# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1724 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1725 --- ## [On Minority Groups (in the US) and Exposure To Popular Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-minority-groups-in-the-us-and-exposure-to-popular-music/919727)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-minority-groups-in-the-us-and-exposure-to-popular-music/919727 "2020-09-09T00:43:57Z")
This video went viral a while back – two young, African American men reacting to Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight” on their first time listening to it. It seems like a lot of African American YouTubers have picked up o… --- ## [Driver busted in ky trying to use homemade license plate apparently hes not the only one recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driver-busted-in-ky-trying-to-use-homemade-license-plate-apparently-hes-not-the-only-one-recently/920079)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driver-busted-in-ky-trying-to-use-homemade-license-plate-apparently-hes-not-the-only-one-recently/920079 "2020-09-09T00:21:44Z")
Here ya go : https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kentucky-driver-caught-with-hademade-license-plate/ar-BB18NucQ?ocid=hplocalnews The cop didn’t notice bourbon was misspelled also? I didnt hear about the CA one tho --- ## [The worst, most useless, frustrating car you've ever owned.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-most-useless-frustrating-car-youve-ever-owned/842287)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-most-useless-frustrating-car-youve-ever-owned/842287 "2020-09-08T23:21:59Z")
Car threads have been popular lately, and one recent thread had people waxing nostalgic about “the one that got away”: the car they most regret getting rid of. I’m curious about cars at the other end of the spectrum: ca… --- ## [Are people going broke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-going-broke/852565)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-going-broke/852565 "2020-09-08T22:33:39Z")
There was a bit of a brouhaha when the government shutdown awhile back, Apparently a lot of people don’t have much saved. Are there people out there right now who have gone broke and are going to starve to death? --- ## [Q of QAnon has supposedly been found. Is he in legal trouble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-of-qanon-has-supposedly-been-found-is-he-in-legal-trouble/919487)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-of-qanon-has-supposedly-been-found-is-he-in-legal-trouble/919487 "2020-09-08T21:54:36Z")
Q of QAnon infamy has been doxxed. From what I’ve read the evidence is very compelling. I will not repeat the name here or post a link on the off chance that the person is not in fact Q. My question is if the personed o… --- ## [Political Correctness and Hate Speech Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-and-hate-speech-poll/919368)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-and-hate-speech-poll/919368 "2020-09-08T21:39:11Z")
Idea for polls nicked off twitter: Do you personally agree with the following statement: “Political correctness is a problem in America.” poll Do you personally agree with the following statement: “Hate speech is a pro… --- ## [Let's do another NYT Spelling Bee together (spoilers!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-nyt-spelling-bee-together-spoilers/920096 "2020-09-08T21:08:44Z")
It’s another day that’s asking for too many points and I just don’t feel like dealing with it by myself. The rules are that you have to use the capitalized letter at least once in every word. Otherwise, you can use any … --- ## [Our month of home-repair hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-month-of-home-repair-hell/915801)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-month-of-home-repair-hell/915801 "2020-09-08T20:58:28Z")
So Mrs R says to me, a couple months ago now, “Can we paint the downstairs bathroom and put in new flooring?” Sure, how much trouble could it be? Biut the bathroom is below grade, and, despite the improvements Dad and … --- ## [The original was good, but it was the RADICALLY different cover version that was the hit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-was-good-but-it-was-the-radically-different-cover-version-that-was-the-hit/918591)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-was-good-but-it-was-the-radically-different-cover-version-that-was-the-hit/918591 "2020-09-08T20:27:06Z")
Inspired by this thread, of course. There must be quite a few examples of these around. The one that started me thinking was This Flight Tonight. There’s nothing wrong at all with the original – but it was the wildly d… --- ## [Identify Thelonius Monk tune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-thelonius-monk-tune/845281)
**Author:** [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-thelonius-monk-tune/845281 "2020-09-08T19:58:35Z")
Does anyone know the title of the first tune they play here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o59Nsw7wxU They play it again in another performance at 32:40 in the video. Sounds to me like something older/simpler that … --- ## [Do the Feds record the numbers of the bills they destroy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-feds-record-the-numbers-of-the-bills-they-destroy/920058)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-feds-record-the-numbers-of-the-bills-they-destroy/920058 "2020-09-08T18:56:39Z")
Idle curiosity, do not need an answer fast. I know the Fed bank (or some other unit) destroys worn out or damaged bills. Either by shredding or burning, or maybe both in sequence. What I’m wondering is if they keep tra… --- ## [How did John Paul Jones and Mike Mills handle both bass and keyboards on stage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-john-paul-jones-and-mike-mills-handle-both-bass-and-keyboards-on-stage/919831)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-john-paul-jones-and-mike-mills-handle-both-bass-and-keyboards-on-stage/919831 "2020-09-08T18:11:42Z")
I can think of three bands that had guys both responsible for keyboards AND bass in their respective bands: Ray Manzerak for the Doors, John Paul Jones for Led Zeppelin and Mike Mills for R.E.M. I know that Manzarek play… --- ## [Any beneficial effect of pregnancy "morning" sickness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-beneficial-effect-of-pregnancy-morning-sickness/919714)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-beneficial-effect-of-pregnancy-morning-sickness/919714 "2020-09-08T17:52:17Z")
I’m talking about the nausea, being unable to keep food down, etc. ISTM that it can potentially have some harmful consequences in depriving both mother and fetus of nutrients at a pretty crucial time. And yet, it’s prett… --- ## [Cathy Smith dies, injected John Belushi with fatal drug dose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cathy-smith-dies-injected-john-belushi-with-fatal-drug-dose/920000)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cathy-smith-dies-injected-john-belushi-with-fatal-drug-dose/920000 "2020-09-08T17:42:52Z")
I didn’t see this posted anywhere yet. Cathy Smith, groupie, occasional backup singer and drug dealer, who served 15 months of a 3-year sentence for injecting John Belushi with his fatal dose of heroin+cocaine, died Au… --- ## [Up bright and blurfy in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-bright-and-blurfy-in-the-mmp/919431)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-bright-and-blurfy-in-the-mmp/919431 "2020-09-08T17:17:08Z")
Good morning all! For the second morning in a row I got woken up the fire alarm going off (no fire, it just apparently felt like it)- it is a glorious sunny morning, and I was just about to get up anyway, but I’d still … --- ## [What is your spirit animal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-spirit-animal/919494 "2020-09-08T17:14:04Z")
Many societies have imbued the natural world with spirituality to unite society or understand common phonomena. By telling me your spirit animal, you are continuing this ancient tradition. What do you choose, and why? --- ## [Has anyone ever used those grout pens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-those-grout-pens/919940)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-those-grout-pens/919940 "2020-09-08T17:00:20Z")
Like these. After twenty years, all the grout in my house looks grody. Scrubbing with bleach does nothing to lighten it, so I decided to try grout pens. Has anyone else used them and has any advice for me? For instan… --- ## [Who are the literary titans of today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-literary-titans-of-today/920045)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-literary-titans-of-today/920045 "2020-09-08T15:29:07Z")
I have recently started binging on Mad Men (I never watched it in it’s initial run). Seeing the portrayal of the 1960’s elicited some nostalgic ruminations. It occurred to me that through the middle of the 20th century… --- ## [So how was your fruit this season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-was-your-fruit-this-season/920077)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-was-your-fruit-this-season/920077 "2020-09-08T15:18:30Z")
For most of us, summer fruit season is now winding down. I am in central NC. Gone are the local strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and peaches. Melons have just finished up their best time of the year. Pears and app… --- ## [Why are predators more concerned with hiding their waste than prey animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-predators-more-concerned-with-hiding-their-waste-than-prey-animals/919850)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-predators-more-concerned-with-hiding-their-waste-than-prey-animals/919850 "2020-09-08T15:06:32Z")
Cats, for example, go so far as burying their feces to make their presence less easy to detect, while mice in particular but also other rodents and lagomorphs all leave a trail of waste everywhere they go. Given the vuln… --- ## [Trump Robocalls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-robocalls/919446)
**Author:** [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-robocalls/919446 "2020-09-08T14:55:51Z")
Ok. I still have a landline. I’ve been getting a fair amount of robocalls from the Trump campaign. When I dial back on the caller ID, I get the option to be put on a no call list (which the recording hilariously state… --- ## [The Phantom Toolbooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phantom-toolbooth/919377)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phantom-toolbooth/919377 "2020-09-08T14:36:33Z")
Seems like I first read The Phantom Tollbooth in about sixth grade or so and reported to the teacher that this book was the best I had ever read and would highly recommend it. Many years later, I had purchased a copy fo… --- ## [In order of usefulness, please rank the following tabletop cooking devices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-order-of-usefulness-please-rank-the-following-tabletop-cooking-devices/919629)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-order-of-usefulness-please-rank-the-following-tabletop-cooking-devices/919629 "2020-09-08T14:28:10Z")
Instant pot, air fryer, crock pot. The first 2 have gained quite a bit of traction over the past few years while the crock pot has long been a staple for soups, stews, etc. We have all 3 and I would rank them: Instant … --- ## [What are these groups of bumps on flat Styrofoam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-groups-of-bumps-on-flat-styrofoam/919722)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-groups-of-bumps-on-flat-styrofoam/919722 "2020-09-08T12:52:53Z")
I saw these on a styrofoam product the other day and realized that I had seen them before. Not all styrofoam has them and I had to do a little searching to find a photo (here. Any ideas? --- ## [Why is Russ Hamilton perpetrator of the Ultimate Bet online poker scandal not in jail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-russ-hamilton-perpetrator-of-the-ultimate-bet-online-poker-scandal-not-in-jail/612799)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-russ-hamilton-perpetrator-of-the-ultimate-bet-online-poker-scandal-not-in-jail/612799 "2020-09-08T11:06:18Z")
He stole 22 million dollars.How can you do that and not be in jail? --- ## [What are the 'sandbags' on a turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-sandbags-on-a-turtle/920083)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-sandbags-on-a-turtle/920083 "2020-09-08T10:45:54Z")
I’ve read recipes for cooking turtle and some mention ‘removing the sandbags’ when cleaning Note: Historic and Unusual Recipes…Just for fun !!! —- How to Cook a Terrapin (or Turtle) and Chowhound WHat, anatomically, … --- ## [When did McDonalds start changing their fryers from tallow to vegtable oil in the U.S.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-mcdonalds-start-changing-their-fryers-from-tallow-to-vegtable-oil-in-the-u-s/919835)
**Author:** [@CanTak3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanTak3)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-mcdonalds-start-changing-their-fryers-from-tallow-to-vegtable-oil-in-the-u-s/919835 "2020-09-08T09:14:32Z")
As a kid I have a very vivid memory of McDonalds fries being amazing and then turning into flavored garbage one day. I was a small child at the time and I remember it so distinctly because I couldn’t believe anyone would… --- ## [The Ski thread 2019-20 - Come, and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastick toe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ski-thread-2019-20-come-and-trip-it-as-ye-go-on-the-light-fantastick-toe/845075)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ski-thread-2019-20-come-and-trip-it-as-ye-go-on-the-light-fantastick-toe/845075 "2020-09-08T06:07:00Z")
Here’s to another fine season for all y’all, with bright snow crystals to dance on, and family and friends to dance with. --- ## [Poster location not transferred with our move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-location-not-transferred-with-our-move/917202)
**Author:** [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-location-not-transferred-with-our-move/917202 "2020-09-08T05:18:19Z")
It seems that the location posters had in their profile on the old dope were not brought along with us to this new place. You can add your location in your profile and I have done that and now it comes up when someone c… --- ## [So, fireworks are a thing for Labor Day weekend now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-fireworks-are-a-thing-for-labor-day-weekend-now/919914 "2020-09-08T04:04:44Z")
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