
Six Feet Under theme music - What instrument? - Straight Dope
Sounds like an oboe to me, possibly an English horn. (This is assuming we’re talking about the same “DEEduhluhDEEEEE” .) Also worth noting, Thomas Newman did the music for …
Do you know more doctors or lawyers? - Straight Dope
Dec 25, 2025 · According to Grok (large grain of salt needed) there are about 1.1 million doctors and 1.3 million lawyers in the US. Do you personally know more doctors or lawyers? I mean …
Craig the elephant has died - Straight Dope
Jan 4, 2026 · And I’ll bet he wasn’t in the Death Pool. Craig was a very well-known elephant in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. He was 54 years old and had massive tusks weighing about …
Straits of Magellan vs. Cape Horn - Straight Dope
Dec 1, 2009 · Which passage was more dangerous to a ship? In the days of sail, the trip around Cape Horn was feared by mariners. Sailors rounding the cape encountered fierce winds, high …
British English vs. U.S. English - film vs. movie - Straight Dope
Mar 21, 2006 · When I write English I prefer to stick with one convention of spelling and grammer, and as I learned British English in school I’m using that - even though I sometimes get …
2026 Celebrity Death Pool - The Game Room - Straight Dope
Dec 2, 2025 · It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! The Rules: You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2026. If any of your …
What's the correct way to write 'coordinator'? - Straight Dope
Sep 25, 2003 · The trend in English is to remove the diaeresis for the hyphen and then remove the hyphen. With coordinator we are at the point at which removing the hyphen is considered …
Can you damage someone's hearing by blowing an air horn into a …
Sep 17, 2012 · In the telemarketer pit thread, someone suggested blasting telemarketers with an horn, but this was challenged as possibly harming the telemarketer and resulting in lawsuits …
White Man/Black Woman vs Black Man/White Woman - Straight …
Oct 9, 2000 · If so, why do you suppose that is? Yes, there is a large difference between the number of WM/BW vs. BM/WW. I’m not sure I could quantify it as 3:1, 10:1, or whatever, but it …
What do we really know about the Futhorc? - Straight Dope
Jul 8, 2025 · According to my friend the Futhorc was the original writing system for English. But apparently we don’t have lot of evidence of it being used. But then I find pages mapping out …