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SD Chicago: Should we just dump the worthless Chicago public schools? Pt1
Fighting Ignorance Since 1900 submitted by emmaliminal, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, and he is called Coldfire. (NSFW) submitted by nostalgic Dopers (Note: Adult themes/subject matter, may not be safe for work)
Just makes you want to cry.
SD Chicago: What's up with the odd submarines found sunk in Chicago waters? Pt 2
Teach your children well?
Let's hear some double-A music!
Imagine that. (NSFW) submitted by Marley23 (NOTE: May not be safe for work, adult themes/language)
SD Chicago: What's up with the odd submarines found sunk in Chicago waters? Pt 1
They stuck in your head, they made you laugh.
Get your fiction on next weekend -- in a flash.
Welcome the new edition of teemings, the Straight Dope literary magazine. submitted by Eutychus and twickster and a host of Teeming Millions talent
SD Chicago: Why don't more Chicago buildings get blown up?
The judge threw the book at them but it might have just been the script. submitted by Marley23
Meet the boob that bothers the Commonwealth.
What's all kinds of colors and and read all over?
SD Chicago: Is (or was) the dew bath the latest beauty fad?
You know: The drill. submitted by Chefguy, who also wrote the tag, thanks.
Why doesn't this happen? Because dentists are busy enough as it is. (NSFW) submitted by coalescence44 (Adult material, juvenile jokes, may not be safe for work)
Wart would you do? submitted by MizTina
SD Chicago: Did Chicago once have a brick battleship?
And how would you like that? submitted by Randy Seltzer
Illuminati recruiting poster? Sinister grocery list? You decide. submitted by descamisado
Hey Dopers, what's for dinner?
SD Chicago: Any tips on finding a house in Chicago?
What we have here is not a failure to communicate. submitted by Marley23
Mr. Sulu, set a course for... what? (NSFW) submitted by Marley23, who also wrote the tag, thanks! (NOTE: Adult language, NSFW)
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear and the Dewey Decimal. submitted by Happy_Booker
SD Chicago: What was up with the guy killed by his own bomb in Lakewood/Balmoral
You really can't tell a book by its cover. But you can try.
Looking at plants down by the river.
Heck, bring 'em all back and let's open a zoo! submitted by Happy_Booker
SD Chicago: Is the El a waste of energy?
Three words + one hour = one poem. submitted by Le Ministre de l'au-delĂ 
That's Audacious. submitted by Oakminster, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
That's the way I like it. submitted by Ellen Cherry
SDC: Would Illinois be better off without Chicago?
Unfortunately, he's lovin' it.
Necessity is the mother of product repurpose.
Spleep well and have spweet spleams. submitted by Marley23, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
SD Chicago: Know any good used bookstores in Chicago?
Stalk three times on the ceiling if you want me. submitted by Ellen Cherry, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
Best film EVER. submitted by Turek
The real reason the network is down. submitted by Chronos, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
SD Chicago: Did a phantom kangaroo once haunt Chicago?
Oh say can you see what the song really says? submitted by Electric Warrior
Let's take another visit to Paulina Street. submitted by Ed Zotti
Colonel Mustard. In the Billiard Room. With a bowl of fruit? submitted by Shot From Guns
SD Chicago: Followup: Can you get electrocuted peeing on the third rail?
And now another edition of teemings, the Doper literary magazine. submitted by twickster and a cast of thousands
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