# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=937&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:** 938 --- ## [National "choose any car" rental is garbage, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-choose-any-car-rental-is-garbage-right/520115)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-choose-any-car-rental-is-garbage-right/520115 "2009-12-08T04:45:28Z")
Every time I see their “choose any car” commercials, I mean to post this question. Why is it good to be able to choose any car that they have in the lot when you get there? Isn’t this just a trick way of saying that they… --- ## ["Reserved for Energy-Efficient Vehicles"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reserved-for-energy-efficient-vehicles/687590)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reserved-for-energy-efficient-vehicles/687590 "2014-05-08T03:04:12Z")
You go to a store. This store has a large parking lot. At the front of the parking lot near the store entrance are 18 spaces. 6 of these spaces are handicapped spaces. The other 12 are marked “Reserved for Energy-Eff… --- ## [Ted (Movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-movie/624594)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-movie/624594 "2012-07-18T03:17:21Z")
I’m sure you’ve seen the commercials on TV. Kind of a stupid premise, a grown man with a living teddy bear. I didn’t have much hope for it but I have to say this uncensored preview cracked my shit up. NSFW hence the spo… --- ## [Free WiFi in restaurants - Good or Bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-wifi-in-restaurants-good-or-bad/694014)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-wifi-in-restaurants-good-or-bad/694014 "2014-08-05T18:37:45Z")
I saw this report where they say so many people go into restaurants that have wifi that they are taking so much longer to order, eat, and generally finish so they can turn the table. One study says an average of 35 minut… --- ## [What kind of jobs can you get with an Honorary Doctorate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-jobs-can-you-get-with-an-honorary-doctorate/686115)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-jobs-can-you-get-with-an-honorary-doctorate/686115 "2014-04-16T11:50:07Z")
I’m reading about Paul Rusesabagina (the dude Hotel Rwanda is based on) and he received several honorary doctorates, including a law degree. My former boss, a complete idiot, said he got some too. I’m assuming all his ed… --- ## [Is Turkish food "extremely radioactive"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-turkish-food-extremely-radioactive/577057)
**Author:** [@Lazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-turkish-food-extremely-radioactive/577057 "2011-04-07T19:05:55Z")
Dr Helen Caldicott made the claim that Turkish food is “extremely radioactive,” during a debate with George Monbiot on Democracy Now a few days ago. The radioactivity is supposed to be due to the Chernobyl accident. My … --- ## [Do you "prepare" for sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433 "2014-09-30T00:23:24Z")
Just like the title says - I’m interested to find out how much other dopers prep for sex and how much time it takes. The genesis of this curiosity is, of course, my own experience. Before sex, my husband usually wants t… --- ## [Fight my ignorance, help my blood pressure: aren't cats carnivores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-my-ignorance-help-my-blood-pressure-arent-cats-carnivores/491731)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-my-ignorance-help-my-blood-pressure-arent-cats-carnivores/491731 "2009-04-07T20:49:35Z")
Every time I see this stupid frakking commercial that tells me about cat food with vegetables in it, I just want to kick something. I was brought up believing that cats are carnivores and dogs are omnivores, like us. Do… --- ## [Would restricting immigration from Muslims be Unconstitutional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-restricting-immigration-from-muslims-be-unconstitutional/738390)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-restricting-immigration-from-muslims-be-unconstitutional/738390 "2015-12-10T13:40:36Z")
Looking for a factual answer to this, preferably from a lawyer or someone with some good cites. It seems to me that singling out Muslims as being ineligible for immigration would be a violation of the First Amendment. … --- ## [Fast Food Lawsuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-lawsuit/120741)
**Author:** [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2002, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-lawsuit/120741 "2002-07-31T06:44:05Z")
First the tobacco companies, now the fast food companies: --- ## [Guilty Pleasures - Sandwiches from you Childhood you still enjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures-sandwiches-from-you-childhood-you-still-enjoy/535646)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures-sandwiches-from-you-childhood-you-still-enjoy/535646 "2010-04-16T05:57:25Z")
A lot of kids brought a lunchbox and thermos to school. Packed carefully by mom with your favorite sandwich, chips, and cookies. Then when you got home from school, it was time for another snack sandwich. … --- ## [Kanicbird reading the Quran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanicbird-reading-the-quran/671169)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanicbird-reading-the-quran/671169 "2013-10-28T19:43:22Z")
It has been my pet interest to read and understand this sacred text. So far I am not impressed with the God (called Allah) that it proclaims. I do find this God not worthy of worship AT THIS TIME, but will continue to … --- ## [How to pronounce "Knorr"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-knorr/359194)
**Author:** [@BlackHeart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackHeart)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-knorr/359194 "2006-06-03T04:18:58Z")
For years and years, I always thought that the correct way to pronounce “Knorr” (the soup and other food products company) is with a silent K. I’ve seen numerous TV commercials since I was child where the silent K was u… --- ## [Tell me about Michael Savage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-michael-savage/495526)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-michael-savage/495526 "2009-05-15T14:49:18Z")
As you may be awa --- ## [A quarter of all teenaged girls have an STD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quarter-of-all-teenaged-girls-have-an-std/441408)
**Author:** [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quarter-of-all-teenaged-girls-have-an-std/441408 "2008-03-20T21:06:36Z")
Okay, yes, I’m a little late in ranting about this (it’s been a hard week), but GODDAMMIT!! Can we now PLEASE stop pretending that abstinence only education works? Can we stop with the ridiculous assertions that we just … --- ## [Did KFC's name change because it no longer uses real chicken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-kfcs-name-change-because-it-no-longer-uses-real-chicken/50323)
**Author:** [@Clucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clucky)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-kfcs-name-change-because-it-no-longer-uses-real-chicken/50323 "2001-02-19T20:49:24Z")
I’m a new Doper, so forgive me if this subject has been broached before. Several months ago I read an e-mail from a coworker that said KFC can’t legally be called Kentucky Fried Chicken because the meat is no longer cons… --- ## [Recommend some Victorian or Edwardian porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-victorian-or-edwardian-porn/376860)
**Author:** [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-victorian-or-edwardian-porn/376860 "2023-10-04T15:03:17Z")
I like Victorian and Edwardian erotica. So far, I’ve read A Man with a Maid and the memoirs of Cora Pearl and the autobiography of Frank Harris. Can you recommend some other titles? Thanks. --- ## [Things That Repesent A City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-repesent-a-city/533394)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-repesent-a-city/533394 "2010-03-27T15:06:07Z")
OK when you have a TV show set in or around New York City, they usually bring in a shot of the Empire State Building. Or if it’s supposed to be set in Seattle they have the Seattle Space Needle. I thought I’d make a lis… --- ## [Wow, I hate ricers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-ricers/145255)
**Author:** [@glarGH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glarGH)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-hate-ricers/145255 "2003-01-10T14:57:21Z")
I do. Especially when they’re rude little fuckers. I joined some whoremonging car forum to ask people for help when the SO (Silly Opossum) crunched his car… I think I may have posted something about this here in MPSIMS…… --- ## [Dermatologists hate this woman.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dermatologists-hate-this-woman/696615)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dermatologists-hate-this-woman/696615 "2014-09-13T13:17:54Z")
Dermatologists hate this woman… 'cause she’s always late for her scheduled appointments. --- ## [Countdown to Win10 free conversion deadline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-win10-free-conversion-deadline/760971)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-win10-free-conversion-deadline/760971 "2016-08-25T15:46:07Z")
I’ve been clinging to my Win7Pro like a child with a blankie. As the deadline looms, I need to fish or cut bait. Do I want Win 10? I don’t have any issues with Win7. StG --- ## ["If your body PH is alkaline, it won't get cancer or other diseases!" - a woo debunking thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-body-ph-is-alkaline-it-wont-get-cancer-or-other-diseases-a-woo-debunking-thread/705592)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-body-ph-is-alkaline-it-wont-get-cancer-or-other-diseases-a-woo-debunking-thread/705592 "2014-12-18T16:44:19Z")
So I was at some networking event last week and, intermixed with the juice-plusers, the essential-oilers, and other housewives selling MLM products of dubious nature, one guy stood up and his pitch gave the quote seen in… --- ## [Friend is a conspiracy theorist- how to deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-is-a-conspiracy-theorist-how-to-deal/672323)
**Author:** [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-is-a-conspiracy-theorist-how-to-deal/672323 "2013-12-04T23:20:55Z")
I have a good friend who has been helping me out lately. He’s lent money, given me rides to appointments, and is helping me get back into life after the liver/kidney end stage disease/transplant ordeal. I’ve known him si… --- ## [Oh No, please no ... NOvember rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-please-no-november-rants/1009569)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 365\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-please-no-november-rants/1009569 "2024-12-17T01:16:09Z")
It’s after 6pm on Nov 1st (well here in SC anyway) and I don’t see a new thread, so here ya go! My only rant is that I want it to be like November 10th so I can stop the anxiety cycle I’m in. --- ## ["Aggressive Harassment?" Get ticket--pay fine--write "fuck your shitty town, bitches"--get arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aggressive-harassment-get-ticket-pay-fine-write-fuck-your-shitty-town-bitches-get-arrested/661033)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aggressive-harassment-get-ticket-pay-fine-write-fuck-your-shitty-town-bitches-get-arrested/661033 "2015-09-16T19:06:22Z")
Guy gets ticketed in Liberty NY for speeding. Admits guilt. Sends in ticket and fine from his state, noting “Fuck your shitty town, bitches,” among other comments. Summoned and cuffed. What the hell? I’m sure the sent… --- ## [Italian Beef \[ANSWERED BY CECIL\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-beef-answered-by-cecil/477880)
**Author:** [@Billz8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billz8)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-beef-answered-by-cecil/477880 "2009-07-10T03:03:45Z")
I took a trip this fall, hiking 900 miles of the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Virginia. I was only a couple weeks into the trip when I discovered that two of my favorite foods were almost completely nonexistent on th… --- ## [Youtube requires a Google account now? WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-requires-a-google-account-now-wtf/574321)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-requires-a-google-account-now-wtf/574321 "2014-06-13T21:40:23Z")
For months, I’ve been clicking that “Remind me later” button when going to Youtube and being asked to link a Google account or whatever. The other day I went on and the option was gone. A note saying that I had to crea… --- ## [What do you call a skinny singer covered in mustard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-skinny-singer-covered-in-mustard/213190)
**Author:** [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-skinny-singer-covered-in-mustard/213190 "2004-04-15T15:09:41Z")
Celine Dijon. --- ## [What lame jokes do people ALWAYS make when they meet you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lame-jokes-do-people-always-make-when-they-meet-you/129028)
**Author:** [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lame-jokes-do-people-always-make-when-they-meet-you/129028 "2002-10-09T22:58:20Z")
Some of you know I’m a pest control technician. This opens the door for every half-wit wag I meet to ask if I’ll exterminate “the two-legged pests I work with,” or any one of a number of lame variations on the theme. I… --- ## [Are Kids Getting Better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-getting-better/589086)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-getting-better/589086 "2011-07-23T14:50:07Z")
Compared to say twenty or thirty years ago are kids “better” in the sense of being more behaved, less rebellious, and whatnot? Consider the following: crime rates have gone down across the board for the last twenty years… --- ## [Four facts and one lie about yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-facts-and-one-lie-about-yourself/723398 "2015-07-08T08:07:36Z")
I will state four facts and one lie about myself. Try and figure out the lie. A. I am an ordained minister. B. I once was a cook for a boys home for underprivileged youth. C. I have eaten a Super Monster burrito (7-8… --- ## [iPhone 4s owners: how's Siri?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-4s-owners-hows-siri/600593)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-4s-owners-hows-siri/600593 "2011-10-28T15:44:11Z")
I can’t believe I’m actually thinking of upgrading my iPhone (rather than switching to a different OS), but Siri has me interested. I’ve had bad experiences with voice recognition in the past, though. What are you expe… --- ## [Where does "The streets are paved in gold" come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-streets-are-paved-in-gold-come-from/526737)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-streets-are-paved-in-gold-come-from/526737 "2010-01-29T02:08:24Z")
At the time of the great immigrations at the turn of the 19th c. and the teens, Jews in the Old Country referred to America as “Der goldene medina”–the land of gold. I think the expression “the streets are paved with go… --- ## [How long is a city block?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-a-city-block/97599)
**Author:** [@Stellablue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stellablue)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-a-city-block/97599 "2002-03-12T15:34:41Z")
I know that they vary but is there a norm for the length of a city block? Or an average? I never heard of any standard for this. Guess it depends on the city and the street layout. I heard a Doctor on TV say that walki… --- ## [Supernanny 1/2/08 (or, The Worst Parents Ever)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernanny-1-2-08-or-the-worst-parents-ever/432108)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernanny-1-2-08-or-the-worst-parents-ever/432108 "2012-09-07T01:04:57Z")
I don’t usually watch this show, and I certainly don’t usually start threads about it. But today’s episode was just disturbing. It also had my irrational prejudices running into overdrive. From what I could tell (tuned … --- ## [I can move my mailbox? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-move-my-mailbox-really/399546)
**Author:** [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2007, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-move-my-mailbox-really/399546 "2007-04-13T11:18:05Z")
I just got around to reading the mailbox mailbag (heh) and noticed this mischievous line (bolding mine): I don’t think postal customers can arbitrarily move their mailboxes closer to their houses. If Dee Aye follows y… --- ## [Cheating in relationships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-in-relationships/314114)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-in-relationships/314114 "2005-07-29T16:32:01Z")
It seems I’ve read several threads since I’ve been here, where someone is compaining that his or her SO is cheating on him/her. There seems to be quite a bit of cheating on Six Feet Under, which I watch. I’ve never che… --- ## [Excel question: how to apply same arithmetic operation to multiple rows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question-how-to-apply-same-arithmetic-operation-to-multiple-rows/624923)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question-how-to-apply-same-arithmetic-operation-to-multiple-rows/624923 "2012-06-14T14:16:44Z")
I have some numbers on Excel that I want to divide by 1000. What I do now is very time consuming. If the data is on col A then I put on col B the formula =A1/1000 and copy it downwards. Then I select column B and Copy, … --- ## [Do you still use cash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-use-cash/580980)
**Author:** [@contradancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/contradancer)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-use-cash/580980 "2011-05-15T02:37:10Z")
I like to watch Judge Judy and litigants on the show are frequently claiming that they paid for “whatever” in cash; usually large amounts. I just can’t fathom this. I use a debit card, my online checking, or credit car… --- ## [Crazy New Rules in Sports that you'd like to see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-new-rules-in-sports-that-youd-like-to-see/534241)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-new-rules-in-sports-that-youd-like-to-see/534241 "2010-04-20T10:35:16Z")
Looking at the two threads about fouls in basketball and what rules you would like to see adopted from one sport to another reminded me of a rule that my friend in college wanted to see adopted. In basketball, when one … --- ## [People talking to themselves. What's going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-talking-to-themselves-whats-going-on/345841)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-talking-to-themselves-whats-going-on/345841 "2012-07-15T10:23:31Z")
Since I moved to Los Angeles 2 years ago, it is not all that uncommon a sight to see people, mostly presumably homeless ones, having rather passionate conversations with the air next to them. What I’m trying to figure o… --- ## [Islam could get better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-could-get-better/712536)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-could-get-better/712536 "2015-02-20T22:09:30Z")
Obama has been taking an awful lot of silly flack over his remarks at the 2015 National Prayer Breakfast\*: Now, I read that and I think, how fortunate we are, to have arrived at a point in history where horrible things… --- ## [I Pit This Guy at the Office Who Smells Like Hell Crammed Up the Ass of a Dead Salmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-guy-at-the-office-who-smells-like-hell-crammed-up-the-ass-of-a-dead-salmon/423220)
**Author:** [@Grossbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grossbottom)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-guy-at-the-office-who-smells-like-hell-crammed-up-the-ass-of-a-dead-salmon/423220 "2007-10-22T17:48:37Z")
Dear Person of Arguable Importance, You’re a man of taste and sophistication. Well, ok, not really. Actually, you’re the sort of self-promoting bourgeois douche whose indefatigable ability to spew semi-intelligent bulls… --- ## [Can Oklahoma do anything right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-oklahoma-do-anything-right/687353)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-oklahoma-do-anything-right/687353 "2014-05-08T13:56:15Z")
I’ve noted before the idiocy of Sooners’ refusal (99%) to build basements under their homes in a state that is as tornado prone as it gets; now they can’t even manage to execute a prisoner properly? Whatever you think o… --- ## [American universities: is just any lecturer called "professor"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-universities-is-just-any-lecturer-called-professor/435915)
**Author:** [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-universities-is-just-any-lecturer-called-professor/435915 "2008-02-04T20:41:43Z")
Often, the instructors of my undergraduate courses are graduate students or other non-“professors” (in one case, a conductor teaching a superb opera appreciation course). Other students in these classes are content to ra… --- ## [Guess what was in our chimney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-was-in-our-chimney/669800)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-was-in-our-chimney/669800 "2013-10-01T00:30:40Z")
Last night my gf heard something “scratching” in our chimney. I didn’t have my hearing aid in, so I heard nothing, but she was very concerned. I assumed her concern was about whether or not the flue was closed, so I car… --- ## ["If someone disliked \_\_\_\_\_\_ (or thought it was crappy/boring/etc) then their opinion is wrong"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-disliked-______-or-thought-it-was-crappy-boring-etc-then-their-opinion-is-wrong/747866)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-disliked-______-or-thought-it-was-crappy-boring-etc-then-their-opinion-is-wrong/747866 "2016-03-12T03:52:07Z")
We all have them. Certain movies where you have to go “I’m sorry, I’m sorry…but if you really thought this was a boring/stupid/crappy movie, your opinion is wrong.” Also see: “I know opinions can’t be wrong, but yours i… --- ## [Wherein Scylla Proves He is the Most Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-scylla-proves-he-is-the-most-evil/285852)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-scylla-proves-he-is-the-most-evil/285852 "2005-01-25T18:12:01Z")
I know a lot of you out there aspire to evil. You work at it and you grow in callousness and cruelty. In reality though, nothing is a test of your evil nature like your ability to torture the ones you love. It takes a… --- ## [Should you lock your car doors when you drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-lock-your-car-doors-when-you-drive/178916)
**Author:** [@PaulQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulQ)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-lock-your-car-doors-when-you-drive/178916 "2003-06-02T21:42:08Z")
I have been debating this with a friend. When you are driving in your car, should your doors be locked or unlocked? I recall a new Mercedes that automatically locked the doors when you drove off then apparently promised … --- ## [What's a high sex drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-high-sex-drive/621561)
**Author:** [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-high-sex-drive/621561 "2012-05-19T15:17:47Z")
There’s a new guy in the picture, and we were discussing the differences between the sexes. I suggested that women can act needy when they’re just horny, and he countered with an anecdote about an ex, who seemed needy al… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=936&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=938&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)