# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1131 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1132 --- ## [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… --- ## [The Junkers JU-52 vs. the Ford Trimotor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-junkers-ju-52-vs-the-ford-trimotor/625017)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-junkers-ju-52-vs-the-ford-trimotor/625017 "2012-06-14T02:39:06Z")
These aircraft look very similar-did Junkers copy the Ford design? The corrugated metal fusilage-did it create a lot of drag? I assume that corrugated sheet metal would be stronger than flat metal-was this done t… --- ## [Length of TV Commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/length-of-tv-commercials/963145)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/length-of-tv-commercials/963145 "2022-04-23T08:45:06Z")
Long before the success of FAANGs (AMAMAs?), TVs used advertising for profit and between program segments. It became standard that most commercials were thirty seconds long. Most still are. But very few commercials us… --- ## [Tesla factory in Shanghai forcing employees to sleep at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-factory-in-shanghai-forcing-employees-to-sleep-at-work/963087)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-factory-in-shanghai-forcing-employees-to-sleep-at-work/963087 "2022-04-23T04:29:20Z")
After a three-week covid-related shutdown, the Tesla factory in Shanghai is starting back up again and forcing its employees to sleep at work, working 12-hour shifts, 6 days a week. China is such a terrible fucking plac… --- ## [When the Matriarch dies, what happens to the family's internal structure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-matriarch-dies-what-happens-to-the-familys-internal-structure/963257)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-matriarch-dies-what-happens-to-the-familys-internal-structure/963257 "2022-04-23T04:09:05Z")
By matriarch, I mean the female anchor, head, heart, hub of the family-- geographical, moral, spiritual. This could be Mom, Grandma, Aunt or Great-Aunt-- whoever is the gravitational energy center of the clan. \[I’m sure… --- ## [Best-selling book of 1907, published in NY: was it ever published in England?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-selling-book-of-1907-published-in-ny-was-it-ever-published-in-england/963148)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-selling-book-of-1907-published-in-ny-was-it-ever-published-in-england/963148 "2022-04-23T01:27:30Z")
My google-fu has failed me on this one, so any help would be welcome. The book in question is The Lady of the Decoration, published by The Century Co. in New York in 1906, with many reprints. I’m wondering whether it wa… --- ## [Why is the Tube in MRI machines so small?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-tube-in-mri-machines-so-small/961691)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-tube-in-mri-machines-so-small/961691 "2022-04-23T00:37:51Z")
I had to endure an MRI yesterday. I do it without sedatives. I spent the entire 30 minutes in the machine doing multiplication. 14x6, 16x8. It distracts my mind. The claustrophobia is managable. It’s being jammed in tha… --- ## [Man inhales dentist's drill bit; it becomes lodged in his lung](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-inhales-dentists-drill-bit-it-becomes-lodged-in-his-lung/963297)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-inhales-dentists-drill-bit-it-becomes-lodged-in-his-lung/963297 "2022-04-23T00:26:33Z")
I am finding all kinds of weird and entertaining stories today on Facebook and MSN News. Here’s the story of a man who inhaled a dentist’s drill bit, and it became lodged in his lung. It went so deep that they had to u… --- ## [Itchiness as a side effect of the COVID vaccine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itchiness-as-a-side-effect-of-the-covid-vaccine/963292)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itchiness-as-a-side-effect-of-the-covid-vaccine/963292 "2022-04-22T23:02:20Z")
My mother received the Pfizer vaccine for both the initial two shot as well as the booster, which she received several months ago. Since then, she’s had terrible itchiness all over. She saw her primary care physician thi… --- ## [Lumigan Has Given Me Feminine Eyelashes, Yikes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumigan-has-given-me-feminine-eyelashes-yikes/963146)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumigan-has-given-me-feminine-eyelashes-yikes/963146 "2022-04-22T22:26:46Z")
I have been taking Lumigan eye drops for a couple of years now. Works fairly well on my glaucoma. But it has given me long, feminine eyelashes, yikes! And contrary to what you may have heard, most gay men don’t want that… --- ## [The Flight Attendant HBOMax. Open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flight-attendant-hbomax-open-spoilers/928443)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flight-attendant-hbomax-open-spoilers/928443 "2022-04-22T22:09:41Z")
A few quibbles but quite fun and Cuoco leverages our association of her as Penny to good advantage. A few twists telegraphed, but some that surprised. I think one character was written thinking of Bill Hader. --- ## [Poor me :-(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-me/415174)
**Author:** [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-me/415174 "2007-08-12T15:44:21Z")
Overall, I have a pretty good life, and I wouldn’t want to trade it. But right now, I feel like running away. The kids are adorable and I’m very lucky that they are healthy. But my daughter went from being a sweet, ag… --- ## [Molotov cocktail questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molotov-cocktail-questions/960255)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molotov-cocktail-questions/960255 "2022-04-22T20:52:21Z")
AFAIK, a Molotov cocktail is just a glass bottle filled with gasoline and with a rag stuck into the end. Light the saturated rag, throw the bomb, the glass shatters, and woof! This image shows what appears to be a thic… --- ## [How Do You Feel About Crocs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-crocs/962941)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-crocs/962941 "2022-04-22T20:11:16Z")
The original ones full of holes. The sandally ones with the odd strip that can go behind your foot or on top. The more waterproof ones that limits exposed foot area? Good for work? A sign of high or low fashion? Com… --- ## [Remember Gouverneur Morris?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-gouverneur-morris/963200)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-gouverneur-morris/963200 "2022-04-22T20:10:12Z")
Why doesn’t anybody ever mention or talk about Gouverneur Morris? He was one of our Founding Fathers, he opposed slavery. And according to the article I just gave, he was one of the first people to consider himself an Am… --- ## [Should I put rooftop solar panels on my house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-put-rooftop-solar-panels-on-my-house/962468)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-put-rooftop-solar-panels-on-my-house/962468 "2022-04-22T19:54:09Z")
I recently reached out to a local installer, and the (rough) estimate they provided for a 5.6kW system is an after-tax-incentives cost of $13,357, an estimated annual production of 7,800 kWh, and an annual savings of $95… --- ## [Tell Me About Smelling Salts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-smelling-salts/962893)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-smelling-salts/962893 "2022-04-22T19:35:25Z")
I saw these for sale on a weightlifting website. It was implied that a mix of ammonia and alcohol could revive the unconscious or provide a boost to athletes about to strain. Since in twenty years of emergency work I h… --- ## [2001: A Space Odyssey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2001-a-space-odyssey/472997)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2001-a-space-odyssey/472997 "2022-04-22T19:29:20Z")
I watched this about 1970. As a dumb teenager I thought it was great. Tonight I tried to watch it again. The funereal pace drove me insane- I gave it aay after an hour. Is this movie good, great, or way over rated? --- ## [AI appears to be generating inquiries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-appears-to-be-generating-inquiries/963263)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-appears-to-be-generating-inquiries/963263 "2022-04-22T18:33:12Z")
Recently I have been getting phone calls claiming to respond to my inquiry for products or services. Inquiries that I did not make. At first I dismissed it as routine spam, but the frequency increased and there was a pat… --- ## [Friend won't let me shower at his house, am I being unreasonable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-wont-let-me-shower-at-his-house-am-i-being-unreasonable/963036)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-wont-let-me-shower-at-his-house-am-i-being-unreasonable/963036 "2022-04-22T17:33:15Z")
Water pipe burst in my front lawn. Lost all water, and water company came out and said it was their fault so they will repair it for free, however for the nest 2-3 days I won’t have water at my house at all. For eating … --- ## [Opel cars and GLONASS geolocation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opel-cars-and-glonass-geolocation/963138)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opel-cars-and-glonass-geolocation/963138 "2022-04-22T16:38:59Z")
My wife and me are on vacation touring Spain: we have rented a car and have already driven 2,000 km, we are enjoying it a lot. The car we have rented is an Opel Crossland, which is not so great. I am a bit disappointed, … --- ## [GoDaddy Website Payment Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godaddy-website-payment-question/963260)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godaddy-website-payment-question/963260 "2022-04-22T16:06:07Z")
I realize this is weirdly specific, but I’m hoping someone has already solved this for me. GoDaddy customer support can’t really help me. Trust me, I’ve tried. I manage a website on GoDaddy for a local club. It currentl… --- ## [Things That Are Technically True But You Shouldn't Say Out Loud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-technically-true-but-you-shouldnt-say-out-loud/961839)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-technically-true-but-you-shouldnt-say-out-loud/961839 "2022-04-22T15:30:52Z")
What are some statements that are technically true but that you should avoid because people will say they are evidence that you are insane? I can think of at least three right away: My bones are made out of metal. … --- ## [Why aren't vampires affected by moonlight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426 "2022-04-22T15:04:25Z")
It’s just reflected sunlight. --- ## [What could have been wrong with this airplane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-have-been-wrong-with-this-airplane/963178)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-have-been-wrong-with-this-airplane/963178 "2022-04-22T14:05:42Z")
I live on the line connecting GSP to ATL, so there are many planes (and helicopters, and the rare blimp) that fly pretty much directly above me. Minutes ago, someting is flying over. Unseen, but from the sound seemed to … --- ## [Michelle Obama's Brother and SIL sue private school their sons attended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-brother-and-sil-sue-private-school-their-sons-attended/963191)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-brother-and-sil-sue-private-school-their-sons-attended/963191 "2022-04-22T12:44:06Z")
Craig and Kelly Robinson are suing the University School of Milwaukee over inclusiveness and racial bias in the treatment of their two sons while attending the school. After the parents raised such issues with faculty… --- ## [The Trojan Horse Affair Podcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trojan-horse-affair-podcast/959414)
**Author:** [@JohnnyEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyEcks)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trojan-horse-affair-podcast/959414 "2022-04-22T11:59:54Z")
I just finished listening to the new podcast by the team that made Serial. It’s about trying to find the author of a letter that purported to outline a plan by Islamists to take over schools in Birmingham, England. Whi… --- ## [Songs about a person who is the same sex as the singer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-a-person-who-is-the-same-sex-as-the-singer/961405 "2022-04-22T11:51:39Z")
I’m looking for songs where the singers are singing about someone who is the same sex as themselves but Not a romantic rival (so not Jolene) Not a same sex love interest (so not whoever Melissa Ethridge wanted to come… --- ## [Traffic Law Enforcement in the Future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-law-enforcement-in-the-future/963175)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-law-enforcement-in-the-future/963175 "2022-04-22T11:46:49Z")
Do you think the following prediction is accurate? I think we are well on way with speed/redlight cameras, black boxes in cars, electronic banking, GPS, cellular telephones, etc. My prediction: All cars must be equ… --- ## [Can y'all help me break an annoying habit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-yall-help-me-break-an-annoying-habit/962908)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-yall-help-me-break-an-annoying-habit/962908 "2022-04-22T10:51:34Z")
I have a minor habit that I am concerned will become more serious as I grow older. So, I’d like to quit doing it before it becomes a problem. So, here’s the habit. I can slip my jaw (TMJ) and make a clicking sound. T… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1132)