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**Author:** [@roguere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roguere)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estroven/192684 "2013-11-29T06:02:36Z")
What would happen if a guy took doses(large?) of estroven? --- ## [In Jokes and Running Gags: Lemme In!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-jokes-and-running-gags-lemme-in/451781)
**Author:** [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-jokes-and-running-gags-lemme-in/451781 "2008-06-16T15:36:52Z")
I just stumbled upon up the Wilhelm Scream, and the number 47. And even though they are apparently widely known, I had never heard of either. what other well known injokes are out there that I might be missing? --- ## [Do you enjoy taking a shower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-enjoy-taking-a-shower/661659)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-enjoy-taking-a-shower/661659 "2013-06-30T13:26:30Z")
For you is it like on the commercials, an ecstatically relaxing experience where you are so super happy to just stick your face directly into the stream? Or a terrible uncomfortable chore you go through only out of a se… --- ## [How much do theater companies pay in royalties to put on a play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-theater-companies-pay-in-royalties-to-put-on-a-play/315799)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-theater-companies-pay-in-royalties-to-put-on-a-play/315799 "2005-08-09T13:13:57Z")
When your local theater company decides to put on their version of a Broadway play, how are the royalties decided? If the show is done for charity, are the royalties waived? --- ## [Welcome to hell Jihadi John, please take a seat on the nearest burner.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-hell-jihadi-john-please-take-a-seat-on-the-nearest-burner/737520)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-hell-jihadi-john-please-take-a-seat-on-the-nearest-burner/737520 "2015-11-16T14:03:08Z")
Jihadi John may no longer be the coward he was as he hid behind those black robes and murdered innocent people. It appears that there’s a good chance he’s resting in pieces on some street now. Good work drone drive… --- ## [The Independence Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-independence-day-mmp/817149)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-independence-day-mmp/817149 "2018-07-09T03:52:20Z")
Happy Moonday! It’s already warm outside and feels muggy. I’ve been awake since 3am, so I have a whopping 3 hours of sleep. Since I’m up I may as well log into irk and start my day. So for those of you who celebrate,… --- ## [Can Inconsequential Things Truly Make You \*Not\* an Adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-inconsequential-things-truly-make-you-not-an-adult/691491)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-inconsequential-things-truly-make-you-not-an-adult/691491 "2014-06-29T19:03:24Z")
Hyperbole aside, I’ve noticed a lot recently on these boards people intimating that X (either doing it or not) will preclude you from being a grown-up. I’ve seen it range from the ubiquitous name thing (“No grown ass wom… --- ## [Women, do certain words (female, ma'am, hysterical) bother you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-certain-words-female-maam-hysterical-bother-you/517967)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-certain-words-female-maam-hysterical-bother-you/517967 "2016-07-13T03:58:07Z")
In another thread, a doper was taken to task for using the word “Ma’am” to address a fellow doper. And in other situations, I’ve heard women balk at the word “hysterical” (because of its roots, it’s considered offensive … --- ## [13th Warrior - technicality on Mead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13th-warrior-technicality-on-mead/291210)
**Author:** [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13th-warrior-technicality-on-mead/291210 "2005-02-23T15:17:35Z")
Not wanting to start a thread about the merits of the movie, 13th Warrior, but did want to know if this holds water. Banderas’ character, who is Muslim, refuses drink because to quote him “I cannot taste neither the fer… --- ## ["There's Probably No God: Stop Worrying & Enjoy Life": Who's This Supposed to Appeal To?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-probably-no-god-stop-worrying-enjoy-life-whos-this-supposed-to-appeal-to/527707)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-probably-no-god-stop-worrying-enjoy-life-whos-this-supposed-to-appeal-to/527707 "2010-02-12T16:46:06Z")
I know, I know, this is really old news. Still, speaking as a fairly devout Catholic, I’m confused as to the point of the signs on English buses saying, “There’s Probably No God: Stop Worrying and Enjoy Life.” Is the s… --- ## [Hurricane Matthew Check-In Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-matthew-check-in-thread/767640)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-matthew-check-in-thread/767640 "2016-10-16T22:22:02Z")
It’s pounded Haiti and is on its way to Cuba and the Bahamas now. This one is a beast. I’m in Orlando(ish). It looks like as of now the storm will hit quite close to our east coast. Of course, these things can turn. … --- ## [Who is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this/724660)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this/724660 "2015-09-28T19:54:48Z")
One of those click-bait ads shows this picture The article doesn’t include anything about this person. He looks familiar but I can’t place him. Anybody? --- ## [What to do if your kid is a psychopath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-if-your-kid-is-a-psychopath/366617)
**Author:** [@LeftFootRightFoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeftFootRightFoot)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-if-your-kid-is-a-psychopath/366617 "2011-01-28T16:36:04Z")
Psychopaths being a person with a total lack of ethics, morality, guilt, remorse, empathy, all that good stuff that makes us who we are. They light kitten tails on fire and have very poor judgement skills. What would y… --- ## [Dispose of unused and expired medications by tossing into the trash???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispose-of-unused-and-expired-medications-by-tossing-into-the-trash/690878)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispose-of-unused-and-expired-medications-by-tossing-into-the-trash/690878 "2014-06-23T11:27:58Z")
I’m doing some decluttering. The medicine cabinet is next on my list. I asked my pharmacy if they take old expired pills. She said they’re not allowed to by law. She said some group (can’t remember who) has a take ba… --- ## [Excuse me, I think you're the father of one of my children.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-i-think-youre-the-father-of-one-of-my-children/501601)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-i-think-youre-the-father-of-one-of-my-children/501601 "2009-07-06T19:33:10Z")
You have probably seen the TV ad. Lady approaches guy and tells him “Excuse me, I think you are the father of one of my children”. In the ad, the guy tries to be helpful, but I guess things would work differently in real… --- ## [Do you hear your own accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-your-own-accent/596640)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-your-own-accent/596640 "2014-06-13T23:31:05Z")
This is a question for those of you who regularly speak a language (or regional dialect) other than your native language (or regional dialect), and speak your current language with an accent. Do you actually hear the ac… --- ## [Your Favorite Character Actors (pre-poll data gathering)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-character-actors-pre-poll-data-gathering/649364 "2013-02-13T16:52:26Z")
The current thread Actors you will always associate with one role gave me this idea for an offshoot. I’d like to build a poll of SDMB’s favorite character actors and the roles most associated with them. Getting some na… --- ## [Death sentence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-sentence/707226)
**Author:** [@Henryunderborn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henryunderborn)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-sentence/707226 "2014-12-15T22:09:45Z")
Why isn’t it automatically used for every murder crime. And or other crimes? Doesn’t it strain the circumstance for all the other end of natural order to overly contend with the obligation towards such people? Instead … --- ## [Resolved: Pirates caught in the act should be hanged by the neck until dead.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-pirates-caught-in-the-act-should-be-hanged-by-the-neck-until-dead/560770)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-pirates-caught-in-the-act-should-be-hanged-by-the-neck-until-dead/560770 "2010-11-23T14:40:53Z")
As I’m sure the Teeming Millions are well aware, Somali pirates remain quite active off the coast of that country, routinely capturing and ransoming ships and crews. Among the many problems naval forces face in combating… --- ## [If Trump is complicit in Russian hacking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-is-complicit-in-russian-hacking/774866)
**Author:** [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-is-complicit-in-russian-hacking/774866 "2016-12-17T20:58:11Z")
Wouldn’t that be the equivalent of what happened in Watergate? Nixon was wiretapping the DNC. If Trump was aware of the Russian hacking of the DNC, did nothing to report it, in fact encouraged it by asking them to publi… --- ## [Why are so many black females obese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-black-females-obese/493002)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-black-females-obese/493002 "2009-04-17T23:39:36Z")
I put this in IMHO because I’m sure there is no factual answer and there are people who are going to argue with the notion of broadbrushing a group based on sex and color of their skin. First, I know there are overweigh… --- ## [How Do You Make Poached Eggs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-poached-eggs/598258)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-poached-eggs/598258 "2011-10-05T20:14:54Z")
Looking for all sorts of techniques. Quick and easy, to elaborate as you want. I like having poached eggs when I eat out for breakfast, but really don’t know how best to make them. --- ## [HP Lovecraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-lovecraft/600227)
**Author:** [@Chou4555](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chou4555)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-lovecraft/600227 "2013-10-25T22:28:52Z")
Read any short story by the master of chill, HP Lovecraft. Sadly there’s been few decent films made of his work. --- ## [Videogames you think you're the only one who played](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videogames-you-think-youre-the-only-one-who-played/830493)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videogames-you-think-youre-the-only-one-who-played/830493 "2019-03-18T19:51:18Z")
Re-elect JFK (1994) You’ve survived the assasination attempt and must try and solve your own attempted murder. I put a lot of money in extra guards and did everything someone with a 1994 sensibility would think to do to… --- ## [Big Bang Theory, February 27, 2014 -- "The Table Polarization"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-27-2014-the-table-polarization/682460)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-27-2014-the-table-polarization/682460 "2014-03-03T15:54:10Z")
I’m starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Veiny arms-- sexy as hell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veiny-arms-sexy-as-hell/51581)
**Author:** [@sugarsugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugarsugar)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2001, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veiny-arms-sexy-as-hell/51581 "2001-01-26T18:01:42Z")
I am curious whether other women find veiny arms to be as incredibly sexy as I do. I’m talking about those thick, ropy, gorgeous veins that bulge out of the forearms of weightlifters, soccer players, skateboarders and he… --- ## [Dollars and dimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dollars-and-dimes/736056)
**Author:** [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dollars-and-dimes/736056 "2015-11-26T18:18:59Z")
Regarding Whose face used to be on the dime? \[ol\] \[li\]People call it the “Mercury dime”, but the figure on it is Liberty, all the same.\[/li\]\[li\]Dollars were abandoned for a long time because people didn’t like them. Th… --- ## [Whatcha readin' February (08) edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-february-08-edition/435846)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-february-08-edition/435846 "2008-02-29T12:30:15Z")
Sorry guys, I usually start these the day before the new month, but got busy last night. Here is the new thread. --- ## [Try to make ends meet; you're a slave to money; then you die.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-to-make-ends-meet-youre-a-slave-to-money-then-you-die/29582)
**Author:** [@jmullaney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmullaney)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-to-make-ends-meet-youre-a-slave-to-money-then-you-die/29582 "2000-08-30T17:05:11Z")
I am a slave to money. However, out of love for myself, truly, I do not want to be a slave to money. That doesn’t mean I don’t like what I do. It has it’s moments. Am I lazy, covetous, and jealous of the fabulously ri… --- ## [No men alone with that child, says Texas judge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-men-alone-with-that-child-says-texas-judge/594072)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-men-alone-with-that-child-says-texas-judge/594072 "2011-09-01T16:17:30Z")
A Houston Chronicle story reports that a judge in that city has prevented the father leaving the child alone with any man unless a relative by “blood or adoption”. Because, you know, men are all voracious sexual predato… --- ## [BUH-BYE!! BUH-BYE!! Where did that come from, anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buh-bye-buh-bye-where-did-that-come-from-anyway/134566)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buh-bye-buh-bye-where-did-that-come-from-anyway/134566 "2002-11-01T00:24:17Z")
It seems that one of the most noticeable expressions brought to us by the new century is “Buh-BYE”, said when the speaker wants to tell someone to leave and at the same time let them know that they are a jerk, or an idio… --- ## [List of last occurences in WWII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-last-occurences-in-wwii/720709)
**Author:** [@dr\_zippermeyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dr_zippermeyer)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-last-occurences-in-wwii/720709 "2015-06-02T13:57:56Z")
Now that 70th anniversary of the end of WWII is approaching, could you tell some examples of last time when something noticeable happened in WWII? For example: Last (apparently) cavalry charge with drawn sabers Last … --- ## [So I had a date- with a sub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-had-a-date-with-a-sub/556087)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-had-a-date-with-a-sub/556087 "2010-10-13T01:50:43Z")
So I decided to start dating again after recovering from the nightmare that my last relationship turned into. I met a girl on a dating website. We met for lunch. Lunch lasted five and a half hours. We went on another d… --- ## [Archaic Words That Made Comebacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaic-words-that-made-comebacks/483363)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaic-words-that-made-comebacks/483363 "2009-02-09T18:49:04Z")
Are there any words that were considered archaic, fell out of use then made a comeback into general use? I mean let’s say the word “thou” or “thee” which is now archaic (for most things) were to come back and take over … --- ## [All hail the Mighty Pseudoephedrine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043)
**Author:** [@JerseyFrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyFrank)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-mighty-pseudoephedrine/513043 "2009-10-11T13:02:58Z")
Thank you, o hidden behind the counter one. Thank you for allowing me to purchase your 120mg relief without a prescription. Thank you for being available last night at 8:50pm just as the pharmacy was locking up. I kno… --- ## [Robertson Caruso](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robertson-caruso/694482 "2014-08-13T21:58:48Z")
Name some other malfunctions like the title… --- ## [If demographic changes are supposed to be good for Democrats...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-demographic-changes-are-supposed-to-be-good-for-democrats/685767)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-demographic-changes-are-supposed-to-be-good-for-democrats/685767 "2014-07-24T20:06:17Z")
How come we haven’t seen evidence of demographic change in Europe helping the more lefty parties in Europe? If anything, it looks like Europe’s center-right parties(and far right parties too) are doing better than ever. … --- ## [If a cop illegally spots marijuana growing in a house, can he get a warrant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-cop-illegally-spots-marijuana-growing-in-a-house-can-he-get-a-warrant/478516)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-cop-illegally-spots-marijuana-growing-in-a-house-can-he-get-a-warrant/478516 "2008-12-27T15:25:03Z")
Ok, your neighbor lives 300 yards through the woods (it’s a straight shot and there aren’t many trees) and he is into astrology, he is also a major narcotics cop in your county. He takes his telescope one night and aims… --- ## [We've learned these last few days that the government is too big](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-learned-these-last-few-days-that-the-government-is-too-big/658491)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-learned-these-last-few-days-that-the-government-is-too-big/658491 "2013-05-20T16:39:16Z")
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/299829-axelrod-government-too-big-for-obama-to-have-known-about-irs-targeting David Axelrod: Part of being president is there’s so much beneath you that you can’t know be… --- ## [At least she's pretty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-shes-pretty/416944)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-shes-pretty/416944 "2007-08-29T00:28:39Z")
Posted without comment, except to say this is AWESOME! --- ## [your favorite hand-to-hand fight scenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hand-to-hand-fight-scenes/718197)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hand-to-hand-fight-scenes/718197 "2015-05-02T16:13:38Z")
I’m thinking about great hand-to-hand fight scenes in movies or TV. No guns, no knives, no swords. Just two combatants trying to beat each other’s brains in. (We’ll allow ballpoint pens; see below). To narrow the fie… --- ## [Palin/Rice Innuendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-rice-innuendo/596572)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-rice-innuendo/596572 "2011-09-25T18:58:27Z")
The thread about this was closed before I was aware it had started, so please indulge me. The recent revelations about Sarah Palin in Joe McGinnis’s book The Rogue (I haven’t read it, just the excerpts in Doonesbury) go… --- ## [A one-night stand with anyone from the past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806 "2011-02-22T14:02:03Z")
No pulling the “But I’m/they’re married!” card. You get a free pass with anyone from the past (no one living, that’s a different thread), just the two of you for a few hours. You can hang out at your place or theirs. I… --- ## [People Who Capitalize Every Word In Forum Posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-capitalize-every-word-in-forum-posts/467895)
**Author:** [@Dripping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dripping)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-capitalize-every-word-in-forum-posts/467895 "2008-10-15T17:02:08Z")
There Is This Middle-Aged Woman On Another Forum I’m A Member Of, Who, For Some Stupid Reason, Insists On Capitalizing Every Word In Her Posts. She Gets Angry And Defensive When Asked Why She Does This And/Or Is Asked To… --- ## [Moving threads to The Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads-to-the-pit/814357 "2018-05-20T21:40:36Z")
I don’t think threads started in IMHO, etc should be moved to the PIT. It means that posters who don’t like the PIT- or perhaps should never go to the PIT as they react badly- are sent willy-nilly to a place they don’t w… --- ## [JohnClay can't be gay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnclay-cant-be-gay/693652)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnclay-cant-be-gay/693652 "2014-07-22T14:14:55Z")
On the way home I was thinking about a muscular butt and felt attracted to it. Then while watching TV my wife somehow knew that there was something on my mind. Eventually I confessed that I was planning on writing on the… --- ## [Do You Work on the Day After Thanksgiving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-work-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/561890)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-work-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/561890 "2010-11-29T15:11:21Z")
Poll incoming… So some in this thread are shocked that people have to work the day after Thanksgiving. Since we had this argument last year too, I thought a poll to settle it once and for all was in order. And if you w… --- ## [Best PC Baseball game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pc-baseball-game/578030)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pc-baseball-game/578030 "2011-04-15T17:03:05Z")
I’m getting a new PC in a couple of weeks. It’s been a long time - like, since SNES days - since I’ve played a baseball video game, and NEVER on a PC, only a console. I’d appreciate some recommendations as to the best … --- ## [Corn Syrup: What Do They Say About It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-syrup-what-do-they-say-about-it/525785)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-syrup-what-do-they-say-about-it/525785 "2010-01-27T03:24:40Z")
You know those ads promoting corn syrup? Well, what DOES the opposition have to say about corn syrup! Maybe I’ve been living under a rock or something, but I’ve never really heard anythign bad about it! So, what’s the… --- ## [What was the last concert you attended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-concert-you-attended/793723)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-concert-you-attended/793723 "2017-12-12T20:22:59Z")
Has it been updated since your reply to this one? Mine hasn’t. I still haven’t been to one yet…but I’d love to hear what your last one (or two or three) was. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=972&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=974&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)