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**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-d-vance-cannot-be-elected-heres-one-reason-why/971859 "2025-09-14T22:13:54Z")
I read “Hillbilly Elegy” before he announced his run for Congress, and if this doesn’t get him, ahem, not elected, it should. --- ## [Discounted EE Savings Bonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discounted-ee-savings-bonds/1022969)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discounted-ee-savings-bonds/1022969 "2025-09-14T21:48:09Z")
US Savings Bonds - Series EE use to be sold at a discount. A $100 bond was sold for $50 and reached full value in 20 years. That has not been true for many years, or so I thought. I see so many videos insisting EE bon… --- ## [You Tube NFL Sunday Ticket \[how to record games\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tube-nfl-sunday-ticket-how-to-record-games/1023037)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tube-nfl-sunday-ticket-how-to-record-games/1023037 "2025-09-14T18:22:10Z")
I pay for the YouTube NFL Sunday ticket to watch all NFL games. I can’t figure out how to record games.. chat GTP can’t figure out how to help me either. I watch it via Apple TV. Can anybody help me out here? Thank you… --- ## [What are miles-per-gallon (MPG) displays in cars actually for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-miles-per-gallon-mpg-displays-in-cars-actually-for/1023027)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-miles-per-gallon-mpg-displays-in-cars-actually-for/1023027 "2025-09-14T16:55:30Z")
My new car has three different displays of the current gas mileage or MPG. But I don’t know what they’re used for. Obviously high gas mileage is good. Momentary MPG depends on lots of things, but whether you’re climbing… --- ## [BREAKING NEWS thread for Charlie Kirk murder and investigation (10SEP2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-thread-for-charlie-kirk-murder-and-investigation-10sep2025/1022964)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-thread-for-charlie-kirk-murder-and-investigation-10sep2025/1022964 "2025-09-14T16:45:20Z")
I’m creating this thread for updates into the investigation on Charlie Kirk’s murder, the identification or ongoing investigation into the shooter, and other direct reporting on such. I and several other posters I’m sur… --- ## [RIP Graham Greene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-graham-greene/1022668)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-graham-greene/1022668 "2025-09-14T16:17:30Z")
Damn. I’ve liked him in everything I’ve seen him in. --- ## [Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/975884)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/975884 "2025-09-14T13:39:14Z")
We knew it was coming, but now we know its title, and some of its content, because here is the trailer for the new Indiana Jones movie, out June 30th. --- ## [Trying to get a person to sign paperwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-a-person-to-sign-paperwork/1022981)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-a-person-to-sign-paperwork/1022981 "2025-09-14T11:46:53Z")
…and they won’t. I have a couple of rental properties. Last month (August 1st) I told one of my tenants that I would be raising the rent by $30/month November 1st, giving them 2 months notice and is the first rent incre… --- ## [Yahoo Mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-mail/1022917)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-mail/1022917 "2025-09-14T02:40:59Z")
Nevermind. I’m dumm :slightly\_smiling\_face: --- ## [Container ship has an oopsy in Long Beach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/container-ship-has-an-oopsy-in-long-beach/1022895)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/container-ship-has-an-oopsy-in-long-beach/1022895 "2025-09-14T01:55:49Z")
Happened not long ago (BREAKING NEWS). I know that containers going for a swim isn’t an uncommon thing, but this looks like a lot of them. And as a free bonus, half of them fell on another boat. --- ## [Really disturbed by the breaking news headlines beginning "Trump Says ..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-disturbed-by-the-breaking-news-headlines-beginning-trump-says/1022980)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-disturbed-by-the-breaking-news-headlines-beginning-trump-says/1022980 "2025-09-14T00:45:11Z")
I’m referring to the headlines around Kirk’s shooting, not general political blatherings. The WaPo (and I think the NYT too) had the announcement of Kirk’s death and now the suspect in custody as “Trump Says Kirk has d… --- ## [Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil-s-supreme-court-finds-bolsonaro-guilty-of-plotting-military-coup/1022966)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil-s-supreme-court-finds-bolsonaro-guilty-of-plotting-military-coup/1022966 "2025-09-13T23:58:33Z")
In the runoff of the 2022 general election, Bolsonaro lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\[20\] On 8 January 2023, his supporters stormed federal government buildings, calling for a coup d’état. On 30 June, the Superior El… --- ## [James Taylor's "Shower the People" on 70's SNL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-taylors-shower-the-people-on-70s-snl/225052)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-taylors-shower-the-people-on-70s-snl/225052 "2025-09-13T22:26:12Z")
Recently, James Taylor’s “Shower the People” is being used for some commercial. Back in the 70’s, he performed this on SNL. Instead of having backup singers, a reel-to-reel tape player was sitting on the stage and would … --- ## [Trump owned moon-based data center!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-owned-moon-based-data-center/1023012)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-owned-moon-based-data-center/1023012 "2025-09-13T21:01:13Z")
I work with a guy who did some time overseas years ago working as security for an ambassador. He was also a Trump bodyguard/security person back in the days when Trump was bankrupting casinos. Very MAGA. He stays in touc… --- ## [Project Eggplant UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-eggplant-uk/1008387)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-eggplant-uk/1008387 "2025-09-13T20:10:34Z")
A few years back, when we started frequenting the south of Spain, and Greece, and Turkey, I discovered eggplants. (For the record, Eggplant In The Oven at Taverna Saita in Athens is probably the most delicious thing I ha… --- ## [Please explain to me the funniest joke ever told by Johnny Carson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-to-me-the-funniest-joke-ever-told-by-johnny-carson/1021428)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-to-me-the-funniest-joke-ever-told-by-johnny-carson/1021428 "2025-09-13T18:48:56Z")
The line comes from Johnny Carson doing his Karnac character, who reads minds. (The routine shtick was that the Great Karnac sets up the joke by answering an unknown question, then he opens an envelope to read what the q… --- ## [Have you ever had experience(s) dealing with someone who had the same name as you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-experience-s-dealing-with-someone-who-had-the-same-name-as-you/1021406)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-experience-s-dealing-with-someone-who-had-the-same-name-as-you/1021406 "2025-09-13T18:12:16Z")
Back in the 90s, a woman knocked on my door one afternoon. She accused me of having an affair with her husband. I told her I was pretty sure I wasn’t. She handed me a matchbook with my name and phone number on it and s… --- ## [Why aren't elective mastectomies a 'thing'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-elective-mastectomies-a-thing/1022840)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-elective-mastectomies-a-thing/1022840 "2025-09-13T15:56:22Z")
I’m old now. My tits sag nearly down to my knees. I breast-fed four kids (which tits are made for) but I am long past feeding anything. Bras cost money. GOOD bras cost a fortune. And they’re always uncomfortable, regard… --- ## [Random, pointless thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pointless-thought/1023013)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pointless-thought/1023013 "2025-09-13T15:56:12Z")
Today I looked out my window just as some little brown bird landed on one of the lines strung between the telephone poles, and I thought, “How long passed between the time the first human strung a wire like this and the … --- ## [I'm older than Archie Bunker and other gut punches of pop culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-older-than-archie-bunker-and-other-gut-punches-of-pop-culture/1022902)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-older-than-archie-bunker-and-other-gut-punches-of-pop-culture/1022902 "2025-09-13T13:15:33Z")
The Wonder Years debuted in 1988, and the first season was set 20 years prior in 1968. If it was remade today, it would be set in 2005. With the re-release of the Beatles Anthology on Disney+ this November, it dawned on… --- ## [Lessons of History: "How Rome’s Senators Got Robbed of Their Republic"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-of-history-how-rome-s-senators-got-robbed-of-their-republic/1017104)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-of-history-how-rome-s-senators-got-robbed-of-their-republic/1017104 "2025-09-13T11:56:10Z")
Thoughtful and thought-provoking (short) Atlantic article (gift link, I hope): … Augustus was Rome’s first emperor. In so becoming, he dismantled the republic and founded a monarchy that would last for more than a m… --- ## [Dog Bite on my Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bite-on-my-dog/1022973)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bite-on-my-dog/1022973 "2025-09-13T11:55:15Z")
On Tuesday, I picked up the dog from daycare and he was limping. I thought he probably sprained something. By today, he wasn’t limping anymore, but he wouldn’t leave his groin alone. Licking incessantly. So we looked, an… --- ## [Has this variant of a ‘book cipher’ ever been used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-variant-of-a-book-cipher-ever-been-used/1022837)
**Author:** [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-variant-of-a-book-cipher-ever-been-used/1022837 "2025-09-13T11:42:08Z")
I’ve been mildly interested in book ciphers ever since learning about the Beale ciphers and I recently started thinking about using a ‘Word Finder’ puzzle grid and relative coordinates in place of a book and ‘page/line/w… --- ## [Is it possible to detect light without receiving it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-detect-light-without-receiving-it/1022689)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-detect-light-without-receiving-it/1022689 "2025-09-13T07:52:45Z")
Let’s say you had a perfect vacuum, a laser emitter at Point A, and a receiver at Point B. Could an observer standing outside of the beam detect it without receiving (or scattering or otherwise interfering with) part of … --- ## [New lossless heat preservation process developed(heat storage for years)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-lossless-heat-preservation-process-developed-heat-storage-for-years/1022921)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-lossless-heat-preservation-process-developed-heat-storage-for-years/1022921 "2025-09-13T05:27:11Z")
ok sorry I had to abbreviate the title somewhat … its NEARLY lossless. Were this on YT, I’d chalk it up to the perpetuum mobile /flatearthers crazy bunch… but here is the news-article: https://science.orf.at/stories/3… --- ## [Soccer Question: Scoring an Own Goal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-question-scoring-an-own-goal/1022858)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-question-scoring-an-own-goal/1022858 "2025-09-13T01:28:20Z")
Let’s say that Abbott, from the Ypsilianti team, is in Duluth’s half of the field and sends the ball towards the back of the net. Costello, from the Duluth team, tries to kick it away and gets a foot on it, but it goes i… --- ## [Does knitting use the same topology as nail binding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-knitting-use-the-same-topology-as-nail-binding/1022991)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-knitting-use-the-same-topology-as-nail-binding/1022991 "2025-09-13T00:55:53Z")
I guess there are a variety of “stitches” one can knit, and perhaps that’s true of nailbinding. But are there fabrics whose topology could have been produced by either one? (Don’t need answer fast.) @MrDibble ? --- ## [Musical travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868 "2025-09-13T00:55:52Z")
Have you ever ridden the train they call The City Of New Orleans, and how far did you travel ‘fore the day was done? I used to ride it from Champagne-Urbana to Chicago back in the 70’s, so yes…but not really that far. --- ## [Toronto tourist advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-tourist-advice/1022923)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-tourist-advice/1022923 "2025-09-12T23:40:36Z")
I plan on visiting Toronto next week. Not sure yet whether it’ll be a day trip or an overnighter. It’s been about ten years since I visited the city and I imagine a lot has changed. One thing I used to do when I visited… --- ## [Ring (alarm system from Amazon) allows police to request camera footage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-alarm-system-from-amazon-allows-police-to-request-camera-footage/1022993)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-alarm-system-from-amazon-allows-police-to-request-camera-footage/1022993 "2025-09-12T21:55:35Z")
I came across this article from Consumer Reports. It says that law enforcement departments that use the Axon evidence management system may request Ring users’ videos in the event of a crime. The idea is that, if a cri… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=239) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=241)