# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1121 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1122 --- ## [Does anyone else hate Andy Serkis as much as I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-andy-serkis-as-much-as-i-do/963213)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-andy-serkis-as-much-as-i-do/963213 "2022-05-04T11:19:41Z")
Physical turn the screen off revulsion. If i were a billionaire I’d pay him whatever he asked to just kick the shit out of him. --- ## [What's the biggest airline to have no flights going to/from/through the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-airline-to-have-no-flights-going-to-from-through-the-usa/958712)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-airline-to-have-no-flights-going-to-from-through-the-usa/958712 "2022-05-04T09:30:08Z")
This is trivial enough that it could have gone into MPSIMS, but I’m trying to find the answer to it: What is the biggest airline in the world that runs no flight operations involving the USA at all? (no flights to, or fr… --- ## [New Shakes? Alabama Order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-shakes-alabama-order/963916)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-shakes-alabama-order/963916 "2022-05-04T08:13:23Z")
Has anyone ever done a mashup of New Order’s “Temptation” and Alabama Shakes’s “Always Alright”? And if not, WHY not? --- ## [Caterpillar ID anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caterpillar-id-anyone/963810)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caterpillar-id-anyone/963810 "2022-05-04T02:20:16Z")
Yesterday we were doing spring cleaning in our garage. My gf placed a birdhouse onto one of the lawn tractors that is covered by a sheet. Minutes later (?) the sheet was covered with tiny (2 mm) caterpillar/inchworm ty… --- ## [How Do You Define having Read a Book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-having-read-a-book/963675)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-having-read-a-book/963675 "2022-05-04T01:51:47Z")
I’ve been perusing book channels looking for reading suggestions, and I’ve noticed some of those YouTube host saying things like, “Yeah, back then I was reading a book a day”. One guy claims to have read 164 books in a … --- ## [Bed skirt to keep out cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-skirt-to-keep-out-cats/963892)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-skirt-to-keep-out-cats/963892 "2022-05-04T01:48:27Z")
I need recommendations, or even just a source, for a bed skirt that will keep cats out from under my bed. Googlefu is weak, since I mostly get hits for bed skirts with cat pictures on them. Not what I want. --- ## [Looking for a recipe: doctoring up store-bought pickles to make them sweet & spicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-recipe-doctoring-up-store-bought-pickles-to-make-them-sweet-spicy/963884)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-recipe-doctoring-up-store-bought-pickles-to-make-them-sweet-spicy/963884 "2022-05-03T22:44:17Z")
A friend of mine at a place I used to work would make these fantastic pickles. She added stuff to a jar of store-bought pickle slices and turned them into these sweet-hot-spicy addictive treats. I’ve been googling this, … --- ## [What can you do with silica gel moisture-absorbent packets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-do-with-silica-gel-moisture-absorbent-packets/963766)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-do-with-silica-gel-moisture-absorbent-packets/963766 "2022-05-03T22:05:31Z")
I remember they have uses but forget what they are. --- ## [Will The Radio Buttons On My Steering Wheel Control An Aftermarket Radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-radio-buttons-on-my-steering-wheel-control-an-aftermarket-radio/963824)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-radio-buttons-on-my-steering-wheel-control-an-aftermarket-radio/963824 "2022-05-03T21:39:26Z")
My car ('06 Buick LeSabre) has buttons on the steering wheel that control the volume and band on the factory radio that came installed in the vehicle. Mrs. H and I would like to replace that with an XM-ready aftermarket … --- ## [MLB: April 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2022/962491)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2022/962491 "2022-05-03T20:36:32Z")
It’s kinda lousy for opening day weather wise in most of the USA. Cubs/Brewers got their game in, I wouldn’t want to be watching baseball in the weather today at Wrigley. Nationals/Mets in a rain delay, they might get t… --- ## [Could this be a meteorite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-a-meteorite/963693)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-a-meteorite/963693 "2022-05-03T18:05:34Z")
My brother has had this rock for years. He found it in the Okanagan in the interior of BC. It attracts a magnet and feels heavy for its size. … --- ## [Fuck RyanAir and Fuck Brexit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ryanair-and-fuck-brexit/963692)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ryanair-and-fuck-brexit/963692 "2022-05-03T17:45:38Z")
Was booked to go on my first trip abroad since before Covid - a trip to Portugal for a golf weekend with friends. I got to the airport and RyanAir refused me boarding because my passport, despite being valid until Decem… --- ## [RIP Ric Parnell aka Spinal Tap drummer Mick Shrimpton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ric-parnell-aka-spinal-tap-drummer-mick-shrimpton/963815)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ric-parnell-aka-spinal-tap-drummer-mick-shrimpton/963815 "2022-05-03T17:34:40Z")
Ric Parnell is now joining the likes of Peter James Bond, John “Stumpy” Pepys, and Eric “Stumpy Joe” Childs. The article doesn’t say the cause of death but I assume it was a bizarre accident. And also be… --- ## [POLL: What is your mortgage and/or prop taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-mortgage-and-or-prop-taxes/963689)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-mortgage-and-or-prop-taxes/963689 "2022-05-03T16:19:05Z")
My monthly mortgage payment is: poll My annual property taxes are: poll --- ## [Snooker: "Chess With Balls"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooker-chess-with-balls/917179)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooker-chess-with-balls/917179 "2022-05-03T16:11:52Z")
Since I’m working from home and not going out much I’m probably going to watch more of the World Championships of this wonderful game than ever before. Anybody else a snooker fan? It usually takes a few frames to get int… --- ## [How to eliminate squeak in a finished floor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eliminate-squeak-in-a-finished-floor/963874)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eliminate-squeak-in-a-finished-floor/963874 "2022-05-03T15:39:40Z")
My kitchen floor squeaks. The basement is unfinished, so I’ve been able to stand on a stepladder down there and feel the kitchen subfloor moving up and down relative to the joist when my wife walks on the kitchen floor.… --- ## [Is George Orwell's 1984 anti leftist/anti rightist/ or both?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-george-orwells-1984-anti-leftist-anti-rightist-or-both/963230)
**Author:** [@NotaDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotaDuck)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-george-orwells-1984-anti-leftist-anti-rightist-or-both/963230 "2022-05-03T15:28:56Z")
poll --- ## [How are Supreme Court decisions handled when there's disagreement as to WHY a decision should be made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-supreme-court-decisions-handled-when-theres-disagreement-as-to-why-a-decision-should-be-made/963883)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-supreme-court-decisions-handled-when-theres-disagreement-as-to-why-a-decision-should-be-made/963883 "2022-05-03T15:17:48Z")
Obviously inspired by current events, but lets keep this off of that. Sometimes the SC issues very broad rulings striking down whole laws and sometimes they issue very narrow ones regarding the specific case. So what hap… --- ## [Do you have a preference for small or large dogs?🐕](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preference-for-small-or-large-dogs/963641)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preference-for-small-or-large-dogs/963641 "2022-05-03T15:16:36Z")
poll Remember Marmaduke? Are big dogs your ideal pet? Or do you prefer little dogs for pets? --- ## [What are the "dream cases" for prosecutors and defenders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-dream-cases-for-prosecutors-and-defenders/963872)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-dream-cases-for-prosecutors-and-defenders/963872 "2022-05-03T15:05:36Z")
Prosecutor: dream case would be either prosecuting a famous celebrity (like OJ Simpson,) or some prolific serial-killer against whom there is a mountain of evidence? Defender: dream case would be something like Atticus … --- ## [Golfing for snakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golfing-for-snakes/963688)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golfing-for-snakes/963688 "2022-05-03T14:55:58Z")
I’ve come across references to snakes in golf games twice this week. Is there a golf term or joke involving killing snakes? --- ## [I just need to crow a little](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-need-to-crow-a-little/963763)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-need-to-crow-a-little/963763 "2022-05-03T14:43:59Z")
My niece, an unabashed liberal capitalist chock full of pragmatism and principles has been accepted to the Walsh SFS at Georgetown. Not only does this make me super proud, but it gives me hope for the future, something … --- ## [Will we ever fight back? When will that line be drawn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-fight-back-when-will-that-line-be-drawn/963058)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-fight-back-when-will-that-line-be-drawn/963058 "2022-05-03T13:50:22Z")
Not calling for violence at all. I hate violence. As the Republicans are harming those who are LGBTQ+, and take away the rights of women, and actively killing us with a virus they refuse to try to mitigate… how much mo… --- ## [We All Live in a Green Submarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-live-in-a-green-submarine/963878)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-live-in-a-green-submarine/963878 "2022-05-03T13:09:00Z")
I missed this somehow. At the end of last year Paul mcCartney published a children’s book, a sequel to his 2019 children’s book Hey Grandude!, which I also had missed hearing about. The sequel is Grandude’s Green Subma… --- ## [Newly manufactured cars: tunnel of light](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-manufactured-cars-tunnel-of-light/963854)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-manufactured-cars-tunnel-of-light/963854 "2022-05-03T13:09:03Z")
I frequently see pictured of new cars rolling off the assembly line, but they’re going through a tunnel of light. Here’s an example: What the purpose of this? At one time, I thought … --- ## [I am fundraising for The Trevor Project: A crisis-intervention and suicide-prevention service for LGBT youth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-fundraising-for-the-trevor-project-a-crisis-intervention-and-suicide-prevention-service-for-lgbt-youth/963868)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-fundraising-for-the-trevor-project-a-crisis-intervention-and-suicide-prevention-service-for-lgbt-youth/963868 "2022-05-03T12:22:51Z")
I want to express my thanks to the staff for permitting me to post this. CW: Suicide. In this time of great need in the LGBTQ community, I have decided to become a fundraiser for The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project… --- ## [Is it safe to jump up and down in elevators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-jump-up-and-down-in-elevators/963733)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-jump-up-and-down-in-elevators/963733 "2022-05-03T11:59:57Z")
It occurred to me this week that my children used to ask quite frequently if they could jump up and down while an elevator was in motion, because it was fun. I’ll allow that it might be fun, but the mere thought gave me … --- ## [Shawnee, Kansas finds an unconventional (and stupid) way to battle the rising cost of rent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shawnee-kansas-finds-an-unconventional-and-stupid-way-to-battle-the-rising-cost-of-rent/963783)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shawnee-kansas-finds-an-unconventional-and-stupid-way-to-battle-the-rising-cost-of-rent/963783 "2022-05-03T11:52:30Z")
Ban roommate situations! What the hell are they thinking? Is this some kinda stupid religious thing or something? --- ## [Brain Trauma resulting in genius?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-trauma-resulting-in-genius/963759)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-trauma-resulting-in-genius/963759 "2022-05-03T11:02:38Z")
Is it possible that an adult could suffer a brain trauma go into a coma and wake up a genius. --- ## [Can civilizations work without trees and fossil fuels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-civilizations-work-without-trees-and-fossil-fuels/963435)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-civilizations-work-without-trees-and-fossil-fuels/963435 "2022-05-03T10:30:47Z")
Our civilization as we know it relies heavily upon trees for building materials, and ancient, dead plant matter for fuel. Also, we rely upon plant matter for food. But could our civilization, or some alien civilization, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1122)