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**Author:** [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-hard-cider/597938 "2017-05-22T04:52:27Z")
Years ago you could just buy fresh apple cider and let it age in the fridge, after a week or two the jug would swell and the cider had a nice tang to it. I was told the wild yeasts present on the apples were responsible … --- ## [Give unreliable travel advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-unreliable-travel-advice/946920)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-unreliable-travel-advice/946920 "2021-12-29T12:54:34Z")
In this thread, you are asked to give sketchy travel advice. Thus, for your visit to Canada: Canadians love to hear your ideas for how they can improve things by making them more American. Refer specifically to Trum… --- ## [There May be rants (monthly mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-may-be-rants-monthly-mini-rants/983429)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-may-be-rants-monthly-mini-rants/983429 "2023-06-05T13:53:46Z")
This is truly a mini rant. I ran out of the body wash I use, and for some reason I didn’t have my usual next bottle ready. (I’m typically good at stocking up, I even order stuff like that on a subscription through Amaz… --- ## [What is the difference between unemployment compensation and Welfare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-unemployment-compensation-and-welfare/603396)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-unemployment-compensation-and-welfare/603396 "2011-11-20T20:19:22Z")
It seems that they are very similar. However, it is to my understanding that in Welfare you cannot own and/or have any assets. Is this correct? If not, what are the fundamental differences between the two? --- ## [Rockford Files...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockford-files/510411)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockford-files/510411 "2016-03-27T15:12:37Z")
After all the retro-movie gigs, we really need a Rockford movie. I loved the series as a teenager. Rockfish fans unite!!! Who would play Jim and Rocky and Angel? --- ## [A Movie So Bad You Get Up And Walked Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-so-bad-you-get-up-and-walked-out/468484)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-so-bad-you-get-up-and-walked-out/468484 "2008-10-21T03:22:46Z")
Yesterday I checked out the DVD of the movie “The Honeymooners” and it was so bad and dull I couldn’t watch it. And it got me to wondering… I’ve never actually went to a theatre and saw a movie that was so bad I had to … --- ## [Bush/Cheney Simulpeachment: to Pre-Empt a War With Iran (or whoever)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-cheney-simulpeachment-to-pre-empt-a-war-with-iran-or-whoever/390654)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-cheney-simulpeachment-to-pre-empt-a-war-with-iran-or-whoever/390654 "2007-02-18T17:17:39Z")
Two loose cannons running the country. We’re stuck with them for another 23.6 months. Could they get us into another war, even over the objections of Congress? Sure they could. It’s time for a pre-emptive strike. An… --- ## [Youth Football League Enforces “Mercy” Rule with Fines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youth-football-league-enforces-mercy-rule-with-fines/669605)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youth-football-league-enforces-mercy-rule-with-fines/669605 "2013-09-30T01:41:15Z")
Story here: “the Northern California Federation Youth Football League (NCFYFL) instituted stiff new penalties for any teams that beat opponents by 35 points or more. Specifically, those teams will be fined $200 and thei… --- ## [Come on in, the water's warMMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675 "2018-01-08T03:49:48Z")
Today is one of my favorite days of the year; later today, I’ll head down South\[sup\]\*\[/sup\] for what is usually fun & frolic in the Atlantic Ocean. The water will be warm\[sup\]\*\*\[/sup\] despite losing 3° in the past coupl… --- ## [The US is stingy? WTF???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-is-stingy-wtf/281922)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-is-stingy-wtf/281922 "2005-01-01T20:21:03Z")
The UN official is calling the US contribution of $15 million to relief efforts for the tsunami stingy, and suggest taxes to raised, since US citizens “want to give more.” No shit, Sherlock. That’s why phones are ringi… --- ## [Is it necessary to prime drywall before painting it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-necessary-to-prime-drywall-before-painting-it/231108)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-necessary-to-prime-drywall-before-painting-it/231108 "2004-02-27T03:52:03Z")
We’re finishing part of our basement, and in an effort to save a little money we’re doing some of the less demanding work ourselves – mainly insulating and painting. Once the drywall is hung and mudded and ready to pain… --- ## [I HATE Wikipedia editors who...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-wikipedia-editors-who/490643)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-wikipedia-editors-who/490643 "2009-04-02T12:02:12Z")
write passages like this one: \[QUOTE=some nincompoop who evidently slept through Freshman Comp\] Crucifixion (from Latin crucifixio, noun of process from perfect passive participle crucifixus, fixed to a cross, from pre… --- ## ["Rare" episodes of syndicated reruns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-episodes-of-syndicated-reruns/320442)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-episodes-of-syndicated-reruns/320442 "2013-04-04T00:19:55Z")
The recent Gilligan’s Island thread got me trying to remember every episode I’d ever seen of it, and I had a sudden realization: There are a couple of episodes from the B&W first season that I’ve seen maybe twice in my e… --- ## [As I’ve said before, this war will only end when NATO troops deploy openly in Ukraine, and not before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-ve-said-before-this-war-will-only-end-when-nato-troops-deploy-openly-in-ukraine-and-not-before/983366)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-ve-said-before-this-war-will-only-end-when-nato-troops-deploy-openly-in-ukraine-and-not-before/983366 "2023-07-14T22:04:59Z")
As I’ve said before, this war will only end when NATO troops deploy openly in Ukraine, and not before. They could be there to fight, they could be there to guarantee a peace agreement - it doesn’t matter. Until they arri… --- ## [Hot Stove for Baseball talk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-stove-for-baseball-talk/379768)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-stove-for-baseball-talk/379768 "2007-01-21T18:01:03Z")
I would suggest we post the rumors we are following and discuss. At this early point I am only up on Yankee stuff. The Matsuzaka bidding is complete and will be review Friday. So we should know by next Monday which tea… --- ## [Recommend me some utopian and dystopian fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-utopian-and-dystopian-fiction/556769)
**Author:** [@Neverending\_Elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverending_Elbow)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-utopian-and-dystopian-fiction/556769 "2010-10-21T14:24:32Z")
Pretty much it’s all there in the title. I have read some old things for English class (17th and 18th century), and have read some Brave New World and 1984, and now I want to see what other 20th and 21st century writers… --- ## [I need free (or nearly so) gift ideas for my kids for Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-free-or-nearly-so-gift-ideas-for-my-kids-for-christmas/562312)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-free-or-nearly-so-gift-ideas-for-my-kids-for-christmas/562312 "2010-12-18T16:10:12Z")
I’m in a quandary. The business deal that’s, according to the lawyers, “going to be a done deal any day now” has been that way for over a year. We’ve been scraping by on selling our things online and eating lots of beans… --- ## [Books that made you cry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-made-you-cry/637737)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-made-you-cry/637737 "2012-10-19T12:40:49Z")
From this thread, but in book form. What books made you cry–just a little teary, or full blown “can’t see the pages” crying? I’ll start. The two that immediately came to mind are… The Kite Runner. Sobbing in places … --- ## [How will Globalization affect my standard of living?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-globalization-affect-my-standard-of-living/307811)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-globalization-affect-my-standard-of-living/307811 "2005-06-17T22:33:38Z")
From what I’ve heard, & read on this Board, many Americans are going to see their standards of living fall in the next few years, due to Globalization. Right wing pundits yammer about a “culture of entitlement”, when I … --- ## [The Big Bang Theory 10/4-- The Decoupling Flucutation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735 "2012-10-11T19:51:42Z")
Sheldon once again has to keep a secret when he learns Leonard and Penny are going to break up. Howard keeps getting teased by his fellow astronauts in space. --- ## [Girlfriend emotionally attached?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-emotionally-attached/678770)
**Author:** [@Ironed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ironed)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-emotionally-attached/678770 "2014-02-12T07:42:32Z")
Hi guys, this is a long one but I would appreciate any feedback. My girlfriend and I have been together for a little over a year. Her ex-boyfriend lives overseas and I know that they text/FB message occasionally. Her ex… --- ## [Jackie Kennedy during assassination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackie-kennedy-during-assassination/577359)
**Author:** [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2011, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackie-kennedy-during-assassination/577359 "2011-04-08T11:41:36Z")
In the video of JFK’s assassination, I’m surprised by Jackie’s reaction. I would think that upon his head getting hit and the spattering of blood, she would recoil in terror, cover mouth with hands and scre… --- ## [Help me with a song tittle - sounds like the Bee Gees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-song-tittle-sounds-like-the-bee-gees/409383)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-song-tittle-sounds-like-the-bee-gees/409383 "2017-11-26T23:23:28Z")
A co-worker is looking for a song title - it’s a sad song - talks a lot about Time. She shays it either is, or sounds liek the Bee Gees - it’s definitely a “golden oldie”. I know this isn’t a lot to go on, any help is w… --- ## [How close are lobsters and cockroaches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-lobsters-and-cockroaches/818176)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-lobsters-and-cockroaches/818176 "2020-06-06T14:16:00Z")
Watching someone eat crab legs, it struck me that if I saw a movie where a different species ate something like that, I’d be disgusted by their eating chunks of giant bugs. So, are lobsters pretty much giant sea cockroa… --- ## [Does Occupy "Pepper Spray cop" deserve 38 K worker's compensation claim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-occupy-pepper-spray-cop-deserve-38-k-workers-compensation-claim/672180)
**Author:** [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-occupy-pepper-spray-cop-deserve-38-k-workers-compensation-claim/672180 "2013-10-31T17:47:53Z")
I’m sure you all remember the video of the UC cop, Lt. Pike, spraying various protestors with pepper spray. He was just awarded by a judge a $38,000 settlement in a worker’s compensation claim for all the stress the inc… --- ## [Is there a baseball or basketball term equivalent to football's "Hail Mary"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-baseball-or-basketball-term-equivalent-to-footballs-hail-mary/525109)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-baseball-or-basketball-term-equivalent-to-footballs-hail-mary/525109 "2010-01-22T16:29:10Z")
As I understand it, a Hail Mary is a play in football when a team in danger of losing in the final seconds of a game makes a desperate, do-or-die attempt to score. Is there an equivalent term in baseball or basketball? … --- ## [Friends mom is furious because her adult friend gave her son pasta with red wine in the sauce should she of asked first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-mom-is-furious-because-her-adult-friend-gave-her-son-pasta-with-red-wine-in-the-sauce-should-she-of-asked-first/980647)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-mom-is-furious-because-her-adult-friend-gave-her-son-pasta-with-red-wine-in-the-sauce-should-she-of-asked-first/980647 "2023-05-27T01:45:51Z")
apparently the friend was babysitting and the kid wanted pasta for red sauce that had red wine in it … and it caused a stir should she of asked first ? I know they have jarred pasta sauce made with red wine … --- ## [Did Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker CAUSE the deficits he is gnashing his teeth about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-cause-the-deficits-he-is-gnashing-his-teeth-about/571833)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-cause-the-deficits-he-is-gnashing-his-teeth-about/571833 "2011-02-21T21:57:56Z")
I keep seeing comments on news stories and other forums that, while Wisconsin is $137M in debt, Governor Scott Walker actually gave away $140M shortly after taking office, to lobbyists and the corporate backers who suppo… --- ## [Can you get into graduate school if your undergrad GPA was bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-into-graduate-school-if-your-undergrad-gpa-was-bad/345173)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-into-graduate-school-if-your-undergrad-gpa-was-bad/345173 "2006-02-20T17:03:46Z")
Recently I’ve been thinking a little bit about going back to school. To be honest, the chances of me actually doing it are probably pretty slim, but I’m at least a little interested in exploring the possibility. I real… --- ## [So. Are humans apes or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-humans-apes-or-not/650526)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-humans-apes-or-not/650526 "2013-02-23T04:13:04Z")
I was all smug in my apeness. I loved to get the opportunity to outsmug the next smugnuts… Dummy: “If we are evolved from apes, how come there are still apes?!” Smugnuts: “Well, actually, we aren’t evolved from apes…… --- ## [50 tough books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-tough-books/673126)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-tough-books/673126 "2013-11-15T20:32:49Z")
A site called Flavorwire has a list of books that are rough reads. The phrase “not for the casual reader” comes up. As you might expect, it’s a funny, subjective list. It’s also a fairly accessible list, considering the … --- ## [Hypothetical Question for People Who Vote Dem: Heterosexual Pill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-question-for-people-who-vote-dem-heterosexual-pill/629790)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-question-for-people-who-vote-dem-heterosexual-pill/629790 "2012-08-08T16:30:56Z")
I was just having a conversation with a friend who told me I was nuts for thinking my cohorts who generally support/vote-for the Democratic or Green Parties would answer this question the way I think they will, so I’d ap… --- ## [Good hot sauces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hot-sauces/721926)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hot-sauces/721926 "2015-11-21T00:10:31Z")
Looking for sauces that are widely available in the US. Like most people I know about Texas Pete and Tabasco and Sriracha . --- ## [So Where Are the Erotic Romance Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-erotic-romance-movies/689382)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-are-the-erotic-romance-movies/689382 "2014-06-01T18:03:41Z")
“Fifty Shades of Gray” sold 70 million copies last year. It was such a huge publishing phenomenon that in the words of one traditional publisher, it “distorted the entire adult (i.e., books that are not written for chid… --- ## [Nudity in American Animation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudity-in-american-animation/396386)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudity-in-american-animation/396386 "2007-03-21T14:04:13Z")
I’m currently watching Hellboy: Blood and Iron on cartoon network. While it seems to take pains to mimic Mignola’s style of drawing, it certainly takes liberties with both character design and occasionally plot. I’ve not… --- ## [Gear or Shat Driven Overhead camshaft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gear-or-shat-driven-overhead-camshaft/738910)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gear-or-shat-driven-overhead-camshaft/738910 "2015-12-07T01:05:54Z")
OHC engines are popular, because they make the operation of the valves efficient. However, driving the camshafts presents problems-you can use a chain or a belt, but either can slip or break. has anyone designed an engin… --- ## [Why do towed trailers sway back and forth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-towed-trailers-sway-back-and-forth/410586)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-towed-trailers-sway-back-and-forth/410586 "2007-07-06T15:34:57Z")
I have noticed that trailers – e.g., U-Haul types or those carrying boats –tend, at highway speeds, to sway back and forth behind the cars towing them. Surely the swaying is obvious to the driver. What causes this phen… --- ## [TNG: Why is the Q Continuum so shiftless?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tng-why-is-the-q-continuum-so-shiftless/647414)
**Author:** [@trabajabamos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trabajabamos)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tng-why-is-the-q-continuum-so-shiftless/647414 "2013-01-18T05:32:44Z")
I’ve been re-watching Star Trek: The Next Generation and something occurred to me… The Q Continuum, most notably represented by a puckish John de Lancie as the character “Q”, are seemingly omnipotent beings that exist … --- ## [Straight guys and receptive anal sex (possible TMI poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-guys-and-receptive-anal-sex-possible-tmi-poll/321284)
**Author:** [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-guys-and-receptive-anal-sex-possible-tmi-poll/321284 "2005-09-15T23:36:16Z")
I am starting this thread in an attempt not to hijack this thread. As mentioned in this post, straight guys tend to have a very strong attitude against anything entering their anus. So, I’m asking: is this a physically… --- ## [How hard is it to get a job with an airline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-get-a-job-with-an-airline/654981)
**Author:** [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-get-a-job-with-an-airline/654981 "2013-04-11T01:47:31Z")
I am not willing to be a flight attendant. (Too much travel and too much a whole bunch of other stuff I’m not gonna do. I admire them.) But I would love to have flight benefits (who wouldn’t?). I have been thinking abou… --- ## [why can't you buy an "empty laptop" to build your own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-you-buy-an-empty-laptop-to-build-your-own/250254)
**Author:** [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-you-buy-an-empty-laptop-to-build-your-own/250254 "2004-06-18T16:11:27Z")
Everyone knows it’s cheaper and better to buy an empty PC tower and your own components and put together a system from scratch than it is to buy a pre-made one. Why can’t you do this with laptops? Why don’t you see empt… --- ## [Oak's NFL Fantasy League 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2013/664061 "2013-12-29T03:17:59Z")
Yahoo leagues are available for signups now. I’ve just renewed the league, and invited everyone from last year to join. For now, we’re keeping the same rules we had last year, but proposed changes are open to discussio… --- ## [What is this duck doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-duck-doing/492934)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-duck-doing/492934 "2009-04-16T17:24:22Z")
On Saturday, a hawk killed a female duck out behind our house. My wife opened the back door and the hawk flew off, leaving the carcass. Soon after, a male duck came by. At first we thought he began eating the body, bu… --- ## [South Carolina boy arrested for threatening his school with a dinosaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-boy-arrested-for-threatening-his-school-with-a-dinosaur/696201)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-boy-arrested-for-threatening-his-school-with-a-dinosaur/696201 "2014-08-24T13:34:57Z")
Article here: Police, lawyer release statements on student's alleged dinosaur killing I, for one, am outraged – if stegosauruses are outlawed, only outlaws will have stegosauruses! :mad: --- ## [John McCain is dead: Let's discuss his legacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-dead-lets-discuss-his-legacy/820282)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-dead-lets-discuss-his-legacy/820282 "2018-09-05T19:28:04Z")
The BBC has just reported that John McCain is dead. There’s a lot of bad things to be said about the former Senator. But, I’ll back off for now and thank him for the vote against dismantling the Affordable Care Act as we… --- ## [World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth general discussion thread 17 July 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-battle-for-azeroth-general-discussion-thread-17-july-2018/818072)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-battle-for-azeroth-general-discussion-thread-17-july-2018/818072 "2019-12-04T19:37:28Z")
Previous expansion thread: World of Warcraft: Legion general discussion thread 19 July 2016 So Patch 8.0.1 goes live in a few hours and here we are with another new xpac and another new thread! :smiley: I think the P… --- ## [Political Compass #29: Marijuana should be legalised.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-29-marijuana-should-be-legalised/252163)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-29-marijuana-should-be-legalised/252163 "2004-07-25T04:35:13Z")
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… --- ## [What kind of defenses do cruise ships have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-defenses-do-cruise-ships-have/416467)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-defenses-do-cruise-ships-have/416467 "2007-08-27T03:28:11Z")
I’m sure they have what amounts to some sort of armed security force on board. To break up drunken brawls, escalated disputes at the buffet, poker games gone wrong, etc. But what about defenses in a larger sense, like b… --- ## [Klassy Kardashian Klan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klassy-kardashian-klan/653844)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klassy-kardashian-klan/653844 "2013-03-27T21:07:31Z")
On national TV they did this. Good Lord. --- ## [Do people from other cultures roll their eyes when annoyed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-from-other-cultures-roll-their-eyes-when-annoyed/715337)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-from-other-cultures-roll-their-eyes-when-annoyed/715337 "2015-03-24T14:07:03Z")
Or is that just an American phenomenon? Also, when and why did eye rolling become a way to express irritation? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=906&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=908&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)