# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1037 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1038 --- ## [How functional (or symbolic) was the noose on January 6th?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-functional-or-symbolic-was-the-noose-on-january-6th/968737)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-functional-or-symbolic-was-the-noose-on-january-6th/968737 "2022-08-03T03:08:12Z")
Was it there to hang Mike Pence for real? It seems difficult to believe that they could have erected a fully functioning gallows in a few minutes, and they had plenty of better ways to execute Pence if they’d gotten thei… --- ## [Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens - indicted!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-gov-eric-greitens-indicted/809376)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-gov-eric-greitens-indicted/809376 "2022-08-03T02:49:49Z")
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was indicted this afternoon for felony invasion of privacy. On the same night that he gave the State of the State Address last month, news broke that he had tried to blackmail a woman he was… --- ## [Today's the day for George Jetson - July 31, 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-the-day-for-george-jetson-july-31-2022/968876)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-the-day-for-george-jetson-july-31-2022/968876 "2022-08-03T01:48:06Z")
We’ve been waiting for the day all year and it’s finally here. George Jetson is being born today July 31, 2022. We don’t know who his parents are, oddly, but that may be to protect their identity out of the millions o… --- ## [Micro-breweries--why the boom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-breweries-why-the-boom/968885)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-breweries-why-the-boom/968885 "2022-08-02T23:56:08Z")
Not interested in “if there’s a demand, someone will supply it” answers, or “if a sector is profitable, investment will flow in until it isn’t profitable any more.” My question is whether some change in technology or som… --- ## [The Offer - a Docudrama about the making of The Godfather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-offer-a-docudrama-about-the-making-of-the-godfather/968992)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-offer-a-docudrama-about-the-making-of-the-godfather/968992 "2022-08-02T23:34:00Z")
Anyone else watching this? We are three episodes in, and love it. They really nailed the vibe of the late 60’s. If it’s even half-accurate, it’s truly amazing that any decent film ever comes out of Hollywood… --- ## [Replacement door latch with 5/16" square drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-door-latch-with-5-16-square-drive/968938)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-door-latch-with-5-16-square-drive/968938 "2022-08-02T23:15:20Z")
I have a broken door latch. A part similar to this one, where the handle has a square protrusion that fits through the square hole. The square drive is 5/16" on a side. Neither the handle nor the latch have any brand ma… --- ## [Have stopped drinking for about a month now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-stopped-drinking-for-about-a-month-now/968843)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-stopped-drinking-for-about-a-month-now/968843 "2022-08-02T23:02:56Z")
A continuation of this discussion: I have quit drinking - Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) - Straight Dope Message Board I quit about a week before the last post so that makes it about a month now. Still … --- ## [I need some sheet music please (Harry Potter vs. Star Wars themes).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-sheet-music-please-harry-potter-vs-star-wars-themes/959374)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-sheet-music-please-harry-potter-vs-star-wars-themes/959374 "2022-08-02T22:37:50Z")
BLUF: The ‘Harry Potter’ theme, and Star Wars’ “Skywalker” theme sound suspiciously the same to me–same key, sorta-same sequence of notes, and I learned that both were scored by John Williams. The only way, I can think … --- ## [Hypocrites regarding guns abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypocrites-regarding-guns-abortion/968547)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypocrites-regarding-guns-abortion/968547 "2022-08-02T22:19:10Z")
I cannot gut politicians that claim they are 100 percent “Pro-life” and A rated second amendment. Ugh! Hypocrites everyone of them. --- ## [Question regarding the order of adjectives in English (coordinate adjectives?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-order-of-adjectives-in-english-coordinate-adjectives/968894)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-order-of-adjectives-in-english-coordinate-adjectives/968894 "2022-08-02T20:22:45Z")
I’m not sure what to call adjective that describe abstract qualities such as ‘expensive’ or ‘elegant’ (coordinate adjectives?). Are there rules of their particular order in English? If I say/write “the expensive elegant… --- ## [Ornithology Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ornithology-question/968849)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ornithology-question/968849 "2022-08-02T20:22:21Z")
I’ve heard since I was a kid that when a mated pair of birds is tending to a restful of eggs, the mama bird will sit on the eggs and incubate, and the papa bird will bring food to the mama bird (I’m pretty confident that… --- ## [Why doesn't the body naturally just stop putting on weight at some point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-body-naturally-just-stop-putting-on-weight-at-some-point/968831)
**Author:** [@SmartBulbInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartBulbInc)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-body-naturally-just-stop-putting-on-weight-at-some-point/968831 "2022-08-02T20:03:27Z")
This never really made sense to me. If being extremely overweight is so unhealthy, why do our bodies store way more fat than what is helpful in regards to survival? --- ## [Questions about the viability of 5 day old lunch meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-viability-of-5-day-old-lunch-meat/968323)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-viability-of-5-day-old-lunch-meat/968323 "2022-08-02T19:36:12Z")
So last Saturday I bought a commercial deli-style family-sized package of sliced turkey breast, thinking I’d make sandwiches for the next several days. But besides opening and consuming some of the turkey that same day, … --- ## [Atlantic City (and maybe Las Vegas, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-city-and-maybe-las-vegas-etc/968267)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-city-and-maybe-las-vegas-etc/968267 "2022-08-02T18:14:01Z")
Someone mentioned AC in another thread. I assumed it was a country, but when I looked up postal code abbreviations, there was no AC. It turned out that AC is Atlantic City. I’d never heard it abbreviated before. That… --- ## [Help me improve my attitude towards technology - such as website changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-improve-my-attitude-towards-technology-such-as-website-changes/968930)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-improve-my-attitude-towards-technology-such-as-website-changes/968930 "2022-08-02T17:44:14Z")
I’ve posted in the past regarding my somewhat Luddite tendencies. I don’t HATE technology - I just don’t really enjoy interacting with it. And I really find it difficult when something I’ve interacted with seamlessly f… --- ## [Why does my cell phone show "no service" periodically for a few hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-cell-phone-show-no-service-periodically-for-a-few-hours/967727)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-cell-phone-show-no-service-periodically-for-a-few-hours/967727 "2022-08-02T17:18:04Z")
Here’s the question: is this a network/coverage problem or a hardware problem (signaling that my phone is about to go belly-up). My carrier is T-Mobile. I’m using a BlackBerry Key2, running on Android 8.1.0, the latest … --- ## [Does today's unanimous Senate approval of a permanent DST bill mean it's a fait accompli?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-todays-unanimous-senate-approval-of-a-permanent-dst-bill-mean-its-a-fait-accompli/961145)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-todays-unanimous-senate-approval-of-a-permanent-dst-bill-mean-its-a-fait-accompli/961145 "2022-08-02T17:03:24Z")
\[Note to mods: I really tried to think of the correct forum for this post, but I really couldn’t decide. So I placed it here, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you can think of a better forum.\] Today the Senate unanimous… --- ## [Question for the UK contingent in the audience (British police slang)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-uk-contingent-in-the-audience-british-police-slang/967692)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-uk-contingent-in-the-audience-british-police-slang/967692 "2022-08-02T16:11:34Z")
I’m watching Vera with Brenda Blethyn at the moment. I have to ask: Do British policewomen really call witnesses and suspects “Luv” and “Pet” when they’re interviewing/interrogating them? It reminds me of Christie Love… --- ## [Anyone have MultiVersus on their radar? (Smash Bros.-style online brawler)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-multiversus-on-their-radar-smash-bros-style-online-brawler/968974)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-multiversus-on-their-radar-smash-bros-style-online-brawler/968974 "2022-08-02T15:27:31Z")
There have been a string of failed Smash Bros. clones over the years, and I don’t think I enjoyed any of them. MultiVersus (launch trailer | subreddit) may be the first one that I think will go the distance. It’s owned … --- ## [Presidential address @ 7:30pm Eastern re: US counterterrorism strike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-address-7-30pm-eastern-re-us-counterterrorism-strike/968941)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-address-7-30pm-eastern-re-us-counterterrorism-strike/968941 "2022-08-02T13:30:14Z")
Just came down the pipe about 10 minutes ago. From the White House: Speculation: --- ## [Of the "Big 4" American Fighter Plane Types of the 80's-90's, who was the loser overall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-the-big-4-american-fighter-plane-types-of-the-80s-90s-who-was-the-loser-overall/968818)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-the-big-4-american-fighter-plane-types-of-the-80s-90s-who-was-the-loser-overall/968818 "2022-08-02T12:28:21Z")
The big four fighters that were all introduced to the US Air Force or US Navy inventories starting in the 1970’s and almost all of them are still seeing active use in the US military inventories to this day. I’m speakin… --- ## [Factual info about illumination on the surface of Venus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-info-about-illumination-on-the-surface-of-venus/968856)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-info-about-illumination-on-the-surface-of-venus/968856 "2022-08-02T11:38:58Z")
I’m trying to get a sense of how bright the surface of Venus would appear in the visible wavelengths to a hypothetical human astronaut in an unobtanium pressure suit. Venus is significantly closer to the Sun, but has muc… --- ## [Could the Republicans gather enough votes in state legislatures to radically rewrite the Constitution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-republicans-gather-enough-votes-in-state-legislatures-to-radically-rewrite-the-constitution/968899)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-republicans-gather-enough-votes-in-state-legislatures-to-radically-rewrite-the-constitution/968899 "2022-08-02T11:30:44Z")
This article seems to think that that might be their long game. That’s kinda frightening. You could say goodbye to abortion rights and gay marriage forever, probably. Trans rights, too. --- ## [Board Games for non\[yet\]-readers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-for-non-yet-readers/968043)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-for-non-yet-readers/968043 "2022-08-02T08:19:54Z")
Hey, guys-- I haven’t been around in a while, because I’ve been busy, and haven’t been online much at all. But I need some advice, and I can’t think of a better place. I’m being asked to start a “specials” program for t… --- ## [A question on those photographs of galaxies from space telesccopes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-those-photographs-of-galaxies-from-space-telesccopes/968723)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-those-photographs-of-galaxies-from-space-telesccopes/968723 "2022-08-02T07:48:27Z")
You’ve probably seen them, such as the one here from Hubble, or this from JWST. If you don’t want to click through, these are just the typical deep space photographs of scores of galaxies in a single frame. My question … --- ## [Prior To Plumbing, What Were The (American English) Euphemisms For Urination/Defecation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prior-to-plumbing-what-were-the-american-english-euphemisms-for-urination-defecation/967904)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prior-to-plumbing-what-were-the-american-english-euphemisms-for-urination-defecation/967904 "2022-08-02T07:48:21Z")
Before technology enabled us to say we need to “use the bathroom” or “use the toilet” or “use the facilities” or whatever, what did people say? Particularly if they didn’t use vulgarities like “piss” and “shit.” Would a … --- ## [MLB: July 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252 "2022-07-31T21:40:07Z")
As always, July 1 means Bobby Bonilla day! The trade deadline this season won’t be until August 2, but we could see fire sales happening sooner, the Cubs and Nationals dismantling last year was painful. --- ## [Women's cycling and giving birth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-cycling-and-giving-birth/968883)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-cycling-and-giving-birth/968883 "2022-08-02T05:51:32Z")
Anybody knowledgable of body mechanics out there? For women that are competitive in road cycling, does having given birth change a women’s body mechanics such that it affects their cycling? Does it affect anything in a… --- ## [Can you help me remember this adult cartoon that aired on cable from many years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-remember-this-adult-cartoon-that-aired-on-cable-from-many-years-ago/968951)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-remember-this-adult-cartoon-that-aired-on-cable-from-many-years-ago/968951 "2022-08-02T05:26:33Z")
Read the thread on Primal, watched the first two episodes and loved it. It reminded me of an older adult cartoon that may have been on Liquid TV or similar. It featured a primitive man in a futuristic world. He befriends… --- ## [How important is it that Trump and his cronies are directly investigated quickly and come to trial quickly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-it-that-trump-and-his-cronies-are-directly-investigated-quickly-and-come-to-trial-quickly/968939)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-it-that-trump-and-his-cronies-are-directly-investigated-quickly-and-come-to-trial-quickly/968939 "2022-08-02T04:40:19Z")
I’d like to directly discuss the conflict between: The longer Trump and his associates are outside a courtroom, the more emboldened they and their allies become. It is important that they face consequences to help stav… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1036) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1038)