# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1096 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1097 --- ## [Breathing and yawning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathing-and-yawning/965438)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathing-and-yawning/965438 "2022-06-01T20:33:39Z")
I have wondered about why it feels like all deep breaths don’t reach the bottom of the lungs (The alvioli?) How does it work that deep breathing from the diaphragm does not always reach this level. Even if one practices… --- ## [U.S. KIA in World War II - return or bury there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-kia-in-world-war-ii-return-or-bury-there/965441)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-kia-in-world-war-ii-return-or-bury-there/965441 "2022-06-01T18:17:43Z")
How was it decided which of the KIAs were returned to the U.S. for burial, and which were buried overseas? --- ## [Rich Vos uses racist slurs against Indigenous members of audience in Winnipeg comedy show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-vos-uses-racist-slurs-against-indigenous-members-of-audience-in-winnipeg-comedy-show/965351)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-vos-uses-racist-slurs-against-indigenous-members-of-audience-in-winnipeg-comedy-show/965351 "2022-06-01T17:51:22Z")
Richard Vos was appearing over the weekend at a comedy club in Winnipeg. For some reason he began directing remarks at a table of Indigenous women, suggesting they were drunk and he hoped they got ticketed on their way h… --- ## [Mysterious notations on my online calendar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-notations-on-my-online-calendar/965397)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-notations-on-my-online-calendar/965397 "2022-06-01T17:28:23Z")
I was looking at my calendar for June, seeing as how it’s almost upon us, and saw something kind of odd for June 1, this coming Wednesday. In addition to my physical therapy appointment, my grandson’s T-ball practice, an… --- ## [The Triumphant Return of a Battle-wearied LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-triumphant-return-of-a-battle-wearied-lslguy/964942)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-triumphant-return-of-a-battle-wearied-lslguy/964942 "2022-06-01T15:58:40Z")
Hi folks – I’m back after almost a year of SDMB sabbatical. I’ve been lurking for the past month or so and see the place has shrunk further and slowed down more while I was gone. That’s a shame. But many of my favorite k… --- ## [What song is this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-this/965452)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-this/965452 "2022-06-01T15:01:10Z")
I cant place it. Its a late 60’s early 70s song that evokes feelings of summer…im gonna post the phrasing which may throw people so concentrate on the ‘aieee aiee yii yiiis’ cause thats the only part in certain of. Its a… --- ## [Do we know how this winter World Cup is going to screw up football fixtures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-know-how-this-winter-world-cup-is-going-to-screw-up-football-fixtures/965453)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-know-how-this-winter-world-cup-is-going-to-screw-up-football-fixtures/965453 "2022-06-01T15:01:07Z")
How badly will the stupid Qatar World Cup screw up the football fixtures for next season? I mainly follow the EPL but it’s going to be a colossal mess for all the leagues, right? --- ## [Department of Weird Emails --\> Someone's Name as subject, "no message" as body](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/department-of-weird-emails-someones-name-as-subject-no-message-as-body/949281)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/department-of-weird-emails-someones-name-as-subject-no-message-as-body/949281 "2022-06-01T14:44:39Z")
I’ve been getting a slow but consistent trickle of these. Tried Googling to see if it is a generalized phenomenon (i.e., spammer / scammer / hacker, and other people are getting similarly formatted emails) , or somethin… --- ## [Naval officer: Up, or out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-officer-up-or-out/965100)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-officer-up-or-out/965100 "2022-06-01T13:47:27Z")
I just read this in an article about the new Top Gun movie. In the three decades-plus since Top Gun , Maverick (Tom Cruise) hasn’t advanced further than Captain in the Navy. It’s implied that it’s down to his fittingly… --- ## [When did you start to have arthritis pain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-start-to-have-arthritis-pain/964463)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-start-to-have-arthritis-pain/964463 "2022-06-01T13:27:58Z")
About 3 years ago it was my right knee, last year my left shoulder started, then about 2 months ago suddenly nearly everything else started to ache. After several x-rays and doctor visits I’ve been told that is just ar… --- ## [Australia Votes 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-votes-2022/962642)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-votes-2022/962642 "2022-06-01T12:18:50Z")
Prime Minister Scott Morrison (ScoMo) has announced a Federal Election to be held on 21st May. Yes, our merkin brethren … we can do it all in 6 weeks. The governing Libs have been on the Treasury benches for 9 years and… --- ## [Salt Lake City: Things to do there in 36 hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-lake-city-things-to-do-there-in-36-hours/962076)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-lake-city-things-to-do-there-in-36-hours/962076 "2022-06-01T12:01:17Z")
I will be traveling to Salt Lake City in a few months with family. The main point of the trip is not sight seeing but we will have around 36 hours (give or take) to do whatever. I realize that is not a lot of time but … --- ## [Golf rules question: raking the bunker a bit early](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-rules-question-raking-the-bunker-a-bit-early/965445)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-rules-question-raking-the-bunker-a-bit-early/965445 "2022-06-01T11:29:48Z")
You’re in a greenside bunker with a slope up to the green. You hit a good-looking shot nicely on line, then grab the nearby rake to smooth out the rather prominent footprints you’ve left. Unfortunately, your shot perch… --- ## [Internet wayback machine question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-wayback-machine-question/965411)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-wayback-machine-question/965411 "2022-06-01T08:34:38Z")
Ok I used the Wayback machine to find the pages of my old eq guild and I saved them on my now-former PC but since that PC is no longer functional I don’t have them anymore And now I cant refind the pages using it … am … --- ## [MLB: May 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2022/963911)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2022/963911 "2022-06-01T07:46:39Z")
Both New York teams and both LA teams are leading their respective divisions. No major surprises except maybe the Rockies doing slightly better and the White Sox doing slightly worse than I expected. The weather will wa… --- ## [Coworker wants me to date his neice to help prevent her from being deported, this is a scam right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-wants-me-to-date-his-neice-to-help-prevent-her-from-being-deported-this-is-a-scam-right/964966)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-wants-me-to-date-his-neice-to-help-prevent-her-from-being-deported-this-is-a-scam-right/964966 "2022-06-01T06:16:10Z")
Long story short, coworker at a company I’ve known for 10 years and speak to him every day randomly asked me if I was single. I’m not, but I decided to humor him because I know a few guys who might be interested and sinc… --- ## [What was your most torturous school activity - as a parent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-most-torturous-school-activity-as-a-parent/963610)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-most-torturous-school-activity-as-a-parent/963610 "2022-06-01T03:00:14Z")
Inspired by this comment in another thread: I never went to talent shows (and never understood how lip-synching was a “talent.”) Lie that poster, I actually enjoyed most of our kids’ activities, and most of the rest w… --- ## [Canned Heat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-heat/965374)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-heat/965374 "2022-06-01T02:42:29Z")
They were a bit before my time, although their hits got enough airplay for me to have always heard them. Not long ago, I saw some videos from their set at Woodstock and other performances. They sure didn’t look as I’d im… --- ## [Timeline for duck eggs hatching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeline-for-duck-eggs-hatching/965436)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeline-for-duck-eggs-hatching/965436 "2022-06-01T02:34:24Z")
In the corner where my outside steps that lead down to the patio and the corner of the house a duck laid some eggs in a small pile of windblown leaves that I missed when doing spring cleaning. The duck has been sitting … --- ## [Looking for poem in James Burke documentary, Connections/Day the Universe Changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-poem-in-james-burke-documentary-connections-day-the-universe-changed/965144)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-poem-in-james-burke-documentary-connections-day-the-universe-changed/965144 "2022-06-01T01:49:54Z")
For the last six or so months I’ve been rewatching the James Burke documentaries Connections, The Day the Universe Changed, Connections 3. I half watched Connections 2 but it went a bit too fast for my liking. In one of… --- ## [What and where is Costa Manga?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-and-where-is-costa-manga/965403)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-and-where-is-costa-manga/965403 "2022-06-01T00:43:39Z")
I read an article from the website of BBC radio: Nowadays the magic of tape recording and the jet plane make it possible to record a talk well ahead of its transmission, so by the time it’s played, the audience can say,… --- ## [My father would have been 100 years old today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-would-have-been-100-years-old-today/965359)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-would-have-been-100-years-old-today/965359 "2022-05-31T23:44:50Z")
Born 1922 in Portland, Oregon. His mother came from a family of itinerants and had almost no education. His father was a mail carrier who died six years later. His life after that, until after the war, was not fun. Large… --- ## [Dang, forgot how to write php code](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dang-forgot-how-to-write-php-code/965323)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dang-forgot-how-to-write-php-code/965323 "2022-05-31T20:49:01Z")
I did some php coding for FileMaker and SQL around 2010 or so. One of my projects was to create a php front end for a FileMaker database to use as a message board. I thought it was a finished, successful project. I wa… --- ## [Saw Steely Dan Tour 2022!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-steely-dan-tour-2022/965247)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-steely-dan-tour-2022/965247 "2022-05-31T20:48:09Z")
At Hollywood Bowl! Don Fagen was incredible. At 74, I’m guessing this is his last tour, but they had a great almost two-hour setlist: Night By Night Hey 18 Black Friday Kid Charlemagne Time Out of Mind (incredible) … --- ## [Are kids far behind in school now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-far-behind-in-school-now/964962)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-far-behind-in-school-now/964962 "2022-05-31T20:19:57Z")
I don’t have an opinion on this, and it obviously varies from place to place. It seems to be accepted that Covid caused many months of academic delay even if online learning eas used. Am curious to hear, especially fro… --- ## ["There Have Been, On Average, 10 Mass Shootings In The U.S. Each Week This Year"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-have-been-on-average-10-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-each-week-this-year/941793)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-have-been-on-average-10-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-each-week-this-year/941793 "2022-05-31T20:14:29Z")
When a man walked into a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colo., over the weekend, killing six people and then himself, it was the deadliest mass shooting in the state since March, when a rampage at a grocery store… --- ## [Is Gul Dukat the most likable "bad guy" on a TV series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gul-dukat-the-most-likable-bad-guy-on-a-tv-series/963235)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gul-dukat-the-most-likable-bad-guy-on-a-tv-series/963235 "2022-05-31T19:39:24Z")
Apropos of the ongoing thread on whether Andy Sipowitz is the most unlikable “good guy” on a TV series, is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Gul Dukat the most likable “bad guy” on TV? As Prefect of Bajor, then under Cardass… --- ## [Single folder of MP3 files has almost a 1GB difference between "Size" and "Size on Disk"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-folder-of-mp3-files-has-almost-a-1gb-difference-between-size-and-size-on-disk/964167)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-folder-of-mp3-files-has-almost-a-1gb-difference-between-size-and-size-on-disk/964167 "2022-05-31T19:21:35Z")
I was looking through my MP3 folders and discovered while most of them their “Size” and “Size on Disk” attributes are 100% the same (or close enough that only a few kilobytes are different) there’s a single folder with 3… --- ## [Firefox on Android opens multiple windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-on-android-opens-multiple-windows/965304)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-on-android-opens-multiple-windows/965304 "2022-05-31T19:10:47Z")
Help! This is vexing me and sucking up my monthly data allotment. I’ll suddenly hear something in my pocket and find that there’s a Firefox window with a video going. I’m mystified as to how it happens as I’ve hit the po… --- ## [Office 365 printer queue - out of ink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-365-printer-queue-out-of-ink/965440)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-365-printer-queue-out-of-ink/965440 "2022-05-31T19:10:46Z")
I tried to print a couple of documents this morning. When I went upstairs, the printer said it was out of ink. I wanted to delete the personal document, so I went to Windows =\> Printers & scanners and opened the queues… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1095) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1097)