# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1265 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1266 --- ## [Do you sleep under a bedspread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-under-a-bedspread/402176)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-under-a-bedspread/402176 "2021-12-08T22:17:17Z")
An argument brewed this weekend as I held forth that, no, you don’t sleep under a bedspread (particularly the quilted polyester ones in hotels), but pull it off and sleep under the bedclothes underneath it. The bedsprea… --- ## [Describe breakfast in your childhood residence during your schooldays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-breakfast-in-your-childhood-residence-during-your-schooldays/955544)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-breakfast-in-your-childhood-residence-during-your-schooldays/955544 "2021-12-08T22:03:29Z")
The teen daughter of a guy I dated about 10 years ago was astonished when I told her that my mother cooked breakfast for me just about every school day of my life from first grade (1954) through college graduation (1970… --- ## [Protesting a warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protesting-a-warning/955062)
**Author:** [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protesting-a-warning/955062 "2021-12-08T21:33:25Z")
This was not an attack, it was an observation based on the posts. I will concede there’s a certain dark humour in someone not knowing what an attack is in the context of that thread, though. If you want to know what a… --- ## [My sick kitty \[update - kitty has passed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sick-kitty-update-kitty-has-passed/954079)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sick-kitty-update-kitty-has-passed/954079 "2021-12-08T21:15:20Z")
He’s been becoming weaker and lethargic for about a week now. Today we took him to the vet. He’s a rescue, I got him at the Humane Society around eight years ago. They estimated him to be about five years old, then. So… --- ## [Gender Pronouns (original title: Should we have gender-identifiers on the SDMB?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-pronouns-original-title-should-we-have-gender-identifiers-on-the-sdmb/953846)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-pronouns-original-title-should-we-have-gender-identifiers-on-the-sdmb/953846 "2021-12-08T21:02:41Z")
When referring to another poster whose sex I don’t know, I generally revert to “he” unless corrected, but I know there are many women on the board. On one message board I go to, men’s names are in blue, women’s names ar… --- ## [Article on inflation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-inflation/955732)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-inflation/955732 "2021-12-08T20:20:39Z")
If you are concerned about inflation (economic, not tire or belly) this article suggests we can all chill out about it. --- ## [Mailing Letters And Interfering With U.S. Mail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailing-letters-and-interfering-with-u-s-mail/955475)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailing-letters-and-interfering-with-u-s-mail/955475 "2021-12-08T18:15:47Z")
As I said before, I have a couple of scientific theories that I have been trying to share for quite some time now. And I often use U.S. mail to share them. I also have Type II Diabetes. So I sometimes walk to the mailbo… --- ## [Reproducibility Crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reproducibility-crisis/955726)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reproducibility-crisis/955726 "2021-12-08T18:12:39Z")
Dozens of major cancer studies can’t be replicated | Science News After eight years, a project that tried to reproduce the results of key cancer biology studies has finally concluded. And its findings suggest that like… --- ## [The legality of deterring mailbox baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legality-of-deterring-mailbox-baseball/593646)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 682\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legality-of-deterring-mailbox-baseball/593646 "2021-12-08T17:21:30Z")
On a recent (rerun) episode of CSI, part of the plot involved a homeowner who, tired of having his mailbox destroyed by teens playing mailbox baseball, installs a mailbox filled solid with concrete. The result is that t… --- ## [Facebook Question: Share to a Group](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question-share-to-a-group/955659)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question-share-to-a-group/955659 "2021-12-08T16:56:52Z")
I have a personal Facebook account and I have a page called Flying Cars and Food Pills that posts fun images on retrofuturism. I’m also a member of several retrofuture Facebook groups. When I post something to the Flyin… --- ## [NFL 2021: Week Thirteen Assassins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-thirteen-assassins/955373)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-thirteen-assassins/955373 "2021-12-08T16:42:20Z")
Not a lot of news in the NFL this week. Guys entering and leaving Covid protocols (Goodbye TJ Watt. Welcome back Amari Cooper). Guys entering and leaving due to injuries (Maybe Hello to Kyler Murray and Deandre Hopkins. … --- ## [Answer to Captain Kangaroo Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-to-captain-kangaroo-song/733720)
**Author:** [@truetolife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truetolife)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-to-captain-kangaroo-song/733720 "2021-12-08T15:57:03Z")
Happened to see the question on a previous thread. Here are the lyrics to The Ill Assorted Guard : The ill assorted guard goes marching twice a day. They march with a rattle and a tootle and a boom in an ill assorted … --- ## [Could someone please explain the reasoning behind religious exemptions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain-the-reasoning-behind-religious-exemptions/953408)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain-the-reasoning-behind-religious-exemptions/953408 "2021-12-08T15:07:55Z")
Are there studies that show that people that claim a religious exemption to getting the shots are much less prone to getting and/or spreading Covid? Does sincere belief create a magic bubble that Covid cannot penetrate? … --- ## [Arduino momentary switch wiring questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arduino-momentary-switch-wiring-questions/955641)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arduino-momentary-switch-wiring-questions/955641 "2021-12-08T13:41:59Z")
It’s “simple” tasks like these that make me realize I remember much, much less from the 6 weeks of circuit design I took in college than I wish. OK, all I’m trying to do is get 5 switches wired up to the digital inputs … --- ## [TIL from Eternals that DC characters exist in the Marvel Universe. Are they "real" people/superheroes in Marvel or fictional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-from-eternals-that-dc-characters-exist-in-the-marvel-universe-are-they-real-people-superheroes-in-marvel-or-fictional/955651)
**Author:** [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-from-eternals-that-dc-characters-exist-in-the-marvel-universe-are-they-real-people-superheroes-in-marvel-or-fictional/955651 "2021-12-08T13:34:16Z")
Batman, Alfred, and Superman are all mentioned in the movie, though it’s not clear if they are “real” or fictional characters in the Marvel universe. If they are fictional, it seems a bit of a backhanded swipe at the riv… --- ## ["A Date Which Will Live in Infamy" Was 80 Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-date-which-will-live-in-infamy-was-80-years-ago/955664)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-date-which-will-live-in-infamy-was-80-years-ago/955664 "2021-12-08T12:39:06Z")
I remember the anniversaries of it were a big deal when I was in elementary school. --- ## [WWII European bombing campaign book from a German civilian perspective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-european-bombing-campaign-book-from-a-german-civilian-perspective/955604)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-european-bombing-campaign-book-from-a-german-civilian-perspective/955604 "2021-12-08T11:03:44Z")
Hello Everyone, Mods if I’m in the wrong form, please move me to the correct one. It’s a factual question so I placed it here. Does anyone have a book recommendation about the European bombing campaign as seen from a G… --- ## [WWII Navy dentist writes his wife every day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-navy-dentist-writes-his-wife-every-day/945142)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-navy-dentist-writes-his-wife-every-day/945142 "2021-12-08T09:58:18Z")
WWII Navy Dentist writes his wife every day. My dad kept his promise and wrote daily letters to my mom during WWII. I blog them along with photos and other memorabilia. I’ve been reading posts occasionally on the ‘Yo… --- ## [Don't thaw that steak - grill it frozen!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-thaw-that-steak-grill-it-frozen/955296)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-thaw-that-steak-grill-it-frozen/955296 "2021-12-08T08:00:12Z")
Interesting article from America’s Test Kitchen. I’m going to have to try this. Anybody have any experience cooking unthawed steaks? --- ## [Is simultaneous signing and speaking really what hearing people do with deaf people or a movie invention?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-simultaneous-signing-and-speaking-really-what-hearing-people-do-with-deaf-people-or-a-movie-invention/955374)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-simultaneous-signing-and-speaking-really-what-hearing-people-do-with-deaf-people-or-a-movie-invention/955374 "2021-12-08T07:44:43Z")
I’ve seen several movies/tv shows (This Close/Everything’s Gonna Be OK/Only Murders in the Building/A Quiet Place) involving deaf people where the the deaf person will communicate via signing (and subtitles on screen) an… --- ## [Will Kyle Rittenhouse Speak at the 2024 GOP National Convention?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-kyle-rittenhouse-speak-at-the-2024-gop-national-convention/954457)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-kyle-rittenhouse-speak-at-the-2024-gop-national-convention/954457 "2021-12-08T06:41:08Z")
Assuming he isn’t in prison (which looks less and less likely now), I think the answer is, “No doubt about it.” --- ## [How can McCarthy filibuster in the House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-mccarthy-filibuster-in-the-house/954646)
**Author:** [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-mccarthy-filibuster-in-the-house/954646 "2021-12-08T04:29:38Z")
Kevin McCarthy somehow managed to perform a talking filibuster against the Build Back Better act in the House last night. How was he allowed to do that since the House has never had a filibuster? --- ## [So President Biden and President Putin are going to chat. What could they talk about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-president-biden-and-president-putin-are-going-to-chat-what-could-they-talk-about/955613)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-president-biden-and-president-putin-are-going-to-chat-what-could-they-talk-about/955613 "2021-12-08T04:29:36Z")
Ukraine. They’re going to talk about Ukraine. Presumably, Putin will renew his objection to Ukraine joining NATO. So, my question is, other than “Because I am going to invade”, what legitimate objection could Putin ha… --- ## [Rate the Marvel Cinematic Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-marvel-cinematic-universe/952772)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-marvel-cinematic-universe/952772 "2021-12-08T04:04:03Z")
Rate the movies from 1 to 10. Please add comments if you like. I will. Movie, US Release Date, Director(s) Phase One (6 movies) poll poll poll poll poll poll Phase Two (6 movies) poll poll poll poll poll poll Phase T… --- ## [Mouth-Hair Squickiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouth-hair-squickiness/955656)
**Author:** [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouth-hair-squickiness/955656 "2021-12-08T02:09:09Z")
Judging from the wet puddles that appear around our house, our cats are constantly ingesting (and eliminating) their fur. Cleaning themselves, they get great mouthfuls of their hair and it doesn’t seem to bother them. Bu… --- ## [Common Names In Certain Jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-names-in-certain-jobs/955606)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-names-in-certain-jobs/955606 "2021-12-08T01:44:53Z")
Came across this fascinating graphic showing first names more common than expected in certain professions, from 2014. I can’t vouch for its accuracy. But it sometimes rings true. Augustus seems a good name for a jud… --- ## [Are there any songs you can't listen to without thinking of a parody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-you-cant-listen-to-without-thinking-of-a-parody/955045)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-you-cant-listen-to-without-thinking-of-a-parody/955045 "2021-12-08T01:09:20Z")
I don’t think it was intentional, but Shatner’s rendition of “Rocket Man” sure does it for me. Ditto for Stewie’s version: --- ## [Surprising second occupations of performers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-second-occupations-of-performers/955507)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-second-occupations-of-performers/955507 "2021-12-08T00:53:38Z")
I was surprised to find out that Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is a licensed transport pilot who flew as captain for a charter airline company. He is also a published author, a competitive fencer, and has started a scho… --- ## [What is causing this computer oddity (black screen)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-causing-this-computer-oddity-black-screen/955649)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-causing-this-computer-oddity-black-screen/955649 "2021-12-08T00:40:16Z")
I’ve been noticing lately that when I switch from one screen to another, like going from the Dope’s home page to the forum page, my laptop screen often goes black for a second or two. What could be causing this and what’… --- ## [Are we meant to believe James Bond (aka 007) is one person or several people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-meant-to-believe-james-bond-aka-007-is-one-person-or-several-people/955484)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-meant-to-believe-james-bond-aka-007-is-one-person-or-several-people/955484 "2021-12-07T22:26:21Z")
Over the years there have been many actors portraying James Bond. Are we meant to believe it has always been just the one person? Or is he several people given the same pseudonym? I ask because the most recent Bond mo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1264) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1266)