# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=915&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:** 916 --- ## [What's the legal penalty if any for spitting on the president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-legal-penalty-if-any-for-spitting-on-the-president/371886)
**Author:** [@oy\_vay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oy_vay)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-legal-penalty-if-any-for-spitting-on-the-president/371886 "2006-10-07T18:32:23Z")
To avoid a political argument lets say I wanted to reanimate Groover Cleveland, get him reelected, and spit on him. What’s the worst that could happen, based on past spittings what is likely to happen, and would any rec… --- ## [White America doesn't understand democracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-doesnt-understand-democracy/824169)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-doesnt-understand-democracy/824169 "2018-12-15T18:32:36Z")
Seriously, it’s obvious beyond belief that white America has this cartoonish understanding of what democracy really is. I think the only people who understand democracy in America are people who’ve been denied it, people… --- ## [How to help your child stop making careless errors in math?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-help-your-child-stop-making-careless-errors-in-math/242907)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-help-your-child-stop-making-careless-errors-in-math/242907 "2004-05-03T04:40:19Z")
Fortunately my oldest child, who is now in 4th grade, has never had much trouble understanding math concepts and procedures. But, she does make a lot of careless errors, probably about the average number for her age. I… --- ## [Is there anything that is truly odorless?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-that-is-truly-odorless/694695)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-that-is-truly-odorless/694695 "2014-08-06T07:10:06Z")
Is there anything that is truly odorless? --- ## [Jesus Bricker, you just can't stop, can you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-bricker-you-just-cant-stop-can-you/410839)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-bricker-you-just-cant-stop-can-you/410839 "2007-07-10T05:45:13Z")
You are physically incapable of getting the fuck out of your own way, aren’t you? Bad enough you are The Official Legal Voice Of All Of The Americas No Matter What The Jurisdiction. Now you feel the need to come sailing… --- ## [100% rock hard facts about nutrition and longevity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-rock-hard-facts-about-nutrition-and-longevity/694779)
**Author:** [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-rock-hard-facts-about-nutrition-and-longevity/694779 "2014-08-07T00:52:54Z")
Suppose you want to live long, and are willing to adjust your diet to accomplish that. What should you eat / not eat? Of course everyone has their pet theories, but what I’m interested here is only the stuff that is 100… --- ## [Lip and Nipple Color (Perhaps TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636)
**Author:** [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-and-nipple-color-perhaps-tmi/291636 "2005-02-27T16:51:37Z")
I’m not quite sure how to phrase this question. My lips, sans lipstick, and my nipples/areola are the same color. I had assumed the same was true for every woman, but tonight my husband seemed bewildered by the concept… --- ## [Land's End to John O' Groats driving-how long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lands-end-to-john-o-groats-driving-how-long/507299)
**Author:** [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lands-end-to-john-o-groats-driving-how-long/507299 "2009-08-24T17:52:19Z")
I’m considering making the drive from Land’s End to John O’ Groats over the weekend after the next bank holiday. Being an American, that’s a long weekend for me. Would it be feasible to do over a 4 day weekend? Google Ma… --- ## [The US often accuses other countries of using revisionist history books. How accurate are our own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-often-accuses-other-countries-of-using-revisionist-history-books-how-accurate-are-our-own/498977)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-often-accuses-other-countries-of-using-revisionist-history-books-how-accurate-are-our-own/498977 "2009-06-14T16:08:46Z")
The US sometimes makes a point of accusing other countries of promoting revisionist history by using history books in their primary and secondary schools that scrubs out their misdeeds. It seems the older I get the more … --- ## [The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-70th-annual-golden-globe-awards/647115)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-70th-annual-golden-globe-awards/647115 "2013-01-15T13:52:32Z")
We’ll see how Tina Fey and Amy Poehler do as hosts. --- ## [What Are You Reading Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-now/104270)
**Author:** [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-now/104270 "2003-04-08T05:04:52Z")
Fiction, non-fiction, what are you reading? I’d like some suggestions. Right now I am starting on “Bird By Bird” by Anne Lamott. --- ## [That poor Velociraptor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259 "2011-09-03T14:27:21Z")
We’re watching Jurassic Park (Holy Crap. 18 years old!) The kids are in the kitchen, the raptor follows the kidlet into the freezer, and they lock the critter in and PIN the door. ugh, starvation. Bummer way to go. … --- ## [And a Crappy New Year! (January Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-crappy-new-year-january-mini-rants/957024)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-crappy-new-year-january-mini-rants/957024 "2022-02-01T16:20:30Z")
It’s still December 2021 for a few hours for me, but I know it’s 2022 for many Dopers so let’s get this started. We thought 2020 sucked, with a pandemic popping in, and looked forward to 2021. But that year started wit… --- ## [How fast can the Incredible Hulk run?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-the-incredible-hulk-run/591875)
**Author:** [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-the-incredible-hulk-run/591875 "2011-08-09T14:21:42Z")
let’s say he was at the bonneville salt flats and he had the motivation to run as fast as he can. we know that the likes of blue flame and budweiser rocket can touch the speed of sound while remaining earth-bound. how fa… --- ## [Ask the Libertarian Objectivist Christian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-libertarian-objectivist-christian/23130)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-libertarian-objectivist-christian/23130 "2000-07-06T14:55:50Z")
I suppose it was inevitable. --- ## [Things that were better back then.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-were-better-back-then/401848)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-were-better-back-then/401848 "2007-05-04T02:57:32Z")
CNN Headline News. It was exactly what the name says- The headlines, 24/7. I never thought I would get all nostalgic for a freaking cable channel, but damn have things changed for the worse. Oh, it was easy, they did… --- ## [What do "Cool" People talk about ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cool-people-talk-about/225075)
**Author:** [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cool-people-talk-about/225075 "2004-01-27T16:24:35Z")
In this thread : URL=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=235242\]Nerd / Geek - which is worse? … They say this about nerds: I have been accused of being nerdish... so please would the few "cool" people… --- ## [What is up with John McCain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-john-mccain/562751)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-john-mccain/562751 "2010-12-06T22:24:55Z")
Particularly in regards to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? He has never been any kind of social conservative activist. Up until the late stages of the 2008 Presidential campaign he remained a moderate Republican. He has always… --- ## [Animals that can swallow whole humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-that-can-swallow-whole-humans/290484)
**Author:** [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2023, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-that-can-swallow-whole-humans/290484 "2023-11-04T07:17:26Z")
Inspired by this thread: which animals, if any, definitely have a throat large enough to swallow a human whole? I wouldn’t think there’d be too awfully many left… --- ## [Domino's Pizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-pizza/785031)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominos-pizza/785031 "2017-04-28T09:43:33Z")
I never, ever order pizza. This weekend I’m dog sitting for a friend. I ordered pizza and to say I was disappointed is a complete understatement. Upon completing my on-line order I was asked if I wanted extra cheese f… --- ## [First the Catholic Church. Then Penn State. Now the Boy Scouts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-the-catholic-church-then-penn-state-now-the-boy-scouts/634935)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-the-catholic-church-then-penn-state-now-the-boy-scouts/634935 "2018-12-14T05:35:17Z")
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/16/us-usa-boyscouts-abuse-idUSBRE88F0IN20120916?irpc=932 Dammit! I’m now forced to believe that this shit goes on all the time and everyone covers it up. Un-fucking-believable. O… --- ## [From a legal POV, can the republicans just leave the supreme court seat vacant until 2021+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-legal-pov-can-the-republicans-just-leave-the-supreme-court-seat-vacant-until-2021/746950)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-legal-pov-can-the-republicans-just-leave-the-supreme-court-seat-vacant-until-2021/746950 "2016-03-04T19:11:16Z")
Lets say they hold steadfast to their idea that we should wait until the next election (which is code for lets wait until we have a republican president) and Hillary or Bernie wins in 2016. Can republicans just leave th… --- ## [The TubaDiva Memorial Tuba Fund campaign is now underway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233 "2021-05-16T06:47:16Z")
The TubaDiva Memorial Tuba Fund is now accepting donations. Our goal is to raise enough money to purchase a tuba for an Atlanta-area high school band department as a memorial to the late Jenny “TubaDiva” Paradis, longtim… --- ## [Wanted. Historical figures i can plausibly attribute superpowers too.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-historical-figures-i-can-plausibly-attribute-superpowers-too/466195)
**Author:** [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-historical-figures-i-can-plausibly-attribute-superpowers-too/466195 "2013-11-21T20:10:30Z")
So, i’m writing the background for my next RPG game. We take turns GM’ing. I’m up next month. It’s going to use the GOLDEN HEROES superhero rules. The background is a world whose history has followed our own. It’s set in… --- ## [Question about Cologuard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cologuard/925339)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cologuard/925339 "2022-03-29T16:09:55Z")
I’m a few months overdue for my first screening colonoscopy. Doing my best to avoid COVID exposure, so my doc agreed that since I was low risk, I could use the Cologuard at-home test. He ordered it for me, it arrived la… --- ## [Salt for Gentiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-for-gentiles/488669)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-for-gentiles/488669 "2009-03-15T19:10:44Z")
Oy vey. --- ## [What big celebrities live in surprisingly "out of the way" places?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134)
**Author:** [@Salad\_Smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salad_Smell)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134 "2016-02-15T06:10:04Z")
And I don’t just mean “has a house in…” but actually spends most of their domestic time there? Morgan Freeman somewhat famously lives in Mississippi, way away from Hollywood, though he’s in five or six films a year. I’v… --- ## [Let's talk Ammo. Good Target brands and how to interpret the specs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-ammo-good-target-brands-and-how-to-interpret-the-specs/613208)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-ammo-good-target-brands-and-how-to-interpret-the-specs/613208 "2012-02-18T11:16:24Z")
Since we’re on a gun discussion this week. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Pull up a chair and lets talk Ammo. I’ve never fully understood all the various Specs. I know FMJ is Full Metal Jacket and IRT is Indoor Range Target. So… --- ## [Will someone more well-versed in assorted sexual practices help me out with this puzzler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-more-well-versed-in-assorted-sexual-practices-help-me-out-with-this-puzzler/603858)
**Author:** [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-more-well-versed-in-assorted-sexual-practices-help-me-out-with-this-puzzler/603858 "2011-11-29T07:25:29Z")
(I had no idea what forum to put this in by the way. Move away if inclined.) So, a young artist I’m a fan of is known for his squeaky-clean image. He’s going around promoting his current album and inexplicably ends up… --- ## [Is there alcohol at your family gatherings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-alcohol-at-your-family-gatherings/784661)
**Author:** [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-alcohol-at-your-family-gatherings/784661 "2017-04-23T00:58:59Z")
Inspired by this thread, I just thought I’d ask. If so, what do you have? Beer? Wine? Liquor? When I was growing up, most holidays were spent with my mom’s side of the family, where my great-aunt and great-uncle (hardco… --- ## [Whatever happened to "Jenny", the GIFFY girl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-jenny-the-giffy-girl/201099)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-jenny-the-giffy-girl/201099 "2012-01-26T08:55:21Z")
Back before the internet was around, people used to use BBS’s to exchange pictures. I remember a series of pictures where the girl was named “Jenny” and she was one of the GIFFY girls. If I remember correctly, GIFFY wa… --- ## [Books or book series most consider "guilty pleasures"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-or-book-series-most-consider-guilty-pleasures/704385)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-or-book-series-most-consider-guilty-pleasures/704385 "2015-09-22T06:40:34Z")
Do you like to read certain authors, or types of books, that you are afraid others would look down at you for? Harlequin romances, genre mysteries(lots of cooks!), you name it. We’re all anonymous here, c’mon, fess up. … --- ## [Cartoon Strip Blondie: is she a D-cup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-strip-blondie-is-she-a-d-cup/282041)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-strip-blondie-is-she-a-d-cup/282041 "2005-01-01T14:34:47Z")
I haven’t looked at this strip in years; looking today I said to myself, that’s quite a chest. So are my eyes deceiving me or is Mrs. Bumstead blessed with D cups? Certainly at least a C cup? --- ## [Real headlines related to trump and his enablers that sound like made-up 'The Onion'-style joke headlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-headlines-related-to-trump-and-his-enablers-that-sound-like-made-up-the-onion-style-joke-headlines/991652)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-headlines-related-to-trump-and-his-enablers-that-sound-like-made-up-the-onion-style-joke-headlines/991652 "2025-08-14T13:08:53Z")
In the ‘Schadenfreude’ thread I said this: To which @Rebo replied: So, by overwhelming popular demand of one poster, here it is! The rules are simple: post one or more headlines of real, non-satirical articles from r… --- ## [What is the word for the male equivalent of a "fag hag?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-word-for-the-male-equivalent-of-a-fag-hag/626756)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-word-for-the-male-equivalent-of-a-fag-hag/626756 "2012-07-01T13:04:37Z")
A fag hag–I’m not sure it is as offensive as it sounds, what with two offensive words concatenated–is more or less a (usually) older woman who, for various reasons–but not sexual ones–likes to have blithe young things in… --- ## ["Liberty Movement" (Ron Paul followers) asserts that it's in the conservative driver's seat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberty-movement-ron-paul-followers-asserts-that-its-in-the-conservative-drivers-seat/643528)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberty-movement-ron-paul-followers-asserts-that-its-in-the-conservative-drivers-seat/643528 "2012-12-11T18:30:05Z")
Most of this somewhat turgid article says the GOP POTUS campaign loss happened because the GOP was not hardcore enough and the true believers it needed walked away. It ends by asserting that the GOP needs them desperate… --- ## [Amazon seller protection, again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-seller-protection-again/643347)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-seller-protection-again/643347 "2012-12-12T22:11:43Z")
So I bought a junior member of the household a Tracfone for their first cel phone. Amazon had the best prices, through a seller named shopcelldeals. The phone, a microSD card and a minutes card all came from the same sel… --- ## [The Order of the Stick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454 "2008-01-03T16:16:08Z")
First off, if you haven’t read it already, it’s a really good webcomic. Start reading and catch up. Check out Erfworld also at the same site. If you have been reading the webcomic, you should also be reading the books. S… --- ## [Mangle a term from the sciences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangle-a-term-from-the-sciences/916956)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 373\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangle-a-term-from-the-sciences/916956 "2021-04-05T00:28:34Z")
Okay, so with the change of hosts I finally stumbled across that old thread and was amazed and amused by the entries that I missed in the month it survived after I forgot about it. And I had always planned (maybe even … --- ## [Do you have to take your wedding band off through airport security?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-take-your-wedding-band-off-through-airport-security/589706)
**Author:** [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-take-your-wedding-band-off-through-airport-security/589706 "2011-07-20T19:48:49Z")
This is more of a GQ actually, but I thought this forum would leave more room for anecdotes. I take my watch off, but I don’t think I’ve travelled with any other metal jewellery in several years. As a teenager, I had so… --- ## [Are kids wearing hoodies to look tough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-wearing-hoodies-to-look-tough/242477)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-wearing-hoodies-to-look-tough/242477 "2016-12-02T18:13:30Z")
I was amazed to see a kid wearing a hooded sweatshirt yesterday. If memory serves he didn’t have it zipped, but he did have the hood up. And we were having record high temperatures in the area. It was about 6PM, and… --- ## [Question for straight men regarding homophobia.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-straight-men-regarding-homophobia/532602)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-straight-men-regarding-homophobia/532602 "2010-03-21T01:24:32Z")
This came up in another part of the internet I frequent, and I’m curious to know what you guys think. I’m aware this is not a scientific poll, and that Dopers tend to lean leftward, I just want some outside perspectives… --- ## [Milk and back pain, can somebody please explain this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-back-pain-can-somebody-please-explain-this/137857)
**Author:** [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-back-pain-can-somebody-please-explain-this/137857 "2013-12-18T12:24:07Z")
OK, I have suffered from chronic back pain for a good long while- we’re talking spine pain, I have some degeneration, and an impaction injury to my lumbar area- forced me to drop out of my Middle Eastern Dance Class, wh… --- ## [NYC MegaDopefest Schedule – Jan. 2-5, 2003 – Please check in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-megadopefest-schedule-jan-2-5-2003-please-check-in/144281)
**Author:** [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-megadopefest-schedule-jan-2-5-2003-please-check-in/144281 "2003-01-05T23:34:09Z")
The NYC MegaDopefest Planning Committee is pleased to announce the final (as of now) schedule for the MegaDopefest. For all those planning to attend (or who are listed as attending but will not), please post in this thr… --- ## [Oh, that poor McDonald's actor . . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-that-poor-mcdonalds-actor/605127)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-that-poor-mcdonalds-actor/605127 "2011-12-08T12:02:27Z")
The commercial is so badly written and ham-handed that I would ordinarily lunge for the remote and mute it, but I am frozen with pity for that poor young actor, who probably went to acting school and had to… --- ## [Baseball: If the Home-Run Hitter Can't Make It Around the Bases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-if-the-home-run-hitter-cant-make-it-around-the-bases/409974)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-if-the-home-run-hitter-cant-make-it-around-the-bases/409974 "2007-07-06T00:58:18Z")
Not that this is ever likely to happen in a MLB game, but what do the rules say about the unlikely event that a batter hits a home run but is unable to make his way around the bases? For example: he trips and breaks his … --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' Thread - November 2015 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417 "2020-07-06T22:45:05Z")
Forgive me for usurping this, but no one has started one yet. For Halloween I finally obtained and read Dracula – The Ultimate, Illustrated Edition of the World’s Most Famous Vampire Play, edited and annotated by David … --- ## [Hugely Successful TV Shows that had terrible ratings at first; Hit shows that were cancelled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugely-successful-tv-shows-that-had-terrible-ratings-at-first-hit-shows-that-were-cancelled/505688)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugely-successful-tv-shows-that-had-terrible-ratings-at-first-hit-shows-that-were-cancelled/505688 "2009-08-12T04:45:58Z")
Cheers! is the only example I can think of; for the first few weeks it was actually dead last in the rankings for network TV (77 out of 77) and only survived cancellation because they had nothing to replace it with that … --- ## [First aid - Can Purell replace rubbing alcohol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-aid-can-purell-replace-rubbing-alcohol/590408)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-aid-can-purell-replace-rubbing-alcohol/590408 "2011-07-27T04:55:33Z")
First aid for minor cuts, scratches, abrasions or bug bites usually involved cotton balls and a bottle of 70% Isopropyl rubbing alcohol. Is it ok to squirt Purell onto the wound instead? Is there any reason to buy Isop… --- ## [Kari Byron from Mythbusters pregnant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kari-byron-from-mythbusters-pregnant/488009)
**Author:** [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kari-byron-from-mythbusters-pregnant/488009 "2009-04-09T22:22:31Z")
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.html And, from the looks of things, she’s quite far along, too. Doesn’t say when she’s due, as far as I could find. I think it’s soon, though. Congratulations… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=914&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=916&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)