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**Author:** [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-sans-serif-fonts-suck/606842 "2011-12-23T17:08:30Z")
The capital I and lowercase l look identical. This makes, for example, Kim Jong Il look like Kim Jong the second on many web pages. If illuminate, illiterate, or illustrate start a sentence, it looks like they start wit… --- ## [Obey the warning signs. (death by flash flood)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obey-the-warning-signs-death-by-flash-flood/589606)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obey-the-warning-signs-death-by-flash-flood/589606 "2013-06-03T19:37:02Z")
When I used to go hiking in Yosemite and other national parks, I often saw signs warning visitors of various dangers. Most notable in Yosemite were warnings about the danger of going near the water at the tops of waterf… --- ## [Whizzing on the third (electrified) rail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whizzing-on-the-third-electrified-rail/519882)
**Author:** [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whizzing-on-the-third-electrified-rail/519882 "2013-07-11T07:38:07Z")
Column here Now I know there has to be a few Dopers that grew up on a ranch or farm and took a pee on an electric fence. So fess up, what happened? I grew up next to a guy that had an electric fence along the road to k… --- ## [Liberating items from a shopping trolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberating-items-from-a-shopping-trolley/712836)
**Author:** [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberating-items-from-a-shopping-trolley/712836 "2015-02-19T20:42:30Z")
I just went to a Tesco’s supermarket in order to buy a specific item. Unfortunately, someone snatched away the last item they had in stock. Even though I was far more deserving of the item, I did not resort to violence o… --- ## [Anti-gun control folks, a question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gun-control-folks-a-question/300967)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-gun-control-folks-a-question/300967 "2005-05-03T18:12:58Z")
I’ve been wanting to do this for a while, but I keep forgetting. The latest thread on guns, the fearmonger one, reminded me. According to the ACLU website, the Supreme Court made up its mind in 1939 (US vs Miller) rega… --- ## [Modern Family, Jan. 11, 2012 - "Egg Drop"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-jan-11-2012-egg-drop/609292)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-jan-11-2012-egg-drop/609292 "2012-01-13T20:51:16Z")
I didn’t get the references to cutting grapes. Why was Jay so worked up about that? Who asked for cut grapes? --- ## [eyeshadow-wearing Taliban men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeshadow-wearing-taliban-men/284052)
**Author:** [@drhess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhess)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeshadow-wearing-taliban-men/284052 "2005-04-24T04:53:26Z")
I’m reading “Ghost Wars” a non-fiction book about the rise of the Taliban and the run up to 9-11-01. The author’s first mention of the Taliban notes them as (paraphrased) “turban and eyeshadow-wearing men.” Is this cor… --- ## [Ban smoking, ban smoking, ban smoking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ban-smoking-ban-smoking-ban-smoking/149562)
**Author:** [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ban-smoking-ban-smoking-ban-smoking/149562 "2003-02-10T19:23:12Z")
Oh fuck off already. Now, banning smoking has become a hot topic here in Southern Colorado. I am a former smoker and while I spent many years subjecting my body to harmful chemicals and other shit I sure as fuck don’t … --- ## [Phone calls from Nigeria, or what fresh hell is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-calls-from-nigeria-or-what-fresh-hell-is-this/646627)
**Author:** [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-calls-from-nigeria-or-what-fresh-hell-is-this/646627 "2013-01-10T13:02:34Z")
This morning at 6:26 AM EST, while I was driving to work, my cell phone rang. The call was from 2348135591197. When I answered, all I heard was a person saying hello. I ended the call. That same number called back six mo… --- ## [The ethics of food stamps (AITA?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-food-stamps-aita/1011457)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 398\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-food-stamps-aita/1011457 "2025-11-12T00:09:00Z")
I have an acquaintance that I text back and forth with. He mentioned that he was going shopping with his new food assistance check, and hoped to buy some caviar. I replied “What is wrong with this picture?” He asked if… --- ## [Stupid drug lords and their hippos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-drug-lords-and-their-hippos/692936)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-drug-lords-and-their-hippos/692936 "2014-07-15T12:55:13Z")
Columbian riverine fisher-folk are being menaced by the descendants of Pablo Escobar’s escaped pet hippos. This is bad. --- ## [Physiological consequences of a human eating almost exclusively beans, rice, and vegetables?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physiological-consequences-of-a-human-eating-almost-exclusively-beans-rice-and-vegetables/698558)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physiological-consequences-of-a-human-eating-almost-exclusively-beans-rice-and-vegetables/698558 "2014-09-17T22:37:26Z")
Let’s say that due to financial constraints a person can afford very little in the way of groceries. Undaunted, this person stocks up on beans, rice (brown rice, not white), and a mixture of frozen veggies from Costco: f… --- ## [Bottticelli -- Oct 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottticelli-oct-2017/797766)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottticelli-oct-2017/797766 "2017-10-30T17:31:48Z")
I am V. Previous thread here. --- ## [Looking for fun things for couples to do (outside the bedroom)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-things-for-couples-to-do-outside-the-bedroom/121708)
**Author:** [@loupdebois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loupdebois)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-fun-things-for-couples-to-do-outside-the-bedroom/121708 "2002-08-02T06:37:33Z")
I’m in a great relationship with someone I love very much, and most aspects of it leave nothing to be desired, but I feel like my SO and I don’t get out enough to do things together. Movies once in a while, the bar scene… --- ## [How did Feminism become synonymous with hating men in the pop culture mindset?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-feminism-become-synonymous-with-hating-men-in-the-pop-culture-mindset/328174)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-feminism-become-synonymous-with-hating-men-in-the-pop-culture-mindset/328174 "2005-11-05T20:39:07Z")
Re Feminists and the Feminism movement, where are they days outside the universities? In talking with young women they will go about how the hiked they Mojave in sandals, killed a rabid coyote with a slingshot, marched … --- ## [Ahhhhh...the accidental email!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhh-the-accidental-email/263028)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhh-the-accidental-email/263028 "2016-04-17T14:07:19Z")
“What is this? Is this for real? What the hell?-- Holy shit! I was not supposed to get this!” The above is a snippet from my internal monologue upon receiving an email from a friend today. I imagine there were about 11 … --- ## [How much of Optometry is a racket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-optometry-is-a-racket/605291)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-optometry-is-a-racket/605291 "2011-12-12T06:43:31Z")
Seriously. I just needed some new lenses because mine were all scratched up. Now it having been over a year :rolleyes:, and being a new patient, :rolleyes: I can understand the need for an eye exam. After all, things mig… --- ## [Can a dead person be stolen from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-dead-person-be-stolen-from/668315)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-dead-person-be-stolen-from/668315 "2013-09-13T19:46:20Z")
Let’s say I’m walking down the streets of detroit and happen across a dead body. Can I legally take his clothes and other valuables? If not what laws am I breaking? --- ## [Cecil Adams, Don Blazys and A Chance To Help.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-don-blazys-and-a-chance-to-help/604434)
**Author:** [@Don\_Blazys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Blazys)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-don-blazys-and-a-chance-to-help/604434 "2011-11-30T18:09:24Z")
I read that Cecil sometimes visits this message board, so this message is for Cecil only. No one else need reply. Hi Cecil, My name is Don Blazys and I need your help. Here: http://donblazys.com/ , you will find three… --- ## [Is this statutory rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-statutory-rape/698333)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-statutory-rape/698333 "2014-09-16T18:52:34Z")
Teenager charged with desecrating statute. --- ## [Number of shaves with a disposable razor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-shaves-with-a-disposable-razor/663830)
**Author:** [@booyah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booyah)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-shaves-with-a-disposable-razor/663830 "2013-07-24T01:41:35Z")
The question was asked: How long can a person shaves with a disposable razor? I shaved with the same disposable razor for 6 years, 5 months, and 16 days. Is there anyone that can top this time? --- ## [Cheney criticizes Geneva Conventions -- to West Point cadets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-criticizes-geneva-conventions-to-west-point-cadets/405738)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-criticizes-geneva-conventions-to-west-point-cadets/405738 "2007-06-13T00:12:57Z")
Story here. (Yes, the source is another lefty blog. The words in question are in Cheney’s speech, you can find them in the official WH transcript, but the WaPo unconscionably ignored them.) All quite true, though com… --- ## [GTA IV Reviews start pouring in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gta-iv-reviews-start-pouring-in/447349)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gta-iv-reviews-start-pouring-in/447349 "2008-05-09T05:32:39Z")
Anyone have links to reviews for GTA IV yet? Gamespot just released theirs, it got a 10. The first 10 I’ve seen there in years. I might just get an xbox for this one, I can also use it as a media center extender so i… --- ## [Does the product name "Jig-a-loo" offend anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-product-name-jig-a-loo-offend-anyone/571851)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-product-name-jig-a-loo-offend-anyone/571851 "2011-02-21T19:04:28Z")
Without searching to see how the name originated (or it’s country of origin,) tell me if the product name offends you. Later I’ll let you know which of my friends are/are not offended and why/why not (if you’re interes… --- ## [When did they do away with Intermissions at the Cinema?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-do-away-with-intermissions-at-the-cinema/352825)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-they-do-away-with-intermissions-at-the-cinema/352825 "2006-04-18T15:00:08Z")
I was watching the extended/restored DVD edition of Lawrence Of Arabia last night, which involves swapping discs halfway through- partly since the movie runs to something like 218 minutes long, and partly because there’s… --- ## [What day of the week were you born on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729 "2012-10-03T20:29:15Z")
Pretty obvious. If you don’t know, you can find out here. --- ## [Is there a tactful way to tell someone that they have bad breath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-tactful-way-to-tell-someone-that-they-have-bad-breath/613526)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-tactful-way-to-tell-someone-that-they-have-bad-breath/613526 "2012-02-24T14:58:38Z")
The question is pretty much in the title, but to clarify, I’m not talking about temporary onion breath or something like that. I’m talking about the smell that seems to come with a bad tooth or bad innards or I don’t kno… --- ## [Can the Federal Government issue scrip to bypass the debt ceiling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-federal-government-issue-scrip-to-bypass-the-debt-ceiling/647143)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-federal-government-issue-scrip-to-bypass-the-debt-ceiling/647143 "2013-01-17T04:16:15Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/opinion/an-escape-hatch-for-the-debt-ceiling.html?\_r=0 This sounds more reasonable and legal than the platinum coin nonsense. Is it legal? Would it be a good idea? Would banks be willi… --- ## [1960s drugstore smell - what is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1960s-drugstore-smell-what-is-it/194175)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1960s-drugstore-smell-what-is-it/194175 "2025-10-01T13:01:46Z")
There’s a number of large, although very dated Osco drug stores (chemists, for those across the pond) in the general vicinity of where I live. All of them look like they were built in the 1950s and 1960s, and the interi… --- ## [You can take Gideon Bibles from hotel rooms, but what about this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-take-gideon-bibles-from-hotel-rooms-but-what-about-this/555426)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-take-gideon-bibles-from-hotel-rooms-but-what-about-this/555426 "2010-10-01T03:15:23Z")
In previous threads about Gideon Bibles, many Dopers have claimed that it’s okay to take a Gideon Bible. One cite. I found this in the bedside table of a hotel room where I’m staying tonight. Is it okay to take the Te… --- ## [Greatest idea in years... \[NFL may penalize racial slurs\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-idea-in-years-nfl-may-penalize-racial-slurs/682006)
**Author:** [@FairPlay222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairPlay222)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-idea-in-years-nfl-may-penalize-racial-slurs/682006 "2014-03-01T07:06:49Z")
NFL proposes policy to curb/ban use of the N word. One of the biggest double-standards in society is the use of this word. OK for some, just everyday slang amongst, racist vitriol to others. End this double standard NF… --- ## [With the wedding 2 weeks away, I'm getting cold feet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-wedding-2-weeks-away-im-getting-cold-feet/535523)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-wedding-2-weeks-away-im-getting-cold-feet/535523 "2010-04-20T02:28:33Z")
About changing my name, that is. I’m still throwing myself into this marriage with everything I’ve got because I found the best man in the world and I’m delighted about getting to stay by his side for life. But the name … --- ## [In the USA what is the balance to impeachment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-usa-what-is-the-balance-to-impeachment/740168)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-usa-what-is-the-balance-to-impeachment/740168 "2015-12-17T14:44:21Z")
As I understand it, the President and Supreme Court Justices can be impeached. But what happens to those who impeach after the impeachment fails? Are they disbarred? Is there no penalty at all? Please let’s keep this GQ… --- ## [I'll text if I want at the chain restaurant, lady. So piss off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-text-if-i-want-at-the-chain-restaurant-lady-so-piss-off/563234)
**Author:** [@El\_Presidente](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Presidente)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-text-if-i-want-at-the-chain-restaurant-lady-so-piss-off/563234 "2010-12-10T04:10:00Z")
In Carraba’s tonight, grabbing a quick meal with the missus, in a booth in the bar section. While waiting for our meals, I happened to pull out my Blackberry to answer a few emails, while my wife was on her iPhone textin… --- ## [Marijuana - Legalize It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-legalize-it/248764)
**Author:** [@Dopef1sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dopef1sh)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-legalize-it/248764 "2004-06-14T14:10:58Z")
I’m looking for people’s opinions regarding the legalization of pot. And I’m not talking about medicinal usage, I’m thinking of recreational usage too. I see no reason it shouldn’t be legalized. It is (debatably) less… --- ## [How steep a trail can you ride a horse up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-steep-a-trail-can-you-ride-a-horse-up/537090)
**Author:** [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-steep-a-trail-can-you-ride-a-horse-up/537090 "2026-05-26T14:19:10Z")
I was out running yesterday and saw a horse being ridden up a fairly steep section of trail. The piece was bare rock and got me wondering how sure-footed these beasts are going upwards. It was only a short section, thoug… --- ## [What's with the bump on Harry Dean Stanton's forehead???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-bump-on-harry-dean-stantons-forehead/356005)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-bump-on-harry-dean-stantons-forehead/356005 "2006-05-09T19:28:56Z")
I don’t know when I first noticed that huge bump on Harry Dean Stanton’s forehead, above his right eye. Maybe it was one of the times I saw him performing music, and I would have just thought he had recently had an acci… --- ## [All the plans to reopen the economy are terrible in different ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-plans-to-reopen-the-economy-are-terrible-in-different-ways/851591)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-plans-to-reopen-the-economy-are-terrible-in-different-ways/851591 "2020-04-19T14:44:16Z")
At least that’s the conclusion Ezra Klein comes to in Vox after studying all of them. What do you guys think? --- ## [What parts of the human body do not feel pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-parts-of-the-human-body-do-not-feel-pain/715025)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-parts-of-the-human-body-do-not-feel-pain/715025 "2015-03-17T23:36:09Z")
I guess it depends on how you define parts. I don’t consider products the body makes in this question but which are not attached to the body (saliva, urine, feces), it has to be things physically attached to the body. P… --- ## [What stupid thing do you do every time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-do-you-do-every-time/746582)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-do-you-do-every-time/746582 "2016-02-27T04:25:57Z")
Me? Periodically I email myself things from my work account to my personal account (which my phone receives as well). About 3 seconds later my phone makes a noise and I instinctively pick it up to see what it is… It’s y… --- ## [So Winchester put the MO in Major... David Ogden Stiers officially comes out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-winchester-put-the-mo-in-major-david-ogden-stiers-officially-comes-out/494709)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-winchester-put-the-mo-in-major-david-ogden-stiers-officially-comes-out/494709 "2009-05-02T17:37:03Z")
Mundane and pointless celebrity gossip I must share: David Ogden Stiers, bka Major Charles Emerson Winchester and for a thousand episodic guest shots, is officially homo now. I’ll admit he pinged my gaydar when he was … --- ## [Are Tibetan monks really awful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tibetan-monks-really-awful/556572)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tibetan-monks-really-awful/556572 "2010-10-14T20:41:10Z")
My best friend for years and years was Chinese-born American, and although she was often critical of Chinese culture, she defended the Chinese occupation/annexation/I don’t even know of Tibet because, according to her, t… --- ## [Do I really need this much sleep? (9-10 hours a night)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-really-need-this-much-sleep-9-10-hours-a-night/570131)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-really-need-this-much-sleep-9-10-hours-a-night/570131 "2011-02-07T20:15:29Z")
I’ve experimented a bit lately with my sleep schedule. Meaning, I stayed up later then I planned and noticed how hung over and gritty I felt the next morning. Judging from all that, it seems I need at least 9 to 10 hour… --- ## [Why are many white people sensitive to noises?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-many-white-people-sensitive-to-noises/366915)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-many-white-people-sensitive-to-noises/366915 "2012-07-26T08:45:22Z")
And many blacks less sensitive? I don’t know any other way to ask this. I hope I don’t offend any white people nor any black people. When I hear noise complaints, it’s usually from whites and sometimes Asians. But, I ca… --- ## [I'm so mad at my husband!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-mad-at-my-husband/312970)
**Author:** [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-mad-at-my-husband/312970 "2005-07-24T02:33:44Z")
First of all, I went on a bike ride with him on Saturday for 2 hours. That’s 2 hours on the bike (tandem), not including the stops, one of which was at the bike store to get some stuff for my handlebars which he has be… --- ## [Is looking at your phone in the movie theater during the previews a faux pas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-looking-at-your-phone-in-the-movie-theater-during-the-previews-a-faux-pas/843358)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-looking-at-your-phone-in-the-movie-theater-during-the-previews-a-faux-pas/843358 "2019-11-16T23:16:26Z")
I’ve seen enough people on the internet bring up having to quickly finish their texts right as the upcoming previews/trailers start during a movie so “not to look rude” as well as the fact those ads before movies now tel… --- ## [Atlas Shrugged Part 1 - trailer released today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlas-shrugged-part-1-trailer-released-today/571074)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlas-shrugged-part-1-trailer-released-today/571074 "2011-02-21T17:40:45Z")
I’m cautiously optimistic. Been waiting a long time for this one, and I hope they do a good job. The movie isn’t high budget and they don’t have many “name” actors, but the trailer looks pretty decent. I’m definitely pla… --- ## [Conservatives Heckling Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-heckling-obama/625295)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-heckling-obama/625295 "2012-06-29T03:38:33Z")
Yesterday, the Romney Campaign Bus circled outside Obama’s Ohio economic speech harassing attendees – with reporters on board. Today, a reporter from the GOP-mouthpiece The Daily Caller loudly heckled Obama in the middl… --- ## [Facts of Life -- Com'on. You know you watched it. Can you answer these?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-of-life-comon-you-know-you-watched-it-can-you-answer-these/692886)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-of-life-comon-you-know-you-watched-it-can-you-answer-these/692886 "2014-07-15T17:49:28Z")
For reasons I do not know, my local news anchors were singing the theme to Facts of Life. I watched it religiously when it was in it’s first run but now I have only vague, soft focus memories of it. Help me out rememberi… --- ## [Jury Nullification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-nullification/512355)
**Author:** [@Marcus.B.Elliott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus.B.Elliott)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-nullification/512355 "2009-11-18T15:23:01Z")
A few years ago I was also curious about Jury Nullification and I ended up reading an excellent book on the topic: “Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine” by Clay Conrad. It provides a thorough treatment of t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=937&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=939&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)