# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=111&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 112 --- ## [SDMB Photo Thread - Show us a photo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 451\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641 "2026-04-09T23:29:52Z")
This is a thread for Dopers to show off photos they have taken themselves. One photo per post please. Discussion of photo is encouraged. They do not need to be artsy fartsy, just (ideally) interesting in some way. Remem… --- ## [Presidential cognitive exams. To whom do they report?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-cognitive-exams-to-whom-do-they-report/1028844)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-cognitive-exams-to-whom-do-they-report/1028844 "2026-04-09T23:00:50Z")
Should a President fail such an exam, to whom do those giving the exam report? I know there is a constitutional amendment providing a way for the cabinet? Congress? to remove the President if he is incompetent, but I do… --- ## [Ask the person taking Ozempic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-taking-ozempic/981193)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 375\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-taking-ozempic/981193 "2026-04-09T21:59:15Z")
Ozempic has been in the news a lot recently. I’ve been taking it since November. Ask away, and if you’re taking it yourself, jump in with your own experience and responses. --- ## [If we found conclusive proof of an advanced alien civilization, say \<10 light years away, could we communicate with them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-found-conclusive-proof-of-an-advanced-alien-civilization-say-10-light-years-away-could-we-communicate-with-them/1028940)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-found-conclusive-proof-of-an-advanced-alien-civilization-say-10-light-years-away-could-we-communicate-with-them/1028940 "2026-04-09T21:31:13Z")
Let’s say that, via some method that doesn’t really matter here, we find conclusive proof that there is an advanced and intelligent alien civilization inhabiting This Expolanet of That Star, which is, say, five light yea… --- ## [Makin' Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makin-bacon/1029121)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makin-bacon/1029121 "2026-04-09T21:27:04Z")
Minds out of the gutter and into the kitchen, please. :grinning\_face\_with\_smiling\_eyes: I want bacon! Tell me types of meat (pork only, please) and ways to cook it. --- ## [What to do with 12 tons of KitKat bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-12-tons-of-kitkat-bars/1028922)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-12-tons-of-kitkat-bars/1028922 "2026-04-09T19:52:16Z")
(Don’t need answer fast.) It’s oldish news by now but thieves steal 12 tons of KitKat bars in Europe chocolate heist. Thieves have stolen more than 400,000 KitKat chocolate bars weighing around 12 tons from a truck in… --- ## [The government decides to revalue its gold stock much closer to market rates. Resulting in...what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-government-decides-to-revalue-its-gold-stock-much-closer-to-market-rates-resulting-in-what/1028361)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-government-decides-to-revalue-its-gold-stock-much-closer-to-market-rates-resulting-in-what/1028361 "2026-04-09T18:03:52Z")
I noticed yesterday that gold has soared above $5200 per ounce, yet the U.S. government’s gold stockpile is still booked at a mere $42 per ounce, making up over $11B at that low price. The Fed holds gold certificates\* s… --- ## [The game of ball and jacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-of-ball-and-jacks/1029009)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-of-ball-and-jacks/1029009 "2026-04-09T16:28:04Z")
I read a quote the other day that mentioned that kids in ancient Egypt played “knucklebones” with sheep toe bones. The game of knucklebones led to dice games for boys, and jacks, usually played with a wooden ball, for gi… --- ## [Bad bad bad Birdseed, and burn baby burn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-birdseed-and-burn-baby-burn/1029079)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-birdseed-and-burn-baby-burn/1029079 "2026-04-09T16:14:57Z")
I did it. Squirrels have cost me more money in bird seed. This year they have just been at the feeder in crowds. I can take a couple. I counted 7 yesterday at one time. So I plunked down the money for Spicy seed. It is… --- ## [I'm making breakfast; how do you want your eggs? (Old thread, MMM may no longer be offering. )](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843 "2026-04-09T14:56:59Z")
Just eggs. No fancy omelets, benedicts or souffles. --- ## [Artemis II Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-ii-question/1028955)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-ii-question/1028955 "2026-04-09T04:17:07Z")
How large is the “capsule” in which the 4 astronauts are calling home for 10 days? Enough to move around? --- ## [How do you feel about people who walk around and hangout throughout various stores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-people-who-walk-around-and-hangout-throughout-various-stores/1029126)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-people-who-walk-around-and-hangout-throughout-various-stores/1029126 "2026-04-09T04:00:10Z")
Even though I shop at various stores, I’ve noticed that younger people, especially high schoolers and college students, enjoy hanging out at Target, malls, outlets, etc. since I always notice groups of them walking aroun… --- ## [In appreciation of Greenwich Mean Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-appreciation-of-greenwich-mean-time/1028249)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-appreciation-of-greenwich-mean-time/1028249 "2026-04-08T23:47:58Z")
Greenwich, England, is a bit East down the River Thames from London proper. Wisely averting a world conflict over meridians, an astronomer chose Greenwich to be the zero-hour meridian, and thus 24 of them around the elli… --- ## [OK-how do I reduce or eliminate nasal drip when exerting myself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-do-i-reduce-or-eliminate-nasal-drip-when-exerting-myself/1029108)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-do-i-reduce-or-eliminate-nasal-drip-when-exerting-myself/1029108 "2026-04-08T22:52:39Z")
In a recent poll of mine I was about the only person to choose “Like an unending torrent!” in response to how much one’s nose runs in the cold. If I am shoveling snow after awhile it gets all encrusted and such if I don… --- ## [How good are the results from a knife sharpener like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-the-results-from-a-knife-sharpener-like-this/1029097)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-the-results-from-a-knife-sharpener-like-this/1029097 "2026-04-08T22:15:01Z")
I am looking for a knife sharpener for home use that controls the angle of the abrasive surface to the blade. I have a honing ceramic stone but you have to eyeball the angle and have to have a fair amount of skill to get… --- ## [Actor id in Cinderella (1965)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-id-in-cinderella-1965/1029011)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-id-in-cinderella-1965/1029011 "2026-04-08T22:11:12Z")
The Prince Is Giving a Ball. You can see the kid at 0:28 and 1:22, credited as “Butch Sherwood,” his only acting credit, and I can find no further info on him. However, with some ferreting I came across this pic, and t… --- ## [On which day in history was/will be the most champagne drunk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-day-in-history-was-will-be-the-most-champagne-drunk/1028622)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-day-in-history-was-will-be-the-most-champagne-drunk/1028622 "2026-04-08T21:06:41Z")
I keep on reading references to a champagne bottle some Doper keeps with Vorfreude\* to be drunk at a special event. This event seems to often involve a certain person, but champagne is also drunk at anniversaries, weddin… --- ## [What’s your utility curve? How much money would change your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-utility-curve-how-much-money-would-change-your-life/1028432)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-utility-curve-how-much-money-would-change-your-life/1028432 "2026-04-08T20:56:15Z")
Continuing the discussion from Do you take one box or two boxes?: Particularly to this bit about utility curves: Would a thousand dollars meaningfully change your life? Would a million? Would your assessment vary if i… --- ## [(Artemis related) flatearthers -\> moon also flat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026 "2026-04-08T20:17:16Z")
I am just wondering … do flatearthers believe that just the earth is flat or are all other planets/moons/suns flat as well for them? … --- ## [Henry Ford and racist auto plaques??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-ford-and-racist-auto-plaques/207192)
**Author:** [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-ford-and-racist-auto-plaques/207192 "2026-04-08T20:08:13Z")
Over the weekend, I was in a discussion… At one point, someone said that Henry Ford put a plaque in his early cars, saying something like “No blacks, no dogs, no Jews.” Being a good Doper, I immediately asked for a cit… --- ## [Help me with bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-bacon/259285)
**Author:** [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-bacon/259285 "2026-04-08T19:20:07Z")
Apparently quality of bacon differs dramatically with brand. I’ve bought two different brands the most affordable bacon from the grocery store and they were horrible. They were big slabs of fat with only tiny stripes o… --- ## [Surprising musical moments on a usually non-musical television show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026 "2026-04-08T18:56:14Z")
Others can bring up special musical episodes of usually non-musical shows, but my example goes back a bit further: Billy Mumy and Marta Kristen singing “Sloop John B” on an episode of “Lost In Space”: Billy Mumy & Mart… --- ## [Singer ID of Old Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-id-of-old-song/1029096)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-id-of-old-song/1029096 "2026-04-08T18:43:17Z")
When I was a kid, my sisters and I would listen to my mom’s 45s on her old record player. A record player my dad gave her for Christmas when they were dating. My mom was a teenager in the 50s, so when we were listening t… --- ## [Ahhh. WD-40. You smell so](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-wd-40-you-smell-so/1029071)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-wd-40-you-smell-so/1029071 "2026-04-08T18:38:41Z")
Can even describe it. I can smell it and I’m not even there. :thinking: Hmmm Daughter washed boys jeans. One of them had gotten WD-40 on himself. She says the whole load smells like it. Should she dry them in the dryer… --- ## [Packed food in suitcase on plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packed-food-in-suitcase-on-plane/1029111)
**Author:** [@Lushka1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lushka1953)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packed-food-in-suitcase-on-plane/1029111 "2026-04-08T17:17:02Z")
I’m traveling by plane to visit family and want to bring their favorite dish (Greek spanakopita). It would be frozen and packed in my suitcase. Is this acceptable by airlines? --- ## [Do you shop at TJ Maxx, Burlington, Marshall's, Gabe's, Ross Dress For Less, Goodwill, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-shop-at-tj-maxx-burlington-marshalls-gabes-ross-dress-for-less-goodwill-etc/1028943)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-shop-at-tj-maxx-burlington-marshalls-gabes-ross-dress-for-less-goodwill-etc/1028943 "2026-04-08T17:02:37Z")
IMO, I wish more people shopped at these stores more often, since I’ve noticed that a majority of their items are cheaper, when compared to Walmart and Target, especially for clothing, home goods, and personal care produ… --- ## [Maybe you and me were never meant to be, just maybe think of me once in a while](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-you-and-me-were-never-meant-to-be-just-maybe-think-of-me-once-in-a-while/1029066)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-you-and-me-were-never-meant-to-be-just-maybe-think-of-me-once-in-a-while/1029066 "2026-04-08T16:41:23Z")
“To this day, no Cincinnati broadcaster has used the WKRP call letters for a real radio station, but that is about to change after a low-power Raleigh, North Carolina station put the famous letters on sale and someone in… --- ## [Fantastic Four: First Steps seen it thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-four-first-steps-seen-it-thread/1021290)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-four-first-steps-seen-it-thread/1021290 "2026-04-08T16:41:09Z")
Just got back from watching this. It was good and entertaining but nothing mind blowing. The setting does a lot for the movie, I think without it this would have felt a lot more generic and forgettable. Everyone did a go… --- ## [Why is Michael Avenatti Doing All This?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-avenatti-doing-all-this/813876)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-avenatti-doing-all-this/813876 "2026-04-08T16:40:38Z")
Stormey Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti might be the most famous lawyer in the world right now for actually being a lawyer, rather than being a head of government or a criminal suspect. Today Avenatti is apparently the… --- ## [Swordfish movie body question, but more science then movie related. Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swordfish-movie-body-question-but-more-science-then-movie-related-spoilers/1029120)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swordfish-movie-body-question-but-more-science-then-movie-related-spoilers/1029120 "2026-04-08T16:32:34Z")
I was watching Swordfish (2001) last night. At the end Travolta escapes by providing a body double to fake his death. They mention that the dental records matched and the body was partially burned. But the hacker had spo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=110&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=112&state=muted)