# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=112&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 113 --- ## [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… --- ## [Do you like the flavor of licorice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-flavor-of-licorice/1026071)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-flavor-of-licorice/1026071 "2026-04-08T16:25:20Z")
Real licorice, not Twizzlers. The anise flavor that is the is the hallmark of absinthe, ouzo, and the much maligned Malort. poll My hypothesis is that most have strong opinions on the flavor. --- ## [Henry Ford: Bad or Good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-ford-bad-or-good/558350)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-ford-bad-or-good/558350 "2026-04-08T16:11:48Z")
In reading about Henry Ford (the man who put America on wheels), I find much to admire about the man: -he was a humble machinist, but built the Ford Motor Co. into a globe-spanning giant -his adoption of the production… --- ## [The Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters, Round 3, the Sweet Sixteen. Choose your favorites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-3-the-sweet-sixteen-choose-your-favorites/1029061)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-3-the-sweet-sixteen-choose-your-favorites/1029061 "2026-04-08T14:55:19Z")
This is Round Three of the Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters edition. Rankings are based on input gathered in another thread. Vote for your favorite character in each of the following 8 head-to-head battles. Polls … --- ## [Military not following illegal orders-How reliable is that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-not-following-illegal-orders-how-reliable-is-that/1019407)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-not-following-illegal-orders-how-reliable-is-that/1019407 "2026-04-08T13:42:54Z")
It has been said over and over again as a reassurance against the Prez gaining too much power, but how reassuring is that statement. I know that it was brought up a couple of times when I was in the USAF, but the actual… --- ## [Forget planes on treadmills, here's a sail-cart out-sailing the wind!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-planes-on-treadmills-heres-a-sail-cart-out-sailing-the-wind/559778)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-planes-on-treadmills-heres-a-sail-cart-out-sailing-the-wind/559778 "2026-04-08T13:29:46Z")
It’s pretty well established that you can tack an ice-sailboat in a fashion that allows you to travel downwind at rates faster than the wind, but conventional thinking has it that you can’t exceed windspeed with your sai… --- ## [What do Madagascar, the Czech Republic, Kaduna State in Nigeria, and Louisiana have in common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-madagascar-the-czech-republic-kaduna-state-in-nigeria-and-louisiana-have-in-common/1028818)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-madagascar-the-czech-republic-kaduna-state-in-nigeria-and-louisiana-have-in-common/1028818 "2026-04-08T13:02:27Z")
Apparently, it is possible surgical castration for certain sex-related crimes: The Cutting Edge: Louisiana’s New Surgical Castration Law | Louisiana Law Review “Louisiana’s surgical castration law begins by asserting t… --- ## [Do you ever find your heart breaking over a, well, manufacturer's problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-find-your-heart-breaking-over-a-well-manufacturers-problems/1029109)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-find-your-heart-breaking-over-a-well-manufacturers-problems/1029109 "2026-04-08T12:10:10Z")
This is about a food at the bottom, so I guess it belongs here, though it feels more like MPSIMS to me. A long-term friend’s daughter’s business is teetering on the edge. I’ve know her since she was 12. She’s always … --- ## ["Eggs Over Medium" - what do you expect to get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-over-medium-what-do-you-expect-to-get/1029038)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-over-medium-what-do-you-expect-to-get/1029038 "2026-04-08T11:59:04Z")
My wife and I are out for breakfast this morning. She ordered her eggs over medium, and had to send them back immediately because she could tell just by looking at them that they weren’t what she wanted. What do you ex… --- ## [17776 - a web story about AI, immortality, and football (spoilers after OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17776-a-web-story-about-ai-immortality-and-football-spoilers-after-op/1029087)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17776-a-web-story-about-ai-immortality-and-football-spoilers-after-op/1029087 "2026-04-08T07:03:35Z")
I was just turned onto this story from a Reddit post, because today, April 7, 2026, is the day that a pivotal event in its narrative takes place. It was published in installments in 2017 from the sports website SBNation … --- ## [Pencil-and-paper arithmetic: are kids still supposed to be able to do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencil-and-paper-arithmetic-are-kids-still-supposed-to-be-able-to-do-it/1028688)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencil-and-paper-arithmetic-are-kids-still-supposed-to-be-able-to-do-it/1028688 "2026-04-08T05:45:49Z")
Are US high-school graduates still supposed to know their times tables? How many do? If you gave 100 teenagers pencil and paper and asked them whether 29/67 was more or less than 16/37, how many of them could answer in … --- ## [Worst Voice in Saturday Morning Cartoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-voice-in-saturday-morning-cartoons/1029065)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-voice-in-saturday-morning-cartoons/1029065 "2026-04-08T05:16:41Z")
Some legendary voice actors provided the voices for cartoon characters. Some were great (Mel Blanc, Daws Butler) and some not so great. I was watching an old Archie cartoon on YouTube, and I’d forgotten how horrible th… --- ## [The Trump Easter Kid's Party needed a rabbit...but got the Mad Hatter instead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-easter-kids-party-needed-a-rabbit-but-got-the-mad-hatter-instead/1029098)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-easter-kids-party-needed-a-rabbit-but-got-the-mad-hatter-instead/1029098 "2026-04-08T02:22:57Z")
So Trump hosted the Annual Easter Party for kids this year, and it was a very confusing nightmare all around. Of all the places he could have picked to blather on and on about previous administrations… ‘Holy Crap’: Trum… --- ## [Upper Midwestern Dopers: Has anyone here used Ruby's Pantry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upper-midwestern-dopers-has-anyone-here-used-rubys-pantry/1016774)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upper-midwestern-dopers-has-anyone-here-used-rubys-pantry/1016774 "2026-04-08T02:12:18Z")
They don’t have a facility within about 100 miles of me, but I first heard of them last night and checked out a few YouTube videos. The first one was hosted by a mother of 10 who said there were a few things her family … --- ## [A painting I would love to see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-painting-i-would-love-to-see/1029110)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-painting-i-would-love-to-see/1029110 "2026-04-08T02:09:55Z")
I remember it must have been 15 or 20 years ago I was watching the Oscars and Christina Aguilera received an Oscar for something or some kind of a war that I don’t remember that but I remember camera switched on to her m… --- ## [What is the difference between pasta sauce, pizza sauce, and marinara?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-pasta-sauce-pizza-sauce-and-marinara/1029030)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-pasta-sauce-pizza-sauce-and-marinara/1029030 "2026-04-08T00:41:00Z")
This has bugged me my whole life. Every time I go to the grocery store, the “canned tomato” aisle has a bunch of all of these. What exactly is the difference between them? Are you committing a terrible culinary sin if yo… --- ## [2026 NCAA Basketball Tournament Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-ncaa-basketball-tournament-pool/1028470)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-ncaa-basketball-tournament-pool/1028470 "2026-04-08T00:38:22Z")
It’s that time of year again - March Madness! As always, we have a tournament pool group on the ESPN app and website. Group name: SDMB Bracketeers Password: cecil123 There is a limit of three brackets per participant.… --- ## [Repurposing a notebooks screen as external monitor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repurposing-a-notebooks-screen-as-external-monitor/1029095)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repurposing-a-notebooks-screen-as-external-monitor/1029095 "2026-04-07T23:24:06Z")
yep … I have an older notebook computer with a GREAT screen … and the notebook is on its last leg … Is there any chance to McGyver something where I’d take the screen out of it to use it with a generic (Aliexpress) scre… --- ## [Stephen King and Whoopi Goldberg: was this AI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-and-whoopi-goldberg-was-this-ai/1029100)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-and-whoopi-goldberg-was-this-ai/1029100 "2026-04-07T23:10:04Z")
I saw an online video a couple of days ago. It showed Stephen King on the set of Whoopi Goldberg’s talk show. In the video, King was very unhappy about something Goldberg had said. The gist of what he was saying was that… --- ## [Ground News: any experience with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ground-news-any-experience-with-it/1029093)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ground-news-any-experience-with-it/1029093 "2026-04-07T22:53:55Z")
Continuing the discussion from Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 3): Has anyone here subscribed to Ground News? They don’t do reporting, they are an aggregator. They promise to give you a range of rep… --- ## [Where's the Beef? Stroganoff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-beef-stroganoff/1009734)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-beef-stroganoff/1009734 "2026-04-07T22:13:33Z")
Before COVID, Beef Stroganoff was in every frozen food area, in every grocery. Now? Neither Kroger nor Publix nor Wallymart has it. {BAFFLED} Did they stop making it? Why? --- ## [Agatha Christie's "A Murder is Announced" \[spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christies-a-murder-is-announced-spoilers/1029075)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christies-a-murder-is-announced-spoilers/1029075 "2026-04-07T22:10:52Z")
This was the spring play at my school, and so of course I saw it. I’m pleased to say that I guessed right at intermission. But some questions remain: First, what was the big deal with the goiter/iodine treatment? App… --- ## [Jury duty. Nabbed. Dang! Do you have any interesting jury duty stories to share?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-nabbed-dang-do-you-have-any-interesting-jury-duty-stories-to-share/1027394)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-nabbed-dang-do-you-have-any-interesting-jury-duty-stories-to-share/1027394 "2026-04-07T21:55:19Z")
I haven’t been assigned yet, so I can discuss for now. Today is my first day reporting in. My last time was maybe 10-15 years ago. I was placed on a jury, an unpleasant cr… --- ## [Wrapping a regular car or pickup truck -- first-hand experience? What do you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-a-regular-car-or-pickup-truck-first-hand-experience-what-do-you-think/1029085)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-a-regular-car-or-pickup-truck-first-hand-experience-what-do-you-think/1029085 "2026-04-07T21:37:38Z")
I have been interested in the Slate EV pickup that they are expecting to release before the end of this year. It will come in one color, the gray of the substance that the body panels are made of, and they are promoting … --- ## [What is the U.S. military CURRENTLY being taught about obeying illegal orders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-u-s-military-currently-being-taught-about-obeying-illegal-orders/1029104)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-u-s-military-currently-being-taught-about-obeying-illegal-orders/1029104 "2026-04-07T21:31:06Z")
Unless you are currently serving or have very recently left military service, “Back when I was in The Service…” stories aren’t very helpful, even when you add a “…and I imagine it it’s pretty much the same today”. Are t… --- ## [Does your state/country have a (somewhat) unified library catalog available?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-country-have-a-somewhat-unified-library-catalog-available/1028877)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-country-have-a-somewhat-unified-library-catalog-available/1028877 "2026-04-07T21:04:30Z")
It took becoming a trustee for me to learn that Massachusetts has a single catalog that includes almost all public libraries and many educational libraries as well. For example, a couple of months ago I found a relativel… --- ## [Speculation: USA goes Nuclear in Iran - Reactions and Consequences (spun off from general Iran consequences thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-usa-goes-nuclear-in-iran-reactions-and-consequences-spun-off-from-general-iran-consequences-thread/1029078)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-usa-goes-nuclear-in-iran-reactions-and-consequences-spun-off-from-general-iran-consequences-thread/1029078 "2026-04-07T20:21:00Z")
I thought of a new thread, but this fits here: IF Trump/Hegseth/Miller goes nuclear in Iran (and nobody in the chain of command has the stones to stop him)… then what? How will Iran react? how will the rest of the wo… --- ## [Illnois State University has a circus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illnois-state-university-has-a-circus/1028963)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illnois-state-university-has-a-circus/1028963 "2026-04-07T17:50:49Z")
I like to think that if I attended this college, I’d have tried out for the circus, but probably not. If college me had my current brain? Yes indeed. Obviously, no animal acts, but imagine putting “Clowning” on your resu… --- ## [What might cause this "lake" to become red?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-cause-this-lake-to-become-red/1029068)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-cause-this-lake-to-become-red/1029068 "2026-04-07T17:32:45Z")
Maybe it is just an artifact of the camera or maybe it is red? It’s on an island off the coast of Belize: 17.569237, -88.240367 --- ## [Could the British have defeated the American Revolution if they'd done this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-british-have-defeated-the-american-revolution-if-theyd-done-this/1025017)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-british-have-defeated-the-american-revolution-if-theyd-done-this/1025017 "2026-04-07T16:23:00Z")
I’m watching the new series on PBS about the American Revolution, and last night’s episode was devoted in part to a British campaign that potentially could have severed the colonies in two: by water (the constant strong … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=111&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=113&state=muted)