# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1920 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1921 --- ## [What’s the REAL reason insurance companies are offering discounts on car insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-real-reason-insurance-companies-are-offering-discounts-on-car-insurance/851966)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-real-reason-insurance-companies-are-offering-discounts-on-car-insurance/851966 "2020-04-17T16:07:43Z")
The companies that are doing it of course are advertising that they are discounting premiums for car insurance because, well right now people are driving less because of travel restrictions and of course, insurance compa… --- ## [Yield signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yield-signs/851848)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yield-signs/851848 "2020-04-17T15:54:00Z")
Yield signs have to be the least respected road signs around. Road decorations, the Rodney Dangerfield of road signs. I think too many people have the idea that one doesn’t absolutely have to stop every time, so they don… --- ## [How does the post office being privatized affect voting by mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-post-office-being-privatized-affect-voting-by-mail/851646)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-post-office-being-privatized-affect-voting-by-mail/851646 "2020-04-17T15:25:58Z")
both in states that want to expand it and states that haven’t expanded it yet. If the USPS becomes privatized, can the GOP file lawsuits to destroy the vote by mail systems in places like Oregon and Washington? Why wou… --- ## [The Depression menu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-depression-menu/851735)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-depression-menu/851735 "2020-04-17T15:12:18Z")
In an effort to embrace the spirit of things, I am attempting to make a sort of game or challenge out of being as frugal as possible, as if either it were Woody Guthrie days of the 30s, or I think we are going into a new… --- ## [Can Biden beat Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-biden-beat-trump/849200)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-biden-beat-trump/849200 "2020-04-17T14:24:49Z")
I know a lot of Bernie supporters that SAY they’re choosing to vote for the green party because they don’t feel Bernie got a fair shake. I agree he didn’t get a fair shake, but I don’t want 4 more years of Trump. I hope… --- ## [How long is unreasonable to wait for sex in a dating relationship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-unreasonable-to-wait-for-sex-in-a-dating-relationship/567825)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-unreasonable-to-wait-for-sex-in-a-dating-relationship/567825 "2020-04-17T14:04:44Z")
In a thread of mine I’m too lazy to seearch for, much less link too, someone opined that six months is too long to wait for sex in a dating relationship. I tend to disagree, but I’m strange. So I ask you: how long is t… --- ## [Two phone numbers; one phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-phone-numbers-one-phone/851801)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-phone-numbers-one-phone/851801 "2020-04-17T13:53:13Z")
Yeah, this is not about some perverted video. I, like a lot of people I know, have carried two cell phones, one for personal and one for work. You know, keeping church and state separate. Mainly because I’ve had the s… --- ## [Phrogging - is this for real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrogging-is-this-for-real/415706)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrogging-is-this-for-real/415706 "2020-04-17T13:27:35Z")
Surpised that this hasn’t been asked here yet, but I searched and got no results. The new ABC show iCaught is apparently going to do a piece next week on phrogging. Supposedly, this is a somewhat new activity where a pe… --- ## [German question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-question/848859)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-question/848859 "2020-04-17T12:06:52Z")
Hi Ich stellte den Stuhl auf den Boden vor die Tür/vor der Tür. Does the accusative case still apply to vor…Tür or only to aux…Boden? What is the rule when it comes to sequences of prepositional phrasing? I’m actively… --- ## [Advice on how to handle returning family members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-handle-returning-family-members/851928)
**Author:** [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-handle-returning-family-members/851928 "2020-04-17T11:25:41Z")
I hope advice requests are OK in this forum… A friend is asking my advice on how to handle a family situation. She has a daughter in grad school in Florida; due to the upcoming end of term and housing situation, the dau… --- ## [The Discomfort of Clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-discomfort-of-clothing/851927)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-discomfort-of-clothing/851927 "2020-04-17T11:14:45Z")
With so many people working from home right now, I’ve heard some off-hand remarks about not wearing pants. And while they’re light-hearted, it’s gotten me thinking. You’re more likely to see me without a shirt on than … --- ## [Calculating return on investment for investing partial loan amount?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-return-on-investment-for-investing-partial-loan-amount/806592)
**Author:** [@numcle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/numcle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-return-on-investment-for-investing-partial-loan-amount/806592 "2018-01-14T18:50:13Z")
Let us say someone has $4000 in credit card dept. This person gets an unsecured personal loan with the following terms: Principal: $5000 Interest rate: 10% Number payments: 36 Payments: $161.34 Total interest paid o… --- ## [why northern california](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-northern-california/850275)
**Author:** [@fedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-northern-california/850275 "2020-04-17T08:43:54Z")
considering the larger population in SoCal, why are all the state offices–governor, senator, A/G, etc–all come from northern Cal? --- ## [Extra Comments on Checks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-comments-on-checks/851862)
**Author:** [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-comments-on-checks/851862 "2020-04-17T07:32:31Z")
Apparently stimulus checks are going to be sent out with Donald Trump on the memo line. I will probably get a direct deposit, but I was thinking about what I would do if I got the check. And based on comments on another … --- ## [musings on a mostly unused charter membership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-on-a-mostly-unused-charter-membership/851871)
**Author:** [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-on-a-mostly-unused-charter-membership/851871 "2020-04-17T04:36:34Z")
I just renewed my charter membership for another two years, even though I’m almost never here anymore. It feels like letting go of my charter membership would be letting go of an important part of my past. I used to be … --- ## [Recommend a PS4 online game for 6-10 year olds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-ps4-online-game-for-6-10-year-olds/851853)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-ps4-online-game-for-6-10-year-olds/851853 "2020-04-17T03:55:05Z")
My two kids have limited experience with video gaming. Mostly Minecraft and the Lego titles on our Xbox 360. But Covid struck and so we’ve been letting them play on my PS4 because they have friends and cousins that can… --- ## [Do modern American Christian churches have official positions on the salvation of Jews?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-modern-american-christian-churches-have-official-positions-on-the-salvation-of-jews/826015)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-modern-american-christian-churches-have-official-positions-on-the-salvation-of-jews/826015 "2020-04-17T03:39:01Z")
Belief in Jesus as the son of God and part of the Trinity seems to be a prerequisite for eternal salvation in most Christian faiths. On the face of it, this would seem to exclude Jews, who do not share that belief. Histo… --- ## [If You Could Invite 5 DIRECTORS To Your Party, Who Would They Be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-invite-5-directors-to-your-party-who-would-they-be/851884)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-invite-5-directors-to-your-party-who-would-they-be/851884 "2020-04-17T03:35:13Z")
Living or dead. I posted this a few days ago, but with Actors (instead of directors). So this would be a SECOND party. These aren’t necessarily a reflection of my favorite directors, but people I’d like to have a conver… --- ## [Should I return to work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-return-to-work/851918)
**Author:** [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-return-to-work/851918 "2020-04-17T02:59:07Z")
I work in manufacturing, and the company I work for is considered essential, so are not shut down. On the advice of my doctor, I’ve been off work self-isolating for the last three weeks, because the meds I take are immu… --- ## [Share a childhood memory - just for fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-childhood-memory-just-for-fun/851123)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-childhood-memory-just-for-fun/851123 "2020-04-17T02:30:15Z")
Let’s take a break from the current insanity and reminisce. I’ll start. This happened in '63 or '64, I think - I was 9 or 10. My friend, Agnes, had to go get something from the bakery for her mom (a real, stand-alone b… --- ## [Steny Hoyer: 'Emergency? \*What\* emergency??'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steny-hoyer-emergency-what-emergency/851728)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steny-hoyer-emergency-what-emergency/851728 "2020-04-17T00:19:44Z")
His actual statement reads: Seriously?! Absent an emergency?!? I guess the coronavirus has gone away, everybody’s back to work, and everything’s hunky-dory again. Fuck you, Steny. Get back to Capitol Hill long enou… --- ## [Paul Simon's "The Myth of Fingerprints" - What is he on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simons-the-myth-of-fingerprints-what-is-he-on/83493)
**Author:** [@Reuben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reuben)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simons-the-myth-of-fingerprints-what-is-he-on/83493 "2020-04-17T00:18:08Z")
I really like this Graceland track, but in all the years I’ve enjoyed it I’ve never had the first clue what he was thinking when he wrote it. To remind you, the lyrics are : I did find one site that guesses the song i… --- ## [Ladies, at what age did you stop partying, if ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-at-what-age-did-you-stop-partying-if-ever/851585)
**Author:** [@Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Can_Handle_the_Truth)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-at-what-age-did-you-stop-partying-if-ever/851585 "2020-04-16T23:15:31Z")
I define “Partying” as going out to clubs or house parties, getting drunk, smoking weed, etc. --- ## [Woman on Maury claimed her two year old son has a huge penis... Is that physically possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-on-maury-claimed-her-two-year-old-son-has-a-huge-penis-is-that-physically-possible/851876)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-on-maury-claimed-her-two-year-old-son-has-a-huge-penis-is-that-physically-possible/851876 "2020-04-16T22:57:40Z")
In quarantine watching the trashiness of trashy TV Maury doing one of his “You’re Not the Father!” segments. The segment started off normal enough, woman with two year old child wanting to do a paternity test on a man sh… --- ## [Is this picture sexy to you and if so....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446 "2020-04-16T22:18:32Z")
…what is it that makes it sexy? Cindy Wilson of the B-52s The tilted head? The big eyes with lids slightly closed? The illusion that her mouth is a little open? A mouth with slightly parted lips i get. Indicating an i… --- ## [Math Question on Unemployment Insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-question-on-unemployment-insurance/851941)
**Author:** [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-question-on-unemployment-insurance/851941 "2020-04-16T22:16:54Z")
I’m trying to de-convolute my state’s unemployment insurance benefit policies, and I’m not quite able to wrap my head around the necessary math. In my state, the weekly benefit is effectively half of your average pay ov… --- ## [Pandemic poll: Are you wearing pants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-poll-are-you-wearing-pants/851452)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-poll-are-you-wearing-pants/851452 "2020-04-16T22:09:51Z")
No one likes having to wear pants. The pandemic, having forced many people to stay home, has given them the freedom to not wear proper pants, and either to lounge about in pyjama pants and track pants or, perhaps, wear … --- ## [Actress/film ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-film-id/851943)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-film-id/851943 "2020-04-16T21:48:57Z")
Discover Card ‘No’ commercial Who is the actress that appears right after Dr. Evil, and what film/TV show is the clip from? --- ## [Joe Judge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-judge/851948)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-judge/851948 "2020-04-16T21:14:20Z")
Do you think that the new New York Giants head coach Joe Judge will be good or not? --- ## [World Health Organization - good? bad? meh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-health-organization-good-bad-meh/851807)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-health-organization-good-bad-meh/851807 "2020-04-16T20:55:08Z")
Trump has stopped funding for the WHO. I’d like to be outraged or pleased, but I really don’t know all that much about the organization, what problems they have, how it’s managed, etc. So please enlighten me as to any po… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1919) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1921)