# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=869&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:** 870 --- ## [Composing music in dreams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/composing-music-in-dreams/621290)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/composing-music-in-dreams/621290 "2022-03-02T22:09:53Z")
I recently read that any face you “see” while dreaming is really a memory of a face you’ve seen while awake. What about hearing music in dreams? I am not a musician but last night I dreamed about hearing a tune or even p… --- ## [Songs that totally did not happen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-totally-did-not-happen/969417)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-totally-did-not-happen/969417 "2022-08-19T21:24:09Z")
So which songs describe things that allegedly happened in real life, that totally totally did not happen… I mean Cecilia by Paul Simon: “Making love to Cecilia, I got up to wash my face and when I got back to bed someo… --- ## [Anti-jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-jokes/589158)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-jokes/589158 "2012-12-29T20:21:50Z")
An anti-joke is a a type of humor that starts out like a joke, but takes a left turn somewhere and lacks a punchline. They are frequently dark: (What’s worse than an ingrown toenail? The holocaust.) but don’t have t… --- ## [Recommend a substitute for curry powder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-substitute-for-curry-powder/650501)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-substitute-for-curry-powder/650501 "2013-02-17T14:56:43Z")
I like hot spicy food, I really do. Put for some reason, I HATE curry. Sort of like some folks don’t like cilantro (I’m in that group) Anywho, I’ve found a very nice and easy Cashew Crusted Chicken recipe that calls … --- ## [Crap. I Think Someone is Trying to Seduce Me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-i-think-someone-is-trying-to-seduce-me/418389)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-i-think-someone-is-trying-to-seduce-me/418389 "2007-09-10T19:09:36Z")
And we’re both married. And I’m so NOT going to cheat on my husband. Ok, it’s like this. The husband and I live in an apartment complex, we have a neighbor about our age who he became friendly with while I was in Mexi… --- ## [Does it feel like there has been some sort of phase shift in the opinion on vaccines recently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-feel-like-there-has-been-some-sort-of-phase-shift-in-the-opinion-on-vaccines-recently/711437)
**Author:** [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-feel-like-there-has-been-some-sort-of-phase-shift-in-the-opinion-on-vaccines-recently/711437 "2015-02-04T08:40:22Z")
I’m wondering if its my own news bubble that I’ve put myself in, but it seems to me that there is suddenly a change in the public opinion on vaccinate vs. anti vaccinate movement. Where prior to the Disneyland outbreak,… --- ## [Good Non Fiction UFO Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-fiction-ufo-books/518988)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-fiction-ufo-books/518988 "2011-02-06T00:19:33Z")
Could anyone please recommand good non fiction books on UFOs and aliens? I don’t care what viewpoint it is: it can be completely out and out insane like David Icke or the most skeptical and questioning. --- ## [True Blood (bath) 3.7 - "Hitting the Ground" OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-bath-3-7-hitting-the-ground-open-spoilers/548859)
**Author:** [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-bath-3-7-hitting-the-ground-open-spoilers/548859 "2010-08-07T04:56:37Z")
spoiler space . . . . . . . . . . vying for best quote of the night: “You’re just a scared man in saggy underpants with no discernible life skills whatsoever,” or “It’s funny. I never really thought I was smar… --- ## [Is "fagela" real Yiddish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fagela-real-yiddish/773503)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fagela-real-yiddish/773503 "2016-12-02T20:46:01Z")
Fagela is a term used by some northeastern Jews meaning fag or faggot - i.e. a slur for a gay person. But is it an actual Yiddish word or a Yidlish\[sup\]1\[/sup\] backformation from faggot? \[sub\]1. Pretty sure I just inven… --- ## [Eating in class - that's a beatin'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-in-class-thats-a-beatin/396298)
**Author:** [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-in-class-thats-a-beatin/396298 "2007-03-25T19:55:36Z")
For some reason this quarter my classes have been plagued by the constantly time-bereft. No, this is not myself, taking 17 units, commuting 80 miles one way, then crossing town for my husband to go to law school and fina… --- ## [handguns and silencers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handguns-and-silencers/522188)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handguns-and-silencers/522188 "2009-12-23T02:29:32Z")
A few questions for you folks that know firearms. In movies and on TV, silencers are always installed on the end of a handgun by screwing it in, sort of like putting a lightbulb in a socket. However, I’ve never seen a … --- ## [What happens if the Republicans win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-the-republicans-win/745081)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-the-republicans-win/745081 "2016-02-10T02:09:11Z")
What would happen if the Republicans win the presidency? Regardless of which party wins that race, the Republicans are almost sure to retain control of the House and Senate. Justice Ginsberg won’t last forever, and a R… --- ## [Fuck off Dubya, you arrogant little shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-dubya-you-arrogant-little-shit/248342)
**Author:** [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-dubya-you-arrogant-little-shit/248342 "2004-06-05T21:03:11Z")
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=522219§ion=news How DARE he make such a comparison? Not least because it’s WHOLLY AND COMPLETELY INNACURATE, but then he doesn’t want to wor… --- ## [What happened with Alka Seltzer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-alka-seltzer/677539)
**Author:** [@Mornac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mornac)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-alka-seltzer/677539 "2014-01-04T00:01:52Z")
The Alka Setzer of my youth was marketed as a sort of antacid /over-eating/drinking relief thing (“Mama mia! Thatsa spicey-a-meatball!”). These days, the only kind of Alka Seltzer to be found in drugstores is one variety… --- ## [Water in basement = how to get rid of mildew odor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-in-basement-how-to-get-rid-of-mildew-odor/634275)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-in-basement-how-to-get-rid-of-mildew-odor/634275 "2012-12-28T04:09:59Z")
We had a major storm here Friday night. After it passed, I found water in a corner of the finished basement. It was enough to soak the carpet (but not cause standing water) from one corner to about 8 feet in every dire… --- ## [BELIEVERS: why does God act so circuitously in freeing the Hebrews from Egypt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-why-does-god-act-so-circuitously-in-freeing-the-hebrews-from-egypt/483289)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-why-does-god-act-so-circuitously-in-freeing-the-hebrews-from-egypt/483289 "2009-02-03T14:13:56Z")
I’m placing this in Great Debates because of the religious nature of the question, but otherwise I don’t think it truly belongs here. I don’t have a thesis to defend, as I personally don’t believe that the Exodus story… --- ## [The all first baseman team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-first-baseman-team/591967)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-first-baseman-team/591967 "2011-08-11T02:02:09Z")
In the Musial-Mays thread several posters insisted that Willie Mays’ defensive skills in centerfield were far more important than Stan Musial’s ability to play multiple positions. I won’t revisit that, but it got me to w… --- ## [The Masked Singer Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-masked-singer-thread/827149)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-masked-singer-thread/827149 "2019-02-28T20:35:42Z")
I hate this show so much and I hate it precisely because it’s stupid and I’m going to watch every episode and pour over the clues to figure out who these people are. I don’t so much as hate the show as I hate myself for… --- ## [how can I weigh my own head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-weigh-my-own-head/358431)
**Author:** [@V\_neef\_Massoud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/V_neef_Massoud)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-weigh-my-own-head/358431 "2006-06-05T17:35:09Z")
can somebody think of a easy way of determining the weight of my head ? without removing it from the neck --- ## [Oklahoma? More like Oklahomo, bitches!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2014, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-more-like-oklahomo-bitches/678827 "2014-01-19T08:22:23Z")
\*A federal judge has struck down Oklahoma’s gay marriage ban, ruling that it violates the U.S. Constitution. \*(USA Today) Having this happen in arguably the reddest state in the nation makes me almost as happy as when i… --- ## [Supergirl Season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-4/822747)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-4/822747 "2019-06-03T22:23:16Z")
The fourth season of Supergirl premieres October 14. Note that’s Sunday night. Can they turn it around from the shambles of last season? It started out strong but fell off the rails in the second half. Way, way off t… --- ## [Henry Louis Gates target of death threats, might have to move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-louis-gates-target-of-death-threats-might-have-to-move/505381)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-louis-gates-target-of-death-threats-might-have-to-move/505381 "2009-08-08T00:06:20Z")
He’s already had to change his e-mail address and phone number. Story here. --- ## [Joe\_Cool and Jersey Diamond - Match Made In Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe_cool-and-jersey-diamond-match-made-in-hell/138214)
**Author:** [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe_cool-and-jersey-diamond-match-made-in-hell/138214 "2002-11-29T18:04:52Z")
The Horror Begins From Joe\_Cool, emphasis mine: Please note the mother fucking SMILIE at the end of this glorious paragraph where Joe\_Cool basically advocates the regular beating (dietary supplement translating as ‘re… --- ## [Botticelli - May 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 438\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367 "2023-06-02T20:35:08Z")
I am Previous game here. --- ## [How Would You Classify Brooke Shields? B-List or C?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-classify-brooke-shields-b-list-or-c/705047)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-classify-brooke-shields-b-list-or-c/705047 "2014-11-29T04:50:19Z")
What letter would give Brooke Shields in terms of career? Is she C list? She was never big but well known and always just there. So what do you say? --- ## [Super Bowl commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/745497)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/745497 "2016-02-11T08:48:22Z")
The Snickers one with Marilyn Monroe was just stupid. I kind of like the avocado, “Does anyone want to feed Scott Baio?” --- ## [Obama to request a new AUMF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-to-request-a-new-aumf/712295)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-to-request-a-new-aumf/712295 "2015-02-19T16:43:31Z")
Authorization for Use of Military Force. Story here. For Debate: Assuming that Obama plans to continue fighting ISIL, does he need this? 1a. If he doesn’t get it, does he have to end his fight against ISIL? Assu… --- ## [Highly billed actors with almost no screen time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highly-billed-actors-with-almost-no-screen-time/746198)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highly-billed-actors-with-almost-no-screen-time/746198 "2016-06-04T08:22:56Z")
Last night I watched 9½ Weeks, starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke. Since I’m not a big fan of either actor, I was pleasantly surprised to see one of my favourites, Christine Baranski, billed fourth in the opening c… --- ## [1960s era bands that are still active](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1960s-era-bands-that-are-still-active/643957)
**Author:** [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1960s-era-bands-that-are-still-active/643957 "2012-12-22T06:34:05Z")
I’ve been surprised about how many musical acts from the 60s have been active and performing the past couple years. I wondered how many more groups that SDMBers could identify in this vein. Here are some currently acti… --- ## [Does isopropyl alcohol damage anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-isopropyl-alcohol-damage-anything/297466)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-isopropyl-alcohol-damage-anything/297466 "2005-04-05T17:39:07Z")
In various places people ask “Is it OK to clean xxxx with isopropyl alcohol,” and I’ve never seen a “NO” answer. Is there anything you shouldn’t clean with it? The only thing I can think of is if you don’t want to erase … --- ## [Could the House of Representatives be disbanded for refusing to perform their duties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-house-of-representatives-be-disbanded-for-refusing-to-perform-their-duties/670569)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-house-of-representatives-be-disbanded-for-refusing-to-perform-their-duties/670569 "2013-10-11T00:03:29Z")
Please, PLEASE don’t respond with one-sided political rhetoric. Both political parties in this current crisis bear some of the responsibility for the deadlock. In any case, I’ve seen the argument that the House of Repr… --- ## [What exactly don't the birthers like about Obama's birth certificate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-dont-the-birthers-like-about-obamas-birth-certificate/499410)
**Author:** [@happywaffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happywaffle)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-dont-the-birthers-like-about-obamas-birth-certificate/499410 "2009-06-14T14:37:42Z")
I heard secondhand that those nutty birthers don’t think the birth certificate that’s been examined and passed around the net is a “genuine” birth certificate, In other words, a “certificate of live birth” like that coul… --- ## [Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/147135)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love/147135 "2003-01-20T15:44:16Z")
As in \[symbol\]agape\[/symbol\]. Poly wrote in another thread: I can’t quite wrap my brain around the notion of making anything more clear than you can since what I often seem to do is confuse people, put them off, and g… --- ## [How did natives survive in ancient times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-natives-survive-in-ancient-times/815219)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-natives-survive-in-ancient-times/815219 "2018-06-07T15:59:21Z")
Surviorman is one of the more honest protrayals of living alone in the wilderness. Even Les has a base camp with rescuers fairly close by. He spends a week or more training with local experts, learning the edible plants … --- ## [Guys, do you introduce the girls you're dating to one another?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-introduce-the-girls-youre-dating-to-one-another/369543)
**Author:** [@starfishfillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starfishfillet)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-introduce-the-girls-youre-dating-to-one-another/369543 "2006-08-23T02:14:33Z")
I just had an incredibly bizarre boyfriend experience… I’ve been dating this guy for about a year and, for most of this time, he’s been dating this other girl as well. Apparently she met him before I did, they had some … --- ## [chilean mine rescue cage--could you ride in this claustrophobic trap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilean-mine-rescue-cage-could-you-ride-in-this-claustrophobic-trap/556612)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilean-mine-rescue-cage-could-you-ride-in-this-claustrophobic-trap/556612 "2010-10-14T11:04:26Z")
There’s great news for the trapped miners, of course. But then I realized that there’s a bit of bad news for the poor doctor… The procedure will be to lower a doctor down to the trapped miners, who will determine in w… --- ## [SDMB Weight Loss Club, January (08)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-january-08/431825)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-january-08/431825 "2008-02-01T23:05:06Z")
Well here it is a New Year! Others elsewhere have mentioned that they refuse to allow some arbitrary date dictate their actions. I, on the other hand, say that we embrace the arbitrariness of the date - we can arbitrar… --- ## [Kicked in the groin is to men as \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is to women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicked-in-the-groin-is-to-men-as-________-is-to-women/59913)
**Author:** [@heembo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heembo)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicked-in-the-groin-is-to-men-as-________-is-to-women/59913 "2001-05-19T04:34:46Z")
I’m interested in knowing if there is a female experience that is equivalent to when a guy gets kicked/hit in the groin. And don’t say childbirth… --- ## [Know how we said breakfast is the most important meal? Well not really we just made that up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-how-we-said-breakfast-is-the-most-important-meal-well-not-really-we-just-made-that-up/696340)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-how-we-said-breakfast-is-the-most-important-meal-well-not-really-we-just-made-that-up/696340 "2014-08-29T10:03:37Z")
Apparently breakfast is not more important than any other meal and you can skip breakfast and do just fine weight control and work performance wise. New research says - Breakfast Downgraded From ‘Most Important Meal of… --- ## [Are liberals facing the equivalent of political checkmate with the Supreme Court for the next 25-30](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-liberals-facing-the-equivalent-of-political-checkmate-with-the-supreme-court-for-the-next-25-30/817566)
**Author:** [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-liberals-facing-the-equivalent-of-political-checkmate-with-the-supreme-court-for-the-next-25-30/817566 "2018-07-12T01:57:10Z")
Are liberals facing the equivalent of political checkmate with the Supreme Court for the next 25-30 years? An interesting question. Trump’s nominee, which will be announced today at 9:00 PM Eastern Standard time will… --- ## [Santorum or Gingrich-Who Is Worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-or-gingrich-who-is-worse/612164)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum-or-gingrich-who-is-worse/612164 "2012-02-18T23:20:40Z")
Of the two competing “Great Right Hopes” in the GOP primary race-Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum who do you think would make the worse President? Normally I would have asked who would be better but I felt this would prod… --- ## [Describe the Dirtiest House You've Ever Been In](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-dirtiest-house-youve-ever-been-in/285662)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-dirtiest-house-youve-ever-been-in/285662 "2007-04-08T19:01:38Z")
What’s the dirtiest house you’ve ever encountered? Stuff beyond the merely untidy and into the pathological realm. Mine is a friend’s house in high school. 12 kids and two parents living in a three-bedroom dump with exp… --- ## [Non Woo Cold Treatment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-woo-cold-treatment/709584)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-woo-cold-treatment/709584 "2015-01-21T14:11:48Z")
Is there anything non-woo to treat a sore throat? A hacking cough? Excess tiredness? My daughters and I are kind of miserable despite multiple infusions of homemade soup and endless lozenges. My eldest has a swollen sore… --- ## [Buttcrack montage: social commentary or cyberbullying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989 "2014-04-28T20:05:35Z")
I saw a series of photos, originally posted on Reddit I think, of a chubby guy with a concerned look on his face posed in front of some guy’s exposed buttcrack. The pictures were taken at a Magic the Gathering tournament… --- ## [Favorite commercials (and why)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-commercials-and-why/447568)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-commercials-and-why/447568 "2008-05-10T12:08:01Z")
What commercials do you just really love? I will start with Nestle Alpine White from the 80s… gorgeous song. How many of you 80s kids have been singing this in your heads for the last 20 years? --- ## [Zoinks! Casey Kasem is missing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353 "2014-12-22T23:38:30Z")
This is weird. Maybe the gang can help out in the investigation? --- ## [Why do Chinese people not use a lot of dairy in their cooking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-chinese-people-not-use-a-lot-of-dairy-in-their-cooking/528149)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-chinese-people-not-use-a-lot-of-dairy-in-their-cooking/528149 "2010-02-10T23:49:02Z")
Specifically cheese. Is it because most of us are lactoce intolerant or did lack of drinking lots of milk and eating cheese cause this intolerance? It can’t be lack of farmland, which I could understand if we’re talkin… --- ## [Gendered Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gendered-food/513495)
**Author:** [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gendered-food/513495 "2009-10-24T00:28:57Z")
The other day I was out getting some snacks for the breakroom at work. I work at a small company, and three weeks ago we had only male employees. But we just hired a new female manager. And as I was picking out cracke… --- ## [Dennis Miller: Did he stop being funny? Was he ever funny to begin with? If so, wha' happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-miller-did-he-stop-being-funny-was-he-ever-funny-to-begin-with-if-so-wha-happened/755165)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-miller-did-he-stop-being-funny-was-he-ever-funny-to-begin-with-if-so-wha-happened/755165 "2016-09-02T17:04:45Z")
I was watching Dennis Miller on Bill O’Reilly at the gym last night and remembering how I used to laugh at his material but now it’s sad. It’s not that he’s an outspoken conservative, it’s the fact that he’s just another… --- ## [Is your penis length longer or shorter than average?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-penis-length-longer-or-shorter-than-average/335883 "2006-02-09T04:24:59Z")
Average is about about 5 and a half inches (I THINK…not entirely sure, but let’s just make it the size in this thread to compare to). Mine is… Well… …mine is about 5 and a half inches exactly. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=868&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=870&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)