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**Author:** [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-y-orson-scott-card/640342 "2013-08-23T07:47:08Z")
For those of you who don’t know who he is, he’s a MORMON Sci-fi writer who has a big-budget sci-fi flick (based on his noverl Ender’s Game) coming out next year. It will probably make him slightly famous, which will be a… --- ## [How many admirals in the US Navy? How many ships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-admirals-in-the-us-navy-how-many-ships/506528)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-admirals-in-the-us-navy-how-many-ships/506528 "2012-12-05T20:58:13Z")
A co-worker who is active in the Naval Reserve told me there are more then two admirals for every ship in the navy. Very amusing, and even moreso if true. --- ## [Whistling at Women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whistling-at-women/657935)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whistling-at-women/657935 "2013-05-16T19:00:49Z")
A compliment? or a message a woman is cheap? Any men here do it? And women: how did you react? --- ## [And the most homoerotic movie ever made is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-most-homoerotic-movie-ever-made-is/460571)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-most-homoerotic-movie-ever-made-is/460571 "2008-12-03T23:40:58Z")
Suggested by this thread and a discussion of Top Gun therein. What I’m looking for is simple enough. Confining yourself to stories lacking any overt homosexual relationships, what are the gayest movies you can think of… --- ## [Why are police so quick to kill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-police-so-quick-to-kill/787689)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-police-so-quick-to-kill/787689 "2017-07-26T16:29:17Z")
This happened this morning. There doesn’t appear to have been any attempts at using pepper spray, tasers, or even attempting to talk to the person. They just shot him and killed him. I’ve noticed this pattern a lot … --- ## [What would a Democratic Contract With America look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-democratic-contract-with-america-look-like/714644)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-democratic-contract-with-america-look-like/714644 "2015-03-18T02:41:48Z")
(Please read before responding.) There’s not much I like about Newt Gingrich, but I have to admit that his Contract With America was a bit of marketing genius for the Republican Party. The Contract With America, if you … --- ## [Old Jokes That Still Crack You Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jokes-that-still-crack-you-up/591646)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jokes-that-still-crack-you-up/591646 "2011-08-19T17:17:31Z")
Q: “Do you smoke after making love?” A: “I don’t know, I’ve never looked.”:slight\_smile: (My favorite) Kid goes to buy his first pack of condoms… Pharmacist: That’ll be $4.05 with tax." Kid: “Tacks???!!! Don’t yo… --- ## [Stolen Valour: Another Scumbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-valour-another-scumbag/704531)
**Author:** [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-valour-another-scumbag/704531 "2017-03-31T22:20:09Z")
This asshole really needs to be taught a lesson. http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2014/11/13/anger-grows-over-phoney-soldier-at-remembrance-day/ After the events on Oct. 22, on the very site where a young man was executed for s… --- ## [Convince me not to be racist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-not-to-be-racist/695781)
**Author:** [@G-SE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G-SE)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-not-to-be-racist/695781 "2014-09-04T19:13:03Z")
I am a white male living in Atlanta, GA. I’m sure that most posters on this message board would classify me as “racist” due to the beliefs I hold in regards to Black people. Below is a snapshot of the city I live in, and… --- ## [Job Offer And Background Check (Accenture)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-offer-and-background-check-accenture/663454)
**Author:** [@domain\_pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/domain_pain)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-offer-and-background-check-accenture/663454 "2014-11-24T18:06:06Z")
Does anybody know the policy on Accenture? Will they hire me with a misdemeanor dui which was 2 years ago? I have a job offer but it is contingent on a background check. I didn’t have to fill out any questions regarding … --- ## [What happens if you fail the eye exam at the DMV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-fail-the-eye-exam-at-the-dmv/298293)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-fail-the-eye-exam-at-the-dmv/298293 "2005-04-10T17:37:15Z")
I got my license renewed today, and I was a little nervous because I really strained my eyes last month (working with poorly scanned images of handwriting 40 hours/week does a lot of people’s eyes in where I work. Thank … --- ## [Six-letter words - change zero to two letters make a new word (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-make-a-new-word-part-2/1005756)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2614\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-letter-words-change-zero-to-two-letters-make-a-new-word-part-2/1005756 "2026-10-29T22:09:10Z")
Continuing the discussion from Six-letter words - change zero to two letters make a new word (Part 1) - #10000 by Ignatz. Previous discussions: Six-letter words - change zero to two letters make a new word (Part 1) --- ## [Freedoms Based on Religion Should Not Exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedoms-based-on-religion-should-not-exist/717899)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedoms-based-on-religion-should-not-exist/717899 "2015-05-04T23:03:48Z")
More accurately, “freedoms established on the basis of religion should not exist”. Or, to put it another way: if you want to do X, what your religion has to say about X should have absolutely no bearing. If it’s illegal … --- ## [What is the typical range and top speed of various helicopters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-typical-range-and-top-speed-of-various-helicopters/541002)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-typical-range-and-top-speed-of-various-helicopters/541002 "2011-05-06T05:30:47Z")
Bear with me, here. I was having a random thought (not unusual for me, really) about plans to fly across the United States to visit someone. But the night before I left, I discovered I had some medical condition that pre… --- ## [The Unexpected Hanging Paradox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unexpected-hanging-paradox/511993)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unexpected-hanging-paradox/511993 "2009-11-03T03:22:30Z")
From Wikipedia’s article on The Unexpected Hanging Paradox: This puzzle truly has me paradoxically confounded. I understand perfectly both sides of the puzzle, and simply can not resolve them, despite the alleged “expl… --- ## [Do Men's Eyebrows tend to start growing longer as they get older?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mens-eyebrows-tend-to-start-growing-longer-as-they-get-older/560986 "2016-02-09T13:06:44Z")
When I was younger, I don’t ever remember being conscious about my eyebrows. There were much like the hair on my arms, just there, and basically staying the same length. However in the last 5-10 years, I have to trim m… --- ## [Mower blade, clockwise or counterclockwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mower-blade-clockwise-or-counterclockwise/655757)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mower-blade-clockwise-or-counterclockwise/655757 "2019-04-15T01:42:46Z")
So this is a question that I have asked and had answered previously, but yesterday three people failed to get the blade off a troy-bilt 42 inch riding mower. Just so I know for sure which way I should be turning. The m… --- ## [Stupidest Movie Endings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-endings/634996)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-movie-endings/634996 "2012-10-13T15:01:25Z")
Well okay, I don’t think any movie can really top Monster a Go Go where the mutated astronaut gets chased down a sewer and disappears. A telegram then says the astronaut was rescued in the ocean completely normal. The … --- ## [American hotels have bibles. What quirks do other nations' hotels have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-hotels-have-bibles-what-quirks-do-other-nations-hotels-have/578852)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-hotels-have-bibles-what-quirks-do-other-nations-hotels-have/578852 "2011-05-08T04:35:52Z")
The Gideons have successfully placed bibles (Bibles?) in what seems like almost every hotel and motel in the nation. It got me wondering what ubiquitous yet perhaps unexpected item might be found in other locales around… --- ## [Are you aware of the used of the term "balling" to mean having sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-the-used-of-the-term-balling-to-mean-having-sex/671539)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-the-used-of-the-term-balling-to-mean-having-sex/671539 "2013-12-11T18:48:09Z")
This came up today with my 15 yo regarding the slogan his class wants to use on their class t-shirts. The slogan is a play on the teacher’s last name and includes the phrase “balling to the top”. He just thought it was … --- ## [Damuri Ajashi, you are a moronic troglodyte of a crackpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damuri-ajashi-you-are-a-moronic-troglodyte-of-a-crackpot/613099)
**Author:** [@FixMyIgnorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FixMyIgnorance)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damuri-ajashi-you-are-a-moronic-troglodyte-of-a-crackpot/613099 "2020-10-18T05:21:36Z")
It’s been a while since I’ve so dearly wished I could send someone careening into the nearest dungheap, Biff-style. Your inability to put two and two together is sincerely baffling and I regret having wasted the time … --- ## [Falling Skies: New TNT Series Starts Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falling-skies-new-tnt-series-starts-sunday/585955)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falling-skies-new-tnt-series-starts-sunday/585955 "2011-08-11T05:19:21Z")
The new series, Falling Skies, with executive producer Steven Spielberg, starts tomorrow (Sunday, June 19th) on TNT and got a great review in the Hollywood Reporter. I have my DVR set for the entire series - but hope th… --- ## [Ladies: Would you get involved with a Saudi Arabian man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-get-involved-with-a-saudi-arabian-man/633616)
**Author:** [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-get-involved-with-a-saudi-arabian-man/633616 "2012-09-22T00:41:04Z")
I met this Saudi Arabian guy the other day. He’s been in the U.S. for less than a year, but says he’s planning to stay permanently now. He seems very nice, successful, smart. But Saudi Arabia. I wouldn’t be worried about… --- ## [oh my god \[picky eater\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-picky-eater/611853)
**Author:** [@computerology](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computerology)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-picky-eater/611853 "2012-02-13T19:44:26Z")
yeah title says it all. My girlfriend will not eat a sandwich unless it is on a bun. Vegetables of any kind, oh no, nothing save for raw spinach that she can personally dip into a blob of cesear dressing (huh?). Fish?… --- ## [More Photos!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-photos/308184)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 424\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-photos/308184 "2005-06-21T18:19:57Z")
OK. Here’s Me. --- ## [moonshot925](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonshot925/634747)
**Author:** [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonshot925/634747 "2012-09-27T19:10:46Z")
This isn’t really a pitting (he’s really not worth it), but can we stop responding to him? He’s either a troll or someone who’s even stupider than Rand rover or Starving Artist. Is there one conservative who will defend… --- ## [Slang Words for Penis in Other Languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500 "2021-09-20T20:28:15Z")
\[sub\]I apologize if this has been done before.\[/sub\] Pud, dick, dong, wang, Johnson, dode, pecker, tally-whacker, willie, John Thomas, schwanz, shlong, shmeckel, prick, cock… etc. What I want is slang for “penis” in ot… --- ## [Soulpatch - cool or stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soulpatch-cool-or-stupid/512107)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soulpatch-cool-or-stupid/512107 "2009-10-05T18:57:02Z")
So what do you think abut soulpatches - the small patch of beard some guys grow just below their lower lip? And, if you feel strongly one way or the other, why? Are these things still considered “hip” in some circles, … --- ## [Merry Rantmas! (December Mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-rantmas-december-mini-rants/803249)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 477\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-rantmas-december-mini-rants/803249 "2018-01-01T11:13:19Z")
I’m surprised no one has started this month’s thread, so I guess I will. Today’s mini-gripe brought to you by the words “pilling cats can be a real pain sometimes”. Shiva will usually eat his pills in his pill pockets w… --- ## [Cover songs that are better than the original](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-are-better-than-the-original/535505)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-that-are-better-than-the-original/535505 "2010-08-20T12:32:58Z")
This has a Cafe Society bent to it but figured this called for opinion so here it is. Personally I almost never like a cover song better than the original. Only rarely do I hear a reinterpreting of a song that I like a… --- ## [Are pit bulls more dangerous than other dogs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pit-bulls-more-dangerous-than-other-dogs/647728)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pit-bulls-more-dangerous-than-other-dogs/647728 "2013-01-27T06:38:47Z")
For some reason I got involved in a Facebook battle about this. My position is that because they were specifically bred for fighting, they have an inherent tendency toward aggression. Now every pit bull I have ever met… --- ## [How to put the Paranormal to rest.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-put-the-paranormal-to-rest/559462)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-put-the-paranormal-to-rest/559462 "2010-11-10T15:36:19Z")
NOTE READ FIRST!!!:\* If you don’t want to play, then find another thread. I get it that plenty of you don’t believe in any paranormal activity, but saying that it’s pointless etc, doesn’t help when you are trying to debu… --- ## [Calculating water pressure changes as pipe size changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-water-pressure-changes-as-pipe-size-changes/422409)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-water-pressure-changes-as-pipe-size-changes/422409 "2012-12-24T01:33:04Z")
Is it a straightforward linear relationship between the pressure and pipe diameter? In other words, if water comes into my home via a 1 inch pipe at 50 psi, will it be 25 psi if I use a reducing coupling to bring the pi… --- ## [The Republican circus just gets more and more hilarious. Obama's re-election to follow.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-circus-just-gets-more-and-more-hilarious-obamas-re-election-to-follow/604976)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-circus-just-gets-more-and-more-hilarious-obamas-re-election-to-follow/604976 "2012-01-03T04:31:05Z")
Cain dropping out of the race today is just another lick of frosting on the cake of absurdity that has been going on among these clowns vying for the Republican presidential nomination. I have been confident in Obama’s r… --- ## [Ways to irritate Trump supporters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-irritate-trump-supporters/773295)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-irritate-trump-supporters/773295 "2016-12-13T16:08:25Z")
I’ve been thinking of ways to irritate Trump supporters… Maybe any time someone mentions Trump, I will give the Hitler salute, click my heels, and say “Heil Trump!” :smiley: Or get a “Trump-Putin / Make America Hate Ag… --- ## [Two Threads in two days locked due to the Dio Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-threads-in-two-days-locked-due-to-the-dio-show/577820)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-threads-in-two-days-locked-due-to-the-dio-show/577820 "2011-04-11T17:41:59Z")
I think the title says it all. --- ## [USA really too different from English-speaking world to have similar policies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-really-too-different-from-english-speaking-world-to-have-similar-policies/483193)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 387\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-really-too-different-from-english-speaking-world-to-have-similar-policies/483193 "2009-02-17T02:12:00Z")
In this thread, brazil84 & curlcoat keep insisting that socialized medicine as practiced in Canada, or as in Australia, or New Zealand, or Germany, or the United Kingdom, wouldn’t work in the United States of America, or… --- ## [An open letter to the public about my noisy kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-public-about-my-noisy-kids/671940)
**Author:** [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-public-about-my-noisy-kids/671940 "2013-11-11T06:36:41Z")
Inspired by this thread. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=705626I offer this to the child-free not as an excuse for my noisy, nosy kids but as an explanation to why they seem to get a pass on some beh… --- ## [How does illegal immigration affect you personally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-illegal-immigration-affect-you-personally/537263)
**Author:** [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-illegal-immigration-affect-you-personally/537263 "2010-05-01T03:00:40Z")
With all the talk about this new law in Arizona, I started thinking about how illegal immigration affects me personally. I can’t think of one single way. I know lots of people are really up in arms about this, and I as… --- ## [Going to Germany this summer. How much Neo-Naziism will we encounter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-germany-this-summer-how-much-neo-naziism-will-we-encounter/691146)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-germany-this-summer-how-much-neo-naziism-will-we-encounter/691146 "2014-08-12T20:16:06Z")
Sadly, the movement is alive and well all over Germany. Their power is slowly increasing- 2 Neo-Nazis have just been elected to the European Parliament. As we travel throughout the country, how much iconography and in-y… --- ## [The Cleveland Browns march to 0-16 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleveland-browns-march-to-0-16-thread/511773)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 444\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cleveland-browns-march-to-0-16-thread/511773 "2010-01-09T06:22:49Z")
Holy shit do they suck. --- ## ["Officially" Unattractive Actors/Models](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525 "2009-09-30T21:18:32Z")
I’m not talking about actors/models that are supposed to be attractive but just aren’t. I’m talking about actors/models that are used in situations in which an unattractive person specifically is called for, and where th… --- ## [Should longtime NPR analyst Juan Williams have been fired for comments he made on O'Reilly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-longtime-npr-analyst-juan-williams-have-been-fired-for-comments-he-made-on-oreilly/557887)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-longtime-npr-analyst-juan-williams-have-been-fired-for-comments-he-made-on-oreilly/557887 "2010-10-26T16:57:03Z")
Longtime NPR news analyst Juan Williams was terminated from NPR stemming from a comment he made on The O’Reilly Factor on Fox on Monday night. NPR issued a statement last night that they were severing his contract. h… --- ## [Indian elections and Narendra Modi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-elections-and-narendra-modi/686067)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2014, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-elections-and-narendra-modi/686067 "2014-06-16T09:33:37Z")
So the largest democratic exercise in the world is underway, and a man named Narendra Modi is the frontrunner. What little knowledge and discussion of this event there is on the board tends to be along these lines , … --- ## [After a blood test doc says make an appointment to discuss - bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-a-blood-test-doc-says-make-an-appointment-to-discuss-bad/574942)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-a-blood-test-doc-says-make-an-appointment-to-discuss-bad/574942 "2011-03-17T21:19:01Z")
Everytime I’ve had a bloodtest I get a call saying everything is ok, or your cholesterols is high come in. But my wife just got a call with “Please make an appointment to discuss it”. Is this necessarily bad? --- ## [Best title for an (auto)biography?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278 "2009-08-15T06:49:17Z")
I like: Things I Did and Things I Think I Did, by filmmaker Jean Negulesco I, Shithead, by punk rocker Joey Keithley The Kid Stays in the Picture, by producer/former child star Robert Evans --- ## [Why do my cheeks hurt intensely on the first (and only first) bite of certain foods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-cheeks-hurt-intensely-on-the-first-and-only-first-bite-of-certain-foods/412130)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-cheeks-hurt-intensely-on-the-first-and-only-first-bite-of-certain-foods/412130 "2021-01-22T00:16:35Z")
When I have a bite of certain foods-- usually sweet ones-- my cheeks begin to experience a sharp and intense pain that lasts from 3-5 seconds, and then goes away. This happens on the first bite, but no subsequent bites, … --- ## [Fucking leaf blowers. I am so sick of this goddam shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749 "2017-11-22T03:00:29Z")
I’m in school full time, finishing my project at home. I’m in an online program. Every Monday morning at about eleven, the gardener comes to the building next door. For what seems like an eternity we hear: dnnhhhddd… --- ## [How does an egg remove a bruise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-egg-remove-a-bruise/345177)
**Author:** [@infiparahk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infiparahk)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-egg-remove-a-bruise/345177 "2015-02-18T19:15:27Z")
I’m just curious on how come when you roll a cooked egg on a bruise, it removes the black & blue and is transferred to the egg. --- ## [Trump has COVID!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 827\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022 "2021-02-13T00:30:27Z")
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