# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1220 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1221 --- ## [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… --- ## [Sausage drone and the lost dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-drone-and-the-lost-dog/958227)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-drone-and-the-lost-dog/958227 "2022-01-22T22:42:53Z")
This is amusing and cute. --- ## [How can I tell if I was asymptomatic with COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-tell-if-i-was-asymptomatic-with-covid/958067)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-tell-if-i-was-asymptomatic-with-covid/958067 "2022-01-22T22:41:52Z")
I’m fully vaccinated and boosted. I gave blood a couple of weeks ago and was sent the results of an antigen test that said that I was positive which meant that I had either had COVID or was vaccinated. This isn’t parti… --- ## [Tim-Tam Slam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-tam-slam/957990)
**Author:** [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-tam-slam/957990 "2022-01-22T19:13:18Z")
Anyone here done the Tim-Tam Slam? I was taught to do it by an Israeli. He called it the Tim-Tam Suck. Sorry, can’t do a link: please Google or whatever. --- ## [Who Sang Mathew Mark Luke and John song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-mathew-mark-luke-and-john-song/958176)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-mathew-mark-luke-and-john-song/958176 "2022-01-22T18:15:41Z")
My Google is letting me down. I’m only finding a kids nursery song. There’s a 60’s folk song by Joan Baez, CSN, or maybe Peter Paul & Mary? One of the folk singers. Mathew Mark Luke and John, or Martin, Luke or John so… --- ## [Anyone here do logo creation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-do-logo-creation/958235)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-do-logo-creation/958235 "2022-01-22T18:09:02Z")
Graphic design work, in other words. Have a logo or two I want to create and this sort of thing is WAY beyond my wheelhouse. PM me. I want to get this done soon, so this is a serious enquiry and I prefer to pay a Doper … --- ## [Cultural significance of age milestones in ancient Judaism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-significance-of-age-milestones-in-ancient-judaism/958025)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-significance-of-age-milestones-in-ancient-judaism/958025 "2022-01-22T16:02:10Z")
Anybody who knows anything at all about Judaism knows that age 13 is culturally significant in Judaism; that’s the age when a boy does his bar mitzvah. What I’m wondering about is age 50. And the reason for that is a c… --- ## [Is Hoda Muthana a US citizen & should she be allowed back in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hoda-muthana-a-us-citizen-should-she-be-allowed-back-in-the-us/829942)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hoda-muthana-a-us-citizen-should-she-be-allowed-back-in-the-us/829942 "2022-01-22T15:52:26Z")
AP story here. Basically, Hoda Muthana is a lady who left the US to join the Islamic State. She married twice; both husbands were killed while fighting. She had a son with one of the two men. She now says she regrets… --- ## [What is the minimum offense to prohibit one from holding US office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-offense-to-prohibit-one-from-holding-us-office/958204)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-offense-to-prohibit-one-from-holding-us-office/958204 "2022-01-22T15:52:10Z")
Obviously the potus is the issue. But there are others who need to be challenged and the environment is target rich right now, It feels like a race to make this happen but I don’t know how it may be done. If dt is as gu… --- ## [Time Travel is impossible because](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-is-impossible-because/829218)
**Author:** [@Stylkng](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stylkng)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-is-impossible-because/829218 "2022-01-22T15:28:13Z")
Time travel is impossible If we were to travel ahead in time because of the constant evolution of bacterias and virusus we would be attacked and killed by bacteria that our bodies couldnt handle if we traveled back in … --- ## [Judge prevents at-will hospital employees from quitting and working new jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-prevents-at-will-hospital-employees-from-quitting-and-working-new-jobs/958222)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-prevents-at-will-hospital-employees-from-quitting-and-working-new-jobs/958222 "2022-01-22T14:00:33Z")
Can some of the lawyerly types explain to me how this can be legal? Like I don’t understand how the judge can make this kind of ruling at all, regardless of whether you agree with the worker or the hospital. I’ve creat… --- ## [Sending an SMS using a cellular internet modem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-an-sms-using-a-cellular-internet-modem/958171)
**Author:** [@MozeJose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MozeJose)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-an-sms-using-a-cellular-internet-modem/958171 "2022-01-22T13:58:34Z")
My home Internet is provided through a cellular modem. Every time I hit a data cap, I have to take the SIM card out of my modem, put it into my phone, and send an SMS to my service provider. As one might imagine, this is… --- ## [Yvette Mimieux has died at 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yvette-mimieux-has-died-at-80/958059)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yvette-mimieux-has-died-at-80/958059 "2022-01-22T13:44:34Z")
Article. Another object of my teen lust has gone. --- ## [What song am I thinking of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208)
**Author:** [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208 "2022-01-22T13:30:54Z")
Dreamy sounding song that has the word “daydream” in it. Man’s voice. I want to say 2000s or 2010s. This is a long shot but this group is amazing at this kind of thing. --- ## [RIP Betty White](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000 "2022-01-22T13:16:09Z")
About two weeks shy of her 100th birthday. She will be missed, but she had one helluva run. --- ## [Can One Fly to Any Country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-fly-to-any-country/957521)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-fly-to-any-country/957521 "2022-01-22T09:22:36Z")
My son was wondering can you simply get up and fly to any country? I know the State Department posts warnings of going to certain countries, but does anything actually stop you? OK, one is limited by where the commercial… --- ## [Bolduan spells "Baldwin"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolduan-spells-baldwin/957733)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolduan-spells-baldwin/957733 "2022-01-22T05:21:15Z")
On what planet? CNN! That’s a bold un. Buldoon. Bulldyane. Ballydwoon. I’m trying to think of less probable spellings. --- ## [Looking for a quality LED backlit keyboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quality-led-backlit-keyboard/953047)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quality-led-backlit-keyboard/953047 "2022-01-22T05:14:44Z")
I used to have a nice backlit keyboard. A4Tech I think. It was one colour, blue, and was likely lit with a very basic single light as it was made just a bit before LEDs got really cheap and ubiquitous. That keyboard star… --- ## [What are some well-rounded "parks" you can think of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-well-rounded-parks-you-can-think-of/957452)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-well-rounded-parks-you-can-think-of/957452 "2022-01-22T04:56:55Z")
Ones that ticks off a lot of “boxes” for whatever you consider to be a “park”? For me, the most well-rounded I’ve come across is Hampstead Heath in London. It has: – Places of natural interest (stands of mature woodlan… --- ## [The Matrix Resurrections - discussion thread (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-matrix-resurrections-discussion-thread-open-spoilers/956481)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-matrix-resurrections-discussion-thread-open-spoilers/956481 "2022-01-22T04:44:35Z")
I’ll be watching this tonight now that it is finally out. Reviews are all over the place on this movie, from scathingly negative all the way up to “really good”. I thought we should probably have a discussion thread ded… --- ## [Rising Nationalism Across the Globe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rising-nationalism-across-the-globe/958069)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rising-nationalism-across-the-globe/958069 "2022-01-22T04:42:21Z")
I’ve been thinking a lot about the rise in nationalism around the world. As most of us here are in the US, it’s easy to think this is a US thing, but the truth is that India, China, Russia, the US, Brazil, Hungary, Polan… --- ## [New Year, New Feud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-new-feud/957331)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-new-feud/957331 "2022-01-22T03:32:59Z")
Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. You want to match the other people in the game. Rules: DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS, lest you see the other answers. Scroll r… --- ## [New orbiting film studio to be built in space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orbiting-film-studio-to-be-built-in-space/958127)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orbiting-film-studio-to-be-built-in-space/958127 "2022-01-22T03:32:58Z")
Axiom space (who currently is building an independent space station temporarily attached to the ISS) has been contracted to build a orbiting film studio, the S.E.E. The S.E.E.'s first use will be for Tom Cruise’s recent… --- ## [Beck had a bad bad bad strange encounter in the localish pitstop. You can get gas, pizza, bait, (a tater log) a dirty magazine, or an Icee. No bathroom tho, sorry go out back they accommodatingly say when folks ask for the restroom key](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408 "2022-01-22T03:31:42Z")
So …we stopped on the way home from dialysis. The Li’l-wrekker said “hurry up, I hate this place” She’s such a kill-joy😳 You might ask what I wanted from there, no, don’t ask. As I was walking in a very small woman … --- ## [Is it "End scene!" or "And......... Scene!"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-end-scene-or-and-scene/642851)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-end-scene-or-and-scene/642851 "2022-01-22T03:18:02Z")
It originated as the signal an actor used to tell the casting person that he/she has concluded his audition scene. But this piece of thespian jargon has gone mainstream in the past 20 or so years. In television shows and… --- ## [One For The Parents of Teens (or older)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-for-the-parents-of-teens-or-older/957669)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-for-the-parents-of-teens-or-older/957669 "2022-01-22T02:33:35Z")
I’m not looking for advice or anything like that, I’m just curious. Today, Vaderling, out of my left field, asked if I support Biden or Trump and why. He will be an official teenager soon, so not totally an off-the-wal… --- ## [Oldest garment you own and still wear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-garment-you-own-and-still-wear/958062)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-garment-you-own-and-still-wear/958062 "2022-01-22T01:37:34Z")
Thinking about a dresser full of clothing, some of which is fairly elderly, I got to thinking about the oldest thing I have that I still wear regularly. It’s down to a T-shirt, that I bought after seeing The Secret Gard… --- ## [NFL 2021: Super Wild Card Week Hey Nineteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-super-wild-card-week-hey-nineteen/957814)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-super-wild-card-week-hey-nineteen/957814 "2022-01-22T00:51:26Z")
Playoffs??!! You kiddin’ me?? Playoffs?!! Yes, it’s the playoffs. Here’s your slate for Super Wild Card Weekend: Saturday 4:30 pm: 5 Las Vegas Raiders @ 4 Cincinnati Bengals (-6) 8:15 pm: 6 New England Patriots @ 3 B… --- ## [The Hollies song "Hold On" lyrics help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hollies-song-hold-on-lyrics-help/958135)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hollies-song-hold-on-lyrics-help/958135 "2022-01-22T00:35:07Z")
The Holies song “Hold On” from the album Distant Light. All the lyrics sites that I’ve looked at have this for the last two verses: I was getting excited One thing on mind When she rushed out of the bedroom Said “You… --- ## [Chat support can see what you're typing before you hit send](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-support-can-see-what-youre-typing-before-you-hit-send/958132)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-support-can-see-what-youre-typing-before-you-hit-send/958132 "2022-01-21T23:49:27Z")
Just dawned on me today when I got a very fast and lengthy reply. Of course they can. ~Max [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1219) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1221)