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**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-80s-new-wave-song-id/855206 "2020-06-08T02:59:22Z")
This has been circulating around recently. Granted, for all we know, this could be some local group who had no national presence. Anyway. . . any ideas??? YouTube link --- ## [I can whistle in tune, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-whistle-in-tune-but/855196)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-whistle-in-tune-but/855196 "2020-06-08T02:40:09Z")
…I can’t hold a note to save 'me life. What’s up with that? --- ## [5/30/20 America Burns check-in thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-30-20-america-burns-check-in-thread/854769)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-30-20-america-burns-check-in-thread/854769 "2020-06-08T02:18:16Z")
In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd protests have spread from Minneapolis to other cities. Tonight is the night things have gone over the edge here in Chicago. It sounds like Michigan Avenue has seen major r… --- ## [The Post-1955 Great American Songbook. What songs qualify?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-1955-great-american-songbook-what-songs-qualify/854438)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-1955-great-american-songbook-what-songs-qualify/854438 "2020-06-08T01:34:11Z")
The Great American Songbook is a non-specified, vague canon of pre-rock American songs including (in the abbreviated version, from 1920-1950) songs by Gershwin, Hoagy Carmichael, Richard Rogers, Irving Berlin, Cole Porte… --- ## [Upping my chili game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upping-my-chili-game/854890)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upping-my-chili-game/854890 "2020-06-08T01:07:55Z")
I’ve been trying to make the perfect chili, and while chili cook-offs aren’t very popular in Canada, I think I’ve come very close. Since I want it to be healthy as well as delicious, I encourage the use of beans, onions… --- ## [It's hurricane season in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845 "2020-06-08T00:55:32Z")
Lay in your supplies and prepare to batten down the hatches, unless you’re not along the east or gulf coast, in which case, Happy June!! And Happy Moanday! --- ## [Welp i solved the Fermi Paradox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-i-solved-the-fermi-paradox/855222)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-i-solved-the-fermi-paradox/855222 "2020-06-08T00:54:15Z")
Social media. That was easy. Kidding…it took the last few months to illuminate the idea. --- ## [Honestly, I'm not TRYING to hoard, but having been burned...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honestly-im-not-trying-to-hoard-but-having-been-burned/854893)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honestly-im-not-trying-to-hoard-but-having-been-burned/854893 "2020-06-08T00:42:32Z")
I now have 4 8- roll packages of paper towel and 5 package of TP. 7 bottles of vinegar and 8 of hydrogen peroxide. I’ve never kept stuff around in this quantity before; I guess it’s a reaction to panic. --- ## [Anyone have an ebike?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-an-ebike/851656)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-an-ebike/851656 "2020-06-08T00:34:05Z")
I rode a few and they were nice but outside my budget. I am hoping to spend around $1200 and the ones I rode were around $2k. --- ## [Wireless Print Server Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-print-server-questions/855165)
**Author:** [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-print-server-questions/855165 "2020-06-08T00:19:55Z")
I debated whether to ask the questions here or in the IMHO forum. I’ll start it in GQ, but Mods, feel free to route it to IMHO. I need wireless printing capability on my home network. Here are the major components: \[… --- ## [Is BLM real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blm-real/850923)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blm-real/850923 "2020-06-07T22:47:04Z")
Within a day of the shooting of Michael Brown, witness testimony was already being quoted on Wikipedia stating that Brown seemed to have attacked the officer through the window of his car. Similarly, Philando Castile doe… --- ## [What was a kelp burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-a-kelp-burger/854954)
**Author:** [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-a-kelp-burger/854954 "2020-06-07T22:42:39Z")
The kelp burger has been a joke food since perhaps the 1970’s – I can only guess I heard it then first, maybe on some variety show skit. Even as late as the 1990’s when the environmentalist offers Lisa and Marge kelp bu… --- ## ["The Great Courses" series on the Black Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-courses-series-on-the-black-death/854387)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-courses-series-on-the-black-death/854387 "2020-06-07T21:57:30Z")
I subscribe to the Great Courses channel on my Roku, which gives me access to all the courses all the time. At $20/month it’s a huge bargain, considering any one course might cost as much as $50. I’ve been watching this… --- ## [movie better than book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-better-than-book/854005)
**Author:** [@fedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-better-than-book/854005 "2020-06-07T21:47:57Z")
Just got done re-reading “The Loved One” by Evelyn Waugh, and was reminded that to me the movie captured essence of book better than actual book. anyone else find this? --- ## [Barkskins-watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007 "2020-06-07T21:46:46Z")
It’s interesting but dammit, I’m having a devil of a time keeping the characters straight. --- ## [Modern car movies like the Fast&Furious serial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-car-movies-like-the-fast-furious-serial/855211)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-car-movies-like-the-fast-furious-serial/855211 "2020-06-07T21:14:25Z")
I googled what movies were similar to Fast and furious, so modern car races, tuning,etc, but the lists I got were really bad, movies from the 70’s and sci-fi/apocalypse movies, nothing really about modern (1990+) cars or… --- ## [VA still paying pension earned by a Civil War soldier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-still-paying-pension-earned-by-a-civil-war-soldier/748677)
**Author:** [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/va-still-paying-pension-earned-by-a-civil-war-soldier/748677 "2020-06-07T20:52:18Z")
Claim is here. --- ## [Military-style firearms in California.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-style-firearms-in-california/855040)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-style-firearms-in-california/855040 "2020-06-07T20:06:11Z")
PLEASE let’s not make this a gun control thread. I am looking for a factual answer. A man was charged with assault for brandishing a weapon at protesters in Upland, CA (link). His rifle is an AR-15 variant, and has a … --- ## [Non-matching Game, "Play Me" version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-matching-game-play-me-version/854433)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-matching-game-play-me-version/854433 "2020-06-07T19:26:08Z")
Again, the idea is to give a unique answer. Made it harder this time. “I was in the movie A Star is Born.” “I ran on Broadway longer than 10 years.” “I’m a Parker Bros. Game.” “I won an Olympic medal for the Soviet Uni… --- ## [Any way to roll back this Firefox change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-roll-back-this-firefox-change/851386 "2020-06-07T18:25:58Z")
It used to be that the URL bar in Firefox had a little down arrow at the far right. Click on that, and it would give you a dropdown of 10-12 addresses you access frequently, and you could click on one of those, and it w… --- ## [Tribute Albums-Good and Bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribute-albums-good-and-bad/854585)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribute-albums-good-and-bad/854585 "2020-06-07T18:07:32Z")
Collections of one group’s music sung by others in tribute. There are many of them out there, but some stand out(for good or ill). Just finished listening to A Lowbudget Barrel Of Monkees(2013) and I was pleasantly sur… --- ## [Best betting strategy for simple high/low bet of variable amount, but if you lose it all you're out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-betting-strategy-for-simple-high-low-bet-of-variable-amount-but-if-you-lose-it-all-youre-out/855121)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-betting-strategy-for-simple-high-low-bet-of-variable-amount-but-if-you-lose-it-all-youre-out/855121 "2020-06-07T18:06:33Z")
Say there was a game like where you rolled 2 6-sided dice and made a custom dollar bet based on if you thought the next roll would be higher or lower. The game had the following conditions: You start with $1000 in your… --- ## [What's the story behind "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-sally-go-round-the-roses/5191)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-sally-go-round-the-roses/5191 "2020-06-07T17:53:41Z")
Recorded by The Jaynetts. Written by Zell Sanders. Produced by Abner Spector. Hit #2 on the charts for two weeks in the fall of 1963. One of the weirdest singles in pop music history. NPR devoted a couple of hours to it… --- ## [Gardena Cops Murder Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardena-cops-murder-man/855175)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardena-cops-murder-man/855175 "2020-06-07T16:44:37Z")
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAQhrFdJISa/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link My friend shared this horrible video with me today. A cop using an assault rifle to kill an unarmed man. This is simply murder. --- ## [Could police riot gear gas masks have been used as effective PPE against COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-police-riot-gear-gas-masks-have-been-used-as-effective-ppe-against-covid/854829)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-police-riot-gear-gas-masks-have-been-used-as-effective-ppe-against-covid/854829 "2020-06-07T16:17:13Z")
It’s extremely surreal to me to suddenly see thousands of police deployed around the country kitted in full protective equipment including gas masks designed to filter out tear gas. Have those just been sitting in stora… --- ## [Resolved: That the Real Issue concerning the death of George Floyd is not who gets to be president.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-that-the-real-issue-concerning-the-death-of-george-floyd-is-not-who-gets-to-be-president/854966)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-that-the-real-issue-concerning-the-death-of-george-floyd-is-not-who-gets-to-be-president/854966 "2020-06-07T15:42:45Z")
My thesis is that police forces are not operated by the community at the Presidential level, and that I am getting enough campaigning for the President already, and that talking about Trump is changing the subject. You … --- ## [In top level chess when both sides are happy with a draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-top-level-chess-when-both-sides-are-happy-with-a-draw/854925)
**Author:** [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-top-level-chess-when-both-sides-are-happy-with-a-draw/854925 "2020-06-07T14:36:57Z")
How does it generally work, if both sides before the game know that they only need a draw, but a loss would be bad? I assume that it’s unseemly to just shake hands and agree a draw over a pristine board, are there varian… --- ## [Eating mould rind of cheese, sausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-mould-rind-of-cheese-sausage/854913)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-mould-rind-of-cheese-sausage/854913 "2020-06-07T14:24:13Z")
Some foods, in particular cheese (brie, camembert, taleggio, livarot, epoisses) and certain hard sausages (fuet, cacciatore) are sold with white or red moold on the outer rind. I know you can eat the rind of brie and cam… --- ## [Places to move to, elsewhere in USA or world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-to-move-to-elsewhere-in-usa-or-world/855014)
**Author:** [@ArtBeforeScience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArtBeforeScience)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-to-move-to-elsewhere-in-usa-or-world/855014 "2020-06-07T14:13:02Z")
Related to all the burnings, and the City of Oakland’s long-term failures that so many other cities have too. Many of my friends keep talking vaguely about “buying some land” and “getting away from it all”. One friend ac… --- ## [Help in identifying a Science Fiction short story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-identifying-a-science-fiction-short-story/855178)
**Author:** [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-identifying-a-science-fiction-short-story/855178 "2020-06-07T13:41:57Z")
The publishers of “The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction” have reached out to their readers and followers with a question they received. Their message reads as follows: "A long-time reader asks: ‘Do you recall a … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1841) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1843)