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Go visit teemings, the Doper literary magazine.
Obvious signs of Doperdom.
SD Chicago: When and why did Robey Street become Damen Avenue?
It's after December 24 but we can't get enough of A Christmas Story.
I eat therefore I am.
Wreck the halls with different Christmas tunes, fa la la la la la la la la.
SD Chicago: Why don't Indiana wind farms operate on windy days?
It's a wonderful film?
Thumbs down on the decade.
Are you ready for your Mystery Date? (From Hell.)
SD Chicago: What fond memories do you have of lost Chicago?
Members only? submitted by Annie-Xmas, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
In Egypt it was a pictograph. Here it's a drawer pull. But what is it?
Spell that by me one more time.
SDC: Why are the sidewalks on Division Street so wide?
See and be seen at the new Straight Dope Picture Page. submitted by Arnold Winkelried
No hamsters were harmed in the making of this thread. Were they? submitted by Malleus, Incus, Stapes!
A rose by any other name... submitted by Ponderoid, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
SD Chicago: Can I get DSL without getting a landline phone?
Welcome the return of teemings.
Starry starry night.
Meet you in the Straight Dope Reading Room for books and discussion.
SD Chicago: Did Chicago become #1 in candy because of a fluke in shipping rates?
What's for dinner? Thanksgiving.
Help the happy couple dance into their new life together.
They had a prickly discussion of computer safety. submitted by Heart of Dorkness, who also helped with the tag, thanks!
SD Chicago: So, no Olympics. Now what?
I bark because I am. submitted by twickster
Dopers at the movies, thumbs down.
There's no business like shoe business. submitted by Malleus, Incus, Stapes!
SD Chicago: In car-sharing services like Zipcar, what keeps the cars from gettin
You're traveling through another dimension of sight and sound and Dopers. submitted by Marley23
Doper Film Festival now showing at the Hell Metroplex.
ET phone home! And duck! submitted by Freudian Slit
SD Chicago: Is Armitage two thousand north or twenty hunnert?
Pigs . . . in . . . space.
What's white and green and red all over?
Dopers got it going backwards and forwards . . . almost. submitted by oregon sunshine
SD Chicago: Do El line colors mean anything?
Science in the home: Here comes the son.
Deduce you say.
Milk of human kindness, educational division. submitted by Ellen Cherry, who helped with the tag, thanks!
SD Chicago: Does high speed rail in the midwest make any sense?
One Ring to ping them all. submitted by Maus Magill, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
It's a dirty job, but we're not going to do it. submitted by Ellen Cherry, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
Got an hour? Write a poem!
SD Chicago: Were no movies made in Chicago while Richard J. Daley was mayor?
That is not spread which can eternal lie. submitted by Malleus, Incus, Stapes!Who also wrote the excellent tag, thanks!
Doper night at the movies: Free films online.
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