# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=831&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:** 832 --- ## [Scary/Physically Intimidating Serial Killers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-physically-intimidating-serial-killers/516442)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-physically-intimidating-serial-killers/516442 "2009-11-06T02:41:49Z")
I figure that most serial killers look fairly normal, like “regular folks”. Can anybody think of ones that actually look scary and intimidating? --- ## [Post your neighbour stories here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-neighbour-stories-here/791724)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-neighbour-stories-here/791724 "2018-01-30T16:24:37Z")
I’ll start. The Missus and I are hanging out on the deck, when a guy comes around the side of the house to introduce himself. He said he was the drummer for Creed. After he left, I did some googling. His narrative ch… --- ## [Whatcha reading Nov. (08) edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-nov-08-edition/470446)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-nov-08-edition/470446 "2008-11-30T18:23:08Z")
Happy halloween! Here is the November edition of our reader’s threads. (This time I got it right, I checked!) Traditional link to old thread. I am in the middle of Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer. I took this off my s… --- ## [Cats and Paper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-paper/740085)
**Author:** [@Leonard33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard33)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-paper/740085 "2015-12-18T01:36:24Z")
I have cats. Two to be precise. And both of them sit on paper. If it is important, than it will sat upon. Mail, bills, anything. But I must know. Why do they feel that it must be sat upon, rather than their $40 bed. Shou… --- ## [How badly do you women stink up the bathroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-women-stink-up-the-bathroom/764005)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-women-stink-up-the-bathroom/764005 "2018-03-17T05:34:11Z")
Forgive me for this weird topic. Everyone poops, and everyone stinks up the bathroom to some degree. I literally make it uninhabitable after I’m done. How bad is the air quality after the women here conduct their busines… --- ## [In Which Direction do You Sleep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-direction-do-you-sleep/578918)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-direction-do-you-sleep/578918 "2011-04-27T17:23:54Z")
I live in a courtyard building, and there’s one guy’s bedroom that is across and down one floor from my bedroom. He never closes his blinds - I’m not sure he has any - and tends to leave the light on all night. I haven’t… --- ## [Quest for the world's most boring title ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quest-for-the-worlds-most-boring-title-ever/647557 "2013-01-24T12:42:00Z")
OK, I was bored out of my skull, and got to wondering if I could recall the names, first and last, of every woman I’ve ever boinked (OK, all together: “Why don’t you just ask her, PRR?” and now we’ll do “One is called ‘R… --- ## [How do the fan bases of the NY Jets vs Giants break down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-fan-bases-of-the-ny-jets-vs-giants-break-down/559745)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-fan-bases-of-the-ny-jets-vs-giants-break-down/559745 "2010-11-09T19:01:07Z")
Is one team more blue collar? or is one of them more the manahattan team? Also has either team explored building a stadium in NYC instead of New Jersey? --- ## [WTF! someone stole my shoes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-stole-my-shoes/410330)
**Author:** [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-stole-my-shoes/410330 "2007-07-24T02:37:45Z")
The gall of it. I decided to take a break from work and go out to buy something to eat, problem is, when I checked on the entrance\* my shoes (actually sandals) where gone! :mad: No, in the first place I´m beggining to… --- ## [Most memorable movie quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-movie-quotes/28565 "2000-09-01T17:01:36Z")
I heard about a poll of the top 100 movie quotes. Number one was “I’ll be back” from Terminator. Second was “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Also on the list was “hasta la vista, baby”. I didn’t hear them all, bu… --- ## [Movies with engineers as heroes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-engineers-as-heroes/565208)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-engineers-as-heroes/565208 "2010-12-24T21:23:03Z")
I watched Apollo 13 again the other day, and it is the very rare film where the engineers are heroes. The solve the problem with brains rather than brawn, they work the problem. What other films can you think of where e… --- ## [True Blood 8/21/11: "Run"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-8-21-11-run/593663)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-8-21-11-run/593663 "2011-09-10T18:57:36Z")
Wow, that was awful. At least the whole Lafayette and the “bebe” subplot is over. Did anyone like this episode? --- ## [A Friend Has Challenged Me To Eat A Raw Carolina Reaper - Surely I Can Game This And Do It Safely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-has-challenged-me-to-eat-a-raw-carolina-reaper-surely-i-can-game-this-and-do-it-safely/823216)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-has-challenged-me-to-eat-a-raw-carolina-reaper-surely-i-can-game-this-and-do-it-safely/823216 "2018-11-27T04:39:46Z")
As you can see by reading the thread title, a friend is offering me a very generous reward\* if I’ll eat one of his Carolina Reaper peppers raw. I figure that, using the collective resources of the Straight Dope’s medicin… --- ## [Do furniture companies haul away the old furniter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-furniture-companies-haul-away-the-old-furniter/588542)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-furniture-companies-haul-away-the-old-furniter/588542 "2011-07-11T14:18:14Z")
Not sure if this is better suited for IMHO, but I believe there is a factual answer. If I buy a new sofa, will the furniture company haul away the old when they deliver the new? --- ## [Do you find praying mantises cute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-praying-mantises-cute/678051)
**Author:** [@Peaton\_of\_peat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peaton_of_peat)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-praying-mantises-cute/678051 "2014-01-13T17:31:10Z")
Got in a disagreement with somebody over whether mantises are cute or not, and I’m turning to you guys to resolve it. I’m not explaining WHY you should find them cute because I don’t want to taint the poll results, I jus… --- ## [Heinz Dilemma: What's your response to this clasic moral problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinz-dilemma-whats-your-response-to-this-clasic-moral-problem/509128)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinz-dilemma-whats-your-response-to-this-clasic-moral-problem/509128 "2009-09-08T20:43:27Z")
Should Heinz have broken into the laboratory to steal the drug for his wife? Why or why not? My answer: Yes. Because human life is more valuable than property. I think the druggist has an interest in compensation thoug… --- ## [Do Women Really "Drop" Their Female Friends When They Get A Boyfriend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-drop-their-female-friends-when-they-get-a-boyfriend/586615)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-drop-their-female-friends-when-they-get-a-boyfriend/586615 "2011-06-25T14:57:02Z")
Back to the sitcoms. (Someone get me a job and save me from this fate LOL) I was watching \*One Day At A Time \* and Barbara has a new friend who’s driving her nuts. Julie’s answer is to find her a boyfriend. Everyone kno… --- ## [Please tell me all about this OB GYN stuff, as a bloke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-all-about-this-ob-gyn-stuff-as-a-bloke/632013)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-all-about-this-ob-gyn-stuff-as-a-bloke/632013 "2012-08-24T16:29:29Z")
My longest sexual relationship is roughly a year. Even so you would think I would get what this “OB/GYN” stuff is about but I honestly don’t. It may be that women have kept it from me over here, but I don’t THINK that in… --- ## [My 19 year old son just enlisted in the Air Force! I know nothing about the Air Force, so help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-19-year-old-son-just-enlisted-in-the-air-force-i-know-nothing-about-the-air-force-so-help/663589)
**Author:** [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-19-year-old-son-just-enlisted-in-the-air-force-i-know-nothing-about-the-air-force-so-help/663589 "2013-07-20T23:59:33Z")
He is super excited. We are very excited for him and proud of him, but neither my husband or I have any in depth experience with military life. I do know he did well on the ASVAB, and he took the DLAB today and they to… --- ## [Germanwings plane crash in France: Can a pilot be locked out of the cockpit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germanwings-plane-crash-in-france-can-a-pilot-be-locked-out-of-the-cockpit/716003)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germanwings-plane-crash-in-france-can-a-pilot-be-locked-out-of-the-cockpit/716003 "2015-03-29T16:59:02Z")
The New York Times is reporting that in the recent crash of a Germanwings plane in France the pilot was locked out of the cockpit. It suggests he was trying his level best to break the door down to get back in. Obvious… --- ## ["Blacks are poor tippers"... racism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-are-poor-tippers-racism/375739)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-are-poor-tippers-racism/375739 "2013-06-07T18:29:54Z")
I know a guy who works as a pizza delivery guy. He has observed, and reports that his coworkers have also observed, that black people are generally much worse tippers than white people. Is this racism? What if some kin… --- ## [Why do women scream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-scream/471042)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-scream/471042 "2008-11-05T20:18:29Z")
I mean the specific scream on finding a dead body. It’s Standard Operating Procedure for all females in movies and TV, no matter whether it’s films of the 30s/40s or Law & Order on TV today. When a woman comes across a d… --- ## [I killed my own grandpa! - The Large Hadron Collider Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-killed-my-own-grandpa-the-large-hadron-collider-story/513955)
**Author:** [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-killed-my-own-grandpa-the-large-hadron-collider-story/513955 "2009-11-19T20:18:37Z")
Story from the NYTimes What a trippy story. If I’m reading it correctly, which I’m not sure I am, the Higgs particle that the LHC is trying to produce is so unstable that it’ll try to destroy any attempts at making it… --- ## [Can I teach myself to be a doctor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-teach-myself-to-be-a-doctor/497075)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-teach-myself-to-be-a-doctor/497075 "2009-05-21T23:26:31Z")
I’ve always been fascinated by biology and medicine. I don’t want to go to medical school though. If I put enough time into it, is it possible to teach myself enough about medicine to, say, offer a consult or diagnose … --- ## [Put a face on a Doper you've never seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-face-on-a-doper-youve-never-seen/345664)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2006, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-face-on-a-doper-youve-never-seen/345664 "2006-03-07T07:55:34Z")
Title says it. If you’ve seen a Doper in real life or on one of the photo threads, don’t go any further. This has to be a sight-unseen exercise. Using well-known celebrities (in the loosest sense = liable to have been … --- ## [Some questions for any transsexual Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-any-transsexual-dopers/217480)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-any-transsexual-dopers/217480 "2003-12-20T18:17:55Z")
I am starting this thread because I am curious, not because I want to attack or belittle anyone in any way. The gay and lesbian community here is very open about their experiences and thoughts (see the numerous “ask the… --- ## [What is the stupidist movement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049)
**Author:** [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-stupidist-movement/644049 "2012-12-20T17:49:25Z")
I have learned about so many new wackadoodle groups here that I thought it time to ask which is the nuttiest. Nominate a group and give a case for them. By group I mean anything with at least a thousand followers, a basi… --- ## [Blazing Saddles: "They're staying in droves"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-theyre-staying-in-droves/422150)
**Author:** [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blazing-saddles-theyre-staying-in-droves/422150 "2007-10-15T14:02:02Z")
I’m talking about Harvey Korman’s line (paraphrased): “We’ve tried everything to drive the folks out of town, but instead of leaving, they’re staying in droves.” Is this an improper turn of the phrase “leaving in drove… --- ## [What are your real life catch phrases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124 "2009-04-01T22:13:29Z")
I have a few that I’m known for. The “not so much a catchphrase as something I say to excess is” anyway, anyway, anyway, the whole together being about one syllable, as I tend to digress in talking. Two I’ve become fa… --- ## ["Einstein didn't speak until he was 4 and didn't read until he was 7". Surely a myth!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/einstein-didnt-speak-until-he-was-4-and-didnt-read-until-he-was-7-surely-a-myth/675126)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/einstein-didnt-speak-until-he-was-4-and-didnt-read-until-he-was-7-surely-a-myth/675126 "2013-12-04T13:35:22Z")
“Einstein didn’t speak until he was 4 and didn’t read until he was 7”. Surely a myth. Walter Isaacson’s biography of Einstein (p.8/ 9)states that he formed words at age 2, but that he had a mild form of echolalia, causin… --- ## [Garland should just sit down and judge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garland-should-just-sit-down-and-judge/750757)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garland-should-just-sit-down-and-judge/750757 "2016-04-12T13:44:42Z")
An article in Slate that says Garland should just assume “silence gives consent”, and take his place at SCOTUS. It references this Yale law review essay which makes the argument at a level I’m unable to fully appreciate… --- ## [How much of a difference can an expensive camera lens make?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-difference-can-an-expensive-camera-lens-make/691770)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-difference-can-an-expensive-camera-lens-make/691770 "2014-07-04T01:10:24Z")
Some time ago my wife insisted that she needs a fancy SLR camera so I bought her a Canon 1100D. As per the link, it came with a 18 - 55 lens. I don’t know much about photography. Apparently this lens is ’ a basic basic l… --- ## [Asymptomatic infection rates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymptomatic-infection-rates/851145)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymptomatic-infection-rates/851145 "2020-06-08T22:53:04Z")
Over the next few weeks we should getting some data that in aggregate will give us a better sense of how many have actually been infected but never even sick enough to think of it, let alone officially diagnosed, in area… --- ## [Police officers - do you get bored?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-officers-do-you-get-bored/440875)
**Author:** [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-officers-do-you-get-bored/440875 "2008-03-16T14:42:07Z")
Well, of course you do, I’m sure - there must be slow days for LEOs just like anyone else. But when I (for example) tend bar and it’s quiet I find myself hoping that some customers will come in and save me from the awfu… --- ## [So-called 'abused' prisoners = The beheaders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-called-abused-prisoners-the-beheaders/244714)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-called-abused-prisoners-the-beheaders/244714 "2004-05-14T05:49:42Z")
Well, well, well. Kinda puts the so-called ‘abuses’ and ‘Geneva Convention violations’ in perspective, doesn’t it. Let me remind everyone that these poor abused prisoners were not innocent citizens pulled off the street… --- ## ['06 Ford Fusion - heat stops working at idle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/06-ford-fusion-heat-stops-working-at-idle/562698)
**Author:** [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/06-ford-fusion-heat-stops-working-at-idle/562698 "2010-12-03T22:29:57Z")
My wife’s cousin has a 2006 Fusion with about 110,000 miles on it. Recently, she complained that the heater doesn’t blow hot air when she’s stopped, only when the car is moving. The coolant was due to be changed at 100,0… --- ## [Universal health care and the poor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-health-care-and-the-poor/316016)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-health-care-and-the-poor/316016 "2005-08-13T18:57:08Z")
This is in the pit only because it was born in the pit originally. In this thread I asked John about an assertion he made. I guess he never saw it, so I’m brining it to his attention, because I am genuinely interested … --- ## [So, what's the best way to hide a hickey in the summer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-best-way-to-hide-a-hickey-in-the-summer/77867)
**Author:** [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-best-way-to-hide-a-hickey-in-the-summer/77867 "2001-08-28T19:41:53Z")
This thread actually has two purposes. First, I want to gloat, because not only did I get laid last night, I had two different guys in the time span of 6 hours…pretty impressive…(Shh, no one tell Punha, my virtual daddy…… --- ## [US support of Israel (from Hamas war discussion thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-support-of-israel-from-hamas-war-discussion-thread/994802)
**Author:** [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-support-of-israel-from-hamas-war-discussion-thread/994802 "2024-03-20T01:59:38Z")
I’m not 100% clear on where you going with that comment, besides there being a lot of Nazi references being dropped in here recently. That still doesn’t answer my question - why should the US be paying over $3.3 billion… --- ## [Dinner. Not a conversion. Comprede? (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-not-a-conversion-comprede-long/489721)
**Author:** [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-not-a-conversion-comprede-long/489721 "2009-03-23T03:12:26Z")
Is that so hard to understand? Apparently so from the look of things. I met this woman roughly five months ago when I moved to a different part of town. She owns a salon close to where I currently reside and I’d been ge… --- ## [What was Feynman's "John Big"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-feynmans-john-big/665952)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-feynmans-john-big/665952 "2017-03-08T18:21:34Z")
In his autobiography, Richard Feynman tells the tale of hooking up with some celebrity who kept him around as a sidekick for a while. I’d guess it was sometime in the 1950s, from the details, but Feynman describes the ce… --- ## [Foxes, bats and lightning bugs: a walky MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987)
**Author:** [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foxes-bats-and-lightning-bugs-a-walky-mmp/586987 "2011-07-04T03:10:00Z")
I live in an older suburb, pretty close to downtown Columbus. So you’d think a walk around the neighborhood wouldn’t yield too much in the way of wildlife sightings. You’d be wrong. There are streams and woods nearby, s… --- ## [Dewey Cheatem Undhow, are you a punk ass racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350)
**Author:** [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-cheatem-undhow-are-you-a-punk-ass-racist/160350 "2003-03-14T06:46:00Z")
Do we cheat them and how = Dewey Cheatem Undhow I know, that you know that I’m a black man because of this thread, so what the fuck is up with the “clever boy” comment in this thread? Under normal circumstances I woul… --- ## [We need a male equivalent of "tomboy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-male-equivalent-of-tomboy/229306)
**Author:** [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-male-equivalent-of-tomboy/229306 "2017-01-19T22:22:09Z")
I have decided that the whole gender problem is that we have no male equivalent of “tomboy.” Oh, sure, we have lots of words on the same semantic turf, but they’re all insulting, leastways all the ones I can think of. S… --- ## [Conservatism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatism/199659)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatism/199659 "2003-09-13T00:38:43Z")
Lissener has asked for a thread on conservatism, so here it is. Lissener has maintained that Conservatism is obviously flawed, full of holes, dishonest, selfish, and that he sees objective truth. This is the place wher… --- ## [Dr. Seuss' Beowulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-beowulf/675845)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-beowulf/675845 "2025-12-18T13:22:42Z")
Every Geat Down in Geat-land Liked Heorot a lot… But Grendel, Who lived north of Geat-land, Did NOT! Grendel hated Heorot! The whole Heorot Hall! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows it all. It could be … --- ## [Ice cream flavors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908 "2012-08-24T21:40:02Z")
Pick one. --- ## [Community 2/3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-2-3/570112)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-2-3/570112 "2011-02-07T14:35:36Z")
That was one of the funniest episodes of any show period. Everything was perfect. The narration, the alternate opening, Annie finding some Pegasi (that entire montage just made me lose it!), Britta and her Gnome. Not t… --- ## [Complex calculations before computers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complex-calculations-before-computers/559926)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complex-calculations-before-computers/559926 "2010-11-10T12:42:04Z")
I was reading an article about yet another history of the first computer. Most of the time when I read articles/essays like this, they say that computers gave us the ability to do tedious computations and crunch huge set… --- ## [Are muslims ever NOT "outraged" by something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-muslims-ever-not-outraged-by-something/372961)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-muslims-ever-not-outraged-by-something/372961 "2006-09-21T14:50:09Z")
Jesus christ, muslims must be WAY too sensitive or something because it seems that Islamic countries are flooded with MASSIVE protests/demonstrations etc… every single time a less than flattering statement about Islam/Mo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=830&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=832&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)