# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1817 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1818 --- ## [A 2 minute sketch from John Cleese, Marty Feldman, Graham Chapman etal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-2-minute-sketch-from-john-cleese-marty-feldman-graham-chapman-etal/913019)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-2-minute-sketch-from-john-cleese-marty-feldman-graham-chapman-etal/913019 "2020-06-25T18:42:20Z")
A short sketch from British Comedy Hall of Famers. Some of you might enjoy this. --- ## [The problem with coronavirus is that it's not scary enough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-coronavirus-is-that-its-not-scary-enough/911648)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-coronavirus-is-that-its-not-scary-enough/911648 "2020-06-25T18:32:00Z")
If this were some disease akin to Ebola, or had frightening symptoms like visible bleeding out of all of one’s skin pores, or some scary-sounding name, Americans would take it a lot more seriously. But the name “coronav… --- ## [Ever been to a roast? Been roasted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-a-roast-been-roasted/912996)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-a-roast-been-roasted/912996 "2020-06-25T17:11:29Z")
I have never been to one or been the subject of one. I know I am way to sensitive for that. I have only seen them for celebrities. What about you? --- ## [Links to SDMB from straightdope.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-sdmb-from-straightdope-com/913005)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-sdmb-from-straightdope-com/913005 "2020-06-25T16:47:57Z")
All the links to the (new) message board from the main page appear to be broken. --- ## [Most American people would want their government to do something about climate change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-american-people-would-want-their-government-to-do-something-about-climate-change/912931)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-american-people-would-want-their-government-to-do-something-about-climate-change/912931 "2020-06-25T16:44:01Z")
This article shows that American people are in favor of governmental measures regarding the current problems regarding climate. Is this likely to influence the Trump administration? --- ## [I now have laundry pick up and delivery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-have-laundry-pick-up-and-delivery/912792)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-have-laundry-pick-up-and-delivery/912792 "2020-06-25T16:31:39Z")
I didn’t know this existed, and there is only one place in my town that does it (they did it pre-COVID). Had it picked up yesterday for the first time, didn’t realize it was cash only, so today handed the bag back and … --- ## [Body is limited to 50 characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-is-limited-to-50-characters/911139)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-is-limited-to-50-characters/911139 "2020-06-25T16:02:08Z")
Limited to 50 characters. Can’t type more. --- ## [Is the US becoming a banana republic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-becoming-a-banana-republic/675976)
**Author:** [@dataguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dataguy)\ **Replies:** 381\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-becoming-a-banana-republic/675976 "2020-06-25T15:44:08Z")
I came across this article. I generally agree with the points made, and have raised some of them myself. Anyone care to expand on this, or take the other side? --- ## [Testing tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339 "2020-06-25T15:43:37Z")
Mods, feel free to move or merge this thread if it’s been done before. @Sunny\_Daze @running\_coach Oh cool! If you start typing after the “@”, it’ll populate potential names for you! Tripler This is cooler than dis… --- ## [Can you help identify this piece of Chinese furniture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-piece-of-chinese-furniture/912853)
**Author:** [@muckalusha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muckalusha)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-piece-of-chinese-furniture/912853 "2020-06-25T15:38:46Z")
Recently, I purchased this piece of furniture on a lark and don’t have a clue as to what its function is or how old it is. I’m pretty sure it’s of Chinese origin, but don’t know the age. I was told it was a potato bin by… --- ## [RIP Margarita Pracatan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-margarita-pracatan/913000)
**Author:** [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-margarita-pracatan/913000 "2020-06-25T15:27:39Z")
Alas, the flamboyant Cuban will no longer be delighting (?) us… https://youtu.be/adU0q7BDb2o --- ## [Opening a link should start a new tab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-link-should-start-a-new-tab/912993)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-link-should-start-a-new-tab/912993 "2020-06-25T15:26:13Z")
This morning I was in GQ looking at a post where someone had posted a link to photos on imgur. I clicked the link, looked at the image, and closed the tab like I normally do. But then I discovered that the image link h… --- ## [The purpose of "one" in "....one \[insert name here\]"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-purpose-of-one-in-one-insert-name-here/855701)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-purpose-of-one-in-one-insert-name-here/855701 "2020-06-25T15:19:44Z")
As in the movie “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn”. It feels olde/tyme and a bit over formal. Syntactically, semantically, vocabularily, legalistically what purpose does the word “one… --- ## [Movie Title is a Standalone Punchline to a Joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248 "2020-06-25T14:36:33Z")
We have a popular thread raging about punchlines to jokes, minus the setup. What movie titles are punchlines to well-known jokes? I can think of two–Stick with Burt Reynolds and What’s Up, Doc? with Barbra Streisand and … --- ## [Let's Play...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play/438515)
**Author:** [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play/438515 "2008-02-22T04:14:09Z")
Inspired by the Something Awful subforum of the same name, I have half a mind to replay some of my older video games and recording my progress in the name of enlightening you Dopers. The games that I’m considering: Di… --- ## [Can we please have the old smilies back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826 "2020-06-25T14:10:24Z")
The -headsmack- guy was my favorite emoji on any site; I even have it saved on my computer. --- ## [Brilliant! The Cabin Pressure appreciation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-the-cabin-pressure-appreciation-thread/823784)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-the-cabin-pressure-appreciation-thread/823784 "2020-06-25T14:03:40Z")
If you don’t know Cabin Pressure, welcome. If you do know Cabin Pressure, bienvenue à bord. Je suis ton capitaine Knead du Know. The lemon is in play. --- ## [Breaking Bad - "ABQ" Season Finale 5/31 (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-abq-season-finale-5-31-open-spoilers/498304)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-abq-season-finale-5-31-open-spoilers/498304 "2020-06-25T14:00:34Z")
So tonight’s the season finale. Think we’ll find out about those body bags? Any guesses on the meaning of this week’s title? I know it’s the airport code for Albuquerque… Think someone’s going to take flight? --- ## [Hey, where’s Annie-Xmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-s-annie-xmas/854662)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-s-annie-xmas/854662 "2020-06-25T13:44:00Z")
Has anyone seen or heard from Annie-Xmas? Her absence was discussed briefly in another thread, but I’m not able to find that now. Her last post was on 3/14, here: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2… --- ## [Where No Man Has Gone Before, and the "edge" of the galaxy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-no-man-has-gone-before-and-the-edge-of-the-galaxy/855914)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-no-man-has-gone-before-and-the-edge-of-the-galaxy/855914 "2020-06-25T13:41:20Z")
Something occurred to be while I was reading the latest discoveries about our Milky Way galaxy. Ignoring the fact that the galaxy doesn’t have an “edge”, have I been guilty off “two-dimensions thinking” for the last 50 … --- ## [Conservative and right wing journalists that have not drunk the Trump Flavor-Aid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-and-right-wing-journalists-that-have-not-drunk-the-trump-flavor-aid/855134)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-and-right-wing-journalists-that-have-not-drunk-the-trump-flavor-aid/855134 "2020-06-25T13:03:46Z")
I know some of you will have issues with the names I list. I am going with what I personally see and hear, mostly on PBS and NPR. Jonah Goldberg. He seems to have disappeared from NPR, used to hear him interviewed fairl… --- ## [Language question: Why the apostrophe after Rus' ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-question-why-the-apostrophe-after-rus/855885)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-question-why-the-apostrophe-after-rus/855885 "2020-06-25T13:03:29Z")
So, the Rus’ were the forerunners of the Russians and gave their name to the Russian language. Why the apostrophe at the end of the name? For example, this wiki article: Rus’ people --- ## [Is your oven/stove gas or electric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-oven-stove-gas-or-electric/855824)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-oven-stove-gas-or-electric/855824 "2020-06-25T12:29:38Z")
Poll coming. I’ve never seen a hybrid but I left options for it in the poll. If you’d like, indicate where you live. Me both gas (thank God) and Chicago. --- ## [Yikes. Oh well, I wasn't posting much anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-oh-well-i-wasnt-posting-much-anyway/912317)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-oh-well-i-wasnt-posting-much-anyway/912317 "2020-06-25T12:03:30Z")
Seeing now what discourse looks like for the SDMB, who thought this was a good idea? Did nobody think to suggest actual messageboard software instead of this reddit-style mess? Honestly I would be happier if we just cre… --- ## [A hack to reduce whitespace and scrolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hack-to-reduce-whitespace-and-scrolling/912224)
**Author:** [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hack-to-reduce-whitespace-and-scrolling/912224 "2020-06-25T12:02:58Z")
Using the browser extension Stylish, I created a basic style to reduce whitespace and the need for so much scrolling. This could be a little tricky to set up if you are not technically inclined. It essentially hacks the … --- ## [How many 2021 calendars have you gotten so far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-2021-calendars-have-you-gotten-so-far/912584)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-2021-calendars-have-you-gotten-so-far/912584 "2020-06-25T09:21:23Z")
I’m thinking of the freebie calendars that nonprofits send you in the hopes that you’ll send them money. I got one last week from The Nature Conservancy, and another today from another enviro group. So: two, and counti… --- ## [Does this site use BB Code?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-site-use-bb-code/911097)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-site-use-bb-code/911097 "2020-06-25T07:38:30Z")
I ask because you can see the BB Code codes around quotes instead of the quotes being quoted. Maybe it uses HTML tags instead? --- ## [Knife losing sharpness after 2 months](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knife-losing-sharpness-after-2-months/912025)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knife-losing-sharpness-after-2-months/912025 "2020-06-25T07:17:51Z")
I bought a knife a couple of months ago, a Virtonix, recommended on some cooking website, about $45. When I first got it I put my finger to the blade to see how sharp it was and pressed a little too hard and almost cut m… --- ## [What Is: "Read 7h (2h recently)" In a User's Public Profile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-read-7h-2h-recently-in-a-users-public-profile/912932)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-read-7h-2h-recently-in-a-users-public-profile/912932 "2020-06-25T07:01:26Z")
I see this “Read 7h (2h recently)” (example only) in people’s profile when I click on their name. What is this? My best guess would be that it’s how long the user has been logged on the SDMB site, both total and for th… --- ## [You can edit thread titles after posting, even change the forum yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-edit-thread-titles-after-posting-even-change-the-forum-yourself/912812)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-edit-thread-titles-after-posting-even-change-the-forum-yourself/912812 "2020-06-25T06:23:56Z")
A definite improvement. I didn’t test it, but I assume it is for the same limited time as editing the post itself. Also, I like how, after I post in a thread, I am still in the thread as before, and if I hit the Back ar… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1816) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1818)