# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=142&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 143 --- ## [Super Bowl LX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508)
**Author:** [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Replies:** 300\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508 "2026-02-16T09:58:33Z")
All right I don’t see a thread so here’s one. Green Day opens, after introducing a delegation of MVP old-timers. --- ## [Greenland, the world’s largest island?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenland-the-world-s-largest-island/1026917)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenland-the-world-s-largest-island/1026917 "2026-02-16T08:28:19Z")
In what universe? 860k sq miles to Australia’s 2.9 MILLION? Yes, Australia is a continent. It’s also an island (a body of land completely surrounded by water). --- ## [What do religious texts, other than the Bible, have to say about abortion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-religious-texts-other-than-the-bible-have-to-say-about-abortion/1027656)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-religious-texts-other-than-the-bible-have-to-say-about-abortion/1027656 "2026-02-16T06:24:48Z")
What the Bible has to say on the subject has been, is and will be covered in other threads, but what do other religious texts have to say on the subject of abortion? --- ## [Most prolific actor on tv-regular cast only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prolific-actor-on-tv-regular-cast-only/1027202)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prolific-actor-on-tv-regular-cast-only/1027202 "2026-02-16T03:57:21Z")
Which actor has been a regular cast member on the highest number of series? No movies, no guest starring, no mini-series. Just listed as a regular cast member. Actor, of course, means any human gender (and I hate that… --- ## [(Old) OK, I’ll Start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-ok-i-ll-start-the-mmp/1027518)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-ok-i-ll-start-the-mmp/1027518 "2026-02-16T03:31:09Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 41 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of \< snerk \> 69! \< snerk \> and sunny. We shall be hermits today as there is nowhere we either want or need to be. Sounds … --- ## [Fake news? (PM Carney of Canada, on the Howe bridge.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-news-pm-carney-of-canada-on-the-howe-bridge/1027682)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-news-pm-carney-of-canada-on-the-howe-bridge/1027682 "2026-02-16T01:41:25Z")
There are many videos on YouTube with one talking head or another “reporting” that PM Carney held a press conference where he, basically, told Trump to “shove it” over conditions for opening the Howe bridge. One said all… --- ## [Christmas songs - so many questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-so-many-questions/1025994)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-so-many-questions/1025994 "2026-02-15T22:23:24Z")
With Christmas songs on nonstop rotation I can’t help but hear them too many times. When you stop to listen to the words I end up with lots of questions; questions like: Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer - What where the… --- ## [Is there any movie we ALL would agree is good (if not great)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 523\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026271 "2026-02-15T21:17:59Z")
Inspired by this thread: Folk have expressed their opinions that The Princess Bride and Shawshank are “bad” films. Made me wonder if there is ANY movie we can all agree is entertaining and worth watching/rewatching. … --- ## [In this old-timey transistor radio, what are the small numbers next to the six and the eleven on the dial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-old-timey-transistor-radio-what-are-the-small-numbers-next-to-the-six-and-the-eleven-on-the-dial/1027662)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-old-timey-transistor-radio-what-are-the-small-numbers-next-to-the-six-and-the-eleven-on-the-dial/1027662 "2026-02-15T20:52:30Z")
Though I’m of an age that I can remember using radios such as this, and I remember the smaller numbers, I don’t know what they’re for. GDEkQRp2Sp.jpg (600×600) --- ## [What is "ok" to put through a sink disposal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-ok-to-put-through-a-sink-disposal/1024542)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-ok-to-put-through-a-sink-disposal/1024542 "2026-02-15T20:48:45Z")
I live in a hi-rise and they just put a note under my door of things not to put in a sink disposal (which every apartment here has). On the list is egg shells, rice/pasta, bones, coffee grounds, batter/dough, fat/oil/gr… --- ## [Social Spread of Slang Term “6-7”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-spread-of-slang-term-6-7/1024825 "2026-02-15T20:23:02Z")
My nephews of twelve and ten in Southern California fllippantly joke about a statement of an evenly-keeled circumstance as a stated “6-7.” The usage seems to be derived from the Net somehow. Is that common with middle-s… --- ## [What motivates Marvel criminals in light of how often they’re killed, beaten or arrested by heroes and villains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-marvel-criminals-in-light-of-how-often-they-re-killed-beaten-or-arrested-by-heroes-and-villains/1027529)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-marvel-criminals-in-light-of-how-often-they-re-killed-beaten-or-arrested-by-heroes-and-villains/1027529 "2026-02-15T16:29:13Z")
It’s a standard trope in Marvel stories for criminals and terrorists to end up getting killed, injured or left for the police individually and in large groups. There are hundreds of crime fighting heroes active in the US… --- ## [Origin of "Half past a monkey's ass"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-half-past-a-monkeys-ass/216769)
**Author:** [@smootman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smootman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-half-past-a-monkeys-ass/216769 "2026-02-15T15:09:37Z")
SO, all you scholars, where did “Half past a monkey’s ass, quarter to his balls” come from? Is there more to the rhyme? --- ## [Post Your Completely Phony Word Etymologies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-completely-phony-word-etymologies/1027372)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-completely-phony-word-etymologies/1027372 "2026-02-15T14:02:22Z")
For instance, the name of the animal “Kangaroo” comes from the Guugu Yimithirr language, but was a misunderstanding. When an European settler was pointing at a kangaroo and asking what it was, the Aborigine gentlemen tho… --- ## [Bud Cort RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-rip/1027589)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-rip/1027589 "2026-02-15T13:52:33Z")
He was probably most famous for Harold and Maude but he will always be the voice of the Computer in Electric Dreams to me. --- ## [aiiee! who does this Matchbox 20 song remind me of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aiiee-who-does-this-matchbox-20-song-remind-me-of/214893)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aiiee-who-does-this-matchbox-20-song-remind-me-of/214893 "2026-02-15T13:48:29Z")
Matchbox Twenty’s song “Bright Lights” reminds me of someone else, maybe multiple someones. It drives me absolutely mad. The beginning piano sounds like someone. The middle, where it has the “Let that city take you in… --- ## [Black Box...with a bit of a twist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-box-with-a-bit-of-a-twist/1027527)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-box-with-a-bit-of-a-twist/1027527 "2026-02-15T13:23:55Z")
scenario: Everyone in the world over the age of 18 is given a black box with a small red button. If they press that button within 48 hours someone of their choosing will immediately drop dead. Now the twist. What do y… --- ## ["Ghost scrolling" after using touch screen scroll back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-scrolling-after-using-touch-screen-scroll-back/1025633)
**Author:** [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-scrolling-after-using-touch-screen-scroll-back/1025633 "2026-02-15T11:42:11Z")
This typically happens when I follow a link to somewhere in a thread, like a search result. Then if I get curious about the context and use the touch screen to scroll the page back it does so, but after a few seconds it … --- ## [Selling One’s Plasma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-one-s-plasma/1027636)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-one-s-plasma/1027636 "2026-02-15T07:27:32Z")
I’ve wondered if you know anyone who sells their plasma? There was some random story on TV yesterday where the producer made it seem like a domestic trend that’s now common culture. I’ve never considered doing that mysel… --- ## [Airbourne wind power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbourne-wind-power/1027651)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbourne-wind-power/1027651 "2026-02-15T06:18:46Z")
Wind turbine towers have been getting higher because wind at altitude is more consistent and stronger than near the ground. So there’ve been some attempts to move the turbines up higher than towers can reach by attaching… --- ## [Kremlin Critic - Aleksei Navalny dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kremlin-critic-aleksei-navalny-dead/997658)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kremlin-critic-aleksei-navalny-dead/997658 "2026-02-15T00:41:45Z")
“Crónica de una muerte anunciada” ( Chronicle of a Death Foretold) the Garcia Marquéz Novel was my first thought “That’s what you get if you want (or have) a President that does not to respond to the rule of law” was my… --- ## [Fess up... Have you used AI deliberately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up-have-you-used-ai-deliberately/1004124)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up-have-you-used-ai-deliberately/1004124 "2026-02-15T00:41:30Z")
I’m talking about for work. I tested it a little bit to see if it could write a bit of Python code. I didn’t need the code or anything like it. But, bang, 9 seconds and it was done. I tested it and it was spot on. And … --- ## [Esoteric songwriting credit question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esoteric-songwriting-credit-question/1027650)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esoteric-songwriting-credit-question/1027650 "2026-02-14T22:44:51Z")
The song “Seems Like Only Yesterday” appears on Jesse Winchester’s 1977 album, “Nothing But A Breeze.” The record label credits the song to Stoney Edwards. However, every online resource lists Winchester as the composer… --- ## [We could all wear ICE gear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-could-all-wear-ice-gear/1027077)
**Author:** [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-could-all-wear-ice-gear/1027077 "2026-02-14T22:20:18Z")
In the pit because I’m gonna get some flack. We should ALL get stupid cos play “Tactical outfits” , fake Temu Oakley’s, and masks, etc. How could anyone tell who who if we’re all unidentified masked men demanding iden… --- ## [Trying to remember name of now-defunct restaurant chain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-name-of-now-defunct-restaurant-chain/1027645)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-name-of-now-defunct-restaurant-chain/1027645 "2026-02-14T19:12:07Z")
We went to it occasionally six or seven years ago, and it had a name similar to “Steak N’ Shake” (but that definitely wasn’t it). Perhaps something like “Steak N’ Cake”? --- ## [Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-has-won-the-cult-of-mother-god/1027561)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-has-won-the-cult-of-mother-god/1027561 "2026-02-14T18:31:22Z")
So I’ve been on a cult kick lately and stumbled upon the HBO documentary Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (TV Mini Series 2023) - IMDb It’s about the “Love Has Won” cult (see Love Has Won - Wikipedia), where a McDon… --- ## [Who is the model/actress on the back cover of 'Back in the High Life' (1986) Steve Winwood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-model-actress-on-the-back-cover-of-back-in-the-high-life-1986-steve-winwood/1027649)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-model-actress-on-the-back-cover-of-back-in-the-high-life-1986-steve-winwood/1027649 "2026-02-14T17:44:05Z")
I’m guessing it’s the same one who’s on the front, and it’s possible she has a photo credit on the album. Anyway for your reference. . . Link --- ## [A couple of questions about the luge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-about-the-luge/1027665)
**Author:** [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-about-the-luge/1027665 "2026-02-14T17:28:59Z")
How do lugers know when to steer? It seems like they would have very limited visibility. Is there a machine analogous to a Zamboni that resurfaces the ice? --- ## [23rd Annual Super Bowl Early Picks Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/23rd-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/1026369)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/23rd-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/1026369 "2026-02-14T16:27:05Z")
The playoff teams are set, so it’s time for our annual contest – can you predict the Super Bowl a month before the game and join our list of champions?: Year 1 : Trillionaire Year 2 : Uncommon Sense Year 3 : Airman Do… --- ## [Knights of Balmarrow: Advice on writing a book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knights-of-balmarrow-advice-on-writing-a-book/1027615)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knights-of-balmarrow-advice-on-writing-a-book/1027615 "2026-02-14T16:03:47Z")
I am working on co-writing and self-publishing a series of novels entitled Knights of Balmarrow, a series based in a fantasy world of swords, multiple races, and magic. It’s based on an RP that myself and a guy named Se… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=141&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=143&state=watching)