# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=859&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:** 860 --- ## [Disturbing SNL flashback: "Cold as Ice"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-snl-flashback-cold-as-ice/162283)
**Author:** [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-snl-flashback-cold-as-ice/162283 "2015-08-28T22:30:39Z")
During a Saturday Night Live broadcast from the 1970s, there was a short film in which the Foreigner song “Cold as Ice” was played. Now I’m not sure I remember this correctly, but my recollection is that the film subjec… --- ## [The stock market is over.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stock-market-is-over/463931)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stock-market-is-over/463931 "2008-10-27T15:55:04Z")
It’s served it’s purpose, and now is, indeed, a casino. Perhaps it always has been. So few shouldn’t be allowed to jerk so many around. Part of the problem is that technology has outgrown the market. Things happen way t… --- ## [Mr. Dibble is a fatuous asshole. Today, anyway.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dibble-is-a-fatuous-asshole-today-anyway/420705)
**Author:** [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-dibble-is-a-fatuous-asshole-today-anyway/420705 "2007-10-02T20:21:42Z")
In response to this thread, specifically Post #40: Look, Dibble, you’re not so fucking stupid that you did not understand exactly what I meant. The troops in the field, whom \*\*Der Trihs \*\* seems to hate with such pitile… --- ## [Don't you think Obama is making a huge mistake in pissing off all the wrong people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-think-obama-is-making-a-huge-mistake-in-pissing-off-all-the-wrong-people/658296)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-think-obama-is-making-a-huge-mistake-in-pissing-off-all-the-wrong-people/658296 "2013-06-27T18:29:37Z")
. . . and I don’t mean Republicans. They’re a given, I suppose, and provably ineffectual without unforced errors. No, I mean the fact that Obama and company are at least trending toward: (1) Throwing Hillary under the b… --- ## [What's up with the language police lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-language-police-lately/719247)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-language-police-lately/719247 "2015-05-07T13:33:28Z")
In the past few months, people on this board have asserted that: The word “cunt” is double-plus-un-good, and using it is crimethink. The word “retard” and the syllable “tard” are double-plus-un-good, and using them is … --- ## [Morality of Downloading Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morality-of-downloading-music/203672)
**Author:** [@Vriggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vriggs)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morality-of-downloading-music/203672 "2003-10-27T19:24:00Z")
Obviously there has been a lot of discussion around this. Truthfully I download music - tons of it. I have gigs upon gigs of mp3s. What I can’t do is make any moral justification for it. Every argument I make just amou… --- ## [The Victorians: Sex, Gender, Ettiquette and Morality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-victorians-sex-gender-ettiquette-and-morality/164988)
**Author:** [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-victorians-sex-gender-ettiquette-and-morality/164988 "2003-04-03T23:39:26Z")
In this thread we discussed homophobia and the topic sort of hijacked into a discussion of Victorian sexuality and social norms. My last post on the subject was this, (with some new additions sprinkled in.) From the bo… --- ## [Why improve when you can sue? Maybe Johnny can't read cuz teacher has teh dumb.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-improve-when-you-can-sue-maybe-johnny-cant-read-cuz-teacher-has-teh-dumb/416599)
**Author:** [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-improve-when-you-can-sue-maybe-johnny-cant-read-cuz-teacher-has-teh-dumb/416599 "2007-08-30T14:25:15Z")
In the latest race card playing incident, Yes, some folks in Assachusetts are pissed off because they failed a licensing examination necessary to be teachers, but why look at yourself and improve, when you can claim th… --- ## [Americans: what would you miss from home if you moved abroad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-what-would-you-miss-from-home-if-you-moved-abroad/468817)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-what-would-you-miss-from-home-if-you-moved-abroad/468817 "2008-10-30T22:43:07Z")
I’ve been discussing this with the better half. She’s moving here at some stage in the near future. I was surprised by the kind of things she said she’d miss. Walmart was one, cheap goods in general was another, more und… --- ## [I'd still pick a console over a PeeCee for gaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-still-pick-a-console-over-a-peecee-for-gaming/491003)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-still-pick-a-console-over-a-peecee-for-gaming/491003 "2009-04-01T18:05:07Z")
Appropo of nothing, and to start a conversation, I figured I’d relay my recent experiences with gaming: Wii: put in Wii Sports, start playing (yeah, got it on opening day, still only play emulated games and Sports) Xbo… --- ## [\-1 to -10 Hit Points(the De'endee Mafia Forbidden Thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-to-10-hit-points-the-deendee-mafia-forbidden-thread/588335)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-to-10-hit-points-the-deendee-mafia-forbidden-thread/588335 "2011-09-06T20:00:50Z")
Do not enter here if you are alive in the game! --- ## [Why is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang so long](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chitty-chitty-bang-bang-so-long/582070)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chitty-chitty-bang-bang-so-long/582070 "2011-05-24T11:58:56Z")
I have never been able to make it through the entire Vulgaria story in one sitting. It could be shorter I think. I liked all of the movie before that and liked all those song numbers, but there weren’t any good ones in… --- ## [Getting a Land Survey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-land-survey/491144)
**Author:** [@ManiacMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ManiacMan)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-land-survey/491144 "2009-04-01T22:51:05Z")
My wife and I want to begin the process of settling a dispute with my neighbors. We would like to go by the book on this endeavour and will begin with a land survey…one that goes by the “pins”. I guess there are some pin… --- ## [War Horse (movie): Spoilers in boxes, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-horse-movie-spoilers-in-boxes-please/607229)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-horse-movie-spoilers-in-boxes-please/607229 "2012-04-12T01:51:23Z")
Can’t wait for this one… horses and WW1! What’s not to look forward? Probably won’t make it Christmas Day, but will definitely be in the audience on Monday. I’ve read the book, haven’t seen the play. The horse in the tr… --- ## [Should you talk to the police when claiming self-defense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-talk-to-the-police-when-claiming-self-defense/583466)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-talk-to-the-police-when-claiming-self-defense/583466 "2011-05-30T06:39:07Z")
Lets say I get attacked and I defend myself using the appropriate amount of force. Even though I’m safe from the attacker, I call the police in order to have him arrested for his crime. When the police arrive, they see t… --- ## [How do you feel about MSG?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-msg/598277)
**Author:** [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-msg/598277 "2011-10-06T05:39:41Z")
Just curious about the intimate details of your relationship with MSG. Me personally, I do like how it makes food taste, but I don’t like how it makes me feel and I don’t think it’s good for me, so I avoid it. But man,… --- ## [The Amazing Race 21 premier (9/30)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-21-premier-9-30/636246)
**Author:** [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-21-premier-9-30/636246 "2012-10-04T01:52:21Z")
The 21st season of the Amazing Race will premiere on Sunday, September 30 at 8pm ET. Teams were announced a few weeks ago (see this thread for initial discussion). Now that we’re close to the beginning of the season, t… --- ## [questionable browsing history on android phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-browsing-history-on-android-phone/698405)
**Author:** [@Depechemode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Depechemode)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questionable-browsing-history-on-android-phone/698405 "2014-09-23T14:12:35Z")
I was using my husband’s phone and noticed an adult site in the history called lonely and then a word that rhymes with witches.com. Is it possible that he didn’t browse this site or is it 100% certain he did? I don’t w… --- ## [your favorite historical event that didn't really happen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-historical-event-that-didnt-really-happen/836369)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-historical-event-that-didnt-really-happen/836369 "2019-07-10T20:24:15Z")
When I first got the idea for this thread, “favorite” wasn’t going to be part of it. But I realize there are so many I want to limit responses to just one per poster. I just watched the Indominablle Teddy Roosevelt on A… --- ## [Crisis on Infinite Earths - CW Arrowverse crossover 2019-20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crisis-on-infinite-earths-cw-arrowverse-crossover-2019-20/841930)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crisis-on-infinite-earths-cw-arrowverse-crossover-2019-20/841930 "2020-01-20T02:25:19Z")
This season’s Arrowverse crossover, as announced at the end of last year’s “Elseworlds” crossover, is “Crisis on Infinite Earths”. Ordinarily, you could just watch the crossover without much regard for anything else. B… --- ## [Do You Weigh Over 140 Pounds? Yes/No Answer Only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-weigh-over-140-pounds-yes-no-answer-only/324950 "2005-10-10T18:50:27Z")
In articles about the recent boating accident it is mentioned that back when regulations were made (1964/5?), the average person supposedly weighed 140 pounds. They suspect weight had a factor in the accident and think … --- ## [House AC not coming on, any suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-ac-not-coming-on-any-suggestions/613918)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-ac-not-coming-on-any-suggestions/613918 "2012-03-02T01:08:37Z")
Hello Everyone, Well, just because life thinks I am made of money, our home ac isn’t working. It isn’t coming on in either the auto mode or when switched to fan on. I have checked the fuse panel and non of the fuses are… --- ## [Is The Chinese Model (Of Dealing With 3rd World Developemnt) The Best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-chinese-model-of-dealing-with-3rd-world-developemnt-the-best/592622)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-chinese-model-of-dealing-with-3rd-world-developemnt-the-best/592622 "2011-08-23T06:20:49Z")
I think so. The Chinese are pragmatists-they go to a sub-saharan African country, and say (in effect): “we will build a road/railroad, fix the electric grid, and build schools and hospitals. In return, we will export the… --- ## [Flat Earth Theory -vs- Round Earth Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-theory-vs-round-earth-theory/647864)
**Author:** [@James52637](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James52637)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-theory-vs-round-earth-theory/647864 "2013-01-29T00:02:04Z")
I cannot believe nobody has ever taken the bait on this one, and I felt very required to do so. Have you guys heard about Flat Earth Theory? There is their Frequently Asked Questions on their forum, which outlines th… --- ## [What creeped you out as a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-creeped-you-out-as-a-kid/452712)
**Author:** [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-creeped-you-out-as-a-kid/452712 "2008-06-23T21:47:45Z")
(In books, movies, and TV, obviously. Not the dotty cat lady with one tooth who lived down the street.) The inspiration for the thread came from the list mentioned here: The number one book on that list is Scary Stor… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 2 (September 28, 2015) -- "The Separation Oscillation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-2-september-28-2015-the-separation-oscillation/732854)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-2-september-28-2015-the-separation-oscillation/732854 "2015-10-05T18:13:37Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Why weren't monkeys or apes domesticated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-werent-monkeys-or-apes-domesticated/308033)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-werent-monkeys-or-apes-domesticated/308033 "2005-06-14T14:54:19Z")
Both seem to have a similar social structure, disposition and would seemingly be more useful than dogs. So why weren’t they domesticated instead of dogs? Is there any research or effort being made into doing so? Will … --- ## [Infestation of unidentified moth-like flying critters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infestation-of-unidentified-moth-like-flying-critters/468538)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infestation-of-unidentified-moth-like-flying-critters/468538 "2008-10-22T00:23:46Z")
Our apartment has recently become home to some small flying insects that are mothlike in appearance, quite small though (a bit smaller than the diameter of a dime), medium-dark grey, sort of wedge-shaped overall, fuzzy-l… --- ## [What is the straight dope on fibromyalgia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-on-fibromyalgia/466595)
**Author:** [@solkoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solkoe)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-on-fibromyalgia/466595 "2008-10-23T01:59:48Z")
This is a strange disease. My girlfriend has it. There doesn’t seem to be any definitive cause or any standardized treatment. Is this simply a disease that requires more research? Does a disease like this show how l… --- ## [Why do people still parade the Confederate Flag around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-still-parade-the-confederate-flag-around/69907)
**Author:** [@Ressl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ressl)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2001, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-still-parade-the-confederate-flag-around/69907 "2001-06-29T06:26:22Z")
I’ve taken a few trips to the east coast where I saw it more often, but it still seems to show up everywhere. People with the headbands, stickers on their cars, and license plate holders all bear the confederate flag mor… --- ## [What technology has reduced work the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-technology-has-reduced-work-the-most/682843)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-technology-has-reduced-work-the-most/682843 "2014-03-09T15:35:24Z")
This is one of those questions that I’m having a hard time quantifying, but I’m thinking of asking it something like this: What technology used to facilitate a major human activity has reduced the percentage of time tha… --- ## [Veronica Mars Movie!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-movie/681436)
**Author:** [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-movie/681436 "2014-03-22T20:46:20Z")
Anyone else extremely excited by the upcoming VMars movie? I was a huge fan of the show, and all the leaked footage and trailers are giving me high expectations for an exercise in wish fulfillment and fun times. I can’t… --- ## [Avengers movie: questions about the Hulk (\*\*spoilers\*\*)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-movie-questions-about-the-hulk-spoilers/622224)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-movie-questions-about-the-hulk-spoilers/622224 "2012-05-18T16:29:50Z")
I am a casual fan but not well-versed in the Avengers history. Two things in the movie confused me, and I’m wondering if knowing more about the Hulk would explain them, if I simply missed the explanation in the movie, or… --- ## [the best things in life are old school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-things-in-life-are-old-school/652168)
**Author:** [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-things-in-life-are-old-school/652168 "2013-04-27T16:15:26Z")
please list things that are old school. Heres some i can think of real barbershops landlines companies or medical offices where a real live secretary answers the phone asking how she can help you saying good morning … --- ## [CNN reporter calls black man "boy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reporter-calls-black-man-boy/434252)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reporter-calls-black-man-boy/434252 "2008-01-23T00:43:08Z")
Aired this morning at about 7:10 on CNN Sunday Morning, reporter Suzanne Malveaux said, “And TJ \[the black anchor\], you’re a Southern — a nice Southern boy, but don’t call me ‘ma’am’, 'cause you’ll put me in the older ca… --- ## [Is OJ Simpson innocent or guilty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-oj-simpson-innocent-or-guilty/819313)
**Author:** [@Nadnerb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadnerb)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-oj-simpson-innocent-or-guilty/819313 "2018-09-02T01:16:48Z")
Please help me out on this one. Many people do argue he’s guilty but many people also argue he’s innocent such as Larry King and Johnny Cochran, especially since the latter argued that the glove didn’t OJ’s hand. Also fo… --- ## [Does the British Prime Minister reall walk around with out body gaurd or security?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-british-prime-minister-reall-walk-around-with-out-body-gaurd-or-security/625071)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2012, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-british-prime-minister-reall-walk-around-with-out-body-gaurd-or-security/625071 "2012-06-19T11:27:00Z")
Reading about the latest mishap in which the British PM and his wife left their 8yo daughter at a pub, has me seriously confused. So these guys just walk the streets like regular citizens? --- ## [Knocked out face down in a pool of water. Would you still hold your breath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocked-out-face-down-in-a-pool-of-water-would-you-still-hold-your-breath/580210)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knocked-out-face-down-in-a-pool-of-water-would-you-still-hold-your-breath/580210 "2011-05-04T00:41:33Z")
I’ve seen this scenario played out in the movies a few times. Say your in a swimming pool then all the sudden a baseball comes flying out of the sky and knocks you out cold. Face down in the pool. Would you instinctivel… --- ## [tomndebb, get in or get out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-get-in-or-get-out/507683)
**Author:** [@intention](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/intention)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-get-in-or-get-out/507683 "2009-08-29T23:14:14Z")
After three pages of somewhat interesting stuff interspersed with the usual nonsense, tomndebb chimes in with his latest version of his generic “nobody’s really at fault, there’s no difference between religions, and besi… --- ## [Can I still take a tramp steamer these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-still-take-a-tramp-steamer-these-days/447565)
**Author:** [@ignis\_glaciesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignis_glaciesque)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-still-take-a-tramp-steamer-these-days/447565 "2008-05-04T03:30:54Z")
I’ve been reading a lot of old travelogues these days, and I’ve been struck with this odd desire to take a tramp steamer to somewhere far-off and exotic, and do typical bohemian tramp-steamer things, like sit out on the … --- ## [Thor's Hammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thors-hammer/714196)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thors-hammer/714196 "2015-03-10T04:39:27Z")
In one of the trailers for Avengers II, the other Avengers were taking turns trying to pick up Thor’s hammer. None of them could. In the comics, there have been other characters who picked it up–Storm, and (in crossove… --- ## [Why does this used paperback mystery novel cost $700?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-used-paperback-mystery-novel-cost-700/550956)
**Author:** [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-used-paperback-mystery-novel-cost-700/550956 "2018-03-01T22:17:07Z")
Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh. It’s a HarperCollins mass market paperback from 1999. The seller says it’s in “acceptable” condition. --- ## [Should we prosecute women for shagging 16 and 17 year old men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-prosecute-women-for-shagging-16-and-17-year-old-men/637219)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-prosecute-women-for-shagging-16-and-17-year-old-men/637219 "2012-10-11T17:02:57Z")
Lately there’s been a lot of teachers in the news for underage sex. I think its a huge waste of court time and an unnecessary punishment. Sex with men is different then it is with women. Obviously guys don’t get pregnan… --- ## [Racism wrt Airbender non-Asians vs black Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-wrt-airbender-non-asians-vs-black-spiderman/545282)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-wrt-airbender-non-asians-vs-black-spiderman/545282 "2010-07-07T00:08:31Z")
The possible race related issues of the casting of non-Asians in the lead roles of The Last Airbender, as well as casting a black Spiderman, have been hot topics of late, not just on the SDMB but elsewhere on the net as … --- ## [Movie moments that caused genuine shock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807)
**Author:** [@ZosterSandstorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZosterSandstorm)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807 "2020-10-20T03:53:06Z")
Not necessarily the best-constructed or most culturally relevant plot twists, but the moments where you actually remember hearing an auditorium full of movie watchers gasp, shout, or otherwise involuntarily react. Here’s… --- ## [Water filter + cheap liquor = better liquor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-filter-cheap-liquor-better-liquor/285818)
**Author:** [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-filter-cheap-liquor-better-liquor/285818 "2005-01-26T02:02:48Z")
This is a common urban legend around here. According to some of my friends if you get a bottle of Aristocrat and use a Brita water filter on it it’ll significantly imrove the quality (almost enough for it to taste like S… --- ## [How deep is Florida?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-is-florida/60719)
**Author:** [@anenquiringmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anenquiringmind)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2001, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-is-florida/60719 "2001-04-05T18:32:06Z")
How deep is the actual land? How far down does it go? --- ## [Should a disabled person get first use of the handicapped bathroom stall when there's a line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-disabled-person-get-first-use-of-the-handicapped-bathroom-stall-when-theres-a-line/575019)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-disabled-person-get-first-use-of-the-handicapped-bathroom-stall-when-theres-a-line/575019 "2011-03-19T14:10:31Z")
This only happened once when I was wearing the cast on my arm. I went into the public bathroom and there was a line. When the person came out of the one hanicapped stall, I was seven people back, but the next person on l… --- ## [Functioning Alcoholics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/functioning-alcoholics/524256)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/functioning-alcoholics/524256 "2010-01-10T02:02:28Z")
What’s really wrong with being a functioning alcoholic? As in: doesn’t affect work performance, doesn’t affect relationships/societal interactions. Just drinks a lot more than most people. What do you all say? --- ## [Why do so many people pronounce lozenge with an -r at the end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-pronounce-lozenge-with-an-r-at-the-end/248233)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-pronounce-lozenge-with-an-r-at-the-end/248233 "2004-06-03T15:31:32Z")
Lozenger. WTF? :confused: Even though it’s always written “lozenge,” it seems like half the people pronounce it “lozenger.” I’ve been hearing this for years. Just the other day I was listening to Faith Hill Unplugged, w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=858&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=860&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)