# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=996&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:** 997 --- ## [What Person Has Starred In The Most Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-person-has-starred-in-the-most-movies/522596)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-person-has-starred-in-the-most-movies/522596 "2009-12-27T04:17:43Z")
I got to thinking what actor has had the most starring roles in the movies. For this I am including all movies “A” movies “B” movies, but I would exclude things like the “Three Stooges Shorts” I was thinking it probably… --- ## [How to approach someone you have a crush on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-approach-someone-you-have-a-crush-on/783601)
**Author:** [@dirty\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirty_hippie)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-approach-someone-you-have-a-crush-on/783601 "2017-05-15T20:37:36Z")
So recently I realized that I’ve developed this little crush on this person who works at the local grocery store I frequent. It just happened. I normally use the self checkout, and I think a few times she was stationed t… --- ## [Ironic soft covers of harder songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-soft-covers-of-harder-songs/508819)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-soft-covers-of-harder-songs/508819 "2009-09-07T07:26:45Z")
A while back I was greatly amused by Alanis’ Tori Amos-like slow emo piano cover of Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps”. More recently my brother found two new gems - a typical Ben Folds style cover of Dr. Dre’s “Bitches Ain’t S… --- ## [Hamburgers Or Cheeseburger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-or-cheeseburger/548865 "2010-08-08T19:09:21Z")
Which do you prefer? --- ## [Stupid people that should be put across the knees and spanked with the broom handle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-people-that-should-be-put-across-the-knees-and-spanked-with-the-broom-handle/333545)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-people-that-should-be-put-across-the-knees-and-spanked-with-the-broom-handle/333545 "2005-12-04T14:32:40Z")
For no particular reason other than I think they’re goddamn fucking stupid and I have nothing much better to do, do I with this pit: The deaf lesbian couple who deliberately sought out and choose to make their child de… --- ## [The true face of Duhbyas daughter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-face-of-duhbyas-daughter/256102)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-face-of-duhbyas-daughter/256102 "2004-07-21T07:32:53Z")
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040720/480/mosc10207202336 How so very right wing of her. --- ## [Silly question: Why do people use drugs? (Narcotics & Mary Jane))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-why-do-people-use-drugs-narcotics-mary-jane/609645)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-why-do-people-use-drugs-narcotics-mary-jane/609645 "2012-01-16T20:58:18Z")
I found an online recording of the IQ2US debate, “Is America to Blame for Mexico’s Drug War?” A big part of the debate was the fact that the US is the world’s leader in drug use. Ok, let me ask a silly question, I neve… --- ## [Free Will Revisited - Soft Compatibilism (ver. 2.0)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will-revisited-soft-compatibilism-ver-2-0/590706)
**Author:** [@PBear42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PBear42)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will-revisited-soft-compatibilism-ver-2-0/590706 "2011-08-04T06:53:45Z")
This is a reworked version of a soft compatibilist model for addressing the problem of free will vs. determinism which I posited in a thread last November. The thread didn’t get much traction, but a few posters objected… --- ## [I watched Game Change....Awe, man...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-game-change-awe-man/615545)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-game-change-awe-man/615545 "2012-04-09T14:47:17Z")
So I watched this show on HBO all ready for some great schadenfreude. Well, I got what I asked for alright, but man, were they ever rough on ol’ Sarah. At one point, I was almost feeling sorry for her. But don’t worry, … --- ## [How well-known is Thor, the Marvel comics character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-known-is-thor-the-marvel-comics-character/530578)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-known-is-thor-the-marvel-comics-character/530578 "2010-03-01T20:30:52Z")
Do many people outside the comic-book-collecting community know this character? http://media.comicmix.com/media/2008/11/14/thor-kirby.jpg The ha… --- ## [Lawyers Helping Clients by Besmirching Others](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-helping-clients-by-besmirching-others/587042)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-helping-clients-by-besmirching-others/587042 "2011-06-29T22:30:00Z")
Suppose a lawyer knows that his client’s best chance at acquittal is in trashing innocent people. He can do his best to persuade the jury (and by extension, the public at large) that some other person actually committed… --- ## [A fax machine keeps calling my office phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fax-machine-keeps-calling-my-office-phone/613637)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fax-machine-keeps-calling-my-office-phone/613637 "2012-02-24T03:11:46Z")
And it’s getting annoying! Of course I can’t argue with a fax machine to tell it that I’m not a fax machine. And I found some sites to do a reverse lookup to find out where it is, but they all want money to give me any u… --- ## [Freaks and Geeks Appreciation Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaks-and-geeks-appreciation-thread/477818)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaks-and-geeks-appreciation-thread/477818 "2008-12-24T06:17:44Z")
Just watched this this week based on a comment someone made in another thread. I LOVE this show. (Did a search for other threads, found a lot of praise of it, but no individual thread.) So I had to start one. Am I the o… --- ## [What would you do if you cleaner was trying to curse you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-cleaner-was-trying-to-curse-you/518530)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-cleaner-was-trying-to-curse-you/518530 "2009-11-30T05:23:40Z")
Around six months ago I employed a new cleaner. She has been magnificent at the cleaning; however for around a month she has been surreptitiously trying to put a curse on me using folk magic. As I don’t believe in all … --- ## [What Is Your Favorite Subway Sandwich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-subway-sandwich/488715)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-subway-sandwich/488715 "2009-03-22T05:40:45Z")
I never used to go to Subway very much. If I’m going to eat a sub, I need to have a lot of meat in proportion to the bread. Not a big fan of bread, am a big fan of meat. Subway uses a small amount of meat in proportio… --- ## [Is there really any difference between "sea salt" and "regular salt"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-any-difference-between-sea-salt-and-regular-salt/602075)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-any-difference-between-sea-salt-and-regular-salt/602075 "2011-11-11T06:42:35Z")
It’s all just NaCl, right? It seems to me like the sea salt thing is more of a marketing gimmick trying to capitalize on the “natural food” trend. Please correct me if I’m wrong. --- ## [labia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labia/83868)
**Author:** [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2001, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labia/83868 "2001-10-16T10:54:55Z")
labia --- ## [Is it actually possible to build up an immunity to iocane powder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-possible-to-build-up-an-immunity-to-iocane-powder/641706)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-possible-to-build-up-an-immunity-to-iocane-powder/641706 "2012-11-25T06:59:57Z")
Everyone knows that it’s possible to build up a strong tolerance to certain drugs with frequent use – alcohol, heroin, nicotine, etc. What about other, more lethal poisons? Could someone become immune to arsenic, or ri… --- ## [Is China going to collapse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-china-going-to-collapse/684333)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-china-going-to-collapse/684333 "2014-08-31T23:01:46Z")
From what i understand, due to the decades-long one-child policy, The People’s Republic will soon consist mainly of retired elders: a nation where the majority of the population are non-contributing consumers. --- ## [If there were no one in the universe to observe it, would the universe still exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-were-no-one-in-the-universe-to-observe-it-would-the-universe-still-exist/591496)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2011, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-were-no-one-in-the-universe-to-observe-it-would-the-universe-still-exist/591496 "2011-08-15T10:32:55Z")
In the world of quantum physics, it is believed that the act of observing something can change the outcome. (The observer effect) So with that in mind; would the universe still exist (as we know it) if no one were in it… --- ## [People who know all the answers, but their life is crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-know-all-the-answers-but-their-life-is-crap/656240)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-know-all-the-answers-but-their-life-is-crap/656240 "2013-08-05T13:00:13Z")
Do you know any? What are their disconnects? I have a (somewhat) friend who knows what i ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO! to be rich. And yet, he rents a shack, drives a clunker, and his wife works at WalMart to help make ends me… --- ## [What Would Plutocracy Look in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-plutocracy-look-in-the-us/578976)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-plutocracy-look-in-the-us/578976 "2011-04-25T14:50:58Z")
There are a number of dopers that have latched on to the word plutocracy, claiming it’s what we have now in the US. Today I was looking through the voting slips I get as a stock holder and it got me thinking: what would… --- ## [Why is it OK for dogs to spend huge stretches of time penned up in crates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-ok-for-dogs-to-spend-huge-stretches-of-time-penned-up-in-crates/521957)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-ok-for-dogs-to-spend-huge-stretches-of-time-penned-up-in-crates/521957 "2010-01-06T02:49:07Z")
I’m not a dog owner, but I have occasionally wondered about “crate training” where people pen dogs up in relatively small crates and expect them to stay there for hours on end. It seems borderline cruel to confine an ac… --- ## [Ask the Starbucks barista anything! (Part Deux)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-starbucks-barista-anything-part-deux/476513)
**Author:** [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-starbucks-barista-anything-part-deux/476513 "2008-12-13T21:26:38Z")
I have done one of these before but stuff has changed since then and I have seen a couple starbucks topics so here comes round 2 --- ## [What happened to Ranch Style Beans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-ranch-style-beans/611157)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-ranch-style-beans/611157 "2015-10-29T00:42:40Z")
Ranch Style Beans I have always loved them, although I don’t eat them more than a few times a year. I bought a couple cans today and was really excited to have with dinner tonight. There were two indications that some… --- ## [Is there an activity that'll allow me to see another universe instead of my own surroundings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-activity-thatll-allow-me-to-see-another-universe-instead-of-my-own-surroundings/651322)
**Author:** [@ac05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ac05)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-activity-thatll-allow-me-to-see-another-universe-instead-of-my-own-surroundings/651322 "2013-03-01T07:21:45Z")
Is there an activity where I won’t be seeing my own surroundings, but rather another universe/world/reality instead? --- ## [I just found the worst fantasy novel ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-the-worst-fantasy-novel-ever/186849)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-the-worst-fantasy-novel-ever/186849 "2003-07-10T22:19:50Z")
When you first saw the title of this thread, many of you were probably skeptical. After all, the fantasy genre is notorious for producing true stinkers, the kind of books that are not only pointless and tedious, but tha… --- ## [Where's a Tea Partier to move?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-a-tea-partier-to-move/533388)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-a-tea-partier-to-move/533388 "2010-03-27T05:35:37Z")
Let’s pretend I’m a \[del\]Teabagger\[/del\], er enthusiastic member of the Tea Party movement and am now appalled at what Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) recently called “the beginning of the end of America.” (Never mind whe… --- ## [Conservative heads explode when President stands under image of communist mass murderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-heads-explode-when-president-stands-under-image-of-communist-mass-murderer/749804)
**Author:** [@Grsz11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grsz11)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-heads-explode-when-president-stands-under-image-of-communist-mass-murderer/749804 "2016-03-23T07:05:07Z")
Oh my bad, wrong picture. --- ## [Is this advertisement racist to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-advertisement-racist-to-you/583907)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-advertisement-racist-to-you/583907 "2011-06-03T11:00:27Z")
Not sure what forum this goes in, but mods, please move it if I’m wrong. Naomi Campbell is upset at this ad, claiming that it is…racist? I guess it is supposed to suggest “chocolate” people or something. I just saw it a… --- ## [Jehovah's Witnesses, please fight my ignorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jehovahs-witnesses-please-fight-my-ignorance/391509)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jehovahs-witnesses-please-fight-my-ignorance/391509 "2007-02-19T17:51:44Z")
First let me assert, I open this topic with respect. I have a negative opinion on beliefs and practices such as I am aware of them, but I am open minded. I’m certainly not out to engage in any JW bashing. Where I’m co… --- ## [Nuclear War is it really coming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-war-is-it-really-coming/663614)
**Author:** [@Okieshowedem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okieshowedem)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-war-is-it-really-coming/663614 "2014-05-02T01:26:52Z")
Seems like its over dew. Okie --- ## [What are these "people sounds" in other languages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-people-sounds-in-other-languages/550622)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-people-sounds-in-other-languages/550622 "2010-08-25T10:48:37Z")
Every once in a while, someone will point out that to non-English speakers, animals make “different” sounds than we think. For example, Ukranians think ducks go “krya krya” while we hear “quack quack”. This site gives … --- ## [Nuptuals off when friends decline to pay for $60,000 wedding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuptuals-off-when-friends-decline-to-pay-for-60-000-wedding/820391)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuptuals-off-when-friends-decline-to-pay-for-60-000-wedding/820391 "2018-09-03T03:31:55Z")
A woman who “wanted to live like a Kardashian for a day” called off her wedding four days beforehand because her friends would not pay for the $60,000 nuptials and honeymoon. She ‘only’ asked $1500 of the friends who wer… --- ## [Bit Coin Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bit-coin-questions/683549)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bit-coin-questions/683549 "2014-03-20T14:02:46Z")
Several things about bit coins that I am just not comprehending. The biggest question I have is where does a virgin just created bit coin get its value? Does the creator of that bit coin receive that value? I understan… --- ## [How to tell these often mixed up celebrities apart.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181 "2016-08-31T16:35:06Z")
Bill Paxton-- Aliens Bill Pullman – Independence Day Ryan Reynolds – Funny Ryan Gosling – Takes himself far to seriously. Also, here is a tweet by Reynolds on how to tell them apart: Michael Cera Jessie Eisenberg … --- ## [Happy Birthday copyright](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-copyright/730524)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-copyright/730524 "2015-09-24T14:59:00Z")
Cecil’s column: Are blue jays not really blue? Plus: has the copyright on “Happy Birthday” expired yet? Cecil says: “The copyright laws having been revised, the copyright on “Happy Birthday” now won’t expire until 2011 … --- ## [How do you get a really, really bad smell out of clothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-really-really-bad-smell-out-of-clothing/656107)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-really-really-bad-smell-out-of-clothing/656107 "2013-05-04T23:47:54Z")
Okay, I know there will follow many unfortunate puns, and I accept this, because I’m desperate. I guess I must have had a capsule of fish oil in my pocket or something when I did my laundry. (Don’t ask me why. Nooooo … --- ## [Iran Bombs a Replica of a US Aircraft Carrier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-bombs-a-replica-of-a-us-aircraft-carrier/713617)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-bombs-a-replica-of-a-us-aircraft-carrier/713617 "2015-03-04T13:40:13Z")
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/11434660/Iran-attacks-replica-US-ship-in-military-drill.html Holy Creezap! If Iran could build a replical of a US Aircrap Carrier and bomb it, could America not… --- ## [Indicators (turn signals) on American cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indicators-turn-signals-on-american-cars/401298)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indicators-turn-signals-on-american-cars/401298 "2007-04-25T11:59:04Z")
On US TV shows I’ve noticed that many American cars don’t appear to have separate orange turn signal lights – instead it looks like part of the red tail (or brake?) lights blinks on and off. Is this still the case? It se… --- ## [Help me fix this problem with my record player!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-fix-this-problem-with-my-record-player/296427)
**Author:** [@Merl\_Minnozza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merl_Minnozza)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-fix-this-problem-with-my-record-player/296427 "2005-03-27T22:21:49Z")
I am good at fixing up small machinery so I thought before taking this record player to a shop, I would ask around to see what’s wrong with it and what can be done. Here’s the problem: the turntable is spinning at altern… --- ## [Question for twickster on the Toronto Maple Leafs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-twickster-on-the-toronto-maple-leafs/643305)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-twickster-on-the-toronto-maple-leafs/643305 "2012-12-14T19:05:45Z")
I pushed this thread off topic (for which I apologize) I was apparently told that insulting the Toronto Maple Leafs constitutes a personal insult. :confused: But I was born and mostly raised in London, Ontario, and I k… --- ## [How long does it take for a parachute to fall 3,000 meters? Banzai parachuting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-a-parachute-to-fall-3-000-meters-banzai-parachuting/451227)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-a-parachute-to-fall-3-000-meters-banzai-parachuting/451227 "2021-02-08T21:01:52Z")
For those unaware of banzai parachuting, it involves: getting a plane to 3,000 meters, throwing your parachute out, then waiting, then jumping after the parachute, and trying to get it on and deployed in time. The curre… --- ## [All Art is Political-Discuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-art-is-political-discuss/576125)
**Author:** [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surrounded_by_literalists)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-art-is-political-discuss/576125 "2011-04-10T16:40:03Z")
I have an essay to write for an art class. The instructor wants us to explore the idea that ‘All Art is Political’. I am at a loss. I don’t have an artistic bone in my body. I love to look a beautiful work and can a… --- ## [Do You Hear a Ch or Tr Here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-a-ch-or-tr-here/591874)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-a-ch-or-tr-here/591874 "2011-08-10T18:08:06Z")
The Cafe Society thread on a Jeopardy homophone question Eh (T)rebek? evolved into a discussion on the real-world pronunciation of truck. Some say it is frequently (or almost always) pronounced with a ch sound at the be… --- ## [What happens if you kill someone in a country where it is allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-kill-someone-in-a-country-where-it-is-allowed/268992)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-kill-someone-in-a-country-where-it-is-allowed/268992 "2004-10-25T15:58:42Z")
If you could travel to another country where killing other people is legal, and several Americans went to this country to kill people (a kind of “killing safari”) Would the U.S. government have anything to say about thi… --- ## [Vomit bags in aircraft. Whence they went?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomit-bags-in-aircraft-whence-they-went/691997)
**Author:** [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vomit-bags-in-aircraft-whence-they-went/691997 "2014-07-04T02:29:58Z")
One of the strange things one thinks about when bored. I remember for decades, commercial aircraft always seemed to have vomit bags in the seat pocket. Here in Oz they were always dual use - a photo-processing company h… --- ## [House Republicans are just so...so...ugh...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-republicans-are-just-so-so-ugh/632840)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-republicans-are-just-so-so-ugh/632840 "2012-08-31T06:21:04Z")
Here’s a shocker and also highly symbolic, House Republican s do not wish to shell out $61 million to repair the Capitol Dome. The dome is in very bad shape, deteriorating and has not been renovated or repaired for 50 y… --- ## [can you explain the importance of the Bond case infront of SCOTUS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-the-importance-of-the-bond-case-infront-of-scotus/688271)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-the-importance-of-the-bond-case-infront-of-scotus/688271 "2014-06-07T20:29:55Z")
Apparently its a big deal. I read the yahoo article. I didn’t get it. Can you explain why it is so important constitutionally? --- ## [Any gay themed anime out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-gay-themed-anime-out-there/156339)
**Author:** [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-gay-themed-anime-out-there/156339 "2003-03-02T22:36:24Z")
I am not really interested in anime porn (is that hentai?) but other general gay themed anime series. I recall one whose name slips my mind completely where women have either died off completely or left the men to fend f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=995&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=997&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)