# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1684 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1685 --- ## [COVID, debates, Police Shootings, Forest Fires -- We need a Baby Tapir Break](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-debates-police-shootings-forest-fires-we-need-a-baby-tapir-break/922061)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-debates-police-shootings-forest-fires-we-need-a-baby-tapir-break/922061 "2020-10-14T03:41:22Z")
Sometimes you just need a mindless break from the Bad News. Franklin Park Zoo in Boston just released footage of their new Twin Baby Tapirs. They think they’re the first Tapir Twins born in Captivity. Who cares? the po… --- ## [Bob Gibson has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-gibson-has-died/922091)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-gibson-has-died/922091 "2020-10-14T02:57:04Z")
Bob Gibson, the Hall of Fame pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960s and 1970s, passed away on Friday, in his home town of Omaha, Nebraska, at age 84. Gibson had been battling pancreatic cancer, and died just a… --- ## [Origin of distinct teams for specification, implementation, & testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-distinct-teams-for-specification-implementation-testing/922858)
**Author:** [@cecinestpasunelogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cecinestpasunelogin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-distinct-teams-for-specification-implementation-testing/922858 "2020-10-14T02:19:18Z")
Our company develops a safety-critical software product and we hit on the idea of splitting development up into three distinct teams: a specification team, a coding team, and a testing team that tests the code against … --- ## [Proof we are in an alternate universe-Blues Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-we-are-in-an-alternate-universe-blues-edition/922899)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-we-are-in-an-alternate-universe-blues-edition/922899 "2020-10-14T02:14:00Z")
I am having a tiny bit of trouble wrapping my head around this-The top album on the Billboard Blues Chart is by William Shatner. WTF?? --- ## [Have you ever had a kitten climb up under your car engine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-kitten-climb-up-under-your-car-engine/922670)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-kitten-climb-up-under-your-car-engine/922670 "2020-10-14T00:12:18Z")
I’ve been posting in mini-rants about a kitten who was dumped at my house and now has been under my engine since at least 3 a.m. With this thread, I’m just hoping to hear from anyone who has been through this. I’ve put… --- ## [Old Electronic Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-electronic-games/922830)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-electronic-games/922830 "2020-10-13T23:48:20Z")
Board games were always a thing with my family growing up. I remember when I got the board game Risk for my birthday and, not knowing the obvious advantages of going for North America or Australia early, played for five… --- ## [SNL Oct 10th](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-oct-10th/922747)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-oct-10th/922747 "2020-10-13T22:53:35Z")
I never heard of the host. Can’t recall that ever happening before. Comedian Bill Burr. I wonder if he filled in for someone who cancelled late or was fired late. His monologue was good but not 100% PC --- ## [What was your favourite subject in school (any level) and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-subject-in-school-any-level-and-why/922614)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-subject-in-school-any-level-and-why/922614 "2020-10-13T22:28:25Z")
I know, kind of a cliche question, but I’m genuinely curious! Also, I’m very new here, so I want to get to know you guys on this site a little bit. For me, I liked English, simply because the information just…came to me… --- ## [What Is This New York Reference? Sounds Like "Save-Oss" \[Zabar's Deli\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-york-reference-sounds-like-save-oss-zabars-deli/922729)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-york-reference-sounds-like-save-oss-zabars-deli/922729 "2020-10-13T22:24:19Z")
In this Saturday Night Live clip, Kate McKinnon, as Deborah Wasserman-Schulz, says, “…lean into our New York accents so hard that our viewers will think they’re stuck in line at …” and then something that sounds like “Sa… --- ## [How can metformin inhibit gluconeogenesis without causing hypoglycemia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-metformin-inhibit-gluconeogenesis-without-causing-hypoglycemia/922691)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-metformin-inhibit-gluconeogenesis-without-causing-hypoglycemia/922691 "2020-10-13T21:28:37Z")
If you’re in a fasted state and your body can’t perform gluconeogenesis properly, wouldn’t this lead to low blood sugar? --- ## [Another question about a t-shirt slogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-a-t-shirt-slogan/922771)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-a-t-shirt-slogan/922771 "2020-10-13T00:04:25Z")
I’m getting pop-up ads for t-shirts. And sometimes their slogans are pop culture references I have no understanding of. There’s the red t-shirt with the slogan “This Shirt Is Blue - If You Run Fast Enough”. I understand… --- ## [What is your primary method of TV delivery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-method-of-tv-delivery/922371)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-primary-method-of-tv-delivery/922371 "2020-10-13T20:51:54Z")
And are you happy with it or considering switching? We had satellite for the past 25 years but recently moved to an area with a fast enough and reliable enough ISP that we switched to YoutubeTV. I can’t see ever switchi… --- ## [Most Revolutionary TV series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-revolutionary-tv-series/838839)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-revolutionary-tv-series/838839 "2020-10-13T20:48:23Z")
Looking for those shows that basically broke all the rules, turned the tropes on their heads, and made it so that, from here on, nothing was the same. Discuss, and I’ll be back with my entrant. --- ## [Compressor for irrigation line blowout (to prevent freeze damage)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compressor-for-irrigation-line-blowout-to-prevent-freeze-damage/922352)
**Author:** [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compressor-for-irrigation-line-blowout-to-prevent-freeze-damage/922352 "2020-10-13T20:19:48Z")
In the fall here the standard procedure is to hook up an air compressor to your irrigation lines to blow the water out of the lines, to prevent freeze damage. I have a very simple drip irrigation system with one zone, … --- ## [Guantanamo Bay: Was it ever as dangerous as portrayed in A Few Good Men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guantanamo-bay-was-it-ever-as-dangerous-as-portrayed-in-a-few-good-men/746906)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guantanamo-bay-was-it-ever-as-dangerous-as-portrayed-in-a-few-good-men/746906 "2020-10-13T19:54:50Z")
Seems lately there’s been a ton of questions inspired by this movie. Here’s another one. In A Few Good Men, Col. Jessup is constantly making allusions to the supposed fact that serving duty at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is i… --- ## [I can't stop thanking Siri](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-stop-thanking-siri/922823)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-stop-thanking-siri/922823 "2020-10-13T19:51:21Z")
Whenever I ask Siri a question and it provides a generally helpful answer, I always say THANK YOU. I have absolutely no idea why, and even though I’m aware how dumb it is, I can’t seem to stop. Such a weird habit. Doe… --- ## [Pelosi is setting up a bipartisan institution regarding the 25th amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pelosi-is-setting-up-a-bipartisan-institution-regarding-the-25th-amendment/922565)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pelosi-is-setting-up-a-bipartisan-institution-regarding-the-25th-amendment/922565 "2020-10-13T18:51:55Z")
The Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of Office Act. Republicans are incensed! “Nancy is staging a coup!” I think this is an awesome development for Congress. Lots of people could… --- ## [Watchman Parodies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchman-parodies/487590)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchman-parodies/487590 "2020-10-13T18:17:10Z")
The movie’s not even out yet, but I’ve read two parodies already. Whatmen?! is a parody of the original Graphic Novel: And the latest issue of Mad has the movie parody, with Alfred E. Neuman as Rorschach on the cover … --- ## ["Trump’s Covid Treatments Were Tested in Cells Derived From Fetal Tissue"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-covid-treatments-were-tested-in-cells-derived-from-fetal-tissue/922531)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-covid-treatments-were-tested-in-cells-derived-from-fetal-tissue/922531 "2020-10-13T18:13:17Z")
OH NOES!! Do trump’s pro-life evangelical supporters realize this??? …Yet the treatment for Covid-19 received by Mr. Trump — a cocktail of monoclonal antibodies he described as a “cure” in a celebratory video posted… --- ## [You hear a smoke/gas-detector alarm in apt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-a-smoke-gas-detector-alarm-in-apt/922719)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-a-smoke-gas-detector-alarm-in-apt/922719 "2020-10-13T18:09:28Z")
Simple situation: You’re in the hallway of your apartment building and thru an apt door you hear a smoke/gas-detector alarm beep-beeping. You wait a minute or so to see if the alarm stops. It continues. So you knock o… --- ## [Recyling gone too far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recyling-gone-too-far/921446)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recyling-gone-too-far/921446 "2020-10-13T17:42:33Z")
This is just… astounding. Glad I don’t work in that factory. --- ## [What are the newest 'popular' candy bars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-newest-popular-candy-bars/922678 "2020-10-13T17:24:10Z")
For this thread, I’m defining ‘popular’ as meaning, if a store has a reasonably expansive display of candy bars near the register, what are the most recently introduced candy bars that you would expect to be included? I… --- ## [Italian & Brazillian accents and an extra vowel sounds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-brazillian-accents-and-an-extra-vowel-sounds/922815)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-brazillian-accents-and-an-extra-vowel-sounds/922815 "2020-10-13T17:18:40Z")
Watching this season of Fargo, which partially focuses on Italian immigrants, I noticed that when the Italians speak English they tend to add “-a” to the end of words. I also find that I find this unremarkable as it is t… --- ## [I Haven't Received My Absentee Ballot Yet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-havent-received-my-absentee-ballot-yet/920940 "2020-10-13T16:46:09Z")
First a little background. I live in Detroit, MI. And as I said, I haven’t received any absentee ballot yet. My cousin and his wife, who live in the relatively rich suburb of Grosse Pointe have already received it, and … --- ## [Idea for XFL 2022: LET THE FANS DECIDE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-xfl-2022-let-the-fans-decide/922700)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-xfl-2022-let-the-fans-decide/922700 "2020-10-13T16:45:10Z")
If you really want the XFL come back with a splash in 2022, or any rival league for that matter, why not make the fans invest in the success or lack thereof of the team? Let fans vote on a limited amount of certain deci… --- ## [Why are disposable masks blue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-disposable-masks-blue/922758)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-disposable-masks-blue/922758 "2020-10-13T16:35:27Z")
We’ve bought two or three different brands since this started, and have seen lots of other people with disposable masks, and the outer side is always blue. How come? why blue? --- ## [Any good 538-style analysis of State Government races?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-538-style-analysis-of-state-government-races/922862)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-538-style-analysis-of-state-government-races/922862 "2020-10-13T16:05:42Z")
Is there any one web site that is keeping track of state gubernatorial and legislative races? I didn’t see anything at 538. We’re all focused on the Presidential and Congressional races, but I haven’t heard anything abou… --- ## [For Canadians - your traditional/typical Thanksgiving menu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-canadians-your-traditional-typical-thanksgiving-menu/922845)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-canadians-your-traditional-typical-thanksgiving-menu/922845 "2020-10-13T15:41:35Z")
Started wondering today what my northern neighbors consider the traditional or typical Thanksgiving dinner. --- ## [How many network devices in your house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-network-devices-in-your-house/921927)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-network-devices-in-your-house/921927 "2020-10-13T15:40:28Z")
For reasons, I’m using NMAP and WakeMeOnLan and PRTG and AngryIP, and I’ve had occassion to do so at home. And – I’ve got 23 devices showing on the home network. There are phones, and TV’s, and iPads and Desktops and Wi… --- ## [Happy anniversary, happy anniversary, happy anniversary. .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-anniversary-happy-anniversary-happy-anniversary/922096)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-anniversary-happy-anniversary-happy-anniversary/922096 "2020-10-13T14:34:17Z")
HAAAA-PY ANNIVERSARY! (TMI warning) It’s my stoma’s 2nd anniversary today! I’ll have to get some gluten-free cake to celebrate! It’s been a great improvement. It’s amazing how much better you feel when you cut out fi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1683) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1685)