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**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-ruined-forever-played-in-the-wrong-music-genre/938041 "2021-04-11T14:24:36Z")
Ever wanted to hear Billy Idol’s “Dancing With Myself” as a Christmas song? Or Nirvana’s “Come as you are” as swing? No? Of course you haven’t. But someone did it anyway: My favorite is the Oktoberfest version of … --- ## [How do I search beyond Google?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-beyond-google/939753)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-beyond-google/939753 "2021-04-11T14:24:12Z")
On March 25 first-time visitors to my website tripled from the average of the previous two months. Weird one-day spikes happen from time to time so I didn’t think much of it. Since then, though, the numbers have stayed h… --- ## [How do you feel about rich people's kids accepting college scholarships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-rich-peoples-kids-accepting-college-scholarships/425916)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-rich-peoples-kids-accepting-college-scholarships/425916 "2007-11-12T20:53:31Z")
I was browsing through Yahoo and just found this “news” article about Michael Jordan’s son, Jeffrey, who is going to Illinois instead of Valparaiso, turning down a Valpo scholarship to play for the Big 10 school\*. Howeve… --- ## [DMX dies at 50](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dmx-dies-at-50/939688)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dmx-dies-at-50/939688 "2021-04-11T08:51:35Z")
Don’t really know his music https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/dmx-gravel-voiced-rapper-and-actor-dies/ar-BB1ftYfU --- ## [Biggest age difference between an actor and the character that they portray](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-age-difference-between-an-actor-and-the-character-that-they-portray/938399)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-age-difference-between-an-actor-and-the-character-that-they-portray/938399 "2021-04-11T06:20:06Z")
It’s very common for 20 somethings to play high school students but the upcoming series “Chad” has 39 year old Nasim Pedrad playing a 14 year old. Is there a case of a bigger discrepancy between an actor and their charac… --- ## [Horse racing - still viable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-still-viable/938682)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-still-viable/938682 "2021-04-11T05:59:36Z")
Here, in Montreal, our racetrack has sat abandoned for the last 10-15 years - waiting for development to be approved (the old parking lot is already full of a Wal-Mart and other big-box stores). I’m sure many others have… --- ## [Apple Pencil 2 Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-pencil-2-q/939779)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-pencil-2-q/939779 "2021-04-11T05:24:32Z")
Is there a hack for making an iPad (7th gen, not the iPad Pro) pair with an Apple Pencil 2? --- ## [Help name a gay-bowling team.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894 "2021-04-11T04:54:21Z")
A friend of mine and his other 3 team mates are on course to finish 45th out of 49 teams in their Long Island (metro NYC) GLBT bowling league. The 4 of them are self-described “poor to average” bowlers. Taking all 11 i… --- ## [Good morning, Sunshine: beck starts her bad bad bad day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-beck-starts-her-bad-bad-bad-day/939687)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-beck-starts-her-bad-bad-bad-day/939687 "2021-04-11T04:52:33Z")
When I’m rudely awakened every morning at the “ass crack of dawn” ( I made that up), here’s what I’m required to do: (Added: all at the same time) Make coffee Feed cats Let dogs out Pour cereal for 2 boys first brea… --- ## [Anybody else use the nickname 'Dort' for the name 'Dorothy'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-use-the-nickname-dort-for-the-name-dorothy/939461)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-use-the-nickname-dort-for-the-name-dorothy/939461 "2021-04-11T03:55:59Z")
My aunt Dort just passed away, at the age of 93. Healthy and on the go until her last 10 or so days of life, she lived life her way. And part of her way was being called Dort instead of Dorothy. My other aunt Dort pas… --- ## [Do the Spacex flight suits do anything at all for the astronauts who wear them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-spacex-flight-suits-do-anything-at-all-for-the-astronauts-who-wear-them/854752)
**Author:** [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-spacex-flight-suits-do-anything-at-all-for-the-astronauts-who-wear-them/854752 "2021-04-11T02:14:13Z")
Do the Spacex flight suits do anything at all for the astronauts who wear them? I suspect they merely look good on camera. --- ## [Electrical fan wiring question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-fan-wiring-question/939772)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-fan-wiring-question/939772 "2021-04-11T01:53:41Z")
I salvaged a blower motor assembly from a portable room air conditioner and I am having trouble wiring it up. It may have a bad motor I don’t know for sure. I want to wire it to a standard 3 prong power cord. Blue ( har… --- ## [The plot of Red Storm Rising doesn't make sense to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plot-of-red-storm-rising-doesnt-make-sense-to-me/939624)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plot-of-red-storm-rising-doesnt-make-sense-to-me/939624 "2021-04-11T00:42:16Z")
Red Storm Rising is one of my most-favorite novels of all time, and most-fave Clancy work. But - I don’t see how the dots connect. An Islamic terrorist attack on a refinery leaves the Soviet Union facing a critical oil… --- ## [Amazon and Union-Busting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-and-union-busting/933501)
**Author:** [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-and-union-busting/933501 "2021-04-10T23:22:43Z")
Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama are currently voting on whether or not to be represented by a union. Amazon is shamelessly trying to rig the election, in ways both small – Amazon has even gotten the local author… --- ## [Wireless mouse has problems on my new laptop, but a wired one works fine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-mouse-has-problems-on-my-new-laptop-but-a-wired-one-works-fine/939589)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-mouse-has-problems-on-my-new-laptop-but-a-wired-one-works-fine/939589 "2021-04-10T23:14:43Z")
So I have a wireless mouse that worked fine on my old laptop, but when I use it on my new laptop I can’t really scroll and I can’t cut/paste well. The mouse basically jumps around too much and it won’t allow me to selec… --- ## [Recommend me a camper trailer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-camper-trailer/939686)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-camper-trailer/939686 "2021-04-10T22:35:16Z")
Ok, we’re in the market for a camper, and it’ll be our first. So far, it doesn’t look like the thing that we want exists, but I’m hopeful that I’m missing it and someone can recommend something to look into. Requirement… --- ## [Why are flu cases SO low?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-flu-cases-so-low/938471)
**Author:** [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-flu-cases-so-low/938471 "2021-04-10T20:42:00Z")
Worldwide, flu numbers are a tiny fraction of what they normally are. The reason given is that the Covid precautions (masks, distancing, lockdowns, etc) have been responsible. This doesn’t make sense to me, given how m… --- ## [It's "Taps" for Dobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-taps-for-dobbs/939640)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-taps-for-dobbs/939640 "2021-04-10T20:23:48Z")
James Hampton, ‘F Troop,’ ‘Longest Yard’ and ‘Teen Wolf’ Actor, Dies at 84 (msn.com) Really obscure trivia question: What was Trooper Dobbs’ full name? He presumably loved The Incredible Edible Egg. RIP! … --- ## [Another "Please Identify this Song" Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-please-identify-this-song-thread/939696)
**Author:** [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-please-identify-this-song-thread/939696 "2021-04-10T19:48:00Z")
I’ve heard this song on a local classic rock radio station a couple of times now. The first time, I noticed a line repeating that was “You were just a little girl” or something very close to that. It sounded vaguely fa… --- ## [Which brace position is safest on commercial jets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-brace-position-is-safest-on-commercial-jets/939649)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-brace-position-is-safest-on-commercial-jets/939649 "2021-04-10T18:14:36Z")
I’ve been listening to an audiobook on the crash of Flight 232 in Sioux City, IA in 1989. You may remember this crash: the plane lost an engine and all hydraulics. The crash was horrific, and 112 people died, but the fli… --- ## [What Time Did You Wake Up Today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-did-you-wake-up-today/939551)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-did-you-wake-up-today/939551 "2021-04-10T17:35:10Z")
4:30 am… I never sleep past 7am, and go to bed a little before midnight. If I can’t go back to sleep within 5-10 minutes, I have to get up, despite knowing my entire day will be misery. I know this is beyond mundane, bu… --- ## [Favorite Mac & Cheese hacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mac-cheese-hacks/939276)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mac-cheese-hacks/939276 "2021-04-10T17:33:11Z")
The is a current thread on shameful culinary practices which has sidetracked into mac & cheese practices. So what are yours? Extra butter? Everything from scratch? Half & Half instead of milk? If I am making a “meal for… --- ## [The legacy of quotable movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legacy-of-quotable-movies/939623)
**Author:** [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legacy-of-quotable-movies/939623 "2021-04-10T17:30:59Z")
A few days ago my partner and I were watching a film analysis on YouTube of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (The Anti-Movie Movie on Collative Learning if you’re interested). We both love the movie and of course starting… --- ## [Read-only contacts in Android](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-contacts-in-android/939715)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-contacts-in-android/939715 "2021-04-10T16:46:19Z")
My mom just got her first smartphone, and so naturally, she’s been consulting a lot with her personal tech support agent. This one, though, has me stumped. The phone automatically imported a bunch of contacts from her … --- ## [What happens with El Cheeto and Mar-a-lago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508 "2021-04-10T16:33:24Z")
So Donnie is moving to Mar-a-Lago as his permanent residence - only something he signed 25+ years ago, turning it into a club, means nobody may use it as a permanent residence, or even stay there more than 21 days in a y… --- ## [Buttigieg caught staging a blatant photo Op. (Debunked)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttigieg-caught-staging-a-blatant-photo-op-debunked/939340)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttigieg-caught-staging-a-blatant-photo-op-debunked/939340 "2021-04-10T15:50:47Z")
Human Foibles goes in Mundane? This one is a doozy. :smirk: Our Eco buddy Buttigieg rides in a SUV and stops 2 blocks from the Senate. Then his bodyguard unloads the bike for him and adjusts the seat. Our Eco hero ride… --- ## [Tech companies and China investment - any good experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-companies-and-china-investment-any-good-experiences/939750)
**Author:** [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-companies-and-china-investment-any-good-experiences/939750 "2021-04-10T14:50:30Z")
I’ve worked for two small tech companies with major investors from China. The investors spent a little money up front and made grand promises of future funding. Ultimately, the investors took the technology and stopped a… --- ## [To auto-correct or not to auto-correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-auto-correct-or-not-to-auto-correct/939608)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-auto-correct-or-not-to-auto-correct/939608 "2021-04-10T14:47:34Z")
That is the question. Whether 'tis better on the screen to suffer the ridiculous ‘fixes’ of auto-correct, or to turn it off and by opposing auto-correct, fat-finger and mangle words all by myself? I finally got sick en… --- ## [How to Compare Docs in Word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-compare-docs-in-word/939496)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-compare-docs-in-word/939496 "2021-04-10T14:38:26Z")
I don’t understand what Word is doing when comparing two similar documents. The screen is split into four panes. On the upper right, one pane is labeled “original document”, immediately below that, a second pane is label… --- ## [SDMB tradition - my colonoscopy thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tradition-my-colonoscopy-thread/933566)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tradition-my-colonoscopy-thread/933566 "2021-04-10T14:32:20Z")
Yes, I’m having a colonoscopy tomorrow. You might think I’m a bit young for this, but there’s family history of issues in that region of the body, so here I am. Today is prep day. I’ve just taken bisacodyl, and will dr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1491) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1493)