# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=204 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 205 --- ## [What bands with strange names made it big?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-with-strange-names-made-it-big/1024637)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-with-strange-names-made-it-big/1024637 "2025-11-11T10:52:28Z")
I saw a flyer for The Dead Milkmen that made me think about it. Bare Naked Ladies comes to mind, not sure how big they got. The Bangles changed their name from The Bangs to be more acceptable. --- ## [I pit Zionism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-zionism/1018840)
**Author:** [@natureboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/natureboy)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-zionism/1018840 "2025-11-11T06:36:19Z")
Because Zionism is responsible for the very crimes it fled Europe from, and also because it is hijacking American politics. --- ## [A Larry King quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-larry-king-quote/1024744)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-larry-king-quote/1024744 "2025-11-11T04:41:34Z")
King was interviewing Tip O’Neill, who was an old man at the time. I don’t know how I remember this quote verbatim, but it just struck me as an odd thing to ask somebody. He asked: “how does it feel to be so close to mee… --- ## [Who has ever been a stooge/in on the magic trick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-ever-been-a-stooge-in-on-the-magic-trick/1024644)
**Author:** [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-ever-been-a-stooge-in-on-the-magic-trick/1024644 "2025-11-11T04:16:45Z")
I have read some of the numerous threads here about how magic tricks are accomplished. Most threads of that sort contain answers with the assumption that the live audience was in on the trick to fool the TV audience. I… --- ## [Evidence that Universe’s Expansion is Decelerating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-that-universe-s-expansion-is-decelerating/1024755)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-that-universe-s-expansion-is-decelerating/1024755 "2025-11-11T04:11:22Z")
Surprised that this isn’t bigger news, so not sure how seriously I should take it. Wouldn’t it upend alot of current prevailing astronomical theories? --- ## [Is there a way to take a picture and prove later it was taken on a specific day??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-picture-and-prove-later-it-was-taken-on-a-specific-day/46729)
**Author:** [@Hokienautic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokienautic)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-take-a-picture-and-prove-later-it-was-taken-on-a-specific-day/46729 "2025-11-11T00:34:08Z")
Here’s the background. My father works for the INS, and we talked yesterday about a problem they’re encountering. A new law is probably going to be enacted that would allow certain benefits to immigrants assuming they’re… --- ## [Mars impact lunar origin theory: How does the Moon reach a stable, nearly circular orbit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-impact-lunar-origin-theory-how-does-the-moon-reach-a-stable-nearly-circular-orbit/1024701)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-impact-lunar-origin-theory-how-does-the-moon-reach-a-stable-nearly-circular-orbit/1024701 "2025-11-11T00:00:39Z")
I’ve read a few (brief) articles online that suggest the Moon was formed very early in the solar system’s development when Mars, or what would one day become Mars, struck the Earth a glancing blow and knocked the future … --- ## [Kayaker runs Tahquamenon Falls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-runs-tahquamenon-falls/1024739)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-runs-tahquamenon-falls/1024739 "2025-11-10T23:53:33Z")
Just south of Whitefish Point discussed in the Edmund Fitzgerald thread is Tahquamenon Falls which is ~50 feet tall and ~200 feet wide. A kayaker went over it and survived “The kayaker did not seek park medical attentio… --- ## [A couple of new moon wallopings caught on video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-new-moon-wallopings-caught-on-video/1024699)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-new-moon-wallopings-caught-on-video/1024699 "2025-11-10T23:02:28Z")
Transient lunar phenomenon events recorded on October 30th and November 1st. --- ## [WTH happened to frozen hamburger pizza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-happened-to-frozen-hamburger-pizza/999673)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-happened-to-frozen-hamburger-pizza/999673 "2025-11-10T22:09:29Z")
I understand that beef is more expensive than pork and that sausage and pepperoni are bigger sellers. But most brands of frozen pizza had one in hamburger. Now I can’t find one to save my life. Not at any store I’ve be… --- ## [Wisecracks or Sayings that Improve your Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisecracks-or-sayings-that-improve-your-day/1024543)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisecracks-or-sayings-that-improve-your-day/1024543 "2025-11-10T21:40:40Z")
Mood is a weird thing. You can have a great day and something comes out of left field and ruins it. We have a lot of threads about that. But sometimes, you’re wandering around in your usual/default mood and you’re sud… --- ## [Which Nov 4, 2025 elections are you watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nov-4-2025-elections-are-you-watching/1024505)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-nov-4-2025-elections-are-you-watching/1024505 "2025-11-10T21:38:52Z")
Not seeing much movement WRT the federal shutdown. In another thread, someone mentioned the upcoming elections as potentially encouraging some movement, by suggesting voter sympathies. Do you expect that to be the case… --- ## [How have you betrayed your younger self? (Please read criteria in OP before posting!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-betrayed-your-younger-self-please-read-criteria-in-op-before-posting/1024230)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-betrayed-your-younger-self-please-read-criteria-in-op-before-posting/1024230 "2025-11-10T19:40:03Z")
How have you betrayed your younger self? By which I mean not merely changes in your tastes or preferences, e.g., you used to read fantasy books, and now prefer sci-fi, or you only listened to heavy metal in high school,… --- ## [Yay, I'm gonna see Richard Thompson for the first time in May! \[fixed title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-gonna-see-richard-thompson-for-the-first-time-in-may-fixed-title/1010919)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-gonna-see-richard-thompson-for-the-first-time-in-may-fixed-title/1010919 "2025-11-10T19:13:28Z")
I got into Richard Thompson relatively late, about 20 years ago a coworker lent me his sampler “Action Packed: The Best Of The Capitol Years”. I had known his stellar reputation, but nonetheless was blown away by that al… --- ## [Comptroller of the Currency. Two for two](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comptroller-of-the-currency-two-for-two/1024734)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comptroller-of-the-currency-two-for-two/1024734 "2025-11-10T18:42:38Z")
Thankfully the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has not been affected by the shutdown; the only other time I had to use them they were. The first time, a bank manager for BofA kept refusing to seen a cashiers c… --- ## [Cat allergies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-allergies/1014358)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-allergies/1014358 "2025-11-10T17:13:54Z")
We have three cats: Irving, Ophelia, and Mario. Irving and Ophelia are eight years old, and they came to us as a bonded pair when they were around seven months old. The rescue that we adopted them from told us they were … --- ## [Gardeners - what flowers give you the biggest bang for the buck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardeners-what-flowers-give-you-the-biggest-bang-for-the-buck/1024529)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardeners-what-flowers-give-you-the-biggest-bang-for-the-buck/1024529 "2025-11-10T17:12:04Z")
Here in Zone 5 around Chicago, we are cleaning things up for winter. Most of the blooms are gone other than Russian Sage and some lavender. But the nasturtiums we started from seed back in May are still going strong! … --- ## [Some gaps in my musical knowledge (and what to do about it.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-gaps-in-my-musical-knowledge-and-what-to-do-about-it/997943)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-gaps-in-my-musical-knowledge-and-what-to-do-about-it/997943 "2025-11-10T17:08:49Z")
(Post prompted by @Mean\_Mr.Mustard latest “Songs beginning with …” threads; and encouraged by @EinsteinsHund) Ahem. A confession. Shockingly, until a few weeks ago, I had never listened to an album by…The Rolling Stones.… --- ## [I've been admitted to psychiatric wards in Virginia about 20 times in 18 years: AMA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-admitted-to-psychiatric-wards-in-virginia-about-20-times-in-18-years-ama/1024638)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-admitted-to-psychiatric-wards-in-virginia-about-20-times-in-18-years-ama/1024638 "2025-11-10T16:58:19Z")
On Saturday, October 25, I went to Obici Memorial Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia for psychiatric treatment. They eventually found a bed for me at Virginia Commonwealth University hospital in Richmond, where I was from the… --- ## [What kind of trouble is this lawyer facing (hides damning evidence that would sink his firm's client, bigly)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-trouble-is-this-lawyer-facing-hides-damning-evidence-that-would-sink-his-firms-client-bigly/1024692)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-trouble-is-this-lawyer-facing-hides-damning-evidence-that-would-sink-his-firms-client-bigly/1024692 "2025-11-10T16:39:52Z")
On a TV show I watch, a lawyer withheld evidence from Discovery, on the orders of the senior partner (who is also his father, if it matters), and locked it up in a safe deposit box. The evidence would have sunk his clien… --- ## [The Epstein Files Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epstein-files-question/1020997)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epstein-files-question/1020997 "2025-11-10T16:26:56Z")
{Mods – wasn’t sure if this belongs here or in the Pit. Please move if you feel appropriate.) I haven’t been following the story closely. Here’s what I think/vaguely recall is going on: Epstein was accused of traffic… --- ## [I'm curious. How do you deal with the not seen text?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-how-do-you-deal-with-the-not-seen-text/1024642)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-how-do-you-deal-with-the-not-seen-text/1024642 "2025-11-10T16:17:44Z")
My sister was (lovingly) fussing with me about this. Someone sends you a text.it’s not a text asking a question or needing information. It’s a meme, a joke or maybe a link to some sort of news article. You don’t see th… --- ## [Dick Cheney Dies... Anticlimactic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-cheney-dies-anticlimactic/1024555)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-cheney-dies-anticlimactic/1024555 "2025-11-10T14:12:44Z")
Well, Dick Cheney’s dead. Anybody wanna start talking smack, or are we too exhausted with that kinda stuff right now? --- ## [(Old) Gunpowder, Treason and Plot in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524 "2025-11-10T06:23:21Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 12c/53f with a predicted high of 14c/57f and cloudy. Weather app says “Stratus clouds are known for producing light rain or snow. They’re also knobjockey twatfaces.” Over here this we… --- ## [I’m going to pit this man who assaulted the Mexican President and all men like him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-going-to-pit-this-man-who-assaulted-the-mexican-president-and-all-men-like-him/1024631)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-going-to-pit-this-man-who-assaulted-the-mexican-president-and-all-men-like-him/1024631 "2025-11-10T03:39:21Z")
This video just makes me physically ill. --- ## [Amateur successfully landing a commercial jetliner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-successfully-landing-a-commercial-jetliner/1024681)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-successfully-landing-a-commercial-jetliner/1024681 "2025-11-10T02:15:30Z")
Has it ever happened that an amateur successfully landed a commercial jetliner (with or without the help of ground control)? By amateur I mean at most this person has flown a two seater prop, at worst gotten lucky with … --- ## [Songs with the same name as the band themselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646 "2025-11-10T01:21:47Z")
The only two that come to mind are Living in a Box, by … Living in a Box, from their hit album … Living in a Box. They were a one-hit wonder with a minor hit, but the other song that comes to mind with the thread title i… --- ## [Foton Pearled Candle--anyone actually tried it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foton-pearled-candle-anyone-actually-tried-it/1024712)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foton-pearled-candle-anyone-actually-tried-it/1024712 "2025-11-09T22:47:03Z")
This candle company looks like a good gift for someone on my list, but I no longer trust online reviews. Has anyone tried their products? https://fotoncandle.com/ Here’s an example: … --- ## [Speaker Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaker-trump/1024518)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaker-trump/1024518 "2025-11-09T22:43:41Z")
Assuming the Pubs have the House on January 3, 2029, How likely is it that they would elect Trump as Speaker of the House, not as an end-around the 22nd Amendment but more as a sinecure? --- ## [What is community service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-community-service/1024623)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-community-service/1024623 "2025-11-09T22:23:26Z")
When a person is sentenced to community service by a court what are they being told to do? Is it unpaid labor? Maybe cleaning roadsides. If you are supposed to do something for others, like serving in a soup kitchen h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=203) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=205)