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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.
Mooove over, that thing's loaded!
SD Chicago: Do west streets jog at North because of the curvature of the earth?
How many Dopers does it take to screw in a light bulb? submitted by Michael Fisher
The kids are all right -- and pretty funny too. submitted by me_11217
First you take a cup of protons. submitted by Gfactor
SD Chicago: Is a combination bar/liquor store a "slashie"?
It's a fine line. submitted by Ellen Cherry, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
D'oh! submitted by DesertDog, who also wrote the tag, thanks!
Are you feeling a little froggy today?
SD Chicago: Is Chicago the most stressful city?
Of all the worst places to go, it's the best.
If I knew you were coming, I'da baked a cake. If I knew how.
Read it, wrote about it . . . lied about it.
SDChicago: Why are we putting non-slip corners on sidewalks?
If they had a magazine it would be "Dirt Housekeeping."
It's Flo that makes 'em go.
They love it, yeah yeah yeah yeah.
SD Chicago: Is there a way to get through Chicago traffic, sanity intact?
How Dopers live in a changing world.
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