# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1006&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1007 --- ## [Coca-Cola contains dye made from ants/insects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-contains-dye-made-from-ants-insects/592717)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-contains-dye-made-from-ants-insects/592717 "2022-09-29T16:04:13Z")
Is this true? I read it on the internet, so it must be, right? --- ## [Older dopers - how often to your joint pop or snap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-dopers-how-often-to-your-joint-pop-or-snap/972439)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-dopers-how-often-to-your-joint-pop-or-snap/972439 "2022-09-29T15:51:17Z")
In the last few months my joint have started to pop frequently. At first it was just the shoulders but now more joints are popping and its becoming more frequent. Is this typical for us old-timers? FWIW I’m 63 and yes… --- ## [Do you consider these phrases passive-aggressive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-these-phrases-passive-aggressive/970097)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-these-phrases-passive-aggressive/970097 "2022-09-29T15:35:51Z")
I just saw this listicle and was surprised to find out that I use a couple of these in emails. None of of them seem too passive-aggressive to me, but I suppose it depends on the context. #7, ‘Circling back’, is annoying … --- ## [Will Putin be overthrown in the next 12 months as a result of his "partial" mobilization?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-putin-be-overthrown-in-the-next-12-months-as-a-result-of-his-partial-mobilization/972209)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-putin-be-overthrown-in-the-next-12-months-as-a-result-of-his-partial-mobilization/972209 "2022-09-29T14:33:20Z")
I have often read in the past 6 months that, for historical reasons, mobilization would break the social contract Putin has with the masses and cause an uprising, but as we’ve seen, he is doing it anyways. Until now, it … --- ## [Is Michael\_Varn the new Jim\_B?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-varn-the-new-jim-b/972409)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-varn-the-new-jim-b/972409 "2022-09-29T14:24:24Z")
He’s been a member for about 6 years but his posting activity has only recently been picking up. He has an inordinate amount of misspellings in his posts. He posts a lot of idiotic ideas similarly to our recently bann… --- ## [Do women still wear girdles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-still-wear-girdles/357035)
**Author:** [@RCGDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RCGDC)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-still-wear-girdles/357035 "2022-09-29T14:15:43Z")
Do women still wear girdles? When I was growing up in the 70s I would see ads for them. I don’t see it now. But do they still wear girdles and just not talk about it. Or has something else replaced the girdles? --- ## [Is more known about Julius Caesar than William the Conqueror?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-more-known-about-julius-caesar-than-william-the-conqueror/971008)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-more-known-about-julius-caesar-than-william-the-conqueror/971008 "2022-09-29T12:56:42Z")
Ok, it wasn’t your typical late night bar conversation but a friend mentioned to me last night we know more about Julius Caesar than we do about William the Conqueror who was born almost exactly 1000 years after Caesar. … --- ## [Instant Karma stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-karma-stories/972233)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-karma-stories/972233 "2022-09-29T12:54:53Z")
This happened almost 30 years ago. I worked a long distance from home. (Heh. Always has been the case with me.) I was riding my motorcycle home from work one afternoon. In California, it’s legal for motorcycles to ri… --- ## [Marx Brothers Question re: Zeppo and Chico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marx-brothers-question-re-zeppo-and-chico/972395)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marx-brothers-question-re-zeppo-and-chico/972395 "2022-09-29T12:28:05Z")
In any of the movies with Zeppo does he ever speak to Chico, or vice versa? I know there are scenes with all four brothers (most notably the big musical number in Duck Soup) but from what I remember all of Zeppo’s one on… --- ## [Do you still enjoy big coaster amusement parks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-enjoy-big-coaster-amusement-parks/970849)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-enjoy-big-coaster-amusement-parks/970849 "2022-09-29T12:10:43Z")
So Mrs. solost and I went to Cedar Point yesterday. Her family took her every year when she was a kid and she’s a big coaster junkie who describes CP as her “happy place”. We’ve gone many times in the past but haven’t be… --- ## [Have you even met a MAGA supporter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-even-met-a-maga-supporter/970818)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-even-met-a-maga-supporter/970818 "2022-09-29T11:46:51Z")
The type that believes Trump not only won the 2020 election but is still secretly president and still in control of the military and may use the military to remove Biden from the WH who is just a powerless puppet and has… --- ## [Active shooter in Arkansas hospitol. Somebody check on Becky!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-arkansas-hospitol-somebody-check-on-becky/972411)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-in-arkansas-hospitol-somebody-check-on-becky/972411 "2022-09-29T11:10:39Z")
I am sure from what I have read that our Becky is in the south west corner of her state. This report is from a hospital north of Little Rock in Sherwood. Can someone check on Becky just to make sure? --- ## [About handling off topic, but revalent side bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-handling-off-topic-but-revalent-side-bars/972423)
**Author:** [@Ssounder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ssounder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-handling-off-topic-but-revalent-side-bars/972423 "2022-09-29T10:54:02Z")
I follow a some Reddit topics and I noticed that when the conversation starts to stray, someone (admin) comes in and tags it to a “continue this thread” that goes to a link. After, you rarely see posts that continue off … --- ## [Do you work remotely and have you seen an episode of The Jetsons since you started remote work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-work-remotely-and-have-you-seen-an-episode-of-the-jetsons-since-you-started-remote-work/972284)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-work-remotely-and-have-you-seen-an-episode-of-the-jetsons-since-you-started-remote-work/972284 "2022-09-29T10:14:47Z")
No, I haven’t lost my mind. Friend of mine and I are having a drink at the bar, we both work remote for different companies and we started talking about the old episodes of The Jetsons when Mr Spacely (the boss) would po… --- ## [Lost my Dope penpal who'd been to S. Africa in the Discourse move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-dope-penpal-whod-been-to-s-africa-in-the-discourse-move/971596)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-dope-penpal-whod-been-to-s-africa-in-the-discourse-move/971596 "2022-09-29T09:39:16Z")
After the long COVID layoff, we’re finally going this November. He’d been and was going to share with me things he’d found useful to take and what he’d wished he had taken. Buddy, you still out there?? Sorry, can’t reme… --- ## [How quickly could a woman start lactating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-a-woman-start-lactating/972331)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-could-a-woman-start-lactating/972331 "2022-09-29T08:20:14Z")
Assuming non-pregnancy. If a woman does everything to start lactating ex nihilo: taking hormones, drinking red clover tea, using a breast pump to simulating the baby sucking, etc. If all that is being done, how quickly… --- ## [Nostradamus - sigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus-sigh/972210)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus-sigh/972210 "2022-09-29T07:21:11Z")
A 2005 book with fresh interpretations of the old man’s quatrains claims he predicted, “Queen Elizabeth II will die, circa 22, at the age of around 96.” But what I can’t dig up so far is the original wording of the quatr… --- ## [Can a fetus fart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-fetus-fart/972192)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-fetus-fart/972192 "2022-09-29T06:07:11Z")
No, i don’t need an answer fast. But we were discussing this over the dinner table, and i wondered if anyone knows the factual answer. --- ## [How far back could a 'modern' shark breed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-could-a-modern-shark-breed/972389)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-could-a-modern-shark-breed/972389 "2022-09-29T05:35:42Z")
I keep seeing that stat that sharks have been on this Earth for hundreds of millions of years pretty much unchanged and are one of the most successful animals. How far back in time could you take a currently alive shark… --- ## [Cleaning chunks of Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-chunks-of-quartz/972414)
**Author:** [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-chunks-of-quartz/972414 "2022-09-29T05:29:40Z")
I have two smallish (about fist sized) chunks of white quartz that were partly submerged in a forest floor when I found them. I gave them a vigorous scrubbing with dish soap and a stiff brush but there are still dark sta… --- ## [If storm reporter dies, employer responsible/charged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-storm-reporter-dies-employer-responsible-charged/972417)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-storm-reporter-dies-employer-responsible-charged/972417 "2022-09-29T03:05:24Z")
In watching the evening news they featured a clip of a Weather Channel reporter reporting on hurricane Ian when a branch (or something) blows into him and knocks him over. Further in his report he could barely walk back … --- ## [Best Chef's Knife?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chefs-knife/961650)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-chefs-knife/961650 "2022-09-29T02:56:31Z")
I have a friend who’s starting a line cook job in a restaurant whose owner has promised to train him up to eventually be a real chef. We were discussing the tools he should invest in. I told him that, to start out, inste… --- ## [Gals, do you wear girdles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gals-do-you-wear-girdles/97069)
**Author:** [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gals-do-you-wear-girdles/97069 "2017-02-03T21:15:08Z")
I don’t. I hate them. With a passion. I’m not of the mindset that girdles are another invention of men to repress women, either. I just find them extremely uncomfortable. Conversely, I know people who wouldn’t dream of … --- ## [Does a U.S. president have unlimited Medals of Freedom to give out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-u-s-president-have-unlimited-medals-of-freedom-to-give-out/972228)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-u-s-president-have-unlimited-medals-of-freedom-to-give-out/972228 "2022-09-28T23:55:16Z")
As I understand it, the Presidential Medal of Freedom is essentially entirely up to the president’s discretion and has no Congressional oversight. Could someone like Trump or Biden really hand them out like Halloween can… --- ## [Checking Parity of Data Sets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-parity-of-data-sets/972412)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-parity-of-data-sets/972412 "2022-09-28T23:24:25Z")
I have a complete set of data Q. From Q, we calculate a bunch of new data but, previous to doing so, we drop about 4% of all information that we’ve probabilistically determined is spam. We have developed a new set of to… --- ## [Donetsk etc. in Ukraine vs History (Texas, California, Hawai'i, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donetsk-etc-in-ukraine-vs-history-texas-california-hawaii-etc/972399)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donetsk-etc-in-ukraine-vs-history-texas-california-hawaii-etc/972399 "2022-09-28T23:03:05Z")
So I was thinking about the sham referenda in the eastern Ukraine, and history. I’m from California, and the history I’m aware of is that: Texas and California were part of Mexico. By the 1830s, there were a lot Americ… --- ## [Do you talk and laugh to yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-talk-and-laugh-to-yourself/971739 "2022-09-28T22:39:19Z")
II firmly believe in, It’s okay as long as you don’t ARGUE with yourself! :face\_with\_hand\_over\_mouth: :crazy\_face: My boss sits in the cubicle behind me and every one in a while will comment on how it’s cute that I talk… --- ## [The Ugliest Building in the World is Going up next to where I work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-building-in-the-world-is-going-up-next-to-where-i-work/971845)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-building-in-the-world-is-going-up-next-to-where-i-work/971845 "2022-09-28T21:29:11Z")
I work in an industrial park, and I know that you have to be prepared for changes, but back in the spring they sawed down most of the trees across from our parking lot. I hoped they’d keep a few for landscaping if they w… --- ## [Tell me about chess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-chess/972398)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-chess/972398 "2022-09-28T21:02:14Z")
My bf plays chess, mostly in video. He pulled out his set the other day and tried to teach me. It wasn’t helpful, as I was told how my pieces could move but not their purpose. Any tips for learning? Is it as difficult a… --- ## [Probability of Dice Rolls Spread across Rollers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-of-dice-rolls-spread-across-rollers/972325)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-of-dice-rolls-spread-across-rollers/972325 "2022-09-28T21:01:43Z")
There’s a coffee shop I frequent that has a game with five 6-sided dice. If you roll four of a kind, you get a free drink. If you roll five of a kind, you get 10 free drinks. (I’ve rolled four of a kind twice.) The odds… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1005&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1007&state=tracking)