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**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pick-to-play-the-sub-mariner/853443 "2020-05-09T20:27:57Z")
presuming they use him in an Avengers movie or give him his own. John Cena seems perfect for the role. He wouldn’t have to bulk up at all; put wings on his feet and a pair of Spock ears and he’s good to go. --- ## [Covid-19 and obesity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-and-obesity/853373)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-and-obesity/853373 "2020-05-09T20:00:33Z")
A entire long Island town has gone on a diet. I can see the logic of improving your health as much as possible. Try to be ready for the next predicted round of Covid-19 later this summer. There’s still no guarantee that … --- ## [Suppose one dies before the IRS mails my COVID stimulus check.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-one-dies-before-the-irs-mails-my-covid-stimulus-check/853447)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-one-dies-before-the-irs-mails-my-covid-stimulus-check/853447 "2020-05-09T19:22:38Z")
Sometime in late May, my Social Security check will be deposited into my checking account. My estate is not entitled to keep that check if I was not living on May 1st. What’s the survival rule with COVID payments? Is … --- ## [Supreme Court to allow public to hear arguments live in May](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-to-allow-public-to-hear-arguments-live-in-may/852191)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-to-allow-public-to-hear-arguments-live-in-may/852191 "2020-05-09T19:13:59Z")
Arguments will be done via phone. --- ## [Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-horn-of-siegfried-and-roy-has-died/853482)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-horn-of-siegfried-and-roy-has-died/853482 "2020-05-09T19:08:38Z")
Siegfried and Roy were the biggest act in Vegas for so many years. The comparable act is Penn & Teller. I always wanted to see Siegfried and Roy. Roy was nearly killed by a tiger and the show abruptly ended. Covid-19 w… --- ## [Which MLB team is the next 1990s Atlanta Braves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mlb-team-is-the-next-1990s-atlanta-braves/853048)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mlb-team-is-the-next-1990s-atlanta-braves/853048 "2020-05-09T18:53:57Z")
Consistent World Series appearances, division championships, etc? --- ## [Missing Baseball? Want To Be A General Manager?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-baseball-want-to-be-a-general-manager/853152)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-baseball-want-to-be-a-general-manager/853152 "2020-05-09T18:45:27Z")
The Straight Dope Message Board Out of the Park baseball league has a couple of openings for new team owners. What is Out of the Park Baseball? Out of the Park Baseball is a baseball simulation game where you act in th… --- ## [Rechargeable AA battery question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rechargeable-aa-battery-question/853475)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rechargeable-aa-battery-question/853475 "2020-05-09T17:06:36Z")
Hi all, In our backyard we have three different types/vintages of solar-powered yard lights. They all take one AA rechargeable battery each and it is time to start replacing them. Four lights take 3.2 v AA 600mAh; Ten… --- ## [Any way to keep the damn banner ads from invisibly overlapping the "Submit Post" button?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-keep-the-damn-banner-ads-from-invisibly-overlapping-the-submit-post-button/853432)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-keep-the-damn-banner-ads-from-invisibly-overlapping-the-submit-post-button/853432 "2020-05-09T15:26:35Z")
Something I’ve noticed recently- the banner ads at the bottom invisibly overlap the “Submit Post”, “Submit New Thread” or “Preview Post” buttons at the bottom of the screen. In other words, no visible part of the ad ove… --- ## [Rank Three's Company Roomies in Order of Hotness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-threes-company-roomies-in-order-of-hotness/853463)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Taggart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Taggart)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-threes-company-roomies-in-order-of-hotness/853463 "2020-05-09T15:13:46Z")
To Me: Terry (Priscilla Barnes) Chrissy (Suzanne Somers) Janet (Joyce DeWitt) Cindy (Jenilee Harrison) --- ## [Aspects of the COVID19 pandemic unforeseen in (post)apocalyptic fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspects-of-the-covid19-pandemic-unforeseen-in-post-apocalyptic-fiction/853248)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspects-of-the-covid19-pandemic-unforeseen-in-post-apocalyptic-fiction/853248 "2020-05-09T15:11:33Z")
What aspects of the COVID19 pandemic haven’t been foreseen in works of fiction dealing with apocalyptic scenarios like plagues, nuclear war, zombie uprising, etc? For example take gas prices; a shot of an abandoned gas … --- ## [Getting into a Family Dollar in Michigan was worth killing the security guard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-a-family-dollar-in-michigan-was-worth-killing-the-security-guard/853162)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-a-family-dollar-in-michigan-was-worth-killing-the-security-guard/853162 "2020-05-09T14:56:04Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/flint-family-dollar-security-guard-killed-after-turning-away-customer-without-mask/ar-BB13ALXu?li=BBnbfcL So the killers are still at large, but the female shopper is in custody. I … --- ## [Bette Davis In "The Letter"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-in-the-letter/497941)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-in-the-letter/497941 "2020-05-09T14:55:16Z")
Does anyone like this movie? I mean there must be people, but I found so many of her other movies better. The reason I ask is this. I listen to a lot of old time radio (OTR) and on the show, like “Burns and Allen,” Amos… --- ## [Is anyone here familiar with these metal models?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-familiar-with-these-metal-models/853379)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-familiar-with-these-metal-models/853379 "2020-05-09T14:00:39Z")
Over the past several years, I have collected some models from Metal Earth. I started buying them as they seemed like fun souvenirs from various places I’ve visited. In spite of having them for several years, I only tr… --- ## [New rules for blood donations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-blood-donations/851147)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-blood-donations/851147 "2020-05-09T13:58:21Z")
There was already a thread on blood donations but I think this merits its own thread. Some major changes to who is eligible to donate blood are now in effect. For the first time in decades I am now eligible to donate alo… --- ## [Washer/Dryer settings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washer-dryer-settings/853408)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washer-dryer-settings/853408 "2020-05-09T13:57:25Z")
I have a Maytag washer and dryer from 2011. I cannot change the setting without turning them off and back on. For example if I want to change washer from normal to short wash, I have to turn the washer off and on. … --- ## [Board has become aggressive about Sultantheme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-has-become-aggressive-about-sultantheme/848302)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-has-become-aggressive-about-sultantheme/848302 "2020-05-09T13:21:48Z")
I hate the Sultantheme’s theme with the fire of a thousand suns. I don’t think it should be the default theme. I’d prefer it didn’t exist at all. It’s horrible on a desktop, and it’s even more unreadable on a phone. So w… --- ## [Bubble wrap instead of a parachute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-wrap-instead-of-a-parachute/853307)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-wrap-instead-of-a-parachute/853307 "2020-05-09T13:10:07Z")
How much bubble wrap would someone have to wrap themselves in to walk away unscathed if they were to use it instead of a parachute for a typical skydive? Assuming no problems breathing at altitude or from the bubble wrap… --- ## [The Ant-Farm Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ant-farm-theory/852274)
**Author:** [@Tachyon\_Theorist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tachyon_Theorist)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ant-farm-theory/852274 "2020-05-09T12:27:58Z")
The work and progress that occurs inside a small isolated space(such as a bedroom) will be not very effective towards the future. Great inventions come from multiple combined employees and outside audiences without a dro… --- ## [Best Performances "Against Type"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-performances-against-type/848938)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-performances-against-type/848938 "2020-05-09T10:52:36Z")
I’m sure I’ll think of one later, but the first one that comes to my mind would be Robert Mitchum in “Ryan’s Daughter” because he was one of the most virile men in Hollywood and plays a cuckold, and does a good, convinci… --- ## [RIP Roy Horn of Sigfried & Roy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-roy-horn-of-sigfried-roy/853451)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-roy-horn-of-sigfried-roy/853451 "2020-05-09T05:48:06Z")
Roy Horn of Sigfriend & Roy has died of COVID-19. He was 75. --- ## [Employers, what do you do if an employee never shows up again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employers-what-do-you-do-if-an-employee-never-shows-up-again/776210)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employers-what-do-you-do-if-an-employee-never-shows-up-again/776210 "2020-05-09T05:22:34Z")
(This is not a “need answer fast” question.) :slight\_smile: Suppose that one of your employees goes missing and never shows up to work. (He or she has abruptly died in, let’s say, a car accident, but you, the boss, do… --- ## [Biden's Running Mate Prediction Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-running-mate-prediction-thread/849482)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-running-mate-prediction-thread/849482 "2020-05-09T04:43:58Z")
We don’t have one of these yet, do we? It looks like Biden is pulling away from Sanders. Nate Silver recently tweeted something like “If you think my tone has changed, it has. Biden is going to be the nominee.” So, who … --- ## [In what states is interstate migration going to meaningfully effect the political landscape.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-states-is-interstate-migration-going-to-meaningfully-effect-the-political-landscape/853454)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-states-is-interstate-migration-going-to-meaningfully-effect-the-political-landscape/853454 "2020-05-09T04:43:46Z")
Migration within a state is common, people who live in rural areas who lean leftward may move to a large city within the same state. But when it comes to people moving between states, what all is occurring and how will … --- ## [Subtle Ostentation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-ostentation/853281)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-ostentation/853281 "2020-05-09T04:04:52Z")
When Hosni Mubarak was ruler of Egypt, he wore custom-tailored suits. Nothing unusual about that. His suits were made of dark-colored fabric, with light-colored pinstripes. Nothing unusual about that. But . . . The … --- ## [Are we lowering our immune systems by staying home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-lowering-our-immune-systems-by-staying-home/853402)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-lowering-our-immune-systems-by-staying-home/853402 "2020-05-09T03:14:22Z")
Our bodies are used to touching surfaces and our immune systems develop defenses to the germs we touch. By staying inside, washing our hands and staying away from people, aren’t we all lowering our immune systems? Once… --- ## [Facemask gripes (not political)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facemask-gripes-not-political/853445)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facemask-gripes-not-political/853445 "2020-05-09T02:30:25Z")
The tops of my ears are chafed and sore. I’m dreading having to wear one in the heat of the summer. Mine smell despite regular washing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro --- ## [Some Booty Shaking Cuban Music For the Lockdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-booty-shaking-cuban-music-for-the-lockdown/853452)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-booty-shaking-cuban-music-for-the-lockdown/853452 "2020-05-09T02:24:50Z")
The Buena Vista Social Club live and rocking. For those of us who like Cuban music. --- ## [A couple of questions about the drafting of players](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-about-the-drafting-of-players/853334)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-about-the-drafting-of-players/853334 "2020-05-09T01:45:35Z")
If the upcoming NBA, NFL, etc. seasons are canceled, are they just going to run another Draft (in 2021) without having had a season in between? You would have two consecutive drafts, one in 2020 and one in 2021, with … --- ## [Rocketeer builds the Jungle Cruiser from Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-builds-the-jungle-cruiser-from-tim-tylers-luck-1937/834366)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-builds-the-jungle-cruiser-from-tim-tylers-luck-1937/834366 "2020-05-09T01:35:11Z")
The other day, putzing around in the Cavern of Doom, I stumbled across an old resin kit of the Juggernaut, a tank-like vehicle used in the 1936 serial Undersea Kingdom. I figured, why not? and decided it’d be my next pr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1883) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1885)