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**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-song-titles-diminished/828274 "2019-07-13T17:55:51Z")
Alter the title of a well known song (any genre) to a lesser version. Try to keep as much of the original title as possible. “I Left My Heart In San Mateo” “Frontage Road To Hell” “Standby Tickets To Paradise” For on… --- ## [Why do people care about your eating habits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-care-about-your-eating-habits/606201)
**Author:** [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-care-about-your-eating-habits/606201 "2011-12-17T17:24:49Z")
I have a co-worker who is persistently bugging me about eating. We’re a small office and the boss is out a lot, so most lunches are taken here and I eat at my desk. It’s got a computer, I’m toasty warm and I can see wh… --- ## [Hello and good-bye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-and-good-bye/626026)
**Author:** [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-and-good-bye/626026 "2012-06-25T18:44:55Z")
I’ve read and posted here since the 90s. It’s been a good run. I’ve been around since Satan posted and was banned. Actually before then. I still like the Opal jokes. I remember when they started. I remember when Ukelele… --- ## [Things you wish Itunes could do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-wish-itunes-could-do/476531)
**Author:** [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-wish-itunes-could-do/476531 "2008-12-28T20:18:23Z")
I love itunes. Great for organizing my music and great for finding podcasts (no messing around with RSS feeds or copying and pasting addresses). Click, done. There are some things that I can’t wrap my mind around why … --- ## [America is the leader of the free world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-is-the-leader-of-the-free-world/737921)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-is-the-leader-of-the-free-world/737921 "2015-11-20T00:20:17Z")
What a fucking joke. America is too fucking scared to take any Syrian/Muslim refugees. Well the rest of the free world that share our values are showing a lot more courage. And let me tell you, cowardice does not hel… --- ## [December Debates Feminist Academia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-debates-feminist-academia/113660)
**Author:** [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-debates-feminist-academia/113660 "2002-06-28T20:52:27Z")
In the following thread, december takes aim at feminist academic tools. As you would expect, december “bets” that such tools are inferior based upon an extremely cursory knowledge, which he reveals in the thread I link… --- ## [Hypothetical: Can a vet amputate a human limb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-can-a-vet-amputate-a-human-limb/554597)
**Author:** [@TomGorstaad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TomGorstaad)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-can-a-vet-amputate-a-human-limb/554597 "2010-09-26T02:09:19Z")
Title pretty much asks the question: Could a veterinarian successfully amputate a human limb? I know nothing about surgery, but I can’t see much difference between animal amputation and human amputation. --- ## [Please tell me I am a fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-i-am-a-fool/925999)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-i-am-a-fool/925999 "2020-11-27T17:41:55Z")
Please. Please. I think this is it. The end of the American experiment. I think Trump will threaten Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to elect Trump electors and that they will go along with it. Weirdly enough I … --- ## [What do they serve the Obamas when they attend state dinners in other countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-serve-the-obamas-when-they-attend-state-dinners-in-other-countries/540097)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-serve-the-obamas-when-they-attend-state-dinners-in-other-countries/540097 "2010-05-21T23:35:59Z")
Someone posted this question in the comments section of a story about the state dinner for Felipe Calderon tonight, and it made me curious. At the White House, they brought in Rick Bayless who made mole and ceviche. Whe… --- ## [What are your most silly and pointless small pleasures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-silly-and-pointless-small-pleasures/619484)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-silly-and-pointless-small-pleasures/619484 "2012-05-10T22:48:41Z")
I have two utterly trivial pleasures related to FreeCell, and a FreeCell Fantasy I like to predict exactly which card or stack that I move will start the automatically piling of all the remaining cards on the aces. A… --- ## [Oregon Coastal Drive: Portland, OR to Eureka, CA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-coastal-drive-portland-or-to-eureka-ca/661148)
**Author:** [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-coastal-drive-portland-or-to-eureka-ca/661148 "2013-06-21T04:18:19Z")
In a couple of weeks we’re doing a Washington and Oregon vacation: a few days each in Seattle and Portland, followed by a drive from Portland back home to Berkeley, CA. I’m reasonable familiar with Seattle and northern … --- ## [is the district attorney considered a law enforcement agency in NY or CA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-district-attorney-considered-a-law-enforcement-agency-in-ny-or-ca/588722)
**Author:** [@akimbo\_gait](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akimbo_gait)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-district-attorney-considered-a-law-enforcement-agency-in-ny-or-ca/588722 "2022-08-30T12:45:42Z")
or generally in other places. How do states define “law enforcement agency?” Can anyone cite any NY or CA statutes defining the term? Would any government agency qualify as a law enforcement agency, since most presumably… --- ## [John McCain Has Got to be One of the Dumbest People on the Planet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-has-got-to-be-one-of-the-dumbest-people-on-the-planet/443243)
**Author:** [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-has-got-to-be-one-of-the-dumbest-people-on-the-planet/443243 "2008-04-01T17:22:11Z")
This Q&A with reporters speaks for itself: I’m sure I’ve taken a position on it on the past. I have to find out what my position was. Brian, would you find out what my position is on contraception??? Is he for real? O… --- ## [mistakes during live performances (broadway, etc)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-during-live-performances-broadway-etc/657570)
**Author:** [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-during-live-performances-broadway-etc/657570 "2013-05-08T10:39:40Z")
ever see a live show where the actors flubbed their lines, or worse? i’m sure it happens all the time, especially with the more technically demanding shows. the two i remember were both from beauty and the beast (separa… --- ## [How good of a handyman is/was Bob Vila?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-a-handyman-is-was-bob-vila/566259)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-a-handyman-is-was-bob-vila/566259 "2011-01-05T23:10:44Z")
Back in the day, Bob Vila used to be on the popular PBS show This Old House. I was younger and not into home improvement but my mom liked watching it so I saw my fair share without really knowing the nuts and bolts of i… --- ## [Steak can tear families apart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-can-tear-families-apart/822550)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-can-tear-families-apart/822550 "2018-10-12T19:59:32Z")
So I took my brother out to dinner tonight for his birthday, a brother who I thought I knew. We went to a steak house and of course I ordered the Filet Mignon, because that is everyone’s top choice always and if they don… --- ## [How to become the ultimate asshole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-the-ultimate-asshole/538186)
**Author:** [@Pduol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pduol)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-the-ultimate-asshole/538186 "2010-05-12T00:57:16Z")
Being an asshole is a very rewarding experience. It will allow you the freedom to concentrate solely on yourself and your own wants. You will never again have to worry about other people, and their needs and feelings. … --- ## [Hawaii vacation tips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-vacation-tips/789611)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-vacation-tips/789611 "2017-10-25T09:44:42Z")
Not that I can afford it, but Mrs. L.A. has decreed we will take a vacation every year. This year it looks like it might be Hawaii. She spent the evening looking for accommodations on Hawaii. I’ll have to buy the plan… --- ## [How Universal Is Ownership of Apple Products?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-universal-is-ownership-of-apple-products/661054)
**Author:** [@nion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nion)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-universal-is-ownership-of-apple-products/661054 "2013-06-26T12:45:32Z")
First of all this is my first poll, so I will apologize now on the chance I horribly bungle the operation. Based on general observation over the years, I’ve come to the notion that most if not all people have owned or r… --- ## [Okay, what TV commercials do you actually LIKE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-what-tv-commercials-do-you-actually-like/97855)
**Author:** [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-what-tv-commercials-do-you-actually-like/97855 "2002-04-15T16:36:44Z")
The commercial for (I think Danon) yogurt as a dessert tickles me. A husband and wife are playing a little dress-up game, she being the French maid (in low-cut, admirably filled, French maid’s costume) he as Lord-of-the-… --- ## [For those that do not believe in God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-do-not-believe-in-god/727668)
**Author:** [@Phu\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phu_Cat)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-do-not-believe-in-god/727668 "2015-08-15T12:17:42Z")
Is there anything you have found to be more pleasurable than the sensation experienced during sexual intercourse? (I’ve never done drugs.) Ever wonder how it became that way? Please don’t expect me to accept evolution a… --- ## [Do you think this Presidency has been the U.S.A's worst ever!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-presidency-has-been-the-u-s-as-worst-ever/255533)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-presidency-has-been-the-u-s-as-worst-ever/255533 "2004-07-20T23:48:17Z")
Just generally with all the fucked up things he’s done on Abortion, abstinence, religion, seperation of Church and State, the Iraq war, Aids, the trillion dollar debts, foreign diplomacy etc… This has got to be the cont… --- ## [How Much does the "Underclass" (USA) Reduce the GNP? \[Edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-underclass-usa-reduce-the-gnp-edited-title/515950)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-underclass-usa-reduce-the-gnp-edited-title/515950 "2009-11-10T15:16:17Z")
Has such an analysis ever been conducted? My question is basically: there is a an economic underclass in America-comprised of people who are on life-long welfare programs. These people work rarely, and many of this class… --- ## [My trip to Peru (Machu Picchu!) with pics! + Ask the girl who just went to Peru!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-trip-to-peru-machu-picchu-with-pics-ask-the-girl-who-just-went-to-peru/508084)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-trip-to-peru-machu-picchu-with-pics-ask-the-girl-who-just-went-to-peru/508084 "2010-04-17T15:34:17Z")
I posted a few months ago asking for advice on what to do on a trip to Peru and thanks to everyone’s lovely advice, I had an awesome trip. I promised I’d post pictures and stories here, so here I am! I went at the begin… --- ## [Annoying problem with Adobe Flash, Mac OS 10.5.8, and Google Chrome - help please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-problem-with-adobe-flash-mac-os-10-5-8-and-google-chrome-help-please/639365)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-problem-with-adobe-flash-mac-os-10-5-8-and-google-chrome-help-please/639365 "2012-11-07T00:59:01Z")
I have an iMac running under OS 10.5.8 and I really, really want to keep using Chrome as my browser. For several days now, many, perhaps most, of the web pages that I visit get loaded with an error message at the top of… --- ## [The 2 Day Late February Weight Loss Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2-day-late-february-weight-loss-thread/484242)
**Author:** [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2-day-late-february-weight-loss-thread/484242 "2009-02-28T05:27:59Z")
I’m finally enthusiastic about losing weight. I peeked into last month’s thread out of curiosity - NOT with the intent to improve my life and I clicked the link to http://sparkpeople.com/ provided by Ivylass. I’m now a… --- ## [Is seeing "The Hunger Games" hypocritical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seeing-the-hunger-games-hypocritical/616670)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seeing-the-hunger-games-hypocritical/616670 "2012-03-28T15:01:22Z")
… given we are watching children kill each other for our entertainment, exactly as the in-universe audience does? I mean, yes, we’re watching twentysomething actors pretending to be children pretending to kill each oth… --- ## [question of FUBU?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-of-fubu/661490)
**Author:** [@CorvetteOwner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorvetteOwner)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-of-fubu/661490 "2013-06-24T13:29:16Z")
I went to WalMart in Salem, NH to buy a pair of new sneakers. I saw a nice pair of sneakers that were colored mostly white, with red & a little black design, because the price was only $19.95 in size 12 I bought them, … --- ## [What checks stop people from fraudulently writing their own prescriptions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-checks-stop-people-from-fraudulently-writing-their-own-prescriptions/716276)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-checks-stop-people-from-fraudulently-writing-their-own-prescriptions/716276 "2015-04-01T18:11:24Z")
Do no need answer fast, I am not asking this because I want to do it\* or help others in doing it, it’s just that I’m wondering how this potential problem is dealt with. I’ve seen a few paper prescriptions and usually, n… --- ## [Is it bad to wash your hair with soap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-to-wash-your-hair-with-soap/329243)
**Author:** [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-to-wash-your-hair-with-soap/329243 "2005-11-03T19:34:38Z")
I used to work in a microbiology lab which equals lots of dishes. The soap we used, Alconox, was apparently so universal, that members of the family who manufactured it used it to wash their hair as well as their dishes… --- ## [Can you walk around nekkid in your house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-walk-around-nekkid-in-your-house/521794)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-walk-around-nekkid-in-your-house/521794 "2009-12-23T14:42:18Z")
Apparently not in the U.S. A man was convicted of brewing coffee while naked in his house. :rolleyes: It’s interesting that the concerned citizen managed to get not one, but two peeks at this guy. I’ve occasionally seen… --- ## [Imaginary foods you wish existed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-foods-you-wish-existed/592443)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2011, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-foods-you-wish-existed/592443 "2011-08-17T08:08:55Z")
If anything was possible, what type of foods do you wish existed? Would you go for something completely fantastic like Dragon burgers or something more useful like donuts that reduce your cholesterol? My own contribution… --- ## [Is old ammunition dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-old-ammunition-dangerous/303248)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-old-ammunition-dangerous/303248 "2005-05-12T18:43:06Z")
In 1967 I bought a Smith & Wesson .38 revolver and several boxes of ammunition. After a few visits to a firing range to learn how to use the gun, I put it and two boxes of ammunition on a shelf in my closet where they h… --- ## [Swift Boat Vets Site - seems phony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swift-boat-vets-site-seems-phony/261871)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swift-boat-vets-site-seems-phony/261871 "2004-09-01T06:08:24Z")
Well with a thread title like that, you can see why I started this in the Pit. Their site (I won’t bother posting the URL) seems incredibly one-sided. There are absolutely NO dissenting opinions. Everyone hates Kerry … --- ## [Definition and origin of "pearl-clutching"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-and-origin-of-pearl-clutching/300417)
**Author:** [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-and-origin-of-pearl-clutching/300417 "2012-01-21T03:42:58Z")
SDMB archives and Google haven’t shed much light, so I’d like to ask the masses if you could explain what “pearl-clutching” means? From context I’m guessing it’s similar to “bluenose” or “puritanical.” Any help with de… --- ## [Cafe Question: Why half-and-half for coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-question-why-half-and-half-for-coffee/582932)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-question-why-half-and-half-for-coffee/582932 "2011-05-25T22:28:53Z")
So, most places I go for coffee will offer three dairy lighteners for coffee – skim milk, soy milk, and half-and-half. What’s up with half-and-half? Why not whole milk or cream? --- ## [Negative, Ghostrider, the pattern is full...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-ghostrider-the-pattern-is-full/112220)
**Author:** [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-ghostrider-the-pattern-is-full/112220 "2016-04-23T00:18:44Z")
This has been bugging me since I re-watched Top Gun out of sheer boredom while the Starz channels were showing it every two hours for the last month. Maybe someone can suggest a logical reason for the following, which h… --- ## [Would I - a soon to be ex-New Yorker - like living in Houston, Texas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-i-a-soon-to-be-ex-new-yorker-like-living-in-houston-texas/709133)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-i-a-soon-to-be-ex-new-yorker-like-living-in-houston-texas/709133 "2015-01-12T02:29:08Z")
OK, the gist of it is this - I grew up in Buffalo, NY and then moved to NYC when I was 24. I have lived in the NYC area for 20 years continuously now. I shuttled around to several different neighborhoods, including a few… --- ## [Geoguessr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geoguessr/658831)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geoguessr/658831 "2015-04-18T11:54:55Z")
Anyone else playing? I got a bit of a high score today for me today, without any googling, here. --- ## [Have you ever been to the ghetto? (Poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-the-ghetto-poll/616451)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-the-ghetto-poll/616451 "2012-03-25T05:53:52Z")
Have you ever been to a ghetto/“hood” area of a major metropolitan area? --- ## [Okay, so I'm going to have The Talk with my niece. What would you say to her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-going-to-have-the-talk-with-my-niece-what-would-you-say-to-her/578955)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-im-going-to-have-the-talk-with-my-niece-what-would-you-say-to-her/578955 "2011-04-24T08:27:59Z")
I don’t trust whatever the hell they’re teaching them in school these days, and her mother is dead and she lives with my mother who is 70 so she probably won’t ever ask her anything, you know? So I wanted to have a brie… --- ## [Coca-Cola: Sucrose vs HFCS -- the battle continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-sucrose-vs-hfcs-the-battle-continues/596283)
**Author:** [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-sucrose-vs-hfcs-the-battle-continues/596283 "2011-10-03T14:11:31Z")
Way back in 1985, in this column about Coca-Cola and cocaine, Cecil mentions agreeing with sugar companies about the superiority of sugar over high-fructose corn syrup in the drink’s formulation. (He has said the same i… --- ## [5th Grade-level books for sensitive Kindergartner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5th-grade-level-books-for-sensitive-kindergartner/660043)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5th-grade-level-books-for-sensitive-kindergartner/660043 "2013-06-06T19:50:00Z")
\*\* . . . or, The Semi-Annual ‘Books for Celtling’ Thread.\*\* I’m having trouble finding books which are both challenging for my child and emotionally appropriate. She is a 6-year-old who reads on the 5th-grade level. S… --- ## [Favorite obscure counter-factual](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-obscure-counter-factual/981642)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-obscure-counter-factual/981642 "2024-07-04T20:36:42Z")
So what’s your favorite obscure alternative timeline? What counterfactual historical outcome, that’s not one of the obvious ones (e.g. Hitler got into art school, Lee Harvey Oswald aim was off that day in Dallas, Hanniba… --- ## [Ex-President Bush is arrested and charged with war crimes. How do you react?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-president-bush-is-arrested-and-charged-with-war-crimes-how-do-you-react/457886)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-president-bush-is-arrested-and-charged-with-war-crimes-how-do-you-react/457886 "2008-08-04T04:13:45Z")
Inspired by this post. No, I don’t think this is at all likely. This is hypothetical. Here’s some scenarios: Mr. Bush, on a trip to a country he reasonably but mistakently assumes to be friendly–Great Britain, say–f… --- ## [How much force do the talons of an eagle/hawk have? How much weight can they carry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-force-do-the-talons-of-an-eagle-hawk-have-how-much-weight-can-they-carry/271661)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-force-do-the-talons-of-an-eagle-hawk-have-how-much-weight-can-they-carry/271661 "2004-11-01T04:07:41Z")
I live in a part of Connecticut where we have alot of estuaries and rivers leading into the sea. And every year, the Bald Eagles follow the Ice down from the North and winter in my area. This morning I saw a large Osprey … --- ## [Moving on up-- TO HELL! Mr. Sick (Chick) really skewers evilution AGAIN! CHECKMATE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-on-up-to-hell-mr-sick-chick-really-skewers-evilution-again-checkmate/447756)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-on-up-to-hell-mr-sick-chick-really-skewers-evilution-again-checkmate/447756 "2008-07-21T14:47:26Z")
No Peggy, just A Linc: A Very “Moving” Tract Let me be the first to congratulate Hack for continuing to “outdo” himself. Yup, his apparent goal is to compete with the stupidity of previous tracts on evolution. And of… --- ## [Damage dice as representational art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damage-dice-as-representational-art/784208)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damage-dice-as-representational-art/784208 "2017-09-29T14:15:05Z")
When playing D&D or similar games, dice can represent a wide variety of things. A roll of this 8-sided die might represent the damage done by a longsword, or a roll of that 6-sided die might be a part of a lightning bol… --- ## [Barking Dog Syndrome.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barking-dog-syndrome/606475)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barking-dog-syndrome/606475 "2011-12-22T21:48:25Z")
Over here in Queensland Australia some of our regional councils (which would be your counties I suppose) have a 6 minute barking dog rule, which, as it suggests, states that if your pet suburban dog barks continuously fo… --- ## [North Korean Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-defense/691974)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-defense/691974 "2014-07-02T02:41:18Z")
How sophisticated is DPRK’s defenses against our best missile technology? One way to show the North Koreans how vulnerable they are would be to send a missile to downtown Pyongyang and level one of their military compou… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=993&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=995&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)