# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1201 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1202 --- ## [Don't nurse that Mule - chug it down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-nurse-that-mule-chug-it-down/959319)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-nurse-that-mule-chug-it-down/959319 "2022-02-11T19:22:04Z")
A study shows that ginger beer dissolves enough of the copper from a Moscow Mule mug to raise the toxicity level above the safety standard. But if you chug it, you’re good! https://nordot.app/864813149791125504?c=592622… --- ## [Third of humanity dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-of-humanity-dies/958948)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-of-humanity-dies/958948 "2022-02-11T18:18:38Z")
The other thread here wondering what if some women ceased being pregnant made me wonder something else. What if a third of each nation perished, what would be the immediate and long term results of that? apologies for po… --- ## [Al Franken: 'It would be tempting' to run for office again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-franken-it-would-be-tempting-to-run-for-office-again/959256)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-franken-it-would-be-tempting-to-run-for-office-again/959256 "2022-02-11T18:05:43Z")
I, for one, would love to see Franken back in the senate. I think the reasons he was forced out were overblown. YMMV --- ## [What Irritated You Today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-irritated-you-today/953315)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-irritated-you-today/953315 "2022-02-11T17:31:44Z")
The opposite of the What Made You Smile Today thread. I’m not talking about climate change, politics, etc. I’m talking about the little irritants that piss you off. I’ll go first. When trying to move or pick up a rug, t… --- ## [On the use of 'legacy' email addresses. .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-use-of-legacy-email-addresses/958601)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-use-of-legacy-email-addresses/958601 "2022-02-11T17:26:00Z")
Someone tried to make me feel old today, because I have, and regularly use an @hotmail.com email address. And I’m not afraid to use it. Are @yahoo.com or even @aol.com email addresses still out there? I retorted to th… --- ## [Have you ever been harassed over your hobbies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632)
**Author:** [@a\_dudes\_thought\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_dudes_thought_s)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632 "2022-02-11T16:44:12Z")
I’ve had a few situations where random people wanted to attack me over what music I was listening to. I used to buy super cheap headphones and people could hear what I was playing. I will list a few incidents I have had… --- ## [What Books Do You Re-Read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-do-you-re-read/959159)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-do-you-re-read/959159 "2022-02-11T16:42:20Z")
I’m re-reading Down the Common by Ann Baer. I’ve read it twice already. It’s about life in a medieval village in England. That’s all. A year in the life of an ordinary village woman. Dull? No. This book immerses y… --- ## [Cruel remarks your teacher made in class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruel-remarks-your-teacher-made-in-class/621258)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruel-remarks-your-teacher-made-in-class/621258 "2022-02-11T16:22:22Z")
When I was a high-school sophomore, the English teacher was going over each student’s grade status about a month before the end of the school year. He gave everyone’s name. He came to one girl and said–so help me this is… --- ## [Commercial Truck Driver's Logbooks and other practices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-truck-drivers-logbooks-and-other-practices/958856)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-truck-drivers-logbooks-and-other-practices/958856 "2022-02-11T15:27:31Z")
I didn’t want to hijack the Highway Weigh Stations thread. But towards the end of the thread (as I read it now) was a comment about electronic weights and transponders, reminding me to ask about drivers logbooks. As I … --- ## [LotR: Why didn't Sauron make Elven rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-why-didnt-sauron-make-elven-rings/959091)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-why-didnt-sauron-make-elven-rings/959091 "2022-02-11T14:23:37Z")
We know that Sauron made the nine rings for men (who became ring-wraiths) and seven for the dwarves (who mostly resisted the rings but became more greedy). But why not the Elves? We know Celebrimbor made three in secre… --- ## [How to find an Ohio divorce record from 1945](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-ohio-divorce-record-from-1945/959262)
**Author:** [@garlandlyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garlandlyon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-ohio-divorce-record-from-1945/959262 "2022-02-11T13:26:17Z")
How to find Ohio divorce records world war 2 some time in 1945 --- ## [Would an immersion blender improve my kitchen life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-immersion-blender-improve-my-kitchen-life/958833)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-immersion-blender-improve-my-kitchen-life/958833 "2022-02-11T13:00:50Z")
I’ve given almost zero thought to immersion blenders … the only time I saw much reference to them was when my son was young enough to eat baby food and it seemed like something one could use for homemade versions. He’s a… --- ## [Just got tix for a summer 2023 concert in Geneva!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-tix-for-a-summer-2023-concert-in-geneva/958730)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-tix-for-a-summer-2023-concert-in-geneva/958730 "2022-02-01T04:45:56Z")
I just bought tickets to a pop concert. In June 2023. In Geneva, Switzerland. I think I’m a little crazy. It’s French singer Mylène Farmer, whom I’ve loved for decades and always wanted to see live. --- ## [I Want Something Light and Amusing to Read](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-something-light-and-amusing-to-read/958312)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-something-light-and-amusing-to-read/958312 "2022-02-07T02:25:15Z")
I’ve just finished off the Woodward trilogy on the Trump years, and before that have read books like White Rage about racism in America. I need a break from the depressing state of affairs today. What are some light an… --- ## [Why has Kidnapping for Cash Ransom Practically Disappeared in the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-kidnapping-for-cash-ransom-practically-disappeared-in-the-usa/958517)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-kidnapping-for-cash-ransom-practically-disappeared-in-the-usa/958517 "2022-02-11T11:13:24Z")
I read a very interesting book a while back entitled The Kidnap Years by David Stout. It was about a spate of kidnappings for cash back in the Twenties and Thirties. It covered the Lindbergh kidnapping, of course. But… --- ## [Cryptocurrency and NFTs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptocurrency-and-nfts/959211)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptocurrency-and-nfts/959211 "2022-02-11T09:16:37Z")
Two things I don’t understand, despite many attempts by their aficionados to explain them to me. I wonder if there’s any connection between them, or if they just both happen to be concepts that seem to me incomprehensibl… --- ## [Who wrote the original "Heavy boots" story on the internet message boards. I'm thinking it was in the 1980s (but I could be wrong)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-original-heavy-boots-story-on-the-internet-message-boards-im-thinking-it-was-in-the-1980s-but-i-could-be-wrong/959268)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-the-original-heavy-boots-story-on-the-internet-message-boards-im-thinking-it-was-in-the-1980s-but-i-could-be-wrong/959268 "2022-02-11T08:35:42Z")
Topic is the whole question. If you don’t know the “Heavy boots” story, this question is not for you. --- ## [Which is the fastest way down an icy mountain? Bobsled, luge, or skeleton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-fastest-way-down-an-icy-mountain-bobsled-luge-or-skeleton/959140)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-fastest-way-down-an-icy-mountain-bobsled-luge-or-skeleton/959140 "2022-02-11T04:38:28Z")
Assuimg everything else is equal. I gotta assume it’s either bobsled or skeleton since those get running starts… This article dodged the question. P.s. i encourage smartass/jackass answers. --- ## [Young People with Landlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-people-with-landlines/959068)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-people-with-landlines/959068 "2022-02-11T03:03:25Z")
I occured to me the other day that I don’t know anyone under 30 who has a landline. (This includes people who have their own households, not people living with their parents.) I asked the youngest person I knew with a la… --- ## [Advice on "accepting the bad with the good" (family relationships)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-accepting-the-bad-with-the-good-family-relationships/959112)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-accepting-the-bad-with-the-good-family-relationships/959112 "2022-02-11T01:54:58Z")
At the age of 34, I think I’m finally coming around to something I should have done or realized many years ago - namely, that my mother is never going to change. There are a lot of good things about my mother. There are… --- ## [Awkwafina untwittered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awkwafina-untwittered/959050)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awkwafina-untwittered/959050 "2022-02-11T01:18:37Z")
Seems she’s quit Twitter because people were slamming her for having a black accent in her act. Sorry I’m unable to post a link. Fair? Or can comedians push boundaries.? --- ## [Death and Igors (Discworld)(Open Spoilers abound)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-igors-discworld-open-spoilers-abound/959222)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-igors-discworld-open-spoilers-abound/959222 "2022-02-11T00:48:10Z")
Weird thoughts come to me in the weirdest places. This one popped into my head as I was waiting for my breakfast at a local drive-thru this morning. What does DEATH think about Igors? After all, a lot of beings are walk… --- ## [Origin of phrase "Bat out of hell" (hint - not Meatloaf)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-phrase-bat-out-of-hell-hint-not-meatloaf/915328)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-phrase-bat-out-of-hell-hint-not-meatloaf/915328 "2022-02-11T00:12:33Z")
I was searching on-line for the origin of the title phrase. While most sites (that weren’t about the Meatloaf album) gave sort of hand-waving explanations about the meaning being “fast and reckless”; only one addressed … --- ## [What car was this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-was-this/959065)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-was-this/959065 "2022-02-10T23:25:00Z")
I bought my first new car in 1981. From a local new car dealership, same as you’d find in cities in many (most?) parts of the United States. Oh, and it had 3 “eyes\*.” What model car did I own? (I know the answer) \*A t… --- ## [Fresh air: Just what the doctor ordered!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-just-what-the-doctor-ordered/959132)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-just-what-the-doctor-ordered/959132 "2022-02-10T22:29:00Z")
Doctors in Canada can now prescribe national park passes to patients Here’s something I didn’t know: --- ## [The Rolling Stones announce thier 2021 'No Filter' Tour!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rolling-stones-announce-thier-2021-no-filter-tour/947050)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rolling-stones-announce-thier-2021-no-filter-tour/947050 "2022-02-10T22:06:42Z")
Christ, I saw the Stones in concert 40 years ago in '81, when I was 17, and there were plenty of jokes going around back then about how old they were-- “Are they going to play in wheelchairs har har har?”. I guess ‘No … --- ## [Repairing moth hole in unlined wool jacket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-moth-hole-in-unlined-wool-jacket/959219)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-moth-hole-in-unlined-wool-jacket/959219 "2022-02-10T21:50:49Z")
Who can repair two tiny moth holes in an L.L.Bean boiled wool jacket? Dry cleaners, tailor, someone else? How do they do this–do they take fabric from some hidden spot? How much (ballpark) can I expect to pay? The jacket… --- ## [Bartenders. How often did someone buy a round for the house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bartenders-how-often-did-someone-buy-a-round-for-the-house/958725)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bartenders-how-often-did-someone-buy-a-round-for-the-house/958725 "2022-02-10T21:00:29Z")
Let’s try this again in the right forum. Title says it all. Followup question. Any interesting related stories? --- ## [Mysterious things you found in your own house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-things-you-found-in-your-own-house/921176)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-things-you-found-in-your-own-house/921176 "2022-02-10T20:45:41Z")
What mysterious things have you found in your own house (not left there by a previous owner)? I just found one unpopped popcorn kernel in the middle of our bed. There’s been no popcorn in the house in years, and it defi… --- ## [Were your kids stand-outs in sports/theater/academics/something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-your-kids-stand-outs-in-sports-theater-academics-something-else/958816)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-your-kids-stand-outs-in-sports-theater-academics-something-else/958816 "2022-02-10T20:42:37Z")
I have one daughter and we had a standing rule - she could do one extra-curricular activity at a time. Neither my husband nor I wanted to spend our free time ferrying her thither and you. As a result, she tried a lot of … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1200) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1202)