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**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-recording-a-call-question/964251 "2022-05-11T17:08:18Z")
This is purely hypothetical. I am expecting a friend to call me and fess up to a serious crime. I am not a cop, and I have not gotten permission to record the phone call. (If I told my friend I was going to record the ca… --- ## [Why do you season only cast iron?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-season-only-cast-iron/964263)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-season-only-cast-iron/964263 "2022-05-11T17:07:38Z")
What’s special about seasoning cast iron? Why not season every type of metal pan? Wouldn’t it confer the same non-stick qualities? Can’t I season my Revereware aluminum pan? --- ## [Passenger landing a plane safely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passenger-landing-a-plane-safely/648352)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passenger-landing-a-plane-safely/648352 "2022-05-11T16:30:26Z")
Column: Has a passenger ever landed a plane after the pilot was incapacitated? - The Straight Dope I wonder if there are any examples of the opposite–an inexperienced passenger taking the controls in an emergency, lead… --- ## [Class C Gaming Machines in the U.K](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-c-gaming-machines-in-the-u-k/964281)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-c-gaming-machines-in-the-u-k/964281 "2022-05-11T14:17:10Z")
As I understand it, a fruit machine (class C) is not the same as a slot machine, there’s no random number generator in a chip which determines the payback percentage and every spin is an independent event. So, a fruit m… --- ## [Why is it that when I notice the heel of my sock has worn through, it's always on my right foot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-when-i-notice-the-heel-of-my-sock-has-worn-through-its-always-on-my-right-foot/964254)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-when-i-notice-the-heel-of-my-sock-has-worn-through-its-always-on-my-right-foot/964254 "2022-05-11T13:52:02Z")
\[Note to mods: I was going to put this thread in FQ, but decided there would probably be no definitive answer, and decided to put it here. If that was wrong I apologize.\] I know this sounds nuts, but without exception,… --- ## [Musing about Russia in the near and long term future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musing-about-russia-in-the-near-and-long-term-future/964150)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musing-about-russia-in-the-near-and-long-term-future/964150 "2022-05-11T12:55:43Z")
Vis a vis Russia, if there weren’t nuclear weapons in their arsenal, this would be comparatively easy - in goes NATO, job done, and NATO calls the shots for the foreseeable future (note, I said “comparatively easy”, no… --- ## [Is it still legally possible to watch the 2020 Summer Olympics in the US? (Preferably on Roku?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-legally-possible-to-watch-the-2020-summer-olympics-in-the-us-preferably-on-roku/964238)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-legally-possible-to-watch-the-2020-summer-olympics-in-the-us-preferably-on-roku/964238 "2022-05-11T12:43:02Z")
I’ve gone into NBC’s Olympics channel and found some of the 2022 Winter Olympics, but I’m having trouble finding anything from the 2020 Summer Olympics, which actually took place in '21. In particular, I’m looking for h… --- ## [Help Me Out - Hijacking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-hijacking/964260)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-hijacking/964260 "2022-05-11T10:54:29Z")
So over in the P&E Roe thread: We were advised that the hijacking was getting a bit much. Which, OK, likely it was. But traditionally, after 675 posts, things were generally on the loose side. I mean, how many times ca… --- ## [Putin could formally declare war on May 9, allowing him to step up his campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-could-formally-declare-war-on-may-9-allowing-him-to-step-up-his-campaign/964093)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-could-formally-declare-war-on-may-9-allowing-him-to-step-up-his-campaign/964093 "2022-05-11T06:59:57Z")
A head line from CNN. How would he step up his campaign? Russian soldiers are murdering and raping civilians. The only thing I can think of is using tactical nuclear weapons. --- ## [Roku TV won't stream Prime Video sometimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-tv-wont-stream-prime-video-sometimes/964237)
**Author:** [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-tv-wont-stream-prime-video-sometimes/964237 "2022-05-11T05:31:39Z")
I have been having an intermittent problem with Amazon video on my TLC RokuTV. When the problem shows up, it will do everything EXCEPT actually stream the video. Starts up, shows the menus, search works, etc…just won’t… --- ## [TV screen "fuzz"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-screen-fuzz/964157)
**Author:** [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-screen-fuzz/964157 "2022-05-11T04:33:52Z")
Many years ago when I was a child, I remember large TV screens (CRT screens) that had been switched on for a while would accumulate a layer of “fuzzy air” that you could feel if you put your hand very close to the screen… --- ## [ID this movie: "Big W"? (NOT "It's a Mad x4 World")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-big-w-not-its-a-mad-x4-world/964219)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-big-w-not-its-a-mad-x4-world/964219 "2022-05-11T02:29:00Z")
In The Girl at the Baggage Claim (a work of nonfiction), Gish Jen describes how her father told her about a movie he had once seen: …he did not even know its name. However, he did remember its plot, which involved a gr… --- ## [Just a short funny Interstellar anecdote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-short-funny-interstellar-anecdote/964099)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-short-funny-interstellar-anecdote/964099 "2022-05-11T01:52:36Z")
So I’d decided I was probably never going to watch it and I wanted to know what the movie was about…so I read the wiki plot breakdown. I’d needn’t worried about beating myself up for spoiling a movie I should have sat d… --- ## [MSRP and new vehicle prices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msrp-and-new-vehicle-prices/964220)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msrp-and-new-vehicle-prices/964220 "2022-05-11T01:23:04Z")
My understanding was the MSRP for a vehicle was the highest price a dealer could charge for the vehicle. It was usually inflated somewhat, on purpose, and the salesmen would absolutely let you pay full price if you didn… --- ## [Is this an appropriate Ramadan greeting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-appropriate-ramadan-greeting/963683)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-appropriate-ramadan-greeting/963683 "2022-05-11T01:04:08Z")
My understanding is that Sunday, May 1, will be the last day of Ramadan this year. I have an acquaintance who I will be seeing on Sunday. I looked online and I found that Eid Mubarak is a customary greeting at the end o… --- ## [Strange things bought by people you know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-bought-by-people-you-know/964236)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-bought-by-people-you-know/964236 "2022-05-11T00:08:25Z")
Not anything expensive like a house or car . My father in law liked to tinker. A local hardware store was closing. So he bought their entire supply of nuts, bolts, screws, etc. Thousands of them. When he … --- ## [The worst guest bed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-guest-bed/964007)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-guest-bed/964007 "2022-05-10T23:42:15Z")
We’re heading out this weekend to my husband’s aunt. She doesn’t have a guest room, but she generously offered us her hide-a-bed. We declined and booked a hotel room. At least we can reasonably expect a good sleep. In m… --- ## [Share your new funk songs here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-new-funk-songs-here/957265)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-new-funk-songs-here/957265 "2022-05-10T20:41:59Z")
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak are bringing on the funk! Here are two great songs: Are there other current artists putting out funk like this? Share anything from the last five or ten years! … --- ## [Why so much broken hardware but few dead bodies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-broken-hardware-but-few-dead-bodies/963694)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-broken-hardware-but-few-dead-bodies/963694 "2022-05-10T19:37:28Z")
Hi there, based on all those hundreds of 10-40 sec. videos of war-hardware been taken out that circulate the twitter/reddit sphere … It just dawned on me that I hardly remember a single one with dead enemies in the vide… --- ## [Things you should have said](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-have-said/964066)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-have-said/964066 "2022-05-10T18:43:47Z")
It’s a (I assume) universal experience: Something happens, and you’re caught verbally flat-footed. A short time later the perfect rejoinder or clever joke springs to mind. What was it? --- ## [What COVID seems to have taught me about taste and smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-covid-seems-to-have-taught-me-about-taste-and-smell/964146)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-covid-seems-to-have-taught-me-about-taste-and-smell/964146 "2022-05-10T18:22:25Z")
While I’m fully-vaxxed and once-boosted, I managed to catch COVID about 11 days ago. Who would’ve thought going to 3 different crowded indoor work/social events in largely unmasked NYC could possibly lead to COVID? Any… --- ## [Why is Detroit batting FIRST against Oakland today if they're at home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-detroit-batting-first-against-oakland-today-if-theyre-at-home/964250)
**Author:** [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-detroit-batting-first-against-oakland-today-if-theyre-at-home/964250 "2022-05-10T17:41:22Z")
Have I lost my mind? The Tigers and A’s are in Detroit and Detroit is batting AT THE TOP OF THE INNING!! Huh? What??? --- ## [Dropping "the" in Front of Chef or Coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-the-in-front-of-chef-or-coach/963954)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-the-in-front-of-chef-or-coach/963954 "2022-05-10T16:06:12Z")
My son was watching one of the cooking shows and it reminded me how people often drop the “the” in front of chef when referring to the chef. For example, someone told a lie to the chef and someone else commented “I can’… --- ## [What are the world's top destinations for fruit tourism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-worlds-top-destinations-for-fruit-tourism/964134)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-worlds-top-destinations-for-fruit-tourism/964134 "2022-05-10T14:30:39Z")
Since everybody has different taste, the only objective criteria I can think of are: Diversity of fruit Flavor and sweetness levels of the fruit. More is almost always better. Size of fruit. Bigger is better, all other… --- ## [What do you call a person who trolls a troll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-trolls-a-troll/964158 "2022-05-10T14:12:41Z")
Troll squared. I’ll show myself out… --- ## [How does one get the Hells Angels off your back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-the-hells-angels-off-your-back/963742)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-the-hells-angels-off-your-back/963742 "2022-05-10T14:00:12Z")
My friend, “J.”, has a cousin she lives with in Ontario, whom I’ll call “Z”. Z has gotten on the wrong side of the Hells Angels. They’re suspicious of him because he makes a lot of money, and think he’s been dealing in… --- ## [Cuisinart issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisinart-issue/964233)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisinart-issue/964233 "2022-05-10T14:00:01Z")
I can never get my cuisinart to line up correctly. There are three main parts, the bowl (with the handle), the lid (with a part that clicks into the handle), and the little feeder part that fits into the lid. I say “cl… --- ## [How, Exactly, Are The Dead Identified By 'Dental Records'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-are-the-dead-identified-by-dental-records/964143)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-are-the-dead-identified-by-dental-records/964143 "2022-05-10T13:31:39Z")
Do dentists send off xrays to some office in Washington or something? --- ## [Calculating my weight with no scales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-my-weight-with-no-scales/964181)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-my-weight-with-no-scales/964181 "2022-05-10T13:31:34Z")
I don’t own any scales and don’t want to buy any scales, but I have a questionnaire asking me for my weight. This doesn’t need to be super accurate but I want it to be reasonable. I was assuming there would be at least o… --- ## ['T' vs. 'tea'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-vs-tea/964179)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-vs-tea/964179 "2022-05-10T12:37:57Z")
In the late-‘80s, a girlfriend introduced me to ‘T’, meaning ‘trash’. ‘What’s the T?’ (‘What’s up?’) she’d ask; or, Oh, she was dishing the T on \[so-and-so\].’ Recently I’ve seen posts where people use ‘tea’ for the sam… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1127&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1129&state=tracking)