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**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-again-little-brothers-health/462658 "2008-11-19T04:20:45Z")
I got some news I’d been dreading Sunday afternoon. My youngest brother just started his junior year of high school and after all the calamity at the end of 2006 through last summer, he’s enjoyed a year of smooth and he… --- ## [The Amazing Race 26 \[2/25\] - Great Way to Start a Relationship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-26-2-25-great-way-to-start-a-relationship/713657)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-26-2-25-great-way-to-start-a-relationship/713657 "2015-03-12T02:59:00Z")
Fellow Dopers, I give you World Order - “World Order”. I’m sure it’s some sort of social commentary on the impersonal nature of Japanese life. The dance routine turned out to be the more difficult task. The sake assig… --- ## [Wizard of Oz (1939) Q: Brown (stain?) on Lollipop Guild shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wizard-of-oz-1939-q-brown-stain-on-lollipop-guild-shirt/708014)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wizard-of-oz-1939-q-brown-stain-on-lollipop-guild-shirt/708014 "2018-07-28T20:51:21Z")
For example. The Guild member with the Satanic appearance in the blue shirt appears to have some brownish splotch on his shirt. Any idea what it is? Looks simliar to a stingray swimming south. --- ## [Another question about infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-infinity/553100)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-infinity/553100 "2010-09-09T21:44:26Z")
What are the chances of my flipping a dime an infinite number of times and having it land on heads every time? --- ## [Why did humans evolve long hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-humans-evolve-long-hair/103176)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-humans-evolve-long-hair/103176 "2014-01-23T23:17:59Z")
Hi, I’m not attacking the theory of evolution - I’m not a creationist any more. Anyway, people’s body hair is generally thinner and less pigmented than apes body hair. But what about head hair? What is the survival adva… --- ## [Weeds in driveway, well water nearby – best herbicide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weeds-in-driveway-well-water-nearby-best-herbicide/447896)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weeds-in-driveway-well-water-nearby-best-herbicide/447896 "2008-05-05T15:10:37Z")
We have weeds popping up all along our gravel driveway. It’s about 300’, so hand-weeding is a Herculean task, especially with other encroachments into all our gardens. I want to indiscriminatorilly devastate all plant li… --- ## [Most unusual eye color you've seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unusual-eye-color-youve-seen/319648)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unusual-eye-color-youve-seen/319648 "2014-04-22T00:46:03Z")
At a little coffee shop in a college town in Mississippi, I happened to glance up at my waitress and was struck speechless by the astonishing color of her eyes. She was fairly average in most ways, a nice face and long d… --- ## [DC Comics: The New 52](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-comics-the-new-52/595544)
**Author:** [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-comics-the-new-52/595544 "2011-10-13T15:35:18Z")
DC Comics is relaunching every comic book in its main universe, fifty-two total, and numbering them all starting with #1 this month. Last week they released the first issue in the new universe, Justice League, and today … --- ## [Long Sentences = Bad Writing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-sentences-bad-writing/553642)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-sentences-bad-writing/553642 "2010-09-15T14:31:59Z")
I am presently reading Cormac McCarthy’s “All The Pretty Horses”-I saw the movie years ago. McCarthy seems addicted to very long sentences; here are two examples (page 5): “At the hour he’d always choose when the shado… --- ## [Who is the greatest Starting Pitcher of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-starting-pitcher-of-all-time/615524)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-starting-pitcher-of-all-time/615524 "2012-03-20T22:23:20Z")
A simple one vote poll and feel free to explain your vote or argue over others. I used WAR, Wins & Winning Pct in this list of 20. --- ## [For those who consider 'pirating' theft, would you 'pirate' a disagreeable work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-consider-pirating-theft-would-you-pirate-a-disagreeable-work/599715)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-consider-pirating-theft-would-you-pirate-a-disagreeable-work/599715 "2011-10-21T17:34:19Z")
Many films and books have elements that are disgusting, unfair or insulting to another group. For example, “The Da Vinci Code” offended a lot of Christians with its falsehoods, and “The Patriot” was unfairly anti-Englis… --- ## [Prohibiting gays from donating blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prohibiting-gays-from-donating-blood/702360)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prohibiting-gays-from-donating-blood/702360 "2014-12-15T15:53:19Z")
The column on the impact of gay men donating blood discusses the potential risks of widening the donor pool. However, there’s no discussion of the costs of not widening the pool. Are there studies on how many people die … --- ## [3 bedrooms 5 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms 4 bathrooms!??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-bedrooms-5-bathrooms-2-bedrooms-4-bathrooms/552242)
**Author:** [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2010, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-bedrooms-5-bathrooms-2-bedrooms-4-bathrooms/552242 "2010-09-06T10:29:03Z")
Me and my girlfriend are thinking about settling down, buying our own place, starting a family and all that fun stuff so here I am browsing around, checking house prices and locations around Bangkok, and I kept seeing al… --- ## [Explain "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" to me (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-to-me-spoilers/188134)
**Author:** [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-to-me-spoilers/188134 "2003-07-26T21:05:46Z")
I had to cancel my Netflix account because I haven’t had time lately to watch more than about 1 a month. So that means I have to mail these movies back, and do a cram session before I return them. Two of them I’ve seen… --- ## [What texts or images have we found in pi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-texts-or-images-have-we-found-in-pi/689378)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-texts-or-images-have-we-found-in-pi/689378 "2014-05-29T15:40:52Z")
That is, being a normalized random string of infinite digits, if one converted the string to binary, ascii, or what have you, as the myth goes: If you search long enough you can find the complete works of Shakespeare, an… --- ## [Ask the Jew Who's Reading the "Left Behind" Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-jew-whos-reading-the-left-behind-series/419256)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-jew-whos-reading-the-left-behind-series/419256 "2009-07-21T14:25:55Z")
For a number of reasons, I decided to read the entire “Left Behind” series. I’d always been curious in a morbid sort of way, much like the NASCAR fan who watches only for the wrecks. And since I’ve got some time on my … --- ## [Top Ten books you read in 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-you-read-in-2012/646076)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-you-read-in-2012/646076 "2013-01-07T21:00:15Z")
Doesn’t matter when they were published, but you read 'em and loved 'em in the last calendar year. I’ll get the ball rolling now, and post my list later. A little busy here at the moment. --- ## [Your Top 5 All-Time Westerns Stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-5-all-time-westerns-stars/718195 "2015-06-16T15:13:17Z")
Refer to Pre-Poll Data Collecting – Westerns Stars (or specifically this post) for background. The preliminary threads will be open a while longer, but since it looks like things are winding down, this is a first pass a… --- ## [Scared to open car hood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scared-to-open-car-hood/718913)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scared-to-open-car-hood/718913 "2015-05-05T03:35:03Z")
I ran out of windshield washing fluid in my car today and bought some more but I am afraid to open up the car hood. I have always had someone else do it, and the last time the persons hand slipped and they almost dropped… --- ## [University violates its pledge of confidentiality over a homophobic remark. Thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-violates-its-pledge-of-confidentiality-over-a-homophobic-remark-thoughts/434271)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-violates-its-pledge-of-confidentiality-over-a-homophobic-remark-thoughts/434271 "2008-01-23T16:10:05Z")
Here’s the link to the NYT Magazine “Ethicist” column which inspired this thread. Here’s the sitch. An unnamed university requires its students to evaluate their instructors at the end of each term and, to encourage can… --- ## [How do you stop condensation from coming down vent pipe into bathroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-condensation-from-coming-down-vent-pipe-into-bathroom/428857)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-stop-condensation-from-coming-down-vent-pipe-into-bathroom/428857 "2007-12-05T12:29:53Z")
Now that the weather has gotten nice and cold - we have a slight problem with water vapor collecting on the inside of our vent pipe leading to a fan leading to one of our top floor bathrooms. I know the vent pipe travels… --- ## [Best sight gags. . . EVA!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sight-gags-eva/680251)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sight-gags-eva/680251 "2014-02-06T16:47:24Z")
I remember a Laverne and Shirley scene in which they were hung on hooks against a wall and could not get off. First they tried to run and then tried to jump. I do not remember the rest of the show because my 12 year old … --- ## [This just in: Bush's lawyer is a slimeball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-bushs-lawyer-is-a-slimeball/261531)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-bushs-lawyer-is-a-slimeball/261531 "2004-09-06T23:23:08Z")
Benjamin Ginsberg, chief “outside counsel” (whatever the fuck that means) to BushCheney04 resigned today because of his connection to the Not So Swift Boat Veterans for Smear. In a tone of weaselly defensiveness, he had … --- ## [Dubai is completely covered with paver stones. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-is-completely-covered-with-paver-stones-why/565593)
**Author:** [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-is-completely-covered-with-paver-stones-why/565593 "2013-10-27T00:55:34Z")
I am in Dubai. Every area of this young city is surfaced with paver stones rather than concrete or asphalt. Most places I have traveled use concrete or asphalt to cover roads, driveways, parking lots, and side walks. Dub… --- ## [Heroes 4/30](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-4-30/402217)
**Author:** [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-4-30/402217 "2007-05-06T16:33:09Z")
Thought I would get this started… My DVR has been recording like a pixellated defendant at a televised trial. I hope it works right tonight… if I forget to watch live of course. --- ## [Let's justify blatant racism! (or: shove your strawmen up your ass!!!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-justify-blatant-racism-or-shove-your-strawmen-up-your-ass/169151)
**Author:** [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-justify-blatant-racism-or-shove-your-strawmen-up-your-ass/169151 "2003-04-25T07:24:28Z")
This is a glowing example of some of the shit I get in my in box from supposedly intelligent friends and colleagues. How can people so intelligent be so fucking ignorant? Anyway, the following is a copy of an email for… --- ## [So calling another poster a "mongoloid" is a-ok eh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-calling-another-poster-a-mongoloid-is-a-ok-eh/786037)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-calling-another-poster-a-mongoloid-is-a-ok-eh/786037 "2017-05-09T21:59:09Z")
Alright, what charitable interpretation of the above racial slur did you mods reason out for this one? --- ## [Robbery gone very wrong - defensive gun use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbery-gone-very-wrong-defensive-gun-use/658615)
**Author:** [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbery-gone-very-wrong-defensive-gun-use/658615 "2013-05-20T14:15:33Z")
There’s a video involved that shows a man using a gun in self-defense against a robbery, killing the robber. Video spoilered since it show someone being killed I’m putting this in GD because I figure it will spawn a d… --- ## [Adjusting to progressive lenses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-to-progressive-lenses/373415)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-to-progressive-lenses/373415 "2006-09-21T22:56:50Z")
I am 24 hours into wearing progressive lenses for the first time, and I realize there is a breaking-in period. However, I noticed a few “oddities” about the lenses: the “middle distance” section in the middle of the … --- ## [Why were ancient Greek men bisexual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-ancient-greek-men-bisexual/717415)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-ancient-greek-men-bisexual/717415 "2015-04-17T06:05:40Z")
I’m assuming it was the norm or at least, commonplace. Along with that, how much did that culture transplant to Romans? Were ancient Greek women likewise bisexual? When did the norm die out (or did it?) --- ## [Why the love for Journey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-love-for-journey/604656)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-love-for-journey/604656 "2011-12-05T11:53:10Z")
Reading other music threads I notice some people enjoy this faux rock band. Why, they had maybe two good songs very early. The rest is insipid. --- ## [Things there isn't really a fancy version of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137 "2020-12-13T22:28:42Z")
Cars are the kind of thing where there is a big difference in what is owned by an average vs. a rich person. Your average person might have a 7 year old Nissan Altima worth $4,000, and a rich person might have a $90,000 … --- ## [Chrome v. Firefox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-v-firefox/566029)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-v-firefox/566029 "2011-01-09T23:51:15Z")
What in your opinion is the better browser? I’ve been using Chrome for the first time today, and it’s a lot faster than Firefox. I’m thinking of switching over to Chrome completely. Chrome looks better than Firefox. It… --- ## [False accusations of rape molestation etc (the few actual cases)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-accusations-of-rape-molestation-etc-the-few-actual-cases/689955)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-accusations-of-rape-molestation-etc-the-few-actual-cases/689955 "2014-06-06T05:40:27Z")
I can’t find much info on this topic so let’s just assume that 1% of molestation and rape charges are false. False and malicious. What to do. Assume 99% of accusations are not just accusations, they ARE true. It is very … --- ## [Defending Zuckerberg: Offering a Counterpoint to The Social Network](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-zuckerberg-offering-a-counterpoint-to-the-social-network/555389)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-zuckerberg-offering-a-counterpoint-to-the-social-network/555389 "2011-02-07T14:54:37Z")
See blog entry on the Huffington Post here. Blogger Jeff Jarvis tries to offer a new-world, Silicon Valley-eye-view into how business works in the world of software innovation. E.g.: Ideas aren’t worth the cocktail na… --- ## [Pros and cons of ethnic pride](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-and-cons-of-ethnic-pride/785274)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-and-cons-of-ethnic-pride/785274 "2017-05-04T18:30:18Z")
Spinoff from this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=823857&page=5 SlackerInc expressed pride in his Northern European heritage. I challenged and criticized such ethnic pride (cut and paste f… --- ## [Ripping and cleaning old vinyl records](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-and-cleaning-old-vinyl-records/260896)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-and-cleaning-old-vinyl-records/260896 "2013-09-18T04:35:39Z")
I’m (very slowly) converting a ton of old records (the list of albums that start with “C” that need to be converted is like…30 or so. And “D” is going to be as bad–I’ve already done about 30 between “A” and “B”) and whil… --- ## [How do you pronounce vermicelli?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-vermicelli/612425)
**Author:** [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-vermicelli/612425 "2012-02-10T19:49:15Z")
Because I’ve heard it: vermi-chelli and vermi-selly and I’m sure I’m somehow making a fool of myself every time I go to the Vietnamese restaurant for a bowl of rice vermicelli. --- ## [What's the longest you had an appliance work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-you-had-an-appliance-work/636914)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-you-had-an-appliance-work/636914 "2013-10-03T12:42:32Z")
My mother got an Electrolux vacuum as a wedding shower gift. She had to stop using it around 2005 not because it stopped working but because they discontinued making the bags for it. At that point it had been running for… --- ## [Tramadol withdrawal... SUCKS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramadol-withdrawal-sucks/670810)
**Author:** [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramadol-withdrawal-sucks/670810 "2013-10-11T19:29:16Z")
I was put on this drug that basically saved my life in so many ways… 6 years ago. Pain/depression/anxiety - GONE. Doc decided that 6 years has been long enough now, it’s lost it’s efficacy and she refused to up the dos… --- ## [Why are single serve drink packets sugar-free only?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-single-serve-drink-packets-sugar-free-only/625073)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-single-serve-drink-packets-sugar-free-only/625073 "2012-06-23T15:56:10Z")
While shopping last week, I noticed the single serve to go packets. I noticed they were labeled “low calorie” and were sugar free using either sucralose, aspartame or stevia. As I’m allergic to aspartame and find sucralo… --- ## [What are Butchers Supposed to Do With All Those Bones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-butchers-supposed-to-do-with-all-those-bones/650403)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-butchers-supposed-to-do-with-all-those-bones/650403 "2013-02-20T09:18:19Z")
Put them in the trash? And what did they do, before governments started becoming concerned with such things as pollution? Toss them in the river with the skins & offal? --- ## [Unpeeled garlic cloves in stew recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpeeled-garlic-cloves-in-stew-recipe/391583)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpeeled-garlic-cloves-in-stew-recipe/391583 "2007-02-12T02:17:54Z")
Yeah. So yet again I’m looking at a recipe that calls for unpeeled garlic cloves to be added to a stew. This time, I’m taking it at its word. The cookbook helpfully says that after the stew is cooked, the cloves can be s… --- ## [South Africa v England Test series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-africa-v-england-test-series/628688)
**Author:** [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-africa-v-england-test-series/628688 "2012-08-29T13:34:15Z")
In what should be the series of the year (dismal English summer permitting) South Africa meet England starting in about 4 hours. Personally I think Philander, Morkel and Steyn can skittle the English. However, South Afri… --- ## [Free Trade Liars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-trade-liars/749241)
**Author:** [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-trade-liars/749241 "2016-03-19T16:14:35Z")
So, I’m done discussing free trade in GD, because there’s a bunch of lying assholes in GD. So, here’s the thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19146219 And here’s bldysabba being a lying piece … --- ## [Charlton Heston: Racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlton-heston-racist/380110)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlton-heston-racist/380110 "2015-09-20T06:12:00Z")
Mods: I put this here because it’s about an actor; it may well belong (or wind up!) in GD, GQ, or The Pit. Do as you see fit. I’ve seen this allegation a few times over the years, most recently over here. Rather than h… --- ## [Can New York be evacuated in the event of a megatsunami?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-new-york-be-evacuated-in-the-event-of-a-megatsunami/281741)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-new-york-be-evacuated-in-the-event-of-a-megatsunami/281741 "2004-12-30T16:21:05Z")
Thinking about the tradgedy that occured in the Pacific this weekend, I began to think about the potential for disaster here in New York. In 1949, the volcano/island of Cumbre Vieja, in the Canary Islands erupted. Duri… --- ## [There's something dying on my attic steps.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-dying-on-my-attic-steps/491118)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-dying-on-my-attic-steps/491118 "2009-04-05T04:21:45Z")
I awakened this morning to a faint intermittent fluttering sound, but couldn’t tell where it was coming from. Then it stopped for a few hours. Later, I noticed that both of my cats were staring intently at the door to th… --- ## [Why must airplane window shades be kept open for take-off and landing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-airplane-window-shades-be-kept-open-for-take-off-and-landing/241168)
**Author:** [@Karellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karellen)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-airplane-window-shades-be-kept-open-for-take-off-and-landing/241168 "2004-04-21T16:57:36Z")
On every flight I’ve taken recently, the pre-flight checklist (that whole long spiel with the pre-recorded video of a toothsome actress playing flight attendent and showing just how the seatbelt works as real flight atte… --- ## [Muggle: A racist term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muggle-a-racist-term/662340)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muggle-a-racist-term/662340 "2013-07-08T05:50:34Z")
Mods, please feel free to move this if it’s not in the right place. It’s not an entirely serious discussion but one that actually interests me. Now, I’m not a Harry Potter fan, but the wife is. I recognise the books as … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=926&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=928&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)