# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1289 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1290 --- ## [Vinyl plank flooring over carpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl-plank-flooring-over-carpet/953499)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl-plank-flooring-over-carpet/953499 "2021-11-11T19:40:20Z")
I am currently in the process of renovating a commercial space for my new grocery store. The space is completely covered in carpet, but its the super thin, commercial carpet for high traffic. I really want to put down … --- ## [The travels of Boji the vagabond](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travels-of-boji-the-vagabond/954084)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travels-of-boji-the-vagabond/954084 "2021-11-11T19:10:32Z")
More on Boji, the commuter dog in Istanbul. Originally posted here, although the video seems to have disappeared. But in any case the CNN article below has far more pictures. Boji is the archetypal vagabond, an obviou… --- ## [Director/Actor Rivalries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/director-actor-rivalries/953125)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/director-actor-rivalries/953125 "2021-11-11T18:32:34Z")
Popular, but real rivalries… First one that came to my mind was Bette David and John Crawford. “You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good!” - Bette Davis I’ll… --- ## [The Lil'Wrekker makes a GIANT statement about global warming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-makes-a-giant-statement-about-global-warming/954015)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-makes-a-giant-statement-about-global-warming/954015 "2021-11-11T17:52:59Z")
I’m not sure how factual it is. Or whether it’s a real thang. She said that methane gas from big farming operations contribute to pollution and the break down of our atmosphere. She says that’s why we shouldn’t eat bee… --- ## [Why are there no videos of music albums (in the studio) being made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-videos-of-music-albums-in-the-studio-being-made/952179)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-videos-of-music-albums-in-the-studio-being-made/952179 "2021-11-11T17:22:23Z")
When I listen to one of my favorite albums, I imagine how awesome it would have been to watch them record it in the studio. I would assume other feel the same. Second to that, I would love to see a video of them recordin… --- ## [Is eating Jello equivalent to drinking all the water used to make it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-jello-equivalent-to-drinking-all-the-water-used-to-make-it/954022)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eating-jello-equivalent-to-drinking-all-the-water-used-to-make-it/954022 "2021-11-11T16:35:38Z")
As mentioned elsewhere, I’m getting my first colonoscopy soon. The instructions from the clinic includes clear Jello as part of what it defines as liquids. I interpret this as also applying to the “other fluids” I have t… --- ## [Co-Worker accused me of being racist...was he right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-worker-accused-me-of-being-racist-was-he-right/953703)
**Author:** [@edwin\_klockars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwin_klockars)\ **Replies:** 370\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-worker-accused-me-of-being-racist-was-he-right/953703 "2021-11-11T15:58:45Z")
So: The company I work for recently purchased a rare .com domain name similar to say “Post.com”. I am changing the name to maintain anonymity but that’s the general idea. We are a tech company that has nothing to do wi… --- ## [Blurgh, tell me the Disgusting Things You Must Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurgh-tell-me-the-disgusting-things-you-must-do/943692)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blurgh-tell-me-the-disgusting-things-you-must-do/943692 "2021-11-11T15:52:59Z")
…that result in a multihew revolt against the use of opposable thumbs, Cleaning a Hair Clog out of the bathtub drain makes me :face\_vomiting: --- ## [Beans, Beans, Beans!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beans-beans-beans/954051)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beans-beans-beans/954051 "2021-11-11T15:40:31Z")
I have a couple of questions about beans. I tried a new chili recipe last weekend that called for kidney, black and pinto beans. I wondered if it would have made a difference if I just put in 3 cans of kidney beans. If y… --- ## [Alberta referendum October 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alberta-referendum-october-2021/952437)
**Author:** [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alberta-referendum-october-2021/952437 "2021-11-11T15:32:31Z")
On October 18th Alberta has a planned set of referendum questions to be mixed into municipal election votes. Now I think referendums are terrible anti-democratic procedural clown shows that hide the complexities of issue… --- ## [Scam, Spam, or Legit donation request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-spam-or-legit-donation-request/951113)
**Author:** [@Honolulu\_Lulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honolulu_Lulu)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-spam-or-legit-donation-request/951113 "2021-11-11T15:31:58Z")
Two years ago, I received a recorded phone call that wanted me to donate to an organization that supported Police officers. The recording glossed over the fact that it was “a non-501(c)(3)” organization. (i.e. not tax d… --- ## [Was bad bad bad Lil'wrekker profiled in a traffic stop? Hmmm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-bad-bad-bad-lilwrekker-profiled-in-a-traffic-stop-hmmm/953715)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-bad-bad-bad-lilwrekker-profiled-in-a-traffic-stop-hmmm/953715 "2021-11-11T15:30:18Z")
We were going to a medium size town. There’s one spot where getting off the highway on to a city street, the speed limit drops dramatically in a short length of road. I warn lil’Miss Speedy of this place everytime we g… --- ## [NFL 2021: Week Eight in the Box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-eight-in-the-box/953409 "2021-11-11T15:02:47Z")
The big news this week in the NFL is the rapidly approaching trade deadline, which is November 2rd. So far, the Cards get Zach Ertz from the Iggles, the Jets get Joe Flacco (anyone still want to try and convince me he wa… --- ## [Woo-hoo! Hyperion movie in the works!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-hyperion-movie-in-the-works/247708)
**Author:** [@Kombucha\_ShroomPerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kombucha_ShroomPerson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-hyperion-movie-in-the-works/247708 "2021-11-11T13:46:01Z")
I’m sure someone else here must have read Dan Simmons’ Hyperion series. If not, you should read it, and then get excited about this news. from Dan Simmons’ website This could be so cool. And yes, it could be so bad t… --- ## [Toronto Raptors…!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-raptors/952950)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-raptors/952950 "2021-11-11T13:20:47Z")
Are back in Canada, and struggled mightily against Washington at the home opener. Something like four players (?) remain from their 2019 championship team. But they have a lot of talent, and if anyone can turn mutton i… --- ## [Mike, @dropzone has been AWOL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-dropzone-has-been-awol/949588 "2021-11-11T12:03:19Z")
I found out, today,why. I usually chat or email with him every day. I was missing him for several days. And worried. Cause that’s what I do. I worry and fret. I have many numbers and addy’s for him. He was answering n… --- ## [Spare Tire Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spare-tire-question/953187)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spare-tire-question/953187 "2021-11-11T08:05:59Z")
A few months ago my wife purchased a new Mercedes GLC 300 with run-flat tires and no spare tire. She went to Costco today to purchase a set of snow tires and was told that they could sell her the tires but that it was ag… --- ## [Can you induce ejaculation by massaging the prostate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-induce-ejaculation-by-massaging-the-prostate/467411)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-induce-ejaculation-by-massaging-the-prostate/467411 "2021-11-11T07:00:49Z")
So, I’m watching the movie Road Trip, which includes a scene where a character gets “stimulated” to donate a sperm sample by a nurse who massages his prostate with her fingers. Painful, perhaps, but does this work? --- ## [Maritime engineering: old fashioned vertical prows versus modern sharply angled ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maritime-engineering-old-fashioned-vertical-prows-versus-modern-sharply-angled-ones/954160)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maritime-engineering-old-fashioned-vertical-prows-versus-modern-sharply-angled-ones/954160 "2021-11-11T06:24:57Z")
Google up old photos of any ocean liner from the days before the jets took over, and notice how the prow always comes down at what looks like a sheer 90-degree angle relative to the surface of the water. Then hit up so… --- ## [PlanetSide 2 is out tomorrow peoples!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetside-2-is-out-tomorrow-peoples/641543)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetside-2-is-out-tomorrow-peoples/641543 "2021-11-11T05:38:17Z")
It’s a free to play Massively Online Shooter. The combat areas are huge, and support hundreds to thousands of players on at the same time battling it out with futuristic weapons and vehicles. I purposely kept myself in … --- ## [Novels finished by someone else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-finished-by-someone-else/953802)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-finished-by-someone-else/953802 "2021-11-11T05:28:37Z")
This is such a big topic that there’s a Wikipedia page devoted to it. I note, however, that it is by no means complete. I’m going to restrict myself to ones I’m familiar with Before I begin, I’m trying to keep this to … --- ## [Witch Hazel Hemorrhoidal Wipes Sting Like The Dickens (Possibly TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witch-hazel-hemorrhoidal-wipes-sting-like-the-dickens-possibly-tmi/954077)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witch-hazel-hemorrhoidal-wipes-sting-like-the-dickens-possibly-tmi/954077 "2021-11-11T05:16:04Z")
Okay, I said it. I’m prone to mild hemorrhoids. Anyway, I have therefore had some experience in treating them (on a good note). And couple of days ago I tried Witch Hazel hemorrhoidal wipes for the first time. And it st… --- ## [It's been a while, saying Hello](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-saying-hello/954091)
**Author:** [@MannyLNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyLNJ)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-a-while-saying-hello/954091 "2021-11-11T05:13:13Z")
Wow, this place has changed yet feels the same. I think it’s been three or four years since I’ve last visited. Let me bring everyone up to speed on what’s happened with me I lost my mother to Cancer I got married I lo… --- ## [Willard and Apocalypse Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willard-and-apocalypse-now/948140)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willard-and-apocalypse-now/948140 "2021-11-11T04:57:25Z")
I’ve been watching various YT clips about the casting of the role and the firing of Keitel. What a weird role in that several of the actors named would have worked, but Coppola is right, Keitel doesn’t work. Steve McQu… --- ## [Microwave popcorn instructions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-popcorn-instructions/954021)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-popcorn-instructions/954021 "2021-11-11T02:38:36Z")
All modern microwave ovens, other than the lowest of the low-end maybe, have a “Popcorn” button for automatic managing of popcorn popping. Every package of microwave popcorn I’ve ever seen says explicitly to not use tha… --- ## [What can we learn about immigration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-learn-about-immigration/932917)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-learn-about-immigration/932917 "2021-11-11T02:13:22Z")
Immigration is, and will continue to be, a very hot button issue in the years to come as people seek to flee violence and poverty and find opportunity. Canada has long accepted its small population benefits from skilled… --- ## [Strange Plumbing Issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-plumbing-issue/953984)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-plumbing-issue/953984 "2021-11-11T01:14:50Z")
I am not a plumber. This past weekend I set things up for winter in our barn, which involves filling a heated 100 gallon water trough. The trough was nearly full when suddenly water flow stopped completely. I shut off… --- ## [Why is Disney Being So Quiet About the New Spider-Man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-disney-being-so-quiet-about-the-new-spider-man/954041)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-disney-being-so-quiet-about-the-new-spider-man/954041 "2021-11-11T01:05:50Z")
When I saw The Eternals (which I liked BTW) I was sure there would be a trailer for Spider-Man No Way Home since it comes out in a Month but there was none. Other than some casting rumors and a teaser in the Summer there… --- ## [What things when younger did you think were more important than they turned out to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-when-younger-did-you-think-were-more-important-than-they-turned-out-to-be/952312)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-when-younger-did-you-think-were-more-important-than-they-turned-out-to-be/952312 "2021-11-11T00:31:14Z")
The classic example is ‘I thought quicksand would figure more in my life than it actually has’. Or ‘I thought a dog would run and get help if I got into trouble.’ Neither, being tv cliches, have actually turned out… --- ## [Doggy exercise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggy-exercise/953778)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggy-exercise/953778 "2021-11-11T00:26:43Z")
Not for the first time, I saw some dude bicycling along with his dog on a lead running beside. WTF? Can’t he jog like a normal person? I like cycling, and I like playing with dogs, but not both at the same time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1288) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1290)