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**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-time-in-detention-did-you-serve-in-school/655238 "2013-04-11T13:27:37Z")
I want to know what unsavory characters I’m dealing with here. I served about 8 days total in detention. The most I ever got at once was 3 days, for getting caught climbing out of a classroom window before class. The … --- ## [Origins of "screwed the pooch"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-screwed-the-pooch/587569)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-of-screwed-the-pooch/587569 "2011-07-21T04:13:25Z")
I heard it’s an aviator term. When they mess up a landing and crash in the water. Later it became a phrase for “I fuc\*ed up”. Does pooch mean anything besides a dog? I’m trying to figure out the origins of this phrase… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 6.05 "Now" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-05-now-open-spoilers/737064)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-05-now-open-spoilers/737064 "2015-11-15T02:36:32Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Following a number of setbacks, the mood in Alexandria grows grim for the sheltered citizens. \[/QUOTE\] Norman Reedus is warning us to play close attention to what’s happening on screen. Alexandra Breckenr… --- ## [UUHHGG!! I just bit into a BIG SPIDER!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873)
**Author:** [@Antiquarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antiquarian)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uuhhgg-i-just-bit-into-a-big-spider/179873 "2003-06-12T01:34:34Z")
OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!!! That was one of the nastiest things I have ever experienced. I have a large bowl of huge strawberries next to my desk. I just picked up one of the larger ones, gripped the cluster of green leave… --- ## [Triple creases on back of Army uniforms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-creases-on-back-of-army-uniforms/359072)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-creases-on-back-of-army-uniforms/359072 "2006-06-07T04:05:56Z")
As I sat on the Metro today (not my usual commute), watching military types getting on and off around the Pentagon, I noticed that the khaki Army uniforms had three vertical creases down the back. And I’ve never seen an… --- ## [McDonalds: Two Lane Drive-Throughs. WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-two-lane-drive-throughs-wtf/606758)
**Author:** [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-two-lane-drive-throughs-wtf/606758 "2011-12-19T23:00:36Z")
I live in Kamloops British Columbia. At three of our McDonalds restaurants they have done quite a bit of remodeling over the past year. At all three sites they have added a “2nd” drive-through lane. The goofy thing is, … --- ## [What made you give up on a book series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-you-give-up-on-a-book-series/799087)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-you-give-up-on-a-book-series/799087 "2017-11-26T13:08:39Z")
I’m just about to give up on Ben Aaronovitch’s Peter Grant / Rivers of London series. There are a number of reasons: the quality of his writing has gone down, he seems more interested in graphic novels - the latest of wh… --- ## [Band names that are JUST a surname (of someone in the band)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106 "2019-08-17T12:04:36Z")
The ones I can think of at the.moment are: Seals & Crofts, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Van Halen, Bonham, Saraya, Nelson. Were there many others and was this a 70s folk / 80s hair metal trend? --- ## [Is plagiarism that big a deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-plagiarism-that-big-a-deal/287077)
**Author:** [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-plagiarism-that-big-a-deal/287077 "2005-02-04T05:06:00Z")
My question was inspired by this thread. Many members of my family are in education, so I’ve heard many of the arguments of why it’s a big deal. But I’m not really bothered by it in most cases. Of course, publishing some… --- ## [They know where he is. Send the Sargeant at Arms to frogmarch his ass to jail.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-know-where-he-is-send-the-sargeant-at-arms-to-frogmarch-his-ass-to-jail/456003)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-know-where-he-is-send-the-sargeant-at-arms-to-frogmarch-his-ass-to-jail/456003 "2008-07-31T22:06:56Z")
Just like any other criminal his lawyer says he ain’t guilty and, even better,Rove isn’t accountable. Our justice system is a big joke to this administration. A joke to be manipulated or ignored as they see fit. And Con… --- ## [Attack the Soviets post WWII?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-the-soviets-post-wwii/524765)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-the-soviets-post-wwii/524765 "2010-01-15T13:13:55Z")
In another thread (accessible via the following quote) Stranger on a Train posted a notion of how the Soviets gained dominance and extended life because the Allies (well, Allies sans the Soviets) were unwilling to go to … --- ## [How would you go about knocking off a God?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990 "2010-06-14T11:15:22Z")
From this thread. All right, here’s the situation: We have, through some hypothetical and inexplainable process discovered incontrovertible evidence proving the existence of God as depicted in the Old and New Testament… --- ## [What was the worst US military mistakes (battles) in WW II?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-worst-us-military-mistakes-battles-in-ww-ii/704663)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-worst-us-military-mistakes-battles-in-ww-ii/704663 "2014-11-18T04:34:11Z")
see hed. Something about Perceval in the Pacific? --- ## [So, how'd you get your username?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-howd-you-get-your-username/390049)
**Author:** [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-howd-you-get-your-username/390049 "2007-02-07T03:33:42Z")
I’m sure this has been done before, but I couldn’t find a recent thread on it. It’s probably been awhile, anyway, and we’ve had many new posters since then (including myself). Mine comes from my college rugby team’s na… --- ## [Palastinian bombers have NO excuse. Prove me wrong!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palastinian-bombers-have-no-excuse-prove-me-wrong/115143)
**Author:** [@ummm.yeahh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ummm.yeahh)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palastinian-bombers-have-no-excuse-prove-me-wrong/115143 "2002-07-21T18:04:19Z")
I just don’t get it. I don’t understand the mentality. How can someone say the means by which the Palastinians want to achieve there goals are justified? I read this story and it almost made me sick. When can ANYONE … --- ## [Calling Bullshit on Rob Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-bullshit-on-rob-zombie/313922)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-bullshit-on-rob-zombie/313922 "2007-08-28T18:02:55Z")
“The Devil’s Rejects” got released this week to the movie theaters. If you’ve not seen or heard of it yet, it is a sequel to his previous “House of 1000 Corpses.” It is savage, brutal, sadistic, amoral … well, calling it… --- ## [Hospitality or Death? Guys asks for shelter from snowstorm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospitality-or-death-guys-asks-for-shelter-from-snowstorm/631731)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospitality-or-death-guys-asks-for-shelter-from-snowstorm/631731 "2012-11-06T18:15:30Z")
This was just mentioned in a GD thread having to do with abortion. It was a metaphor, but I wondered about the concrete reality. Suppose I live in a house in the middle of nowhere, miles and miles away from any other s… --- ## [Trump hands Merkel a bullshit bill for $374B](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-hands-merkel-a-bullshit-bill-for-374b/783089)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-hands-merkel-a-bullshit-bill-for-374b/783089 "2017-03-31T03:07:54Z")
I’m just cringing in embarrassment at the thought that the President of the United States actually printed up a bullshit invoice for Germany’s shortfall below 2% of GDP on defense, plus interest. And handed it to Merkel… --- ## [Penny Dreadful & Alan Moore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-dreadful-alan-moore/688132)
**Author:** [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-dreadful-alan-moore/688132 "2016-11-04T04:13:08Z")
“Logan’s conceit is to create a 'demi-monde’, poised between the real and supernatural in 1891 London, and to juxtapose the fictional people he has created with what he calls 'literary monsters’ – including Dr. Victor Fr… --- ## [Is it safe for people to eat dog or cat food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-for-people-to-eat-dog-or-cat-food/18847)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-for-people-to-eat-dog-or-cat-food/18847 "2000-05-17T00:10:09Z")
I’ve got a 13-year-old boy’s honor riding on this. There was a brisk discussion on our front porch Saturday afternoon, in between Pokemon trading card sessions and discussions of whether Stone Cold Steve Austin or The R… --- ## [Righty-loosey, lefty-tighty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-loosey-lefty-tighty/582756)
**Author:** [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righty-loosey-lefty-tighty/582756 "2011-05-31T12:48:48Z")
Fight my ignorance when it comes to fasteners. Do reverse-threaded fasteners exist, and why? --- ## [What chemicals will completely dissolve a human body, in about ten seconds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-chemicals-will-completely-dissolve-a-human-body-in-about-ten-seconds/694696)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-chemicals-will-completely-dissolve-a-human-body-in-about-ten-seconds/694696 "2014-08-04T02:35:20Z")
…and I’m going to need the answer rather fast. Just kidding, of course. About that last part. This is actually a movie-related question—about 1973’s Frankenstein: The True Story. If you’ve seen it, at one point, an unfo… --- ## [Romans in Post Roman Britain-Could You Keep Your Lifestyle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romans-in-post-roman-britain-could-you-keep-your-lifestyle/538317)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romans-in-post-roman-britain-could-you-keep-your-lifestyle/538317 "2010-05-11T20:06:50Z")
I know that the Romans Army abandoned Britain, some time in the 3rd century. By that time, Britain had been a Romanized society for 10+ generations-people wore Roman dress, lived in Roman villas, and used Roman baths. No… --- ## [The Boy Scouts and Hypocrisy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boy-scouts-and-hypocrisy/221786)
**Author:** [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boy-scouts-and-hypocrisy/221786 "2004-01-05T16:32:36Z")
Hypocrisy or Irony? So let me get this straight (pun intended). You want the freedom to exclude gay people from your ranks; but you don’t want OTHER people to have the freedom to not give you their money. Is that it? C… --- ## [Pretentious art crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretentious-art-crap/225086)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretentious-art-crap/225086 "2004-02-02T23:26:00Z")
This is linked to from Dave Barry’s latest column. He claims it’s genuine, and it appears to be so. Except it’s so much pretentious bullshit, I am not so sure. Is it real, or is it a joke? --- ## [What's the economic model for supermarket checkout divider thingies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-economic-model-for-supermarket-checkout-divider-thingies/792081)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-economic-model-for-supermarket-checkout-divider-thingies/792081 "2017-10-02T13:18:55Z")
I spend entirely too much time thinking this through. I’m talking specifically about the little plastic dividers most grocery stores/supermarkets offer to separate your purchases on a checkout conveyor belt from the next… --- ## [Why is the AMA so fervently against government sponsored insurance and healthcare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-ama-so-fervently-against-government-sponsored-insurance-and-healthcare/499448)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-ama-so-fervently-against-government-sponsored-insurance-and-healthcare/499448 "2009-06-19T12:57:57Z")
If anything, I would think they’d be all for some sort of single payer system. It would bring in more patients who wouldn’t otherwise be able to come in. And most importantly it would ensure that the doctors would reciev… --- ## [how do Catholics or Anglicans pick the patron saint for a new church?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-catholics-or-anglicans-pick-the-patron-saint-for-a-new-church/548753)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-catholics-or-anglicans-pick-the-patron-saint-for-a-new-church/548753 "2010-08-25T17:53:43Z")
I notice that many Catholic churches have the name of a saint in their official name. How do they decide which saint to use? Do the decision makers use their personal favorite saints? Or do they have diocesan oversight t… --- ## [I would like to apologize to the Jewish people...the rest of you are on a case-by-case basis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-apologize-to-the-jewish-people-the-rest-of-you-are-on-a-case-by-case-basis/691675)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-apologize-to-the-jewish-people-the-rest-of-you-are-on-a-case-by-case-basis/691675 "2014-07-15T15:58:31Z")
I’m not sure I should care what you lot think of me, but for the record, I am not an anti-Semite, anti-Jewish, or even generally bigoted.\[sup\]\*\[/sup\] I am tactless, fascinated by absurd conspiracy theory, and tend to “t… --- ## [Kambucta's right...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kambuctas-right/155349)
**Author:** [@Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluesman)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kambuctas-right/155349 "2003-02-20T19:11:15Z")
I WAS in the wrong thread, when I said the anti-war protesters were completely wrong about what they were doing. The other part, though…I know I’m right. The anti-war protests were conducted with best of intentions (po… --- ## ["Start packing?" So, Gov. Romney, should we even bother with the election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-packing-so-gov-romney-should-we-even-bother-with-the-election/619000)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-packing-so-gov-romney-should-we-even-bother-with-the-election/619000 "2012-04-20T21:33:20Z")
So, in an interview with Diane Sawyer, Governor Romney says that the president should “start packing.” This is the sort of thing I would expect to hear from a candidate in late October, not mid-April! Talk about counti… --- ## [Illinois governor race 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-governor-race-2018/806006)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-governor-race-2018/806006 "2018-06-25T21:47:32Z")
This should be quite an interesting race. In 2014, Republican Bruce Rauner won against the unpopular Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn who had been damaged by an unpopular tax increase. Rauner used his popular (and Democrat… --- ## [The Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2011 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-baseball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2011-thread/562342)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-baseball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2011-thread/562342 "2011-01-08T02:24:19Z")
It’s the last Monday in November so that meansit’s time for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to announce who’s on the ballot for the next year’s Hall of Fame. This year’s new candidates include Jeff Bagwell,… --- ## [How Come the Ancient Greeks Never Invented the Arch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-the-ancient-greeks-never-invented-the-arch/499776)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-the-ancient-greeks-never-invented-the-arch/499776 "2020-02-28T21:55:23Z")
For all their science, the Greeks never advanced beyond the column and lintel-which meant that even the elegant Greek temples were of primative design-and they needed columns everywhere. The Romans invented the arch-this… --- ## [Sitcom Writer: Jerk on TV = Nice Guy in Real Life, and Vice Versa. True?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-writer-jerk-on-tv-nice-guy-in-real-life-and-vice-versa-true/589819)
**Author:** [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-writer-jerk-on-tv-nice-guy-in-real-life-and-vice-versa-true/589819 "2011-07-25T13:28:50Z")
I need to open this thread with a bit of an apology, since I can’t remember the circumstances behind the title claim. It was on a Seinfeld DVD commentary. One of the writers (I think Max Pross? Or his partner?), noting… --- ## [Early days of the internet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-days-of-the-internet/803986)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-days-of-the-internet/803986 "2017-12-16T18:03:15Z")
I’m interested in hearing about what the early days of the internet were like. I know I could just Google it, but I’d rather learn from people who actually lived through that time. --- ## [What are they teaching my kid in school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-they-teaching-my-kid-in-school/518163)
**Author:** [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-they-teaching-my-kid-in-school/518163 "2009-12-02T01:33:14Z")
While driving my fifth-grade daughter to school today she told me about something they learned in Social Studies. Daughter: Did you know that in some countries they take your cows away and shoot you? Self: confused Wha… --- ## [Are you naked on the internet someplace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-naked-on-the-internet-someplace/348636)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-naked-on-the-internet-someplace/348636 "2006-03-21T18:24:04Z")
No - you don’t have to link for me. I was surfing, ahem, picture sites the other day and I wondered, “Gee, what if I stumbled on a picture of somebody I know?” I haven’t yet, and probably never will just given the perc… --- ## [Exodus 22:18: Witch or Poisoner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exodus-22-18-witch-or-poisoner/39463)
**Author:** [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exodus-22-18-witch-or-poisoner/39463 "2000-11-03T15:06:03Z")
I’ve spent quite a bit of time at Shantell Powell’s site The Witching Hours: Medieval Through Enlightenment Period European Witch History and have found it very educational, except I have a question about a piece of info… --- ## [What a catch!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-catch/464326)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-catch/464326 "2008-09-24T00:51:44Z")
Forget it ladies, he’s MINE! Check this out-this guy is a 53-year-old divorcee, and he’s looking for a woman. Some qualifications? -Though most men like large breasts, I don’t. The larger the breasts, the more I’m tur… --- ## [How many degrees of separation between you and a serial killer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-degrees-of-separation-between-you-and-a-serial-killer/327144)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-degrees-of-separation-between-you-and-a-serial-killer/327144 "2006-03-07T01:51:54Z")
When I lived in Chicago, I did some freelance garden design. One of my clients were Lee and Marilyn Miglin. I dealt mostly with Marilyn, but I was on cordial terms with Lee; they’d hired me together. Lee Miglin, you may … --- ## [Are you overweight? What's the cause?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-overweight-whats-the-cause/713106)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-overweight-whats-the-cause/713106 "2015-02-26T18:28:49Z")
Oh, I can’t see this ending well. Still I want to know; if you are overweight (and if you are, I’m \*really \*not having a dig, just want to know perceptions about the cause) how much do you think the causes are out of you… --- ## [It's unbelievably fucked up how normalized virginity shaming is in our culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-unbelievably-fucked-up-how-normalized-virginity-shaming-is-in-our-culture/736163)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-unbelievably-fucked-up-how-normalized-virginity-shaming-is-in-our-culture/736163 "2015-11-03T16:38:18Z")
adult virginity is not a choice --- ## [Can you really hear the "time" of a song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-hear-the-time-of-a-song/539243)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-hear-the-time-of-a-song/539243 "2010-05-16T07:04:48Z")
For my own curiosity, can you really hear a difference between 4/4 time, 3/4 time, etc? Is there really a difference, or is it academic…simply dividing the correct quantities of notes into measures on the written page. … --- ## [Failing to pay a prostitute.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failing-to-pay-a-prostitute/721385)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failing-to-pay-a-prostitute/721385 "2015-06-04T16:54:15Z")
Hello Everyone, I was talking to someone today and he tried to make the argument that if one had sex with a prostitute and didn’t pay her it would constitute theft of services rather than rape. It got me thinking, that… --- ## [Go To Fucking Hell, You Soulless Shrill Bitch!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-fucking-hell-you-soulless-shrill-bitch/359610)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-fucking-hell-you-soulless-shrill-bitch/359610 "2006-06-10T23:10:35Z")
So, everyone’s favorite right-wing loony bitch Anne Coulter appeared on the Today show this morning shilling for her new screed, Godless. Apparently, Anne of Green Goebbels is upset because she can’t whack on the 9/11 w… --- ## [Fucking TV Station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-tv-station/562031)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-tv-station/562031 "2010-12-03T18:39:24Z")
Morons let some damned football game run on forever, shoving everything else on teh channel off. My mom has alzheimers, and is going nuts because the show that she always watches right now is not on. She is seriously up… --- ## [Favorite Muppet Show moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274 "2010-01-11T16:48:44Z")
I’m watching the Muppet Show right now. As I watch performances by noted performers (singers, dancers, etc) I realize that my favorite guest star performance is actually Twiggy. I thought she did a very good job and I wa… --- ## [how much do glasses, lenses & an eye exam cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-glasses-lenses-an-eye-exam-cost/160158)
**Author:** [@The\_Calculus\_of\_Logic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Calculus_of_Logic)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-glasses-lenses-an-eye-exam-cost/160158 "2003-03-15T20:02:59Z")
I need new glasses, and i have seen some coupons in the paper for discounts on frames, lenses & exams. Plus i am a member of a discount plan that offers single vision lenses for $35 & 45% off the price of frames. However… --- ## [Are you close to your brothers & sisters? Why or why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-close-to-your-brothers-sisters-why-or-why-not/366597)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-close-to-your-brothers-sisters-why-or-why-not/366597 "2006-08-07T14:51:38Z")
Assuming you have any, of course. Like many of my threads, this one is inspired by the novel I’m working on. But I’m not going to talk about the book’s plot much because (a) it’s not necessary, (b) I’ve talked about it … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=884&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=886&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)