# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1360 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1361 --- ## [Bandalero! film translation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandalero-film-translation/949043)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandalero-film-translation/949043 "2021-08-23T10:27:30Z")
I watched a recording of the film, “Bandalero!” that I made several weeks ago. I realized I had seen it many years ago, for I recalled the scene where Jimmy Stewart asks, “What exactly are you trying to say, Dee?” and D… --- ## [Best thing you ever got for free](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thing-you-ever-got-for-free/948597)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thing-you-ever-got-for-free/948597 "2021-08-23T10:01:46Z")
I was feeding my pasture pets last night, and giving some words of affection to the donkey (as one does). I told him he was the best free thing I ever got, and immediately wanted to walk that statement back. So many of… --- ## [Lord love a duck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-love-a-duck/647804)
**Author:** [@dabroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dabroad)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-love-a-duck/647804 "2021-08-23T07:50:55Z")
I know it’s a 1966 movie and Michael Quinion writes of the expression’s uses in early 20th-century literature, but so far I’ve been unable to locate any firm hypotheses about the origins of the exclamation, “Lord love a … --- ## [Why does Hollywood think that Female military Officers are called 'Sir?'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-hollywood-think-that-female-military-officers-are-called-sir/948032)
**Author:** [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-hollywood-think-that-female-military-officers-are-called-sir/948032 "2021-08-23T05:01:22Z")
My wife and I were watching TV last night, and on two different shows, female military Officers were called “Sir.” Never in my 30 years in the military did I see this happen, and I can’t imagine that my fellow Officers … --- ## [Quote quick command?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-quick-command/946611)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-quick-command/946611 "2021-08-23T05:00:55Z")
I don’t know what they are called: the single-click functions at the top of the text input box that do Quote whole post, boldface, italics, hyperlink, etc. Is there a way to add one of these that would produce the quote… --- ## [Masking up (again) in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masking-up-again-in-the-mmp/948930)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masking-up-again-in-the-mmp/948930 "2021-08-23T04:41:25Z")
I’ve noticed more and more people in my county wearing masks in stores and into restaurants. We’re among them. I’m so glad in live in a county with many sensible people. The others are easy to recognize and avoid. Ye sha… --- ## [Churchill's "The Second World War"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/churchills-the-second-world-war/828590)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/churchills-the-second-world-war/828590 "2021-08-23T03:46:50Z")
How much of it is self serving? I am just into volume five. He relates a perfect relationship with Roosevelt. Roosevelt’s Secret War indicates that FDR did quite a bit to keep Churchill’s plans at bay. I understand that … --- ## [Lymphoma in cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lymphoma-in-cats/949275)
**Author:** [@Popsugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Popsugar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lymphoma-in-cats/949275 "2021-08-23T03:46:24Z")
My cat has been diagnosed with lymphoma I want to start her on chemo but I have two other cats my vet said she would need to be isolated because they cannot share the litter box Does anyone have any suggestions about wha… --- ## [Why is the system asking me if my email is correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-system-asking-me-if-my-email-is-correct/945419)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-system-asking-me-if-my-email-is-correct/945419 "2021-08-23T02:09:22Z")
i CHECKED IT YESTERDAY, AND THERE SEEMED TO BE NOTHING FROM THE STRAIGHT DOPE OTHER THAN NOTIFICATIONS OF VARIOUS THREADS. --- ## [Watching the footage from Afghanistan and this Steve Earle song popped into my mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-footage-from-afghanistan-and-this-steve-earle-song-popped-into-my-mind/949337)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-footage-from-afghanistan-and-this-steve-earle-song-popped-into-my-mind/949337 "2021-08-23T01:04:13Z")
Hadn’t heard it in a while but it sums up war pretty well. Graphic war image warning. Same song with no images. --- ## [Mirror generates a spectrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-generates-a-spectrum/949176)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-generates-a-spectrum/949176 "2021-08-23T01:24:39Z")
I was sitting in a restaurant and the cars parked outside were parallel to the restaurant window. One car’s rear view mirror pointed directly at me about 30 degrees off perpendicular. As cars passed by some of them woul… --- ## [Let’s fix Afghanistan, what’s your silly theory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-fix-afghanistan-what-s-your-silly-theory/949245)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-fix-afghanistan-what-s-your-silly-theory/949245 "2021-08-23T01:20:22Z")
Every media outlet seems to have had, for days, some form of self declared expert who is there to share what ‘they should have done was…’. It’s getting old already, I think. So here’s MY theory; It occurs to me that th… --- ## [Improvement to photocopying machines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improvement-to-photocopying-machines/949219)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improvement-to-photocopying-machines/949219 "2021-08-23T00:45:07Z")
Early models of photocopy machines had the annoying attribute of copies becoming progressively more faint the more copies you made. This technical issue seems to have been solved. How did they do it? --- ## [Senate candidate Josh Mandel campaign stunt backfires badly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-candidate-josh-mandel-campaign-stunt-backfires-badly/949259)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-candidate-josh-mandel-campaign-stunt-backfires-badly/949259 "2021-08-23T00:38:15Z")
https://twitter.com/joshmandelohio/status/1428784031638949899?s=21 Josh Mandel is a Republican running for Senate in Ohio to replace retiring Senator Rob Portman He posted a maskless selfie next to a server (also mask… --- ## [I am looking for good book club forums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-good-book-club-forums/949297)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-good-book-club-forums/949297 "2021-08-22T21:34:08Z")
Modern books don’t have Sparknotes or Cliffsnotes and no one I know reads what I like so when I’m finished with a book I am dying to talk about it or at least hear what others think about what I just read. Amazon review… --- ## [Oliver Cromwell wore a hat indoors, so why can't I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oliver-cromwell-wore-a-hat-indoors-so-why-cant-i/948949)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oliver-cromwell-wore-a-hat-indoors-so-why-cant-i/948949 "2021-08-22T21:28:36Z")
This question is apropos of a notable scene in the film Cromwell where, on 4 January 1642, Charles I attempts to dissolve Parliament: One thing that struck me about the scene is that pretty much everyone i… --- ## [If you park in a garage, do people assume you are not home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-park-in-a-garage-do-people-assume-you-are-not-home/949243)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-park-in-a-garage-do-people-assume-you-are-not-home/949243 "2021-08-22T20:19:41Z")
I live in the southern United States. I have a home with a garage. I park in the garage. Several times I have had people assume no one is home - once the exterminator was coming, and has talked to me on the phone to get… --- ## [Things You Covet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-covet/948596 "2021-08-22T20:17:26Z")
If you are shopping/window shopping, what are the certain items that always catch your eye? The things that you are drawn to? You may just have to pick it up and gaze at it or run your fingers over it, or smell it or you… --- ## [Fertility decline - where do you think it will land](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fertility-decline-where-do-you-think-it-will-land/947979)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fertility-decline-where-do-you-think-it-will-land/947979 "2021-08-22T20:05:26Z")
Was just reading lately about the continuing decline in number of children born to each woman. Some people are happy for environmental reasons, others concerned for economic reasons (social programs built on larger young… --- ## [Have you never committed a Crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633)
**Author:** [@Somethingwitty1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somethingwitty1)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633 "2021-08-22T17:58:22Z")
Take out Traffic violations/Parking laws. Most if not all of mine were youthful indiscretions. Assault and battery in a school yard. Buying admission to one movie but sneaking into a second movie. Drinking underage. … --- ## [Irene Forsyte: Beautiful victim, or ugly bitch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-forsyte-beautiful-victim-or-ugly-bitch/228272)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irene-forsyte-beautiful-victim-or-ugly-bitch/228272 "2021-08-22T17:27:16Z")
The title basically says it all. Yesterday our family watched the 1st ep of the second series of Forsyte Saga shows on Masterpiece Theater. A major character is Irene Forsyte. She is supposed to be a great beauty, who… --- ## [Recognizing your luggage at the baggage claim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognizing-your-luggage-at-the-baggage-claim/948952)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognizing-your-luggage-at-the-baggage-claim/948952 "2021-08-22T16:17:56Z")
As flying is starting back up I’ve continued to notice that there is an inordinate % of people that have no clue as to what their own luggage looks like. When I travel for business, I do not check my bags, but when our … --- ## [Which struggling country will have the next economic boom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-struggling-country-will-have-the-next-economic-boom/949262)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-struggling-country-will-have-the-next-economic-boom/949262 "2021-08-22T15:45:04Z")
Around 2000, economists started making predictions for large emerging economies. We were assured China, Brazil, India and Russia had big populations and bigger prospects. And they did well until 2008 or 2011. Then not… --- ## [What Do You Think Are The Odds Of A Taliban-Backed Terrorist Attack On U.S. Soil, Now That They've Taken Over Afghanistan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-the-odds-of-a-taliban-backed-terrorist-attack-on-u-s-soil-now-that-theyve-taken-over-afghanistan/949313)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-the-odds-of-a-taliban-backed-terrorist-attack-on-u-s-soil-now-that-theyve-taken-over-afghanistan/949313 "2021-08-22T14:43:43Z")
Say, in the next 2-3 years, do you see the Taliban trying to carry out another fatal attack on U.S. soil? I wouldn’t put it past them, but I think they’re more likely to attack targets nearer to them - like maybe a rehas… --- ## [Best handled war loss for those who collaborated with the losers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-handled-war-loss-for-those-who-collaborated-with-the-losers/948991)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-handled-war-loss-for-those-who-collaborated-with-the-losers/948991 "2021-08-22T14:31:36Z")
America has not done right by the Afghans who collaborated with the US army and it did not do right by those in Saigon either after the fall. But are there examples of countries who did do it right and could have provide… --- ## [Public chaining of criminals on the old west](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-chaining-of-criminals-on-the-old-west/949257)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-chaining-of-criminals-on-the-old-west/949257 "2021-08-22T14:15:28Z")
Watching the Audie Murphy movie “Showdown.” Prisoners are chained to a tall post with neck shackles in the town square. Was this ever a thing? --- ## [RIP Tom T Hall. He's pickin with Clayton Delaney now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tom-t-hall-hes-pickin-with-clayton-delaney-now/949277)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tom-t-hall-hes-pickin-with-clayton-delaney-now/949277 "2021-08-22T13:36:21Z")
Tom was a gifted songwriter and performer. He wrote Harper Valley PTA. A huge hit for Jeannie C. Riley. Alan Jackson had a early hit with Little Bitty, another song written by Tom. Tom wrote and recorded several hits hi… --- ## [Can you do something equivalent to "buying a savings bond" these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-equivalent-to-buying-a-savings-bond-these-days/949254)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-do-something-equivalent-to-buying-a-savings-bond-these-days/949254 "2021-08-22T03:05:56Z")
So, lets just pretend,as ridiculous as it might seem. That I am a clueless old man , And further assume that I have an acquaintance that has recently had a child. And keep the assumption going that this child will be … --- ## [RIP British Comedian Sean Lock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-british-comedian-sean-lock/949093)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-british-comedian-sean-lock/949093 "2021-08-22T01:57:04Z")
If you watch any British panel shows, you know and love Sean Lock. I had no idea he was battling cancer (I guess he kept it private), he died at 58. And now, one of his funniest 8 out of 10 Cats moments --- ## ["The Ascent" is pretty fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ascent-is-pretty-fun/949045)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ascent-is-pretty-fun/949045 "2021-08-22T01:47:51Z")
A game came out recently called “The Ascent”. For $25 it’s well worth the cost IMO. It’s an isometirc, twin-stick shooter (can totally play it on a PC too…no problem). Loads of fun. Looks great. Just my $0.02 … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1359) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1361)