POWs feigning madness to get repatriated - Straight Dope I’ve found lots of vague references to this online but I can’t find any actual examples During the second world war and other conflicts POWs would do things like taking their pet brick for a walk to try to be declared mad - and occasionally it actually worked and they were repatriated in wounded prisoner swaps! Does anyone know of some specific examples and what was done?
UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in Manhattan . . . - Straight Dope Feigning a non-fitting glove made for a stagey court moment but the defendant has literally no obligation to help the prosecution make their case, and the prosecution erred in failing to consider this tactic when they requested for Simpson to try on the gloves
Does sucking your own dick make you gay? - Straight Dope (you all know you’re wondering so don’t bother feigning innocence) When I was 13 or so I had a porn magazine that had an ad for a movie with a guy doing that My curiosity was peaked enough to at least look at the pictures The guy was bigger than normal and was in a position that looked very uncomfortable but the pictures looked real enough