# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1903 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1904 --- ## [Lindsey Buckingham makes Paul Simon's jaw drop on SNL "What Up With That"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsey-buckingham-makes-paul-simons-jaw-drop-on-snl-what-up-with-that/852645)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsey-buckingham-makes-paul-simons-jaw-drop-on-snl-what-up-with-that/852645 "2020-04-28T07:40:02Z")
You might be familiar with the recurring “Saturday Night Live” sketch “What Up With That?” in which Kenan Thompson plays the host of a talk show who gets so into signing his theme song that none of his superstar guests g… --- ## [Six (Impossible) Conditions Before People in California Are Free](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-impossible-conditions-before-people-in-california-are-free/851856)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-impossible-conditions-before-people-in-california-are-free/851856 "2020-04-28T06:53:02Z")
See link below. Note that not one law was passed by the CA Legislature concerning these mandatory conditions. They were made by the Governor (Comrade Newsom) through an unconstitutional (both State & Federal) dictatoria… --- ## [Shoeshine questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoeshine-questions/852649)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoeshine-questions/852649 "2020-04-28T06:36:39Z")
I’ve read various online instructions, and they sound to me like they’re written by journalists who have never shined a shoe in their life. I’d like to hear from people who have professional experience or equivalent know… --- ## [Airline with just one flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-with-just-one-flight/852670)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-with-just-one-flight/852670 "2020-04-28T05:22:46Z")
Cairo to Tel Aviv. Until this year they did not have a website. No markings on the plane. --- ## [How should I get rid of these old rifles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-get-rid-of-these-old-rifles/852472)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-get-rid-of-these-old-rifles/852472 "2020-04-28T04:56:16Z")
Just curious. The day is going to come when I will have to deal with 3-4 hunting rifles in the gun safe. They were bought within the last 50 years and there are boxes and boxes of ammo in the closet, too. I don’t kno… --- ## [Where did the ‘back’ button go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689 "2020-04-28T03:54:49Z")
Seriously. Is it just me? It’s just gone. What’s up with that? --- ## [Switching Bodies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186)
**Author:** [@Lewis47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lewis47)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186 "2020-04-28T02:31:34Z")
If you had the power to switch bodies with someone you know personally, who would it be and what would you do after swapping? Also, how long would you like the swap to last for? --- ## [Quirky individuals in history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-individuals-in-history/852705)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-individuals-in-history/852705 "2020-04-28T02:10:22Z")
I’m thinking of less-than-famous people who were both unusual and notable in various ways. Here are a couple I’ve run across: John Ledyard (1751 - 1789): Born in Connecticut Attended Dartmouth briefly - ran away in a… --- ## [I don't understand the numbers/charts/graphs of COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-numbers-charts-graphs-of-covid-19/852633)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-numbers-charts-graphs-of-covid-19/852633 "2020-04-28T00:06:21Z")
Do any of these graphs and maps showing the spread of COVID-19 make sense to anyone else? I can’t tell if I just don’t understand them because I probably have undiagnosed dyscalculia (difficulty learning and understandi… --- ## [Stupidities you've witnessed (people oblivious to the virus)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidities-youve-witnessed-people-oblivious-to-the-virus/850064)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidities-youve-witnessed-people-oblivious-to-the-virus/850064 "2020-04-27T23:34:43Z")
In Whole Foods a man in line dropped his box of cookies and they all spilled out onto the floor. At first I felt bad for him. But then he picked up each cookie, put it back in the box…and put the box back on the shelf.… --- ## [Why Does Almost Everyone Get this Question Wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-almost-everyone-get-this-question-wrong/852239)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-almost-everyone-get-this-question-wrong/852239 "2020-04-27T23:06:07Z")
I first saw this question here on the SDMB: John buys two pencils, a cheap pencil and an expensive pencil. There is no sales tax. John spends a total of $1.10 for the two pencils. The expensive pencil costs $1.00 more… --- ## [Crabcakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crabcakes/852456)
**Author:** [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crabcakes/852456 "2020-04-27T22:18:36Z")
Hi Folks. I’ve got some tinned crab knocking about, and I’m thinking cakey thoughts. You may scorn the use of tinned stuff, but, well, desperate times call for desperate measures. I’ll definitely be able to improvise … --- ## [Any full-time RVers here? How's it going in COVID time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-full-time-rvers-here-hows-it-going-in-covid-time/852646)
**Author:** [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-full-time-rvers-here-hows-it-going-in-covid-time/852646 "2020-04-27T22:15:11Z")
Public parks and campgrounds around here (central California) have been closed for some time now - our little RV has been idle all year - but private sites like KOAs are not affected by shutdowns AFAIK and a nearby “trai… --- ## [Copyright on movie quotes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-on-movie-quotes/852665)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-on-movie-quotes/852665 "2020-04-27T21:57:43Z")
I bought a T shirt with a quote from a movie. I assume they would have to pay a royalty for each shirt sold? the quote is “Now go get your f\*king shine box”. I think most people know what movie that is from. --- ## [Unusual references in songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-references-in-songs/852593)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-references-in-songs/852593 "2020-04-27T20:57:49Z")
It occurred to me earlier that in the song “Birdhouse In Your Soul” by They Might Be Giants, they make a reference that I was unfamiliar with : The Longines Symphonette. And, of course, in “Ramble On” by Led Zeppelin, t… --- ## [Was Leonard/aka "Private Pyle" in Full Metal Jacket "special"? Or was there something else going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-leonard-aka-private-pyle-in-full-metal-jacket-special-or-was-there-something-else-going-on/852409)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-leonard-aka-private-pyle-in-full-metal-jacket-special-or-was-there-something-else-going-on/852409 "2020-04-27T20:39:39Z")
Was wondering this about one of the greatest characters (the genius actor Vincent D’Onofrio) in movies for decades. It got so bad for Leonard that Sgt. Hartman (played by R. Lee Ermey, on that same list of greatest movie… --- ## [Do you Know Where Brussel Sprouts Come From?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-brussel-sprouts-come-from/852339)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-brussel-sprouts-come-from/852339 "2020-04-27T20:36:27Z")
Famously, a few years ago a number of Dopers admitted they thought pineapples came from trees. Funny how some little bits of knowledge passes us by. My wife and I were just talking about the new, tastier cultivars of bru… --- ## [Anyone seen the Midnight Gospel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-midnight-gospel/852569)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-midnight-gospel/852569 "2020-04-27T19:51:21Z")
It was co created by the guy who made Adventure Time and since I loved that show so much I thought I’d give it a watch and was immediately disappointed. The only similarity was the art style behind it but other than that… --- ## [Interesting Observations in Virus Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-observations-in-virus-time/851526)
**Author:** [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-observations-in-virus-time/851526 "2020-04-27T19:49:34Z")
This is just a place to post any interesting observations you might have about people, society, media, etc during the pandemic. Positive or negative, mundane or life-changing, whatever you happen to have noticed. One th… --- ## [How To Get Away With Murder - Legal Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-away-with-murder-legal-question/852460)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-away-with-murder-legal-question/852460 "2020-04-27T19:35:08Z")
I am putting this in Cafe Society rather than General Questions, because although I’m asking what might be a factual question, it’s possible that the answer simply is, “Don’t believe what you see on TV.” I am asking this… --- ## [What's the Dope's view on the superiority debate re: traditional defined benefit pensions vs. 401ks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dopes-view-on-the-superiority-debate-re-traditional-defined-benefit-pensions-vs-401ks/841613)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dopes-view-on-the-superiority-debate-re-traditional-defined-benefit-pensions-vs-401ks/841613 "2020-04-27T19:21:10Z")
This thread is inspired by the news that GE just became the most recent company to freeze its pension benefits. Given that, and in light of the fact that traditional defined benefit pensions are mostly extinct in the pr… --- ## [Couple more bird ID questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-more-bird-id-questions/852620)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-more-bird-id-questions/852620 "2020-04-27T18:37:38Z")
One heard, other seen. Western burbs of Chicago. Singing in my backyard, early a.m. - approx 6:30. High in a locust tree. Could not see it. 5 note song made of of 2 notes, a fifth apart, starting w/ the C above mid… --- ## [Social Distancing -- your personal best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-distancing-your-personal-best/852604)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-distancing-your-personal-best/852604 "2020-04-27T18:34:03Z")
When were you most isolated from the rest of humanity, in terms of time or distance? Obvious recent events have me thinking about this. I’m curious about your stories of the furthest distance or longest time away from … --- ## [Is this photo for real? (Passenger plane coming in to land)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-for-real-passenger-plane-coming-in-to-land/733823)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-for-real-passenger-plane-coming-in-to-land/733823 "2017-07-14T05:08:13Z")
Personally I find there is little more obnoxious online than people shouting ‘fake!’ when presented with anything even slightly unusual but this photo has me wondering if it has been photoshopped or is for realz. … --- ## [Featured article link on SD homepage not working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featured-article-link-on-sd-homepage-not-working/852652)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featured-article-link-on-sd-homepage-not-working/852652 "2020-04-27T17:38:48Z")
“Is setting yourself on fire a good way to treat snakebite?,” it reads, but when I click on it nothing happens. I’ve tried several times over the past day or so. --- ## [Business or marketing practice of inserting your logo into customer's product - name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-or-marketing-practice-of-inserting-your-logo-into-customers-product-name/852357)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-or-marketing-practice-of-inserting-your-logo-into-customers-product-name/852357 "2020-04-27T17:09:09Z")
There’s a business practice or marketing practice where you get your branding, your logo, inserted into whatever your customer is producing. Example: you manufacture and sell specialty cameras, and you design them so th… --- ## [already filed paper 2019 Fed 1040-can I file again electronically today to speed things up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/already-filed-paper-2019-fed-1040-can-i-file-again-electronically-today-to-speed-things-up/852626)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/already-filed-paper-2019-fed-1040-can-i-file-again-electronically-today-to-speed-things-up/852626 "2020-04-27T16:45:08Z")
Hello everyone. Please don’t laugh too hard. :slight\_smile: A couple of weeks ago I filed my paper 2019 Federal 1040. I know, I know, a dinosaur am I. :smack: But I digress. Today, while looking for something else,… --- ## [Asteroid 1998 OR2, Approaching Earth, is wearing a Face Mask](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-1998-or2-approaching-earth-is-wearing-a-face-mask/852666)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-1998-or2-approaching-earth-is-wearing-a-face-mask/852666 "2020-04-27T16:14:11Z")
--- ## [Any new news on why this is severe/lethal to some, and not others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-news-on-why-this-is-severe-lethal-to-some-and-not-others/852273)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-news-on-why-this-is-severe-lethal-to-some-and-not-others/852273 "2020-04-27T16:07:06Z")
So about a week and a half ago, we found out that my dad indeed does have COVID-19. He’s essentially bedridden and lives in a nursing home in the Houston area that has several cases. He actually had to go to the hospit… --- ## [How are gamblers/the gambling industry doing at the moment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gamblers-the-gambling-industry-doing-at-the-moment/852006)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gamblers-the-gambling-industry-doing-at-the-moment/852006 "2020-04-27T15:39:22Z")
What with there being very little in the way of sport happening, how are gamblers - and by extension, is the gambling industry - doing at the moment? I presume that actual gambling addicts are still able to find things … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1902) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1904)