# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=982&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:** 983 --- ## [Things that CREEPED you out as a kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-creeped-you-out-as-a-kid/53652)
**Author:** [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-creeped-you-out-as-a-kid/53652 "2001-02-19T00:06:54Z")
A few things that creeped me out as a kid… \[ul\] \[li\]On The Electric Company there was a little musical cartoon that scared the hell out of me. I forget most of the song, but part of it went:\[/li\] “…you feel pretty sil… --- ## [I'm getting married!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/603643)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/603643 "2011-12-06T23:23:17Z")
I’m finally allowed to tell - we were keeping a lid on it until we could tell both sets of parents in person, which means I only told my mom, all my coworkers, and my massage therapist. (Hey, I pledged them to secrecy!)… --- ## [Why exactly is selling your newborn illegal/a bad thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-exactly-is-selling-your-newborn-illegal-a-bad-thing/423065)
**Author:** [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-exactly-is-selling-your-newborn-illegal-a-bad-thing/423065 "2007-10-24T01:10:29Z")
The other day I heard Nancy Grace prattling on about how some evil woman did this, but assuming the end user is not going to use the baby in a sacrifice to Satan and is going to take care of it and all, why is this so ba… --- ## [How should I hang a picture on a tile wall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-hang-a-picture-on-a-tile-wall/451479)
**Author:** [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-hang-a-picture-on-a-tile-wall/451479 "2008-06-03T16:20:22Z")
I need advice on how to hang a framed picture on a ceramic-tiled wall in my bathroom. I’d rather not drill a hole in the tile if there’s any alternative. I tried a stick-on adhesive hook similar to this one that was supp… --- ## [Anyone gone from being uptight to being fun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-gone-from-being-uptight-to-being-fun/504109)
**Author:** [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-gone-from-being-uptight-to-being-fun/504109 "2009-07-27T12:46:19Z")
My husband wants to be less uptight and be more fun, and I’m wondering if any dopers have ever gone through that transformation? He was a single child in a difficult family situation, and consequently did not experience… --- ## [I Have Serious Wolf-ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-serious-wolf-ass/62233)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2001, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-serious-wolf-ass/62233 "2001-06-27T12:49:53Z")
I love Snider’s jalapeno flavored potato chips. Yesterday, I ummm… ate a whole bag. Had stomach rumblings on the way to work. Got there, hit the men’s room, and started to do my business. HHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWLL… --- ## [Anyone familiar with this racist term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-this-racist-term/790936)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-this-racist-term/790936 "2017-07-14T17:57:08Z")
UK MP is suspended for using the term “nigger in the woodpile.” I live in rural South Carolina and have never once heard the phrase. It is notable enough to have a Wikipedia entry, though, and I see from the wiki that th… --- ## [Dentist rips out all her ex Boyfriends's teeth.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dentist-rips-out-all-her-ex-boyfriendss-teeth/620359)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dentist-rips-out-all-her-ex-boyfriendss-teeth/620359 "2012-06-09T12:32:07Z")
You really, really don’t want to upset a Dentist. :eek: This dumped lady ripped out all he ex’s teeth. It hurts to even think about it. Revenge sucks doesn’t it? Hope they send Dentist Villain to prison. --- ## [Rice is the panacea for wet electronics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-is-the-panacea-for-wet-electronics/506794)
**Author:** [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-is-the-panacea-for-wet-electronics/506794 "2013-06-28T14:03:25Z")
Many people have said that when you drop your cell phone, PDA, Nikon S230 in a ziplock bag, computer, television, A/S 400, etc into the toilet or Potomac River or some other kind of watery death trap that if you leave it… --- ## [Kansas Redefines Science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-redefines-science/330132)
**Author:** [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-redefines-science/330132 "2005-11-11T19:57:10Z")
Buried in this woeful story about the Kansas school board ‘downplaying’ evolution is this gem: Words fucking fail me. Somebody else will have to help me out. --- ## [Is this fish cute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fish-cute/543511 "2010-06-18T03:33:34Z")
Link --- ## [Possible basis for war crimes prosecutions released by Obama administration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-basis-for-war-crimes-prosecutions-released-by-obama-administration/618043)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-basis-for-war-crimes-prosecutions-released-by-obama-administration/618043 "2012-04-09T14:06:11Z")
Story here. \[QUOTE=Harper’s Magazine\] Yesterday the Obama Administration, after a delay of several years, released an important document relating to the Bush Administration’s torture policies: a memorandum by Philip Ze… --- ## [The USA and the Metric System.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-usa-and-the-metric-system/824672)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-usa-and-the-metric-system/824672 "2018-11-24T01:53:07Z")
I don’t need a cite for this one. The USA is one of only two countries in the world that hasn’t yet switched over to the metric system. The other one is some obscure country in Africa, I forget the name just now. My que… --- ## [Sneezing following a big meal -- hereditary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-following-a-big-meal-hereditary/625955)
**Author:** [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-following-a-big-meal-hereditary/625955 "2013-04-05T21:45:09Z")
I searched for this on the SDMB using a few different strings – the only thing I learned is that people have a lot of questions about sneezes, but few definitive answers. If I’ve eaten a big meal, I am almost immediatel… --- ## [probiotics, how much woo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probiotics-how-much-woo/675252)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probiotics-how-much-woo/675252 "2014-01-07T14:03:11Z")
It’s now a fairly well established agricultural practice to feed targeted probiotics to livestock as a way to both prevent and combat various intestinal bacterial infections – both ruminants and monogastric animals like … --- ## [War between USA and China is absurd in the near future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-between-usa-and-china-is-absurd-in-the-near-future/688213)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-between-usa-and-china-is-absurd-in-the-near-future/688213 "2014-05-20T04:07:11Z")
Rather than hijack another thread, I’ll just chain these quotes here: I’m sorry, I assumed you were implying the USA DoD had imminent plans to attack China, which would be absurd, given our intertwined economies. T… --- ## [Whats the origin of the expression "cold feet"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-origin-of-the-expression-cold-feet/235599)
**Author:** [@Scarf-Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarf-Ace)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-origin-of-the-expression-cold-feet/235599 "2011-11-11T22:53:28Z")
You know, as in “Billy was about to \[daring action\] but got cold feet.”. --- ## [Do we care more for animals than battered women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-care-more-for-animals-than-battered-women/651430)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-care-more-for-animals-than-battered-women/651430 "2013-02-27T23:08:06Z")
There are more animal shelters than battered women’s shelters- a LOT more. I read many articles talking about how people are more willing to donate to causes dedicated to saving animals than protecting women. The theory … --- ## [Melted plastic on glass.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melted-plastic-on-glass/519941)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2009, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melted-plastic-on-glass/519941 "2009-12-05T10:14:03Z")
Friend of mine moved into a new house with a gas fire place. Somewhere in the moving in phase her son decided to check out the fire place. It still had the original plastic protective film on the glass panel. The result … --- ## [Actors whose mere name in the credits will pretty much guarantee a shitty movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315 "2007-06-13T15:55:10Z")
Cameron Mitchell Udo Kier John Saxon Christopher Lloyd John Carradine Yours? --- ## [Haitians "deal with the devil"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haitians-deal-with-the-devil/524940)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haitians-deal-with-the-devil/524940 "2010-01-15T17:42:13Z")
I’m not sure which forum this should be in but I guess it has some sort of factual answer to it. The hubub yesterday about the Haitians having it coming to them because of the deal they made with the devil “according to… --- ## [Where is the Ark of the covenant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-ark-of-the-covenant/669374)
**Author:** [@Don\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-ark-of-the-covenant/669374 "2017-08-23T01:02:27Z")
Thank you for this explanation, which is exactly what I was looking for. I don’t think the aliens from space theory is all that far-fetched. What is more far-fetched, that aliens from space spoke to the Hebrews through… --- ## [Why are toupees ridiculed and scorned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-toupees-ridiculed-and-scorned/551513)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-toupees-ridiculed-and-scorned/551513 "2010-08-30T16:03:04Z")
I am lucky in the hair department somewhat. Thankfully I will never be bald. I do not want to be bald. If I was bald, I would look like Curley Howard from The Three Stooges. I would have to shave it off because I wouldn’… --- ## [Least stupid major conspiracy theory ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-stupid-major-conspiracy-theory/799230)
**Author:** [@Grim\_Render](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grim_Render)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-stupid-major-conspiracy-theory/799230 "2019-05-08T19:17:32Z")
To contrast with the most stupid conspiracy thread, what do you feel is the least stupid of the well-known conspiracy theories? My pick is the “Moon landing was faked” theory. There was motive and it was not physically … --- ## [The Veterans town hall discussion thread - 9.7.16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-veterans-town-hall-discussion-thread-9-7-16/765306 "2016-09-09T18:20:25Z")
So there’s no confusion, this is the thread to discuss the Town Hall that’s about to begin. --- ## [No WMD's? Strike 1. No Saddam/Qaeda connection? Strike 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-wmds-strike-1-no-saddam-qaeda-connection-strike-2/180715)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-wmds-strike-1-no-saddam-qaeda-connection-strike-2/180715 "2003-06-18T17:30:40Z")
Sez the Gray Lady today (snicker if you must): Many of us thought that was an exaggeration or near-total fabrication too at the time Powell asserted it as true to the UN, but nothing? What incentive would these AQ guy… --- ## [Icelandic politics revisited (and this weeks wow-moment)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic-politics-revisited-and-this-weeks-wow-moment/482626)
**Author:** [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic-politics-revisited-and-this-weeks-wow-moment/482626 "2009-02-09T21:11:09Z")
The Icelandic economy is in the crapper since the large national banks tumbled in October. Since then, unemployment is on the rise, inflation as well and the projected GDP-growth for 2009 is negative. So things are quit… --- ## [How does a birth certificate prove one's identity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-birth-certificate-prove-ones-identity/631209)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-birth-certificate-prove-ones-identity/631209 "2012-08-15T17:08:53Z")
One thing I have often wondered when ID issues came up, for example in the thread Do voter ID laws really affect minorities, students and the elderly more, and why? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board A … --- ## [So who, besides Lewis Carroll, was Jack the Ripper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-besides-lewis-carroll-was-jack-the-ripper/693822)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-besides-lewis-carroll-was-jack-the-ripper/693822 "2014-09-19T18:18:29Z")
Do anagrams in Lewis Carroll’s poems prove he was Jack the Ripper?, originally published March 7, 1997, re-published on-line on or about July 22, 2014: Mr. Traugott asks: Okay, I’ll bite. Who was supposedly Lewis Car… --- ## [Progressives Unhappy With Politifact's Biggest Lie of 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressives-unhappy-with-politifacts-biggest-lie-of-2011/606984)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressives-unhappy-with-politifacts-biggest-lie-of-2011/606984 "2011-12-28T23:46:06Z")
Paul Krugman’s conscience is shocked by the fact that Politifact, known for their ratings of various statements by politicians from True to Half True to False to Pants-on-Fire, has selected as their “Lie of the Year,” th… --- ## [I am so upset right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-upset-right-now/566065)
**Author:** [@lisalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisalan)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-upset-right-now/566065 "2011-01-02T20:42:19Z")
:confused: I never wanted to go on facebook but finally caved into the pressure by friends to set up an account. I created an account and put some pics of myself up. In a moment of stupidity I forgot to make my profile … --- ## [Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to SCOTUS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-nominate-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-scotus/960102 "2023-02-28T18:10:30Z")
Fantastic choice. Hopefully will be a smooth confirmation. --- ## [Have you ever been naked in your office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-naked-in-your-office/629461)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-naked-in-your-office/629461 "2012-07-31T23:50:34Z")
On Monday, as I was changing from my work clothes to my bike clothes for my commute home at the end of the day, I thought, as I stood there nekkid as the day I was born, “Gee, I’m really glad I have an office with a door… --- ## [Where to start with Dr. Who?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-start-with-dr-who/629212)
**Author:** [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-start-with-dr-who/629212 "2012-08-05T03:21:12Z")
I have noticed that Dr. Who is…a thing. The most I know about Dr. Who is there’s a guy with a phone boothy-type-thing, curly hair and a long scarf. That is to say, when I was 9 I flipped past it on the old rotary dial o… --- ## [1970s New York City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-new-york-city/552110)
**Author:** [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-new-york-city/552110 "2010-09-05T17:00:21Z")
I’m interested in 1970s New York. Can anyone suggest memoirs, documentaries, novels, photography books or films that capture the spirit of the place? On the film front I’ve already got \*Taxi Driver, The Taking of Pelham … --- ## [Do you use your first name, middle name, initials or a Nickname in daily life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-first-name-middle-name-initials-or-a-nickname-in-daily-life/701495)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-first-name-middle-name-initials-or-a-nickname-in-daily-life/701495 "2015-12-18T15:52:18Z")
Do you use your first name, middle name, initials or a Nickname in daily life? Anyone \*\*only \*\*use their last name? I used my first name until 3rd grade. We moved out of state and I began using my middle name in my new… --- ## [Celebrity Apprentice - All Stars \[spring 2013 season thread\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-all-stars-spring-2013-season-thread/637578)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-all-stars-spring-2013-season-thread/637578 "2013-05-21T22:34:06Z")
No JohnRich :confused: :confused: The best Apprentice player ever and he’s not in All Stars? :smack: Airs March 2013. http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/12/trump-announces-celebrity-apprentice-all-stars-cast/?hpt=h… --- ## [Does "Forrest Gump" make fun of dumb people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forrest-gump-make-fun-of-dumb-people/695022)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forrest-gump-make-fun-of-dumb-people/695022 "2014-08-09T04:09:11Z")
After reading this opinion piece in which the father of a Down-Syndrome child objects to a comedian’s DS joke, the movie “Forrest Gump” popped into my mind. Gump is never explicitly declared to be mentally retarded, bu… --- ## [Home sellers are selfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-sellers-are-selfish/814003)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-sellers-are-selfish/814003 "2018-05-19T15:03:29Z")
Just a pack of nasty, self-centered money grubbers, at least in my area. A letter to the editor of our local paper by a prospective new home buyer drives this home, in spades. “Sellers are greedy and selfish. They don’… --- ## [Song of Ice and Fire - Jon (\*SPOILERS\* for Game of Thrones!!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-of-ice-and-fire-jon-spoilers-for-game-of-thrones/620555)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-of-ice-and-fire-jon-spoilers-for-game-of-thrones/620555 "2012-05-21T23:14:37Z")
This thread will contain open spoilers for Game of Thrones watchers or anyone who has not finished reading the series. Caveat Lector! --- ## [Advice: Kids calling stepfather "dad" and using his last name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-kids-calling-stepfather-dad-and-using-his-last-name/360703)
**Author:** [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-kids-calling-stepfather-dad-and-using-his-last-name/360703 "2006-06-19T16:31:12Z")
Background: My boyfriend has three boys with his ex-wife, ages 6, 8 and 10. They have been divorced for about 3 years now and separated at least a year before that. She is now remarried and has another child, and one on … --- ## [College football rivalry gone insane: scummy bastard poisons trees at Toomer's Corner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-rivalry-gone-insane-scummy-bastard-poisons-trees-at-toomers-corner/571639)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-rivalry-gone-insane-scummy-bastard-poisons-trees-at-toomers-corner/571639 "2011-02-21T02:02:35Z")
Just heard about this through the usual scuttlebutt sites: Toomer’s Corner oaks poisoned with herbicide; unlikely to survive. I’m a huge Bama fan, and of course, the Bama fan base is the prime suspect to have produced t… --- ## [Should people be forced to work by the government?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-be-forced-to-work-by-the-government/956325)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-be-forced-to-work-by-the-government/956325 "2022-01-02T00:46:15Z")
AP story here: Can the government force people to work? Should the government force people to work? Are flesh & blood citizens merely servants to the non-corporeal persons who exist amongst us, via state control? W… --- ## [Computer programming and non-English speakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-programming-and-non-english-speakers/551768)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-programming-and-non-english-speakers/551768 "2010-08-30T18:56:40Z")
I know several computer languages. All of them use keywords that are English words. What do computer programmers in the Non-English speaking world do? Do they have their own versions with the keywords translated into th… --- ## [What High Schools and Colleges Did You Go To?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409)
**Author:** [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409 "2005-07-12T13:32:07Z")
I wonder if any of us are alums of the same schools? My HS and undergraduate colleges: Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington, MA Pitzer College, Claremont, CA And you? --- ## [Let's come up with totally ridiculous arguments against SSM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-totally-ridiculous-arguments-against-ssm/553898)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-totally-ridiculous-arguments-against-ssm/553898 "2010-09-21T17:38:08Z")
Yes, more ridiculous than the actual arguments. I know it’s a challenge. I’m looking for silly, sexist, naive, offensive, farcical, and surreal reasons. If same-sex marriage is legalized: \[ul\] \[li\]How will couples k… --- ## [Are cheap UPS any good against power dips and brownouts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cheap-ups-any-good-against-power-dips-and-brownouts/652202)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cheap-ups-any-good-against-power-dips-and-brownouts/652202 "2013-03-19T19:56:28Z")
I have several UPS for my computers. All of them are cheap POS, save for a high quality one made by APC. This APC UPS has several LEDS on the front panel indicating among other things undervoltage, overvoltage and load … --- ## [Good Horror Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-horror-movies/586167)
**Author:** [@Cheerleading\_Dropout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheerleading_Dropout)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-horror-movies/586167 "2011-11-17T14:49:11Z")
I haven’t seen many horror movies, but I’d like to start watching them. I want to start slow, because I’m not really into horror (yet), which is why I thought of zombie movies first, especially a “RomZomDramCom,” or “Rom… --- ## [What is the Ingredient in Super-Sour Candies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ingredient-in-super-sour-candies/592004)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ingredient-in-super-sour-candies/592004 "2011-08-10T16:16:00Z")
You know that hardcore sour powder they put in/on candies like Warheads and Sour Patch Kids? What’s it called? --- ## [How can I get mutton (not lamb) in the U.S.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-mutton-not-lamb-in-the-u-s/281630)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-mutton-not-lamb-in-the-u-s/281630 "2004-12-26T21:46:37Z")
Mutton is a staple of diet in the UK and, I believe, most English-speaking countries. But it never seems to have caught on in the U.S. I’ve never even seen mutton in an American supermarket; even lamb is hard to find. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=981&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=983&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)