# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=971&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:** 972 --- ## [Atheists; were you born "so made that you cannot believe."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-were-you-born-so-made-that-you-cannot-believe/695512)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-were-you-born-so-made-that-you-cannot-believe/695512 "2014-08-22T17:33:13Z")
In the words of Blaise Pascal, the ones who he addressed his famous and flawed wager to were the ones who couldn’t believe, “so made” as he put it. I know we have a lot of atheists on the boards - did you ever have a fa… --- ## [The Fucking Moron Club of the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-moron-club-of-the-sdmb/392794)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-moron-club-of-the-sdmb/392794 "2007-06-13T03:23:27Z")
It’s official. Created by QED, I think… Whatever. It’s from that pit thread about the guy who was paid to leave. It was entertaining once, for about 20 minutes. Anyway, the current roster is: QED, myself, \[EddyTedd… --- ## [The Truman Capote Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truman-capote-thread/465092)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truman-capote-thread/465092 "2008-10-31T18:22:19Z")
Why is it no one ever told me about Truman Capote before? Oh, I’d heard his name here and there but never in any context that would interest me. Just this past year I’ve discovered his works and I’m completely enthralle… --- ## [Do you drink tap water? (poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-tap-water-poll/556512)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drink-tap-water-poll/556512 "2010-10-11T12:59:54Z")
Our office has a water filter in the break room but it is currently not functioning. No problem, I’ll just go fill my water bottle in the bathroom, right? I head in there and try to stick the bottle under the faucet bu… --- ## [A Toddler Falls Into a Creek And Drowns While a Woman Watches. Is She Responsible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-toddler-falls-into-a-creek-and-drowns-while-a-woman-watches-is-she-responsible/324860)
**Author:** [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-toddler-falls-into-a-creek-and-drowns-while-a-woman-watches-is-she-responsible/324860 "2005-10-14T23:02:51Z")
Here’s a link to the full story. About a year ago, a day after major flooding in my area, a woman, Susan Newkirk was helping a friend of hers, Thomas Reffner, make some repairs to a trailer near a creek. Mr. Reffner ha… --- ## [Mysterious news reports of other incidents on 9/11/2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-news-reports-of-other-incidents-on-9-11-2001/235509)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-news-reports-of-other-incidents-on-9-11-2001/235509 "2004-03-30T02:35:12Z")
I was just reliving the horrible morning of September 11, 2001, by re-reading the Straight Dope thread started by Living Dead Girl at 9:02 am that morning as soon as she heard the news of the first plane crashing into th… --- ## [My Family is Falling Apart in New and Interesting Ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-family-is-falling-apart-in-new-and-interesting-ways/574337)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-family-is-falling-apart-in-new-and-interesting-ways/574337 "2011-05-15T14:38:31Z")
And I don’t know what the hell to do about it. I am going to try to make this as concise as possible, but there is a lot of history so bear with me. My mother is severely mentally ill, has been for quite some time (at … --- ## [Irresponsible welfare white trash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irresponsible-welfare-white-trash/30891)
**Author:** [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2000, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irresponsible-welfare-white-trash/30891 "2000-08-29T01:33:33Z")
I’m so pissed. There is this girl I went to high school with. Her mom’s pregnant. Again. A-fucking-gain. The girl has an older brother and sister, two younger brothers, and a younger sister. This will make seven kids. … --- ## [Favorite/least favorite TV show theme songs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-least-favorite-tv-show-theme-songs/572231)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2015, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-least-favorite-tv-show-theme-songs/572231 "2015-06-15T10:27:12Z")
Favorite (for now): Community Least favorite: Little House on the Prarie (Reminds me of being stuck at my babysitter’s house after school). --- ## [So what are the diffrences betwee America and Canada then? Eh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-the-diffrences-betwee-america-and-canada-then-eh/140238)
**Author:** [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-the-diffrences-betwee-america-and-canada-then-eh/140238 "2002-12-14T03:17:48Z")
Well what exactly is the difference? Living in London I meet a certain number of Canadians (and any number of tea-tippers), and the thing that I am struck by is how unhappy they are to be taken for Americans (which we B… --- ## [No. No, you haven't "always done it this way."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-havent-always-done-it-this-way/444053)
**Author:** [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-havent-always-done-it-this-way/444053 "2008-04-13T21:41:28Z")
Just one of THOSE things that drives me bananas sometimes, but it happened twice today and I wish to vent my spleen. “We’ve always done that/done it that way.” When they most certainly have not. My examples from this we… --- ## [How do toll-booth collectors get to their jobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-toll-booth-collectors-get-to-their-jobs/530963)
**Author:** [@aaelghat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaelghat)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-toll-booth-collectors-get-to-their-jobs/530963 "2010-03-03T19:30:20Z")
In Illinois, there are many toll booths near on-ramps and on the tollway itself where it doesn’t seem like there is any nearby parking for the toll-booth attendants (at least none that I’ve noticed). How do they get to … --- ## [\*sigh\* We're losing the battle for nuclear power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-were-losing-the-battle-for-nuclear-power/757982)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-were-losing-the-battle-for-nuclear-power/757982 "2016-06-29T14:36:11Z")
Well-intentioned but stupid environmentalists: California will shut down last nuclear plant by 2025. They should be replacing fossil fuel plants, not nuclear ones. --- ## [Using Feces for Fuel - how could people stand it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-feces-for-fuel-how-could-people-stand-it/619300)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-feces-for-fuel-how-could-people-stand-it/619300 "2012-04-23T07:44:31Z")
The worlds oldest fuel. Poop, Dung, Feces whatever you call it, the stink is universal. My question is… How could they stand the smell? Wouldn’t smoke from roasted cow patties get into your clothes & hair? Wouldn’t the… --- ## [Liberal Programs Deserve Blame for Income Inequality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-programs-deserve-blame-for-income-inequality/602304)
**Author:** [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-programs-deserve-blame-for-income-inequality/602304 "2011-11-27T17:32:30Z")
Cue the angry persons. You can read the full thing here, it’s not that long. So this begs two questions. The first, asked in the article (I’m sure I’ve asked the same thing elsewhere), is whether not those who bemoan … --- ## [About when will the US Presidential Election result be known?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-when-will-the-us-presidential-election-result-be-known/770351)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-when-will-the-us-presidential-election-result-be-known/770351 "2016-11-09T11:15:30Z")
I could have put this in Elections but this isn’t a question about politics etc but just a simple factual question. By about when is the result usually apparent? I guess if it’s extremely close it could take a while but… --- ## [Razor Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/razor-conspiracy/651999)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/razor-conspiracy/651999 "2013-03-07T20:30:15Z")
So I understand the whole concept of “give away the razors and sell the blades” but after a recent experiment/experience I am really starting to believe that high end razors/razor manufacturers build in a level of inferi… --- ## [Lawrence Welk. Yuk!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-welk-yuk/540423)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-welk-yuk/540423 "2010-05-24T22:29:41Z")
Lawrence Welk is in re-runs on PBS. It’s on right now. I’m trying. I hated that show as a kid and, it seems, I hate it now. I could, at least, Sing Along With Mitch. Usually. Now I gotta go turn on some ZZ Top to purg… --- ## [Legal: Busted operating electronic device while driving, must prove my innocence (Need answer fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-busted-operating-electronic-device-while-driving-must-prove-my-innocence-need-answer-fast/531446)
**Author:** [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-busted-operating-electronic-device-while-driving-must-prove-my-innocence-need-answer-fast/531446 "2010-03-16T01:33:46Z")
Ann Arbor, MI is considering a new ordinance banning operating cell phones and most other electronic devices while driving a car. I agree with the spirit of the law, but it seems to be overly broad. One part of the art… --- ## [Buying life insurance for a spouse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-life-insurance-for-a-spouse/623338)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-life-insurance-for-a-spouse/623338 "2012-05-29T03:13:16Z")
Can I buy a L.I. policy for my husband, with or without his knowledge? I don’t want him to die, but I want some assurance that I’m not going to be left high and dry out of the blue. Long story short, my husband pulled … --- ## [Irrational Fear of the Week: Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Mail-In Ballots. (Can He Do This?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-fear-of-the-week-trump-signs-executive-order-banning-mail-in-ballots-can-he-do-this/854266)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-fear-of-the-week-trump-signs-executive-order-banning-mail-in-ballots-can-he-do-this/854266 "2020-07-30T13:53:39Z")
Trump’s latest tirade against the evils of mail-in ballotsmade me wonder whether he could, claiming prevention of voter fraud as a pretext, sign an executive order just before Election Day effectively banning the use of … --- ## [The Democratic Sexual Assault Playbook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-sexual-assault-playbook/822210)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-sexual-assault-playbook/822210 "2018-10-05T19:22:54Z")
So. To hear it from various conservatives on this forum, there is a “playbook” democrats use when presented with conservatives trying to gain power. I believe this post by UltraVires sums it up very well: Another examp… --- ## [What comes after a trillion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-after-a-trillion/644001)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-after-a-trillion/644001 "2012-12-24T18:29:32Z")
Because I’m a whatever-comes-after-a-trillion-aire. In the mail today I received 10 x 100,000,000,000,000 bank notes, as a result of a little currency purchase on eBay. Sadly they’re in Zimbabwe dollars, so I’m only a … --- ## [I predict a beheading for sorcery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-a-beheading-for-sorcery/534596)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-a-beheading-for-sorcery/534596 "2010-04-07T17:42:37Z")
I can’t believe that in the 21st Century of the Common Era, that a human being is going to be beheaded for sorcery…because the poor schmuck made predictions of the future on TV. Why he’s a veritable anti-christ (grante… --- ## [Who is the greatest American rock band of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-american-rock-band-of-all-time/729897)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-american-rock-band-of-all-time/729897 "2015-09-15T00:58:16Z")
OK, here is the poll I’ve created from this thread: I decided to leave it wide open and let the poll sort it out. Every band with at least 2 positive mentions in original thread linked above made the cut. I inluded all… --- ## [Who is the most important person to live in US history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-important-person-to-live-in-us-history/640947)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2012, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-important-person-to-live-in-us-history/640947 "2012-11-21T09:42:50Z")
To avoid “Hitler” answers, I’ll clarify: “Please describe the person who you feel has contributed the most to our country, and why you chose that person.” --- ## [Obama to announce support for nuclear power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-to-announce-support-for-nuclear-power/529202)
**Author:** [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-to-announce-support-for-nuclear-power/529202 "2010-02-22T07:59:50Z")
Obama to Announce Loan Help For Nuclear Power \[QUOTE=Reuters\] The Obama administration, advancing nuclear power use to help cut greenhouse gas emissions, will announce on Tuesday an $8.3 billion loan guarantee to help … --- ## [Pet peeve: it's "Jews"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-its-jews/724018)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-its-jews/724018 "2015-07-13T11:27:01Z")
Why why why do writers (and/or copy editors) keep trying to avoid the word “Jews”? To the point of being ungrammatical as in: “California is home to 1.2 million Jewish, according to The American-Israeli Cooperative En… --- ## [(Old) Winter Solstice MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-winter-solstice-mmp/994757)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-winter-solstice-mmp/994757 "2023-12-25T04:30:38Z")
Well, it’s not Winter Solstice yet, but it’s this week. It’s 21:20 here on the Left Coast, but it’s 00:20 on the east; so I guess this is the MMP. One thing about SoCal was that Winter wasn’t very wintery. Thinking of… --- ## [Advice on dealing with teenager's professed lack of religious belief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-dealing-with-teenagers-professed-lack-of-religious-belief/556029)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-dealing-with-teenagers-professed-lack-of-religious-belief/556029 "2010-10-07T17:06:23Z")
My 13-year old son announced this weekend that he is fairly sure that he is either an atheist or at least agnostic, and that instead, he “believes in science.” On the whole, I guess I’m OK with this, but my wife is a bi… --- ## [Shrub: "...marriage is between a man and a woman."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrub-marriage-is-between-a-man-and-a-woman/185881)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrub-marriage-is-between-a-man-and-a-woman/185881 "2003-07-24T13:54:03Z")
Governor Bush exposed his homophobic colors today while disingenuously declining to endorse an anti-gay marriage amendment. '…not necessary yet?" What the fuck is that supposed to mean? I’ll tell you what it means. He’… --- ## [Dinosaur Extinction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-extinction/740940)
**Author:** [@Lawrence\_Cromwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawrence_Cromwell)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-extinction/740940 "2015-12-23T17:09:24Z")
We’ve all been told that the prevailing theory of how the dinosaurs got wiped out is that a meteor hit the Earth and kicked up enough dust to cause a nuclear winter, which wiped out the cold-blooded dinosaurs. Alternate… --- ## [Highest-paid working characters on a sitcom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paid-working-characters-on-a-sitcom/717433)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paid-working-characters-on-a-sitcom/717433 "2015-04-17T13:24:11Z")
Over in the Big Bang Theory thread, I wrote: And this is the thread. Who else is in the running? Not The Beverly Hillbillies, because that was not a salaried wealth. It has to be people whose money goes away if the jo… --- ## [College Students Seek New Roommate (And Specify Skin Color)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-students-seek-new-roommate-and-specify-skin-color/762546)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-students-seek-new-roommate-and-specify-skin-color/762546 "2016-08-16T15:27:56Z")
That caveat was that the race of the candidate for roommate was critical. And when a classmate challenged that condition, the student who posted the notice on Facebook pushed back. “It’s exclusive \[because\] I don’t want… --- ## [Free will](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will/666765)
**Author:** [@lankyBlonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lankyBlonde)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will/666765 "2013-08-25T18:51:04Z")
I realized something quite odd during my mushroom trip that I wanted to share. Everyone has an ego and your ego makes up who you are. It defines your interests, desires, is responsible for your perception of the world, … --- ## [Sent from my iphone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406 "2011-07-12T22:23:56Z")
Do you think adding this to a message sent from iphone is pretentious ? --- ## [Some people obscure license plates in craigslist auto ads. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-obscure-license-plates-in-craigslist-auto-ads-why/705710)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-obscure-license-plates-in-craigslist-auto-ads-why/705710 "2014-11-28T22:50:52Z")
I’ve been looking at cars on craigslist, and quite a few people obscure the license plate of the car. Either whiting/blacking it out with photoshop or whatever, or taking a photo with their thumb obscuring the plate. Wh… --- ## [Do women with certain body types have worse menstrual cramps than others? A poll.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-with-certain-body-types-have-worse-menstrual-cramps-than-others-a-poll/253527)
**Author:** [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-with-certain-body-types-have-worse-menstrual-cramps-than-others-a-poll/253527 "2017-08-11T14:49:39Z")
I’ve always wondered why some women have debilitating cramps every month while some women seem to have minor ones, if at all. So: Do you have cramps during your period, and if so, how bad are they? What’s your bod… --- ## [Good job, Senate Democrats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-senate-democrats/473306)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-senate-democrats/473306 "2008-11-25T02:29:31Z")
So Lieberman actively campaigned for McCain and against Obama. So he’s held virtually no hearings as the chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, claiming that Waxman is doing just fine by himself. So he’s … --- ## [How much does bacon cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-bacon-cost/663468)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-bacon-cost/663468 "2013-07-19T20:16:15Z")
I’ve been getting bacon from Cash & Carry for a couple of years now. It used to be that a 6-pound package cost about $2.95/pound. Yesterday, it was $4.67/pound. Good bacon. Not too thick, not too thin, and not too mu… --- ## [Why won't my "back" button work on the STMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-my-back-button-work-on-the-stmb/518865)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2009, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-my-back-button-work-on-the-stmb/518865 "2009-12-01T09:52:48Z")
Title says it all. I’m running the latest version of Firefox, and the “\<” i.e. go back a page function works on every site and in every application except here. What’s up with that? Is anybody else having this problem… --- ## [Easthampton school superintendent job offer abruptly rescinded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easthampton-school-superintendent-job-offer-abruptly-rescinded/982248)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easthampton-school-superintendent-job-offer-abruptly-rescinded/982248 "2023-04-23T22:26:02Z")
Easthampton seems to be in New Hampshire. A guy was offered a job as the school superintendent. The offer was rescinded when he used the salutation, “Ladies and Gentlemen” in an email. It seems the term “ladies” is a s… --- ## [Another fucking school shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fucking-school-shooting/437668)
**Author:** [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fucking-school-shooting/437668 "2008-02-21T09:56:28Z")
Northern Illinois University . I got a call on my cellphone from the Daughter at about 3:30, she’s in tears telling me someone got shot on her campus, at the building she had just walked out of 5 minutes earlier. She’s… --- ## [Why are all decongestants now "Pseudoephedrine Free"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-decongestants-now-pseudoephedrine-free/391247)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-decongestants-now-pseudoephedrine-free/391247 "2007-02-10T14:07:56Z")
My household is sharing a big, nasty cold, so I went to pick up some decongestants. It turns out everything is now proudly Psuedoephedrine Free, even things like Sudafed, whose name is a cutesy pidgin pronunciation of Ps… --- ## [I'm a sucker for a plot that involves X](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-sucker-for-a-plot-that-involves-x/513564)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-sucker-for-a-plot-that-involves-x/513564 "2009-10-25T02:41:01Z")
For me, it’s secret identities and the return of the missing heir. I’m drawn to these plotlines like a moth to a flame, and it’s part of the reason, I think, that I find epic fantasy so often satisfying. These are comm… --- ## [You Embarrass Me: Winter in Virginia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-embarrass-me-winter-in-virginia/521884)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-embarrass-me-winter-in-virginia/521884 "2009-12-27T15:56:42Z")
Look folks. We knew this was going to happen. We had almost a week of warning. It saturated morning radio, television, and the weather sites WAAAAY ahead of time. But really, did you expect civilization to collapse? … --- ## [Do not wear jodphurs to a party filled with frat wannabes...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-wear-jodphurs-to-a-party-filled-with-frat-wannabes/371190)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-wear-jodphurs-to-a-party-filled-with-frat-wannabes/371190 "2006-09-09T11:04:06Z")
I have a friend named Walker. He has a very weird passion in life: wearing anachronistic military outfits in places where one would not be expected to do so. He has an extensive collection of American, British and Soviet… --- ## [In praise of Amsterdam’s prostitutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-amsterdam-s-prostitutes/266455)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2004, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-amsterdam-s-prostitutes/266455 "2004-10-07T11:40:19Z")
Before anyone asks: no, I didn’t personally employ their services :). I awake on Saturday morning, my birthday, knowing that my lovely wife had booked us a mystery weekend somewhere (my guess being Pembrokeshire or the … --- ## ["Pissed-Off Chick" Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083 "2015-06-08T16:13:46Z")
I don’t know why, but I’ve always loved these types of songs. Maybe it’s because my mother seemed to be the epitome of a “woman scorned” after her and my dad split up. I’m not sure. But I LOVE these type of songs. So, wi… --- ## [Elon Musk : "Retire on Mars" : feasible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-retire-on-mars-feasible/676227)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-retire-on-mars-feasible/676227 "2013-12-26T05:47:24Z")
Well, in order for Mr. Musk to retire on Mars, there would need to be a substantial amount of infrastructure in place in order for him to enjoy his twilight years in luxury. I’ve been trying to “rough out” a basic missi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=970&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=972&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)