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**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-my-liability-here-credit-card-refunded-incorrectly/610548 "2012-01-26T04:43:29Z")
Many months ago, I bought something from a large online retailer. It took forever to arrive because they shipped it through some tiny shipper, and I spent a lot of time on the phone tracking it down. It finally arrived, … --- ## [Throw the bar open: a proposition (for milum)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-bar-open-a-proposition-for-milum/215037)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-bar-open-a-proposition-for-milum/215037 "2003-12-15T18:01:37Z")
In an attempt to allow milum and any who care to debate with said individual a forum for the issues dragged into the thread about legal advertising, here is a debate: As I understand milum’s theory, lawyers are greedy p… --- ## [What happens if Obama dies tomorrow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-obama-dies-tomorrow/638987)
**Author:** [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-obama-dies-tomorrow/638987 "2012-10-29T15:58:22Z")
A strange thought struck me at two o’clock this morning: Imagine that the President gets eaten by a crocodile tomorrow. What happens this close to the election? There presumably isn’t enough time to re-print ballots. So… --- ## [A Random Drug Test Tale, or A Worker Loses His Gruntle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-drug-test-tale-or-a-worker-loses-his-gruntle/256402)
**Author:** [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-random-drug-test-tale-or-a-worker-loses-his-gruntle/256402 "2004-07-29T06:21:17Z")
This morning my supervisor came into my office and told me I had been selected for a random drug test. I work a behind-the-scenes desk job in the private sector, and don’t drive company vehicles. All my performance revie… --- ## [Human beings are the most selfish animals on Earth. Every action we do benefits us, and us only.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-beings-are-the-most-selfish-animals-on-earth-every-action-we-do-benefits-us-and-us-only/506768)
**Author:** [@Sometimes\_Sober\_Sometimes\_Not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sometimes_Sober_Sometimes_Not)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-beings-are-the-most-selfish-animals-on-earth-every-action-we-do-benefits-us-and-us-only/506768 "2009-08-22T00:47:04Z")
To argue over abortion or global warming is really a joke in the long run. Man was put on Earth to destroy it. Not to preserve it. Human beings are the most selfish conceded animals in the animal kingdom. Human beings… --- ## [Ask the guy who's hiking the Appalachian Trail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/438516)
**Author:** [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-hiking-the-appalachian-trail/438516 "2008-10-30T19:27:28Z")
In about three weeks I’ll be starting what will hopefully be a 2,150-mile hiking trip. Questions people often ask are: How long is it going to take you? About six to seven months. Are you going alone? Yes and no. I … --- ## [Is Magnesium Deficiency a Silent Epidemic In the U.S.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-magnesium-deficiency-a-silent-epidemic-in-the-u-s/665725)
**Author:** [@LMarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LMarie)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-magnesium-deficiency-a-silent-epidemic-in-the-u-s/665725 "2013-12-06T00:40:12Z")
A few days ago, I shared how taking a magnesium supplement helps to ease my bouts with Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS). Today, I happened upon an article claiming that 50 studies suggest that magnesium deficiency is killing… --- ## [Get your Humongous Breasts (rant) here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-humongous-breasts-rant-here/281029)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-humongous-breasts-rant-here/281029 "2004-12-24T05:01:06Z")
Arghhhh! There’s just no escaping it! What’s this fascination that everyone seems to have with titan titties? The desire of every woman to have humongous hooters? The desire of every man to date a woman with mountainous… --- ## [How to pay rent (by check) and earn air miles on my credit card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pay-rent-by-check-and-earn-air-miles-on-my-credit-card/645314)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pay-rent-by-check-and-earn-air-miles-on-my-credit-card/645314 "2012-12-30T05:39:37Z")
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to travel more, so I recently applied for a credit card with a fat air miles joining bonus. The value of the bonus miles easily outweighs the annual fee, so I am confident that as long… --- ## [Should states be able to split electoral votes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-states-be-able-to-split-electoral-votes/640813)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-states-be-able-to-split-electoral-votes/640813 "2012-12-17T04:29:55Z")
Rather than states rewarding their electoral votes in a winner take all fashion would it be more fair to be able to divy them up by result percentages? So for a state like Florida that gave Obama 50% of the vote and Rom… --- ## [Pawlenty: If you can Google it, cut it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pawlenty-if-you-can-google-it-cut-it/584689)
**Author:** [@JimH52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimH52)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pawlenty-if-you-can-google-it-cut-it/584689 "2011-06-19T22:23:40Z")
WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT? --- ## [cork-screw pig penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cork-screw-pig-penis/112123)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cork-screw-pig-penis/112123 "2011-12-17T07:18:39Z")
So this classic column reran. The original date is February 24, 1984. I began to wonder if a more recent search would be more successful. http://137.222.110.150/calnet/abdpel11/page2.htm This site appears to be an an… --- ## [What qualifies as a bj? A knob gobbling poll.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-qualifies-as-a-bj-a-knob-gobbling-poll/540867)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-qualifies-as-a-bj-a-knob-gobbling-poll/540867 "2010-05-30T09:03:26Z")
My wife and I are having a minor disagreement and we know the StraightDope is the only place to get a definative unbiased answer. She contends that any amount of oral attention is a blowjob while I am of the opinion tha… --- ## [Tell us something odd about your relationship with your significant other](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300 "2009-03-10T00:02:24Z")
Kim the Rhymer and I always address one another by our last names. (She kept her birth name after marriage, obviously.) Even in intimate conversations, it’s never “Kim” or “Skald”; it’s always “Rhymer” and “Katz.”\* Ev… --- ## [Originalist Justices: What the heck are they thinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originalist-justices-what-the-heck-are-they-thinking/321664)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/originalist-justices-what-the-heck-are-they-thinking/321664 "2005-09-28T01:13:27Z")
Antonin Scalia is the person in government who I despise more than any other. The reason is that I know that he’s extremely intelligent, and thus I believe that he is inherently evil. I can always blame stupidity and i… --- ## [High school football teams conspire to let player with Down's Syndrome score](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-football-teams-conspire-to-let-player-with-downs-syndrome-score/555374)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-football-teams-conspire-to-let-player-with-downs-syndrome-score/555374 "2010-09-30T00:31:55Z")
I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’m fine with giving a disabled kid special treatment, but the fact that everyone made a show of trying to tackle the kid makes the whole thing seem dishonest. The prevailing publi… --- ## [Are there really hotel caretakers ala "The Shining"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-hotel-caretakers-ala-the-shining/341650)
**Author:** [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-hotel-caretakers-ala-the-shining/341650 "2006-01-26T23:59:21Z")
I recently caught most of “The Shining” on A&E and it got me to thinking. Do they really have hotel caretakers like they do in the book/movie? Is there some poor family stuck in a gigantic hotel in the rocky mountains … --- ## [They won't STOP delivering the newspaper!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stop-delivering-the-newspaper/562100)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stop-delivering-the-newspaper/562100 "2010-12-02T04:13:24Z")
This is the third time I’ve had to ask my local paper NOT to deliver to my house. I don’t want the paper. I’m not their target market anymore - I don’t believe that Dancing With the Stars is front page material, but my… --- ## [Do shows stream live on Hulu? Can I watch Lost tonight in real time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-shows-stream-live-on-hulu-can-i-watch-lost-tonight-in-real-time/539054)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-shows-stream-live-on-hulu-can-i-watch-lost-tonight-in-real-time/539054 "2010-05-12T15:01:52Z")
My new mountain home is at 8000 ft and I am having a moral dilema with getting satellite T.V. We do not watch a lot of TV at all, but if we want to watch the few shows we do like, i.e. Lost, then we need a TV. That bein… --- ## [When you summon a demon, should you stand inside or outside the pentacle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-summon-a-demon-should-you-stand-inside-or-outside-the-pentacle/359233)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-summon-a-demon-should-you-stand-inside-or-outside-the-pentacle/359233 "2013-03-19T02:59:58Z")
I’ve seen 16th-Century woodcuts of wizards conjuring up demons, and the wizard stands inside a magic circle for protection. as the demon rises from the ground outside the circle. But in most modern magic-fantasy stories… --- ## [LGBT Dopers: When did you discover your sexuality/come out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbt-dopers-when-did-you-discover-your-sexuality-come-out/269999)
**Author:** [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbt-dopers-when-did-you-discover-your-sexuality-come-out/269999 "2005-01-03T13:01:00Z")
I’m curious as to what ages our LGBT members discovered that they were LGBT, and when (if at all) they came out. So: Who are you? When did you discover yourself? When did you come out, to whom, and what was their reacti… --- ## [Glee 2/22: On My Way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-2-22-on-my-way/613576)
**Author:** [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-2-22-on-my-way/613576 "2012-03-02T03:21:17Z")
New Directions faces off against the Warblers at Regionals, a competition which seems to be held earlier every year. This episode was promoted as the “Winter Finale”, which puzzled me since I thought they already had a … --- ## [Which events bookended the Middle Ages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-events-bookended-the-middle-ages/712096)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-events-bookended-the-middle-ages/712096 "2015-02-15T23:29:12Z")
The Middle Ages didn’t start and stop at the same time everywhere in Europe, and the events that ended it–discovery of America, the Protestant Reformation, the European development of the printing press, the receding of … --- ## [For those who love the cock: do you find penises visually attractive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-love-the-cock-do-you-find-penises-visually-attractive/484735)
**Author:** [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-love-the-cock-do-you-find-penises-visually-attractive/484735 "2009-02-10T13:23:38Z")
I love the cock, but I think penises are ugly as hell. I do like the look of a nice package, however. My straight female friends think I’m crazy. So I’m curious how other people feel about the appearance of the penis. I … --- ## [Anyone think Queen is the best rock band of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-think-queen-is-the-best-rock-band-of-all-time/460156)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-think-queen-is-the-best-rock-band-of-all-time/460156 "2008-08-18T22:59:45Z")
I’ve been listening to a lot of Queen lately. There is a serious argument that can be made that they are the best rock band of all time. They are the best live band I’ve ever heard. Queen performs songs that I don’t like… --- ## [DNC closes ranks: new rule excludes interlopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-closes-ranks-new-rule-excludes-interlopers/815846)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-closes-ranks-new-rule-excludes-interlopers/815846 "2018-06-23T20:27:55Z")
The Democratic National Committee has enacted a rule that will require Presidential candidates to swear and affirm allegiance to the party. Because, you know, Bernie cost them the last election. I see a few problems wit… --- ## [7 reasons to not make war on Iraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-to-not-make-war-on-iraq/140827)
**Author:** [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2002, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-to-not-make-war-on-iraq/140827 "2002-12-10T07:14:12Z")
Today at school I got handed a little pamphlet that stated that we should not go to war with Iraq, and stated seven reasons (shown below). Having placed myself reluctantly on the pro-attack side, I was at first inclined… --- ## [What was Winston Churchill's military rank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-winston-churchills-military-rank/346624)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-winston-churchills-military-rank/346624 "2006-03-02T20:49:49Z")
I ask because Winnie at various times 9during WWII) wore an admiral’s uniform, and general’s uniform, and an air marshal’s uniform. As far as i know, he was a civilian as prime minister He had held rank during the first… --- ## [You wanna know how to watch that DVD? Shove it up your widescreen ass.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wanna-know-how-to-watch-that-dvd-shove-it-up-your-widescreen-ass/239213)
**Author:** [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2004, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wanna-know-how-to-watch-that-dvd-shove-it-up-your-widescreen-ass/239213 "2004-04-25T08:12:42Z")
What the fuck, ‘people’. Let me introduce you to the concept of personal accountability. If you get all jazzed up over a movie, maybe when you are buying said fucking movie all that jazzed up hysteria will enable you … --- ## [Beer for a non-beer drinker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-for-a-non-beer-drinker/582986)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-for-a-non-beer-drinker/582986 "2011-05-25T18:08:18Z")
I don’t like beer, but I think I’d like to learn how to like it. So, which beer(s) would you recommend that I start out with? --- ## [How many races are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-races-are-there/127179)
**Author:** [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-races-are-there/127179 "2002-10-14T04:00:40Z")
Within the human race, how many sub-races are there? --- ## [Why do towels have that strip of non-towelliness at one end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-towels-have-that-strip-of-non-towelliness-at-one-end/466647)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-towels-have-that-strip-of-non-towelliness-at-one-end/466647 "2020-12-24T17:48:36Z")
I asked this question a couple of years ago but nobody seemed to know the answer. Why do almost all towels have that little strip, an inch or two wide and a few inches from one end, that is a not actually towelling but … --- ## [Afghan man faces death after leaving Islam for Christianity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afghan-man-faces-death-after-leaving-islam-for-christianity/349493)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afghan-man-faces-death-after-leaving-islam-for-christianity/349493 "2006-03-29T13:31:57Z")
Yes, if we can only foster democracy in the Middle East, peace will reign forever and ever: President Bush says he is “troubled” by this case, yet we see no outrage on the part of Chrisitian fundamentalists. Perhaps t… --- ## [So disappointed in Castle Season 8](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-disappointed-in-castle-season-8/736766)
**Author:** [@Ornery\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ornery_Bob)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-disappointed-in-castle-season-8/736766 "2016-05-26T13:13:26Z")
What a huge blunder - Ok so they had to come up with an “interesting” story line for Beckett to get Stana to come back for another season, but what giant mistake it has been for the show. The whole premise of Kate’s lea… --- ## [2015 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot/705503)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot/705503 "2015-02-10T18:52:19Z")
Here is your 2015 ballot. Who do you vote for? And geez, isn’t this a stacked ballot? You could make one hell of a team from this list. --- ## [Obscure nursery rhymes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-nursery-rhymes/270098)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-nursery-rhymes/270098 "2004-10-24T19:56:02Z")
I recently saw a new printing of Chas. Addams’ Mother Goose (originally published in 1967). It’s nursery rhymes with Addams’ illustrations – I don’t need to tell you what that means! :smiley: But what I noticed was … --- ## [OK-How Does The Mafia Dispose of Corpses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-does-the-mafia-dispose-of-corpses/616164)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-does-the-mafia-dispose-of-corpses/616164 "2012-03-20T21:32:09Z")
In the Godfather, the unfortunate undertaker (Amerigo Bonasera) is sweating bullets when he gets the call from Don Corleone ( the “service”). Bonasera figures he’s going to be asked to bury the victim of a hit-legitimate… --- ## [Harper Lee writes article for Oprah.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harper-lee-writes-article-for-oprah/362308)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harper-lee-writes-article-for-oprah/362308 "2006-07-15T11:23:52Z")
…and if that weren’t bad enough, she pulls some eye-rollingly stereotypical “things were so much better when things were so much worse” bullshit. http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/06/26/lee.oprah.ap/index.html The … --- ## [Breakfast in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-the-mmp/786640)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-the-mmp/786640 "2017-05-22T03:39:27Z")
I expect most of us were told it’s the most important meal of the day. For years, I skipped breakfast because I just didn’t want to eat first thing in the morning. Now I need to have something with a little protein to … --- ## [Why Are Women More Flexible Than Men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-women-more-flexible-than-men/169090)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-women-more-flexible-than-men/169090 "2009-11-27T21:20:16Z")
Why is it that the average woman appears to be more flexible than the average man, physiologically speaking? I believe this is the case even in women who don’t do any stretching exercises. Thanks. --- ## [So, how do we improve mental healthcare in the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-we-improve-mental-healthcare-in-the-united-states/689769)
**Author:** [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-we-improve-mental-healthcare-in-the-united-states/689769 "2014-06-16T13:13:05Z")
In a thread about yet another mass shooting by a mentally ill person, I talked about the poor standard of mental healthcare in the US. Someone else in the thread asked me what I thought could be done about it, and wheth… --- ## [ESPN: Plane flying Brazilian football team Chapecoense crashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-plane-flying-brazilian-football-team-chapecoense-crashed/773367)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-plane-flying-brazilian-football-team-chapecoense-crashed/773367 "2018-04-30T15:11:01Z")
Story here. --- ## [How about a "Parenting and Kid Stuff" forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-parenting-and-kid-stuff-forum/575925)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-parenting-and-kid-stuff-forum/575925 "2011-03-30T23:13:56Z")
We’re getting a lot of threads on parenting issues these days. It would be handy if they were all in one place. Seems like a forum dedicated to such threads would see more action than a couple of other recently-inaugur… --- ## [Did your college dorms have any coed bathrooms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-college-dorms-have-any-coed-bathrooms/66180)
**Author:** [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2001, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-college-dorms-have-any-coed-bathrooms/66180 "2001-05-26T08:16:15Z")
I’ve never been in one or known a person whose dorm has one. But nearly every TV show depicting college life seems to have them, so someone out there in the real world must, too. Have any dopers out there been in a dorm… --- ## [spiteful neighbor driving me insane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiteful-neighbor-driving-me-insane/691540)
**Author:** [@Lizzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizzle)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiteful-neighbor-driving-me-insane/691540 "2014-06-30T04:11:11Z")
Six weeks ago, I was woken up at 2 a.m. by a very loud car engine on the street outside our bedroom window. That’s not that unusual. But the engine kept idling (very loudly) for four hours. At 6 a.m. I went outside and… --- ## [Did you like Green Acres?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-like-green-acres/782753)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-like-green-acres/782753 "2017-03-24T21:01:29Z")
I watched Petticoat Junction and the spin off Beverly Hillbillies. I never could enjoy Green Acres. It portrayed all the supporting characters as dumb and incompetent. A lot of humor could have been mined from a city s… --- ## [Replacement for Google Reader (will be shut down)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-google-reader-will-be-shut-down/652872)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-google-reader-will-be-shut-down/652872 "2013-08-05T00:38:34Z")
Google Reader to shut down with other services as part of second ‘spring cleaning’ So what replacements do you recommend? --- ## [Do you know what the Gra-Y (or Gray-Y) was? Were you a member?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-the-gra-y-or-gray-y-was-were-you-a-member/589860)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-the-gra-y-or-gray-y-was-were-you-a-member/589860 "2026-01-14T19:52:11Z")
Well? I’m not sure if it was a national organization or just local to upstate NY. But it looks like there was a chapter in Kauai. --- ## [NFL Week 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/510653)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2/510653 "2009-09-26T02:26:37Z")
\*\*Sunday, Sep. 20 \*\* Early Games \*\* KANSAS CITY 3 Oakland 38½ \*\* Both teams really outplayed expectations last week in losing efforts and now the question is which was authentic and which was a result of a stum… --- ## [Is my memory faulty? A Bill Cosby question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-memory-faulty-a-bill-cosby-question/515057)
**Author:** [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-memory-faulty-a-bill-cosby-question/515057 "2013-09-29T06:59:23Z")
I have a memory floating around in my head of listening to a radio comedy show sometime in the mid-eighties, and they played a clip of Bill Cosby talking about Jock Itch. He was saying that Jock Itch was better than a w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=894&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=896&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)