# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1129 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1130 --- ## [April 17, 1982 - Forty years since the Patriation of the Constitution of Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-17-1982-forty-years-since-the-patriation-of-the-constitution-of-canada/962961)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-17-1982-forty-years-since-the-patriation-of-the-constitution-of-canada/962961 "2022-04-25T23:37:11Z")
I really can’t believe it’s been 40 years since Her Majesty signed the Proclamation on a rainy day on Parliament Hill, bringing the Constitution home and ending the remnants of British legislative powers over Canada. … --- ## [Govt Overspending: Incompetence vs Corruption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govt-overspending-incompetence-vs-corruption/963176)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govt-overspending-incompetence-vs-corruption/963176 "2022-04-25T22:20:44Z")
It is commonplace in Canada to see spending vastly outweigh initial costs. Sometimes, in the case of military procurement, this is because operating and maintenance costs are excluded. But two examples, across differen… --- ## [Bride and caterer arrested for secretly putting cannabis in the food at the wedding reception {2022-04-22}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-and-caterer-arrested-for-secretly-putting-cannabis-in-the-food-at-the-wedding-reception-2022-04-22/963293 "2022-04-25T21:57:17Z")
I know this board all too well, and I know the jokes are going to come fast and furious on this one, but let me start out by saying that you do not do this to people. The following is a gifted article from the Washing… --- ## [Why hasn't New York City hosted the Summer Olympics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-new-york-city-hosted-the-summer-olympics/961568)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-new-york-city-hosted-the-summer-olympics/961568 "2022-04-25T21:40:28Z")
Why hasn’t New York City ever hosted the Summer Olympics? It’s one of the biggest and most famous cities in the world, and an international hub, with people and businesses from all over the world. --- ## [Trade Secrets: News You Can Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-secrets-news-you-can-use/955143)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-secrets-news-you-can-use/955143 "2022-04-25T21:29:08Z")
I picked up a used book called Trade Secrets. It’s a British show featuring people in various jobs giving helpful advice. It’s unusual, because the advice is actually helpful. I shave daily using five blade razor cart… --- ## [Utterly dopey characters who are actually very good at their job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utterly-dopey-characters-who-are-actually-very-good-at-their-job/963255)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utterly-dopey-characters-who-are-actually-very-good-at-their-job/963255 "2022-04-25T20:30:23Z")
Note: I would like to preemptively disqualify the various flavors of “absent-minded scientist” from this discussion or they’ll drown out everything else. We can take them as a given. I’m also not really talking about th… --- ## [Donating eye glasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-eye-glasses/963354)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-eye-glasses/963354 "2022-04-25T20:22:36Z")
Occasionally i see a drop box for donation your no longer needed prescription eye glasses, I think the Lions Club does this. As I get safety glasses from work along with regular at home glasses I now have a box of eye g… --- ## [What is this person putting up to her mouth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-person-putting-up-to-her-mouth/963433)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-person-putting-up-to-her-mouth/963433 "2022-04-25T20:21:11Z")
We’ve been watching the civil proceedings against MTG, and all throughout, this woman to the judge’s right (the court clerk, I assume) has been continually raising a device to her mouth. Can anyone tell me what it is? --- ## [Why are driver’s licenses valid across state lines but not hunting and fishing licenses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-driver-s-licenses-valid-across-state-lines-but-not-hunting-and-fishing-licenses/963336)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-driver-s-licenses-valid-across-state-lines-but-not-hunting-and-fishing-licenses/963336 "2022-04-25T20:21:00Z")
I can drive anywhere in the US with my Oklahoma DL but if I want to fish in Texas, I have to buy a license. My Oklahoma fishing license is useless there. Is there some federal law that requires each state to recognize ea… --- ## [How did banking work in ancient times (think Rome circa 50 BC so Caesar, Pompey, Crassus and so on)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-banking-work-in-ancient-times-think-rome-circa-50-bc-so-caesar-pompey-crassus-and-so-on/963393)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-banking-work-in-ancient-times-think-rome-circa-50-bc-so-caesar-pompey-crassus-and-so-on/963393 "2022-04-25T20:16:10Z")
We often hear about people like Caesar and Pompey and Crassus were super-wealthy. They would conquer various regions and then those regions would send tax money to Rome and…somehow…make those guys (and others like them)… --- ## [What in the Heck Did I Just Watch or 134 Minutes I'll Never Get Back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-heck-did-i-just-watch-or-134-minutes-ill-never-get-back/920693)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-heck-did-i-just-watch-or-134-minutes-ill-never-get-back/920693 "2022-04-25T18:26:50Z")
Has anyone else slogged through “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”? I started watching it Sunday and gave up within 5-10 minutes. It was boring - 2 people in a car talking. I decided to give it another shot yesterday. They … --- ## [A question about the Book of Revelation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-book-of-revelation/963365)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-book-of-revelation/963365 "2022-04-25T17:12:30Z")
From Revelation 1:4 “John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the … --- ## [How to make cheesy potatoes from fresh, not frozen potatoes? (Need answer kinda fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-cheesy-potatoes-from-fresh-not-frozen-potatoes-need-answer-kinda-fast/962923)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-cheesy-potatoes-from-fresh-not-frozen-potatoes-need-answer-kinda-fast/962923 "2022-04-25T15:48:43Z")
We’re having Easter with my wife’s family, which now that her parents are getting on in age, is rotated among her siblings, and it’s a potluck in which we all bring a dish. My wife volunteered to make her family’s belove… --- ## [What food/ingredient/recipe crushes do you have, or have had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-ingredient-recipe-crushes-do-you-have-or-have-had/963342)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-ingredient-recipe-crushes-do-you-have-or-have-had/963342 "2022-04-25T15:41:55Z")
I’m sure anyone who likes to explore new cooking ideas will know what I mean. You try out a new ingredient, or test a new recipe and … BAM! Love at first bite. You can’t believe you lived your whole life so far without t… --- ## [So who in the MCU are still technically "Avengers" at this point? Does the "The Avengers" still exist as a team?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-in-the-mcu-are-still-technically-avengers-at-this-point-does-the-the-avengers-still-exist-as-a-team/955904)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-in-the-mcu-are-still-technically-avengers-at-this-point-does-the-the-avengers-still-exist-as-a-team/955904 "2022-04-25T13:38:09Z")
Given the various splits, blips, deaths, retirements, and legal entanglements, who is technically still an “Avenger” in the MCU at this point? Is there still an “Avengers” team at this point? Or is it really more of an… --- ## [Best marijuana strains and means of ingestion for those prone to weed anxiety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-marijuana-strains-and-means-of-ingestion-for-those-prone-to-weed-anxiety/941886)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-marijuana-strains-and-means-of-ingestion-for-those-prone-to-weed-anxiety/941886 "2022-04-25T13:17:07Z")
I assume we can post this here since weed is legal for recreational use in 17 states at this point. For those of us who get anxiety from smoking street weed (which I don’t know anything about the strain, I just assume i… --- ## [2001 Space Odyssey is the 2nd-most boring movie ever made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2001-space-odyssey-is-the-2nd-most-boring-movie-ever-made/728133)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2001-space-odyssey-is-the-2nd-most-boring-movie-ever-made/728133 "2022-04-25T11:34:14Z")
I Pit 2001: A Space Odyssey, the 2nd-most tedious and boring movie ever made. Perhaps I should ask Mods to move this to BBQ Pit so I can say “Fk\*ng Boring and any of you who like it are Idts.”) In the past few years I’v… --- ## [Solution to the Falkland Islands crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solution-to-the-falkland-islands-crisis/962901)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solution-to-the-falkland-islands-crisis/962901 "2022-04-25T10:54:04Z")
Secret CIA documents show the US had plans to either give the Falkland Islands to Argentina and repatriate the islanders to Scotland or allow them become Argentine citizens because the spy agency thought the UK would los… --- ## [May throw Ipad out of window](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-throw-ipad-out-of-window/963266)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-throw-ipad-out-of-window/963266 "2022-04-25T06:58:05Z")
Hopefully the good people of the dope may be able to help me. I’ve been given an ipad by work. OK, I know I can’t simply plug in a usb drive to move files across, work policy won’t allow it. I do have a verbatim media … --- ## [A Cheap Chawklit MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cheap-chawklit-mmp/962994)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cheap-chawklit-mmp/962994 "2022-04-25T06:45:25Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 63 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 82 and rain. I will believe that when it happens. We did get some rain overnight but not the deluge promised by TWPTB… --- ## [I pit the piece of shit that dumped this bunny on the side of the road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-piece-of-shit-that-dumped-this-bunny-on-the-side-of-the-road/961660)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-piece-of-shit-that-dumped-this-bunny-on-the-side-of-the-road/961660 "2022-04-25T03:44:42Z")
I went for a walk in my neighborhood today and came across a small, white bunny. Next to him was a large, opened bag of kale. Some sonofabitch decided they didn’t want it anymore and left it to fend for itself, be rescue… --- ## [The Terrible Legal Advice Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terrible-legal-advice-thread/959894)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terrible-legal-advice-thread/959894 "2022-04-25T02:46:59Z")
Inspired by a similar topic, what’s the worst legal advice you’ve been ever given or seen given, either because it’s not true or because it’s actually illegal? “If you ever need to beat someone up with a baseball bat, w… --- ## [What howitzers are the U.S. giving to Ukraine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-howitzers-are-the-u-s-giving-to-ukraine/963084)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-howitzers-are-the-u-s-giving-to-ukraine/963084 "2022-04-25T02:23:53Z")
From here: The U.S. will provide Ukraine ‘18 155 mm Howitzer cannons.’ What kind? They made like 10,000 M114 howitzers between 1941 and 1953. Some of them are still being used somewhere. Probably not them though, as … --- ## [Detroit Riverwalk named best riverwalk in America for 2nd straight year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-riverwalk-named-best-riverwalk-in-america-for-2nd-straight-year/963315)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-riverwalk-named-best-riverwalk-in-america-for-2nd-straight-year/963315 "2022-04-25T01:57:21Z")
This was on the local news this morning— according to a USA Today reader’s choice poll. I was surprised to hear it- the best river walk in the entire country? I’m all the more surprised because in my early 20s I worked … --- ## [Why does my ceiling fan make little intermittent lightning flashes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-ceiling-fan-make-little-intermittent-lightning-flashes/953823)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-ceiling-fan-make-little-intermittent-lightning-flashes/953823 "2022-04-25T01:35:58Z")
We have a ceiling fan in our bedroom. I think it’s a Hunter, but I’m not positive. Anyway, the controls for the fan itself and the lights are separate. We usually run the fan at night to cool off the room, but obviously … --- ## [Jingles in advertising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingles-in-advertising/736760)
**Author:** [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingles-in-advertising/736760 "2022-04-25T01:14:57Z")
I spend more time than I would like to admit watching commercial from the 1970s-1990s and have DVDs of ads from the 50s and 60s and notice that one thing that remained a constant through those decades was the simple, cat… --- ## [Help identify this movie: Edible beer bottles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-movie-edible-beer-bottles/963376)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-movie-edible-beer-bottles/963376 "2022-04-24T23:22:45Z")
Many years ago, I saw a movie on TV. If I had to guess, I’d say it was made in the 1940s or perhaps 1930s. (I’m thinking the movie was in black & white, but given that my viewing of it predated broadly available color … --- ## [Help finding a science fiction story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-science-fiction-story/963369)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-science-fiction-story/963369 "2022-04-24T22:43:04Z")
A friend of mine posting elsewhere on the interwebs is having trouble finding a story, and maybe y’all can help? He says, “Looking for a science fiction work! My best guess would be a short story or novelette, possibly … --- ## [Recommend me a good podcast manager?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-podcast-manager/855381)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-podcast-manager/855381 "2022-04-24T20:31:10Z")
For many years I’ve been using BeyondPod, and for almost as long a time it’s worked very well for me. Recently, however, it has acquired this aggravating behavior of dropping focus when paused. So, for example, if I’m … --- ## [Robert Hall Clothiers v. the U. S. Postal Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-hall-clothiers-v-the-u-s-postal-service/963112)
**Author:** [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-hall-clothiers-v-the-u-s-postal-service/963112 "2022-04-24T20:08:58Z")
Anyone remember Robert Hall clothes (1937-1977)? I remember their advertising, so I googled them to see if they were a local or national chain. According to Wikipedia, their jingle was " When the values go up, up, up … … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1128) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1130)