# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1442 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1443 --- ## [Not at \[your\] fault accident. Should the other driver get a ticket? Does it even matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-at-your-fault-accident-should-the-other-driver-get-a-ticket-does-it-even-matter/942870)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-at-your-fault-accident-should-the-other-driver-get-a-ticket-does-it-even-matter/942870 "2021-05-31T22:06:38Z")
Videos/pictures at the end… A few weeks ago I was hit by a school bus. Everyone is fine, we were both at speed and he hit me from behind, so it’s not like I was at a stop light and got clobbered or that he ran a red lig… --- ## [Choir members/singers, how are you returning to normalcy-- or are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choir-members-singers-how-are-you-returning-to-normalcy-or-are-you/943294)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choir-members-singers-how-are-you-returning-to-normalcy-or-are-you/943294 "2021-05-31T21:36:46Z")
I’m going to kick this thread off with this story about the choir that was at the epicenter of the COVID launch: When COVID first appeared on the national scene: … The choir encouraged people who were worried about… --- ## [Michigan driving law question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-driving-law-question/943130)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-driving-law-question/943130 "2021-05-31T20:49:50Z")
I was looking through Michigan driving laws to get the evidence to dunk on some jackass in a Youtube comment ;). When I came upon this i had never seen before. “Upon a roadway that is divided into 3 lanes and provides … --- ## [How to pronounce brotchán foltchep (oatmeal leek soup)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-brotchan-foltchep-oatmeal-leek-soup/943253)
**Author:** [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-brotchan-foltchep-oatmeal-leek-soup/943253 "2021-05-31T20:47:15Z")
I assume it’s Gaelic? But perhaps it’s another Celtic language? --- ## [Just because it was taught in school doesn't make it appropriate to post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-because-it-was-taught-in-school-doesnt-make-it-appropriate-to-post/942966)
**Author:** [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-because-it-was-taught-in-school-doesnt-make-it-appropriate-to-post/942966 "2021-05-31T20:24:21Z")
It’s not the one I was taught. Big Beautiful Roses Occupy Your Garden But Violets Grow Wild. It feels like the original post was dropped in for shock value. Maybe a little context should be required when posting. Y’… --- ## [Joe Lara - Tarzen from the 1990's dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-lara-tarzen-from-the-1990s-dies/943250)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-lara-tarzen-from-the-1990s-dies/943250 "2021-05-31T16:55:31Z")
A lot of guys with good abs rocked the Tarzan loincloth. I watched a few of the Tarzan episodes in the 90’s. IIRC it was on the same channel as Xena and Hercules. A plane crash in Tennessee killed seven church members. … --- ## [Question about doctors' quizzing patients to determine neuro status (yes, it's relevant here)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-doctors-quizzing-patients-to-determine-neuro-status-yes-its-relevant-here/943066)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-doctors-quizzing-patients-to-determine-neuro-status-yes-its-relevant-here/943066 "2021-05-31T15:10:57Z")
And if the mods disagree, feel free to move this thread. Anyway, a common question doctors ask patients, at least in the U.S., to test their orientation to time and place is, “Who is the president of the United States?”… --- ## [It Is The Heat, A Warm MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-the-heat-a-warm-mmp/942775)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-the-heat-a-warm-mmp/942775 "2021-05-31T14:47:46Z")
It’s supposed to be 97 Wednesday. Did I mention they had me unload a 53 footer in Door 5 on Saturday? The one that still doesn’t have a fan. “You’re a valued employee dogbutler, so we’re gonna roast you alive.” Also … --- ## [Vintage commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814 "2021-05-31T14:26:56Z")
Growing up in the '60s and '70s, I watched a lot of TV. It’s amazing how often commercials of the time pop into my head. This thread is for remembering commercials of the past. Here’s one that randomly bubbled to the … --- ## [Vaccination Status Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccination-status-poll/939554)
**Author:** [@rejemy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rejemy)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccination-status-poll/939554 "2021-05-31T11:12:08Z")
poll Now that vaccine supplies are opening up, I thought it would interesting to get a snapshot of how far along doperdom is in getting vaccinated. I tried to make options to cover everyone, hopefully I succeeded. --- ## [Did pro-Trump protestors get off easy yesterday in Washington protests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-pro-trump-protestors-get-off-easy-yesterday-in-washington-protests/929926)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-pro-trump-protestors-get-off-easy-yesterday-in-washington-protests/929926 "2021-05-31T10:55:25Z")
I am sure most here have seen the images from yesterday’s pro-Trump protest in Washington, D.C. Personally, I was amazed at the lack of police response. Sure there were police there and certainly there were some clashe… --- ## [The Home Bathroom Sink Dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-home-bathroom-sink-dilemma/943052)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-home-bathroom-sink-dilemma/943052 "2021-05-31T10:40:42Z")
I’ve often heard it said, don’t touch the knobs of a sink when you’re done washing your hands. They contain the germs that you had before you washed your hands. Use a paper towel to turn them off. Also, where I live, fo… --- ## [What US president could be reasonably considered the most powerful man in the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-us-president-could-be-reasonably-considered-the-most-powerful-man-in-the-world/943178)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-us-president-could-be-reasonably-considered-the-most-powerful-man-in-the-world/943178 "2021-05-31T10:29:02Z")
FDR is my choice but I would listen to arguments that Stalin was more powerful. I don’t think any pre-WW II presidents make the cut so if it’s not FDR then Eisenhower would be next as the first post Stalin president. H… --- ## ["Exotic" animal ownership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-animal-ownership/943225)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-animal-ownership/943225 "2021-05-31T06:07:57Z")
A zebra recently escaped from an auction trailer in Tennessee, and was quickly captured. Apparently - private ownership of zebras is legal in Tennessee (only agricultural permits needed). In the same ownership category o… --- ## [Mass shooting near downtown San Jose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-near-downtown-san-jose/942959)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-near-downtown-san-jose/942959 "2021-05-31T05:54:08Z")
It’s at the county government center, specifically, at the VTA (our local transit authority). Multiple people are dead. I was scheduled to go into this area later today for jury duty, but now I don’t know what’s going … --- ## [Embarasssing attempts at drama in a comedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarasssing-attempts-at-drama-in-a-comedy/943260)
**Author:** [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarasssing-attempts-at-drama-in-a-comedy/943260 "2021-05-31T05:26:40Z")
As a counterpart to the thread Embarrassingly bad “comic relief” in old TV drama I was wondering aboutwhat people’s most memorable attempts at dramatic moments in a comedy are. The first one that came to mind for me w… --- ## [Could Trump run for president if he's indicted and out on bond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trump-run-for-president-if-hes-indicted-and-out-on-bond/942812)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trump-run-for-president-if-hes-indicted-and-out-on-bond/942812 "2021-05-31T04:16:26Z")
Are there any laws specifically forbidding a currently indicted person from running/becoming POTUS? If not, would the court case have to be put on hold if he’s elected or, since it was already on the books, would he sti… --- ## [Exxon board vote: bellwether?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-board-vote-bellwether/943261)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-board-vote-bellwether/943261 "2021-05-31T02:16:33Z")
Exxon’s leadership lost and an activist shareholder hedge fund group won board seats with more climate change forward thinking front and center. Share price rose. Does this represent any sort of tipping point for big … --- ## [CalMeacham has Books coming out this year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-has-books-coming-out-this-year/827110)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-has-books-coming-out-this-year/827110 "2021-05-31T01:53:58Z")
I’m happy to announce that I have one definite and one possible book coming out this year, along with a story in an anthology, several nonfiction articles, and maybe some stories. Te Traveler is a YA science fiction nov… --- ## [Inter Miami fined $2 million + more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inter-miami-fined-2-million-more/943210)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inter-miami-fined-2-million-more/943210 "2021-05-31T01:04:21Z")
WOW This is a pretty harsh penalty especially for a new team in a pro league. The owner has come clean, but is this the the harshest penalty given to a pro sports team in North America? --- ## [Credits, where credit is due](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credits-where-credit-is-due/943216)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credits-where-credit-is-due/943216 "2021-05-31T01:01:59Z")
I’ve been really enjoying the Canadian series Letterkenny. It is basically a comedy showing the misadventures and interactions of a few small-town groups - hicks, skids and hockey players. The focus is usually on perh… --- ## [Identify this movie - 80's spoof or comedy kind of like Alien(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-80s-spoof-or-comedy-kind-of-like-alien-s/943249)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-80s-spoof-or-comedy-kind-of-like-alien-s/943249 "2021-05-31T00:49:14Z")
I think this one is pretty easy compared to some I’ve seen on here. Here is what I remember. Comedy, a send-up or spoof. It’s a send up of the Alien movie and other space movies The alien is really ugly, but in the end… --- ## [RIP B.J. Thomas at Age 78 from Lung Cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-b-j-thomas-at-age-78-from-lung-cancer/943202)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-b-j-thomas-at-age-78-from-lung-cancer/943202 "2021-05-30T22:41:42Z")
He had some nice songs such as: Hooked on a Feeling: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head: --- ## [Which board avatars do you like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-avatars-do-you-like/942351 "2021-05-30T22:08:50Z")
Maybe you don’t like any, maybe you don’t even notice them. For those that do, which are your favorites? @Turki-lurki is tops for me because I find it incredibly funny. @madmonk28 gets second because of the unexpect… --- ## [Sarah Palin takes no responsibility for the Tucson shootings? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-takes-no-responsibility-for-the-tucson-shootings-really/567104)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 630\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-takes-no-responsibility-for-the-tucson-shootings-really/567104 "2011-02-09T00:13:56Z")
If she doesn’t, then why did she take down the “crosshairs” map of the United States of America that put a shooting victim in the crosshairs? Just a coincidence huh? Just weird zany timing huh? Nothing to be read into i… --- ## [Dean's "Conservatives Without Conscience"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deans-conservatives-without-conscience/364313)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deans-conservatives-without-conscience/364313 "2013-05-05T07:49:45Z")
I’ve just finished John Dean’s Conservatives Without Conscience, the first book I’ve bothered to read in a single sitting in quite a while. It was definitely worth it for the peer-reviewed, AAAS-awarded social science i… --- ## [The Home Manufacturing Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-home-manufacturing-thread/940021)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-home-manufacturing-thread/940021 "2021-05-30T20:29:37Z")
In the Industries Ripe for Disruption thread, I mentioned manufacturing, and the future of distributed, bespoke manufacturing at home. I said, I thought this would be a good thread to maintain to discuss issues aroun… --- ## [Anyone remember this kind of lawn sprinkler (and do they still sell them)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-kind-of-lawn-sprinkler-and-do-they-still-sell-them/943053)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-kind-of-lawn-sprinkler-and-do-they-still-sell-them/943053 "2021-05-30T18:52:26Z")
Bear with me, this is a memory from my childhood of maybe 60 years ago or more. The sprinkler was a long tube, but basically 2-dimensional with a flat bottom, and holes all along the top side (of course it would also pu… --- ## [Weird news of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-news-of-the-day/943228)
**Author:** [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-news-of-the-day/943228 "2021-05-30T18:21:45Z")
Barcelona authorities find local man dead inside dinosaur . What are the odds. Certainly a horrible way to die but… common… How bizarre is that? If a psychic says you’re going to be killed by a Stegosaurus you might … --- ## [What whimsical taxes would you support?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-whimsical-taxes-would-you-support/941956)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-whimsical-taxes-would-you-support/941956 "2021-05-30T18:38:55Z")
Bill Bryson lists a bunch of taxes he would support, because they are on things he doesn’t like: male jewellery, stupid ponytails, carrying open umbrellas after the rain stops, texting while walking, earphone music leaka… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1441) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1443)