# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=941&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:** 942 --- ## [Greatest Athlete by Decade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-athlete-by-decade/301738)
**Author:** [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2005, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-athlete-by-decade/301738 "2005-05-08T07:31:44Z")
Not necessarily “Who defined the decade”. but you can use that as part of your criteria. Championships and statistics probably will help you too. Impact on their sport and sports history would be helpful, I suppose. I… --- ## [Don't hate me because I...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hate-me-because-i/394445)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hate-me-because-i/394445 "2007-03-13T17:47:10Z")
…am 35 and have never had a hangover. And no, it’s not because I don’t drink. I just…don’t get hangovers. Now you… don’t hate you because…? --- ## [Mismatch the slogan and the product.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatch-the-slogan-and-the-product/263032)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatch-the-slogan-and-the-product/263032 "2006-03-23T22:03:39Z")
I don’t know if this is a fun game, or maybe just my idle brain on a Friday night that thinks it’s fun. But I thought of combining one ad slogan / tag-line with the wrong product / service /event could be fun. And I’m s… --- ## [Sushi newb questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-newb-questions/696414)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-newb-questions/696414 "2014-08-30T22:10:49Z")
My new place is near a Kroger supermarket that has pre-made sushi platters. This is my first exposure to sushi. I’ve been trying the different combos and liking it, though it’s a little blander than I would have expected… --- ## [How many times have you been to the emergency room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-been-to-the-emergency-room/564831)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-been-to-the-emergency-room/564831 "2010-12-23T09:43:49Z")
I was talking to a friend last week about emergency room visits. She found it odd that I’ve been there at all, and really odd that I’ve been so many times. She’s never been, not even once – until yesterday. Part of her e… --- ## [Urban Outfitters Kent State sweatshirt for sale.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-outfitters-kent-state-sweatshirt-for-sale/698640)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-outfitters-kent-state-sweatshirt-for-sale/698640 "2015-02-11T18:14:44Z")
Can someone please explain the thinking behind this. I’m at a complete loss trying to imagine how this decision was made. Urban Outfitters decides that a blood splattered Kent State sweatshirt is just the thing everyon… --- ## ["Work It" (ABC sitcom) - WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-it-abc-sitcom-wtf/607702)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-it-abc-sitcom-wtf/607702 "2012-01-17T01:37:20Z")
America, you continue to astound me. I could see this getting greenlighted (greenlit?) in France or something (which, according to an informal survey conducted on my travels, just slightly beats out Mexico for the most i… --- ## [Ask the guy who knows everything about everything.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429 "2012-08-25T13:17:04Z")
I already know what you’re going to ask, but I wouldn’t want to ruin your fun. G’head, ask. --- ## [Launching trash into space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/launching-trash-into-space/570500)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2011, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/launching-trash-into-space/570500 "2011-02-10T07:07:55Z")
I have heard some propose the idea of launching trash and refuse into space, or towards the Sun, or what have you. Now, besides the obvious fact that there is a LOT of trash on Earth and that sending rockets into space i… --- ## [DaVinci Code - so sorry, but here we go again. \*SPOILERS\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davinci-code-so-sorry-but-here-we-go-again-spoilers/221102)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davinci-code-so-sorry-but-here-we-go-again-spoilers/221102 "2004-02-23T00:55:46Z")
Just finished reading it, and my overall impression of it is…eh, not bad. It’s like Umberto Eco Lite. Good, well-paced, rousing tale, but all the profound controversy over it is, IMHO, utterly unjustified. I mean, aft… --- ## [Do we know what happened to the Ent Wives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-know-what-happened-to-the-ent-wives/507445)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-know-what-happened-to-the-ent-wives/507445 "2009-08-28T20:46:51Z")
May be a stupid question, but I last read the LOTR about 15 something years ago, and even then I just confined myself to the main ‘tale’ as it where and didn’t delve into the appendices, etc. I can’t recall if the Ent W… --- ## [Doper men... Emergency! I really, really need your help... it's time to buy my first suit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-men-emergency-i-really-really-need-your-help-its-time-to-buy-my-first-suit/638293)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-men-emergency-i-really-really-need-your-help-its-time-to-buy-my-first-suit/638293 "2012-10-25T01:02:30Z")
And of course, any women who like to see their guys in nice suits (Anaamika, I’m looking at you here…), feel free to chip in. Later this fall I’ll be attending a musical performance conducted by a friend of mine. This i… --- ## [What is the Jewish Messiah Supposed to Do Exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-jewish-messiah-supposed-to-do-exactly/808771)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-jewish-messiah-supposed-to-do-exactly/808771 "2018-05-03T11:51:03Z")
I’m reading the excellent book The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs, and in it he mentions an odd alliance between Ultra-Fundamentalist Christians and Ultra-Orthodox Jews to breed a completely red heifer to use … --- ## [Cities mentioned in Huey Lewis' "Heart of Rock and Roll"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-mentioned-in-huey-lewis-heart-of-rock-and-roll/499225)
**Author:** [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-mentioned-in-huey-lewis-heart-of-rock-and-roll/499225 "2013-05-11T05:45:03Z")
Yesterday while I was sitting in the dentist’s chair I heard “The Heart of Rock and Roll” come on the radio. Sitting there with nothing else to do while the dentist poked and prodded around in my mouth, my mind began to … --- ## [French practice of dropping first name "Joseph"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-practice-of-dropping-first-name-joseph/692654)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-practice-of-dropping-first-name-joseph/692654 "2016-10-03T06:46:08Z")
In researching the names book (that I just published, by the way), I discovered a curious pattern in notable men of French heritage or culture from the late 19th century through about the 1970s: a given first name of Jos… --- ## [Chicago 25 or 624](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-25-or-624/720803)
**Author:** [@todd25624](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd25624)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-25-or-624/720803 "2015-06-19T17:49:04Z")
refers to LSD-25 and 624 Quaalude --- ## [How does one hide $4m + from the IRS and wife?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-hide-4m-from-the-irs-and-wife/610663)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-hide-4m-from-the-irs-and-wife/610663 "2012-02-06T03:25:04Z")
I thought this may go in GQ, but I have generalized questions with multiple factual answers and even more guesses. And some of this is legal. I think this is the proper forum. First things first: My father is a con arti… --- ## [Chili size](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chili-size/532207)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chili-size/532207 "2011-09-19T21:40:35Z")
Do you know what a chili size is? --- ## [Best "Spin Off" Band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-spin-off-band/538321 "2010-05-05T20:20:24Z")
I’m sure this has been done before but I wasn’t sure how to look up such a thing so I thought we’d start a fresh thread. Looking for the best"Spin Off" bands - meaning, a new band formed w/ a member (or members) of anot… --- ## [Has there ever been a less appetizing food item than Taco Bell's new black taco?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-less-appetizing-food-item-than-taco-bells-new-black-taco/513482)
**Author:** [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-less-appetizing-food-item-than-taco-bells-new-black-taco/513482 "2009-10-14T18:58:08Z")
I was watching football this afternoon and saw an ad that I thought was a parody. I mean, a black taco? WTF? I suppose their lipstick-red Volcano Taco paved the way for food in non-food colors, but come on Taco Bell! He… --- ## [Resolved: A SC Justice who uses terms like "jiggery-pokery" in his opinions ought to retire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-a-sc-justice-who-uses-terms-like-jiggery-pokery-in-his-opinions-ought-to-retire/723872)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-a-sc-justice-who-uses-terms-like-jiggery-pokery-in-his-opinions-ought-to-retire/723872 "2015-07-17T16:20:31Z")
Doesn’t Scalia have a lawn to protect somewhere? He seems to be deteriorating into ranting. --- ## [Obama's Tax "Cut" for non tax payers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-tax-cut-for-non-tax-payers/469125)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-tax-cut-for-non-tax-payers/469125 "2008-10-27T23:53:55Z")
Okay, I guess my flip-flopping has put me back in the undecided camp this election because of what I have heard about Obama’s tax cuts. I put this in GD because it will go there soon, and while I do have questions about… --- ## [How do you figure out your drinking limit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-figure-out-your-drinking-limit/575344)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2011, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-figure-out-your-drinking-limit/575344 "2011-03-24T09:33:53Z")
I think everybody knows when we’ve had “too much,” but how do you calculate when you’ve had “enough?” --- ## [(Old) March forth into victory in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-march-forth-into-victory-in-the-mmp/998430)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-march-forth-into-victory-in-the-mmp/998430 "2024-03-11T06:54:37Z")
Thats my clever title. After patting myself on the back, I wake up from another weird dream all sweaty. Its easy to cover up when you first lie down, I think they shoot heat through the building whilst I sleep. Must be… --- ## [Potential college football nuke: Cam Newton paid to play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-college-football-nuke-cam-newton-paid-to-play/559613)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-college-football-nuke-cam-newton-paid-to-play/559613 "2010-11-29T21:31:38Z")
The college football world is abuzz with the news that ESPN leaked last night: Auburn’s Cam Newton is being investigated about allegations that, while he was being recruited, his father pretty much actively sought money … --- ## [Hong Kong is NOT a libertarian success story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hong-kong-is-not-a-libertarian-success-story/480927)
**Author:** [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hong-kong-is-not-a-libertarian-success-story/480927 "2009-02-19T17:40:15Z")
In this postin the other libertarian thread Sam Stone described Hong Kong as a successful experiment in laisser-faire economics. I didn’t know much about the history of Hong Kong so I decided to do some googling. It turn… --- ## [How do I get the smell of blood out of carpet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-smell-of-blood-out-of-carpet/439072)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-the-smell-of-blood-out-of-carpet/439072 "2008-02-26T19:24:48Z")
It’s not what you think. A friend of mine hit a deer back in November and was able to keep the deer and have it carved up at a friends house. Everything was wrapped up nicely for freezer storage at his house except one… --- ## [Lost 4.12: "There's No Place Like Home"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-12-theres-no-place-like-home/449455)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-4-12-theres-no-place-like-home/449455 "2008-05-21T02:12:31Z")
Thread rules: My TV guide listing says “part of 1 of 2” for this episode. I’m not sure when part 2 airs, since my TV guide doesn’t show an episode for next week. Anyway, I’m not expecting the writers to wrap anything… --- ## [Goddamned Feral Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-feral-cat/447615)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-feral-cat/447615 "2008-05-13T22:19:19Z")
I have been working on a garden this spring. To be honest, it’s not much of a garden, and many Serious Gardeners would probably piss themselves laughing at it, but it’s still a garden. Specifically, I’m trying to grow … --- ## [Beaten Iraqi woman in San Diego dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beaten-iraqi-woman-in-san-diego-dies/616791)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beaten-iraqi-woman-in-san-diego-dies/616791 "2016-08-17T23:02:49Z")
Link I grew up in San Diego, and I remember Nazi newspapers distributed on people’s lawns. (We played Army with them. My parents were not pleased.) This was when Tom Metzger was the KKK leader there. My oldest frie… --- ## [Umpires give a free out, free win to WhiteSox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umpires-give-a-free-out-free-win-to-whitesox/326013)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umpires-give-a-free-out-free-win-to-whitesox/326013 "2005-10-17T16:38:09Z")
I’m sure this will be all over the news, but in the bottom of the ninth, the Angels strike out AJ Pierzynski for the third out. The catcher catches the ball cleanly. The umpire signals a strike out. The Angels start to l… --- ## [I Messed Up My Farmer's Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up-my-farmers-tan/315129)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up-my-farmers-tan/315129 "2005-08-08T01:56:40Z")
As a public service, I keep my shirt on in the great outdoors. Just as a kindness to others. Yeah, there was last year when we went to the beach and I was all topless, but as a rule I have on a shirt. (And pants too. Alw… --- ## [Things of inferior quality that you prefer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-inferior-quality-that-you-prefer/743545)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-inferior-quality-that-you-prefer/743545 "2016-01-23T08:34:58Z")
There are a number of things of inferior quality that I prefer simply because they’re what I grew up liking. Take for example, vegetables. I know quite well that fresh steamed vegetables are superior to canned or frozen… --- ## [What is the liquid coming from under my peeling skin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-liquid-coming-from-under-my-peeling-skin/499620)
**Author:** [@Mordwynd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mordwynd)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-liquid-coming-from-under-my-peeling-skin/499620 "2009-06-14T03:40:47Z")
I was sunburnt and now my skin is peeling and there is liquid coming out. What is it? --- ## [Repost of Iran Topic posted 5-22-11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repost-of-iran-topic-posted-5-22-11/582813)
**Author:** [@chiefwhitesr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiefwhitesr)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repost-of-iran-topic-posted-5-22-11/582813 "2011-06-25T23:12:38Z")
Apologies first and foremost for excluding source Iran claims to break CIA spy ring, arrests 30. Iran uncovers CIA affiliated ring in Iran, Arrests thirty. My former opinion stated that we should mix it up with these g… --- ## [Family Feud X](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-x/432243)
**Author:** [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud-x/432243 "2008-01-11T04:39:41Z")
Hostile Dialect has been busy with his newfangled (and fun) Trivial Feud threads, so I asked if I could do a round of classic Family Feud. He agreed – and he’s gonna let me use his patented time-saving tabulation method.… --- ## [Average NFL game 16 minutes of play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-nfl-game-16-minutes-of-play/528104)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-nfl-game-16-minutes-of-play/528104 "2010-02-18T21:23:29Z")
I’ve heard that the average NFL game has about 16 minutes of action each game. Meaning that if you take a stopwatch and start it for example, when the quarterback takes the snap and stop the watch when the ref’s whistle… --- ## [Did any of the Star Trek books explain how the economy of the Federation worked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-of-the-star-trek-books-explain-how-the-economy-of-the-federation-worked/461175)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-of-the-star-trek-books-explain-how-the-economy-of-the-federation-worked/461175 "2015-10-14T13:00:53Z")
I assume it was some sort Utopian socialism where basic needs etc. are taken care, but beyond that if someone wanted to accumulate land, resources etc how would they go about doing that? What if someone didn’t want to wo… --- ## [Words that have suddenly become very popular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-have-suddenly-become-very-popular/848962)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-have-suddenly-become-very-popular/848962 "2020-04-11T18:38:44Z")
I first learned the word ‘fealty’ on first reading ‘On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer’. I’m not sure I’d ever seen or heard it used again until Trump ascended. Since then, it seems like every day someone lambastes so… --- ## [Most quotable movies of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time/575931 "2011-03-28T10:01:32Z")
What’s the most quotable movie of all time? The movie that has delivered up the most commonly recognized quotes? My nominee - The Big Lebowski. Just endlessly fucking quotable. More quotable than Hamlet. Other movies i… --- ## [Any Mad magazine readers out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mad-magazine-readers-out-there/620966)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mad-magazine-readers-out-there/620966 "2012-05-08T07:21:52Z")
I just recently bought the entire mad collection on computer CD. Has every magazine up to issue 500. I’ve read from number 1 to about number 348 in a month’s time. Seems to still be just as funny when it first started. … --- ## [Bagram airfield crash question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagram-airfield-crash-question/657631)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagram-airfield-crash-question/657631 "2021-03-15T23:46:11Z")
A 747 cargo plane crashed at Bagram airfield last week. The crash was captured by the dasboard camera of a ground vehicle. The video is here. I’m two-clicking it because it shows seven people dying, and some people mi… --- ## [The "squirting" debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-squirting-debate/711395)
**Author:** [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-squirting-debate/711395 "2015-02-04T00:02:28Z")
Well I almost can’t believe that this is my first thread, but I feel like sharing just a little TMI. No, it is not urine. Perhaps just a small amount comes out during the initial squirt, but none after. It is void of co… --- ## [Hey Twickster...How Was This Warning Justified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-twickster-how-was-this-warning-justified/521549)
**Author:** [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-twickster-how-was-this-warning-justified/521549 "2009-12-21T17:35:37Z")
In this post: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11891431&postcount=50 Twickster issues a warning to Hajario for supposedly snarking on a post by Lynn. What really happened was that Lynn posted that she s… --- ## [Best portrayals of really smart people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-portrayals-of-really-smart-people/567826)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-portrayals-of-really-smart-people/567826 "2011-01-21T16:49:52Z")
Thinking movies, television, and theatre, what actors have portrayed supposedly smart characters with the most verisimilitude? Note that I am not asking about the actor’s intelligence (though I suppose it’s hard to deco… --- ## [Other cool forums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-cool-forums/668288)
**Author:** [@Steener122](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steener122)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-cool-forums/668288 "2013-09-12T18:54:11Z")
I love joining forums like this. I enjoy getting to know people and talking about all kinds of things. Right now I’m only here, commercials I hate, and A Simpsons Tapped out forum. Do any of you know of any other cool f… --- ## [Have any countries given up territory eagerly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-countries-given-up-territory-eagerly/636526)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-countries-given-up-territory-eagerly/636526 "2012-10-05T15:01:36Z")
One constant in modern world affairs is that nations protect their territorial integrity, even at great cost. Can you think of any instances in the last 200 or so years - the more recent, the better - in which a country… --- ## [So, today we talked to a recruiter...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-we-talked-to-a-recruiter/627134)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-today-we-talked-to-a-recruiter/627134 "2012-09-14T19:19:16Z")
For some time now, Hallboy’s been talking about joining the Air Force. He’s brought it up here and there throughout the past two years, but I’ve never been sure how serious he was, and if it was the video games talking,… --- ## [\["They" as a\] Gender-Neutral \[singular pronoun\].](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-as-a-gender-neutral-singular-pronoun/674058)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-as-a-gender-neutral-singular-pronoun/674058 "2013-11-24T03:08:34Z")
I read a comment today in which it was stated that the use of ‘they’ as a gender-neutral pronoun, as in " A person who eats only what they can for for nothing", is normal usage now. It went on to say that Americans tend… --- ## [When did the average person first hear about CDs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-average-person-first-hear-about-cds/782285)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-average-person-first-hear-about-cds/782285 "2017-03-23T14:02:59Z")
I’m putting this in CS so people can share their stories. I turned 11 in 1982 and was a classical music fan (and remain so, though I only listened to classical then). I think that’s when I first heard about CDs on the c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=940&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=942&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)