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**Author:** [@claregirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/claregirl)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nadya-suleman-and-her-octuplets/486022 "2009-02-27T06:26:03Z")
God love her for wanting children to take care of. She said she wanted lots of kids to make up for her lonely childhood as an only child; but she has no job, three of her first six kids are on public assistance (one is … --- ## [Health insurance and the free market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-and-the-free-market/530927)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-and-the-free-market/530927 "2010-03-05T17:33:32Z")
One of the recurring subarguments in the various raging health care debates of late has been some people saying that health insurance should be left up to the free market and some saying that the free market shouldn’t be… --- ## [Use A Fucking Condom!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-a-fucking-condom/109517)
**Author:** [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-a-fucking-condom/109517 "2002-05-24T04:52:35Z")
A few days back, I was hanging out with my friend Sasha, and she made some comment about how “Oh, if you didn’t have to wear a condom you know you wouldn’t,” and I got kind of offended. I didn’t get into it, because my … --- ## [Should Gary Johnson and Jill Stein be included in first POTUS debate on 9/26?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gary-johnson-and-jill-stein-be-included-in-first-potus-debate-on-9-26/764409)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gary-johnson-and-jill-stein-be-included-in-first-potus-debate-on-9-26/764409 "2016-09-02T13:06:24Z")
If there ever was a fractured POTUS election many would agree that this year was it. Both Trump and Clinton have huge negative appeal in poll numbers. The private non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates has est… --- ## [Thongs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900)
**Author:** [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900 "2003-12-05T13:30:26Z")
Well I don’t know about the rest of you guys but when my undies vanish up my ass it’s bloody uncomfortable. So, how do women manage to cope with these thongs that are up their asses all the time. Don’t get me wrong I t… --- ## [Kansas City Dopefest II (This time, bring clothes.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-city-dopefest-ii-this-time-bring-clothes/178598)
**Author:** [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-city-dopefest-ii-this-time-bring-clothes/178598 "2003-07-28T00:07:52Z")
Psychomonkey started a Kansas City/Topeka/Surrounding Areas Dopefest thread over here, but we were afraid that not everyone would recognize a “Dopeka” thread, so we started a new one with “Kansas City” in the title. Jus… --- ## [Roommates Suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roommates-suck/427645)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roommates-suck/427645 "2007-11-29T20:51:16Z")
Okay, so a few months ago my roommate and I meet this guy. We both think he is very nice and we like him so he becomes a friend. We hang out together all the time. Our new friend decided months ago he was into me and … --- ## [Polio vaccine as origin of HIV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polio-vaccine-as-origin-of-hiv/675420)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polio-vaccine-as-origin-of-hiv/675420 "2013-12-05T22:51:26Z")
I saw a really interesting documentary the other day that described a theory which posits that polio vaccination trials which were being conducted in Africa may have been the link that transmitted SIV (the simian predece… --- ## [Whatever happened to real Christmas Cookies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864 "2012-12-18T01:51:07Z")
Every year I bought Christmas cookies from Kroger. They were an assortment of round, stars, triangles and everyone of them had a colored jelly candy in the middle. I’m pretty sure they were Red, blue and green jelly cand… --- ## [AM vs. FM radio and their content](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-vs-fm-radio-and-their-content/521178)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-vs-fm-radio-and-their-content/521178 "2009-12-25T03:36:36Z")
When I was a kid in the 60s (and for all I know now), AM radio had all the pop and–in the South–country music. FM had all the arty stations: classical, jazz, and college stations. Question 1: How cum? Question 2: On c… --- ## [Lowe's flooring is about to have hellfire unleashed on them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowes-flooring-is-about-to-have-hellfire-unleashed-on-them/787224)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowes-flooring-is-about-to-have-hellfire-unleashed-on-them/787224 "2017-11-30T13:02:43Z")
I am in the middle of a remodel and spent weeks picking out a new floor in my living room and bedroom. Nothing fancy, just a nice laminate that came to about $6000 installed or so Lowe’s claimed. Their flooring specialis… --- ## ["This call may be recorded for quality insurance purposes" - Can I record too?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-call-may-be-recorded-for-quality-insurance-purposes-can-i-record-too/572491)
**Author:** [@Fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fang)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2011, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-call-may-be-recorded-for-quality-insurance-purposes-can-i-record-too/572491 "2011-02-27T11:07:37Z")
“This call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes” – you often hear that phrase at the beginning of customer/tech support type calls. Obviously this is to meet the requirements of two-party-notification recordin… --- ## [Botticelli June 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875)
**Author:** [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Replies:** 379\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875 "2023-07-01T15:38:52Z")
Hello hello hello and welcome to the June Botticelli thread, with me, your host W. De La Rue. Here is last month’s thread, and here are the rules for anyone interested in joining: How does this work? One person, the ho… --- ## [So how many former special forces members are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-former-special-forces-members-are-there/607420)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-former-special-forces-members-are-there/607420 "2012-01-12T08:26:11Z")
Long story cut short, I met a Danish family living close by, with kids about the same age as ours. We’ve started becoming friends, and have gotten together a couple of times. This last time we got together, the father t… --- ## [Let's talk chili!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-chili/600800)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-chili/600800 "2011-11-02T06:05:57Z")
Everyone seems to make chili differently, and to accompany it with different sides/condiments/etc. I’m just curious how other folks make and serve their favorite chili. I don’t really measure, but I usually end up with … --- ## [What movies ratings have been the most incorrect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-ratings-have-been-the-most-incorrect/460500)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-ratings-have-been-the-most-incorrect/460500 "2008-10-10T09:10:35Z")
I’m thinking of America’s rating system, which contains G, PG, PG-13, R and NC-17. My wife and I watched Beowulf last night, and this was clearly an R rated movie. It’s not that we minded that much, though if we had a 1… --- ## ["Like it or lump it": do you know what this phrase means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-it-or-lump-it-do-you-know-what-this-phrase-means/619215)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-it-or-lump-it-do-you-know-what-this-phrase-means/619215 "2012-04-20T02:02:21Z")
I used the phrase “like it or lump it” with my husband a few minutes ago, and he was unfamiliar with it. Actually, I started out saying, “Can I get this other option, or do I have to lump it?” When he expressed confusi… --- ## [Should More Murder Suspects Die During Arrests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-more-murder-suspects-die-during-arrests/793310)
**Author:** [@JBGUSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBGUSA)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-more-murder-suspects-die-during-arrests/793310 "2017-09-15T03:01:06Z")
Today is the 40th anniversary of the arrest of David Berkowitz, the “Son of Sam” murderer (link). Mr. Berkowitz was arrested after a year plus long rampage where he shot people, usually in parked cars late at night, at r… --- ## [How do you justify Israel's existence in the first place?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-justify-israels-existence-in-the-first-place/26457)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2002, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-justify-israels-existence-in-the-first-place/26457 "2002-03-30T07:57:44Z")
The thread about the fate of Jerusalem got me thinking: why is the state of Israel’s existence justified in the first place? The invention of the Israeli state has led to 50+ years of interminable strife in the whole reg… --- ## [Adrian Peterson: What SHOULD the NFL and the Vikings do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adrian-peterson-what-should-the-nfl-and-the-vikings-do/698539)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adrian-peterson-what-should-the-nfl-and-the-vikings-do/698539 "2014-11-18T22:50:10Z")
Assume for the sake of argument that there’s no other shoe waiting to drop, that the facts are more or less what we presently understand them to be: as an act of corporal punishment, Peterson beat his 4-year old son with… --- ## [How will Tebow fall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-tebow-fall/607654)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-tebow-fall/607654 "2012-01-04T02:14:46Z")
Not as a quarterback, only time will tell how that works out. Rather, his image as a goody-good, nice guy, hard worker–all around swell favorite of God. History tells us that our heros will fall and reveal themselves t… --- ## [Things I've learned from watching "Doctor Who"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-learned-from-watching-doctor-who/518061)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-learned-from-watching-doctor-who/518061 "2009-11-21T08:14:46Z")
OK, this is obviously a take-off of this thread. But anyway, things I’ve learned from watching “Who”, both old & new: Just because a man travels around the universe in the company of a succession of nubile, 20somethi… --- ## [Sea Salt vs Regular Table Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-salt-vs-regular-table-salt/705094)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-salt-vs-regular-table-salt/705094 "2014-11-21T23:31:06Z")
I have often seen chefs on TV saying that sea salt is ‘better’. Yesterday I saw a programme where they interviewed a guy who revived an ancient sea salt industry ans he and the interviewer took it as read that his produc… --- ## [Which real life band most resembles Spinal Tap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-real-life-band-most-resembles-spinal-tap/660643)
**Author:** [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-real-life-band-most-resembles-spinal-tap/660643 "2013-11-23T18:53:14Z")
I happened to be reading up on the chequered history of the rock band Uriah Heep, and it occurred to me that they could be one of the inspirations for Spinal Tap. Let’s consider the similarities: English heavy rock? Che… --- ## ["Bruce" A gay name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruce-a-gay-name/597933)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruce-a-gay-name/597933 "2011-10-05T07:47:41Z")
Waiting for my time to leave work, I got to thinking; Back in the sixties when I was in the Navy All us guys said anybody named “Bruce” was gay (queer). Civilian guys agreed. I wonder if anyone else shared this belief. … --- ## [For Women. Re: Gene Simmons' Tongue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-re-gene-simmons-tongue/445117)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-re-gene-simmons-tongue/445117 "2008-04-15T23:35:10Z")
I just saw Simmons demonstrate the amazing size of his organ and his awesome dexterity as he makes it dance during the Tonight Show the other evening. I was impressed. What I want to know is if it turns you on. --- ## [Chumlee arrested for possession of guns and meth.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chumlee-arrested-for-possession-of-guns-and-meth/748501)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chumlee-arrested-for-possession-of-guns-and-meth/748501 "2016-05-24T02:19:37Z")
I guess this shouldn’t be a surprise. Instant fame and money is a bad combination. I’m curious about the weapons charge. Isn’t it legal to own a gun in Nevada? --- ## [Conan Doyle fans: What is your favorite adaptation of SHERLOCK HOLMES?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conan-doyle-fans-what-is-your-favorite-adaptation-of-sherlock-holmes/674471)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conan-doyle-fans-what-is-your-favorite-adaptation-of-sherlock-holmes/674471 "2014-01-22T18:12:00Z")
I wrote “Conan Doyle fans” rather than Holmes fans because I am specifically interested in the opinions of people who have read and liked the original Holmes stories by the creator. Of course I am not the boss of you; if… --- ## [Flawed (but interesting) logic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flawed-but-interesting-logic/783947)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flawed-but-interesting-logic/783947 "2017-04-14T16:38:08Z")
A long time ago, I once conversed on a message board with a (probably) Chinese man who was exulting over China’s recent development of stealth jet fighter aircraft. Now, this was nothing surprising - what patriot wouldn… --- ## [Ovals, circles and the definition of "round"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovals-circles-and-the-definition-of-round/523156)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovals-circles-and-the-definition-of-round/523156 "2010-01-15T13:27:24Z")
Help me settle a family debate. We’re trying to figure out what the word “round” means. Some say that ovals and circles are both round. Others believe that ovals are rounded (though not round), and only circles are ro… --- ## [The (involuntary) circumcision of Mickey Featherstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-involuntary-circumcision-of-mickey-featherstone/575373)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-involuntary-circumcision-of-mickey-featherstone/575373 "2011-03-22T05:33:23Z")
The Mickey Featherstone says that he was “circumcised by his friends in a drunken prank” while stationed in Vietnam as a supply clerk. Dumbstruck by this bizarre factoid, I looked it up on Google and it seems to be conf… --- ## [Penny auctions: any Dopers ever made it work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-auctions-any-dopers-ever-made-it-work/568795)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-auctions-any-dopers-ever-made-it-work/568795 "2011-01-27T10:28:01Z")
I know the whole industry is rife with scams, I get that. But it appears that some sites are legit, it’s a matter of doing it armed with information and strategy. I know I had to spend a few bucks of my own to absorb t… --- ## [Examples of this cliche - how you know a character is doomed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-this-cliche-how-you-know-a-character-is-doomed/615411)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-this-cliche-how-you-know-a-character-is-doomed/615411 "2012-03-15T16:15:54Z")
Can’t think of a good title for this one, basically I’ve got a promotion at work and I have a few working days left before making the move. Its kind of a running joke that I’m reluctant to talk about the move because it… --- ## [So Anne Hathaway will play Catwoman. Your thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anne-hathaway-will-play-catwoman-your-thoughts/591674)
**Author:** [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anne-hathaway-will-play-catwoman-your-thoughts/591674 "2011-11-14T03:13:25Z")
So now that this question has been answered, what’s your opinion on the casting choice? I’m conflicted. Anne Hathaway, with her big brown eyes, may literally look like a cat, but she sure doesn’t strike me as type – too … --- ## [A question about the no shampoo hair regimen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-no-shampoo-hair-regimen/513081)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-no-shampoo-hair-regimen/513081 "2009-11-02T21:15:10Z")
So, I’ve inadvertantly eschewed the use of shampoo. When I first read about it here I shampoo-pooed the idea, thinking it would never work for my chronically lame hair. However, somehow I’ve found myself shampoo free for… --- ## [Help me buy my new (and expensive) car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-my-new-and-expensive-car/497467)
**Author:** [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-my-new-and-expensive-car/497467 "2011-05-20T17:48:50Z")
I think I want a new car. I want a fancy one. My main criteria are Mid size sedan or perhaps a two door coupe. Lots of toys - GPS, satellite radio etc. Comfortable on long (eight hour) drives Quiet So far I’ve driv… --- ## [Tell me about Odessa, Texas!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-odessa-texas/577543)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-odessa-texas/577543 "2011-04-08T22:54:26Z")
I’ve been offered a job in Odessa, Texas. It’s a fairly exciting legal position, but I’m not sure about transitioning from Washington, DC to small-cityTexas. Do we have any OdessaDopers on the Board? What’s it like livin… --- ## [Old arcade games with surprising depth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-arcade-games-with-surprising-depth/757412)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-arcade-games-with-surprising-depth/757412 "2016-07-21T19:23:04Z")
Referring mainly to games from the 80s only here, especially early 80s: Most 80s arcade games are simple and repetitive: Asteroids. Space Invaders. Pac Man. You get past one level and the next one is mostly the same jus… --- ## [The Tighty Righty Surge or A Plague of Trogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872 "2008-09-20T19:46:41Z")
Is it just my imagination, a flashback, or some other organic misfiring of synapses? Does it seem to anybody else that the Board is experiencing another influcks from the hysterically rightward end of the spectrum? I … --- ## [(Old) Ain't gonna move no more in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-aint-gonna-move-no-more-in-the-mmp/1003894)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 354\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-aint-gonna-move-no-more-in-the-mmp/1003894 "2024-07-15T06:19:09Z")
Inspired by JtC’s recent and ongoing rehoming - how many among us have said “This is my last move!” How many of us truly believe that? Yep, it’s Movin’ Moanday!! And to answer my own question, Yes we’ve said that, and … --- ## [What KIDS cartoon is the most "Getting Crap Past the Radar" vehicle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kids-cartoon-is-the-most-getting-crap-past-the-radar-vehicle/622422)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kids-cartoon-is-the-most-getting-crap-past-the-radar-vehicle/622422 "2012-05-21T16:14:39Z")
Cartoons tend to have a practice of putting in comments and jokes that kids flat out won’t get. Only on a second viewing, years and years later, after you have, ahem, matured, do you realize that “Oh My God! X Meant Y?” … --- ## [Things you want to know about TV and movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-want-to-know-about-tv-and-movies/660548)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-want-to-know-about-tv-and-movies/660548 "2015-02-09T21:51:28Z")
You know, like ‘Why did Superman stand smugly with his arms akimbo as bullets bounced off his chest, but flinch when the Bad Guy threw the empty gun at him?’ Here are a few I have: In NCIS the agency is chockfull of cu… --- ## [...and of course in Canada, the whole thing's flip-flopped!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-of-course-in-canada-the-whole-things-flip-flopped/712476)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-of-course-in-canada-the-whole-things-flip-flopped/712476 "2015-02-14T04:20:02Z")
“Oh my! I’d better get you some cider.” Pretty much as the title; are there many things that are completely reversed when one crosses the U.S.-Canadian border? --- ## [The slow death of G4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slow-death-of-g4/559158)
**Author:** [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slow-death-of-g4/559158 "2010-11-06T01:10:53Z")
First there was ZDTV which became TechTVand it was cool. The shows were great, the hosts were real nerds but able to entertain and host a show, plus there was neat-o programming nuggets of joy like Thunderbirds. Then, … --- ## [Obama's joke on Leno...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-joke-on-leno/490132)
**Author:** [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-joke-on-leno/490132 "2009-03-22T19:14:24Z")
Oh boy… --- ## [Is Antifa real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-antifa-real/793782)
**Author:** [@cromulent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cromulent)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-antifa-real/793782 "2017-08-30T02:22:29Z")
The title is pretty much my question. I know this nebulous organization has supplanted Black Lives Matter as the new right wing boogeyman. I am sure there are people on college campuses who call themselves Antifa. Bein… --- ## [Should I not take vitamin D and calcium at the same time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-not-take-vitamin-d-and-calcium-at-the-same-time/632652)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-not-take-vitamin-d-and-calcium-at-the-same-time/632652 "2012-08-27T02:51:32Z")
My doctor had me take a blood test for my vitamin D levels, and found them low – so he recommends that I take vitamin D supplements. According to several sources, Vitamin D is supposed to be important in maintaining ade… --- ## [Would you say that STAR WARS droids are persons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-that-star-wars-droids-are-persons/628641)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-that-star-wars-droids-are-persons/628641 "2012-07-22T14:59:56Z")
Poll in a second or two. Why? Because I feel like it. --- ## [Is it Racially Insensitive for Whites to Discuss Problems in the Black Communities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-racially-insensitive-for-whites-to-discuss-problems-in-the-black-communities/764536)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-racially-insensitive-for-whites-to-discuss-problems-in-the-black-communities/764536 "2016-09-06T13:38:50Z")
Yes, it’s true. There is White Privilege, there is still systemic racism, and no White person can truly know what it is like to be a Black person in America today. That being said, can a White person acknowledging all … --- ## [Do ducks quack at night??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ducks-quack-at-night/402661)
**Author:** [@Shiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiv)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ducks-quack-at-night/402661 "2017-02-10T15:44:36Z")
Outside a chateau in Provence on Monday, a loud and definite quacking struck up late at night. Fairly sure it was ducks I stood my ground until the next morning despite derision of my bedfellow. Forced to eat my canard t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=991&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=993&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)