# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=166&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 167 --- ## [Soliciting your first impressions on what you see in a figure in a woodcut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soliciting-your-first-impressions-on-what-you-see-in-a-figure-in-a-woodcut/1026284)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soliciting-your-first-impressions-on-what-you-see-in-a-figure-in-a-woodcut/1026284 "2026-01-10T03:51:04Z")
I have now hung a woodcut titled “Dancing couple” by HAP Grieshaber (local hero in the town where I live now) on the wall in our home office room. My wife and I disagree i… --- ## [McKay and McKay's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mckay-and-mckays/1026523)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mckay-and-mckays/1026523 "2026-01-10T03:42:00Z")
I’m going to be driving through the south and I wanted to plan out what bookstores I will stop at. I like McKay’s and I plan at stopping at some of them. But I wanted to check on the locations. I found four stores are … --- ## [Why isn't Nassau County part of New York City?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-nassau-county-part-of-new-york-city/1026516)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-nassau-county-part-of-new-york-city/1026516 "2026-01-10T00:01:00Z")
When New York City was formed in its modern borders in 1898, it included what was then the western half of Queens County. What was then the eastern half of Queens County was split off and became Nassau County. Why was t… --- ## [Car ID from TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-id-from-tv-show/1026514)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-id-from-tv-show/1026514 "2026-01-09T23:32:48Z")
In an episode of Leverage, ‘The Real Fake Car Job’ (2012), Timothy Hutton is driving this car: What kind of car is it? --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Hair... Long beautiful hair. Hair!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hair-long-beautiful-hair-hair/1026407)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hair-long-beautiful-hair-hair/1026407 "2026-01-09T23:29:30Z")
I was at a fast-ish food joint. There was a Busboy(?) with the most beautiful, alarmingly red, curly, shiny long long Wild hair!!! (sorry, so many descriptors…it was amazing…just amazing!) I looked discreetly at the gu… --- ## [I fought Amazon the Pit edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fought-amazon-the-pit-edition/1026440)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fought-amazon-the-pit-edition/1026440 "2026-01-09T19:40:08Z")
Well, don’t want any bannination What\_Exit So how do I start this thing? So I took a bit of a victory lap in finally getting my refund from Amazon in this thread I didn’t want or expect accolades. Most related that … --- ## [Google AI is Fucking Me Over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ai-is-fucking-me-over/1026435)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ai-is-fucking-me-over/1026435 "2026-01-09T18:23:35Z")
So I recently discovered that for God knows how long, if anyone Googles my business name, the first thing they see is a helpful AI summary about my business. Unfortunately, it contains a few minor inaccuracies. It got ou… --- ## [How quickly do you stop wearing the ring, after the death of a SO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-do-you-stop-wearing-the-ring-after-the-death-of-a-so/1026478)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-do-you-stop-wearing-the-ring-after-the-death-of-a-so/1026478 "2026-01-09T17:51:59Z")
My sister told me of a funeral she recently attended. A couple had been married 50 years, and the wife died and was cremated. At the memorial, the husband said some words to the effect of, “The best day of my wife was … --- ## [Welcome to Derry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-derry/1025105)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-derry/1025105 "2026-01-09T14:37:26Z")
Kind of surprised there’s no thread on this series. Unless I missed it in my search; that would be very unsurprising. I know we have Stephen King fans here. Are any of you watching? I’m really enjoying it and would lov… --- ## [I wish google would quit fucking telling me to call 988 each time I do a search for anything controversial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-google-would-quit-fucking-telling-me-to-call-988-each-time-i-do-a-search-for-anything-controversial/1005092)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-google-would-quit-fucking-telling-me-to-call-988-each-time-i-do-a-search-for-anything-controversial/1005092 "2026-01-09T14:00:43Z")
I know mental health is an issue and I’m glad there is a devoted help line. But jesus fucking christ. I have controversial hobbies and like learning about pharmacology, it seems like almost every search I do on these sub… --- ## [Questions you should know (the answers to) but don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-you-should-know-the-answers-to-but-dont/1026148)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-you-should-know-the-answers-to-but-dont/1026148 "2026-01-09T13:43:51Z")
I recently learned that the capital of West Germany was Bonn and realized almost no one I know knew. It might be common knowledge here, and it also might be a generational thing. That got me thinking that it would be i… --- ## [The three great primitives of rock: AC/DC, the Ramones and Motörhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-great-primitives-of-rock-ac-dc-the-ramones-and-motorhead/1026445)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-great-primitives-of-rock-ac-dc-the-ramones-and-motorhead/1026445 "2026-01-09T13:21:31Z")
I’ve long been thinking about posting this thread, and now that I’m once more listening to “No Sleep Til Hammersmith”, I’m finally ready to. I want to post the theory that these three bands represent the essence of what … --- ## [White tie attire: Length of waistcoat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-tie-attire-length-of-waistcoat/1026281)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-tie-attire-length-of-waistcoat/1026281 "2026-01-09T02:40:51Z")
How far below the front of a (buttoned) tailcoat should the bottom of the white waistcoat extend? I’ve seen images depicting the waistcoat not extending below the topcoat at all, to more-commonly, maybe an inch, to one … --- ## [A bit of a delay when ordering a book from Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-of-a-delay-when-ordering-a-book-from-amazon/1026306)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-of-a-delay-when-ordering-a-book-from-amazon/1026306 "2026-01-09T00:11:57Z")
Near the beginning of December I ordered a couple of books from Amazon to be used as gifts. Neither were rare or out of print. The first one arrived a few days later, but the tracking notice said that the other one wou… --- ## [What does "we’re going to run the country" mean? Fucking media do your fucking job!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-we-re-going-to-run-the-country-mean-fucking-media-do-your-fucking-job/1026320)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-we-re-going-to-run-the-country-mean-fucking-media-do-your-fucking-job/1026320 "2026-01-08T23:16:38Z")
Seriously US media WTF!??! You have a fucking job. Do it. Ask Trump and every single Trump admin official about this. It’s fucking important . How many American troops are we deploying to Venezuela to “run” it? What’s… --- ## [What is the name of the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-ice-agent-who-shot-renee-good-in-minneapolis/1026468)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-ice-agent-who-shot-renee-good-in-minneapolis/1026468 "2026-01-08T23:14:18Z")
Title says it… What is the name of the ICE agent who shot Renee Good yesterday in Minneapolis? And why is this not being reported? And why did the local police not arrest him? --- ## [Is there a strategy to this game (odd number of players, each must attempt to guess the median of all other players' guesses)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-strategy-to-this-game-odd-number-of-players-each-must-attempt-to-guess-the-median-of-all-other-players-guesses/1026409)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-strategy-to-this-game-odd-number-of-players-each-must-attempt-to-guess-the-median-of-all-other-players-guesses/1026409 "2026-01-08T23:09:46Z")
I saw a variation of this game in an episode of Taskmaster. Take an odd number of people – 3, 5, 101, whatever – and instruct each to choose a number between one and whatever. Or, in a more specific iteration, determine … --- ## [Should we visit Ireland or Scotland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-visit-ireland-or-scotland/1011642)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-visit-ireland-or-scotland/1011642 "2026-01-08T21:11:14Z")
My wife and I are retiring next year and are considering taking a tour of either Ireland or Scotland. I honestly don’t know much about either place. If you’re familiar with either or both of them, which do you think woul… --- ## [Recovery from gallbladder surgery advice needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovery-from-gallbladder-surgery-advice-needed/1026464)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovery-from-gallbladder-surgery-advice-needed/1026464 "2026-01-08T20:19:30Z")
An elderly (age 85) aunt of mine had an attack of gallstones and ended up having her gallbladder removed via laparoscopy. Since I am the closest relation by genetics and by geographic location it looks like I will have t… --- ## [How much do you think a company would/could pay for an alien shuttlecraft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-think-a-company-would-could-pay-for-an-alien-shuttlecraft/1026443)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-think-a-company-would-could-pay-for-an-alien-shuttlecraft/1026443 "2026-01-08T20:18:27Z")
A while ago I read the 1996 Teen Titans title, and early in the series, the teen heroes escape an alien spaceship in an alien shuttlecraft. It had faster than light speed, but I don’t think it had any weapons (hope I re… --- ## [Say the Dems sweep the 2026 midterms...then what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-dems-sweep-the-2026-midterms-then-what/1026294)
**Author:** [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-dems-sweep-the-2026-midterms-then-what/1026294 "2026-01-08T20:13:03Z")
I’m Canadian and not terribly knowledgeable about the topic, so sorry if this is a dumb question. But if the Dems were to sweep the 2026 midterms, what would that mean? Could they take the majority in both the Senate and… --- ## [Does milk clean ivory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-milk-clean-ivory/1026426)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-milk-clean-ivory/1026426 "2026-01-08T20:00:55Z")
I have a beautiful old upright piano, that as of now, is at least 99 years old. I got it from my parents, who got it from my paternal grandmother, whom I presume bought it new in about 1927 or so. It is a fine old inst… --- ## [Bedazzled-the guy in jail.....Who was he?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bedazzled-the-guy-in-jail-who-was-he/52105)
**Author:** [@cerebrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerebrum)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bedazzled-the-guy-in-jail-who-was-he/52105 "2026-01-08T19:46:00Z")
In the movie Bedazzled…This guy in jail gives this really sage advice about the main characters soul etc…Who exactly was this guy in jail?? an angel? god? and y was he playing chess with the devil at the end of the movie… --- ## [Is the movie "The Villain" available on any streaming service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-the-villain-available-on-any-streaming-service/1026469)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-the-villain-available-on-any-streaming-service/1026469 "2026-01-08T19:34:14Z")
I am looking for the 1979 version with Kirk Douglas and Arnold Schwarzenegger. --- ## [I fought Amazon, and I won!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fought-amazon-and-i-won/1026377)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fought-amazon-and-i-won/1026377 "2026-01-08T19:23:01Z")
£1, 107.54 or $1,377.45 The Samsung S25 flagship for my wife. Amazon didn’t deliver (NDD) in two days. I cancelled and bought a pink one, only available from Samsung—next-day delivery. Yet Amazon kept the money they sh… --- ## [Trump’s Murder on the High Seas: Lawyers, Guns, & Drugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-murder-on-the-high-seas-lawyers-guns-drugs/1025418)
**Author:** [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-murder-on-the-high-seas-lawyers-guns-drugs/1025418 "2026-01-08T19:08:23Z")
This is a general discussion about the war on cocaine in the Caribbean. I imagine soon it will be more than boat strikes. Trump claims drug cartels attacked America with cocaine and there are thousands of casualties (a… --- ## [First Words on Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars/64385)
**Author:** [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars/64385 "2026-01-08T17:34:58Z")
According to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars, the first words spoken on Mars will be “Well, here we are.” I love the idea, but I think it’s a bit unlikely that it’d get past the PR people at NASA. But it got me thinking… --- ## [Did US companies leave Venezuela and go to Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-us-companies-leave-venezuela-and-go-to-canada/1026403)
**Author:** [@Carolxi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carolxi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-us-companies-leave-venezuela-and-go-to-canada/1026403 "2026-01-08T17:11:23Z")
Did US compies leave Venezuela and go to Canada ? --- ## [Woohoo, I just won $300,000 and a new Tesla](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421 "2026-01-08T16:11:58Z")
I know it’s true, because Elon texted me personally. Eat my dust suckers! Ha ha Sadly, I read up on this and lots of people have gotten taken by this scam. Unbelievable and these vermin (the scammers) deserve to rot in … --- ## [Anyone else getting "Content Not Viewable In Your Region" from imgur.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-content-not-viewable-in-your-region-from-imgur-com/1025293)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-content-not-viewable-in-your-region-from-imgur-com/1025293 "2026-01-08T14:46:59Z")
Nothing against Darren\_Garrison yet his post here shows a big box with “Content not viewable in your region.” My “region” is the UK: England. Is it just KCIII that has banned imgur content? Or has imgur banned KCIII? … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=165&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=167&state=watching)