# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=980&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:** 981 --- ## [What is the best pizza-delivery chain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-pizza-delivery-chain/543603)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-pizza-delivery-chain/543603 "2010-06-19T18:55:07Z")
Everyone in CS is always talking about how awful Pizza Hut or Domino’s is, but never about how great any delivered pizza is . . . Maybe there’s some reason delivered pizza can’t be great. But who’s the best of the bunch… --- ## [Do racist comments REALLY offend you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-racist-comments-really-offend-you/476900)
**Author:** [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-racist-comments-really-offend-you/476900 "2008-12-16T05:50:20Z")
Maybe it’s because I’m white… not sure why that’d make me special in any way, but I think it’s funny when people try to offend me by calling me names. I’ve heard just about everything… snow white, Ali B, albino, Albin, c… --- ## [Mosler Safe problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosler-safe-problem/416640)
**Author:** [@Palikia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palikia)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosler-safe-problem/416640 "2007-08-26T19:54:27Z")
The company where I work has a large Mosler safe (it’s about the same size as my storage shed). The handle won’t move so we can’t lock it even though the dial works and we can run the combination. I have tried to reach… --- ## [Things other people enjoy that you don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780 "2013-05-12T06:01:33Z")
I don’t think David Sedaris is funny. I don’t really enjoy those trivia contests, the ones where you sit at big long tables of 8 or 10 and they flash questions on a screen. And I’m going to one this evening. :confused: … --- ## [Should the sexes be treated equally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sexes-be-treated-equally/538322)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sexes-be-treated-equally/538322 "2010-05-08T21:10:37Z")
Over yonder we are having this discussion about the legality of an employer requiring males employees to have short haircuts (or at least not long hair). There was a question as to whether this requirement is “discrimina… --- ## [Songs where the band name is self-referenced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-band-name-is-self-referenced/187411 "2009-06-24T00:49:12Z")
After hearing Chic’s Freak Out and Wang Chung Everybody Have Fun Tonight played back-to-back in a restaurant, I strated wondering about other songs where the performing band mentions its name. The only other one I can t… --- ## [What's the most unfair situation you've ever been in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-unfair-situation-youve-ever-been-in/161055)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-unfair-situation-youve-ever-been-in/161055 "2003-03-17T13:09:19Z")
When I was seventeen, it was not a very good year. I was scheduled to take a student tour of Europe during the summer between eleventh and twelfth grades. I was avidly looking forward to this: a different culture, a cha… --- ## [Civil liberties eroded by "panic" now officially a fringe view](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-liberties-eroded-by-panic-now-officially-a-fringe-view/524160)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-liberties-eroded-by-panic-now-officially-a-fringe-view/524160 "2010-01-18T16:10:31Z")
Eric Posner writes: A lengthy quote, but when a guy says something right and says it well, it’s foolish to try to improve on it. I agree; I thought President Obama’s speech yesterday afternoon sent this precise message… --- ## [Embarrassingly famous pop culture that has passed you by...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-famous-pop-culture-that-has-passed-you-by/449244)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-famous-pop-culture-that-has-passed-you-by/449244 "2008-05-30T18:02:51Z")
I’ve not only never seen any of the Mission Impossible movies (was there also a tv show?) but I don’t even know what they’re about. What’s more, I don’t even really know what genre they are, though I suspect it’s… action… --- ## [An over-inflated sense of self-importance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982)
**Author:** [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-over-inflated-sense-of-self-importance/66982 "2001-06-09T00:49:36Z")
Just…I mean, damn. You’re both popular posters and stuff, and I’m sure you get invited to the best parties and all of the cool people write your names in their slam books, but you’re REALLY not that goddamned interesti… --- ## [What to do when you find your kids Stash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-find-your-kids-stash/131835)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-find-your-kids-stash/131835 "2002-10-15T15:44:22Z")
Well Phlosphr’s co-worker came in today with a very interesting dilema and a very large sachel of very smelly Marijuana. First of all for the benefit of statistics lets use some ages here. Said co-worker is 46 with a 1… --- ## [Adult women held captive for 10 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-women-held-captive-for-10-years/657698)
**Author:** [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-women-held-captive-for-10-years/657698 "2013-05-20T15:46:48Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=12 I know the time is early in the reporting of this story in Cleveland, but isn’t it outlandish that these women could be kept quiet for that long? Even… --- ## [Any one guilty of NOT knowing your SSN? (Social Security #)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-one-guilty-of-not-knowing-your-ssn-social-security/573288)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-one-guilty-of-not-knowing-your-ssn-social-security/573288 "2011-03-03T19:45:06Z")
I was at the doctor today. The receptionist asked me for my SSN. I blanked. I mean, I knew the last four numbers because I use that all the time. It’s been so long since I had to recall the whole thing I forgot!! :eek: T… --- ## [Shouldn't ghetto folks be given a break?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-ghetto-folks-be-given-a-break/397642)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-ghetto-folks-be-given-a-break/397642 "2007-04-01T15:06:08Z")
Ok. This is hard for me, because I am pretty new. I have been lurking for 2 years, and I have posted only once…(in the Las Vegas thread…to give a shout out to the Luxor, my favorite hotel.) I am a bit nervous, because… --- ## [The Possibility of a Trump Impeachment - what would be legit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-possibility-of-a-trump-impeachment-what-would-be-legit/772854)
**Author:** [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-possibility-of-a-trump-impeachment-what-would-be-legit/772854 "2016-11-29T18:14:28Z")
I admit to a certain amount of ignorance about what constitutes “high crimes and misdemeanors”. Apparently the Trump Univ fraud settlement doesn’t warrant this consideration, that I’ve heard. Apparently the Trump Foundat… --- ## [Hofstra (Fake) Gang Rape Claims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hofstra-fake-gang-rape-claims/510719)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hofstra-fake-gang-rape-claims/510719 "2009-09-29T13:34:33Z")
I’m assuming everyone’s heard about this by now: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/17/danmell-ndonye-hofstra-ra\_n\_290484.html I feel bad for those guys. My initial thoughts were that maybe she just dropped charges… --- ## [Whatcha reading Oct. (08) edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-oct-08-edition/465904)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-oct-08-edition/465904 "2008-10-31T16:06:56Z")
Here is the October edition of Whatcha Reading? As always here is a link to last month. I’ve slowed in my reading, I’m not sure why. I am about 1/3 of the way into In the Woods by Tana French. It is slow starting, bu… --- ## [How is Gravity on IMAX (3D)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-gravity-on-imax-3d/670581)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-gravity-on-imax-3d/670581 "2013-12-20T01:01:21Z")
I’ve typically been unimpressed with movies on IMAX - the screen is actually too large to digest everything on the screen, and that holds true for 3D movies. But the 3D that I’ve seen in IMAX wasn’t very good to start wi… --- ## [Help needed with earrings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-with-earrings/499726)
**Author:** [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-with-earrings/499726 "2018-03-02T16:41:20Z")
I have pierced ears - 1 piercing in my right ear and 3 in my left ear. I wear silver hoop earrings every day in the “main” piercing holes in each ear. I haven’t worn any earrings at all in the two “extra” holes in my l… --- ## [Worst responses to Paris Terrorist Attacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-responses-to-paris-terrorist-attacks/737597)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-responses-to-paris-terrorist-attacks/737597 "2015-11-23T15:03:25Z")
Worst response by liberal in a leading role: Salon Magazine. We have seen this all before; it should be oddly familiar. The reaction to the horrific January 2015 Paris attacks was equally predictable; the knee-jerk Isla… --- ## [Should men and women both pay the same price for a haircut?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-men-and-women-both-pay-the-same-price-for-a-haircut/647941)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-men-and-women-both-pay-the-same-price-for-a-haircut/647941 "2013-01-25T03:57:37Z")
Unfortunately I have not read the judgement as I like to do, because firstly I don’t know where to get it and secondly it’ll almost certainly be in Danish (but this is not a given given what a cool place Denmark is) so I… --- ## [Worker's comp for the Dog Slaughterer-maybe the PTSD will help you grow a pair, asshole.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workers-comp-for-the-dog-slaughterer-maybe-the-ptsd-will-help-you-grow-a-pair-asshole/569859)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workers-comp-for-the-dog-slaughterer-maybe-the-ptsd-will-help-you-grow-a-pair-asshole/569859 "2011-02-04T05:50:39Z")
This is insane, beyond belief. Business is down for a dog sled tour company. So the bosses decide to kill 100 of their 300 dogs. (After supposedly trying to place them). And since they (supposedly) couldn’t get a vet … --- ## [Can you display a 1 meter sphere of pure gold on a flat surface without it deforming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-display-a-1-meter-sphere-of-pure-gold-on-a-flat-surface-without-it-deforming/450708)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-display-a-1-meter-sphere-of-pure-gold-on-a-flat-surface-without-it-deforming/450708 "2008-05-30T13:28:37Z")
Let’s say I’m a billionaire and wanted to have an amazing conversation piece in my mansion’s main reception area. I want to have a meter wide perfect sphere of polished, pure 24 carat gold displayed on a marble slab. W… --- ## [How much of a retail scam is Black Friday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-retail-scam-is-black-friday/604048)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-retail-scam-is-black-friday/604048 "2011-11-30T01:33:08Z")
A confession… I avoid the malls on Black Friday. I despise crowds. Think I’m camping out in the parking lot, the night before for some great deal? Hell No. :stuck\_out\_tongue: However, lets pretend I was at the mall at… --- ## [Dammit, Tip Your Pizza Delivery Person Good !!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-tip-your-pizza-delivery-person-good/456287)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-tip-your-pizza-delivery-person-good/456287 "2008-07-15T07:26:42Z")
My 17 year old daughter just became a pizza delivery person (part time) a week ago. She drives the car daddy gave her, and is on her own for maintenance and gas. When my insurance on the car runs out in October, she nee… --- ## [Cheating, porn use and the Coolidge Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-porn-use-and-the-coolidge-effect/652154)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-porn-use-and-the-coolidge-effect/652154 "2013-03-08T18:24:25Z")
I’m starting to check out all of the material on a website recommended to me by an anti-porn forum user… http://yourbrainonporn.com/your-brain-on-porn-series In the first video in that series it introduced the Coolidge… --- ## [Why do people think federal employees are overpaid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-federal-employees-are-overpaid/589237)
**Author:** [@contradancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/contradancer)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-federal-employees-are-overpaid/589237 "2011-07-19T15:18:30Z")
I am reading outrageous claims about the salaries federal employees make. I retired from the federal government and I never knew anyone who came close to some of the numbers I’ve been seeing. The majority of employees … --- ## [Pilots a question about IFR (BCAT1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-a-question-about-ifr-bcat1/678076)
**Author:** [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-a-question-about-ifr-bcat1/678076 "2014-01-08T00:23:17Z")
My friend is trying to make it back to Buffalo NY today from here in Houston. His flight canceled and I have been on Flight Aware trying to sort him out. About 2:30 the flight rules category changed to BCAT 1 with cloud… --- ## [San Francisco cel phone shutdown: safety issue, or hint of Orwell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-cel-phone-shutdown-safety-issue-or-hint-of-orwell/592627)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-cel-phone-shutdown-safety-issue-or-hint-of-orwell/592627 "2011-08-27T21:16:24Z")
Yesterday, the Bay Area Rapid Transit shut down a number of cel phone repeaters in their train stations, ostensibly to prevent people from using their phones and social media sites to coordinate a demonstration over a re… --- ## [Marshmallow, you sexist pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-you-sexist-pig/504649)
**Author:** [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-you-sexist-pig/504649 "2009-09-10T17:30:14Z")
In this thread, you feel it perfectly sensible to ascribe all sorts of things to men, from the truly bad, like murder, to the merely slightly harmful, like porn. Furthermore, you fail to account for societal pressure aff… --- ## [We can clone extinct species. Should we?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-clone-extinct-species-should-we/692975)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-clone-extinct-species-should-we/692975 "2025-04-11T18:13:10Z")
Or will be able to within our lifetimes. There is a long list of species that have died off in the past century. Many directly or indirectly caused by humans taking over their habitats or hunting them to the point of n… --- ## [Drug addiction as a moral failing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-addiction-as-a-moral-failing/669478)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-addiction-as-a-moral-failing/669478 "2013-10-13T17:14:28Z")
On a political blog, there’s a minor debate over the Emmy broadcast apparently giving an individual tribute to late Glee star Cory Monteith and not to the also-died-this-past-year Jack Klugman and Larry Hagman (though bo… --- ## [When did faith evolve and is it an advantage for evolution ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-faith-evolve-and-is-it-an-advantage-for-evolution/681830)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-faith-evolve-and-is-it-an-advantage-for-evolution/681830 "2014-02-26T13:42:17Z")
1\> So following the evolution line : Homo Habilis to Homo Sapiens - when do we see faith emerge ? For the purpose of this thread, I am defining faith as the belief that an higher power exists that is non-physical : it ma… --- ## [I have about twenty flags stuck in my front yard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-about-twenty-flags-stuck-in-my-front-yard/359229)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-about-twenty-flags-stuck-in-my-front-yard/359229 "2006-06-06T22:30:35Z")
I come home from work and there’s about twenty of those little flags stuck in my yard, the ones power companies use to mark off places where they need to dig. They’re not just along the property line. We have oleanders… --- ## [Ladies: Do You Mind Sharing The Public Bathroom With Those You Perceive As Being Men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-mind-sharing-the-public-bathroom-with-those-you-perceive-as-being-men/299946)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-mind-sharing-the-public-bathroom-with-those-you-perceive-as-being-men/299946 "2005-04-26T04:56:33Z")
CYA Disclaimers: If you want to bash people in the Transsexual Community, do it in the privacy of your own home. The ‘exclusive story’ cited in the OP comes from The NY Post (NYC’s version of London’s ‘The Sun’ tabloid).… --- ## [It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/514090)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/514090 "2009-11-02T19:34:29Z")
OK Halloween fans - It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is coming to ABC in 11 days. It is looking like it will air on the 27 at 8:00. --- ## [My secret shame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-secret-shame/150188)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-secret-shame/150188 "2003-02-20T19:11:10Z")
I quite like Justin Timberlake’s last two songs. Anyone else care to confess anything shameful? Absolution will be granted. --- ## [Leave your stupid laprat in the car!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-your-stupid-laprat-in-the-car/508673)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-your-stupid-laprat-in-the-car/508673 "2009-09-12T19:55:17Z")
Why do people insist on bringing their surrogate children everywhere they go? Do they really think that the damn things are so irresistably cute that everyone is going to just melt at the sight of them? Standing next t… --- ## [Monk: Another Series On The Way Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monk-another-series-on-the-way-out/472884)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monk-another-series-on-the-way-out/472884 "2009-01-23T19:34:05Z")
Sorry to be the bearer of only bad news, but according to this Hollywood Reporter article, Monk will be wrapping up after the upcoming season. Unlike other shows I listed in another thread here, Monk still has high rati… --- ## [Cage's 4:33 -- Genius or Garbage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cages-4-33-genius-or-garbage/417779)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cages-4-33-genius-or-garbage/417779 "2008-07-12T19:42:33Z")
I heard a story that talked about 4:33 today. Someone claimed it was a turning point…Cage drawing the line between recorded music and ambient sound. (that’s my take anyway). I think I’m pretty aware of the sounds aroun… --- ## [A rant to the 'other' grandmother.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-to-the-other-grandmother/772142)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-to-the-other-grandmother/772142 "2016-11-24T12:18:33Z")
Hey you fucking narcissistic bitch…your daughter had your first grandchild two weeks ago, and would really love it if you actually noticed! Yes, we know that you were miffed when she suggested selling the house SHE owns… --- ## [Suppose I wanted my very own pet panda ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-wanted-my-very-own-pet-panda/567326)
**Author:** [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-i-wanted-my-very-own-pet-panda/567326 "2011-01-14T06:53:24Z")
Assume the following (completely hypothetical) situation: I’m really, really rich. Filthy rich. I go skeet shooting with tightly packed, flattened discs of compressed $500 bills. THAT rich. I have a house out in… --- ## ["We'll bankrupt our children"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-bankrupt-our-children/488633)
**Author:** [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-bankrupt-our-children/488633 "2009-05-01T18:29:14Z")
A common Fox News pundit statement… What does that mean exactly? Future generations will earn a wage, page a portion of tax from it, and pay it forward. Just like you and I are doing right now. What will be different for… --- ## [Ten S-F Books for Complete Beginners...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-s-f-books-for-complete-beginners/545052)
**Author:** [@projectmolcos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/projectmolcos)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-s-f-books-for-complete-beginners/545052 "2010-07-02T07:12:56Z")
\[SIZE=“4”\]Can you name ten science-fiction books for complete beginners? Please note those words, complete beginners. The criterion here is ten books that such readers can enjoy, but ones that would constitute a suffic… --- ## [Why only men get drafted for war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-men-get-drafted-for-war/156639)
**Author:** [@superkentclark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superkentclark)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-men-get-drafted-for-war/156639 "2003-02-28T21:07:13Z")
How come in America are men and women considered equal, but when it comes down to it the laws distinctly favor women? For example, womne have equal rights in practically every desirable area, but they do not get drafted… --- ## [Beloved Childhood Foods You Would Never Eat Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beloved-childhood-foods-you-would-never-eat-today/946643)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beloved-childhood-foods-you-would-never-eat-today/946643 "2021-08-16T20:12:40Z")
I was processing invoices today, and one of the items on them was chocolate milk. I used to love chocolate milk, but am grossed out by it as an adult. Weird, because I like hot chocolate. Another childhood treat I wou… --- ## [Is Health Care a right, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-health-care-a-right-and-why/515124)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-health-care-a-right-and-why/515124 "2009-11-06T17:51:30Z")
I believe some months ago here on the SDMB I read a post which was the best explanation of why health care should be a right. Now I can’t find it. Years ago I heard a quote A right is something that doesn’t cost anyone … --- ## [Should I let my son go to jail? (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-son-go-to-jail-long/257592)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-son-go-to-jail-long/257592 "2004-10-26T15:33:28Z")
It’s a long story… Last year, at spring break, my son and his buds were coming back from Corpus Christi. They got pulled over but “didn’t notice the cop car” for many miles. The officer subsequently arrested my son fo… --- ## [\[Politician\] would do anything for money - sexual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politician-would-do-anything-for-money-sexual/804293)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politician-would-do-anything-for-money-sexual/804293 "2017-12-14T21:16:00Z")
Trump sends sexually suggestive and demeaning tweet about Gillibrand “Would do anything for money” is a pretty standard, non-sexual, insult, and in particular when directed at politicians, whose willingness to sell the… --- ## [How many Americans actually want a wall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-americans-actually-want-a-wall/784126)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-americans-actually-want-a-wall/784126 "2017-04-13T19:15:05Z")
This a poll. How many people do you think would be mad at Trump if he reneged on his promise to build a wall? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=979&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=981&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)