# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=883&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:** 884 --- ## [All you fucking assholes with joke "location"s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-fucking-assholes-with-joke-location-s/384925)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-fucking-assholes-with-joke-location-s/384925 "2006-12-26T06:17:04Z")
This thread is your chance to come clean, and begin living a decent, straightforward life. Me first: “mossy forest”= Queens NY. --- ## [NFL Offeason Thread 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offeason-thread-2017/781798)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offeason-thread-2017/781798 "2017-04-25T14:21:19Z")
We have a baseball one, why not a football one? Free agency is up and running and it’s not going to stop until to (and through) the draft! Tons of deals have gone down that I’m not going to list here, however it’s wort… --- ## [Worst lies you've heard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lies-youve-heard/600485)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lies-youve-heard/600485 "2011-10-27T23:04:53Z")
A few weeks back, my crazy ex-housemate sent a facebook message to my current housemate- who also lived in the old house- saying she’d ‘accidently’ opened a letter addressed to me, which turned out to be a tax rebate che… --- ## [Radon Found: Abate or Ignore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radon-found-abate-or-ignore/284310)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radon-found-abate-or-ignore/284310 "2005-01-13T04:19:06Z")
So I’m this close to closing the deal on my house… and I find out that there’s radon in the basement. The levels came back as averaging a 4.4, and the EPA limit is 4.0 picocuries/l. I did some research on this at the E… --- ## [someone put UTI infected urine in my drink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-put-uti-infected-urine-in-my-drink/634079)
**Author:** [@reno876](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reno876)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-put-uti-infected-urine-in-my-drink/634079 "2012-09-11T17:27:53Z")
I have a malicious old woman who I take care of. I strongly suspect she put some of her UTI infected urine in my drink while I was distracted and I drank it. That very night after she had access to my drink, I had all t… --- ## [Agents of SHIELD: Shadows S02E01 \[open spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-shadows-s02e01-open-spoilers/699339)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-shadows-s02e01-open-spoilers/699339 "2014-09-27T21:13:27Z")
Agents of SHIELD season premiere tonight at 9 PM, which is a permanent move from 8 PM. To recap from last season: Hydra had completely infiltrated SHIELD, and both organizations were crippled by Captain America. SHIEL… --- ## [Atheists: Ever wish that God existed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-ever-wish-that-god-existed/620813)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-ever-wish-that-god-existed/620813 "2012-05-09T16:42:58Z")
Yeah, I know. “Define ‘God’”! Well, any sort of benevolent omnipresent type figure fits. Christians believe it of God, Muslims believe it of Allah, Jews believe it of YHWH. For whatever reason, atheists don’t believe it. … --- ## [For Believers: article on Rapture.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090)
**Author:** [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090 "2014-02-28T18:12:13Z")
Is Rapture just a symbol ? If no, then when will it occur ? http://www.wordwatcher.net/rapture.htm --- ## [Can a schoolteacher be fired for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-schoolteacher-be-fired-for-refusing-to-say-the-pledge-of-allegiance/535104)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-schoolteacher-be-fired-for-refusing-to-say-the-pledge-of-allegiance/535104 "2010-04-07T21:25:48Z")
I \*students \*have a legal to refuse to say the Pledge and sit quietly at their desks (West Virginia State Board of Education vs. Barnette) as much as many of my teachers (particulary substitutes) refused to believe, but … --- ## [Niece moving to my town..no money. Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niece-moving-to-my-town-no-money-help/601034)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niece-moving-to-my-town-no-money-help/601034 "2011-11-03T20:19:34Z")
My niece visited me last month for a week which was OK. Now she wants to move to my area but she has no money. I do not want to put her up even temporarily. I have told her she cannot stay with us but she has now found… --- ## [Songs/Poems about Fathers and Sons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-poems-about-fathers-and-sons/543129)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-poems-about-fathers-and-sons/543129 "2010-06-17T12:21:24Z")
I’m working up a lesson plan for my ESL Reading students, and I’ve chosen a theme of “Fathers and Sons.” (This may come dangerously close to the prohibition against homework help, but I’m the teacher, not the student.) … --- ## ["What they're doing is illegal in the US"...and does an overzealous mod have a CITE?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-theyre-doing-is-illegal-in-the-us-and-does-an-overzealous-mod-have-a-cite/337693)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-theyre-doing-is-illegal-in-the-us-and-does-an-overzealous-mod-have-a-cite/337693 "2006-01-03T03:17:41Z")
I am referring to this thread where a poster asks if an online service (allofmp3.com) is legal. Samclem steps up with his gavel in hand and declares that the service is illegal, without a cite, clearly having not RTFA: … --- ## [Most important historical battles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-important-historical-battles/663115)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-important-historical-battles/663115 "2013-07-22T19:48:14Z")
Give one battle you think would have had the biggest effect to modern life and explain. I’d go with Ain Jalut fought between the Mongols on one side and the Egyptian Mamelukes on the other in the Levant. If the mongols … --- ## [Are Mormons really that happy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mormons-really-that-happy/629096)
**Author:** [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mormons-really-that-happy/629096 "2012-07-28T14:46:41Z")
I got this from anther thread and I know it’s a stereotype but in my experience the Mormon’s I knew seemed weirdly happy. Is it just a stereotype? So is it a false front? Is it true? Whichever the answer, why? --- ## ["Jesus Died For Your Sins". Please explain.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-died-for-your-sins-please-explain/552768)
**Author:** [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-died-for-your-sins-please-explain/552768 "2010-09-08T23:13:41Z")
Having grown up with exposure to various Christian denominations (Methodist, Baptist, Catholic) I can safely say I admire the teachings of Jesus Christ and have a great deal of respect for people who try to live Christ-l… --- ## [Classic Songs That Glorified Pretty Rotten Behaviour ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-songs-that-glorified-pretty-rotten-behaviour/438745)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2008, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-songs-that-glorified-pretty-rotten-behaviour/438745 "2008-03-01T08:40:15Z")
Rap music gets a bad rap for glorifying promiscuity and misogyny, but it seems to me that there are some songs from the age of more rigorous social standards that seem to glorify some rather raw actions. In particular, … --- ## [Can an intelligent person who has never attended school learn to read and write “in passing”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-intelligent-person-who-has-never-attended-school-learn-to-read-and-write-in-passing/639056)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-intelligent-person-who-has-never-attended-school-learn-to-read-and-write-in-passing/639056 "2012-10-29T14:54:10Z")
I was reading an article about the famous 19th century frontiersman Kit Carson. Carson was an extraordinarily energetic, courageous and one has to assume: intelligent individual. In addition to speaking Spanish and Frenc… --- ## [do celebrities date other celebrities most of the time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-celebrities-date-other-celebrities-most-of-the-time/623106)
**Author:** [@ctrs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctrs)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-celebrities-date-other-celebrities-most-of-the-time/623106 "2012-06-04T18:30:04Z")
Every time I read about a celebrity dating or marrying someone, that person is almost always already (say that five times fast) well-known on their own. It is true that people tend to date those who are in the same leagu… --- ## [Hillary, is it time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-is-it-time/749575)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-is-it-time/749575 "2016-03-22T16:53:57Z")
There are many reasons to vote for Hillary Clinton. One reason I’ve heard mentioned is because it’s time. Meaning that it’s time for a woman to be president regardless of the woman. Is the fact that Hillary Clinton is a … --- ## [Does cotton makes you sweat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cotton-makes-you-sweat/662429)
**Author:** [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cotton-makes-you-sweat/662429 "2013-07-08T03:57:02Z")
I noticed that 100% cotton shirts and clothes make me sweat and when I take them off they are soaked in sweat. This happens even when I am cold. I can only wear 50/50 cotton/polyester or (preferable) 100% polyester clot… --- ## ["Dancing with the Stars" Season V](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-v/420296)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-v/420296 "2007-11-29T01:07:22Z")
It all starts tonight, and I know I’m not the only person giddy with delight at the prospect. The lineup has been discussed here. The only other bit of news is that Samantha Harris had a baby yesterday, and they’re bein… --- ## [What is the narrative of slavery apologists in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-narrative-of-slavery-apologists-in-the-us/737606)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-narrative-of-slavery-apologists-in-the-us/737606 "2015-11-25T00:59:50Z")
Supposedly some people in the south are trying to sanitize slavery. What is their POV on the issue? --- ## [Modern uses for morse code?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-uses-for-morse-code/679141)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-uses-for-morse-code/679141 "2014-08-16T03:58:27Z")
I was wondering. Morse code was essential for society many years ago… But now with satellite radios, internet, phones… Is there still use for morse code? --- ## [Sparkling Wiggles: Racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-wiggles-racist/398692)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkling-wiggles-racist/398692 "2007-04-06T23:05:36Z")
This videohas been making the internet rounds of late and it seems to stir up quite a bit of controversy. It has to do with a couple of parents telling their 3 or 4-year-old daughter to say the term “Sparkling Wiggles” i… --- ## [Earth is missing weight??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-is-missing-weight/8955)
**Author:** [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-is-missing-weight/8955 "2000-12-28T16:43:32Z")
Cecil, and SD readers, I am told the mass of the earth, is reliably estimated at 6 sextillion, 588 quintillion tons (per SD of course). Now I am told that the earth weighs some trillion tons less than it should (if it w… --- ## [Brexit: UK Government loses High Court battle over triggering process](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-uk-government-loses-high-court-battle-over-triggering-process/770520)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-uk-government-loses-high-court-battle-over-triggering-process/770520 "2016-11-09T01:09:07Z")
BBC News, although it’s probably in most headlines. So the UK Government has lost this ruling, where the High Court says that, through our ancient constitution preventing the Crown from altering legislation without reco… --- ## [Those really, really high handlebars on choppers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-really-really-high-handlebars-on-choppers/173323)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-really-really-high-handlebars-on-choppers/173323 "2003-05-09T04:11:31Z")
Inspired by the “loud pipes on Harleys” thread, I’m inspired to post a motorcycle question of my own. I’ve seen modified choppers with handlebars that rise far above the rider’s head. The riser has to raise their arms … --- ## [Political Compass #21: Abortion should be illegal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-21-abortion-should-be-illegal/245092)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-21-abortion-should-be-illegal/245092 "2004-05-20T05:54:17Z")
Many political debates here have included references to The Political Compass, which uses a set of 61 questions to assess one’s political orientation in terms of economic left/right and social libertarianism/authoritaria… --- ## [Why Are Manga Succeeding and Comics ... Not Succeeding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-manga-succeeding-and-comics-not-succeeding/346410)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-manga-succeeding-and-comics-not-succeeding/346410 "2006-03-12T00:37:08Z")
In Japan, manga are a thriving concern, a huge publishing industry that everyone reads and enjoys. They are growing not only in Japan, but in the US market as well. You can now go to Borders, Barnes and Noble and what ha… --- ## [What's one thing sold at the dollar store that you would NOT buy there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-one-thing-sold-at-the-dollar-store-that-you-would-not-buy-there/650023)
**Author:** [@gerund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gerund)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-one-thing-sold-at-the-dollar-store-that-you-would-not-buy-there/650023 "2013-02-15T16:53:55Z")
My answer is easy…those instant pregnancy testers that they keep behind the register…I’ll cheap out on certain things in life, but would NEVER recommend someone cheaps out on those! --- ## [Can thermite burn in a vacuum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-thermite-burn-in-a-vacuum/566483)
**Author:** [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-thermite-burn-in-a-vacuum/566483 "2011-09-22T01:28:55Z")
I heard that you can not put out a thermite reaction because it is self oxidizing and does not need ambient oxygen to burn. If this is true i do not see any reason why you could not have a thermite reaction in a vacuum. --- ## [If a Car Is Submerged Under Water, Is It Ruined Forever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-car-is-submerged-under-water-is-it-ruined-forever/137170)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-car-is-submerged-under-water-is-it-ruined-forever/137170 "2002-11-18T14:57:01Z")
I recently came across a UL about a fellow whose new $30,000 Jeep Wrangler® wound up at the bottom of a lake through a series of drunken comic misadventures. The poor shmuck’s insurance wouldn’t pay for the loss, so he’… --- ## [DACA/Dreamer hypothetical (would you take a "fugitive" Dreamer into your home?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daca-dreamer-hypothetical-would-you-take-a-fugitive-dreamer-into-your-home/795595)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daca-dreamer-hypothetical-would-you-take-a-fugitive-dreamer-into-your-home/795595 "2018-01-31T21:06:17Z")
Suppose that Congress does nothing for the next 6 months, and in 6 months Trump’s DOJ starts to physically arrest and round up Dreamers (immigrants in America who did nothing wrong themselves, but were brought over as ch… --- ## [Where ISP's get their "internet" from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-isps-get-their-internet-from/522433)
**Author:** [@spee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spee)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-isps-get-their-internet-from/522433 "2009-12-24T23:53:03Z")
People usually get their “internet” (home or business) after they sign some kind of contract with an ISP. My question is: where ISP’s get the “internet” that they provide from? Do they pay some other internet wholesale… --- ## [Can someone explain why Elvis was and is so dammn popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-why-elvis-was-and-is-so-dammn-popular/168234)
**Author:** [@minega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minega)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-why-elvis-was-and-is-so-dammn-popular/168234 "2017-08-20T14:23:03Z")
Ok, i was born 5 years after his death so this might not seem so perplexing, but ive never understood why the guy was popular,average songs,average voice…why is he still an icon?he is ridiculously popular as evident by t… --- ## [Galavant returns tonight (1/3) and I'm so excited!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075 "2017-03-07T00:03:54Z")
I loves me some Galavant! Just a couple of weeks ago, I remembered this short little series and wondered if it would ever be shown again or continued. Well, yesterday I found out that Season 2 begins tonight at 8 easte… --- ## [Cryptonomicon \[spoilers\] -- Whatinaheckisthissupposedtobe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptonomicon-spoilers-whatinaheckisthissupposedtobe/289970)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptonomicon-spoilers-whatinaheckisthissupposedtobe/289970 "2005-03-08T15:41:07Z")
Like the thread title says, here be spoilers, so I’m not going to fool around with tags. For a few of years now people have been telling me how I need to read Neal Stephenson. He’s brilliant, he knows his technical det… --- ## [The Most Disturbing Scenes in a Book (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disturbing-scenes-in-a-book-spoilers/147898)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disturbing-scenes-in-a-book-spoilers/147898 "2003-01-12T18:04:49Z")
Today I bought the book “Houses Without Doors” by Peter Straub. While reading a story called ‘Blue Rose’ I came across the most disturbing fiction I have ever read. It actually almost made me sick. In the story a kid, H… --- ## [What's your interpretation of this comic strip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-interpretation-of-this-comic-strip/382047)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-interpretation-of-this-comic-strip/382047 "2006-12-03T15:37:48Z")
Multiplex is an online comic strip about the staff of a movie theatre. It’s generally a good strip. But I was surprised when I read this strip. The joke seems obvious to me. But I don’t want to comment on it because may… --- ## [Are car horns (in the US) really in the key of F?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-car-horns-in-the-us-really-in-the-key-of-f/352751)
**Author:** [@LabSpecimen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LabSpecimen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-car-horns-in-the-us-really-in-the-key-of-f/352751 "2006-04-15T20:10:59Z")
I’ve read this over and over, but I don’t really believe it. Are car horns in the US really in the key of F? --- ## [Rewatching Babylon 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-babylon-5/551344)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-babylon-5/551344 "2010-12-03T09:43:28Z")
I was and am a huge fan of the show. If was so completely different than Star Trek and everything else that we’d been given that even Star Trek had to rip if off in order to create Deep Space 9, arguably the best of the… --- ## [WTC Attack Thread 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attack-thread-2/80962)
**Author:** [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attack-thread-2/80962 "2001-09-14T21:44:30Z")
Because the other one was closed due to length. --- ## [Things I wish I didn't know from experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-wish-i-didnt-know-from-experience/398353)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-wish-i-didnt-know-from-experience/398353 "2007-04-08T20:22:44Z")
Lanolin tastes bad :smack: --- ## [Why would eating healthier mess up your menstrual cycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-eating-healthier-mess-up-your-menstrual-cycle/766661)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-eating-healthier-mess-up-your-menstrual-cycle/766661 "2016-09-28T17:26:01Z")
I started the Whole 30 diet at the beginning of this month (Whole 30 diet in a nutshell: no added sugars, alcohol, dairy, grains, or legumes). It’s working pretty well, my body composition is improving, and I have impro… --- ## [Best Rock-N-Roll Urban Legends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-n-roll-urban-legends/556982)
**Author:** [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-n-roll-urban-legends/556982 "2010-10-22T14:04:21Z")
Some personal favorites: -Keith Richards snorting his dad’s ashes (he supposedly admitted to this saying, “nothing stops the old snorter!”) -Robert Johnson’s deal with the Devil -Led Zeppelin’s fun with mudsharks Any… --- ## [US ranked #5 - not trying hard enough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-ranked-5-not-trying-hard-enough/576526)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-ranked-5-not-trying-hard-enough/576526 "2011-04-01T19:10:37Z")
Anyone care to guess what the US is ranked at #5 in the world at? Here is the ranked list for a hint: \[ol\] \[li\]China\[/li\]\[li\]Iran\[/li\]\[li\]North Korea\[/li\]\[li\]Yemen\[/li\]\[li\]United States\[/li\]\[li\]Saudi Arabia\[/li\]\[li\]Li… --- ## [Travoltify your username](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travoltify-your-username/682842)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travoltify-your-username/682842 "2014-03-08T04:49:40Z")
John Travolta mangled the name of singer Idina Menzel at the Oscars on Sunday (“Adele Dazeem?” Really, John? You’re given one responsibility at the show on Sunday and you can’t not f it up? Really?), and now Slate has an… --- ## [When did the American accent develop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-american-accent-develop/367135)
**Author:** [@happywaffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happywaffle)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-american-accent-develop/367135 "2006-08-07T23:09:11Z")
I know I’m covering everything from Georgia to Maine here, so the answer might vary quite a bit. But at what point did English immigrants to America start to sound American? “The Patriot” was on TV (don’t worry, I didn’… --- ## [Think KFC's Double Down is bad? This makes it look like health food!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-kfcs-double-down-is-bad-this-makes-it-look-like-health-food/547262)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-kfcs-double-down-is-bad-this-makes-it-look-like-health-food/547262 "2010-07-22T21:18:45Z")
Friendly’s Grilled Cheese Burger Melt! Somebody hand me a bucket – I think I’m gonna hurl. --- ## [Amazon HQ2 Deadline Tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-hq2-deadline-tonight/799374)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-hq2-deadline-tonight/799374 "2019-02-15T04:39:15Z")
I would bet on Rochester. Lots of educated people, lots of empty office space. What do you think? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=882&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=884&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)