359521 "2006-06-07T13:34:33Z")
I’m getting very frustrated with this! I can’t figure out how to pop the screen out of my window. The windows: top window is fixed, bottom window slides up and down in a track. The window latches at the bottom and there… --- ## [Twerking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twerking/667739)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twerking/667739 "2013-09-07T03:56:44Z")
OK, what is it? I just ran across this term in this morning’s paper in a column about youth culture. --- ## [After 15 years, I'm single](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-15-years-im-single/757930)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-15-years-im-single/757930 "2016-06-24T19:41:33Z")
So yesterday my partner of 15 years told me it’s over. He met someone online that he’s been talking to and then actually met. Then had the absolute gall to ask if I would be ok with the asshole moving in here. (we can’t… --- ## [Help Me Better Understand Gun Control Opposition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-better-understand-gun-control-opposition/788939)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-better-understand-gun-control-opposition/788939 "2017-06-19T15:45:22Z")
So just to preface my question, while I have most recently (last 3 elections) voted Democratic, I am a lifelong gun owner (several in fact) who believes in the second amendment. Living out in the country I believe gun ow… --- ## [Unwanted kids and AIDS patients save money!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-kids-and-aids-patients-save-money/571860)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-kids-and-aids-patients-save-money/571860 "2011-03-02T14:47:58Z")
House blocks federal aid for Planned Parenthood Fuck this shit. Fuck it. I know the Dope needs another abortion thread like it needs another person watching Firefly for the first time, but I am in a rage so hard my lov… --- ## [Ever Receive a Foil Swan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-receive-a-foil-swan/585698)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-receive-a-foil-swan/585698 "2011-06-18T02:58:06Z")
The Archer thread reminded me of a recurring gag, that every time someone eats out, they’re in the next scene holding a foil swan containing their leftovers. I’ve never eaten at a place that did the foil swan thing, but… --- ## [Romney supporters: were you shocked he lost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-supporters-were-you-shocked-he-lost/640723)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-supporters-were-you-shocked-he-lost/640723 "2012-11-15T02:01:23Z")
Are their any Romney supporters here? I expect so. Did you occur to you during the run up to the election that he might lose? Or were you really shocked that he did lose? I keep hearing news stories of prominent repub… --- ## [Women's first names in song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-first-names-in-song/506776)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-first-names-in-song/506776 "2009-09-04T20:28:49Z")
I’m sure it’s been done, but let’s see (again) how many we can amass. The name must be sung in the song (no “Suite Judy Blue Eyes”) but does not have to be in the title or main idea. It has to mean a woman’s name in th… --- ## [I need a rental car in California I can drive on dirt roads. Rental companies say, "No way!" Ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-rental-car-in-california-i-can-drive-on-dirt-roads-rental-companies-say-no-way-ideas/646589)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-rental-car-in-california-i-can-drive-on-dirt-roads-rental-companies-say-no-way-ideas/646589 "2013-01-10T00:27:41Z")
In May some friends and I will be flying from the east coast to Northern California for a camping trip. We will need to rent a Jeep-type vehicle to haul our gear and get around. Our base of operations will be a rustic ca… --- ## [In your "objective" opinion, which are the 5 most overrated rock bands of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-objective-opinion-which-are-the-5-most-overrated-rock-bands-of-all-time/453166)
**Author:** [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-objective-opinion-which-are-the-5-most-overrated-rock-bands-of-all-time/453166 "2008-06-23T15:01:03Z")
This may prove to be harder than the thread that spawned it, but who, in no particular order unless you care, are the five most overrated rock bands/musicians etc of all time? I’m not asking about the “worst” bands, I w… --- ## [Porn at the airport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-at-the-airport/360537 "2006-06-15T15:04:54Z")
I noticed today there’s porn being sold at airports–at least, at Phoenix airport and Santa Ana airport in California. This seems strange to me. Okay, you’re at the airport, and you’ve just bought some porn. Now you… w… --- ## [What foreign languages did you take in school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foreign-languages-did-you-take-in-school/698048)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foreign-languages-did-you-take-in-school/698048 "2014-09-12T15:28:00Z")
So when you were in grade school or college, which foreign languages did you take and for how long? Did you ever achieve fluency or something close? And how much do you remember now? --- ## [Beer is Brewed. Liquor is Distilled. Wine is ???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-is-brewed-liquor-is-distilled-wine-is/287599)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-is-brewed-liquor-is-distilled-wine-is/287599 "2005-01-31T21:18:24Z")
To say “This bottle of wine was vinted at Such-n-Such Winery in Modesto” sounds a little… stilted. Is “vinted” the right word? --- ## [Why can't I find people I like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-find-people-i-like/548417)
**Author:** [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-find-people-i-like/548417 "2010-08-04T18:31:22Z")
Throughout my entire life, I’ve found maybe a half dozen people I actually, genuinely, like. I’ll exclude my family, because while I do genuinely like some of them, others… try my nerves, at the best of times (if you’ve… --- ## [What do hops taste like & what can they be used for besides beer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-hops-taste-like-what-can-they-be-used-for-besides-beer/569323)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-hops-taste-like-what-can-they-be-used-for-besides-beer/569323 "2011-01-29T23:16:28Z")
That’s pretty much it. What do hops taste like plain, are they even edible on their own, and what can they be used for besides brewing beer? --- ## [Grammys tonight: apparently Paul and Ringo will perform together.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammys-tonight-apparently-paul-and-ringo-will-perform-together/679804)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammys-tonight-apparently-paul-and-ringo-will-perform-together/679804 "2014-01-29T04:05:30Z")
This is the rumour I’m hearing, in case you’re interested. --- ## [Okay women...school me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-women-school-me/483939)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-women-school-me/483939 "2009-02-07T01:16:05Z")
Okay female dopers. I SUCK at getting a date. I don’t think I am a bad person, and I’ve mostly solved the emotional crap in my life. I am a decent person (a school teacher) who has a stable job, is relatively intellig… --- ## [So, I was fucking my boyfriend the other day... (sex in non-sex related topics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-fucking-my-boyfriend-the-other-day-sex-in-non-sex-related-topics/484204)
**Author:** [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-fucking-my-boyfriend-the-other-day-sex-in-non-sex-related-topics/484204 "2009-02-08T21:03:19Z")
More of a personal peeve and probably not really pit-worthy. I’m not pitting the poster, more just the posting style. But, seriously, sandwich spreads? Tell me, what on Og’s orange earth does that have to do with sex? … --- ## [Bernie Sanders' lapel pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-lapel-pin/743016)
**Author:** [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-lapel-pin/743016 "2016-01-27T21:52:20Z")
It has become almost mandatory for US politicians to wear a flag pin their lapel, so no one can question their patriotism, no doubt. Not Bernie Sanders. His pin, like his politics, is different. Anyone know what it is? … --- ## [E-cigarettes: What's your setup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-cigarettes-whats-your-setup/710256)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-cigarettes-whats-your-setup/710256 "2015-09-01T22:34:55Z")
My brother-in-law is a e-cigarette hobbyist, buying the newest, latest-and-greatest equipment. As a result, I get a lot of hand-me-down stuff along with some interesting new stuff that he thinks I will like. My equipment… --- ## [That Was Then This Is Now: TV Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-then-this-is-now-tv-shows/634807)
**Author:** [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-then-this-is-now-tv-shows/634807 "2012-09-24T21:57:24Z")
What TV shows did you really enjoy as a youth but when you watched them again as an adult, they were not as funny or scary or interesting when you watched them again as an adult? I’ll start: I Dream Of Jeannie (Yeah I … --- ## [Treadmill with iPod compatible port](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treadmill-with-ipod-compatible-port/616926)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treadmill-with-ipod-compatible-port/616926 "2012-03-30T01:03:45Z")
I have a feeling this is a really dumb question… but if I can’t ask it here, then where? I got my new Proform 397 Treadmill from Sears and I really like it. It has an “iPod compatible port.” Okay… how do I connect the … --- ## [Cthulhu doesn't scare me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthulhu-doesnt-scare-me/593741)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthulhu-doesnt-scare-me/593741 "2011-08-24T04:02:56Z")
I mean, he just doesn’t. Yes, he’s big and with the tentacles and whatnot. I mean, when I say he’s not scary, obviously if I was at Wal Mart and he came tear assing into the parking lot, I’d book it outta there in a hu… --- ## [Was the Hawaiian Pizza really invented in Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-hawaiian-pizza-really-invented-in-germany/497042)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-hawaiian-pizza-really-invented-in-germany/497042 "2009-05-22T20:01:33Z")
In a trivial discussion today, we pondered the origin of the Hawaiian Pizza. According to wikipedia, Is that the best they can come up with? Isn’t there a cite or historical document somewhere that provides something m… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=829&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=831&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)