# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=944&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:** 945 --- ## [Meanwhile, back at the ranch... pitting the misuse of "skepticism"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meanwhile-back-at-the-ranch-pitting-the-misuse-of-skepticism/393777)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meanwhile-back-at-the-ranch-pitting-the-misuse-of-skepticism/393777 "2007-03-06T01:32:16Z")
I do realize it happens all the time. Words are borrowed from technical disciplines and given new meanings for everyday usage. Fine. It isn’t always a problem, and it also goes the other way. Technical disciplines borrow… --- ## ["Inception" - Why Was It Hard To Understand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inception-why-was-it-hard-to-understand/572418)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inception-why-was-it-hard-to-understand/572418 "2011-02-26T02:01:59Z")
Just watched it again. I understood what was happening the first time. Understood it the second time. The ending’s ambiguous, but everything else made sense to me. Maybe I’m just a dreamer. --- ## [Good God - Lou Reed is a really awful singer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-god-lou-reed-is-a-really-awful-singer/441095)
**Author:** [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-god-lou-reed-is-a-really-awful-singer/441095 "2013-12-28T19:58:57Z")
Bob Dylan, through years of practice, has finally learned to carry a tune. He lands on the note within the first half of the note’s duration and manages to keep the note on pitch through the end of that note before lazi… --- ## [Could the gallipoli Operation Have Worked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-gallipoli-operation-have-worked/510886)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-gallipoli-operation-have-worked/510886 "2009-10-09T17:49:44Z")
The WWI Gallipoli campaign was a disaster-the British and French took terrible casualties, and never got anywhere toward their goal (closing off the Bosphorus straight to the Turks). The senseless slaughter was apalling-… --- ## [I say "Christianity" What's the first thing you think of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-christianity-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/633128)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-christianity-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/633128 "2012-09-06T10:33:30Z")
I say “Christianity” What’s the first thing you think of? What’s the very first thing that springs to mind when you think of Christianity? Or has you-know-what coloured your first impressions of it? This is a sequel to… --- ## [No more phoning while driving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-phoning-while-driving/606165)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-phoning-while-driving/606165 "2011-12-16T20:46:32Z")
Yesterday the NTSB released a recomendation and I heard the story on a number of dif news programs. In every case, an accident caused by some clown who texted 11 times in 11 minutes was referenced. How does that part… --- ## [Are Parents Making a Deal Out of Their Daughters' First Periods These Days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-parents-making-a-deal-out-of-their-daughters-first-periods-these-days/691312)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-parents-making-a-deal-out-of-their-daughters-first-periods-these-days/691312 "2014-06-25T15:26:56Z")
This viral video is going around. TLDR: Young lass lies about getting her first period, mom catches her in a lie (and using a bad tone with her to boot), uses a “First Moon Party” to embarass and shame her. Is this vide… --- ## [What's the worst job you ever had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-job-you-ever-had/720719)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-job-you-ever-had/720719 "2015-05-31T01:08:22Z")
im pretty sure this one Is mine --- ## [Worst Christmas movie ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-christmas-movie-ever/565410)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-christmas-movie-ever/565410 "2010-12-29T14:07:23Z")
I’m not the best judge of this because in general I avoid them. But I know how bad Scrooged is. I hadn’t seen it in ages because I saw in new in the theater and hated it then. But horror dims over time. Today AMC was… --- ## [Can we talk about Porters? (A Beer Thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-about-porters-a-beer-thread/714387)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-about-porters-a-beer-thread/714387 "2015-03-16T07:16:05Z")
Wiki defines Porter as follows: “Porter is a dark style of beer developed in London from well-hopped beers made from brown malt. The name was first recorded in the 18th century, and is thought to come from its popularity… --- ## [What about a "maximum wage"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-a-maximum-wage/140388)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-a-maximum-wage/140388 "2002-12-13T03:46:27Z")
Anything an individual earns about a certain high amount, say $5 million per year, is taxed at a rate of 100%. This would help close the gap between the very richest and the very poorest, while still giving people an in… --- ## [Lawyers? Man buys land that includes public road, bars access to the public.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-man-buys-land-that-includes-public-road-bars-access-to-the-public/672572)
**Author:** [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2014, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-man-buys-land-that-includes-public-road-bars-access-to-the-public/672572 "2014-12-06T07:19:05Z")
Vinod Khosla, California, Half Moon Bay, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Is that how this is supposed to work? The treaty gives land parcels granted by the Mexican government immunity to the law so this guy can take a… --- ## [Why does Windows demand that I reboot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-windows-demand-that-i-reboot/611716)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-windows-demand-that-i-reboot/611716 "2012-02-15T21:43:20Z")
It’s just software. Let it write all over my registry. Honest, I’m cool with that, and can fix it later if I have to. --- ## [Soleless Atheists vs. the USPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soleless-atheists-vs-the-usps/655220 "2013-04-19T01:01:35Z")
Atheist, a German shoe company, was getting complaints from some of their U.S. customers about lengthy delivery times. So they did a little experiment… \[QUOTE=NPR\] For each recipient, one package featured the Atheist-b… --- ## [Am I really missing anything? \[using social media\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-really-missing-anything-using-social-media/768843)
**Author:** [@Oddball\_92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oddball_92)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-really-missing-anything-using-social-media/768843 "2016-10-27T12:25:34Z")
I don’t Facebook and never have. I don’t Twit and never have. I have never “chatted” online. I have never participated in form of “social media” (that is unless being in a few forums counts as social media, and I don’t p… --- ## [A victory for fetus rights!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-victory-for-fetus-rights/392436)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-victory-for-fetus-rights/392436 "2007-02-21T14:49:41Z")
Well in so much as it is being proposed that human fetuses be issues death certificates when aborted. At least we are coming to terms that these little guys are human. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/13/america… --- ## [Should the US be sharing criminal records with other countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-be-sharing-criminal-records-with-other-countries/711840)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-be-sharing-criminal-records-with-other-countries/711840 "2016-10-29T09:36:12Z")
I know the US has an information sharing agreement with Canada where the Canadian authorities get to look up the criminal records of Americans in exchange for our authorities being able to do the same for Canadians. It’… --- ## [hair on lower lip? What does one call it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-on-lower-lip-what-does-one-call-it/138250)
**Author:** [@makaii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/makaii)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-on-lower-lip-what-does-one-call-it/138250 "2002-11-28T03:58:16Z")
My wandering mind has wondered for some time, and I’ve asked several people but no one yet has had an answer to: What does one call the little tuft of hair that some men grow on their lower lips. I know that hair above … --- ## [Yosemite Sam ""Back Off"" mudflaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872 "2013-05-17T16:39:47Z")
Funny what will set you off these days, eh? Is it just me, or do those goddamn Yosemite Sam “Back Off” mudflaps make you want to drive as close as you possibly can to the rear bumper of their car? Back Off? BACK OFF!!!… --- ## [Hi I want to confirm if young British people still say or write "aeroplane".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-want-to-confirm-if-young-british-people-still-say-or-write-aeroplane/664470)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2013, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-i-want-to-confirm-if-young-british-people-still-say-or-write-aeroplane/664470 "2013-07-29T10:40:34Z")
Hi I want to confirm if young British people still say or write “aeroplane”. From what I can tell “airplane” is more popular in both spoken and written forms. What does the Oxford English Dictionary say? I’m rather skep… --- ## ["Hip" phrases to drive my kids wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-phrases-to-drive-my-kids-wild/417217 "2007-09-09T17:45:06Z")
If you are fortunate enough to have teenagers, you can appreciate that one of parenting’s benefits is the ability to embarrass your kids by saying and doing things that attempt to appear cool. I fear I’ve pretty much ex… --- ## [Fascinating Newsweek article (in which Palin goes rogue and Obama says the F-word)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-newsweek-article-in-which-palin-goes-rogue-and-obama-says-the-f-word/471327)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-newsweek-article-in-which-palin-goes-rogue-and-obama-says-the-f-word/471327 "2008-11-08T07:46:25Z")
Newsweek has a very intriguing article out today detailing some inside dope on both the McCain and the Obama campaigns that they’d been holding back until after the elction. The bit that’s likely to get the most play is … --- ## [Poll: Would you ever have Plastic Surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-ever-have-plastic-surgery/590095)
**Author:** [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-ever-have-plastic-surgery/590095 "2011-07-26T21:44:40Z")
So at the gym today we saw this couple where the woman clearly has had plastic surgery. The skin is pulled way too taut and it just isn’t a good look. My question is does plastic surgery EVER look good? Or it it confi… --- ## [There's Water on the moon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480)
**Author:** [@\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Undecided_Adrian)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480 "2009-11-24T22:36:27Z")
LCROSS has found strong evidence of water. Do you think that influences NASA’s decisions on whether to return to the moon in the near future? What will that mean for lunar exploration in the long run? --- ## [The week when KFC ran out of chicken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-week-when-kfc-ran-out-of-chicken/809532)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-week-when-kfc-ran-out-of-chicken/809532 "2018-03-03T19:23:09Z")
I’m sort of surprised there isn’t a thread about this already (or maybe I just missed it - I did search). This last week, nearly every KFC restaurant in the UK (900 of them) was closed for days, or the whole week, due t… --- ## [StarWars fanwank question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starwars-fanwank-question/444215)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starwars-fanwank-question/444215 "2008-04-15T01:09:19Z")
Why does it take 18 years to make the Deathstar v 1.0 (which you see is well underway in the 3rd episode), figuring Luke was about 18 when leaving tattoine, but it takes much less time to make the much LARGER Deth Star P… --- ## [Real Nude Models for High School Art Classes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-nude-models-for-high-school-art-classes/56431)
**Author:** [@Lego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lego)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2001, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-nude-models-for-high-school-art-classes/56431 "2001-03-06T13:09:02Z")
Is this something that ever happens outside of TV? --- ## [Origin of the Phrase "I'll Have No Truck With..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-phrase-ill-have-no-truck-with/562115)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-phrase-ill-have-no-truck-with/562115 "2014-07-29T04:50:08Z")
On a recent episode of The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon said I had never heard this phrase (regarding plots or any other thing) prior to Sheldon saying it, but I have to admit it doesn’t sound particularly out of the ordin… --- ## [How to correctly alphabetize a list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-correctly-alphabetize-a-list/406490)
**Author:** [@Mmmark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mmmark)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-correctly-alphabetize-a-list/406490 "2014-07-19T02:26:57Z")
What is the proper way to alphabatize a list? For instance if you have books with the titles The Very Last Book There Is the Book The Alpha book Then There Were None Do you put all the “The” books first, then start… --- ## [Star Trek TOS So Humanoid Centric](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-so-humanoid-centric/647954)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-so-humanoid-centric/647954 "2013-01-25T17:36:08Z")
I’m rewatching TOS, and it seems as though the majority of the alien life is humanoid, most of them looking like Terrans in most every respect except hairstyle and costumage. I know they devised an explanation of humanoi… --- ## [Third World Areas In the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-world-areas-in-the-united-states/519424)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-world-areas-in-the-united-states/519424 "2009-12-06T20:20:24Z")
Are there any areas in the United States of America with Third World conditions, lifespans, incomes, infant moratality rates, etc…? --- ## [Why don't people like Walt Disney and Walt Disney movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-like-walt-disney-and-walt-disney-movies/444658)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-like-walt-disney-and-walt-disney-movies/444658 "2008-04-14T23:00:59Z")
I’m not talking about the dreck that is being cranked out by the Disney studios today. I’m talking about the classic films that Disney himself was directly involved in: Bambi, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, Alice In W… --- ## [What river has the most bridges?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-river-has-the-most-bridges/592858)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-river-has-the-most-bridges/592858 "2011-08-18T16:23:22Z")
After watching a movie set in Chicago and noticing all the bridges, it occured to me to wonder what river has the most bridges? I’m guessing it is a river that goes through a lot of cities like the Danube. I’m not sure … --- ## [Rove treason coverup investigation widens to include Gonzalez](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-treason-coverup-investigation-widens-to-include-gonzalez/314039)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rove-treason-coverup-investigation-widens-to-include-gonzalez/314039 "2005-08-04T21:53:26Z")
I heard on Air America today that Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez is the latest suspect to be implicated in the investigation of the Rove treason case. Seems that Gonzalez, in his role as White House counsel, was notif… --- ## [Brilliant little ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-little-ideas/666970)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-little-ideas/666970 "2013-08-29T10:59:28Z")
I know we’ve had threads like this before, but I’ll be damned if I can figure out how to search for them. Maybe if someone can lay hands on them, you could link them here too. In the meantime, what simple but perhaps no… --- ## [How Long Do Junkies Live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-junkies-live/514392)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-junkies-live/514392 "2009-10-22T15:56:43Z")
I have done volunteer work at several homeless shelters-mostly serving/preparing food. I have seen a fair number of long term drug users-and most of hem don’t look too healthy. In talking to people at the shelters, I hea… --- ## [Why does the Church of Scientology use a cross?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-church-of-scientology-use-a-cross/348275)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-church-of-scientology-use-a-cross/348275 "2012-07-11T00:55:08Z")
Inspired – very indirectly – by this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362733 Why does the Church of Scientology – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church\_of\_scientology – use a cross as its symbo… --- ## [Michael Jackson Memorial Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-memorial-service/502220)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-memorial-service/502220 "2009-07-10T04:47:49Z")
Just thought people would like to chat about it as it happens. I guess it’s nice his casket is actually there. Weird they are singing about “the king” as his casket comes in. --- ## [When is the "right" time to move in with a boy/girlfriend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-right-time-to-move-in-with-a-boy-girlfriend/535175)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-right-time-to-move-in-with-a-boy-girlfriend/535175 "2010-04-07T18:16:56Z")
I am contemplating moving in with my girlfriend of 7½ months. I already know she’s clean and very responsible with money. I’m curious if you all think this is too soon, not soon enough, just right, or other. So here’s… --- ## [How to increase storage space on ipad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-increase-storage-space-on-ipad/614711)
**Author:** [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-increase-storage-space-on-ipad/614711 "2012-03-05T22:08:32Z")
I got an ipad for christmas (don’t know for sure which model, but I think it’s an ipad1). Best as I can tell, it comes with 13 gig storage space. Unfortunately, I have maxed it out by downloading the first season of Th… --- ## [Quitting, do I have to tell my employer where my new job is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-do-i-have-to-tell-my-employer-where-my-new-job-is/346518)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-do-i-have-to-tell-my-employer-where-my-new-job-is/346518 "2006-03-04T15:08:06Z")
I’m quitting my current job and going to a new one. The new one is another company, which is run by my former boss here (in other words, I’m following her). When I do put in my two-weeks notice, do I need to tell them w… --- ## ["I went to Harvard. Did I Mention I Went To Harvard?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-harvard-did-i-mention-i-went-to-harvard/421357)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2007, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-harvard-did-i-mention-i-went-to-harvard/421357 "2007-10-07T06:16:28Z")
So I had to go to a doctor the other day, a specialist, and within the first two minutes(!!!) he mentioned he went to Harvard. About five minutes later, he was talking about how he knew all about my condition as “I stud… --- ## [Laundry Question: Drying \*Soaking\* Wet Clothes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-question-drying-soaking-wet-clothes/684609)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-question-drying-soaking-wet-clothes/684609 "2014-03-26T22:01:33Z")
My washer is a hunk of junk, and will often stop right as the spin cycle is beginning, and then just give up on the whole load, leaving me with a washer full of soaking wet clothes. It refuses to do anything else until t… --- ## [Female mascots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-mascots/286934)
**Author:** [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-mascots/286934 "2012-12-10T17:24:04Z")
Are there any school mascots that are clearly female? It seems to me of all the schools I know of, college and high school, I can only think of one that was truly a female figure. Henryetta High School in Henryetta, OK … --- ## [What can make the closest to a single frequency tone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-make-the-closest-to-a-single-frequency-tone/633258)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-make-the-closest-to-a-single-frequency-tone/633258 "2012-09-04T19:36:06Z")
What (non-electronic) instrument or sound making device makes the closest to a pure single frequency sine wave? I am under the impression that things like string instruments have all sorts of overtones, or, er… stuff. I… --- ## [Why did the crowd/mob in Jerusalem choose Barabbas over Jesus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-crowd-mob-in-jerusalem-choose-barabbas-over-jesus/555640)
**Author:** [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-crowd-mob-in-jerusalem-choose-barabbas-over-jesus/555640 "2010-10-02T19:55:44Z")
Pilate offered to spare a man: Barabbas or Jesus. The mob chose Barabbas. Given how the gospels have presented Jesus in Jerusalem (greeted by mobs who praised him as King of Israel and gave him a triumphal entry, and … --- ## [Show of hands - who is not on Facebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-of-hands-who-is-not-on-facebook/656754 "2013-04-30T00:14:59Z")
I’ve just never been interested. Don’t belong to any groups where FB is the preferred means of communication. I’ve thought it might become more appealing as my family becomes more farflung, but e-mail has so far served… --- ## [Who likes Southwest Airline's seating policy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-likes-southwest-airlines-seating-policy/499218)
**Author:** [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-likes-southwest-airlines-seating-policy/499218 "2009-06-11T06:22:43Z")
I fly Southwest on occasion, because they have good fares and a good number of direct flights out of Providence, which is the closest airport to me. Most airlines will let you reserve your seat when you book your ticket… --- ## [Movie fights vs. real fights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-fights-vs-real-fights/502199)
**Author:** [@kurilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurilla)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-fights-vs-real-fights/502199 "2009-07-10T20:03:52Z")
My search-fu is weak, apparently – I seem to recall a thread some time back (maybe a year or so ago?) discussing the differences between movie fights and real fights, and now, when I want to refer to it, I can’t find it. … --- ## [Oversized SUV baby strollers, I sentence you to death.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oversized-suv-baby-strollers-i-sentence-you-to-death/403286)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oversized-suv-baby-strollers-i-sentence-you-to-death/403286 "2007-05-11T04:24:57Z")
What the hell has happened to baby strollers? What happened to the classic, classy, small-footprint utilitarian umbrella stroller? Everywhere I go, it’s huge, ridiculous, oversized strollers. Molded plastic everywhere. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=943&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=945&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)