# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1063&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1064 --- ## [Messaging App Notification Option](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messaging-app-notification-option/968597)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messaging-app-notification-option/968597 "2022-07-26T15:46:16Z")
Just in case any of you are involved in or know someone involved in the development of one of the various messaging apps in the world (Whatsapp, Slack, Instagram, Microsoft Teams, etc.), I just wanted to suggest a smarte… --- ## [People with really strong accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-really-strong-accents/968317)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-really-strong-accents/968317 "2022-07-26T14:46:23Z")
I was listening to a call in show last night. One of the callers was from Liverpool, she talked with the host for about 10 minutes, and had an extremely strong accent. It was pretty much impossible for me to hear anythin… --- ## [Actor David Warner has died aged 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-david-warner-has-died-aged-80/968521)
**Author:** [@WhyKickAMooCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyKickAMooCow)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-david-warner-has-died-aged-80/968521 "2022-07-26T14:07:00Z")
Just read that British actor David Warner has died, just a few days before his 81st birthday. Some of the films I loved him in are: Straw Dogs, The Omen, Cross of Iron, Time Bandits, Tron, The Company of Wolves Waxwork… --- ## [Civil war comes to America. How exactly is that supposed to work again? What are the victory conditions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-comes-to-america-how-exactly-is-that-supposed-to-work-again-what-are-the-victory-conditions/968453)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-comes-to-america-how-exactly-is-that-supposed-to-work-again-what-are-the-victory-conditions/968453 "2022-07-26T12:49:05Z")
Starting anew so as not to hijack Half of americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon, survey finds. How exactly is it expected to last more than a week considering the lack of ready supplies to a majority of the partici… --- ## [Agzem has been banned for continuing trolling of the board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agzem-has-been-banned-for-continuing-trolling-of-the-board/968588)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agzem-has-been-banned-for-continuing-trolling-of-the-board/968588 "2022-07-26T12:41:49Z")
agzem has been banned for continuing trolling of the board. Most recent offense in MPSIMS, Went off-topic and very political in this thread. In January 2021 Coming into a thread to “debunk” a claim no one has made … --- ## [Futuristic car ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543 "2022-07-26T12:11:51Z")
I saw this photo in a meme today. https://forum.watmm.com/uploads/monthly\_2022\_07/20220711\_120154.jpg.3f8e6073e1c126f7a241a11b50ea77b1.jpg I can’t find anything about it. It would be nice to know about the house, but … --- ## [Groups where female is not the lead singer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977 "2022-07-26T08:43:25Z")
I can only think of Talking heads --- ## [Greatest single-LP, one-performer anthology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-single-lp-one-performer-anthology/968480)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-single-lp-one-performer-anthology/968480 "2022-07-26T08:00:50Z")
What’s your favorite, single-LP anthology collecting previously-issued music by one performer or band? (No double albums, no box sets.) A CD qualifies, as long as its length doesn’t exceed the 45 minutes or so of a stand… --- ## [The Fucked-Up US Health Care System, Case #725,867,992 (Moderately Long & Rambling)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucked-up-us-health-care-system-case-725-867-992-moderately-long-rambling/968228)
**Author:** [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucked-up-us-health-care-system-case-725-867-992-moderately-long-rambling/968228 "2022-07-26T07:33:27Z")
A word to the fore: the following is a rant, not a request for information (if it were the latter, I would have put it elsewhere). Should anyone have any suggestions after reading it, I certainly wouldn’t reject them; bu… --- ## [If no atom bombs dropped on Japan in WW2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-no-atom-bombs-dropped-on-japan-in-ww2/967011)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-no-atom-bombs-dropped-on-japan-in-ww2/967011 "2022-07-26T05:00:46Z")
Let say for some reason or other, the US never drops the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The response to the American ultimatum may have been mistranslated? The USSR invading may have changed minds, or just sani… --- ## [Is there a way to convert a table from MS Word into an Excel spreadsheet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-convert-a-table-from-ms-word-into-an-excel-spreadsheet/968530)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-convert-a-table-from-ms-word-into-an-excel-spreadsheet/968530 "2022-07-26T04:16:23Z")
I’ve got a table in Word that is a mixture of text and numbers. I thought the numbers would be stable, but I’m now having to update and change them, including totals. I’d prefer to convert rather than retyping it all, if… --- ## [Is this t-shirt meant to be sarcastic or literal? NSFW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-t-shirt-meant-to-be-sarcastic-or-literal-nsfw/968446)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-t-shirt-meant-to-be-sarcastic-or-literal-nsfw/968446 "2022-07-26T04:14:45Z")
Someone mentioned College Station in a thread the other day and I googled to see if it was an actual college. This pic came up in the image results. Not a gamer whatsoever, but I am aware of GamerGate and some stuff lik… --- ## [The final season of The Simpsons is going to be an amazing experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-season-of-the-simpsons-is-going-to-be-an-amazing-experience/962083)
**Author:** [@MarkSh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkSh)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-season-of-the-simpsons-is-going-to-be-an-amazing-experience/962083 "2022-07-26T03:04:01Z")
The show’s been on for 33 years. Based on what I know about how TV shows, including the Simpsons, are renewed, The Simpsons creators will probably get at least two seasons advance notice about the show being discontinue… --- ## [Any experience with Earthwash strips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-earthwash-strips/968356)
**Author:** [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-earthwash-strips/968356 "2022-07-26T00:28:03Z")
As it says, anyone have any experience with Earthwash laundry strips? Or anything similar? The strips are supposed to be dehydrated laundry detergent. The idea is to use less plastic (and incidentally leave a smaller ca… --- ## [How do you want your ugly bag of mostly water disposed of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-ugly-bag-of-mostly-water-disposed-of/968470)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-your-ugly-bag-of-mostly-water-disposed-of/968470 "2022-07-26T00:16:55Z")
I know this has been discussed before, but I can’t seem to find it so I’m asking now. Cremated? Burial at sea? Launched into space after being frozen in the hopes that one day they’ll find a cure for death? I would lov… --- ## [Would Like a 'Parliamentary Political Systems for Americans' Primer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-like-a-parliamentary-political-systems-for-americans-primer/967695)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-like-a-parliamentary-political-systems-for-americans-primer/967695 "2022-07-25T21:44:47Z")
I’m embarrassed about how little I understand about a form of democratic government that’s far more universal and widespread than the American Constitutional bicameral model. And now that ours seems to be grinding to a … --- ## [Medical specialties where the surgeon is different from the expert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-specialties-where-the-surgeon-is-different-from-the-expert/968401)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-specialties-where-the-surgeon-is-different-from-the-expert/968401 "2022-07-25T20:33:11Z")
A good example is neurologist. The neurologist studies the nervous system, but the neurosurgeon does surgery on it. Is this common in medicine? I think the cardiologist is different from the cardiovascular surgeon. The … --- ## [Star Trek Discovery season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597 "2022-07-25T19:26:26Z")
Episode 1…wasn’t horrible. It dragged in spots, it is soap opera-y as usual, but nobody burst into tears. (Although somebody might have as soon as the credits rolled.) Later in the season we’ll get to see how Michael pe… --- ## [Some Advice on how to Play Melodies in Octaves on the Piano?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-advice-on-how-to-play-melodies-in-octaves-on-the-piano/968517)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-advice-on-how-to-play-melodies-in-octaves-on-the-piano/968517 "2022-07-25T18:57:32Z")
So I have started playing Mia & Sebastian’s Theme from La La Land and it seems pretty doable, the first part at least. However, there’s a point where the melody is played in octaves. I understand the basic technique and… --- ## [Help me choose a doorbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-doorbell/968459)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-doorbell/968459 "2022-07-25T18:21:30Z")
My old doorbell, which is probably original to the 60 year old house, stopped working. When did it stop working? I have no idea. I just realized a week ago. The ringer is the kind that has a big wound coil and two bars t… --- ## [Update from fake homeless guy GoFundMe case from 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-from-fake-homeless-guy-gofundme-case-from-2017/968450)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-from-fake-homeless-guy-gofundme-case-from-2017/968450 "2022-07-25T18:05:51Z")
I’d forgotten about this. A couple claimed a homeless man gave the wife $20 for gas when she was stranded. They started a GoFundMe, supposedly for the homeless guy, that raised over $400,000. All three were in on the sca… --- ## [What Makes a Book Classic Literature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-book-classic-literature/968331)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-book-classic-literature/968331 "2022-07-25T17:29:25Z")
What does a book have to have to be “classic literature”? Age? Does the author have to be dead? Dead for a certain number of years? Acceptable content? Can the unfortunately racist Gone with the Wind ever be conside… --- ## [Dogfights in the post Top Gun era?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogfights-in-the-post-top-gun-era/918290)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogfights-in-the-post-top-gun-era/918290 "2022-07-25T17:27:37Z")
I just finished watching Top Gun (1986). The climax features dog fights between American and Soviet pilots. Furthermore, there is a story told verbally within the film about the lead character’s father perishing in a d… --- ## [Stories Where the Hero Loses (Spoilers possible)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-where-the-hero-loses-spoilers-possible/968209)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-where-the-hero-loses-spoilers-possible/968209 "2022-07-25T17:12:48Z")
In fiction, the good guy always wins, right? Not 100% of the time. Sometimes the good guy flat out loses. Sometimes there may be a moral victory, but it’s not resolved into an actual victory. There are two classic exam… --- ## [Tell me about the Sepp Blather case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-sepp-blather-case/968231)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-sepp-blather-case/968231 "2022-07-25T17:02:15Z")
I was wondering if someone could educate me on the troubles and possible vindication of Football President Sepp Blatter. Did he do a good job? Is the sport really corrupt, or not? Was he deservedly vindicated? --- ## [UL about Dinah Shore's biracial baby \[new title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ul-about-dinah-shores-biracial-baby-new-title/165667)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ul-about-dinah-shores-biracial-baby-new-title/165667 "2022-07-25T16:03:39Z")
But a search on Snopes only gives me a piece about Jim Nabors. Since the late 70’s, I’ve heard stories that Dinah Shore at one time gave birth to a mixed race baby. It’d being a scandalous thing for someone to do back … --- ## [Do fingernails grow back after they're removed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fingernails-grow-back-after-theyre-removed/968455)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fingernails-grow-back-after-theyre-removed/968455 "2022-07-25T15:00:56Z")
In my life as a movie watcher I’ve seen thousands of nails yanked out by the root in a damp basement with weeping walls and a single swinging, flickering, yellow globe. But I’ve never seen followup. Are the nailbeds sca… --- ## [Odd Looking Filming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-looking-filming/968325)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-looking-filming/968325 "2022-07-25T14:34:42Z")
That’s a stupid topic title, but I can’t think of another way to say it. I don’t even know if I can explain it here. I’ve noticed this on two shows - Dateline & The Lincoln Lawyer. When they show a city from above it lo… --- ## [How did Bernardo Attolico die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-bernardo-attolico-die/435460)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-bernardo-attolico-die/435460 "2022-07-25T13:46:56Z")
Attolico was an Italian diplomat before and during WWII. He was, among his other titles, Itallian ambassador to Brazil, the Soviet Union, Germany, and finally the Vatican City until his death in 1942. I know he died in… --- ## [“By way of …”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-way-of/968431)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-way-of/968431 "2022-07-25T13:46:00Z")
On vacation, spouse and adult children plus one staying with my wife’s mother. Old friend who lives in area visited. After he leaves I am asked where he’s from (slight accent notable). I respond “Canada by way of Atlant… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1062&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1064&state=muted)