# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=964&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:** 965 --- ## [A gay person ADMITS that opposite-sex parents are better!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-person-admits-that-opposite-sex-parents-are-better/499550)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gay-person-admits-that-opposite-sex-parents-are-better/499550 "2009-06-18T18:37:46Z")
A lot of debates on this board concerning gay marriage have spilled over (quite naturally) into issues of gay couple parenting and whether it is good for the child to have two daddies or two mommies. The “conservative” … --- ## [Why did The Lone Ranger cost $225M to make?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-lone-ranger-cost-225m-to-make/663592)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-lone-ranger-cost-225m-to-make/663592 "2013-07-18T23:08:03Z")
There are reports that the current Lone Ranger movie cost around $225M to make. That is a lot of money. Where did it all go? --- ## [Plane on a treadmill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-on-a-treadmill/462380)
**Author:** [@Zhing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zhing)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-on-a-treadmill/462380 "2008-09-25T20:23:56Z")
I’ve read both sides of the argument on various forums, and one argument I’ve never seen made against those that say the wheels will spin but the plane won’t take off is this: The question states that the treadmill w… --- ## [Blue Penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-penis/488778)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-penis/488778 "2009-03-16T04:00:48Z")
I made my wife go to see Watchmen with me. She’s not a geek but I went to see He’s just not that Into you last week, so she owed me. Afterwards I asked what she thought: “Big blue penis,” she said. I get her point. … --- ## [Happy ending, but we know better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-ending-but-we-know-better/710733)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-ending-but-we-know-better/710733 "2015-01-31T15:38:25Z")
I just watched Boogie Nights again. I love that movie. All these eccentric losers who can’t really function separately, get back together as one happy family in the end, 1984-ish. Of course, people living in that era rem… --- ## [How do surveyors measure accurately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-surveyors-measure-accurately/693478)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-surveyors-measure-accurately/693478 "2014-07-24T13:03:24Z")
And how did they, back in the days before laser sightings and GPS assistance? The Mason-Dixon line was pretty straight, and pretty accurate. How did they make this happen using only stone knives and bearskins? (Or whate… --- ## [Why Is This Sequential Thread So Slow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-sequential-thread-so-slow/404893)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-sequential-thread-so-slow/404893 "2007-07-14T23:20:06Z")
From MPSIMS: What’s the most interesting thing you’ve EVER done? Kif, I have made it with a woman. So, what’s the most interesting thing you’ve done lately? Outrageous lies about the previous poster IMHO: What are … --- ## [XKCD's Climate Change Comic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcds-climate-change-comic/765786)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcds-climate-change-comic/765786 "2016-09-16T10:39:13Z")
Randall has done it again. Take your time to explore this comic/graphic/infograph/whatever you want to call it, then come back here. This may be the best visual I’ve seen about climate change. I mean, it’s a story you … --- ## [Ellen Degeneres and Iggy: Whose Side are you on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-degeneres-and-iggy-whose-side-are-you-on/423306)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-degeneres-and-iggy-whose-side-are-you-on/423306 "2007-10-22T21:27:16Z")
Since I can’t find an open thread I’ll open one- if there is an open one this one can be closed. For anyone who hasn’t seen the news in a few days, there’s some bad stuff happening in Iraq but it pales to the fate of Ig… --- ## [Patrick Macnee, The Avengers 'John Steed', RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-macnee-the-avengers-john-steed-rip/723466)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-macnee-the-avengers-john-steed-rip/723466 "2016-03-24T20:32:14Z")
Patrick Macnee has died at the age of 93. I used to like watching The Avengers when I was little. --- ## [Chain stores and restaurants that make a city a "big city."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-stores-and-restaurants-that-make-a-city-a-big-city/653549)
**Author:** [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-stores-and-restaurants-that-make-a-city-a-big-city/653549 "2013-03-25T16:09:02Z")
I have a friend who always complains about living in a smaller city that lacks some of the amenities of a true metropolis. But his idea of sophisticated urban living does not consist of having an symphony orchestra, a ma… --- ## [What are your views on psychiatry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-views-on-psychiatry/677202)
**Author:** [@ca-nam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ca-nam)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-views-on-psychiatry/677202 "2014-01-04T18:48:41Z")
My view on psychiatry is that it’s a fraud. it doesn’t seem to follow the basic premises of other medical branches. It seems all psychiatrists cite is to “meditate” or to “be calm”, so some such, something which most p… --- ## [Please Debate The Merits Of This Article on Israel/Gaza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-debate-the-merits-of-this-article-on-israel-gaza/481782)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-debate-the-merits-of-this-article-on-israel-gaza/481782 "2009-01-30T00:52:34Z")
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/14/when-israel-expelled-palestinians/ It begins as follows: And you can imagine where it goes from there. Please debate the merits of this article while I watch. Thank you… --- ## [My idiot brother in law and his almost killing his son.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idiot-brother-in-law-and-his-almost-killing-his-son/616278)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idiot-brother-in-law-and-his-almost-killing-his-son/616278 "2012-03-22T08:02:04Z")
So at 6 am he pops in to tell me to tell my wife(his sister) who is still sleeping to watch his 6 month old son who is asleep downstairs while he works. As if we don’t have enough to deal with as I needed to shower and … --- ## [The power of AM radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-am-radio/527647)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-am-radio/527647 "2013-09-03T19:45:23Z")
We know that AM radio can be heard from further away during the night. Coming back from Colorado, I was picking up a San Antonio station almost into Flagstaff almost 950 miles away. I also had a Tulsa, Omaha, and Los A… --- ## [18 yr old cat having seizures - when do we let go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-yr-old-cat-having-seizures-when-do-we-let-go/693596)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-yr-old-cat-having-seizures-when-do-we-let-go/693596 "2014-07-25T13:33:13Z")
My 18 yr old cat now has had 3 seizures (that we know of) since Easter. She seems to shake them off within an hour or so, but they are miserable and traumatic to witness and I’m sure horrible to actually experience. Ot… --- ## [Rules/features that only one sport has](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-features-that-only-one-sport-has/758439)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-features-that-only-one-sport-has/758439 "2016-07-19T02:39:47Z")
There are some rules that are specific to a single sport, because they only make sense in the context of that sport. For instance, the infield fly rule. No point in asking why soccer doesn’t have the infield fly rule. O… --- ## [Who are the uninsured with pre-existing conditions in the US, and will they bankrupt health care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-uninsured-with-pre-existing-conditions-in-the-us-and-will-they-bankrupt-health-care/564420)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-uninsured-with-pre-existing-conditions-in-the-us-and-will-they-bankrupt-health-care/564420 "2010-12-30T21:53:41Z")
With the mandate taken out, and threads talking about how no enforcement existed anyway people are saying that now health insurance has to cover pre-existing conditions w/o a mandate that it will bankrupt the system. Bu… --- ## [Charles R. Smith MD (rot in Hell you arrogant prick)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-r-smith-md-rot-in-hell-you-arrogant-prick/569721)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-r-smith-md-rot-in-hell-you-arrogant-prick/569721 "2011-02-17T16:14:26Z")
Maybe the “good” Dr. Smith has been pitted before. I don’t care; he could use another (and another, . . . ). There are lots of links out there about this evil man. The Wiki one is as good as any to start with. In brief… --- ## [Was this compliment inappropriate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-compliment-inappropriate/994817)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-compliment-inappropriate/994817 "2023-12-27T16:46:06Z")
Our municipal building closes at 9pm after night court is concluded. There is a woman, “Sylvia”, who cleans in the building from 11pm-3am. On rare occasion she accidentally locks herself out of the building while taking… --- ## [Forgot to refrigerate Mirin for two days. Can use? Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-to-refrigerate-mirin-for-two-days-can-use-need-answer-fast/642909)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-to-refrigerate-mirin-for-two-days-can-use-need-answer-fast/642909 "2012-12-06T16:52:33Z")
I used this mirin two days ago, then absentmindedly put it in the pantry instead of the fridge. Can I still use it? It smells bad–but mirin always smells bad. Will a taste test suffice or should I throw it out? --- ## [Burglar breaks into your house - what do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burglar-breaks-into-your-house-what-do-you-do/447727)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burglar-breaks-into-your-house-what-do-you-do/447727 "2008-05-05T21:46:16Z")
You wake up at 3 AM and hear heavy footsteps and activity downstairs. (Let’s assume you don’t have a dog.) You grab your shotgun or pistol (if you have one) and very quietly open the door and walk down the hall to your r… --- ## ["Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indivisible-a-practical-guide-for-resisting-the-trump-agenda/774911)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indivisible-a-practical-guide-for-resisting-the-trump-agenda/774911 "2016-12-28T01:28:33Z")
Just came across this Google Doc (20+ pp.) available to anyone who is interested. Basically, it’s a guide for liberals on how to use Tea Party tactics to take Congress back. --- ## [How could Harry Potter have a "godfather"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-harry-potter-have-a-godfather/248820)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-harry-potter-have-a-godfather/248820 "2004-06-10T02:44:49Z")
is Harry Potter’s “godfather.” How could he be? Rowling’s witches and wizards are not Christians . . . are they? They celebrate Easter and Christmas – just for the fun of it, one presumes – but Hogwarts does not appe… --- ## [Reid attacking Romney - you don't represent Mormons.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reid-attacking-romney-you-dont-represent-mormons/635804)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reid-attacking-romney-you-dont-represent-mormons/635804 "2012-09-26T23:33:33Z")
Wow, :eek: that’s got to be a new dirty low for any campaign. It’s way, way out of bounds to attack someone like this. Huckabee for example is a Baptist minister. No one ever said he wasn’t properly representing Baptis… --- ## [Is it good or bad to have a monarchy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-good-or-bad-to-have-a-monarchy/835212)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-good-or-bad-to-have-a-monarchy/835212 "2019-06-17T17:06:20Z")
In centuries past monarchs could be good or bad and usually the secession meant wars and such. But today, I have to say I admire the British monarchy. What CAN be good about a monarchy is they are not elected but basica… --- ## [Nickelodeon and explicit adult sadomaschism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nickelodeon-and-explicit-adult-sadomaschism/407772)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nickelodeon-and-explicit-adult-sadomaschism/407772 "2007-06-18T15:14:36Z")
Perhaps you have seen the “public service” ad featuring “Mistress Mandy”. It is an advertisement supposedly targeted at parents and it features said Mistress in full on B&D regalia, cracking her whip. The parents on the … --- ## [Huh. Whole Foods right wing. Who knew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-whole-foods-right-wing-who-knew/506386)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-whole-foods-right-wing-who-knew/506386 "2009-08-17T06:48:23Z")
I sure didn’t. I used to go there all the time. Not anymore. Whole Foods CEO Slams Health Reform, Angering Liberal Pro-Reform Whole Foods Customers Here’s the editorial. He lost me at the headline, by using the term “… --- ## [My wife was drunk and high and drove the wrong way killing seven people! It's the state's fault....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-was-drunk-and-high-and-drove-the-wrong-way-killing-seven-people-its-the-states-fault/590615)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-was-drunk-and-high-and-drove-the-wrong-way-killing-seven-people-its-the-states-fault/590615 "2011-07-29T20:03:07Z")
…and I’ll sue I’ve heard of having big cajones and being in a state of denial, but this jerk takes first prize. --- ## [Bad household management = dead parakeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-household-management-dead-parakeet/732937)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-household-management-dead-parakeet/732937 "2015-10-03T00:10:32Z")
So yesterday my 14 y.o. daughter arrived home to find our beautiful teal-colored parakeet dead on the bottom of its cage. It either starved to death or died of thirst. The guilt is pretty dramatic. My household is busy,… --- ## [What type of place do you think this corridor could be located in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125)
**Author:** [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125 "2014-01-02T00:17:02Z")
I was browsing Google and happened to come across this picture: http://www.deadendwaterfall.com/exploration/random\_corridor\_greyred.jpg I don’t know where or what kind of place the corridor is located in, but I wanted y… --- ## [Are Americans more prudish about nudity/sex than Europeans? If so, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-americans-more-prudish-about-nudity-sex-than-europeans-if-so-why/361988)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-americans-more-prudish-about-nudity-sex-than-europeans-if-so-why/361988 "2006-06-27T22:00:03Z")
I was talking to my mom this morning, and happen to mention that on a boat excursion a few weeks ago the German guy with us changed into his swim trunks in front of everybody (including one woman), which I doubt any of u… --- ## [What's the deal with the "colossal squid?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-colossal-squid/321558)
**Author:** [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-colossal-squid/321558 "2005-11-30T05:42:03Z")
Recently I found out that everyone’s favorite sperm whale antagonist, the giant squid, is apparently no longer considered the giantest squid out there. Evidently an even more fearsome mollusc was discovered in Antarctic… --- ## [What "touristy" attractions live up to the hype?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-touristy-attractions-live-up-to-the-hype/742263)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-touristy-attractions-live-up-to-the-hype/742263 "2016-01-13T00:35:26Z")
Inspired by a concurrent thread asking for cool and unusual things to do in NYC (which is of course an admirable goal). For my part, one my favorite experiences on my all-too-brief trip to NYC was the Natural History Mu… --- ## [Should Heroin Addicts Be Given Heroin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-heroin-addicts-be-given-heroin/642359)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-heroin-addicts-be-given-heroin/642359 "2012-12-15T16:36:01Z")
I don’t have it in front of me now. But I once read a very interesting magazine article (I also saw the story once on a tv special). In Britain, Heroin addicts are given Heroin to deal with their withdrawal symptoms. I … --- ## [Why do we swear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-swear/476545)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-swear/476545 "2008-12-20T01:18:04Z")
Swear words generally are a lazy sort of shorthand, if they have any meaning at all. ‘Go fuck yourself’ can be shorthand for ‘I disagreee with you because…’, or it can mean ‘I hate you because…’ or it can be an involunt… --- ## [Your All-Time Favorite (cold) Breakfast Cereals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-cold-breakfast-cereals/640979)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-cold-breakfast-cereals/640979 "2012-11-21T05:17:07Z")
List as many as you’d like… Quisp Golden Grahams Puffa Puffa Rice Sugar Pops --- ## [Is Al gore's documentary propaganda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-al-gores-documentary-propaganda/359509)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-al-gores-documentary-propaganda/359509 "2006-06-21T02:22:19Z")
Al Gore has been pushing his recent film about global warming. I watched him last night, and it was obvious to me that he was not portraying science-everything in the film is calculated to bring a message-that : (1) th… --- ## [Legal advice on traffic matter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-advice-on-traffic-matter/720260)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-advice-on-traffic-matter/720260 "2015-05-19T21:16:47Z")
I got what’s called a red light camera ticket. If you don’t know this is an automated system to take pictures if you run a red light. I can appeal this to some board but they don’t give a lot of details about who … --- ## [Bundy's remarks about African-Americans were arguably stupid, and ignorant and offensive but..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bundys-remarks-about-african-americans-were-arguably-stupid-and-ignorant-and-offensive-but/687000)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bundys-remarks-about-african-americans-were-arguably-stupid-and-ignorant-and-offensive-but/687000 "2014-04-29T10:49:29Z")
A snippet of his remarks: “I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro. When I go through North Las Vegas and I would see these little government houses, and in front of that government house, the door was … --- ## [What type of piano/keyboard should I get for a 7 year old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-piano-keyboard-should-i-get-for-a-7-year-old/656700)
**Author:** [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-piano-keyboard-should-i-get-for-a-7-year-old/656700 "2013-04-27T13:08:12Z")
My 7-year-old daughter has recently started piano lessons. She’s had about 4 lessons so far, and she seems to like it and seems to be retaining stuff from one lesson to the next. I would like to support her by getting … --- ## [Harley bashing & Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-bashing-coldfire/241037)
**Author:** [@Bandanaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bandanaman)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-bashing-coldfire/241037 "2004-04-26T15:24:43Z")
Y’know, I’m getting quite sick of your repeated attacks on Harley’s, and the riders of them. Let it go, dickweed. We all understand that you can’t afford one, but that’s no reason to slam the real bikers on this board. E… --- ## [Project Runway All-Stars Season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-runway-all-stars-season-4/703065)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-runway-all-stars-season-4/703065 "2015-02-14T20:09:36Z")
I have to admit I am getting a little bit excited about a new season. Anything will be better than the ho-hum PR that just ended. --- ## [Christians And Their Shitty Fuckin Pizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-and-their-shitty-fuckin-pizza/644145)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-and-their-shitty-fuckin-pizza/644145 "2012-12-20T05:54:16Z")
First the Papa John (not Creach) douche-fucking-bag, now the Domino’s asshole. What’s with Christians and their shitty fucking pizza?? What’s next? Chuck E. Cheese himself? --- ## [Komen Foundation Bullying Mom & Pop Charities over "For the Cure" and the color pink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/komen-foundation-bullying-mom-pop-charities-over-for-the-cure-and-the-color-pink/566419)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/komen-foundation-bullying-mom-pop-charities-over-for-the-cure-and-the-color-pink/566419 "2011-01-11T21:33:04Z")
Komen Foundation Bullying Mom & Pop Charities over “For the Cure” and the color pink Komen states it is trying to prevent potential confusion and that when people see “for the cure” they know their money is going to Kom… --- ## [What is your Comfort Food Breakfast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-comfort-food-breakfast/740172)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-comfort-food-breakfast/740172 "2015-12-21T21:50:31Z")
Shamelessly piggybacking off this thread…what is your lazy Sunday morning/Treat Myself/Not Really Good For You But It Tastes Wonderful breakfast? For me, it’s either crisp bacon and cheddar cheese on a buttered toast sa… --- ## [47 and i got the diabetes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/47-and-i-got-the-diabetes/663799)
**Author:** [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/47-and-i-got-the-diabetes/663799 "2013-07-23T03:41:47Z")
Recently found out I’m diabetic. I have a rather long educational appointment tomorrow with a nutritionist. Please tell this broke-ass vegetarian diabetic with high cholesterol that I will still be able to enter flavor… --- ## [Panty Thief?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-thief/572276)
**Author:** [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-thief/572276 "2017-07-12T12:59:17Z")
OK, this is a relatively serious thread. Jokes are fine, but I really want to know if I should be worried. My SO and I have 2 houses for convenience and property tax’s sake. It’s probably the main reason we haven’t ma… --- ## [Your idle Olympics ponderings/musings...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-idle-olympics-ponderings-musings/529400)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-idle-olympics-ponderings-musings/529400 "2010-03-02T04:49:09Z")
What would Nobunaga Oda think if he could see his X-great-grandson with his family name figure skating? That’s my big one. What are yours? --- ## [Is it safe to allow a preschool child to disassemble a VCR?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-allow-a-preschool-child-to-disassemble-a-vcr/620801)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-allow-a-preschool-child-to-disassemble-a-vcr/620801 "2012-05-09T17:51:45Z")
I am currently student observing/teaching at a college laboratory preschool. One of the classrooms is collecting old VCRs and letting the clients take them apart with screwdrivers and other metal tools. A quick Google sh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=963&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=965&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)