# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1026 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1027 --- ## [Wishing Death on Felons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wishing-death-on-felons/969661)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wishing-death-on-felons/969661 "2022-08-15T18:39:47Z")
Continuing the discussion from FBI Search and Seizure of Trump's Mar-A-Lago Residence (08-08-22): It’s against our rules to wish death on someone. Let’s not go down this road. Thanks. Even if it’s a death sentence… --- ## [5k dog/human race/obstacle course](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5k-dog-human-race-obstacle-course/969638)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5k-dog-human-race-obstacle-course/969638 "2022-08-15T18:00:39Z")
Anyone ever see or compete in one of these (are they even a thing?)? My gf saw mention of a 5k race/obstacle course for people and dogs being held today. She signed up and is in a noon heat. Neither one of us ever hear… --- ## [A data study; aka 'Tripler's evolving thread on workplace email' (i.e. how much is useful)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-data-study-aka-triplers-evolving-thread-on-workplace-email-i-e-how-much-is-useful/967667)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-data-study-aka-triplers-evolving-thread-on-workplace-email-i-e-how-much-is-useful/967667 "2022-08-15T17:53:40Z")
I work in the military-industrial complex, and I try to maintain a clean, minimalist inbox. I’m one of those people that sort through my inbox and either move/delete stuff that’s not applicable or has been acted upon–as … --- ## [Novels With Maps of Imaginary Places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-with-maps-of-imaginary-places/969583)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-with-maps-of-imaginary-places/969583 "2022-08-15T17:25:47Z")
Heard an amusing comedian talking about fantasy novels and series. “They always lose me at the map. It’s good to know that between one imaginary town and an imaginary city, there is a squiggly little road.” Obviously … --- ## [NFL vs MLB standings charts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-vs-mlb-standings-charts/969697)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-vs-mlb-standings-charts/969697 "2022-08-15T17:12:57Z")
When I Google the NFL standings they show the points for and against in each team’s stats. But they don’t do that for the MLB standings. Any particular reason? --- ## [How confidential is a search warrant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-confidential-is-a-search-warrant/969372)
**Author:** [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-confidential-is-a-search-warrant/969372 "2022-08-15T16:56:17Z")
The FBI executed a search warrant to search President Trump’s offices at his Mar-a-Lago residence. I presume that a search warrant isn’t subject to Freedom of Information requests, otherwise the press would be reportin… --- ## [Great fighters we lost too soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fighters-we-lost-too-soon/969526)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fighters-we-lost-too-soon/969526 "2022-08-15T16:49:38Z")
Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of the death of Salvador Sanchez. This made me think about what other great fighters died too young. What fighters do you think we lost too soon? --- ## [Stray chickens in my yard, Yours, mine or ours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-chickens-in-my-yard-yours-mine-or-ours/969325)
**Author:** [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-chickens-in-my-yard-yours-mine-or-ours/969325 "2022-08-15T15:59:36Z")
I have been feeding WILD birds out side my kitchen window for about 5 years and I spend a couple hundred a year on feed. About a month ago 9 chickens started showing up and eating the food I toss for the ground feeding b… --- ## [What would've happened if it didn't rain in Return of the Living Dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wouldve-happened-if-it-didnt-rain-in-return-of-the-living-dead/969628)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wouldve-happened-if-it-didnt-rain-in-return-of-the-living-dead/969628 "2022-08-15T15:42:01Z")
In the Return of the Living Dead after Burt and the gang get rid of a zombie by creammating it, the fumes Trioxin 245 get in the air and rain down upon a graveyard It soaks in the soil and revives corpes. What if it did… --- ## [When you were a kid, what did you want but your parents wouldn't allow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-did-you-want-but-your-parents-wouldnt-allow/968541)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-did-you-want-but-your-parents-wouldnt-allow/968541 "2022-08-15T15:10:20Z")
When you were a kid, there had to be something you wanted, your parents wouldn’t allow, and that you vowed you would partake of in excess when you grew up. Maybe a food, an activity, going somewhere… For me it was watch… --- ## [Bathroom sink faucet question. Loose handles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-sink-faucet-question-loose-handles/969258)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-sink-faucet-question-loose-handles/969258 "2022-08-15T15:03:59Z")
I’ve done more plumbing than I care to admit. But I have a weird question. Moen, bathroom sink faucet. Two handle. Handles are set into the counter top itself. The handles hot and cold are/have come off. The handles ar… --- ## [Omicron BA.5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omicron-ba-5/969691)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omicron-ba-5/969691 "2022-08-15T14:50:41Z")
I must admit to feeling rather smug about the fact that I have had both Pfizer shots and both Pfizer boosters. Hey, I had to be pretty close to being bullet proof, right? Well, two weeks ago, I found out that Omicron B… --- ## [Borders around a window (in Windows 10)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borders-around-a-window-in-windows-10/969690)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borders-around-a-window-in-windows-10/969690 "2022-08-15T14:11:16Z")
One of the things I miss from Windows 3.1 was the ability (in Control Panel) to change the look and feel of the borders around windows, shape of buttons, and similar things. Nowadays, when I have two windows overlapping… --- ## [The Mad About You Reboot is Pretty Good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mad-about-you-reboot-is-pretty-good/969568 "2022-08-15T13:47:17Z")
A. Yes, there was a Mad About You Reboot. It originally aired on Spectrum which is a channel no one has but now is on Amazon Prime (along with the original show). and I watched the first two episodes so far and it was… --- ## [Stack Overflow testing my attention span](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stack-overflow-testing-my-attention-span/969651)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stack-overflow-testing-my-attention-span/969651 "2022-08-15T12:50:00Z")
Stack Overflow (being one of the most highly gamified, and some would say overmoderated, communites around, though that is IMHO) has a feature whereby first questions or first answers posted by new users are subject to r… --- ## [Question regarding French liason after 'pas'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-french-liason-after-pas/969464)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-french-liason-after-pas/969464 "2022-08-15T12:34:52Z")
My inclination is to pronoune pas like ‘paz’ before 1.n’est pas habitué 2. n’est pas historique 3,…pas hésiter 4. …pas habituellement I’d like to know if it’s correct to liaise ‘pas’ in the above examples. I’ve sear… --- ## [Madonna doors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madonna-doors/969573)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madonna-doors/969573 "2022-08-15T12:13:26Z")
A story I am reading features a house purchase where the seller attempts to steal the antique “Madonna doors”. Does anyone know what they are? --- ## [Student Registration Woes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-registration-woes/969028)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-registration-woes/969028 "2022-08-15T11:45:54Z")
So, there are two of us trying to get 900 kids registered for the August 17th first day of school. We opened up registration for the new school year on June 1st but, of course, many have waited until the critical junctu… --- ## [Term for apts open to outside v hallway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-apts-open-to-outside-v-hallway/969324)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-apts-open-to-outside-v-hallway/969324 "2022-08-15T10:31:45Z")
Is there a term to describe an apartment that opens directly to the outdoors vs to a shared hallway? --- ## [Intended Audience for Motown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intended-audience-for-motown/969480)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intended-audience-for-motown/969480 "2022-08-15T10:23:28Z")
Motown was always one of my favorite genres as a kid & teen when it was current. I still listen to it now, among other genres. One of its features was that the performers were almost universally black. The question I h… --- ## [Clickbait Censored for Words Related to Death and Dying: Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clickbait-censored-for-words-related-to-death-and-dying-why/969602)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clickbait-censored-for-words-related-to-death-and-dying-why/969602 "2022-08-15T09:36:53Z")
I’m a little bit vulnerable to clickbait articles. Some are about things I’m interested in, and I love photos from the 19th and early 20th centuries, which is stock in trade for a lot of these enterprises. A lot of them … --- ## [Dog Days: An August MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-days-an-august-mmp/969293)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 293\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-days-an-august-mmp/969293 "2022-08-15T06:35:13Z")
There’s not a lot of major holidays in August(An Irish Bank Holiday at the start, and an English Bank Holiday at the end), so it’s just toil and heat for us non retired folks. Although today is the Memorial for St. Domi… --- ## [What % of sold D&D games do you figure never got played?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-sold-d-d-games-do-you-figure-never-got-played/969604)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-sold-d-d-games-do-you-figure-never-got-played/969604 "2022-08-15T06:31:56Z")
D&D has been around since I was a kid but I’ve always wondered, since the game is really not your typical “Hey, let’s pull out a board game and play for a couple hours”, and people unfamiliar with don’t understand its no… --- ## [Is there a name for this plot device where someone appears insane but really isn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-plot-device-where-someone-appears-insane-but-really-isnt/969451)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-plot-device-where-someone-appears-insane-but-really-isnt/969451 "2022-08-15T05:49:54Z")
I can’t remember who, but I read a while ago that some people have come up with a list of all the plot devices seen in art (film, TV, books). I don’t know if thats possible but I’m wondering about this particular plot de… --- ## [Let the schadenfreude begin: Martin Shkreli arrested for securities fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-schadenfreude-begin-martin-shkreli-arrested-for-securities-fraud/740692)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-schadenfreude-begin-martin-shkreli-arrested-for-securities-fraud/740692 "2022-08-15T03:54:26Z")
Karma’s a bitch. http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-martin-shkreli-securities-fraud/ --- ## [Songs that are widely misunderstood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-widely-misunderstood/969492)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-widely-misunderstood/969492 "2022-08-15T02:54:52Z")
I felt like this was recently done, so I did some due diligence searching the SDMB. I found " Pop Culture Stuff Everyone Seems to Misunderstand" from last year, which includes some songs among a whole lot more stuff. But… --- ## [You Want to Do a Good Deed and It Goes Horribly Wrong \[Fire and Fundraiser in Pennsylvania\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-to-do-a-good-deed-and-it-goes-horribly-wrong-fire-and-fundraiser-in-pennsylvania/969657)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-to-do-a-good-deed-and-it-goes-horribly-wrong-fire-and-fundraiser-in-pennsylvania/969657 "2022-08-15T02:38:50Z")
Very tragic fire in Pennsylvania: Local restaurant/bar owner decides to hold fundraiser to help the families of those killed: Fundraiser results in more tragedy: Note this was about 6 pm, well before sunset–so t… --- ## [Horses in old west](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses-in-old-west/969433)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses-in-old-west/969433 "2022-08-15T02:11:02Z")
I get the impression that people who were on a trip would sometimes get a new horse at a town because their horse needed rest. . Is that true? Did they try to come back later and reclaim their horse or did it not mat… --- ## [Prayer and an omnipotent and infinitely wise God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-and-an-omnipotent-and-infinitely-wise-god/968902)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-and-an-omnipotent-and-infinitely-wise-god/968902 "2022-08-15T00:36:12Z")
I invite the faithful to reconcile these two points. I do not think these are strawman arguments because I have heard them made, but I do not know if these represent the perspectives of experts in theology. People sho… --- ## [Are roleplaying games a cool new technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-roleplaying-games-a-cool-new-technology/969476)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-roleplaying-games-a-cool-new-technology/969476 "2022-08-14T21:46:54Z")
Continuing the discussion from D & D got woke and that's good because you should have all been playing that way (or not if you didn't prefer)): One line stood out to me: I wonder whether roleplaying games are more fun… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1025) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1027)