# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=175&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 176 --- ## [Tiny, as in miniature Crocs. Styrofoam shrinkage and other weird physics funzies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-as-in-miniature-crocs-styrofoam-shrinkage-and-other-weird-physics-funzies/1025963)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-as-in-miniature-crocs-styrofoam-shrinkage-and-other-weird-physics-funzies/1025963 "2025-12-26T17:43:24Z")
Ok. We know Crocs are made from Croslite. Some weird proprietary formula. I’m sure some absent minded physics professor stumbled upon it. (Not important, I don’t think). I saw tiny Crocs on a YouTube. Fit on the guys bi… --- ## [How can I kill calibri?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-kill-calibri/841788)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-kill-calibri/841788 "2025-12-26T17:43:02Z")
Calibri (the font) not Colibri (the moderator) - he can live; however Calibri. Must. DIE!!! I’ve changed it so that it’s not the default in Outlook, xl, & Word but that’s only for documents that I create. I can’t find … --- ## [If 2025 was a drink, it would be...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-2025-was-a-drink-it-would-be/1025959 "2025-12-26T17:40:16Z")
Just like the title says, just fill in the blank. :grin: --- ## [Is Johnny Winter a true albino?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-johnny-winter-a-true-albino/107294)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-johnny-winter-a-true-albino/107294 "2025-12-26T17:20:22Z")
Is Johnny Winter a true albino? Just curious as he doesn’t seem to have those clear pink eyes. --- ## [NFL Week 16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/1025752)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/1025752 "2025-12-26T16:23:10Z")
It was a wild weekend in the NFL, which began when Tampa Bay blew a 14-point 4th-quarter lead at home in a last second loss to the Falcons. But Carolina couldn’t take advantage, losing to the Saints on the road. The Bill… --- ## [When you owe far more in a civil judgment than you can pay, just how much does the court impoverish you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-owe-far-more-in-a-civil-judgment-than-you-can-pay-just-how-much-does-the-court-impoverish-you/1026050)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-owe-far-more-in-a-civil-judgment-than-you-can-pay-just-how-much-does-the-court-impoverish-you/1026050 "2025-12-26T16:14:43Z")
Yes, I know the answer to this is going to vary from state to state and judge to judge. But in a general sense… Say Mr. Flintstone is ordered to pay $100 million. Between his apartment on Park Avenue, his house in Malib… --- ## [Advice after serious car accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-after-serious-car-accident/1025950)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-after-serious-car-accident/1025950 "2025-12-26T16:01:40Z")
We had a serious accident Saturday. Somebody turned in front of us while I was going 55 (cruise control set for speed limit) and we collided. My car crossed 2 lanes, airborne and rotating twice, before landing on an emba… --- ## [Cooking a mostly frozen rib roast (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-a-mostly-frozen-rib-roast-need-answer-fast/1026038)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-a-mostly-frozen-rib-roast-need-answer-fast/1026038 "2025-12-26T13:20:34Z")
So I took, actually 2 6lb. rib roasts for Christmas dinner out of the freezer on Saturday, having googled that 5 days should be plenty to thaw them. But I just checked them and they have some surface give, but still see… --- ## [2025 Best Video Game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-best-video-game/1026035)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-best-video-game/1026035 "2025-12-26T13:10:05Z")
I don’t play many video games these days, so am unfamiliar with this list of ones Grauniad readers preferred. Are these great games? Tell me about them, as well as any games you thought were better. --- ## [What is your opinion of the S.C.A. as it stands today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-s-c-a-as-it-stands-today/663945)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-s-c-a-as-it-stands-today/663945 "2025-12-26T08:04:51Z")
Many years ago I was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (Shire of Stromgard, Kingdom of An Tir), but I dropped out due to life getting in the way. Is it worth getting back into it, or has interest died dow… --- ## [Green tree frog in house in winter (how best to deal with it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028 "2025-12-26T06:07:47Z")
I was watering my plants and noticed in my watering can I have a tree frog chilling there. I don’t know if he was hibernating or if he will go back. I don’t know if he has eaten anything for months (I brought the can in… --- ## [Child perps in "slenderman" stabbing case to be tried as adults. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-perps-in-slenderman-stabbing-case-to-be-tried-as-adults-why/727588)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-perps-in-slenderman-stabbing-case-to-be-tried-as-adults-why/727588 "2025-12-26T05:44:47Z")
It’s being reported that the two 13YO girls charged in the ‘Slenderman’ stabbing case, who were 12 years old at the time of the incident, are going to be tried as adults for attempted murder. What is the legal basis/jus… --- ## [The last Dopefest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-dopefest/1024945)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-dopefest/1024945 "2025-12-26T05:12:00Z")
When? Depends on The Powers That Be, I guess. Where should it be? Do we meet back where it all started, Chicago? East Coast? West Coast? Somewhere in the middle? For how long? Potluck or cheap eats? --- ## [Things whose price has barely changed in decades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-whose-price-has-barely-changed-in-decades/1025921)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-whose-price-has-barely-changed-in-decades/1025921 "2025-12-26T04:18:15Z")
As a child, we eagerly read the Sears “Christmas Wish Book” every year the moment the catalogue arrived. It started with pages of gifts for $5, $10, $20… etc. before continuing to what in retrospect were often ugly clot… --- ## [Plot Hole In Chinatown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-hole-in-chinatown/837130)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Welzenbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chris_Welzenbach)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-hole-in-chinatown/837130 "2025-12-26T02:20:43Z")
There’s a plot hole in the movie Chinatown you could drive a sedan through: Midway through the film, Gittes visits an orange grove where he is shot at, the front left tire of his car is blown out, and the car itself–a s… --- ## [New to the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-dope/1026013)
**Author:** [@stopnonstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stopnonstop)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-to-the-dope/1026013 "2025-12-26T02:00:55Z")
Occasional lurker throughout the years and newly retired, I’ve decided to make the jump into joining The Straight Dope Message Board. Rather than make my presence quietly known by a comment or two on already started topi… --- ## [Tsunami question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-question/1025948)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsunami-question/1025948 "2025-12-26T00:51:19Z")
I’m no expert on tsunamis but its my understanding that they are a fast moving wave caused by an earthquake that passes through the ocean and then results in a huge powerful wall of water that is created and breaks when … --- ## [What five Christmas albums are you listening to in 2025?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-five-christmas-albums-are-you-listening-to-in-2025/1025955)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-five-christmas-albums-are-you-listening-to-in-2025/1025955 "2025-12-25T21:46:43Z")
My list of Christmas albums often changes from year to year. Here’s my top five in Dec 2025. Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas 13 traditional sacred hymns. Angels We Have Heard on High, Hark the Herald Angel, O Holy Night, T… --- ## [Santa In Animal Land (1948)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-in-animal-land-1948/1012143)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-in-animal-land-1948/1012143 "2025-12-25T18:58:19Z")
Santa In Animal Land (1948) just played on TCM. I have to say… Children’s’ entertainment in the '40s was… bizarre. In the short, animals realise there is no Santa Clause for animals, so Kitty and another animal go in s… --- ## [Good King Win--chechfllllkisss--ess?!?!##\*'':?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-king-win-chechfllllkisss-ess/1025917)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-king-win-chechfllllkisss-ess/1025917 "2025-12-25T16:37:53Z")
Who the heck? What the heck? It’s a catchy tune. Don’t have a clue or am not inclined to find out what the heck the story is. (Or proper spelling) I don’t think I’ve ever heard it correctly. Yep. Got the EARWORM! Th… --- ## [Announcement: Flight number xxxx "WITH SERVICE" to city yyyy...Shut up, dammit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-flight-number-xxxx-with-service-to-city-yyyy-shut-up-dammit/1025686)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-flight-number-xxxx-with-service-to-city-yyyy-shut-up-dammit/1025686 "2025-12-25T15:19:46Z")
Why add the words"with service" to the announcement? If you got sometin’ to say, just say it, okay? The fight has been delayed, or moved to a new gate—okay, I get it, stuff happens. But I’m flying to Houston, or Denve… --- ## [Finishing a Christmas Song with a "Jingle Bells" flourish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finishing-a-christmas-song-with-a-jingle-bells-flourish/1026040)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finishing-a-christmas-song-with-a-jingle-bells-flourish/1026040 "2025-12-25T14:56:56Z")
Nat King Cole has it on “The Christmas Song.” The Drifters do it on their “White Christmas.” The bassist (Tracy Wormworth) plays it during the outro on The Waitresses’ “Christmas Wrapping.” I even just heard it at the en… --- ## [The blacked out Epstein docs are readable online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacked-out-epstein-docs-are-readable-online/1026005)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacked-out-epstein-docs-are-readable-online/1026005 "2025-12-25T09:00:38Z")
Reaching out to a mod for coordination --- ## [In retrospect, what big events were truly “superspreader”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-retrospect-what-big-events-were-truly-superspreader/1025997)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-retrospect-what-big-events-were-truly-superspreader/1025997 "2025-12-25T06:29:42Z")
Plenty of public events with large numbers of people were (and sometimes are) feared to be the locus for an explosion of Covid infections. Sturgis and the Tokyo Olympics are two of the most high profile examples. So giv… --- ## [Who typically did NOT go to church in the 1950s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-typically-did-not-go-to-church-in-the-1950s/1025971)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-typically-did-not-go-to-church-in-the-1950s/1025971 "2025-12-25T02:52:21Z")
A stereotype I’ve had of the past, received from various media, is that in North America, in more conservative times, i.e., up until the liberalization of society in the late 1960s and 1970s, almost everyone went to chur… --- ## [What's with the new debate over if "It's A Wonderful Life" is a Christmas Movie or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-new-debate-over-if-its-a-wonderful-life-is-a-christmas-movie-or-not/1025904)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-new-debate-over-if-its-a-wonderful-life-is-a-christmas-movie-or-not/1025904 "2025-12-25T02:44:18Z")
This is the new debate I’m seeing online (well new in quotes it’s been around for the past couple of years I’ve heard on podcasts/YouTube) is whether or not It’s A Wonderful Life is a Christmas movie or not because half … --- ## [U.S. Media Self-Censorship Examples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-media-self-censorship-examples/1025930)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-media-self-censorship-examples/1025930 "2025-12-25T02:29:22Z")
There was a thread months ago just on newspaper self-censorship, but it’s more than that. 60 Minutes Abruptly Yanks Segment on Prisoners Sent By Trump to El Salvador Mega-Prison --- ## [Big power outage in the San Francisco area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-power-outage-in-the-san-francisco-area/1025907)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-power-outage-in-the-san-francisco-area/1025907 "2025-12-25T02:06:17Z")
Any Dopers affected by this? It seems to be from an exploded transformer, and there’s no timeline on when power will be restored. https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/power-outage-pge-san-francisco/ --- ## [Why aren't the Epstein victims naming names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-the-epstein-victims-naming-names/1026026)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-the-epstein-victims-naming-names/1026026 "2025-12-25T01:38:18Z")
(Maybe this question belongs elsewhere, I wasn’t sure where to place it) There are dozens of Epstein victims who are very publicly (and bravely and rightfully) calling for the release of all the files. Why are they not … --- ## [Honduras Election is Close](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honduras-election-is-close/1025301)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honduras-election-is-close/1025301 "2025-12-25T01:12:11Z")
Trump endorsed Tito Asfura (AKA Nasry Asfura) is still a bit ahead, but the trend in the last few updates goes against him. Local media with Google Translate: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=174&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=176&state=muted)