# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=985&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:** 986 --- ## [The First Rule of Fucking with the Culture is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-rule-of-fucking-with-the-culture-is/592981)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-rule-of-fucking-with-the-culture-is/592981 "2011-12-07T00:08:27Z")
You do NOT fuck with the Culture. So I’ve finished Use of Weapons, Consider Phlebas, and now Matter… What should I read next? Are they all good? Feel free to add more rules about fucking with the Culture as the threa… --- ## [Is Brad Pitt a "great" actor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brad-pitt-a-great-actor/529783)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brad-pitt-a-great-actor/529783 "2010-02-23T11:14:36Z")
I know he has been in lots of films, but is he considered a “great” actor? I ask because I thought his character in “Inglorious Basterds” was a pretty awful job of acting, although I liked the film and most of the other… --- ## [Conversion of gasoline Powered car to steam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversion-of-gasoline-powered-car-to-steam/300477)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversion-of-gasoline-powered-car-to-steam/300477 "2011-04-19T17:18:54Z")
Years ago, i read about an inventor who converted a large sedan from gas to steam. basically, he removed the gasoline engine and transmission, and put in a 30 horsepower steam engine. he fired the boiler (which he was ab… --- ## [What's the Moon Worth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-moon-worth/641228)
**Author:** [@Chicago\_Stonepro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Stonepro)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-moon-worth/641228 "2012-11-27T15:34:12Z")
Cecil and Una have apparently never heard of Dr. David Criswell. Dr. Criswell is Director of Space Systems Operations, University of Houston, and a member/director of the Texas Space Grant Consortium. He advocates a sys… --- ## [The opposite of homesickness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-homesickness/533683)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-homesickness/533683 "2010-03-26T21:22:38Z")
Homesickness is the feeling you have when you’re away from home and miss being there. What is it called when you are home, and miss someplace you’ve been to, e.g. when I miss being in Paris? --- ## [battle of the bulge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-bulge/746728)
**Author:** [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-bulge/746728 "2016-02-27T01:06:21Z")
Lets say the Germans did a lot better here. What were their plans ? They would have been cut off and surrounded. Even if they captured a bunch of our supplies, they would be stuck there and it was only a matter of time … --- ## [actors/actresses who are one-trick-ponies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-who-are-one-trick-ponies/333342)
**Author:** [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-who-are-one-trick-ponies/333342 "2005-12-10T00:36:31Z")
Certain actors and actresses just always seem to play the same character albeit a unique one. Joe Pesci- in My Cousin Vinny, Casino, Goodfellas, etc. Sometimes his characters are violent and sometimes not but they alwa… --- ## [For male dopers: If you are married or might possibly, do you or would not wear your wedding ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-male-dopers-if-you-are-married-or-might-possibly-do-you-or-would-not-wear-your-wedding-ring/558573)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-male-dopers-if-you-are-married-or-might-possibly-do-you-or-would-not-wear-your-wedding-ring/558573 "2010-11-02T04:37:22Z")
There’s a discussion in another thread about women not taking their husband’s name, which I firmly believe is every woman’s right. They are their own person and taking their husband’s name could be construed as being th… --- ## [Examples of telepathy between married folks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-telepathy-between-married-folks/486918)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-telepathy-between-married-folks/486918 "2009-06-11T18:04:49Z")
I don’t buy into psychics or people who claim to have predicted Sept 11 or the Kennedy assassination, but I’m getting more and more convinced that married couples (or other couples in long term relationships, gay or stra… --- ## [I have a disability so I can do anything I want](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-disability-so-i-can-do-anything-i-want/972779)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-disability-so-i-can-do-anything-i-want/972779 "2024-04-29T18:08:41Z")
No not me but … I’ve known people that because they have a disability they believe they can do whatever they want at work because hey they have a disability. The idea of reasonable accommodations escapes them along wit… --- ## [Female celebrities who have had children by more than two men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-celebrities-who-have-had-children-by-more-than-two-men/544481)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-celebrities-who-have-had-children-by-more-than-two-men/544481 "2010-07-07T11:24:53Z")
Obviously, finding male celebrities that have fathered children by more than two women is barely a thought. But what about the reverse? The only one I can think of is Roseanne. She got pregnant at age 16 and was forced … --- ## [Grieving - End of a relationship (long & mundane)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grieving-end-of-a-relationship-long-mundane/467617)
**Author:** [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grieving-end-of-a-relationship-long-mundane/467617 "2008-10-23T01:38:57Z")
My name is Michael. I am 39 years old. I am miserable right now. I am not living my life; I am mourning the end of my last relationship. It was 6 weeks ago this past Friday that my girlfriend and I broke-up. We had b… --- ## [The British Royal Navy has never lost a battle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-royal-navy-has-never-lost-a-battle/729894)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-royal-navy-has-never-lost-a-battle/729894 "2015-09-07T18:10:30Z")
This assertion came up in a conversation at work recently, I’ve done some google research myself but haven’t found anything conclusive. It sounds unlikely to me, but I’m sure the Straightdope will have…well the straight… --- ## [When did you realize, vis-a-vis other kids, that you were "smart"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-realize-vis-a-vis-other-kids-that-you-were-smart/438203)
**Author:** [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-realize-vis-a-vis-other-kids-that-you-were-smart/438203 "2008-02-28T15:17:24Z")
For me, when I was in third grade, we’d have a half-hour or so of “quiet time” at our desks at some point in the afternoon. I think we were encouraged to read but some kids took a nap, some drew, etc. There were always a… --- ## [What evidence that cutting taxes on the rich works to stimulate economy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-evidence-that-cutting-taxes-on-the-rich-works-to-stimulate-economy/633919)
**Author:** [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-evidence-that-cutting-taxes-on-the-rich-works-to-stimulate-economy/633919 "2012-09-09T13:52:00Z")
I am a staunch supporter of Obama, lets state that up front. I understand in a vague and misty way the broad strokes of Keynesian economics and am on board with using stimulus to restart an economy. But. I’m eager to un… --- ## [RobinCam!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robincam/787568)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robincam/787568 "2018-07-11T17:08:19Z")
I made the mistake of leaving a stepladder on my porch after doing some outside house-work. Before I stored the 6-ft stepladder, a robin built a nest on the top. I have taken the high road, and for as long as this work… --- ## ["East Asian Civilization'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-asian-civilization/621173)
**Author:** [@Eastwest99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eastwest99)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-asian-civilization/621173 "2012-05-18T01:27:05Z")
What is meant by “East Asian Civilization”? what are the traditional values, beliefs and practices of East Asia that placed China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam at a comparative geopolitical disadvantage during the 19th centu… --- ## [how reputable is the sun, a uk newspaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reputable-is-the-sun-a-uk-newspaper/481966)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reputable-is-the-sun-a-uk-newspaper/481966 "2009-01-29T23:12:24Z")
This story came out today regarding the plague of all things and al quida, not what you might think at first glance. Al Q meets the black death First as I said , is the sun reputable or prone to heavy exageration Seco… --- ## [It is in Hillary's interests to pound the message, "I don't want your gun!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-in-hillarys-interests-to-pound-the-message-i-dont-want-your-gun/762416)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-in-hillarys-interests-to-pound-the-message-i-dont-want-your-gun/762416 "2016-08-21T03:03:45Z")
There is quite the to-do about the 2nd Amendment in the Presidential contest. The Donald claims that Hillary is out to abolish the 2nd Amendment (more or less, maybe part of The Donald’s mind realizes that only Congress … --- ## [Is Ted Cruz an alien?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ted-cruz-an-alien/670524)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ted-cruz-an-alien/670524 "2013-10-14T01:16:48Z")
Ted Cruz, the Calgary-born Senator from Texas, looks like an alien to me. I don’t know what’s wrong with that man’s face, but he doesn’t look right to me. I’m not saying he’s an extraterrestrial, but he’s been hit with s… --- ## [Do you tip at Mcdonalds ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tip-at-mcdonalds/323143)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tip-at-mcdonalds/323143 "2005-09-26T20:20:59Z")
Do you? I’ve never tipped at McDonalds because wherever I’ve been I’ve followed an unwritten convention that you don’t tip at fast food restaurants. Don’t you think that this is unfair? Why tip the bartender at the b… --- ## [The Morbidly Obese and Muscle Strength](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morbidly-obese-and-muscle-strength/636552)
**Author:** [@nion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nion)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morbidly-obese-and-muscle-strength/636552 "2012-10-06T04:43:20Z")
I’ve always wondered about the muscle strength of morbidly obese people. Literally hundreds of pounds of fat is going to require some strength to tote around. So what would we have if say a man of average height but weig… --- ## [Removal of nose piercing too soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removal-of-nose-piercing-too-soon/458715)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removal-of-nose-piercing-too-soon/458715 "2019-07-27T11:58:23Z")
So yesterday morning, I was cleaning my piercing, and the stud came out. I had a HELL of a time getting it back in. So there was SOME blood, and it heart like hell, but it seemed okay, just rather tender and sensitive. … --- ## [All In the Family: Gloria cooks horse-meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-in-the-family-gloria-cooks-horse-meat/651432)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-in-the-family-gloria-cooks-horse-meat/651432 "2013-02-28T10:01:02Z")
With the recent fuss in the news about horse-meat getting accidentally sold in Wal-mart, I recalled an episode of “All In the Family” with a sub-plot in which Gloria cooks a horse-meat dinner. Yet nobody I’ve mentioned … --- ## [Can I Write Nero Wolfe Stories Now That They Are Public Domain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-write-nero-wolfe-stories-now-that-they-are-public-domain/646541)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-write-nero-wolfe-stories-now-that-they-are-public-domain/646541 "2013-01-14T05:24:24Z")
Some of the Nero Wolfe stories are now public domain: the first one, Fer de Lance, was written in 1934, putting it in the public domain as of 2009 even with our ridiculous 75-year copyright law. I’ve been thinking of upd… --- ## [Did the Angels just screw up their future with Mike Trout?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-angels-just-screw-up-their-future-with-mike-trout/651922)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-angels-just-screw-up-their-future-with-mike-trout/651922 "2013-03-09T00:14:21Z")
Seems like the wrong place to trim a few bucks off the payroll. --- ## [Famous historical figures known by their first names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-historical-figures-known-by-their-first-names/527542)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-historical-figures-known-by-their-first-names/527542 "2010-02-05T04:32:09Z")
This is the kind of weird thing I think about from time to time. Prior to Rome, it seems that most of the historical figures we know had only a single name (e.g., Archimedes). During the Roman era you get people with t… --- ## [How might society change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-society-change/694363)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-society-change/694363 "2014-08-04T21:06:36Z")
If the powers of the world agreed that matters of ethics and morals will be dealt with on a basis of purely rational decisions. This would involve all areas of our lives, education, religion, justice, social etc. --- ## [Actors and fake accents: Best and worst](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-fake-accents-best-and-worst/221000)
**Author:** [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-fake-accents-best-and-worst/221000 "2004-01-02T20:16:05Z")
I’m American, so I can only judge non-Americans doing American accents, but there are enough countries represented around here that I’d be curious to see how actors of various nationalities handle non-native accents. Of… --- ## [Is this normal (regarding male orgasm)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-regarding-male-orgasm/606971)
**Author:** [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-normal-regarding-male-orgasm/606971 "2011-12-22T21:38:37Z")
TMI Ahoy! So whenever my boyfriend orgasms, he appears to be in pain. I asked him if it hurt when he ejaculated, and he says that his orgasm is basically a series of short bursts (which makes me think he’s having multi… --- ## [Likelihood of same sex children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likelihood-of-same-sex-children/649384)
**Author:** [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likelihood-of-same-sex-children/649384 "2013-02-06T21:55:22Z")
Is there any evidence that a family is more likely to have several children of the same gender? Anecdotally it seems that my friends whose first child was a boy went on to have other boys. Similarly those who had a gir… --- ## [Bible Question: The Children of Ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-question-the-children-of-ham/592052)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-question-the-children-of-ham/592052 "2011-08-11T12:13:21Z")
I dreamed last night about an argument I once had with my father back when I was a young teenager; the argument had to do with his decidedly racist view that black people were inferior to white people in all ways. (That … --- ## [When wasn't this guy well-known?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-wasnt-this-guy-well-known/954347)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-wasnt-this-guy-well-known/954347 "2023-08-16T14:33:55Z")
Apropos of nothing, I just stumbled, quite by chance, on a YouTube video of ancient vintage that I found unbelievable. Of the multitude of comments, many expressed the same sentiment. In a segment from the old What’s M… --- ## [Recursion in Python - How Does It Know to Unwind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recursion-in-python-how-does-it-know-to-unwind/600076)
**Author:** [@FrustratedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrustratedIdiot)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recursion-in-python-how-does-it-know-to-unwind/600076 "2021-12-18T00:09:05Z")
I don’t know anything about programming, but I have decided to try to learn Python. One of the lessons I’m reading deals with recursion. Apparently, you can write a function that calls another function. The function c… --- ## [Are modern cars equiped to lock from inside and can't be unlocked without a key?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-modern-cars-equiped-to-lock-from-inside-and-cant-be-unlocked-without-a-key/692741)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-modern-cars-equiped-to-lock-from-inside-and-cant-be-unlocked-without-a-key/692741 "2014-07-11T14:03:49Z")
I can’t imagine that this would be the case. I drive a van and haven’t owned a car in 20 years. Have they put some kind of lock so that people can be locked inside? Every car may parents ever owned could be easily ope… --- ## [Best casting magic contrary to actor's physical type?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-casting-magic-contrary-to-actors-physical-type/645061)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-casting-magic-contrary-to-actors-physical-type/645061 "2012-12-31T14:49:49Z")
In the Jack Reacher-Tom Cruise thread, I argued that But I’m hard-pressed for an example of a movie casting a short actor in a role calling for a tall guy (or vice versa), though it would obviously be doable, and an in… --- ## [A kid stole candy from our store--and his mother did absolutely nothing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-kid-stole-candy-from-our-store-and-his-mother-did-absolutely-nothing/447043)
**Author:** [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-kid-stole-candy-from-our-store-and-his-mother-did-absolutely-nothing/447043 "2008-04-30T00:51:10Z")
I wish to Pit the entire world, for going to hell in a handbasket, and specifically this woman, who is contributing to the problem by apparently not teaching her son any morals whatsoever. Scene: Walgreens, Saturday eve… --- ## [What are the five worst science fiction movies you've ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-five-worst-science-fiction-movies-youve-ever-seen/503832)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-five-worst-science-fiction-movies-youve-ever-seen/503832 "2009-07-25T23:43:39Z")
The title says it all, folks. Give me your worst of the worst. --- ## [Where to start reading Asimov?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-start-reading-asimov/576993)
**Author:** [@Ottoerotic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ottoerotic)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-start-reading-asimov/576993 "2011-04-07T18:30:07Z")
So I’m trying to brush up on some of the classics that I never got around to reading. Issac Asimov is one of those authors that I’ve heard fantastic things about but never actually picked up. So I went on amazon and Wiki… --- ## [What would you think a store named "Gamer's Armory" would sell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-a-store-named-gamers-armory-would-sell/570305)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-think-a-store-named-gamers-armory-would-sell/570305 "2011-02-09T13:56:02Z")
I was driving around an unfamiliar area and I saw a store named “Gamer’s Armory” and I thought they would have videogames and stuff, and I stopped and went in, but they just had a bunch of tabletop wargame stuff and like… --- ## [Who is the "Dolly Parton" of this generation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-dolly-parton-of-this-generation/564135)
**Author:** [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-dolly-parton-of-this-generation/564135 "2010-12-16T03:59:34Z")
When I was young, it was widely acknowledged, even in polite company, that Dolly Parton was the standard for “huge boobs.” If you needed to make a joke involving an oversized rack, Dolly was the go-to gag. It was somet… --- ## [Wikipedia's not fun anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedias-not-fun-anymore/420058)
**Author:** [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedias-not-fun-anymore/420058 "2007-09-25T17:26:25Z")
I was a pretty serious contributer for a time, there, though on un-serious topics, mostly Futurama-related, with a bit of Simpsons stuff, comic-book stuff (my plot summary of Watchmen is still reasonably intact, a year l… --- ## ["Ode to Billie Joe" - that nice, young preacher Brother Taylor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-billie-joe-that-nice-young-preacher-brother-taylor/542954)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ode-to-billie-joe-that-nice-young-preacher-brother-taylor/542954 "2010-07-02T15:22:19Z")
Generations of listeners have wondered what this verse of Bobbie Gentry’s hit song meant: (Full lyrics here.) But usually, people are concerned with the mysterious “something” thrown off the bridge. This song has com… --- ## [Use of leftover ranch dip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-leftover-ranch-dip/528610)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-leftover-ranch-dip/528610 "2010-02-14T21:54:40Z")
My wife called to tell me that we have some leftover ranch dip from my son’s V-Day party. Are there any interesting recipes that call for ranch dip as an ingredient? I like it on hamburgers, but that isn’t really what … --- ## [Critical1: the bizarre MELONFARMER who intentionally misspells the name of every GoT character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical1-the-bizarre-melonfarmer-who-intentionally-misspells-the-name-of-every-got-character/792675 "2017-08-14T15:18:19Z")
This is a tale that comes from the SDMB discussions of Game of Thrones, but you don’t really need to be a GoT fan or have ever watched the show to recognize the strangeness of this poster. Whether or not you have ever b… --- ## [Passive Participation in a Real Estate Scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passive-participation-in-a-real-estate-scam/577147)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passive-participation-in-a-real-estate-scam/577147 "2011-06-03T20:28:29Z")
As we know, real estate has tanked over the last few years, and a lot of people in the field have been wiped out or close to it. But as is frequently the case, some investors with high shrewdness-to-scruples ratios are f… --- ## [SDMB Weight Loss Club, October](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-october/421071)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-october/421071 "2007-10-31T17:07:44Z")
In order to keep the old thread from growing too large, here is the October thread. Good luck losing! :slight\_smile: --- ## [Ask The Juror - major criminal case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-juror-major-criminal-case/676743)
**Author:** [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-juror-major-criminal-case/676743 "2014-05-25T01:11:32Z")
I just completed several weeks of jury duty and am now free to talk about the experience. The case was this: http://www.contracostatimes.com/contracostatimes/ci\_24750642/richmond-gang-member-found-guilty-hate-crime-gan… --- ## [Should David Gregory be charged with violating DC's ban on high capacity gun magazines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-david-gregory-be-charged-with-violating-dcs-ban-on-high-capacity-gun-magazines/645299)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-david-gregory-be-charged-with-violating-dcs-ban-on-high-capacity-gun-magazines/645299 "2013-01-03T13:09:49Z")
Story here. On “Meet the Press”, correspondent David Gregory help what appeared to be a 30 round magazine and stated: According to the article above, prior to its airing, NBC asked the DC police about the legality of … --- ## [Bible mentions Earth as a ring.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-mentions-earth-as-a-ring/682411)
**Author:** [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-mentions-earth-as-a-ring/682411 "2014-02-27T14:47:58Z")
Full article here: http://ow.ly/u1xPa Esaias 40: 22 It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it out as a ten… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=984&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=986&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)