# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=924&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:** 925 --- ## [Is it true you can freeze to death in a minute when its 60 below 0](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-you-can-freeze-to-death-in-a-minute-when-its-60-below-0/223785)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2004, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-you-can-freeze-to-death-in-a-minute-when-its-60-below-0/223785 "2004-01-12T11:11:12Z")
Dont know where i first heard this urban legend but supposedly if a person were to walk outside naked when it was 60 below they would freeze to death in a minute. is this possible? Also, can anyone show me a chart list… --- ## [Porn star Katie Morgan - genius or moron? Your opinion please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-star-katie-morgan-genius-or-moron-your-opinion-please/428082)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-star-katie-morgan-genius-or-moron-your-opinion-please/428082 "2007-11-29T22:37:53Z")
Up late last night with a head cold and caught another one of the endless Katie Morgan specials on HBO. This is the one where she was basically standing there totally naked while she narrates screen shots about the hist… --- ## [Speeding Tickets With Minor Defects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-tickets-with-minor-defects/487635)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2009, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-tickets-with-minor-defects/487635 "2009-05-27T08:45:36Z")
And I understand that there will be various jurisdictions and legislation involved about this. The query is- would a minor defect invalidate a speeding ticket? Here I am talking about if the officer put down the wrong t… --- ## [The Derrick Rose Situation. Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-derrick-rose-situation-opinions/704904)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-derrick-rose-situation-opinions/704904 "2015-03-06T01:17:04Z")
I’m not an NBA guy, but I’m a Chicago guy, and as such I’ve watched the Derrick Rose debacle unfold over the years with tangential interest. I won’t weigh in on the basketball aspect of this though, because I really don… --- ## [Get your damn Flu shot - A horror story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-damn-flu-shot-a-horror-story/750869)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-damn-flu-shot-a-horror-story/750869 "2016-04-05T18:21:13Z")
I’m an ICU nurse, and I want everybody to know how badly Influenza can fuck you up. 41 year old female gets the flu. “Infuenza A”. Presents to a small town ER in acute respiratory distress. While there, she codes wit… --- ## [What retro clothing would you like to see back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550 "2021-06-15T13:12:20Z")
Come Covid and everyone seems to be wearing sweat pants and Crocs. Comfortable and low maintenance. Even banking commercials are joking about not wearing pants. It won’t last forever. What previous clothing style wou… --- ## [Do us Canadians really have an accent to you Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-us-canadians-really-have-an-accent-to-you-americans/759837)
**Author:** [@Hoserted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoserted)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-us-canadians-really-have-an-accent-to-you-americans/759837 "2016-08-10T12:19:27Z")
Despite my screen name, I like to think I don’t sound that much like a Hoser and more like a sophisticated American news caster. But Americans seem to go on and on about Canadians having THIS accent and say “aboot”.What… --- ## [Couch-surfing kid, where do I go from here? \[long\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couch-surfing-kid-where-do-i-go-from-here-long/655960)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couch-surfing-kid-where-do-i-go-from-here-long/655960 "2014-03-10T04:12:21Z")
I seem to have acquired another teenager somehow. At my youngest’s high school is a boy who won the shitty-parent lottery. Their idea of parenting is feed 'em and ignore 'em until they can legally toss them onto the st… --- ## [Mysteries that defy conventional reality...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysteries-that-defy-conventional-reality/173903)
**Author:** [@SwimmingwithChickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingwithChickens)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysteries-that-defy-conventional-reality/173903 "2003-07-12T20:48:58Z")
I’m looking for websites or books that detail real mysterious phenomena; note the usage of the word real… The problem is I keep finding stuff like: “UFO’s abducted me and told me that lizard people are running the gove… --- ## [Thick, chunky toenails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thick-chunky-toenails/160027)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thick-chunky-toenails/160027 "2010-11-08T17:58:07Z")
What causes their development, and why don’t you see it as often, if at all, on fingernails? --- ## [A Question for Roman Catholics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-roman-catholics/566943)
**Author:** [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-roman-catholics/566943 "2011-02-13T20:29:48Z")
A woman I know, a member of the Southern Baptist Church, died recently. A member of her family refers to himself as a “Catholic minister.” She was kept unaware that he had become a Catholic because it would have been u… --- ## [You know you're getting old when...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-when/589930)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-when/589930 "2011-08-05T06:05:53Z")
…you’re in the store and you see a new washer and dryer and think to yourself, “Man, I so want that! It even has a steam setting!” … you have friends turning 30 (I’m 24) and think, “30’s not so bad.” … you’re looking a… --- ## [What is the actual world's oldest profession?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-actual-worlds-oldest-profession/377019)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2006, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-actual-worlds-oldest-profession/377019 "2006-10-23T06:02:37Z")
I always hear prostitution/hooker, but given that sex is a necessity it doesn’t count to me, which profession is the world’s oldest according to anthropologists? If it truly is prostitution, then what is the second oldes… --- ## [Have You Experienced Culture Shock Moving Within Your Own Country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-experienced-culture-shock-moving-within-your-own-country/947268)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-experienced-culture-shock-moving-within-your-own-country/947268 "2022-02-28T01:28:45Z")
I have. And I just moved one state over! I think, though, that the difference is more urban vs. rural than Illinois vs. Missouri (I lived in a city of 130,000 vs. a town of 800). Anyway, time is meaningless here. Someon… --- ## [how to hook up and old vcr to new television](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hook-up-and-old-vcr-to-new-television/521519)
**Author:** [@banjoDavid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/banjoDavid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-hook-up-and-old-vcr-to-new-television/521519 "2009-12-17T22:34:49Z")
My lady friend received a new Westinghouse flat screen tv as a gift. It has 2 video inputs, so hooking her dvd/vcr combo unit to play media works fine BUT, how to record? There are HDMI, SPIDIF, and usb connections on… --- ## [Metaphorical phrases that just irk you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metaphorical-phrases-that-just-irk-you/535932)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metaphorical-phrases-that-just-irk-you/535932 "2010-04-21T15:44:53Z")
I can’t stand the phrase “this music is making my ears cum” or something similar to that. My ears are not sexual. They do not have orgasms. They do not ejaculate semen. Just, no. No. I don’t like the phrase “kill two b… --- ## [How to avoid being bullied, as an adult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-being-bullied-as-an-adult/369350)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-being-bullied-as-an-adult/369350 "2006-08-24T08:37:05Z")
It’s one thing to be bullied as a child, it’s another to be when you are adult. I was bullied as a child, for a long period of time and again while in complusory national service (nope, talking to commanding officers doe… --- ## [Windows Vista - From Whiny 2-year-old to Snotty Teenager](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-from-whiny-2-year-old-to-snotty-teenager/392620)
**Author:** [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vista-from-whiny-2-year-old-to-snotty-teenager/392620 "2007-02-23T18:44:40Z")
Some of you have seen my XP post from a while back. . Now Windows has grown from a whiny toddler to an insolent teenager, and it’s time for a roast… Son, it’s time we had a talk. I know you’re into Linux and Mac OSX. … --- ## [My wife just accepted a job in California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-just-accepted-a-job-in-california/643610)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-just-accepted-a-job-in-california/643610 "2013-08-06T20:02:07Z")
And I’m kind of freaking out. It’s not a surprise. We’ve been talking about it for a long time, and it’s something she wants with all her heart. She makes better money than I do anyway, the job is a nice promotion, she … --- ## [Should US Supreme Court justices have lifetime tenure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-us-supreme-court-justices-have-lifetime-tenure/513554)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-us-supreme-court-justices-have-lifetime-tenure/513554 "2009-10-16T15:42:42Z")
For that matter, should any of Supremes have a lifetime appointment? When John Roberts was appointed Chief Justice a few years back, one of my brothers voiced an objection. It seemed inappropriate to him that Roberts i… --- ## [Tips for cooking hot peppers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-cooking-hot-peppers/591844)
**Author:** [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-cooking-hot-peppers/591844 "2011-08-08T12:51:14Z")
I absolutely love spicy food and will hopefully soon be picking up some hot peppers at the grocery store to cook with. (They have fresh jalapeños!) I thought I would ask a few questions here before jumping in. Can you… --- ## [Dyslexics untie! Spelling reform movment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyslexics-untie-spelling-reform-movment/736867)
**Author:** [@Sputnikkk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sputnikkk)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyslexics-untie-spelling-reform-movment/736867 "2015-11-21T01:34:33Z")
Dyslexics untie! Spelling reform movment What do you think of spelling reform? Should changes be made to the English language to make it easier to write and read. How far should it go? Should redundant letters be remove… --- ## [Amanda Bynes - such a sad case fo a talented lady.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-bynes-such-a-sad-case-fo-a-talented-lady/664606)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-bynes-such-a-sad-case-fo-a-talented-lady/664606 "2013-08-09T17:20:08Z")
It looks like Amanda has finally bottomed out. She got picked up a few days ago after setting a fire on someones driveway. Had gas splashed on herself and her dog. The last couple of years have been a steady decline. It’… --- ## [Repub claims "Liberals hate real Americans who work hard, believe in God!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repub-claims-liberals-hate-real-americans-who-work-hard-believe-in-god/469008)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repub-claims-liberals-hate-real-americans-who-work-hard-believe-in-god/469008 "2008-10-24T12:49:50Z")
So, children, what have we learned so far from the Republicans? Of course, we already knew that Real Americans live in small towns. Now we can add to this knowledge the fact that Real Americans aren’t liberals – or at … --- ## [To the sons of bitches who put glossy flyers on my car windshield:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-sons-of-bitches-who-put-glossy-flyers-on-my-car-windshield/577169)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2011, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-sons-of-bitches-who-put-glossy-flyers-on-my-car-windshield/577169 "2011-04-12T10:13:00Z")
I live downtown. I park my car on the street across the road from my apartment building. Parking on the street is not ideal, but whatever. Parking is parking. Unfortunately this leaves my car readily accessible to being … --- ## [Fresh corn tortillas: ever had 'em?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-corn-tortillas-ever-had-em/637781)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-corn-tortillas-ever-had-em/637781 "2012-10-22T21:11:30Z")
I took a tortilla class yesterday, learning to make torts, gorditas and the little basket-like appetizers. The people giving it have a very small start-up company and they grind their own corn and make their own masa. … --- ## [Snake Handling Pastor Bitten; Dies-Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656 "2012-06-09T12:58:04Z")
I was reading about this guy on Drudge…it seems he had lamented the decline of this Pentecostal custom (though his own father died of a snakebite). At any rate, don’t these people understand that the Gospel writers fre… --- ## [Wrong to Lie About Nationality When Abroad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-to-lie-about-nationality-when-abroad/714083)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-to-lie-about-nationality-when-abroad/714083 "2015-03-09T02:44:20Z")
In this thread, the OP said that when he traveled abroad, foreigners often reacted badly when he said he was American and also claimed that he was considering saying he was Canadian. A few people responded: I was a l… --- ## ["Batman V Superman: The Dawn of Justice"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-v-superman-the-dawn-of-justice/688965)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-v-superman-the-dawn-of-justice/688965 "2014-05-27T00:46:45Z")
…and that’s the official title, folks. Anyone left who wonders why Marvel won the race while DC was still trying to figure out which horse to ride? Wasn’t Batman V. Superman that guy in India? And wouldn’t “Batman V Su… --- ## [Should chaplains, rabbis, etc be kicked out of the US forces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-chaplains-rabbis-etc-be-kicked-out-of-the-us-forces/657298)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2013, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-chaplains-rabbis-etc-be-kicked-out-of-the-us-forces/657298 "2013-05-10T09:38:46Z")
So says the (presumably atheist) Mikey Weinstein. In fact, failing this, he’d like them prosecuted for treason for ‘sharing their faith’ and that goes for anybody enlisted in the military. Another frothy-mouthed fanatic… --- ## [6-year-old traumatized by Barney the dinosaur's penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-year-old-traumatized-by-barney-the-dinosaurs-penis/370467)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-year-old-traumatized-by-barney-the-dinosaurs-penis/370467 "2006-08-30T15:06:02Z")
http://www.thevillagenews.com/story.asp?story\_ID=16833 “Since then, she has not stopped mentioning Barney’s p\*\*\*s. This has shaken the bedrock of our family.” --- ## [What are some products or services that are definitely worth the cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-products-or-services-that-are-definitely-worth-the-cost/418738)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-products-or-services-that-are-definitely-worth-the-cost/418738 "2007-10-01T11:50:13Z")
I think we may have had a similar thread a year or so ago, couldn’t find it. And anyway, I’m pretty sure that one was limited to new products. I’m not sure how to set the criterion for inclusion on the list. I was thi… --- ## [Nudity everywhere: does it make everything worse or better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudity-everywhere-does-it-make-everything-worse-or-better/327795)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2005, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudity-everywhere-does-it-make-everything-worse-or-better/327795 "2005-11-06T10:17:45Z")
One of the things that shocked me most when I first came to Europe was the different attitude toward nudity. I’ve noticed it especially in France, where there is nudity on billboards, in movie previews, and on televisio… --- ## [If the Japanese had retreated to the main islands, would the Allies still have planned for invasion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-japanese-had-retreated-to-the-main-islands-would-the-allies-still-have-planned-for-invasion/841183)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-japanese-had-retreated-to-the-main-islands-would-the-allies-still-have-planned-for-invasion/841183 "2019-10-17T03:53:06Z")
If the Empire of Japan had withdrawn all its military forces back to the home islands in, say, August 1944 (before the Battle of Leyte Gulf), removing its armies from China, the Philippines, and from everywhere else they… --- ## [Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1991](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1991/702998)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1991/702998 "2014-11-04T00:09:30Z")
Our survey takes us now to 1991. This was the last year in which Billboard got its sales figures over the phone from record stores - in November, the company started getting data from Nielsen SoundScan, which used a marv… --- ## [Atheists with kids.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-with-kids/655679)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-with-kids/655679 "2013-04-21T12:50:27Z")
Just a few simple questions. Do you teach your children to be Atheists, or do you teach them to be whatever they want to be? I was reading the thread; “Why should “In God We Trust” be on our currency?” and it occurred … --- ## [How long could a starship stay up in orbit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-a-starship-stay-up-in-orbit/683472)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-a-starship-stay-up-in-orbit/683472 "2019-12-24T20:46:46Z")
In the original Star Trek episode “This Side of Paradise,” all of Kirk’s crew have been sprayed by happy-making spores, mutinied and abandoned ship for the colony on the surface of Omicron Ceti III, a Class-M or Earth… --- ## [Monumentally stupid things you did in your youth (AKA I'm Lucky To Be Alive)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monumentally-stupid-things-you-did-in-your-youth-aka-im-lucky-to-be-alive/609598)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2014, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monumentally-stupid-things-you-did-in-your-youth-aka-im-lucky-to-be-alive/609598 "2014-05-04T11:54:33Z")
When I was a teen, I had a car that needed a new starter. Being adventurous then, I decided to replace it myself. So, I jacked my vehicle up and slid under the car to remove the old starter. There I was, under the car be… --- ## [Help! Our Neighbors are going to burn their house down on purpose.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-our-neighbors-are-going-to-burn-their-house-down-on-purpose/389363)
**Author:** [@Grits\_and\_Hard\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grits_and_Hard_Toast)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-our-neighbors-are-going-to-burn-their-house-down-on-purpose/389363 "2007-01-28T21:52:21Z")
I was wondering if anyone had any experience with burning a house down on purpose. My husband and I recently found out that the people who bought the house next to us bought it with the intent to tear it down and build … --- ## [Double meaning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144 "2017-11-01T13:03:22Z")
Something named or described by use of the same word used twice, having different meanings - Concern over a particular guitar part = --- ## [Are anti-racism employment practices, in their effect, racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-anti-racism-employment-practices-in-their-effect-racist/562316)
**Author:** [@iamnotaparakeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotaparakeet)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-anti-racism-employment-practices-in-their-effect-racist/562316 "2010-12-08T03:47:40Z")
Apparently my replying to an ancient thread regarding Chipotle, and more probably the current denizens responding in a manner of ludicrousness, resulted in its closing. However, let me generalize this issue so as to not … --- ## [Fuckyouverymuch, Verizon, and your broken promises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckyouverymuch-verizon-and-your-broken-promises/625370)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckyouverymuch-verizon-and-your-broken-promises/625370 "2012-06-22T03:05:21Z")
So last year, Verizon announced that no more unlimited data for plans starting after June something-or-other. But if you got in before then, you were good to go - grandfathered in even if you upgraded your phone in the f… --- ## [Do you turn off your car at stop lights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-turn-off-your-car-at-stop-lights/625169)
**Author:** [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-turn-off-your-car-at-stop-lights/625169 "2012-06-20T18:51:06Z")
Recently someone mentioned to me that they always turn their car off when stopped at a light because it saves gas. I’ve never heard of this before (in 40 years of driving). I guess it makes sense if the light is more t… --- ## [Dog suddenly afraid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-suddenly-afraid/255068)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-suddenly-afraid/255068 "2010-10-25T21:47:51Z")
Our three year old yellow lab, out of nowhere, suddenly became afraid to cross the catwalk (no cat jokes, way too easy) to our bedroom where she likes to sleep. You can’t get her to cross the transition from carpet to h… --- ## [What will happen if Trump somehow remains president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-trump-somehow-remains-president/925451)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-trump-somehow-remains-president/925451 "2020-11-18T23:49:53Z")
Okay, I realize there’s about a 0.001% chance of it actually happening, but let’s say Trump and his cronies actually get enough ballots thrown out in enough states to turn the outcome of the election. Or that enough fait… --- ## [What's that song the ice cream truck is playing?- not turkey in the straw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-song-the-ice-cream-truck-is-playing-not-turkey-in-the-straw/691573)
**Author:** [@huitzilopochtli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huitzilopochtli)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-song-the-ice-cream-truck-is-playing-not-turkey-in-the-straw/691573 "2014-06-28T01:28:37Z")
It’s not do your ears hang low, or my dog has fleas or the entertainer. I moved to a new apartment on Sunday. The icecream man has been playing this song for the last 2 afternoons and it’s driving me crazy that I can’t … --- ## [So, is there anything we're allowed to put ketchup on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-there-anything-were-allowed-to-put-ketchup-on/747636 "2016-03-05T15:58:39Z")
We all know putting ketchup on steak is a faux pas possibly beneath even Homer Simpson. According to the “You’re enjoying food wrong” thread, it’s also a no-no to put it on a hot dog. So is there any food that I can sa… --- ## [First-person novels/stories where the narrator dies (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-person-novels-stories-where-the-narrator-dies-spoilers/317931)
**Author:** [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-person-novels-stories-where-the-narrator-dies-spoilers/317931 "2005-09-22T14:12:23Z")
Usually, a first-person narrator doesn’t die at the end of a book or story. I know a few people who only read first-person books for precisely this reason, because they don’t want to be depressed at the end. But this isn… --- ## [What is the rationale behind an "economic stimulus"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rationale-behind-an-economic-stimulus/483080)
**Author:** [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rationale-behind-an-economic-stimulus/483080 "2009-02-03T18:27:23Z")
I don’t know if this belongs in GQ or GD, but here it is. What is the economic rationale behind all these “economic stimulus” efforts? There was that check that the government sent out a while back, and all these recent… --- ## [Would you rather let a thousand guilty men go free or put one innocent man to death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-let-a-thousand-guilty-men-go-free-or-put-one-innocent-man-to-death/252637)
**Author:** [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-let-a-thousand-guilty-men-go-free-or-put-one-innocent-man-to-death/252637 "2004-07-03T02:47:32Z")
Would you rather let a thousand guilty men go free or put one innocent man to death? I know I wouldn’t want to be the innocent man who gets executed so I would rather let 1000 scum loose on the streets than sacrifice on… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=923&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=925&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)