# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=871&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:** 872 --- ## [Customers at the USPS. You're too stupid to be an idiot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-at-the-usps-youre-too-stupid-to-be-an-idiot/680787)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-at-the-usps-youre-too-stupid-to-be-an-idiot/680787 "2014-11-06T02:58:56Z")
I’m not talking about the ones in line. This is about the people using to stamp/shipping machine. And it’s EVERY time. Jesus Fucking H Goddamn Christ on a Popsicle Stick people. I swear to God that if two or more peop… --- ## [Most efficient way to store excess energy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-efficient-way-to-store-excess-energy/690434)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-efficient-way-to-store-excess-energy/690434 "2014-06-17T21:14:09Z")
Suppose I had a property in the desert that was basicaly a solar farm. For some reason there were periods that I could not sell my power back to the electric company so I decided to continue to generate but store the exc… --- ## [Star Control 2 - going to play it for the first time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-control-2-going-to-play-it-for-the-first-time/642235)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-control-2-going-to-play-it-for-the-first-time/642235 "2013-01-14T19:53:36Z")
I’ve heard about this game for 15+ years it seems like, and it has quite a fanbase for a game released in 1992. I’m pretty sure I’ve played SC3, but a lot of people seemed to not like it, especially compared to SC2. (For… --- ## [Eleanor Holmes Norton Made a Mistake (Voting Rights for DC / Gun Rights for DC)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleanor-holmes-norton-made-a-mistake-voting-rights-for-dc-gun-rights-for-dc/694352)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eleanor-holmes-norton-made-a-mistake-voting-rights-for-dc-gun-rights-for-dc/694352 "2014-07-31T19:29:48Z")
In 2009, a proposal was in the final stages of acceptance on Capitol Hill. The District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 (H.R. 157 and S. 160) had passed the Senate. Democrats controlled the House. But the Se… --- ## [Why do we call noted murderers by their full names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-call-noted-murderers-by-their-full-names/650133)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-call-noted-murderers-by-their-full-names/650133 "2013-02-18T00:53:36Z")
John Wilkes Booth. John Wayne Gacy. James Earl Ray. Lee Harvey Oswald. Mark David Chapman, just to name a few. Why do we often use their full names when we reference them? “John Booth,” “Lee Oswald,” and “John Gacy” almo… --- ## [Rubio/Bush 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubio-bush-2016/651914)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubio-bush-2016/651914 "2013-03-22T13:17:13Z")
Seeing that the people of Florida still have a fondness for Jeb Bush and Mark Rubio could push for serious immigration reform before he runs, I seriously think this combo would be the best to go against the Most Qualifie… --- ## [What did the future use to be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-future-use-to-be-like/504055)
**Author:** [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-future-use-to-be-like/504055 "2009-08-05T19:07:43Z")
We’re heard the expression, “the future ain’t what it used to be”, meaning we’re not seeing the marvelous technological developments people anticipated in the 20th century, like personal aircraft, interstellar space trav… --- ## [What does "turn on a dime" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-turn-on-a-dime-mean/178947)
**Author:** [@ohlssonvox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ohlssonvox)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-turn-on-a-dime-mean/178947 "2003-06-02T19:01:59Z")
I come from a place that does not have “dimes” what does this mean? Where does it come from? ohlssonvox --- ## [Anthrax letters -- Are you kidding me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthrax-letters-are-you-kidding-me/458532)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthrax-letters-are-you-kidding-me/458532 "2008-08-11T22:44:32Z")
Do we all remember the anthrax-laced letters that were sent to members of Congress and media figures. Two postal workers were killed. The letters, which came just on the heels of the Sept. 11 attacks, were pointed to as… --- ## [Should I apologize to my ex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-apologize-to-my-ex/241104)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-apologize-to-my-ex/241104 "2004-04-22T05:10:56Z")
Some years ago I broke up with a girlfriend. I won’t go into details, except to say I was a true \*\*\*hole about it. It’s one of the actions in my life I most regret because I really behaved poorly, and she didn’t deserve … --- ## [A non-Communist Russian Empire and WW2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-non-communist-russian-empire-and-ww2/734836)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-non-communist-russian-empire-and-ww2/734836 "2015-10-29T21:50:19Z")
I’m currently reading an English language book published in Moscow in 1972 called, ‘Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union’. Not really surprisingly a consistent theme running through it is how the Soviet state could n… --- ## [My Professor made fun of my name and almost made me cry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-professor-made-fun-of-my-name-and-almost-made-me-cry/100526)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-professor-made-fun-of-my-name-and-almost-made-me-cry/100526 "2002-03-30T20:52:06Z")
I share a name with a rather imfamous woman. And I dread starting new classes. Everytime my name comes up on the roll sheet for the first time, my heart beats in terror. I wonder if they are going to comment or not. Usu… --- ## [Why do we tolerate bad schools in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-tolerate-bad-schools-in-the-us/786781)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-tolerate-bad-schools-in-the-us/786781 "2017-06-02T11:02:49Z")
I am sooo glad my sons attend good schools here in Overland Park Kansas. For example the school has a theater department which produces several high quality musicals and plays every year. Every day after school probbaly … --- ## [Can you dress like you want the damn job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-dress-like-you-want-the-damn-job/294830)
**Author:** [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-dress-like-you-want-the-damn-job/294830 "2005-03-19T03:09:49Z")
So my company ran an ad in the paper last week looking to hire some seasonal help. We’re looking for portrait photographers to work with children. You don’t have to be Yousef Karsh to do this work, but you do have to a… --- ## ["Are You Being Served" pulled from airwaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-being-served-pulled-from-airwaves/668015)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-being-served-pulled-from-airwaves/668015 "2013-09-18T13:54:25Z")
“Are You Being Served”, the 70s/80s British sitcom that has long been a staple of American public TV, has been pulled from the airwaves due to legal action. Apparently even distributor BBC was surprised. Anyone know th… --- ## [James Michener novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-michener-novels/568475)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-michener-novels/568475 "2011-01-25T02:14:22Z")
I read Centennial years ago and absolutely loved it. Which one should I read next? Which is your favorite? Any you didn’t like? Any thoughts about the guy in general? --- ## [Would you choose to sacrifice yourself to save someone else's child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-choose-to-sacrifice-yourself-to-save-someone-elses-child/438911)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-choose-to-sacrifice-yourself-to-save-someone-elses-child/438911 "2017-04-14T17:35:56Z")
Please note how I phrased the thread title: it was not an accident. I’m asking what choice you would make intellectually, not whether you’d have the testicles (or ovaries) to follow through with the decision. So here’s… --- ## [What Does 'Wag the Dog' Mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-the-dog-mean/122694)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-the-dog-mean/122694 "2002-08-07T12:34:15Z")
What does the expression “wag the dog” mean and where did it originate? I first heard it as a title of a movie about Bill Clinton. :smiley: --- ## [Jdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jdavis/18330)
**Author:** [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jdavis/18330 "2000-05-08T20:50:12Z")
Hello Mr. Jdavis, You don’t know me but my name is aha. I just happen to be a personal friend of Ed Zottis’. Ever heard of him? heh heh. He and I are/were like that.( Imagine me holding up index and middle finger). I d… --- ## [Do you think certain sexual positions are slutty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-certain-sexual-positions-are-slutty/285037)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-certain-sexual-positions-are-slutty/285037 "2005-01-18T20:21:39Z")
I was talking to a friend of mine Friday. (I’m using the term “friend” very loosely here.) She and her husband are trying to have a baby. She mentioned she was irritated that her husband wasn’t home yet because they had … --- ## [Someone in your life that “doesn’t get it”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-in-your-life-that-doesn-t-get-it/644030)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-in-your-life-that-doesn-t-get-it/644030 "2020-04-10T18:06:00Z")
I know you could talk about whole branches of your family tree or the coworkers in THAT department or the neighbor that has issues, but for this thread you only get one. My sister-in-law. She’s not really my sister-in-… --- ## [Does Haley Barbour have a serious chance of becoming president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-haley-barbour-have-a-serious-chance-of-becoming-president/575612)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-haley-barbour-have-a-serious-chance-of-becoming-president/575612 "2011-06-02T16:57:35Z")
Interesting profile of him from the New York Times yesterday: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/us/politics/22barbour.html?\_r=1 Personally, I don’t see it happening. Let’s face it, politics these days is as much about … --- ## [For you personally, what is the greatest work of art (visual art)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-you-personally-what-is-the-greatest-work-of-art-visual-art/604155)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-you-personally-what-is-the-greatest-work-of-art-visual-art/604155 "2011-11-30T15:06:00Z")
The discussion in the Picasso thread got me to wondering about this. Thread rules: You need to give the title of the work and the artist\*, and provide a link to a picture of it so that everyone else can see it. No relyi… --- ## [Jobs that are easy to get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-are-easy-to-get/605189)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-are-easy-to-get/605189 "2011-12-08T05:08:49Z")
I don’t care. Night shift. Chopping wood. Taking photos of dead bodies. Whatever. I am not my job. I just need some money. I am working on a venture, that is turning out well. But in order to enter the next phases, I n… --- ## [Does eating soy make you gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-eating-soy-make-you-gay/550052)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-eating-soy-make-you-gay/550052 "2010-08-16T02:42:38Z")
I was surprised to learn that soybeans contain an estrogen like substance which many claim makes soy products unhealthy. Googling it I cam across the article: Soy is making kids ‘gay’ To be perfectly clear I do not bel… --- ## [Most unintelligible english accent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unintelligible-english-accent/430692)
**Author:** [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unintelligible-english-accent/430692 "2007-12-24T13:22:36Z")
Scottish. I remember watching a movie once, with subtitles, and trying to figure out what language they were speaking. After a little while, I figured out it was english :slight\_smile: I’m from California, US. Most … --- ## [What fabrics/colors are most sun-fade resistant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fabrics-colors-are-most-sun-fade-resistant/304779)
**Author:** [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fabrics-colors-are-most-sun-fade-resistant/304779 "2011-06-23T14:50:00Z")
I was thinking of having some cushions custom made to fit my window seats. However, they do get some direct sun late in the day, and they are right up against those big condo windows. What fabrics are less likely to fa… --- ## [How does THAT even happen?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-that-even-happen/675887)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-that-even-happen/675887 "2014-05-10T22:45:03Z")
The thread where you can wonder how the hell does \ happen? Whatever THAT is. Pubic crabs, how exactly does someone walk around with things the size of ticks crawling in their pubes?! You can see them with the nake… --- ## [When did Earth’s roundness become common knowledge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-earth-s-roundness-become-common-knowledge/613402)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-earth-s-roundness-become-common-knowledge/613402 "2012-02-22T16:01:58Z")
There’s another thread about the myth that Columbus proved the world was round. It’s typically brought up that by that time everyone knew the world was round. When was ‘that time’? I’m not talking about highly educated … --- ## [ROTJ, in 1983 what did people think Palpatine was?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotj-in-1983-what-did-people-think-palpatine-was/652621)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotj-in-1983-what-did-people-think-palpatine-was/652621 "2013-03-16T14:27:50Z")
I had seen the movie before the prequels and it seemed intuitive that emperor Palpatine was a force user of some type, even though that isn’t explicitly spelled out in the film. I was reading something making the argumen… --- ## [Are Department Store Electric Scooters Monopolized by Non Handicapped Obese People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-department-store-electric-scooters-monopolized-by-non-handicapped-obese-people/478106)
**Author:** [@elconqueeestador](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elconqueeestador)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-department-store-electric-scooters-monopolized-by-non-handicapped-obese-people/478106 "2009-01-04T22:52:54Z")
Whenever I am forced by my wife to shop with her at a certain big box department store that is taking over the planet I have never seen a person who appears to weigh less than 300 pounds riding one of the store provided… --- ## [Metric recipes use mass not volume?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-recipes-use-mass-not-volume/571330)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-recipes-use-mass-not-volume/571330 "2011-02-16T11:01:18Z")
I was reading a discussion and I was getting the vibe that recipes in countries that use the metric system use grams to measure how much of certain ingredients is to be used. This makes no sense. If you are using sugar… --- ## [Really poor cover art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-poor-cover-art/606662)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-poor-cover-art/606662 "2012-07-18T13:11:56Z")
I’ve seen good cover art on dust jackets, pictures that let you know the artist had a halfway decent idea of what was going on inside the book. But more often I’ve seen cover art that, to put it baldly, sucks. For exam… --- ## [16th anniversary - wax!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519)
**Author:** [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519 "2016-10-18T14:42:41Z")
My wife and I are about to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary and we usually do the “traditional” wedding gifts. but try to put a clever spin on them. My clever center must be malfunctioning lately, because the trad… --- ## [Talk to your kids about Fentanyl. Now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-your-kids-about-fentanyl-now/643086)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-your-kids-about-fentanyl-now/643086 "2012-12-10T16:18:46Z")
You know when you don’t have a close family so your friends become your “family”? I call my friend’s kids my “nieces” and “nephews” and they truly consider me as part of their family. Well my “family” just lost their 1… --- ## [21 Dead at Elementary School W of San Antonio, TX {May 24, 2022}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-dead-at-elementary-school-w-of-san-antonio-tx-may-24-2022/965028)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-dead-at-elementary-school-w-of-san-antonio-tx-may-24-2022/965028 "2022-07-19T08:20:12Z")
14 (+ the shooter) … so far: It’s starting to look like guns might be at least part of the problem. :frowning: --- ## [Root canal treatment - with no anaesthetic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-canal-treatment-with-no-anaesthetic/512106)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-canal-treatment-with-no-anaesthetic/512106 "2009-10-03T02:31:38Z")
I have just had root canal treatment - with no anaesthetic, and I didn’t feel anything apart from some discomfort. This means that There is actually no pain connected with the treatment, and all the stories you hear a… --- ## [The Salvation Army - Bunch of unethical, holier-than-thou ASSHOLES](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-salvation-army-bunch-of-unethical-holier-than-thou-assholes/131059)
**Author:** [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-salvation-army-bunch-of-unethical-holier-than-thou-assholes/131059 "2002-10-16T01:46:37Z")
They’ve got everyone fooled into thinking they’re doing God’s work. BULLSHIT. They hide behind “non-profit” status and are operating tax free because of it. MORE BULLSHIT. They’ve got money. A LOT of it. You think … --- ## [So how much did I get taken for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-did-i-get-taken-for/576329)
**Author:** [@AlienVessels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlienVessels)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-did-i-get-taken-for/576329 "2011-03-29T15:58:54Z")
I just had an electrician in to diagnose and correct a no power problem with two electrical outlets. He traced the problem to a defective GFI and replaced it. He was in and out in 1/2 hour. The bill including the repl… --- ## [Why are "math people" this way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-math-people-this-way/548357)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-math-people-this-way/548357 "2010-08-12T02:11:01Z")
I’m a statistics doctoral student, as you can tell by the username, but often I feel that I don’t belong in this field because all of the statistics professors I know and have met always seem to be a bit, well, curt and … --- ## [What, if anything, can cops not lie about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-can-cops-not-lie-about/594891)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-can-cops-not-lie-about/594891 "2011-09-06T22:52:55Z")
Cops are allowed to lie (technically we are all allowed to lie, even me which is ironic because since I’m 7’ tall and rich you’d assume I wouldn’t need to tell lies to make people respect me) when doing their jobs, ie: w… --- ## [My son doesn't start school until Monday and I already hate a parent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-doesnt-start-school-until-monday-and-i-already-hate-a-parent/415020)
**Author:** [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-doesnt-start-school-until-monday-and-i-already-hate-a-parent/415020 "2007-08-15T14:21:50Z")
At the school today with the wife and kid, signing him up for lunch, seeing his bus schedule, etc. Monday is his first day at kindergarten and we are very excited and proud to see our only son getting ready to move on f… --- ## [Could You Believe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-believe/17576)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 431\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-believe/17576 "2000-03-02T15:24:00Z")
For those of you who are atheists, could you believe in God? If one of you told me that there was a god of marshmallows, I’d laugh at you. But, even so, I think that if I tried, I could begin to believe in this marshmal… --- ## [Non-heterosexual women of the SDMB: A Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-heterosexual-women-of-the-sdmb-a-poll/95081)
**Author:** [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-heterosexual-women-of-the-sdmb-a-poll/95081 "2002-07-12T23:40:21Z")
It all started at my college’s queer group- we were having a women’s meeting and were talking about to what extent we all fit various queer women stereotypes. (I wear Birkenstocks and love folk music, among other things.… --- ## [Are spider plant leaves hallucinogenic to cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-spider-plant-leaves-hallucinogenic-to-cats/274601)
**Author:** [@DCCT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCCT)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-spider-plant-leaves-hallucinogenic-to-cats/274601 "2004-11-21T12:03:14Z")
Dexter sent me. :smack: \[ul\]This person I know has a spider plant within reach of their cat. Over the past couple of months the cat has been eating the leaves off the plant which causes the cat to act crazy and run arou… --- ## [Leah Remini goes sane; Scientologists upset](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leah-remini-goes-sane-scientologists-upset/663628)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2015, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leah-remini-goes-sane-scientologists-upset/663628 "2015-11-02T10:17:25Z")
Actress Leah Remini was a Scientologist for many years and was a public supporter of the cult. But in private communications she asked questions about some of its activities and the leadership responded by trying to push… --- ## [Say I wanted to become a US citizen, how does it work? (Personal anecdotes encouraged too)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-i-wanted-to-become-a-us-citizen-how-does-it-work-personal-anecdotes-encouraged-too/531350)
**Author:** [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-i-wanted-to-become-a-us-citizen-how-does-it-work-personal-anecdotes-encouraged-too/531350 "2010-03-25T20:01:47Z")
This may turn out to be more of an MPIMS thread, and I welcome any personal anecdotes in any case. First off, I’ve never been in the United States of America, but the more I think about it, the more I like the ideas tha… --- ## [Tell me about Santa Fe, New Mexico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-santa-fe-new-mexico/213167)
**Author:** [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-santa-fe-new-mexico/213167 "2013-04-23T20:58:25Z")
Mrs Seven and myself are considering moving and the idea of New Mexico came up. I know NOTHING about New Mexico. I spent some time looking up websites on the topic, but Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center websites do… --- ## [Baby boy's name dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-boys-name-dilemma/552189)
**Author:** [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-boys-name-dilemma/552189 "2010-09-07T21:02:24Z")
My wife gave birth to our beautiful baby boy on 23rd August. The name we went for was Alex, as it was a name we both liked. We will be going into town to register the birth tomorrow. Until now I assumed we would be regis… --- ## [movie better than book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-better-than-book/854005)
**Author:** [@fedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-better-than-book/854005 "2020-06-07T21:47:57Z")
Just got done re-reading “The Loved One” by Evelyn Waugh, and was reminded that to me the movie captured essence of book better than actual book. anyone else find this? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=870&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=872&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)