Licking toads - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board
Aug 20, 2001 · Cane toads, which are of the genus bufo, are a feral species/ecological disaster in northern Australia, and as such, are subjected to some unusual forms of abuse. One of those …
RIP Joe Don Baker - #10 by Hypno-Toad - Straight Dope
May 16, 2025 · I didn’t see this posted. Joe Don Baker, who starred in Walking Tall in the role of Buford Pusser (an actual person and professional wrestler turned lawman), died on May 7th.
Is there any real ice cream in stores anymore? - Straight Dope
Apr 8, 2025 · Cream, cane sugar, maybe eggs. No corn syrup and especially no gums to thicken it or low-fat milk solids, &c.? I am so tired of finding the crap ice cream in stores. It doesn’t …
End of Year, or Year of Ends, Or Ends over the Year ... - Straight Dope
5 days ago · Well, it’s the end of the Year. Or, at least one of them in the article, is the End of the Year. Note–non-pron, if not quite safe for work.
I don't like how candy canes are wrapped - Straight Dope
Jan 4, 2023 · I don’t remember whether I find candy-cane wrapping to be annoying or inconvenient, because the experience of removing the wrapper gets lost in the appreciation of …
Is "Die Hard" a Christmas Movie? - Straight Dope
Dec 3, 2024 · Yes or No? Discuss.The quintessential Christmas movie, Miracle on 34th Street HI JACK! In the original film, Fred Gaily, after successfully proving that Kris was the one, true …
Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - May 2025 edition
May 29, 2025 · Finished it. Highly recommended for any sf fan, and anyone interested in space exploration. Now reading The Passage by Justin Cronin, about a secret government research …
Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 2)
Jun 11, 2025 · Continuing the discussion from Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1) - #10012 by hajario. Previous discussions: Tell us an interesting random fact …
Introducing (and possibly eulogizing) Dan the Daring Toad
Apr 11, 2013 · I just met Dan this morning, in a most unusual manner. I can count on one finger the Southern Toads I have known who showed such galantry and determination in the face of …
Buck Rogers is gone... again (Gil Gerard has died)
Dec 17, 2025 · Just saw on Wikipedia’s list of recent deaths that Gil Gerard passed away yesterday from cancer. The Buck Rogers TV show he is best known for was pretty awful, …