# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1015 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1016 --- ## [Umbrella Academy Season 3 \[Open spoilers after July 1st\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbrella-academy-season-3-open-spoilers-after-july-1st/964712)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbrella-academy-season-3-open-spoilers-after-july-1st/964712 "2022-08-27T21:36:46Z")
Trailer just dropped (this was posted in the Elliot Page topic but figured it would be good to start a separate topic): --- ## [Question for tree experts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-tree-experts/970254)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-tree-experts/970254 "2022-08-27T21:21:40Z")
We got a Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) by mail and planted it. I seemed that it had not survived the winter (no leaves on the stick) but then tiny shoots came out of the ground all around the stick. I’m gues… --- ## [A YouTuber Makes A One-In-Nine-Million Dice Roll! (Or So He Says)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-youtuber-makes-a-one-in-nine-million-dice-roll-or-so-he-says/970434)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-youtuber-makes-a-one-in-nine-million-dice-roll-or-so-he-says/970434 "2022-08-27T21:19:33Z")
This YouTuber did an experiment where he rolled each of six dice in sequence, with the goal of getting the same number on each roll. For those not familiar with Dungeons & Dragons, we use dice with different numerical va… --- ## [Mambo ornamental peppers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mambo-ornamental-peppers/970361)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mambo-ornamental-peppers/970361 "2022-08-27T20:31:55Z")
The Spousal Unit bought two mambo ornamental pepper plants; one purple-orange, and one purple-red. I understand they are edible, but incredibly hot. Sounds like a challenge. --- ## [College Student walking to class hit by lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-walking-to-class-hit-by-lightning/970382 "2022-08-27T20:29:32Z")
First day of class and this happened. :scream: It’s amazing she wasn’t badly injured. She’s planning to return for classes next week. That’s one tough woman. Cite https://weartv.com/news/local/uwf-freshman-recovering-a… --- ## [Lightyear: Didn't they already make this movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightyear-didnt-they-already-make-this-movie/953988)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightyear-didnt-they-already-make-this-movie/953988 "2022-08-27T20:04:47Z")
The trailer for the upcoming Disney/Pixar movie Lightyear is up. While the trailer doesn’t actually say very much about the movie, my understanding from other sources is that this is supposed to a movie in the Toy Story … --- ## [Fire Dept responds to medical calls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-dept-responds-to-medical-calls/969852)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-dept-responds-to-medical-calls/969852 "2022-08-27T19:55:29Z")
I think it’s very common now for the FD to respond to medical calls along with the rescue squad. Is this true pretty much everywhere now? Obviously if they are busy with a fire or rescue they don’t respond. A fe… --- ## [Hand written documents and classified material](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-written-documents-and-classified-material/970285)
**Author:** [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-written-documents-and-classified-material/970285 "2022-08-27T18:45:25Z")
Inspired by the thread about photocopies and classified documents-when an agency seizes officially classified documents in a case like Trump’s would they also seize any handwritten notes, journals, or diaries written by… --- ## [Why are so many missing persons cases being solved at the bottom of lakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-missing-persons-cases-being-solved-at-the-bottom-of-lakes/955749)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-missing-persons-cases-being-solved-at-the-bottom-of-lakes/955749 "2022-08-27T18:43:46Z")
The YouTube channel Adventures with Purpose is solving a lot of very old missing persons cases. Grandma leaves a Thanksgiving dinner and never gets home? Her 67 Chevy and remains may be at the bottom of a local lake. I… --- ## [Ron Howard 13 Lives Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-13-lives-prime/969281)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-13-lives-prime/969281 "2022-08-27T18:20:37Z")
Anyone watch this? I just wondered how they filmed it! Love Virgo though. --- ## [Are all gyros the same?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-gyros-the-same/938794)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-gyros-the-same/938794 "2022-08-27T16:50:28Z")
I think every gyro I have ever had was just like all the rest. Doesn’t matter if it comes from Arby’s or a specialized gyro house. I went to one small gyro restaurant after hearing stories of how delicious they were. Ind… --- ## [Very strange-looking animal captured in India](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-looking-animal-captured-in-india/970368)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-looking-animal-captured-in-india/970368 "2022-08-27T14:43:02Z")
Some people are saying that this is a chupacabra. Whatever it is, it’s certainly a weird one. I can’t understand the video, but it’s worth watching just to see the animal. Does anybody here know what it is? --- ## [Dallas hit by 1 in 1000 year flood: are opinions changing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-hit-by-1-in-1000-year-flood-are-opinions-changing/970130)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-hit-by-1-in-1000-year-flood-are-opinions-changing/970130 "2022-08-27T14:22:29Z")
There had been no rain in Dallas for 67 days - second longest in record - before this epic rainstorm. The baked dry soil cannot absorb that much water quickly so it is running off in flash floods. This is just one of … --- ## [Why Won't FDA Test Herbs and Stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-fda-test-herbs-and-stuff/786110)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-fda-test-herbs-and-stuff/786110 "2022-08-27T13:21:56Z")
In this era where Congress celebrates the killing off of Americans in need of their expensive medications, treatments, etc…why won’t the FDA start testing natural remedies? Is the FDA in the back pocket of Big Mamma Phar… --- ## [Words You’ve Never Heard Pronounced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-ve-never-heard-pronounced/963774)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-ve-never-heard-pronounced/963774 "2022-08-27T12:17:01Z")
I was watching Jeopardy! not long ago. They were discussing Norse mythology as part of some question. Things like Trees of Life and Thor’s hammer. They probably pronounced these things properly. But very different fr… --- ## [Trump's secret documents at home--what about photocopies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-secret-documents-at-home-what-about-photocopies/970236)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-secret-documents-at-home-what-about-photocopies/970236 "2022-08-27T12:16:53Z")
The huge news story right now is all about Trump taking those top-secret documents home to Mar a Lago. But the discussion seems to be about some pretty minor issues, relating to the pages of paper. (for example : The… --- ## [Where precisey did Columbus catch the westerlies on each his four voyages back to Spain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-precisey-did-columbus-catch-the-westerlies-on-each-his-four-voyages-back-to-spain/970417)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-precisey-did-columbus-catch-the-westerlies-on-each-his-four-voyages-back-to-spain/970417 "2022-08-27T10:35:00Z")
I realise that his destinations to the Americans varied with each of his four voyages but I haven’t been able to find where precislely he caught the westerlies on each return home to Spain. --- ## [Ashley Biden's Diary & Copyright](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-bidens-diary-copyright/970392)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-bidens-diary-copyright/970392 "2022-08-27T05:56:29Z")
Someone stole the diary of the President’s daughter, Ashley. They sold it to a group that claims to be journalists. (I presume the courts will define this broadly.) May the journalist publish all or parts of the diary? S… --- ## ["M" 1931. Peter Lorre. D: Fritz Lang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-1931-peter-lorre-d-fritz-lang/3360)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-1931-peter-lorre-d-fritz-lang/3360 "2022-08-27T04:44:16Z")
The classic movie about a child murderer. Having seen it, I was left with the impression that the murderer was not just a murderer, but a pedophile, too. There’s nothing obvious in the movie to indicate this, but such t… --- ## [How did Trump morph from a RINO into what he is today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-trump-morph-from-a-rino-into-what-he-is-today/970400)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-trump-morph-from-a-rino-into-what-he-is-today/970400 "2022-08-27T03:00:31Z")
First of all, his is NOT a bag on Trump thread. God knows we have enough of those on the Dope and posters get their digs in even non-politic threads (You think the Fascist Cheetoe’s insurrection was bad? It is second p… --- ## [Randall Munroe is fucking creepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randall-munroe-is-fucking-creepy/683713)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randall-munroe-is-fucking-creepy/683713 "2022-08-27T02:43:13Z")
Randall Munroe, author of the xkcd comic, has many strips that are just off the rails in creepiness. I get the not-so-subtle feeling that ‘cueball’ is a self-insert, and the obsession with ‘Megan’ is Randall being obsess… --- ## [MLB: August 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2021/947783)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2021/947783 "2022-08-27T02:21:51Z")
Josiah Gray will make his Nationals debut on Monday. That should help take some of the sting out of the trade deadline dump. --- ## [A series of improbably bad fortune cookie fortunes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-series-of-improbably-bad-fortune-cookie-fortunes/963579)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 398\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-series-of-improbably-bad-fortune-cookie-fortunes/963579 "2022-08-27T01:49:45Z")
In honor of that American invention, the fortune cookie, I propose the construction of improbable fortunes. Your job as the next poster in this thread is to write a new fortune which includes one key word from the previo… --- ## [Is there a thread in the BBQ Pit about these topics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-thread-in-the-bbq-pit-about-these-topics/970363)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-thread-in-the-bbq-pit-about-these-topics/970363 "2022-08-27T00:36:01Z")
I’m looking to see if there’s a thread already active in the BBQ Pit on the topic of banning books in school libraries, and people preferring a more diverse viewpoint being called “porn peddlers” and “groomers”. I’m loo… --- ## [Cooking broccoli...leaves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-broccoli-leaves/970362)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-broccoli-leaves/970362 "2022-08-27T00:33:22Z")
OK, so I’ve gotten hooked on a farm video blog #theveggieboys and I just watched them harvest broccoli. Slice the stem, strip away the leaves and you have grocery store broccoli. But those leaves look very tasty. Maybe p… --- ## [Battery charge indicator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-charge-indicator/970351)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-charge-indicator/970351 "2022-08-26T22:50:29Z")
I use W11 on my Surface Pro. Until this morning I had a small bar on the taskbar which showed how much charge was left in the battery. I have searched through settings but cannot see how to get it back. Perhaps one of t… --- ## [They play rock and roll in churches now?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-play-rock-and-roll-in-churches-now/970208)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-play-rock-and-roll-in-churches-now/970208 "2022-08-26T22:20:37Z")
A continuation of this discussion: Have stopped drinking for about a month now - Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) - Straight Dope Message Board Coming up on almost 2 months of not drinking. Still have pain… --- ## [I pit US Mail, my Credit Union, and/or MasterCard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-us-mail-my-credit-union-and-or-mastercard/970193)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-us-mail-my-credit-union-and-or-mastercard/970193 "2022-08-26T21:35:10Z")
(This is my first pit post) The chip in my credit card broke, so it made using it a pain (insert 3 times, then swipe), so I ordered a new credit card July 18 (not sure of the exact date) Having seen nothing, I called A… --- ## [Were Tuesday and Wednesday Common (Girls') Names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227 "2022-08-26T21:29:16Z")
I’ve heard of Wednesday Addams (not real) and Tuesday Weld (real but it was a nickname she adopted). I’ve never heard of real or fictional Mondays or Thursdays or whatever. Were these (or any other days) ever common nam… --- ## [Fucking Bekins (moving company)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-bekins-moving-company/970172)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-bekins-moving-company/970172 "2022-08-26T21:01:32Z")
We moved from Oregon to MN a few months back, and we of course shipped all our stuff out here. Dozens and dozens of boxes of stuff, in fact. In the process of unpacking them, we discovered a broken piece of art glass. Si… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1014) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1016)