# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1055&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1056 --- ## [Watermelon: slice as needed or cube the entire melon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watermelon-slice-as-needed-or-cube-the-entire-melon/967345)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watermelon-slice-as-needed-or-cube-the-entire-melon/967345 "2022-08-03T15:39:55Z")
We had a melon discussion yesterday. My MIL was over along with her youngest, visiting from Vermont. I served watermelon for dessert. Earlier I’d purchased a seedless melon and cubed the entire melon, giving the rinds… --- ## [Do you (unwittingly) code-switch when speaking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-unwittingly-code-switch-when-speaking/968703)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-unwittingly-code-switch-when-speaking/968703 "2022-08-03T15:15:59Z")
Code-switching is the practice of mixing different languages, or different varieties of the same language, within a single conversation or situation. My grandparents were Hungarian immigrants to North America. They wou… --- ## [Bacon in the oven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-the-oven/968752)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-the-oven/968752 "2022-08-03T15:05:28Z")
Of course I know how to cook my bacon in the oven. It has the advantage for me that I don’t have to try flipping it over with a fork with my trembling hands. But the cleanup of a cookie sheet (or jelly roll sheet) is a P… --- ## [Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570 "2022-08-03T14:34:13Z")
BANGKOK – A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-run, poli… --- ## ["Coffee Milk" in South Texas? WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-milk-in-south-texas-wtf/968390)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-milk-in-south-texas-wtf/968390 "2022-08-03T14:33:36Z")
I thought Coffee Milk was strictly a New England-- or at least an East Coast-- phenomenon. But today I saw this in my local H-E-B (Texas grocery giant H.E.Butt Grocery Company). The … --- ## [Old hamburger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-hamburger/968224)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-hamburger/968224 "2022-08-03T14:30:29Z")
My girlfriend finally agreed to remove all of her cold bags from the kitchen freezer, and it freed up a lot of space. (Thanks, hon!) Mixed in with all that stuff were two one-pound tubes of hamburger meat. The expiratio… --- ## [Help me with premier league fantasy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-premier-league-fantasy/969024)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-premier-league-fantasy/969024 "2022-08-03T13:40:52Z")
I’m going to be playing two leagues this year with friends from work, it’s strictly for fun as fantasy sports for money is absolutely forbidden at my job. One league is a traditional league, so I assume it’s like playin… --- ## [MAY we have a new Mini-Rants thread now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rants-thread-now/963800)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rants-thread-now/963800 "2022-08-03T13:35:38Z")
I know life isn’t going all perfectly smoothly for all of us. It is 2022, after all. My grumble of the moment: noisy cats waking me up way earlier than I needed to be awake. --- ## [Just what is a "regular" roll of toilet paper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-a-regular-roll-of-toilet-paper/968932)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-a-regular-roll-of-toilet-paper/968932 "2022-08-03T13:34:20Z")
Usually, I buy the cheap single-ply, 1000-sheets-per-roll stuff. But the last time I was at the store, they were out of that, and so I had to buy a 12-pack of double-ply. The packaging prominently states “12 mega-rolls… --- ## [Do you use the word froufrou?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-word-froufrou/968417)
**Author:** [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-word-froufrou/968417 "2022-08-03T11:51:35Z")
Hubby’s from the east coast and I’m from the west coast. I use the word froufrou / frou-frou / frou frou quite often, but he still finds it weird. I don’t think this is a east coast / west coast thing, but I could be wr… --- ## [No more promethazine and codeine cough syrup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-promethazine-and-codeine-cough-syrup/968990)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-promethazine-and-codeine-cough-syrup/968990 "2022-08-03T11:19:44Z")
I just saw a sign at our local Rite Aid saying they would no longer carry promethazine plus codeine. This is a cough syrup formula I’ve used for decades (by scrip) for chronic bronchitis. This is for all Rite Aid stores,… --- ## [How close are we to everyone having antibodies, and what will that mean for the death rate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-we-to-everyone-having-antibodies-and-what-will-that-mean-for-the-death-rate/968981)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-we-to-everyone-having-antibodies-and-what-will-that-mean-for-the-death-rate/968981 "2022-08-03T10:06:25Z")
According to this article from April, at least 58% of Americans have been infected with COVID (surely a lot more by now?), while 66% are fully vaccinated and 77% have received at least one dose (again, probably more by n… --- ## [How many founding families/individuals are now said to have established the American continent's pre-Columbian native American tribes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-founding-families-individuals-are-now-said-to-have-established-the-american-continents-pre-columbian-native-american-tribes/968950)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-founding-families-individuals-are-now-said-to-have-established-the-american-continents-pre-columbian-native-american-tribes/968950 "2022-08-03T09:14:15Z")
I heard Neill de Grasse Tyson mention that America’s native tribes trace back to 8 founding families. I haven’t been able to find any confirmation of that. The science keeps changing on the issue. What is the consensus t… --- ## [Anybody ever move cross-country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-move-cross-country/33324)
**Author:** [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-move-cross-country/33324 "2000-09-25T15:09:52Z")
I’m trying to decide how to go about my move from Philadelphia to San Diego. I have no furniture - it’s just clothes, books, CD’s, a computer, a stereo, and lots of junk. \[ul\]\[li\]Drive cross-country? Not my first choice… --- ## [Roughly how many people post here in a given day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-how-many-people-post-here-in-a-given-day/968891)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-how-many-people-post-here-in-a-given-day/968891 "2022-08-03T05:16:10Z")
We’re colloquially called the “teeming millions”, but my feeling is that only about 6-10 people are actually posting here in a typical day. Of course, I’m well aware of confirmation bias, and I’m not asserting any factu… --- ## [Whats the strongest bug spray you can legally buy for home use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strongest-bug-spray-you-can-legally-buy-for-home-use/968964)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strongest-bug-spray-you-can-legally-buy-for-home-use/968964 "2022-08-03T04:55:56Z")
Ok heres my problem … I live in the desert and yeah we have bugs …Our normal bugs are easy to take care of and don’t need much more than a few sprays of ortho home defense around the house every spring/summer However… --- ## [Talk to me about vacationing in Vancouver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-vacationing-in-vancouver/963982)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-vacationing-in-vancouver/963982 "2022-08-03T04:03:03Z")
I recently discovered that JetBlue is adding a non-stop flight from Boston to Vancouver, and I’ve always heard good things about it, so I’m thinking about sneaking in a week vacation this summer, probably late July. I’ve… --- ## [When did we all agree that "DELIVERED" means "LEFT SITTING ON THE GROUND NEAR YOUR HOUSE?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-we-all-agree-that-delivered-means-left-sitting-on-the-ground-near-your-house/928272)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-we-all-agree-that-delivered-means-left-sitting-on-the-ground-near-your-house/928272 "2022-08-03T03:37:41Z")
This was triggered by a heart-string-tugging Christmas-themed USPS commercial with a postal worker carefully places a box on a patio table outside someone’s home before walking away. It struck me that they are PORTRAYIN… --- ## [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? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1054&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1056&state=muted)