# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1130 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1131 --- ## [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 … … --- ## [Would you say there is an element of sexism in the opposition to Le Pen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-there-is-an-element-of-sexism-in-the-opposition-to-le-pen/963234)
**Author:** [@JesuisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JesuisB)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-there-is-an-element-of-sexism-in-the-opposition-to-le-pen/963234 "2022-04-24T18:50:17Z")
It seems a lot of people are employing quite sexist rhetoric in their opposition to Le Pen. I find this rather concerning, as France has the opportunity to make history in the fight for gender equality by electing their … --- ## [Aviation: pilot in command/captain in a military aircraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-pilot-in-command-captain-in-a-military-aircraft/963305)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-pilot-in-command-captain-in-a-military-aircraft/963305 "2022-04-24T18:47:25Z")
Wikipedia describes “pilot in command” of an aircraft as “captain” in a multi-person flight crew. But Captain is also a military rank, at least for the US Navy and Air Force. So how is this handled in those branches of… --- ## [Guest at Universal Studios Beijing dies from heart attack {2022-04-23}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-at-universal-studios-beijing-dies-from-heart-attack-2022-04-23/963340)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-at-universal-studios-beijing-dies-from-heart-attack-2022-04-23/963340 "2022-04-24T17:43:22Z")
Visitor at Universal Studios Beijing suffers heart attac: The park opened last year and attracts many visitors every day. No serious incidents have been reported so far. “Earlier this week, in the Decepticoaster roller… --- ## [Debate over the meaning of the word 'berserker"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debate-over-the-meaning-of-the-word-berserker/963202)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debate-over-the-meaning-of-the-word-berserker/963202 "2022-04-24T17:33:30Z")
As I’ve read more into Viking culture, I’ve noticed conflicting definitions: berserker: ber(bear) and serker(skin or cloth) and thus believe to have gone into battle naked without weapons That the latter interpretation… --- ## [The 15 boxes of classified documents taken by DOJ from Trump's Mar-a-Lago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-boxes-of-classified-documents-taken-by-doj-from-trumps-mar-a-lago/963136 "2022-04-24T16:15:30Z")
Has anyone seen a detailed breakdown of that whole affair? I would assume no books have yet been published. --- ## [Is it just a coincidence that 9mm luger and .38 special are almost the exact same diameter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-a-coincidence-that-9mm-luger-and-38-special-are-almost-the-exact-same-diameter/963344)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-a-coincidence-that-9mm-luger-and-38-special-are-almost-the-exact-same-diameter/963344 "2022-04-24T15:44:36Z")
9mm is 0.355 and .38 is .0.357 diameter and I know the bullets are actually compatible with each other in reloading in their respective cases. (Though not recommended unless you’re an expert reloader) Since both are the… --- ## [Do You Remember the Kennedy-Kerry Coincidences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-kennedy-kerry-coincidences/947953)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-kennedy-kerry-coincidences/947953 "2022-04-24T14:30:03Z")
Just for the sake of reminiscing. I am not saying that they mean anything. (Actually quite the contrary. At the time they were kind of a let down–more on that later.) First, just to cleanse the palate, the Adams-Bush an… --- ## [Where is social media headed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-social-media-headed/963192)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-social-media-headed/963192 "2022-04-24T14:08:48Z")
I find these times to be exciting! Almost on a daily basis I am finding people who are using social media in new ways. It appears somewhat haphazard and groping but aspects of social media seem to be developing and slowl… --- ## ["Pull yourself up by your bootstraps", young man!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-young-man/963174)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-young-man/963174 "2022-04-24T13:31:06Z")
What the hey-hoo is a bootstrap? --- ## [Polls outside of IMHO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-outside-of-imho/963251)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-outside-of-imho/963251 "2022-04-24T13:03:30Z")
We have a new member - @NotaDuck (welcome!) - who has been making polls in GD, P&E, and the Game Room. I believe on vBulletin the forums were set up so that polling was only enabled in IMHO. Discourse lets you make them … --- ## [I just filled out my retirement papers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-filled-out-my-retirement-papers/963139)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-filled-out-my-retirement-papers/963139 "2022-04-24T12:20:36Z")
The Pension will start after I leave. I’ll need at least a part-time job, but I can get that, easy. 27 years–it’s been too long. --- ## [Alternate Endings of Movies that aren't Big](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-endings-of-movies-that-arent-big/962843 "2022-04-24T06:07:30Z")
Okay, I was talking to my sister (not the one I just referenced in IMHO!), and she asked me if there was either an alternate ending to or director’s cut of the movie Shallow Grave. Because, she said, recently someone had… --- ## [So, about Predator (1987)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-predator-1987/963335)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-predator-1987/963335 "2022-04-24T04:03:54Z")
“Did you find Hawkins?” “I can’t tell.” “Where the hell is his body?” What exactly are we looking at on the ground in that scene? --- ## [Woman falls headfirst into pit toilet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-headfirst-into-pit-toilet/963330)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-headfirst-into-pit-toilet/963330 "2022-04-24T02:57:23Z")
A woman in Washington state fell headfirst into a pit toilet while trying to retrieve her phone. Fortunately it still worked and she could use it to call 911 to be rescued. I’m reminded of the Jack Handey quote: “If you… --- ## [Should governments regulate the % of investor owned residential real estate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-governments-regulate-the-of-investor-owned-residential-real-estate/963088)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-governments-regulate-the-of-investor-owned-residential-real-estate/963088 "2022-04-24T01:42:08Z")
Multifamily housing units already owned by investors/corporations represent about 31% of all residential housing in the U.S. Over the past decade there has been a growing trend of investor backed funds purchasing single… --- ## ["Staging" a house for sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staging-a-house-for-sale/963170)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staging-a-house-for-sale/963170 "2022-04-24T00:41:05Z")
We’re going to be selling our house and moving out of state in a little under a year. Thankfully, we live in a place where houses sell like pancakes. So we’re getting plenty of realtor fliers talking about the advantag… --- ## [Guy Lafleur (1952-2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-lafleur-1952-2022/963295)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-lafleur-1952-2022/963295 "2022-04-23T23:20:12Z")
In the first hockey game I remember, the Canadiens beat the Maple Leafs 5-0. This had a profound effect on my future hockey team preferences. Some of those goals were scored by stalwart star Guy Lafleur. I was saddene… --- ## [What chain restaurant had a 'British burger' in the '70s/'80s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-chain-restaurant-had-a-british-burger-in-the-70s-80s/963314)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-chain-restaurant-had-a-british-burger-in-the-70s-80s/963314 "2022-04-23T22:02:00Z")
In the late-'70s and into the '80s, dad and I would go to a chain restaurant and he would order the ‘British burger’. It was just a cheeseburger, but it had two pieces of bacon arranged in a cross like the British flag. … --- ## [Is Andy Sipowitz the most unlikable "good guy" on a tv series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-andy-sipowitz-the-most-unlikable-good-guy-on-a-tv-series/963207)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-andy-sipowitz-the-most-unlikable-good-guy-on-a-tv-series/963207 "2022-04-23T22:00:15Z")
I mean, the guy doesn’t smile or seem to enjoy himself, even when he’s with his kid. He doesn’t have a charming personality, apparently, he doesn’t have any hobbies or other activities like bowling, etc so what would mak… --- ## [Pet Haikus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-haikus/960916)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-haikus/960916 "2022-04-23T21:18:59Z")
Marge sits dappled in The sun’s lies about springtime. The wind brings her news. https://photos.smugmug.com/My-Homepage-Photos/n-8DX8Hb/i-Tccx5Wb/0/4bd0e284/XL/i-Tccx5Wb-XL.jpg --- ## [Am I allowed to post a fundraiser link to The Trevor Project on the board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allowed-to-post-a-fundraiser-link-to-the-trevor-project-on-the-board/963327)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allowed-to-post-a-fundraiser-link-to-the-trevor-project-on-the-board/963327 "2022-04-23T21:14:27Z")
Today I created a personal and team fundraising page for The Trevor Project, a 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention center that provides care for LGBTQ youth through text, online chat, and phone. Am I allowed… --- ## [Was this a legit celeb sighting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-legit-celeb-sighting/963328)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-legit-celeb-sighting/963328 "2022-04-23T20:41:21Z")
This morning I’m playing music in a coffee house in Oak Park - a suburb just west of Chicago. Sometime around 8 a.m., a guy sits down at a table very close to us who looks EXACTLY like Jeremy Renner. I don’t really thi… --- ## [RNC and Commission on Presidential Debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-and-commission-on-presidential-debates/962831)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-and-commission-on-presidential-debates/962831 "2022-04-23T20:28:34Z")
So the RNC has decided to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates. From the article: Ronna McDaniel said the commission is “biased and has refused to enact simple and commonsense reforms to help ensure fa… --- ## [Call LGBT advocates groomers? This Michigan state senator is not putting up with your shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-lgbt-advocates-groomers-this-michigan-state-senator-is-not-putting-up-with-your-shit/963150)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-lgbt-advocates-groomers-this-michigan-state-senator-is-not-putting-up-with-your-shit/963150 "2022-04-23T20:13:55Z")
Michigan state senator Mally McMarrow, libeled and called a groomer for supporting LGBT rights, which seems to be in vogue among the GOP nowadays, delivered a fiery, passionate speech on the Senate floor. I wish she woul… --- ## [Framed: a daily game like Wordle, but with stills from movies instead of words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/framed-a-daily-game-like-wordle-but-with-stills-from-movies-instead-of-words/963119)
**Author:** [@metonymic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metonymic)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/framed-a-daily-game-like-wordle-but-with-stills-from-movies-instead-of-words/963119 "2022-04-23T18:42:40Z")
(I didn’t know whether this should go in The Game Room or Cafe Society, but I chose here since it’s film-related.) Have you heard of framed.wtf? It’s similar to Wordle, but you view stills from movies and guess their t… --- ## [Travel back in time to San Francisco: April 14, 1906, 4 days before the earthquake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-back-in-time-to-san-francisco-april-14-1906-4-days-before-the-earthquake/963171)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-back-in-time-to-san-francisco-april-14-1906-4-days-before-the-earthquake/963171 "2022-04-23T18:24:04Z")
I was browsing YouTube videos the other night when this came up in my feed: footage down Market Street filmed by a camera mounted to a trolley car. The person who posted it took the old footage and remastered it to sharp… --- ## [Looking for scientifically sound arguments that predict a much slower world population growth by 2050 than the often cited estimate of 9 billion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-scientifically-sound-arguments-that-predict-a-much-slower-world-population-growth-by-2050-than-the-often-cited-estimate-of-9-billion/963108)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-scientifically-sound-arguments-that-predict-a-much-slower-world-population-growth-by-2050-than-the-often-cited-estimate-of-9-billion/963108 "2022-04-23T16:57:50Z")
I’m looking for scientifically sound arguments that predict a much slower world population growth than the often cited estimate of 9 billion by 2050. I have read and heard over the years that the 2050 projection of 9 bil… --- ## [Protest notes and letters of protest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-notes-and-letters-of-protest/963304)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-notes-and-letters-of-protest/963304 "2022-04-23T15:05:48Z")
Can anybody tell me what “a protest note” and “a letter of protest” are? --- ## [Little King sandwich shops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-king-sandwich-shops/963316)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-king-sandwich-shops/963316 "2022-04-23T14:20:25Z")
Does anyone else remember Little King sandwich shops? It had a picture of The Little King from the old comic strip on the sign, and they made great hoagies and other sandwiches. I remember the shop in the Hollywood dis… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1129) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1131)