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**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-thing-in-your-house/669502 "2013-09-27T18:02:28Z")
I do mean a thing, not a person. So, your jillion year old grandmother does not qualify. (Besides, no matter how much you hate your old, grumpy father, he is not a thing.) The thing must have been manufactured or hand-c… --- ## [Name a place you will never go into that's popular.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873)
**Author:** [@crazy\_grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy_grady)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873 "2003-11-22T19:28:21Z")
What is a popular restaurant, store, retail place or other places that you refuse to enter anymore, because of rude service, lack of stock, prices or other reasons? I refused to set foot in a local supermarket chain for… --- ## [Hostility of middle east towards Israel and the west could lead to all out war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostility-of-middle-east-towards-israel-and-the-west-could-lead-to-all-out-war/641479)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostility-of-middle-east-towards-israel-and-the-west-could-lead-to-all-out-war/641479 "2012-12-09T15:24:00Z")
Well first of all there has been very high Hostility in the middle east towards Israel and the western civilization for long time and it was only really Egypt keeping an all out war. This time hostility towards Israel a… --- ## [Why are tribal women so, ummm, "floppy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-tribal-women-so-ummm-floppy/350990)
**Author:** [@ShortBus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShortBus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-tribal-women-so-ummm-floppy/350990 "2006-04-03T18:13:26Z")
I was watching an interesting series on the Travel Channel today that profiled “a day in the life of” a tribal village. All of the women were topless and had the typical National Geographic profile. I’m curious why this … --- ## [Was 9/11 an act of war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-9-11-an-act-of-war/517988)
**Author:** [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-9-11-an-act-of-war/517988 "2009-11-20T22:30:22Z")
I’m sure this has been debated ad nausem, but I feel it’s relevant again in light of recent decisions made in regards to the detainees and how and where they will be tried. I wanted to post this in recent threads floati… --- ## [Are there any normal devices which will block cell phone signals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-normal-devices-which-will-block-cell-phone-signals/593811)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-normal-devices-which-will-block-cell-phone-signals/593811 "2012-06-04T19:16:39Z")
PLEASE NO DISCUSSION OF ILLEGAL CELL PHONE BLOCKERS. Sometimes electronic devices will interfer with each other in their normal operation. Like if I put my cell phone close to my computer speaker I will hear a buzzing.… --- ## [Ask the woman who used to be a 19-year-old dating a 36-year-old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-used-to-be-a-19-year-old-dating-a-36-year-old/639617)
**Author:** [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-who-used-to-be-a-19-year-old-dating-a-36-year-old/639617 "2012-11-03T00:13:05Z")
And a 20 to 26-year-old dating a 37 to 42-year-old. I’ve been thinking about starting this thread for years, because I’ve seen several threads started about relationships with age differences… but usually by the older m… --- ## [Clips of famous people: before they were famous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clips-of-famous-people-before-they-were-famous/538856)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clips-of-famous-people-before-they-were-famous/538856 "2010-05-19T01:06:35Z")
I’ve always liked this clip of a very young Jim Morrison, Any clips out there of other celebrities, pre-fame? --- ## [Wasted Money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasted-money/698034)
**Author:** [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasted-money/698034 "2014-09-12T14:45:19Z")
Why does the highway department put up all those “Deer Crossing” signs ? I doubt they can even read. The deer, I mean; some of the highway crewmen probably can. And even if they could read, why would they cross where an… --- ## [Potty training and lazy parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potty-training-and-lazy-parents/216217)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potty-training-and-lazy-parents/216217 "2019-03-29T19:14:49Z")
On thanksgiving Day my brother told me a story of how a few weeks ago a neighbor came over and asked him and his wife to babysit for a few hours while the neighbor went to a funeral. The kid (a boy) turns 4 in April. Wh… --- ## [10 of the most WTF? storylines in Pro Wrestling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-of-the-most-wtf-storylines-in-pro-wrestling/624473)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-of-the-most-wtf-storylines-in-pro-wrestling/624473 "2012-08-15T17:21:46Z")
Ah, professional wrestling. Eagerly watched, debated, and squee’d over by fans, derided as redneck soap opera by non-fans, this peculiar homegrown blend of gladiatorial combat and kabuki theater (becoming more and more C… --- ## [Could a T. REX do ANYTHING with its arms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-t-rex-do-anything-with-its-arms/21302)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-t-rex-do-anything-with-its-arms/21302 "2000-06-29T19:08:33Z")
Those relatively tiny arms seem utterly useless. Was there anything at all that the animal used them for? Could the creature have had them both chopped off and lived a normal T rex life? Are they just vestigial, did the… --- ## [Definitive versions of Christmas Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitive-versions-of-christmas-songs/739088)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitive-versions-of-christmas-songs/739088 "2019-12-11T13:16:25Z")
It’s that time of year again, where random awful radio stations convert to all Christmas music until you end up humming “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” while attempting to strangle the cat. So, to pass the time from… --- ## [Two foods that just don't go together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-foods-that-just-dont-go-together/257469)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-foods-that-just-dont-go-together/257469 "2004-07-31T06:57:27Z")
I’m looking for suggestions of two foods that most people like, and yet most people would find distasteful if combined. Why? Well, I like strawberries and I like chocolate cake, but strawberries in (or even on) my chocol… --- ## [Michael Moore, you are a hypocritical lying sack of shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-you-are-a-hypocritical-lying-sack-of-shit/99112)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-you-are-a-hypocritical-lying-sack-of-shit/99112 "2002-04-06T16:11:57Z")
In his online diary, under the headline Police Raid, Shut Down My Booksigning in San Diego, the rotund Mr. Moore claims that the jackbooted thugs from the San Diego Police shut down his booksigning. Indeed, he “could no… --- ## [How did Christianity spread so quickly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-christianity-spread-so-quickly/638456)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-christianity-spread-so-quickly/638456 "2012-10-27T23:35:09Z")
This is Dio question. Wish he was here. Why did Christianity flourish so quickly during the Roman era? It flied in the face of polytheism. I understand that roads made a huge influence in the speed of proselyting. I und… --- ## [I need help from a police officer (side arm accuracy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-from-a-police-officer-side-arm-accuracy/547870)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-from-a-police-officer-side-arm-accuracy/547870 "2010-07-30T04:56:05Z")
I need help from a police officer, corrections officer, armed security guard, soldier or anyone else that has had to carry a side arm as a function of their employment. Long story made short, in order to carry your weapo… --- ## [What makes my honey Kosher ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-my-honey-kosher/562426)
**Author:** [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-my-honey-kosher/562426 "2015-02-08T19:32:26Z")
I noticed today my jar of honey has a little Kosher symbol on it. What would make my honey kosher? I know bees aren’t kosher, but all honey has at some point been in contact with bees- and as honey can be kosher, presu… --- ## [Hot Dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs/624238)
**Author:** [@rosella\_alm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rosella_alm)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs/624238 "2012-06-14T03:47:58Z")
When I was a child, 60 years ago, there was a general opinion that Pittsburgh hot dogs were much better than Chicago hot dogs. I can’t remember why this was so. All of that generation have all passed on. Anyone out th… --- ## [Is it now acceptable to use "hung" instead of "hanged" in the sense of execution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-now-acceptable-to-use-hung-instead-of-hanged-in-the-sense-of-execution/679235)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-now-acceptable-to-use-hung-instead-of-hanged-in-the-sense-of-execution/679235 "2014-02-14T23:50:49Z")
Hi, I am starting to see more uses of “hanged” in news articles adn books written by academics. Peter Turchin in :"War and Peace and War " uses “hung”. It’s not a typo. Is it now acceptable to use “hung” instead of “ha… --- ## [2nd amendment enthusiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2nd-amendment-enthusiast/741598)
**Author:** [@jerry\_smissingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerry_smissingfinger)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2nd-amendment-enthusiast/741598 "2016-01-27T22:01:00Z")
Just want to get your thoughts on Bill HR 4269. Seems like the perfect time to push this Bill through the House while Americans are relaxing and enjoying the holiday season. The Bill targets automatic assault rifles an… --- ## [Damn, but it's good to be a Blue stater!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-but-its-good-to-be-a-blue-stater/273644)
**Author:** [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-but-its-good-to-be-a-blue-stater/273644 "2004-11-13T06:57:26Z")
I’ve been trying to be reasonable and conciliatory in the wake of the GOP victory, but this bit of sarcasm really encapsulates a lot of what I’ve been struggling to suppress in my own thoughts about the people who voted … --- ## [Closeted Nut of the Week: Andrew Shirvell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closeted-nut-of-the-week-andrew-shirvell/568980)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closeted-nut-of-the-week-andrew-shirvell/568980 "2012-08-20T06:28:09Z")
A Michigan assistant attorney general has been, rather inexplicably, running a ferocious one-man hate campaign against… some kid at the University of Michigan, who apparently is a Nazi because he’s gay. That last part i… --- ## [Softball - What's with my swing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/softball-whats-with-my-swing/619276)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/softball-whats-with-my-swing/619276 "2012-05-02T22:34:03Z")
I play in several 55+ leagues, 4-5 games a week. All are slow pitch. My batting average (.700 +/-) is good and I don’t want to jeopardize it. The vast majority of my hits are hard line drives and hard ground balls and… --- ## [Olympian Fuglyness: Oblivion's incredibly unattractive faces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympian-fuglyness-oblivions-incredibly-unattractive-faces/509893)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympian-fuglyness-oblivions-incredibly-unattractive-faces/509893 "2009-09-25T13:37:39Z")
Oh God. I started a new game and almost jumped out of my seat. I thought it was my first surprise battle, but the… the THING… just stood there, looking at me. And then I realized that monstrosity was me! My avatar, t… --- ## ["classical" music I like but don't know it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-i-like-but-dont-know-it/639504)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-i-like-but-dont-know-it/639504 "2012-11-13T05:14:29Z")
First; I recognize I’m using “Classical” music incorrectly. I mean any orchestral music at any artistic period (maybe say 1500 to 1950). I’m looking for names of more popular symphany pieces that I may have heard and p… --- ## [Meaning of Chinese culinary term "pon pon" (as in "Pon Pon Chicken")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-chinese-culinary-term-pon-pon-as-in-pon-pon-chicken/577485)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-chinese-culinary-term-pon-pon-as-in-pon-pon-chicken/577485 "2011-04-07T16:15:22Z")
My all-time favorite chicken recipe is Pon Pon Chicken, and I see references online to Pon Pon Shrimp and Pon Pon Pork. I took the chicken recipe from The Chinese Cookbook by Craig Claiborne and Virginia Lee (1972). Th… --- ## [Do I need to signal my turn in an exit only lane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-signal-my-turn-in-an-exit-only-lane/78278)
**Author:** [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-signal-my-turn-in-an-exit-only-lane/78278 "2010-11-13T23:45:46Z")
What about in right or left turn only lanes? If so, then why? If not, then why do I see so many others doing it? --- ## [Why are so many countries' flags red, white and blue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-countries-flags-red-white-and-blue/82759)
**Author:** [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2001, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-countries-flags-red-white-and-blue/82759 "2001-09-22T09:01:59Z")
I’m amazed this hasn’t been asked - I tried a search but the nearest I could find was this thread, which just explains why so many of the Slavic flags have those colors. How about the US Flag, the British one, the Frenc… --- ## [Are there any known descendants of any Anglo-Saxon royal families?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-known-descendants-of-any-anglo-saxon-royal-families/676713)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-known-descendants-of-any-anglo-saxon-royal-families/676713 "2022-10-20T12:22:44Z")
I’m curious as to whether there are any people who can prove descent from Anglo-Saxon royalty. Not just the national royalty, but of any royalty of any once independent part of it. In the following order of preference: … --- ## [How do people become so confused about the odds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-become-so-confused-about-the-odds/742180)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-become-so-confused-about-the-odds/742180 "2016-01-11T18:06:50Z")
So after reading a thread recently about acting, and reading non-SDMB content about the music industry and professional sports, it strikes me that an absolutely tiny percentage of people achieve the pinnacle of these pro… --- ## [Tell me about your Depo Provera experiences, please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-depo-provera-experiences-please/278954)
**Author:** [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-depo-provera-experiences-please/278954 "2013-06-21T03:11:43Z")
About two weeks ago, I received my first depo shot. I was just wondering what some of you who have been on the shot for a longer time have experienced. FWIW, I decided to try Depo because I know I don’t want kids for s… --- ## [Only 12 time-outs today, SDMD. Well done.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-12-time-outs-today-sdmd-well-done/414827)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-12-time-outs-today-sdmd-well-done/414827 "2007-08-14T18:28:41Z")
Welcome back, children. Today, some of the timeouts were nice enough to give us explanations of SMDB’s down status that were signed by Jerry. But most were just PAGE CANNOT BE FOUND displays even though the Youtube pages… --- ## [Do moms still give the "men are only after one thing" talk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-moms-still-give-the-men-are-only-after-one-thing-talk/818099)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-moms-still-give-the-men-are-only-after-one-thing-talk/818099 "2018-07-26T01:35:05Z")
I got this talk when I was a teenager. In my case, I’m sure it was an effort to dampen my interest in boys (not that it worked). I don’t have any kids, so I wouldn’t know what parents do nowadays. I would hope that th… --- ## [Heavy Metal Fans Must Have Top 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-fans-must-have-top-10/573230)
**Author:** [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-fans-must-have-top-10/573230 "2011-03-14T21:09:56Z")
Inspired by this thread, I propose the following list of classic metal must-haves albums for any beginner listener (in no real particular order). 1.) Black Sabbath - Paranoid 2.) Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast 3.) … --- ## [Subscribed, but Charter Member not showing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-but-charter-member-not-showing/235735)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-but-charter-member-not-showing/235735 "2004-04-21T16:43:39Z")
Here’s a repository for people who subscribed, but the status is still Member. I can provide an order number or whatever information you need for mine. --- ## [Dropping By To Visit - Unannounced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-by-to-visit-unannounced/660564)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-by-to-visit-unannounced/660564 "2013-06-12T22:05:58Z")
I will be putting together a multiple choice poll in a couple of minutes, but just wondering if people still drop by to visit someone - unannounced. In the “old days”, prior to cell phones, it wasn’t unheard of to be dr… --- ## [From our cumulative professions, could the SDMB keep (a prosperous) society going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-our-cumulative-professions-could-the-sdmb-keep-a-prosperous-society-going/333192)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-our-cumulative-professions-could-the-sdmb-keep-a-prosperous-society-going/333192 "2005-12-12T19:51:48Z")
Ok, Lets say everbody on the planet dies except for us Dopers here on the board. Kind of like Stephen King’s “The Stand” style. How prosperous a life could we lead? First I guess we’d have to decide what types of profe… --- ## [The Opposite Sean Bean - actors who never die in movies(open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629 "2013-10-09T20:26:16Z")
What actors and actresses are in the most movies with the fewest deaths? My first thought was Tom Hanks, though I can name his deaths in a few movies, namely: Philadelphia - he does die in this, doesn’t he? Cloud Atla… --- ## [Are drivers of (substantially) lifted trucks subject to add'l liability in accidents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drivers-of-substantially-lifted-trucks-subject-to-addl-liability-in-accidents/695594)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drivers-of-substantially-lifted-trucks-subject-to-addl-liability-in-accidents/695594 "2014-08-15T19:01:05Z")
A recent fender-bender has me puzzling this scenario. A driver has modified his truck’s height to an extent it is dangerous to “normal” cars in an accident. Could he be sued over additional damage or injury caused by t… --- ## [Philly Dopers, Let's start on that bi-weekly dinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-lets-start-on-that-bi-weekly-dinner/162572)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 350\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-dopers-lets-start-on-that-bi-weekly-dinner/162572 "2003-10-03T19:46:23Z")
Even though some of us are getting together here, we’ve also been talking a lot about a bi-weekly get together. So, I’m ready to get the ball rolling for this. How does next Thursday night sound? And does anyone have … --- ## [Do those ultrasonic anti-barking devices really work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-ultrasonic-anti-barking-devices-really-work/127908)
**Author:** [@zwaldd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwaldd)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-ultrasonic-anti-barking-devices-really-work/127908 "2002-09-13T16:22:31Z")
Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bar… --- ## [Mt. Everest summit human traffic jam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-everest-summit-human-traffic-jam/834547)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-everest-summit-human-traffic-jam/834547 "2019-07-14T20:01:48Z")
Take a look at the picture that accompanies this article about 5 recent deaths on Mt. Everest. I’m really curious - it all these people are lined up and waiting to summit, how do the people on the summit get down? It see… --- ## [MLB offseason 2020-2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-offseason-2020-2021/924226)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-offseason-2020-2021/924226 "2021-04-01T12:40:06Z")
I honestly thought someone was pranking me on Twitter, but no: White Sox have hired Tony La Russa as manager. Turning back the clock on your manager doesn’t make Covid go away, sorry. I’m baffled why a team on their w… --- ## [Attention, Vending Machine Filling Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-vending-machine-filling-guy/674794)
**Author:** [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-vending-machine-filling-guy/674794 "2013-12-07T10:37:48Z")
To the guy who’s supposed to be making “regularly scheduled” visits to fill our vending machine: You suck at your job. You suck at your job more than anyone has ever lived that has sucked at their job. You are the Chica… --- ## [The underlying evil behind "Revenge of the Nerds"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685 "2011-07-04T15:10:21Z")
So, in seven years (and counting) of university, I’ve not had HALF the fun these nerds seemed to, never mind the fact you never see them attend a single class throughout the film But it’s on cable right now, and they’re… --- ## [Is this waitperson behavior presumptuous or helpful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-waitperson-behavior-presumptuous-or-helpful/643724)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-waitperson-behavior-presumptuous-or-helpful/643724 "2012-12-16T13:50:49Z")
I readily admit that I might just be an old grump about this, but there’s a waiter behavior that annoys me in varying degrees. Here are four that I’ve experienced in order of annoyance from least to most: At a “fancy” … --- ## [Could anyone become a top athlete, if they trained hard enough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-anyone-become-a-top-athlete-if-they-trained-hard-enough/386265)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-anyone-become-a-top-athlete-if-they-trained-hard-enough/386265 "2007-01-05T06:20:16Z")
How much of a chance could a typical person have to reach (or get close to) the peak performance of an elite athlete, if he tried hard enough and worked at it hard enough? For the sake of argument we’ll say roughly the… --- ## [Should you slap a mosquito when it's feeding on you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-slap-a-mosquito-when-its-feeding-on-you/72053)
**Author:** [@Major\_Feelgud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Feelgud)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-slap-a-mosquito-when-its-feeding-on-you/72053 "2001-07-13T16:48:19Z")
If you’re that quick and you kill the mosquito while it’s probiscus is still in you, would it cause a problem? Anyone had an infection from it? As an aside, what do vegans think about this? I know vegans won’t eat a mosq… --- ## [Pronunciations that make your skin crawl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciations-that-make-your-skin-crawl/397430)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciations-that-make-your-skin-crawl/397430 "2007-03-30T21:53:34Z")
Even if a dictionary accepts a pronunciation as okay, there are some that strike me as precious, snooty, faux-intellectual or just annoying. One I just heard on TV is a prime example: processes. I have always thought “P… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=831&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=833&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)