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**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-short-film-about-a-boy-asking-a-question/949293 "2021-08-22T00:27:16Z")
I recall seeing this sometime in the late 80s or early 90s. This was back when we rented VCRs from the local grocery store along with whatever was available on their very small movie shelf. This was probably a compilati… --- ## [One-Pot Dinners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-pot-dinners/949235)
**Author:** [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-pot-dinners/949235 "2021-08-21T23:41:42Z")
I have gotten into (to the point of obsession) one-pot dinners lately. It’s a great way to cook for a family. So far I’ve gotten arroz con pollo down. I’m good at it. I’ve got a few variations down. I’m making my ow… --- ## [Is Bmalion still on here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bmalion-still-on-here/947485)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bmalion-still-on-here/947485 "2021-08-21T22:04:27Z")
Hi folks, I haven’t really been on here much in recent years but I was wondering if Bmalion is still an active member and, if not, how he is keeping? He hosted me and others in his home in Cleveland and always made me f… --- ## [For Linux gurus: best way to transfer a large amount of files?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-linux-gurus-best-way-to-transfer-a-large-amount-of-files/949116)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-linux-gurus-best-way-to-transfer-a-large-amount-of-files/949116 "2021-08-21T21:48:49Z")
I’ve got a new computer on the way. My current system is six years old. When I bought it, I was still using Windows; I made the switch over to Linux (specifically Kubuntu) about four years ago. I’ve learned a lot about L… --- ## [Was there ever a time when you didn’t know the following: When you make a right turn at a red light, you have to come to a complete stop first](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-ever-a-time-when-you-didn-t-know-the-following-when-you-make-a-right-turn-at-a-red-light-you-have-to-come-to-a-complete-stop-first/943500)
**Author:** [@Something](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Something)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-ever-a-time-when-you-didn-t-know-the-following-when-you-make-a-right-turn-at-a-red-light-you-have-to-come-to-a-complete-stop-first/943500 "2021-08-21T21:16:12Z")
My question is 1) Was there ever a time since you started driving That you didn’t know this law and 2) If there was, when did you finally learn it? --- ## [Why Was the Court Reporter Looking At Me (on My Field Trip)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-court-reporter-looking-at-me-on-my-field-trip/949110)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-court-reporter-looking-at-me-on-my-field-trip/949110 "2021-08-21T19:53:36Z")
And I have to ask you, whom else than my fellow board members to answer this question? Because it has vexed me for years. It also might be a good question for a lawyer, especially one who has been to court a time or two. … --- ## [What the f--k happened with Facebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-k-happened-with-facebook/949198)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-k-happened-with-facebook/949198 "2021-08-21T19:41:49Z")
As the OP states. I don’t use Facebook much, but having an account, I do pop in from time to time, and I did today. My account is still there, but now is … well, garbage. It’s nothing useful–the people I used to messa… --- ## [Daughter has told me she identifies as a male, but does she really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-has-told-me-she-identifies-as-a-male-but-does-she-really/948729)
**Author:** [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-has-told-me-she-identifies-as-a-male-but-does-she-really/948729 "2021-08-21T18:30:36Z")
Our daughter is 14. At the beginning of the summer she informed us that she has “always” felt more like a male, she wants to be known by a male name, and wants to use male pronouns. Now she’s always been somewhat "tomboy… --- ## [Washing your beard -- soap or shampoo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washing-your-beard-soap-or-shampoo/949026)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washing-your-beard-soap-or-shampoo/949026 "2021-08-21T17:14:57Z")
This question is obviously for men with facial hair. How do you wash your beard and/or mustache? I’ve always just used the same soap I use to wash the rest of my face, but some would say it’s hair so you should use shamp… --- ## [Winterizing Raised Perennial Flowerbeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winterizing-raised-perennial-flowerbeds/949242)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winterizing-raised-perennial-flowerbeds/949242 "2021-08-21T17:14:16Z")
I’m an old farm boy, give me something to stick in the ground and I can generally make it grow. My wife was having some back trouble, so last year I made 10 raised beds, all 4’ tall, ranging from 4’ x 4’ to 4’ x 8’. I t… --- ## [Help word MS Word please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-word-ms-word-please/949181)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-word-ms-word-please/949181 "2021-08-21T15:54:40Z")
I have an issue that’s driving me crazy and I’m hoping someone here can help me solve it. For work I’ve created several worklists in Word. They are basically running, numbered lists. Example: Blah blah blah Blah blah … --- ## [Tolkien universe: Maiar in their humanoid forms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-universe-maiar-in-their-humanoid-forms/949244)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-universe-maiar-in-their-humanoid-forms/949244 "2021-08-21T12:58:59Z")
We know that Maiar can and often do take humanoid forms, or perhaps sometimes elvish forms. Sauron did this while he still could (1st and 2nd ages); the Istari did it; Luthien’s mother Melian presumably did so too. What… --- ## [The Hopi Cycles of Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hopi-cycles-of-time/949192)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hopi-cycles-of-time/949192 "2021-08-21T08:11:20Z")
The Hopi Native Americans believe we are at the end of fourth world. There’s still the 5th world. We have a chance to save the world but will we? We must remember that Hopi prophecies are not contemporary readings of wo… --- ## [Explain Medicare billings to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-medicare-billings-to-me/948405)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-medicare-billings-to-me/948405 "2021-08-21T03:37:34Z")
My husband and I are both on Medicare plus supplemental insurance from a private insurance company. He had a necessary, low-risk outpatient operation a couple of months ago (recovering nicely, thank you), and we are now … --- ## [Besotted & bad bad bad Beck!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besotted-bad-bad-bad-beck/949184)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besotted-bad-bad-bad-beck/949184 "2021-08-21T01:44:33Z")
I like these words: Along with besotted(my favorite) I like these too: Benighted Beguiled Bemused Beleaguered Besmirched Bedraggled Bedazzled Bejewelled Bequeath Bejumbled Bejeezus!! Or Believable!! I’ll be… --- ## [Two summer potato dishes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-summer-potato-dishes/948464)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-summer-potato-dishes/948464 "2021-08-21T01:27:34Z")
Now that we’re well into summer in the Northern Hemisphere, I’ve been making a couple of potato-based dishes that are eaten cold. I’m sharing them here because someone might find them useful and/or provide some feedback. … --- ## [Snopes issues apology for plagiarism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-issues-apology-for-plagiarism/948625)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-issues-apology-for-plagiarism/948625 "2021-08-21T01:09:30Z")
Not sure if this is the right forum. As a refugee from that message board, I’m feeling some kinda way about all this. Apology from Members of Snopes Senior Management | Snopes.com --- ## [How much would a human size ant weigh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-a-human-size-ant-weigh/312515)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-a-human-size-ant-weigh/312515 "2005-07-14T17:27:43Z")
Once I get some information I’ll be starting another thread. But for now I just need to know how much an ant would weigh if it were about 6 feet long. Can the weight of the creature be exponentially calulated, or does … --- ## [Is there a way to find out if a house in Florida is being foreclosed-on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-out-if-a-house-in-florida-is-being-foreclosed-on/949125)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-out-if-a-house-in-florida-is-being-foreclosed-on/949125 "2021-08-21T00:37:30Z")
My brother, Tommy, says he is unemployed, can’t get a job, & they are foreclosing on the house. Problem is – \*My Sister Heather claims he is lying Tommy took money from my Dad for the same thing (never paid it back) … --- ## [Receiving Notifications for Threads Not Posted in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-notifications-for-threads-not-posted-in/949111)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-notifications-for-threads-not-posted-in/949111 "2021-08-21T00:31:09Z")
I get notifications for threads in which I’ve posted, no problem there. But oddly, I’ve started sometimes getting notifications for threads I’ve only looked at and not posted. It seems completely random, does not happen … --- ## [On the closing of the DrDeth Pit thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-drdeth-pit-thread/949158)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-drdeth-pit-thread/949158 "2021-08-21T00:03:53Z")
I’ll say first of all that this particular thread is not a huge deal to me, though I’ve posted in it a number of times. I’m a bit more bothered by some of the strange directions that the moderation here has been taking … --- ## [New PC Game: "Humankind"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-game-humankind/949123)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-game-humankind/949123 "2021-08-20T23:20:10Z")
I’ve played ten minutes so far and somehow didn’t get tutorial tips, which was an error. Anyway, Humankind is supposed to out-Civilization Civilization, and so far it looks VERY much like Civilization, so we shall see. … --- ## [Global Warming: No Future, Get Off the Babysitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-no-future-get-off-the-babysitter/432718)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-no-future-get-off-the-babysitter/432718 "2021-08-20T22:11:04Z")
Somebody tell me I’m wrong in my thinking, but if humans didn’t begin dumping serious amounts of CO\[sub\]2\[/sub\] into the atmosphere until 1750, then are we not going to have to drop the levels back to that amount (if not… --- ## [The best song about pirates and reincarnation HANDS DOWN!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-about-pirates-and-reincarnation-hands-down/949206)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-song-about-pirates-and-reincarnation-hands-down/949206 "2021-08-20T22:01:53Z")
“Pirate” by The Moon. Got a better one? No, of course you don’t! Can you think of any other songs that may very well be the one and only to deal with a particular subject? --- ## [Does a train really jerk backwards at the moment that it comes to a complete stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-train-really-jerk-backwards-at-the-moment-that-it-comes-to-a-complete-stop/944705)
**Author:** [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-train-really-jerk-backwards-at-the-moment-that-it-comes-to-a-complete-stop/944705 "2021-08-20T21:38:47Z")
When a train is decelerating to a stop, standing passengers have to brace themselves or hold onto something to prevent themselves from falling forward towards the front of the train. They find themselves leaning forward … --- ## [How would you like the realignment in college football to shake out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-the-realignment-in-college-football-to-shake-out/947716)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-the-realignment-in-college-football-to-shake-out/947716 "2021-08-20T20:52:14Z")
This is a spin off on the thread on Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big XII for the SEC. There’s already talk of other big name teams wanting to join the SEC. Florida State, Clemson, Ohio State, and Michigan have been m… --- ## [Why the prevalence of ski masks in armed police](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-prevalence-of-ski-masks-in-armed-police/948549)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-prevalence-of-ski-masks-in-armed-police/948549 "2021-08-20T20:39:04Z")
Just noticed this image in the coverage of the recent shooting in the UK: Its a pretty ubiquitous image (obviously more common in the US :frowning: ) but regardless of the reason the… --- ## [When did the concept of "cuteness" start appearing in human society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-concept-of-cuteness-start-appearing-in-human-society/949186)
**Author:** [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-concept-of-cuteness-start-appearing-in-human-society/949186 "2021-08-20T20:32:15Z")
Did the ancient Egyptians/Romans/Greeks/Indigenous Americas/Chinese/Indian/etc. cultures have the concept of cuteness? Did their languages have a word for what we today describe as cute, such as baby animals, anime chara… --- ## [The tan suit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tan-suit/949133)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tan-suit/949133 "2021-08-20T19:47:47Z")
Why does anyone care when the president wears a tan suit? --- ## [Does the flow volume of a thick liquid change depending on the height it's poured from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-flow-volume-of-a-thick-liquid-change-depending-on-the-height-its-poured-from/949174)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-flow-volume-of-a-thick-liquid-change-depending-on-the-height-its-poured-from/949174 "2021-08-20T19:11:26Z")
When pouring a really thick liquid–like molasses or honey–the stream changes depending on how far up the jar is held above the resulting puddle. When it’s down low close to the output puddle, the stream comes out thick … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1360) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1362)