# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=196&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 197 --- ## [GO JO orange hand cleaner ingredients](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-jo-orange-hand-cleaner-ingredients/1025107)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-jo-orange-hand-cleaner-ingredients/1025107 "2025-11-24T22:54:34Z")
The label claims NATURAL\* ORANGE\* with those darn asterisks. Here is the ingredient list. Which of these is the orange ingredient? I note that the bottle I have at home (probably 10 years old) does not list petroleum dis… --- ## [Resolved - all egg dishes taste good..All that fancy prep by chefs just makes them look pretty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-all-egg-dishes-taste-good-all-that-fancy-prep-by-chefs-just-makes-them-look-pretty/1025052)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-all-egg-dishes-taste-good-all-that-fancy-prep-by-chefs-just-makes-them-look-pretty/1025052 "2025-11-24T22:50:02Z")
I like to watch Gordon or Jacques prepare omelets. All that whipping and stirring, the folding, the pan tilting and final rolling and voila - you have a perfect omelet. Usually “creamy”. But I’m sitting here eating my eg… --- ## [Identify a SCIFI book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-scifi-book/1025081)
**Author:** [@Adversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adversary)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-scifi-book/1025081 "2025-11-24T22:48:02Z")
I am looking for an old SCIFI book I read, not really old but at least 20-30 years I am guessing. Items that help identify it: (spoilers!!!) Space Opera like setting Emperor and people he deems worthy are made immorta… --- ## [Who promoted the early 1970s "Blaxploitation" genre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-promoted-the-early-1970s-blaxploitation-genre/1025086)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-promoted-the-early-1970s-blaxploitation-genre/1025086 "2025-11-24T22:39:19Z")
So after years of African-Americans fighting for dignity, equal rights, a chance at prosperity, participation in America’s institutions; after paying with blood, sweat and tears, sometimes at the price of life; Hollywood… --- ## [Foods you like that others may think are inferior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511 "2025-11-24T21:46:33Z")
There are things I like to eat that others may think are awful. Particularly, but not restricted to canned items. For example, I like canned tamales. I know they aren’t like homemade but all you have to do is heat t… --- ## [The Bear and restaurant logistics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-and-restaurant-logistics/1025050)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-and-restaurant-logistics/1025050 "2025-11-24T21:33:04Z")
We’re on the last season of The Bear now, that TV show (on Hulu and Disney) about a small Chicago sandwich shop that . The show was good, but it was the depictions of restaurant logistics — both front and back of house … --- ## [NJ Motorcycle helmet law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-motorcycle-helmet-law/1025074)
**Author:** [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-motorcycle-helmet-law/1025074 "2025-11-24T20:23:20Z")
Not really looking for legal advice and I do know what the helmet requirements are in NJ, at least in practice if one gets pulled over. This is more about how the law is vaguely written and where one is supposed to find … --- ## [Being a judge at a high school science fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-judge-at-a-high-school-science-fair/1025024)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-judge-at-a-high-school-science-fair/1025024 "2025-11-24T17:32:26Z")
I signed up to be one. 9th and 10th grade. Have never been one before. Am looking for advice on what to look for. Proper execution of the the scientific method? Creative approaches? Good data analysis? Or perhaps how har… --- ## [How to secure guitar hanger to drywall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-secure-guitar-hanger-to-drywall/1025060)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-secure-guitar-hanger-to-drywall/1025060 "2025-11-24T17:05:02Z")
I have a wall mounted guitar hanger, basically a U shaped bracket that sticks out horizontally; versions hold up guitars in guitar shops everywhere, It’s been mounted on drywall, with yellow plastic drywall anchors and … --- ## [All things A Go Go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-a-go-go/1025009)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-a-go-go/1025009 "2025-11-24T14:25:43Z")
Tonight I saw mention of the movie Monster A Go Go and it reminded me of how a while back I noticed how so many 1960s TV shows had an “A-Go-Go” episode, for example The Beverly Hillbillies: Clampett A-Go-Go \*Mister Ed:… --- ## [Seeing Mt Shasta from 250+ miles: how easy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-mt-shasta-from-250-miles-how-easy/1025068)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-mt-shasta-from-250-miles-how-easy/1025068 "2025-11-24T13:29:13Z")
Like I said in the other thread, few airline passengers get a chance to see Mt Shasta from 300+ miles away, but lots of them get a chance from 250+ miles, and I wonder how easy it is. I never fly anywhere, so I’m hoping … --- ## [Depicting Conan the Barbarian (and other Pop Culture characters)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depicting-conan-the-barbarian-and-other-pop-culture-characters/1025031)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depicting-conan-the-barbarian-and-other-pop-culture-characters/1025031 "2025-11-24T11:58:54Z")
Everyone knows what Conan the Barbarian looks like, right? Huge, heavily muscled guy with shoulder-length black hair, usually wears a pair of shorts (often furry) and sandals or boots. Frequently shown without a shirt. A… --- ## [(Old) Gather 'round the fire in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gather-round-the-fire-in-the-mmp/1024919)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gather-round-the-fire-in-the-mmp/1024919 "2025-11-24T11:42:28Z")
We’ve had a fireplace in most of our houses, but I don’t recall ever sitting in front of one just watching the flames and relaxing. Do people do that? For us, it’s been a source of heat - well, mostly since we’ve had in… --- ## [Expressing sarcasm in different languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressing-sarcasm-in-different-languages/1025084)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressing-sarcasm-in-different-languages/1025084 "2025-11-24T03:40:20Z")
No doubt most languages use sarcasm. I have read in Italian the suffix azza is sometimes used to express a sarcastic note. In others, you have to go with tone, facial expression, body language, discordance, emphasized … --- ## [What if the SDMB goes dark? Should we make a contingency plan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-goes-dark-should-we-make-a-contingency-plan/1024934)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-sdmb-goes-dark-should-we-make-a-contingency-plan/1024934 "2025-11-24T02:48:28Z")
Continuing the discussion from Chicago Reader Being Sold (Again) and Who owns SDMB? : Should we, as a community, consider coming up with some sort of contingency/continuity plan in case the SDMB ever suddenly goes dark … --- ## [The consequences if ACA subsidies go away permanently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consequences-if-aca-subsidies-go-away-permanently/1024837)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consequences-if-aca-subsidies-go-away-permanently/1024837 "2025-11-24T02:48:21Z")
Didn’t want to hijack the “why blame Democrats for the shutdown?” thread. IMHO, the ACA subsidies will probably be rescued at the last moment in December. But supposing that they are not, and in fact are lost for good, … --- ## [The last American penny coin has been minted this week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-american-penny-coin-has-been-minted-this-week/1024897)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-american-penny-coin-has-been-minted-this-week/1024897 "2025-11-24T01:59:27Z")
I was very surprised to read that the last American penny was minted this week. Over the years it has come up for discussion several times as to whether they were useful or necessary. Now they are gone and nobody seems… --- ## [The wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald - 50 years ago today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wreck-of-the-ss-edmund-fitzgerald-50-years-ago-today/1024727)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wreck-of-the-ss-edmund-fitzgerald-50-years-ago-today/1024727 "2025-11-24T01:53:12Z")
It was November 10, 1975 at approximately 7:10 pm that the good ship went down with its 29 crew members. --- ## [An Odd Little Business: Bolla Market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-little-business-bolla-market/1025072)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-little-business-bolla-market/1025072 "2025-11-24T00:25:31Z")
Here on Long Island I have taken notice of a business associated with gas stations in this area, calling itself Bolla Market. When they first impinged upon my awareness, it was at Mobil stations in our neighborhood, so … --- ## [Poorly-aged films that could use a "woke" (for lack of a better choice of words) remake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-aged-films-that-could-use-a-woke-for-lack-of-a-better-choice-of-words-remake/1024941)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-aged-films-that-could-use-a-woke-for-lack-of-a-better-choice-of-words-remake/1024941 "2025-11-24T00:16:10Z")
A lot of the comedies I grew up loving have scenes that have aged quite poorly. An act of borderline sexual assault is played for laughs in The Breakfast Club. Sixteen Candles has a gross Asian stereotype. And don’t get … --- ## [De-puzzling puzzling album titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-puzzling-puzzling-album-titles/1025070)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-puzzling-puzzling-album-titles/1025070 "2025-11-23T22:27:06Z")
I quite often come across album titles that leave me wondering… CREAM - Disraeli gears THE POLICE - Regatta Mondata (?) THE OFFSPRING - Ixnai the hombre (?) Please help explaining those and post ones that have you s… --- ## [In The Stand why was the super flu called Captain Trips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-stand-why-was-the-super-flu-called-captain-trips/997479)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-stand-why-was-the-super-flu-called-captain-trips/997479 "2025-11-23T21:25:02Z")
The Stand is my favorite novel. For several years I would reread it every June (the story starts in June) but one thing I never got is why the disease in the story got the nickname Captain Trips. I imagine it was a refer… --- ## [Infinity Pool -- Sàlo meets White Lotus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infinity-pool-salo-meets-white-lotus/1025035)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infinity-pool-salo-meets-white-lotus/1025035 "2025-11-23T21:16:14Z")
\[I won’t be avoiding SPOILERS\] I put myself through this experience last night. Still gobsmacked. I went in blind, which I think is probably the best way to do it. But I only know two or three people I can recommend it … --- ## [Do we have anyone who can do a “Former MAGAt: AMA”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-anyone-who-can-do-a-former-magat-ama/1024585)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-anyone-who-can-do-a-former-magat-ama/1024585 "2025-11-23T20:40:59Z")
Because I am just desperate for one… Specifically to find out how in God’s name they think the things they think or if they really do think the things they say they think that are patently absurd, starting with even the … --- ## [Spherical geometry question - directions and non-great circles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spherical-geometry-question-directions-and-non-great-circles/1022593)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spherical-geometry-question-directions-and-non-great-circles/1022593 "2025-11-23T20:38:37Z")
So on a sphere, the shortest distance between two points is a portion of a great circle. A great circle is a circle which has its center at the center of the sphere (right?). If I’m picturing things correctly, on the Ear… --- ## [So you have way too much money. You buy a comic for 2.66 Million Euro, of course](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-way-too-much-money-you-buy-a-comic-for-2-66-million-euro-of-course/954776)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-way-too-much-money-you-buy-a-comic-for-2-66-million-euro-of-course/954776 "2025-11-23T19:00:57Z")
The estimate was only 25,000 - 35,000 Euro, but something got out of hand: OK, I get it. Jean Giroud is better known under the name Moebius. He was a genius. Alejandro Jodorowsky is no nobody either. And Dune is just p… --- ## [The DAR and elitism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dar-and-elitism/1024606)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dar-and-elitism/1024606 "2025-11-23T11:49:50Z")
A few weeks ago, Mrs. Cardigan and I took a guided tour through a museum dedicated to the local history of the town we were visiting. The tour really was both informative and enjoyable. At the end, we lingered to ask the… --- ## [The great, ongoing COFFEE thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-coffee-thread/1024881)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-coffee-thread/1024881 "2025-11-23T11:09:01Z")
I haven’t found an ongoing thread concerning “all things coffee” … so here it is - let’s see if it sticks… My coffee journey started with the disire to leave the coffee-capsule world. My first (mis)step was a cheap fre… --- ## [The CFL is WAY more fun than the NFL - change my mind. :-)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cfl-is-way-more-fun-than-the-nfl-change-my-mind/1020560)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cfl-is-way-more-fun-than-the-nfl-change-my-mind/1020560 "2025-11-23T04:53:23Z")
Pre-snap motion, one-point scores, running back nearly every kick (no fair catch), huge field and end zones…I love it! --- ## [Warning honk for ICE raids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-honk-for-ice-raids/1024460)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-honk-for-ice-raids/1024460 "2025-11-23T04:12:20Z")
If there isn’t a universal warning honk for the presence of ICE and DHS, there should be. If it was heard it from a long way off, plans could be made. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=195&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=197&state=muted)