# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1023&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1024 --- ## [Just how does generalized anesthesia really work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-does-generalized-anesthesia-really-work/969947)
**Author:** [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-does-generalized-anesthesia-really-work/969947 "2022-09-08T23:05:06Z")
I went in recently for a routine colonoscopy. This was the first one for me, and I believe I was medically sedated only once before as a teenager. While the anesthesiologist was running through her pre-checks with me, … --- ## [Big game hunter hunted and killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-game-hunter-hunted-and-killed/971184)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-game-hunter-hunted-and-killed/971184 "2022-09-08T22:34:59Z")
South African outfitter who was known for shooting big game and having his pic taken with dead animals found shot dead. Motive not known. No suspects at the moment. --- ## [Missouri governor and Senate candidate accused of enabling slavery ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-and-senate-candidate-accused-of-enabling-slavery-ring/970955)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-and-senate-candidate-accused-of-enabling-slavery-ring/970955 "2022-09-08T21:49:27Z")
Eric Garland dropped a MAJOR bombshell on Twitter today, accusing Missouri governor Mike Parson and Senate candidate Eric Schmitt of enabling a child slavery ring. --- ## [Have you ever hailed a taxi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-hailed-a-taxi/966224)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-hailed-a-taxi/966224 "2022-09-08T21:44:52Z")
Got to wondering about this, as I recently listened to “Taxi” by Harry Chapin: “A lady up ahead waved to flag me down/She got in at the light.” Have you ever flagged down a cab? I sure have, in New York City, as well a… --- ## [Dear work, potluck is not a 'treat'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-work-potluck-is-not-a-treat/541877)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-work-potluck-is-not-a-treat/541877 "2022-09-08T21:04:13Z")
I’m SICK of work potlucks. We’ve been stuck with about one of these per month this year. I work ten hour days. I don’t cook and I don’t like having to stop at the store having to buy shit outside of grocery day. Addin… --- ## [Need help with identifying a tv show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-identifying-a-tv-show/971238)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-identifying-a-tv-show/971238 "2022-09-08T20:50:45Z")
The show I’m thinking of was during the late 70’s or early 80’s(I think, that’s how I remember it anyway). One of the main characters (the main character?) was a man who had some sort of distrust of “establishment” and … --- ## [The opposite of "cold turkey"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-cold-turkey/971106)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-cold-turkey/971106 "2022-09-08T19:45:53Z")
Is there a word or phrase that is the opposite of cold turkey? Meaning, immediately STARTING something you haven’t done before? Suppose I don’t work out, and I resolve to work out 30 minutes a day. And I do just that,… --- ## [Remembrances of Vacation Souvenirs Past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembrances-of-vacation-souvenirs-past/971148)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembrances-of-vacation-souvenirs-past/971148 "2022-09-08T18:59:37Z")
Wit the passing of Summer 2022, I find myself in a nostalgic mood, remembering vacations we took when I was a kid, and of the souvenirs picked up along the way. Many of these have generally disappeared, but you can still… --- ## [Is "they were drunk/high too" a useable legal defense in a car crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-they-were-drunk-high-too-a-useable-legal-defense-in-a-car-crash/971175)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-they-were-drunk-high-too-a-useable-legal-defense-in-a-car-crash/971175 "2022-09-08T18:51:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from Darwin in acttion :Speeding woman on cocaine kills drunk driver high on meth, police say: You know that’s the first thing a defense attorney is going to say in court ," people of the jury … --- ## [I want to be better at cooking fish (cookbook suggestions?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-better-at-cooking-fish-cookbook-suggestions/971007)
**Author:** [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-better-at-cooking-fish-cookbook-suggestions/971007 "2022-09-08T18:13:21Z")
Cooks of the SDMB, I need a little help. I am a good cook. I like to cook. Cooking is my main hobby these days. I also like cookbooks and own a lot of them. But you know what I don’t like cooking? Fish. As a kid I was … --- ## [What do firefighters do AFTER they put out the fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-firefighters-do-after-they-put-out-the-fire/970800)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-firefighters-do-after-they-put-out-the-fire/970800 "2022-09-08T17:25:27Z")
We all know what the main job of the fire department is: to put out a fire and attempt to save anyone who might be trapped in the burning building. But what happens immediately after the fire has been put out and the fi… --- ## [Confirmed: Beatles' "Revolver" remix coming this year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-beatles-revolver-remix-coming-this-year/970410)
**Author:** [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmed-beatles-revolver-remix-coming-this-year/970410 "2022-09-08T16:35:03Z")
It’s official: The suspense over which album by the Beatles might be next in line to get a remix and bonus-filled boxed-set treatment is over: It’s officially “Revolver.” Apple Corps and Universal Music have confirm… --- ## [Housing the world population](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housing-the-world-population/596863)
**Author:** [@mister\_mistro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mister_mistro)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housing-the-world-population/596863 "2022-09-08T16:09:30Z")
I am right now designing a place that can hold 275,000 people/ families, comfortably (151512 feet), in about 1.5 square kilometers. I calculated that if 47,000 of these the building could hold about 6 billion people. Th… --- ## [Lawn Care in MLB Baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawn-care-in-mlb-baseball/971172)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawn-care-in-mlb-baseball/971172 "2022-09-08T15:38:48Z")
This is a gardening question, not a sports question: How do they manage to keep natural grass infields so green when the grass can reside under the tarp for a day or several days without sunlight. Why doesn’t this kill t… --- ## [The Queen was in Hospital: 2021-10-21](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-was-in-hospital-2021-10-21/952951)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-was-in-hospital-2021-10-21/952951 "2022-06-06T00:10:04Z")
\-=Link=- Seems the Queen spent Wednesday night in (the) hospital. She was released about noon on Thursday. She is 95 years old, and frankly hardly needs a reason. The other day, the Palace cancelled a trip to Northern I… --- ## [Tomato plants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomato-plants/969498)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomato-plants/969498 "2022-09-08T14:34:18Z")
A couple (few?) months ago, a neighbour gave us two tomato plants of different varieties. One is rather short, and has green tomatoes on it. They either don’t seem to be getting bigger, or they’re growing very slowly. … --- ## [Can forest fires "preserve" burnt pine trees so that they stay standing even long after they are dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-forest-fires-preserve-burnt-pine-trees-so-that-they-stay-standing-even-long-after-they-are-dead/971144)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-forest-fires-preserve-burnt-pine-trees-so-that-they-stay-standing-even-long-after-they-are-dead/971144 "2022-09-08T14:06:31Z")
When hiking through a forested area which has been burned, I’ll sometimes see dead, burned trees still standing even though it has been years or decades since they have been burned. One thing unique about these trees is… --- ## [Orangina is back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017 "2022-09-08T13:39:35Z")
Or at least, I found some locally, at a grocery store in a higher-end neighborhood. It was a bit pricey, but I picked up two bottles anyway, because it’s totally worth it. --- ## [Political Whataboutery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-whataboutery/970934)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-whataboutery/970934 "2022-09-08T07:41:15Z")
I’m fairly new to the term ”whataboutery”, used very occasionally at the Dope since 2012. A weak defence to arguments, the idea is to suggest something is unimportant because your opponent is a hypocrite. Defences to c… --- ## [Evidence Trump won/Biden lost the 2020 Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-trump-won-biden-lost-the-2020-election/971075)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-trump-won-biden-lost-the-2020-election/971075 "2022-09-08T05:37:49Z")
In poll after poll, about 70% of Republicans say they don’t think Joe Biden is the legitimate winner of the 2020 election. Although the article linked above is a few months old, I am pretty confident that new polling wi… --- ## [Anyone here a lotto winner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-a-lotto-winner/971036)
**Author:** [@Persimmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persimmon)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-a-lotto-winner/971036 "2022-09-08T05:00:27Z")
Just out of curiosity, anyone here a big lotto winner? I’m mainly asking about people who have won at least $50K and up. If so, did you notice people wanting to be your friend after that? People who never talked to y… --- ## [Air BnB (etc) cuisine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-bnb-etc-cuisine/971092)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-bnb-etc-cuisine/971092 "2022-09-08T02:56:50Z")
Need ideas for meals that you can prepare when you’re in a kitchen that might have limited cookware, limited seasonings, etc. - we’re at an Air BnB house which is pretty well equipped, but whenever I do meal planning at … --- ## [What Cymbal Makes This Sound?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cymbal-makes-this-sound/971174)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cymbal-makes-this-sound/971174 "2022-09-08T01:59:55Z")
What cymbal creates like a crescendo type shSHSHS sound, as heard at the very opening here in Ringo Starr’s “It Don’t Come Easy”? And, how is this sound created? Does the drummer play a drumroll on the cymbal? Listen Her… --- ## [What can a user see when I post a link to a Dropbox file?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-a-user-see-when-i-post-a-link-to-a-dropbox-file/971161)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-a-user-see-when-i-post-a-link-to-a-dropbox-file/971161 "2022-09-08T01:53:07Z")
I use Dropbox. You can Share a file to the public, view only. I just had someone on Reddit suggest I not do that, and to make his point he used my real first name. So what data am I exposing by doing this? --- ## [NFL Preseason 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-preseason-2022/969388)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-preseason-2022/969388 "2022-09-08T01:37:57Z")
This past weekend saw the annual Hall of Fame game in Canton between two of the 10 first-year head coaches. This weekend the rest of the league will be taking the field for the first time in 2022, so lots of rookies and … --- ## [Dealing with depressive anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-depressive-anger/971062)
**Author:** [@Slight\_Off\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slight_Off_Hand)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-depressive-anger/971062 "2022-09-07T23:34:55Z")
I don’t post much here but I’ve been following for a long time. I need advice and have nobody IRL that I can talk with. Either people who are involved or people I don’t have a close enough relationship with to discuss. … --- ## [What WOULD a "sustainable existence" actually look like for the average person? Is it feasible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-sustainable-existence-actually-look-like-for-the-average-person-is-it-feasible/969868)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-sustainable-existence-actually-look-like-for-the-average-person-is-it-feasible/969868 "2022-09-07T23:16:56Z")
So all the discussion about droughts and water shortages across the world has rekindled discussion of what it would take to beat climate change and head off its related issues, including dwindling common resources. I’ve … --- ## [Yet another "what is this thing?" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-what-is-this-thing-thread/970815)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-what-is-this-thing-thread/970815 "2022-09-07T23:13:09Z")
Our back yard looks out over the Atlantic Ocean on the North Shore of Boston. We see sailboats, power boats, jet skiers, kayakers (but not, AFAIK, @kayaker) and fishing boats, including lobstermen who leave lobster pots … --- ## [Should Biden unveil the Donald and Melania Trump portraits? I mean, will that even be an option?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-biden-unveil-the-donald-and-melania-trump-portraits-i-mean-will-that-even-be-an-option/971158)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-biden-unveil-the-donald-and-melania-trump-portraits-i-mean-will-that-even-be-an-option/971158 "2022-09-07T20:42:14Z")
We finally had Barack Obama’s portrait unveiled today after Donald Trump refused to do it. I am guessing that Trump’s portrait will not even be considered during the Biden first term. I don’t think Trump would ever atte… --- ## [Please help me figure out what this script says. It's a mystery!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-figure-out-what-this-script-says-its-a-mystery/951846)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-figure-out-what-this-script-says-its-a-mystery/951846 "2022-09-07T20:13:39Z")
Hi SD, This is an old fashioned “crack the code” mystery. A friend has a painting on her wall. I took some pictures. Both of the script in the middle and the artist’s name. I believe it is a pigpen cipher, but I’m n… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1022&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1024&state=muted)