# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1094&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1095 --- ## [To what extent do Americans consider British history part of theirs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-do-americans-consider-british-history-part-of-theirs/965430)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-do-americans-consider-british-history-part-of-theirs/965430 "2022-06-22T03:30:52Z")
Observing from a non-Anglo-Saxon perspective, it seems to me that events or people from British history feature quite prominently in American educational curricula and the canon of what is considered general knowledge. T… --- ## [Small splinter (glass) in foot: is pre-flamed needle still SOP? \[NEED ANSWER FASTISH\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-splinter-glass-in-foot-is-pre-flamed-needle-still-sop-need-answer-fastish/966434)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-splinter-glass-in-foot-is-pre-flamed-needle-still-sop-need-answer-fastish/966434 "2022-06-22T03:16:50Z")
See subject. (I just saw “standard operating procedure” is a nice double meaning.) It’s been a long time since self-debridement and certainly since Mom-debridement. Is the poking around with a flame “sterilized” needle … --- ## [Explanations of massive futuristic constructions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanations-of-massive-futuristic-constructions/966494)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanations-of-massive-futuristic-constructions/966494 "2022-06-22T02:35:40Z")
In a thread on UFOs, someone mentioned a mothership half the size of th moon. And I thought of this while watching Dune, where they had all of these massive constructions - both on planets and in space. What movies, bo… --- ## [Happy Father's Day. Tell me about your Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fathers-day-tell-me-about-your-dad/966463)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fathers-day-tell-me-about-your-dad/966463 "2022-06-22T02:29:30Z")
Happy Father’s Day, dopers. In the spirit of the holiday, tell me one interesting fact about your dad, or somebody that you looked up to as a dad. I’ll go first. When my dad was in the service he worked at the hospital w… --- ## [Would the Ammunition Fired by an AR-15 Penetrate a Typical School Classroom Door with Lethal Force Remaining?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-ammunition-fired-by-an-ar-15-penetrate-a-typical-school-classroom-door-with-lethal-force-remaining/965808)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-ammunition-fired-by-an-ar-15-penetrate-a-typical-school-classroom-door-with-lethal-force-remaining/965808 "2022-06-22T01:47:52Z")
Title pretty much says it all. I know there are different kinds of ammo, and different kinds of doors. But most schools I’m familiar with have either a steel door, usually pretty heavy, or that classic birch veneer over … --- ## [Most-Populated Buildings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-populated-buildings/965180)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-populated-buildings/965180 "2022-06-22T01:42:10Z")
I was sort of wondering if any building might be comparable to the population of a well-known city. About 26,000 people are in the Pentagon on a good day. An apartment complex in Saint Petersburg has about 18,000 reside… --- ## [Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot- An Heatwave MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-hot-hot-hot-an-heatwave-mmp/966090)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-hot-hot-hot-an-heatwave-mmp/966090 "2022-06-22T01:27:55Z")
So is anybody not getting triple digits this week? Stay inside if you can, and if you’re in the heat like me, stay hydrated. \[Coffee Talk\]I’m verklempt, talk amongst yourselves.\[/Coffee Talk\] From last MMP: {{{{JtC}… --- ## [Patten hits outs at China's 'vengeful' acts in Hong Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patten-hits-outs-at-chinas-vengeful-acts-in-hong-kong/966545)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patten-hits-outs-at-chinas-vengeful-acts-in-hong-kong/966545 "2022-06-22T01:06:08Z")
the last British govenor of hong kong acts surprised that china did exactly what everyone else in the world thought they’d do once they had control of HK Wasn’t part of the criticism against him and the British governme… --- ## [Investing 2022: Should I buy the dip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-2022-should-i-buy-the-dip/966197)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-2022-should-i-buy-the-dip/966197 "2022-06-22T00:23:06Z")
Disclaimer: You can’t time the market. Invest for the long term in a diversified portfolio. Enjoy the wonders of compound interest. Blah, blah, blah… Back in 2019 my IRA was invested in a basket of diverse ETFs recom… --- ## [Do people really shoot fireworks for Martin Luther King Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-shoot-fireworks-for-martin-luther-king-day/966539)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-shoot-fireworks-for-martin-luther-king-day/966539 "2022-06-21T22:18:31Z")
I was listening to a popular podcast where the host made the claim they were driving through a city during Martin Luther King Day this year and saw actual fireworks flying into the air at night, and the host made the ass… --- ## [What to do in Indianapolis for a day in mid-July?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-indianapolis-for-a-day-in-mid-july/966255)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-indianapolis-for-a-day-in-mid-july/966255 "2022-06-21T22:11:49Z")
Yet another “what should I do in this city?” thread. I’m going to be in Indianapolis for a conference in mid-July and I believe it’s at the Sheraton City Centre. I’ve been warned that the conference organizer often end… --- ## [Help me find this animated short - monkey, pomegranate, bus station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-animated-short-monkey-pomegranate-bus-station/966460)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-animated-short-monkey-pomegranate-bus-station/966460 "2022-06-21T22:10:51Z")
So I was reading the New Yorker on line and one of the videos interspersed through the text caught my attention (I usually try not to let them disrupt my reading). I forget the title but I’m pretty sure it had “bus stat… --- ## [How do I prepare for my first ballet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-prepare-for-my-first-ballet/965401)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-prepare-for-my-first-ballet/965401 "2022-06-21T21:57:27Z")
We are going to see Swan Lake by the National Ballet of Canada. I’ve listened to the music many times over the years, replacing my worn out cassette tape with a CD, and now MP3s. I’m looking forward to see the music co… --- ## [French Elections Close](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-elections-close/962547)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-elections-close/962547 "2022-06-21T21:41:21Z")
--- ## [Inappropriate or oddly appropriate songs in commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-or-oddly-appropriate-songs-in-commercials/70169)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-or-oddly-appropriate-songs-in-commercials/70169 "2022-06-21T21:34:32Z")
The latest ads for the Wisconsin Dells feature the song “Holiday Road,” by Lindsey Buckingham. You may remember its original use as the theme song for National Lampoon’s Vacation. On the one hand, because of its backgro… --- ## [Do floor traders look worried because the stock market is having a bad day ? Or is it just for illustration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-floor-traders-look-worried-because-the-stock-market-is-having-a-bad-day-or-is-it-just-for-illustration/966386)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-floor-traders-look-worried-because-the-stock-market-is-having-a-bad-day-or-is-it-just-for-illustration/966386 "2022-06-21T21:21:28Z")
When the DJIA or S&P 500 is down 1% or 3% for the day, the media will make an article out of it. There will usually be a picture of traders, presumably on the floor at the NYSE, watching screens and looking worried and t… --- ## [Pacific Cod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacific-cod/966457)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacific-cod/966457 "2022-06-21T21:16:47Z")
Why is the “wild-caught Pacific Cod” I bought at the store yesterday imported from Norway? poll --- ## [New Adam Conover series on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-adam-conover-series-on-netflix/966527)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-adam-conover-series-on-netflix/966527 "2022-06-21T20:04:39Z")
Adam Conover, star of “Adam Ruins Everything”, has a new series called “The G Word With Adam Conover”. Pretty much the same type of show, but it focuses in on how our government works…and doesn’t work. The first week w… --- ## [Woo Hoo Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-song/40126)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Coleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_Coleman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-song/40126 "2022-06-21T19:36:54Z")
What’s the name of the “woo hoo” song by The OffSpring? I’m guessing it’s not Woo Hoo. --- ## [Dealing with an unstable in-law (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-an-unstable-in-law-long/966526)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-an-unstable-in-law-long/966526 "2022-06-21T19:29:18Z")
My husband has a niece. They spent a lot of time together intermittently when she was a child, as he was living with his sister and her husband for a while, working on getting his green card (this is many years ago now, … --- ## [Atomic bomb on the Moon vs. Earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atomic-bomb-on-the-moon-vs-earth/966456)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atomic-bomb-on-the-moon-vs-earth/966456 "2022-06-21T18:46:44Z")
I thought it might be interesting to compare an atomic blast on the Moon vs. Earth. Just in case we need to make a new crater or something. I can think of several differences. Initial crater. I know the Moon is cover… --- ## [How groundbreaking was Marx as a historian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-groundbreaking-was-marx-as-a-historian/965934)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-groundbreaking-was-marx-as-a-historian/965934 "2022-06-21T17:38:53Z")
So ignoring his political conclusions and predictions, how does Karl Max stack up purely as a historian? Was his approach to history actually ground breaking and innovative by 19th century standards? Were there other h… --- ## [Federal Hand-Out States and Contributors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-hand-out-states-and-contributors/966560)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-hand-out-states-and-contributors/966560 "2022-06-21T17:28:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from Statehood for Puerto Rico?: I didn’t want to cause a hijack of the Statehood for Puerto Rico so decided to start this one. I was stating the North East is the primary supporter of the US … --- ## [Help me identify a Japanese-German animated series from around 2004?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-japanese-german-animated-series-from-around-2004/966531)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-japanese-german-animated-series-from-around-2004/966531 "2022-06-21T16:16:05Z")
Last night, we were recalling this animated TV series we used to watch back around 2003 - 2004, and couldn’t remember the title or how we used to watch it. Then today, I remembered a little bit more. The show used to … --- ## [Why can't somebody put out a PSA explaining exactly why gas prices aren't Biden's fault?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-somebody-put-out-a-psa-explaining-exactly-why-gas-prices-arent-bidens-fault/966074)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-somebody-put-out-a-psa-explaining-exactly-why-gas-prices-arent-bidens-fault/966074 "2022-06-21T16:03:39Z")
There seems to be a large segment of the population that is underinformed on this issue, and it’s making it easy for the Republicans. --- ## [Odd experience with satellite radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-experience-with-satellite-radio/965830)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-experience-with-satellite-radio/965830 "2022-06-21T15:29:15Z")
I’ve had satellite radio in all my cars and trucks for almost 2 decades and I’ve never had this experience. We were on a vacation and had a rental car (Nissan Rogue) which was ok except it had no digital speedometer whi… --- ## [Pretentious whiskey tasting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretentious-whiskey-tasting/966061)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretentious-whiskey-tasting/966061 "2022-06-21T14:37:45Z")
And here I thought wine snobs were the worst when it came to describing taste. Read some of these descriptions. Here is a sample: “Vanilla pudding meets orange zest and kiwi as a hint of marshmallow drives the nose. Spi… --- ## ["The Girl from Nowhere"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-girl-from-nowhere/966559)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-girl-from-nowhere/966559 "2022-06-21T14:09:57Z")
From Wikipedia: “The first season was released on August 8, 2018, and a second season was released globally on Netflix on May 7, 2021, which exposed the show to international fame. It has hit number one on the currently … --- ## [Are there many movies about English speaking Americans filmed in languages other than English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-movies-about-english-speaking-americans-filmed-in-languages-other-than-english/671623)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-movies-about-english-speaking-americans-filmed-in-languages-other-than-english/671623 "2022-06-21T14:02:47Z")
Les Miserables was written in French and set in France and all of its characters are French speakers, but there have been many English-language film versions made over the last 80 years. The American remake of The Girl … --- ## [Law court grabs 50 people from the mall to look for jurors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-court-grabs-50-people-from-the-mall-to-look-for-jurors/966438 "2022-06-21T13:34:12Z")
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