# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=940&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:** 941 --- ## [Is your child smarter than average? More attractive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-child-smarter-than-average-more-attractive/535058)
**Author:** [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-child-smarter-than-average-more-attractive/535058 "2010-04-09T21:58:38Z")
This should be fun. --- ## [Girl suspended for wearing "Barbie is a Lesbian" t-shirt to school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-suspended-for-wearing-barbie-is-a-lesbian-t-shirt-to-school/183245)
**Author:** [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2003, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-suspended-for-wearing-barbie-is-a-lesbian-t-shirt-to-school/183245 "2003-06-26T09:38:57Z")
Link. "NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York teen-ager alleged on Thursday that teachers violated her civil rights when they suspended her from school for wearing a “Barbie is a Lesbian” T-shirt. “Lawyers who filed a lawsuit… --- ## [Are bow ties professional enough to wear at the office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bow-ties-professional-enough-to-wear-at-the-office/489189)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bow-ties-professional-enough-to-wear-at-the-office/489189 "2009-03-13T04:30:47Z")
Noting that I’ve never seen any man wear a bow tie in the office, are bow ties still professional to wear in a modern American business office? Or is it now just for tuxedos and pee-wee herman imitations? --- ## [What interjections/insults have dropped out of fashion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002)
**Author:** [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interjections-insults-have-dropped-out-of-fashion/507002 "2009-08-22T18:36:36Z")
I’ve been watching old 60’s TV reruns and realized I can’t recalled the last time IRL I heard: lame brained, dad burned, holy mackerel, bone headed, … --- ## [post-orgasmic sensitivity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-orgasmic-sensitivity/7168)
**Author:** [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-orgasmic-sensitivity/7168 "2000-02-14T15:01:00Z")
First a question, then the rationalization behind it: How common is is it for a woman to become so sensitive after an orgasm that she can’t tolerate even the slightest genital contact afterwards? My girlfriend enjoys v… --- ## [American Idol Top 36 Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733 "2009-05-23T02:23:07Z")
Ok, each year we have our AI pool, but this time around I thought we’d expand it a bit. The SDMB AI Top 32 Pool is open for signups! Come on over here and sign up using the password “cecil” (although I just tested it ou… --- ## [Anti-hippy rant Number Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-hippy-rant-number-two/427560)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-hippy-rant-number-two/427560 "2007-11-29T19:16:02Z")
It takes me two buses to get to work. Unfortunately, to connect from one to the other I have walk diagonally across Seattle’s shopping ground zero: the big shopping center with a fountain in the middle and surrounded by … --- ## [Ask Hulk.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-hulk/152422)
**Author:** [@MachineHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachineHead)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-hulk/152422 "2003-07-07T15:18:30Z")
Hulk want people to ask things. Ask hulk things or he will destroy! --- ## [Multivitamins - Are they a waste of money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multivitamins-are-they-a-waste-of-money/684534)
**Author:** [@Mr.Insaneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Insaneo)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multivitamins-are-they-a-waste-of-money/684534 "2014-04-04T22:35:49Z")
I’m having trouble understanding if multivitamins are useful for fitness. Articles online keep saying they’re useful if you want to get all of your vitamin and mineral needs, especially if you can’t get them all in your… --- ## [death by hanging or firing squad... which would you choose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-hanging-or-firing-squad-which-would-you-choose/379182)
**Author:** [@bob\_loblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_loblaw)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-hanging-or-firing-squad-which-would-you-choose/379182 "2006-11-13T23:36:57Z")
so saddam hussein has been found guilty of crimes against humanity & sentenced to death by hanging. seems he prefers to go out by firing squad, but hey, either way, he’s still gonna die. the question is, if presented w… --- ## [Marilyn Monroe: was she a good actress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-was-she-a-good-actress/171033)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marilyn-monroe-was-she-a-good-actress/171033 "2012-03-19T03:12:46Z")
I love to watch Marilyn Monroe movies. She was an original, and there was no one else quite like her. That said, was she really a good actress? Sometimes I think so, for instance, when she was in Bus Stop, and sometim… --- ## [Songs written to diss other songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-written-to-diss-other-songs/798111)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-written-to-diss-other-songs/798111 "2017-11-08T01:00:03Z")
In another thread the question of “Least favorite Dylan song” came up, and “Gotta Serve Somebody” immediately came to mind-an insipid tribute to his recent conversion to Christianity. It so annoyed John Lennon that he w… --- ## [Am I right to insist on a closed jacket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-right-to-insist-on-a-closed-jacket/757659)
**Author:** [@Scottish\_Cailyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scottish_Cailyn)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-right-to-insist-on-a-closed-jacket/757659 "2016-07-04T07:12:26Z")
I have 1 daughter, Rhona (6) but she is really bad for one thing, she does not like her jacket done up, when its really unpleasant outside she will come out of school with it undone and when I ask her to do up the zip, s… --- ## [Jacaranda Trees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517)
**Author:** [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517 "2014-05-08T07:11:56Z")
Fuck these trees. Goddam things are everywhere in Orange County, dropping sticky purple flowers on sidewalks and cars. As in, my car. :mad: The guy who had the genius idea to plant these things in areas with lots of foo… --- ## [does anyone actually like the tim burton charlie and the chocolate factory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-actually-like-the-tim-burton-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/539845)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-actually-like-the-tim-burton-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/539845 "2010-05-22T22:54:09Z")
it is just awful and not worthy of being mentioned in the same sentence as the original --- ## [Sneevil, come here. A word.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneevil-come-here-a-word/26878)
**Author:** [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2000, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneevil-come-here-a-word/26878 "2000-07-29T06:26:17Z")
In this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=604867 you made the following comment (among other completely asinine, stupid comments. You really have to read all of it to understand why I’m so… --- ## [Which Prison Do Transgendered People Go To?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-prison-do-transgendered-people-go-to/611171)
**Author:** [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-prison-do-transgendered-people-go-to/611171 "2014-05-14T22:07:26Z")
Male prisons or female prisons. I ask as I saw a news blip about a man in California who wants to be in a prison for females. The thing is he’s taking hormones but otherwise still male. And he’s convicted of raping a wom… --- ## [The Run to Super Bowl Licks (LIX). 2024 NFL playoffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 529\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410 "2025-02-10T04:46:12Z")
Since teams have already clinched playoffs berth and scenarios will start playing out in the next month, I thought it was a good time to start this thread. A few things to get started. I think any of the 7 teams that ma… --- ## [OMG, y'all. Mike Warns @dropzone passed away suddenly (2022-May-22) - GoFundMe link now set up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-yall-mike-warns-dropzone-passed-away-suddenly-2022-may-22-gofundme-link-now-set-up/964904)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-yall-mike-warns-dropzone-passed-away-suddenly-2022-may-22-gofundme-link-now-set-up/964904 "2022-12-04T15:10:28Z")
I spoke to his daughter. She said it was sudden and unexpected. I knew he was having troubles. I’m so sorry he died He was my hero, my surrogate Daddy and my good friend. Y’all have a pleasant thought for him and his… --- ## [Why are profiles on US coins facing left or right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-profiles-on-us-coins-facing-left-or-right/672960)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-profiles-on-us-coins-facing-left-or-right/672960 "2013-12-19T04:41:08Z")
I recently started coin collecting, and until recently, the vast majority of Us coins had a right or left profile of the face. Why is this? Obviously, full face pictures would not be difficult, looking at paper money, an… --- ## [Parliamentary yelling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parliamentary-yelling/499326)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parliamentary-yelling/499326 "2009-06-15T01:19:45Z")
Here in the US, it seems that every time I hear a clip of someone speaking in the British Parliament, all the other MPs are yelling like schoolboys. Does this sort of thing really go on all the time in Parliament? If s… --- ## [The Rocky Horror Glee Show (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454 "2010-11-02T00:24:30Z")
Despite all the stuff I’ve heard about tonight’s episode (changing Rocky’s costume, making the the lyrics more “family friendly”, etc) I’m still looking forward to it. Let’s hope it doesn’t disappoint. --- ## [Division Playoffs (NFL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-playoffs-nfl/525243)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-playoffs-nfl/525243 "2010-01-18T23:52:59Z")
Needed a thread for this, since nothing seems to be applicable other than the general playoffs thread. Saints reaming the Cardinals. I didn’t see the start of the game, but I will say this: when I first saw who the re… --- ## [Oral Sex Techniques](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-techniques/6540)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-sex-techniques/6540 "2001-05-06T14:16:29Z")
Okay, that subject header outta get some attention. But seriously ya’ll, I want to know where I can learn oral sex technique. I’m not a porn film fan, and books I’ve looked at focus on intercourse positions. Online, I’v… --- ## [Why are so many people pro-choice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-people-pro-choice/59369)
**Author:** [@alloran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alloran)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-people-pro-choice/59369 "2001-03-27T13:46:26Z")
Why do so many people not understand that life is sacred, and that abortion is wrong? I mean, if someone killed a twenty-year-old, no one would say that that wasn’t murder! Why must so many people draw the line at unborn… --- ## [Dear scamartistry:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-scamartistry/543778)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-scamartistry/543778 "2010-06-23T04:11:10Z")
Regarding your OP in GD, quoted below: I’m sure you think you have artfully hidden your racism. You haven’t. Go eat a bag of flaming shit. That is all. --- ## [What is the purpose of a shift boot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-shift-boot/550009)
**Author:** [@be\_bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/be_bright)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-shift-boot/550009 "2010-08-12T20:53:43Z")
My current–and first!–car is a stick shift; other than knowing how to drive it (obviously), I don’t know much about manual transmission cars…or cars in general for that matter. My gear shift has a little boot on it. Tha… --- ## [Shower squeegee etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-squeegee-etiquette/530542)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-squeegee-etiquette/530542 "2010-03-02T03:40:18Z")
So, I helped out an acquaintance with a little project, and she offered me the use of her shower (I was pretty filthy). Very nice guest bathroom, with a huge shower. In the shower was a very nice squeegee. WTF? I wasn’… --- ## [RIP Bob Saget](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-saget/957492)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-saget/957492 "2022-02-19T11:24:29Z")
65 years old, no cause described yet. He ended up being more entertaining than I expected. I mostly saw him doing his kids or AFV stuff early on, and then started to see the really raunchy (and funny) things he did. RI… --- ## [Jacques Pepin's Potato Leek Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-pepins-potato-leek-soup/583812)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-pepins-potato-leek-soup/583812 "2011-06-03T03:39:01Z")
I just made a batch of this soup from his “Fast Food” PBS show and it was… OK. But it kinda tasted too much like Campbell’s Mushroom Soup \[w/ leeks added\]. Any recommendations to improve it? The recipe is: Cut up som… --- ## [Bye bye Olberman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365 "2012-04-09T14:58:07Z")
Well, it looks like that self righteous prick has been ousted again. And this time, to add insult to injury, he is being replaced by - are you ready for this? - Elliot fucking Spitzer!!! Bwaaaahaahaaa! Wonder how that… --- ## [Ladies: How offensive or hurtful is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-offensive-or-hurtful-is-this/413501)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-offensive-or-hurtful-is-this/413501 "2007-08-01T20:44:01Z")
You and your boyfriend are both in your early-to-mid-twenties, and you work at the same place. There’s a new female coworker. She’s physically attractive, but you and the BF agree that she has a completely vile personal… --- ## [How has legal abortion harmed society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-legal-abortion-harmed-society/498359)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-legal-abortion-harmed-society/498359 "2009-06-05T16:11:19Z")
With all the brouhaha over Dr. Tiller’s death and the subject in general, other than totally dividing the country (and making abortion illegal again is not going to solve that problem, nosiree) how has it harmed society? … --- ## [Which way is up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-up/638310)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-up/638310 "2012-10-22T20:48:04Z")
When someone gives you directions like “Go west on Anderson Avenue until you hit the light, then turn and go up Smith Street until you see the red house”, which way is “up”-left, or right? --- ## [giada de laurentiis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-de-laurentiis/650937)
**Author:** [@cazyjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cazyjohn)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giada-de-laurentiis/650937 "2013-02-21T21:55:29Z")
iam fan of hers i have two question about giada de laurentiis like answered plz. why do people hate giada de laurentiis? what the reason behind it? i like why to know why all hate toward her do anybody believe the … --- ## [And now: Yemen and the "Pink Revolution"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-yemen-and-the-pink-revolution/571245)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-yemen-and-the-pink-revolution/571245 "2012-02-27T17:48:21Z")
A government that already had three insurgencies to deal with (al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; Shi’ite secessionists in the northwest; South Yemen secessionists in the southeast) now has protesters marching in the cap… --- ## [When did WWII OFFICIALLY end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-wwii-officially-end/506554)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-wwii-officially-end/506554 "2009-08-18T16:37:42Z")
Yes, yes, I know Germany surrendered in early May 1945, followed by Japan at the end of the summer. And we signed a peace treaty with Japan shortly thereafter. And that was the last declared war the U.S. was involved i… --- ## [Another company found to be "recommending" who their employees vote for.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-company-found-to-be-recommending-who-their-employees-vote-for/638953)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-company-found-to-be-recommending-who-their-employees-vote-for/638953 "2012-11-02T19:11:19Z")
So just like David Siegel and the Koch brothers, Wynn Resorts, the third-largest operator casino chains in the country, is discovered to have been distributing documents to their 12,000 employees stating who the company … --- ## [Should you feel guilty going to a restaurant on Christmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-feel-guilty-going-to-a-restaurant-on-christmas/741364)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-feel-guilty-going-to-a-restaurant-on-christmas/741364 "2015-12-29T13:39:00Z")
We usually go out to eat every Friday night. So yesterday my daughter ask me, “Are we going out to eat tomorrow?” “Absolutely not.” I would feel awfully guilty sitting in a restaurant and demanding that someone serve … --- ## [Things in movies that just ain't right!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-movies-that-just-aint-right/186864)
**Author:** [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-movies-that-just-aint-right/186864 "2003-07-23T15:15:12Z")
I just saw Catch Me If You Can recently and a scene near the end got me thinking about this topic. In the scene, Tom Hanks’ character pushes a button which seemingly causes a big Heildeburg four-color press to stop runni… --- ## [Have you ever been in a relationship with a person much better/worse looking than you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-in-a-relationship-with-a-person-much-better-worse-looking-than-you/541702)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-in-a-relationship-with-a-person-much-better-worse-looking-than-you/541702 "2010-06-05T01:11:38Z")
I’m talking about romantice relationships, of course. Please note that one-night stands do not count as relationships for purposes of this discussion; neither do encounters with, ah, purveyors of commercial affection. … --- ## [Tom Clancy errors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-clancy-errors/287126)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-clancy-errors/287126 "2018-11-28T11:22:13Z")
I was reading a Tom Clancy book, and he mentions a Grumman Tiger. One thing that struck me as odd was that he said, ‘The pilot slid open his door.’ Now, the Tiger is the airplane in which I logged my first hours. It d… --- ## [What does being stoned feel like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-stoned-feel-like/193700)
**Author:** [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-stoned-feel-like/193700 "2003-08-12T18:24:23Z")
I just had someone ask me that. I don’t think anyone’s ever asked me that before. Hmmmm … Energized. Brilliant. Very very pleased with all that exists. Philosophical. Hungry. At one with my cats and the remote co… --- ## [Best single lines of dialogue from artistic works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980111)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980111 "2023-07-07T18:08:21Z")
Sharona Fleming in the pilot for Monk, in reference to politicians: I never vote. It just encourages them. --- ## [Roommate Left Oven On Overnight, Now Oven is Broken-- Who Pays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roommate-left-oven-on-overnight-now-oven-is-broken-who-pays/642346)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roommate-left-oven-on-overnight-now-oven-is-broken-who-pays/642346 "2012-11-28T22:42:51Z")
One of our housemates, X, left the oven on overnight. Oft wears hats and I found it and turned it off the following morning. The next time we went to use the oven, the lower heating element caught on fire. When we had… --- ## [Very Strange: People asking Strangers to "Watch My Stuff"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-people-asking-strangers-to-watch-my-stuff/422369)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-people-asking-strangers-to-watch-my-stuff/422369 "2008-02-18T14:41:10Z")
This never happened to me until I moved here to California. But since I moved here, it’s happened many times. I’ll be sitting there minding my own business, usually in a coffee shop, when a complete stranger will say to… --- ## [How do ghosts follow people home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ghosts-follow-people-home/691389)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ghosts-follow-people-home/691389 "2014-06-28T00:24:50Z")
I often hear stories on how ghosts can sometimes follow people home or they can stalk them and such. I would like to know how can ghosts do this? --- ## ["Pillow Angel" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGHGHGH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pillow-angel-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhghghgh/441178)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pillow-angel-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhghghgh/441178 "2008-03-20T19:25:50Z")
GodDAMMIT. Why, WHY WHY WHY do people feel the need to come up with these horrible, awful cutesy names for terrible things? First “Baby Pumpkin” and now PILLOW ANGEL!? Am I living in a Passolini film!\>? I’m going to … --- ## [John McCain is President... Obama lost... How different does America look right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-president-obama-lost-how-different-does-america-look-right-now/623527)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-president-obama-lost-how-different-does-america-look-right-now/623527 "2012-06-05T18:02:30Z")
Today is May 30, 2012. Not quite 3 1/2 years ago, McCain/Palin won the election instead of Obama. For the purpose of this hypothetical, the election itself was close but decisive - no controversial issues like 2000 whi… --- ## [Job Interview Q: Is there anything you want to tell me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-q-is-there-anything-you-want-to-tell-me/247517)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2004, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-q-is-there-anything-you-want-to-tell-me/247517 "2004-06-01T12:57:54Z")
Well, I went on a job interview recently. I got through the first interview with the department manager and was invited back for a second interview with the HR director and the Executive Director. Everything was going … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=939&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=941&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)