# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1219 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1220 --- ## [A couple of cool science videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-cool-science-videos/958279)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-cool-science-videos/958279 "2022-01-24T14:39:33Z")
I came across these totally by accident, but thought I would share because I found them quite interesting. The first is a talk given at the Royal Institution in London by Sean Carroll on quantum mechanics. Carroll is m… --- ## [Would it be inaccurate or misleading to define a "miracle" as an "impossibilty"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-inaccurate-or-misleading-to-define-a-miracle-as-an-impossibilty/956665)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-inaccurate-or-misleading-to-define-a-miracle-as-an-impossibilty/956665 "2022-01-24T14:30:35Z")
I’m imagining that those who believe in miracles would have an issue with this definition, and those who don’t would not, but I’m not sure if this true or why it would be true. --- ## [Out of balance political power: Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-balance-political-power-joe-manchin-and-kyrsten-sinema/953643)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-balance-political-power-joe-manchin-and-kyrsten-sinema/953643 "2022-01-24T14:26:40Z")
I’m trying to think of other politicians that have wielded as much political power as Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema have despite their never having been elected to a national position or even a position of leadership wi… --- ## [Is there a free and simple program for Windows that will allow me to take separate MP3 files and generate one long MP3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-free-and-simple-program-for-windows-that-will-allow-me-to-take-separate-mp3-files-and-generate-one-long-mp3/958229)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-free-and-simple-program-for-windows-that-will-allow-me-to-take-separate-mp3-files-and-generate-one-long-mp3/958229 "2022-01-24T12:53:16Z")
I have some chopped up MP3 files for an audio book. I would like to drop all of the audio MP3’s together, putting them in order, and then generate one long MP3 that plays them all straight through. Is there a simple sof… --- ## [Looking for a low-carb alternative to oatmeal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-low-carb-alternative-to-oatmeal/958278)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-low-carb-alternative-to-oatmeal/958278 "2022-01-24T11:09:25Z")
Just like the title says. I like a bowl of hot oatmeal in the morning, but it is just a tad too high in carb to suit me. What alternatives are there? --- ## [Tell me about food insecurity in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-food-insecurity-in-the-us/956840)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-food-insecurity-in-the-us/956840 "2022-01-24T09:31:14Z")
I was watching The Daily Show year recap. Trevor Noah claimed 160,000 military families could not afford food and so required food banks and such. Is this true? If it is, how can it possibly be justified? --- ## [Stick a fork in Mitch McConnell, 'cos he's done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141 "2022-01-24T05:40:22Z")
Black people vote just as much as Americans? Really, Mitch? --- ## [Abandoned structures and their stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-structures-and-their-stories/958017)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-structures-and-their-stories/958017 "2022-01-24T05:06:01Z")
I live in a mostly rural county in southern Maryland (St. Mary’s county, if that means anything to anyone.) We’ve lived here 17 years and over that time, I’ve noticed a lot of houses, mobile homes, and even businesses le… --- ## [Do you use a tumble dryer after washing your clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-tumble-dryer-after-washing-your-clothes/957804)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-tumble-dryer-after-washing-your-clothes/957804 "2022-01-24T04:48:37Z")
We have a washing machine and use it regularly. Then we hang our clothes out to dry in a thing like this, of which we have three. They fold quite small and flat when not in use, our flat is big enough anyway, I don’t min… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad lectures, failed Taco eating:, criminal behavior and the Lil'wrekker not adding the County Sheriff's depts funds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-lectures-failed-taco-eating-criminal-behavior-and-the-lilwrekker-not-adding-the-county-sheriffs-depts-funds/957555)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-lectures-failed-taco-eating-criminal-behavior-and-the-lilwrekker-not-adding-the-county-sheriffs-depts-funds/957555 "2022-01-24T04:35:56Z")
Gotta a lecture at dialysis and no tacos, which is bad folks. While I was at diàlysis the Lil’Wrekker had to go to traffic court. The cop didn’t show up. Again she beat a speeding ticket. I was shocked. These peeps ain’… --- ## [Meat Loaf is in the Rear View Mirror Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-is-in-the-rear-view-mirror-now/958162)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-is-in-the-rear-view-mirror-now/958162 "2022-01-24T04:20:19Z")
I’m not usually the type to participate in, much less start, threads about celebrities who have passed on, but damn it, Meat Loaf has died. The linked article suggests a more complex relationship between the artist and … --- ## [Where’s the new MMP. Wake up Mumpers MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-s-the-new-mmp-wake-up-mumpers-mmp/957927)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-s-the-new-mmp-wake-up-mumpers-mmp/957927 "2022-01-24T04:08:08Z")
I guess I’m up early this morning. Which is exceedingly rare. January is half over. Where does the time go? No topic. But, hijack away. I’ll start. Woke with no pain. Cripped three houses up with Buddy and he did his … --- ## [Just to share: senior making a big difference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-share-senior-making-a-big-difference/958293)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-share-senior-making-a-big-difference/958293 "2022-01-24T03:00:00Z")
If I make it that long, I hope I can give back and contribute like this guy has. Brightened / inspired an otherwise gruggy day. really a quick three and half minutes… --- ## [Fuck COVID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-covid/957872)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-covid/957872 "2022-01-24T00:53:40Z")
Fuck COVID, which stole my mother’s soul. Fuck COVID, which smothered my uncle and aunt, leaving them to die alone and in pain. Fuck all the people who talk about how it’s no big deal. It only kills old people, and fat… --- ## [Obscure movie puns - like 1963 Cleopatra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-puns-like-1963-cleopatra/930809)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-puns-like-1963-cleopatra/930809 "2022-01-24T00:04:09Z")
Here is a notorious mistranslation from Latin: Leges Romanorum bonae erant. The legs of the Romans were bony. In the 1963 movie Cleopatra, there is a scene where Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor) is being deified. All oth… --- ## [Is a ZOOM Dopefest possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-zoom-dopefest-possible/958146)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-zoom-dopefest-possible/958146 "2022-01-23T20:56:05Z")
I think it was tried in the past, but ZOOM has improved its services quite a bit since then, and the public (for the most part) has become more savvy in it’s use. Either smaller time zone based Fests or one or two bigge… --- ## [Did anyone else know someone who had a real life "Catch Phrase"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-know-someone-who-had-a-real-life-catch-phrase/958207)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-know-someone-who-had-a-real-life-catch-phrase/958207 "2022-01-23T19:33:54Z")
And not a verbal tic or just something they unintentionally said a lot like “like”, but they deliberately went out of their way to have a catch phrase like somebody in a sitcom. When I was in college I knew a guy who wo… --- ## [Excel copy, paste, and formatting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-copy-paste-and-formatting/958274)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-copy-paste-and-formatting/958274 "2022-01-23T18:04:58Z")
When I copy a part of a file and paste it in a new sheet it loses the format and becomes a jumble. Does anyone know how to fix this? --- ## [Listen up @Hallmark. .. Bad bad bad Beck has found you a new holiday to over merchandize and thereby causing innocent consumers to spend the large $buxx on!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-hallmark-bad-bad-bad-beck-has-found-you-a-new-holiday-to-over-merchandize-and-thereby-causing-innocent-consumers-to-spend-the-large-buxx-on/958244)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-hallmark-bad-bad-bad-beck-has-found-you-a-new-holiday-to-over-merchandize-and-thereby-causing-innocent-consumers-to-spend-the-large-buxx-on/958244 "2022-01-23T17:28:24Z")
Hey. If you missed it, it’s allover but the crying, you unlucky consumers. I hit the motherlode! Yesterday was half price Corndog day. Whoo-hoo! Happy holidays!! I say. (Can’t exactly say ‘Merry Weenie’ day, or ‘Jol… --- ## [Martha Stewart Reveals why she broke up with Anthony Hopkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-reveals-why-she-broke-up-with-anthony-hopkins/958177)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-reveals-why-she-broke-up-with-anthony-hopkins/958177 "2022-01-23T17:10:53Z")
I didn’t even know they were ever an item. Do I have to go on? Surely you’ve all written the obvious punch line to this set-up. But here it is anyway: “She would never pair fava beans and chianti with human liver.” I… --- ## [Has someone already cloned a person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-someone-already-cloned-a-person/958007)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-someone-already-cloned-a-person/958007 "2022-01-23T15:40:42Z")
I know that human cloning (as long as you allow them to live to maturity) is controversial and I think illegal, bu what are the odds someone’s already done it? --- ## [Any cuisines where top chefs don’t make their own recipes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cuisines-where-top-chefs-don-t-make-their-own-recipes/958261)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cuisines-where-top-chefs-don-t-make-their-own-recipes/958261 "2022-01-23T14:59:49Z")
I was reading a book on Japanese culture. It made the fairly obvious point top Japanese chefs rarely invent new recipes. Traditionally, they mastered ancient techniques and sourced the best ingredients but placed littl… --- ## [Florida health official put on administrative leave... for SUPPORTING vaccination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-health-official-put-on-administrative-leave-for-supporting-vaccination/958205)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-health-official-put-on-administrative-leave-for-supporting-vaccination/958205 "2022-01-23T12:37:13Z")
A health official in Florida has been put on administrative leave for encouraging his employees to get vaccinated against covid-19, despite legislation passed last year in the Sunshine State prohibiting public and priv… --- ## [Buckaroo Bonzai returns...in book form anyway (No Spoilers, Please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buckaroo-bonzai-returns-in-book-form-anyway-no-spoilers-please/958234)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buckaroo-bonzai-returns-in-book-form-anyway-no-spoilers-please/958234 "2022-01-23T04:57:51Z")
For all of us that have been waiting 35 years for the fight against the World Crime League, that time is now. If anyone has already read it, can you post your opinion, spoiler free please. Found this while looking for … --- ## [Defusing the bomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defusing-the-bomb/958143)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defusing-the-bomb/958143 "2022-01-23T01:48:54Z")
Who was it, who was a bomb expert here? Say the name and I’ll remember. Letal Weapon 2 is on TV. Earlier, Danny Glover was on a toilet that was rigged with a bomb. It looked like a block of C4 with the associated ele… --- ## [Are Hot Dogs sandwiches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-hot-dogs-sandwiches/707928)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-hot-dogs-sandwiches/707928 "2022-01-23T01:41:04Z")
Just read this question, figured it may make for some lively debate on the Dope. Or not. Somebody care to take the obviously wrong answer and just run with it, to be contrarian? Anyway, what say you? --- ## [What one object would you most strongly associate with a tv character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084 "2022-01-23T01:36:13Z")
The thread title is exactly what it says on the tin, for example: Fonzie: Black leather jacket Radar O’Reilly: Teddy Bear Laverne DeFazio: One of her iconic “L’s” (Or a glass of milk and Pepsi) Nick Yemana: a white … --- ## [Why is #FauciLied trending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602 "2022-01-23T01:23:49Z")
Not up-to-date on the latest, but this is trending? I hear he is before the US Congress today. Has something come out, stuff which a reasonable person would find problematic or is it more half truths, insinuations and s… --- ## [RIP Ronnie Spector](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666 "2022-01-23T01:06:43Z")
Ronnie Spector has passed away. My lifelong crush. Sigh… https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/60s-icon-ronnie-spector-sang-baby-dies-78-82230668 --- ## [Cause of Death in an Obituary Issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cause-of-death-in-an-obituary-issue/957466)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cause-of-death-in-an-obituary-issue/957466 "2022-01-23T00:01:40Z")
First, let me say I mean no disrespect to anyone who has died or the relative of anyone who has died. I’m just trying to understand why it works the way it works. Every now and then I scan of the Obits in my local newsp… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1218) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1220)