# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=221&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 222 --- ## [Help me plan a Summer vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-a-summer-vacation/1018857)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-a-summer-vacation/1018857 "2025-10-16T12:36:53Z")
My wife has given me more or less carte blanche to plan a Summer vacation for us. Now that our kids are grown, we want to start taking two vacations, just the two of us-- Winter and Summer, every year. This past February… --- ## [The Italian verb salire (to go up)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-italian-verb-salire-to-go-up/1024011)
**Author:** [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-italian-verb-salire-to-go-up/1024011 "2025-10-16T06:01:11Z")
I’ve seen the phrase “This goes up to eleven” translated as either: Questo va fino a undici or:- Questo sale fino a undici A Google search tells me that:- In Italian, the word “fino” most commonly functions as a pre… --- ## [Quotes wrongly attributed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-wrongly-attributed/1023972)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-wrongly-attributed/1023972 "2025-10-16T02:42:38Z")
Churchill never said ““Don’t talk to me about Naval Tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash,”“ but he did say he wished he did. Mark Twain, apparently never said “Golf is a good walk spoiled”, but the orig… --- ## [Fighting an invasive maple tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-an-invasive-maple-tree/1023941)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-an-invasive-maple-tree/1023941 "2025-10-16T00:07:32Z")
Our neighbor’s maple tree keeps sending runners under our fence and I’m tired of fighting it. I’m not interested in killing their tree, but I want to cauterize(?) these runners so they stop sprouting on my side. I’ve h… --- ## [Can you walk the whole length of the street you live on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-walk-the-whole-length-of-the-street-you-live-on/1023068)
**Author:** [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-walk-the-whole-length-of-the-street-you-live-on/1023068 "2025-10-15T22:17:16Z")
My street isn’t very long. When I walk around the neighborhood, I easily walk its entire length. It’s probably 1/4-1/3 of a mile. The last street I lived on was just as short, but there was a nasty hill down the other en… --- ## [Best Sitcoms of the 21st Century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sitcoms-of-the-21st-century/1023932)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sitcoms-of-the-21st-century/1023932 "2025-10-15T20:39:51Z")
Just because I like making lists. I had originally planned a Top 5 but couldn’t stop. 30 Rock Brooklyn 9-9 Derry Girls Modern Family Parks & Recreation Schitt’s Creek Ted Lasso What We Do in the Shadows --- ## [Sabrina Carpenter music video led to discovery of church financial scandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabrina-carpenter-music-video-led-to-discovery-of-church-financial-scandal/1024003)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabrina-carpenter-music-video-led-to-discovery-of-church-financial-scandal/1024003 "2025-10-15T20:36:05Z")
This was back in 2024: Long story short, the Monsignor allowed her to film a video in his church. The diocese didn’t like this idea, investigated, and uncovered possible financial irregularities. I know it’s an old stor… --- ## [How does DOJ seize bitcoin from scammers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-doj-seize-bitcoin-from-scammers/1023981)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-doj-seize-bitcoin-from-scammers/1023981 "2025-10-15T20:14:21Z")
DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin from ‘pig butchering’ scam based in Cambodia I thought that was one of the features of cryptocurrency, it was immune from seizure by law enforcement. How did DOJ get access to the bi… --- ## [Stuff being delivered to my address erroneously](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-being-delivered-to-my-address-erroneously/1023969)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-being-delivered-to-my-address-erroneously/1023969 "2025-10-15T19:54:26Z")
Here lately, I’ve been having a run of stuff being incorrectly delivered to my address. None is addressed to anyone who lives here, but it’s definitely our address. One is a woman’s medical stuff from Blue Cross/Blue … --- ## [Stephen Miller - Heinrich Himmler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-miller-heinrich-himmler/1020151)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-miller-heinrich-himmler/1020151 "2025-10-15T18:50:30Z")
Continuing the discussion from NYC Mayor election thread: I just did an image search on Heinrich Himmler, then on Stephan Miller. There really is an uncanny resemblance. If Miller grew a mustache, they could be brothe… --- ## [How exactly does our body use up excess fat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-our-body-use-up-excess-fat/1023906)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-our-body-use-up-excess-fat/1023906 "2025-10-15T18:41:00Z")
So our reserve fat is sitting there all fat, dumb and happy and “Whaaaa, I’m disappearing!” What happens to trigger this? And how does that stored fat get into the digestive system? Asking for a umm “friend”. --- ## [Political Compass #54: Some people are naturally unlucky.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-54-some-people-are-naturally-unlucky/299862)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-54-some-people-are-naturally-unlucky/299862 "2025-10-15T17:42:33Z")
Many political debates here have included references to The Political Compass, which uses a set of 61 questions to assess one’s political orientation in terms of economic left/right and social libertarianism/authoritaria… --- ## [Three separate songs that together tell a story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-separate-songs-that-together-tell-a-story/1023710)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-separate-songs-that-together-tell-a-story/1023710 "2025-10-15T17:19:28Z")
It has occurred to me that Tom Jones’ (arguably) three most famous songs put together tell a story. The songs were written years apart by different creators, with no intended connection between them. Nevertheless, they … --- ## [Diagnostic labels as group membership. A sequel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnostic-labels-as-group-membership-a-sequel/1023636)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnostic-labels-as-group-membership-a-sequel/1023636 "2025-10-15T16:41:10Z")
Rather than bumping one of, for example the two threads below, I am opening a new thread to share an interesting bit in today’s NYT (gift link) on the subject. Previous threads related: The NYT piece: I write th… --- ## [When you encounter a Doper-ish term in the wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-encounter-a-doper-ish-term-in-the-wild/1023952)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-encounter-a-doper-ish-term-in-the-wild/1023952 "2025-10-15T16:24:07Z")
This is breaking local news on Facebook right now, and it looks like One Of Us got name-dropped in the comments. --- ## [This Just In: Musk to create fleets of MurderKillBots!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-musk-to-create-fleets-of-murderkillbots/1023994)
**Author:** [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-musk-to-create-fleets-of-murderkillbots/1023994 "2025-10-15T15:36:34Z")
Over this past weekend, xAI took delivery of several truckloads of Cybertrucks. It’s unclear whether those counted toward that pathetic third-quarter showing or whether this is intended to shore up flagging numbers for … --- ## ["Perfect" television shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-television-shows/1017366)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-television-shows/1017366 "2025-10-15T15:27:14Z")
What shows do you consider to have been perfect? Not just good or even great, but perfect. Please use spoilers where appropriate! Some criteria (in my head). No growing pains, the show hits the ground running from the… --- ## [Pumpkin Spice question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-question/1023943)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-question/1023943 "2025-10-15T15:21:56Z")
I am going to experiment and make rice krispy treats, probably with butterscotch chips. I plan on adding some pumpkin spice (home blended of course) to it as a somethin-somethin. How much should I use? --- ## [Technical Difficulties w. Jon Steward Podcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-difficulties-w-jon-steward-podcast/1023988)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-difficulties-w-jon-steward-podcast/1023988 "2025-10-15T13:57:26Z")
I subscribe to about a dozen podcasts, including The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart. This one, and only this one, stalls out and freezes a couple minutes in. I’m accessing it on a MacBook Air (2020, Sequoia 15.6.1) with th… --- ## [Resolved: Kindergarten is too academically focused and should be more play based](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-kindergarten-is-too-academically-focused-and-should-be-more-play-based/1023564)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-kindergarten-is-too-academically-focused-and-should-be-more-play-based/1023564 "2025-10-15T09:30:04Z")
The subject comes into focus from multiple discussions about how boys, especially from disadvantaged backgrounds but not only, are not achieving academically as well as girls are. It begins in kindergarten where girls hi… --- ## [Educational manga/anime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-manga-anime/1023956)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-manga-anime/1023956 "2025-10-15T04:41:10Z")
I’ve been mulling over making a thread about this for a while now, and given that one of my examples is freshly coming off an anime adaption I’m finally getting around to it. This is a genre of manga/anime that centers … --- ## [Have you put up a sukkah this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-put-up-a-sukkah-this-year/1023761)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-put-up-a-sukkah-this-year/1023761 "2025-10-15T01:30:46Z")
Yesterday was the start of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, my wife’s favorite. It’s a harvest holiday in which observant Jews build a temporary hut (sukkah) outside their house and eat meals in it for the ten days of the h… --- ## [Outlander: Blood of My Blood (season 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-blood-of-my-blood-season-1/1021881)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-blood-of-my-blood-season-1/1021881 "2025-10-15T00:18:05Z")
This show premieres today and my wife and have been a fan of Outlander since the first season. This is a prequel to the main show and far as we can tell, both of Claire’s parents are time traveling back to the early 1700… --- ## [Ubiquitous items from relatively recently youngsters may not recognise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubiquitous-items-from-relatively-recently-youngsters-may-not-recognise/981362)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 647\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubiquitous-items-from-relatively-recently-youngsters-may-not-recognise/981362 "2025-10-14T20:13:01Z")
I was watching a video on youtube, and one of the key points was the VHS tape one of the characters was holding. The top comment was “about a third of your viewers won’t recognise the object you’re holding” I don’t thin… --- ## [Microchip scanners for pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microchip-scanners-for-pets/1023963)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microchip-scanners-for-pets/1023963 "2025-10-14T20:02:51Z")
Our county Humane Society has installed a ‘community microchip scanner’ that is available 24/7. One of our cats has or had two microchips. Catmom thinks it’s Goo, but I can’t remember if it was Goo or Tonka. Anyway, I… --- ## [Glurgebots are invading (my local) Nextdoor website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glurgebots-are-invading-my-local-nextdoor-website/1023925)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glurgebots-are-invading-my-local-nextdoor-website/1023925 "2025-10-14T19:36:37Z")
Since yesterday, there have been postings on Nextdoor from different “members” who just joined a few minutes prior. Each post is different, but there are great similarities. They’re glurgy, feel-good stories with bland… --- ## [The prophecy of Escape From LA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prophecy-of-escape-from-la/1023889)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prophecy-of-escape-from-la/1023889 "2025-10-14T19:14:44Z")
I stumbled across a showing of Escape From L.A., which I mistook for Escape From New York. Turns out it was a sequel from the mid-90s with appropriately era CGI. What struck me was the seeming prophetic nature of the pl… --- ## [Pre-emptive Rabies Vaccination (USA-specific)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-emptive-rabies-vaccination-usa-specific/1023873)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-emptive-rabies-vaccination-usa-specific/1023873 "2025-10-14T17:59:27Z")
How does someone go about getting a pre-exposure rabies vaccination? Are they available to anyone who requests them? Or is proof of elevated risk required (Veterinary/Zoo employees or similar)? Do you simply ask your… --- ## [Prepping for Tron: Ares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepping-for-tron-ares/1021860)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepping-for-tron-ares/1021860 "2025-10-14T17:45:44Z")
I saw a youtube video that talked about the whole Tron expanded universe. It seems like it would provide a good background for the upcoming Ares movie and so I’ll be hunting it up again, but are there other good resourc… --- ## [Oui Oui! Ze Pow-air of DUCKS! Carl Bark's Oil Paintings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oui-oui-ze-pow-air-of-ducks-carl-barks-oil-paintings/1023949)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oui-oui-ze-pow-air-of-ducks-carl-barks-oil-paintings/1023949 "2025-10-14T17:17:34Z")
Carl Barks was the cartoonist for the Disney Ducks Comics, & usually the writer, too. ”Duck Tales” was based on his work. Here Are His Oil Paintings. (LINK) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=220&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=222&state=muted)