# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=246&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 247 --- ## [My satirical comic book AMERICAN GREATNESS #1 is available for sale digitally and in print](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-satirical-comic-book-american-greatness-1-is-available-for-sale-digitally-and-in-print/1019308)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-satirical-comic-book-american-greatness-1-is-available-for-sale-digitally-and-in-print/1019308 "2025-09-08T19:41:51Z")
It’s finally finished and for sale! AMERICAN GREATNESS takes on Trumpian politics – “The last 9 years of American politics distilled into a revolting, orange-haired, tiny-fingered, thousand-foot monster, tromping through… --- ## [The Boatlift of 9/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boatlift-of-9-11/1022810)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boatlift-of-9-11/1022810 "2025-09-08T19:38:12Z")
A video of the evacuation of Lower Manhattan via ferry, tugboat and private craft. The largest rescue by water in history. Narrated by Tom Hanks. BOATLIFT - An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience (HD Version) --- ## [Aretha Franklin played golf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aretha-franklin-played-golf/1022802)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aretha-franklin-played-golf/1022802 "2025-09-08T19:27:22Z")
On paper, no reason why not, but I was still surprised to read (Once in a Great City, by David Maraniss) that in 1963 she “…was telling everyone about how she loved to play golf with Ted and travel with him to her new fa… --- ## [Oh. Hello!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hello/1022794 "2025-09-08T18:33:26Z")
Hi. Hello. --- ## [Same name as job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-as-job/960489 "2025-09-08T18:24:56Z")
I had an unusual experience. I went to a bank and the person who waited on me was named “Teller”. Has anything like this happened to you? Say, at a bakery or wherever? --- ## [Interesting cosplay I have seen recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-cosplay-i-have-seen-recently/1022856)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-cosplay-i-have-seen-recently/1022856 "2025-09-08T17:35:16Z")
I worked a table for Orycon and the Rose City Comic Con this weekend, and among the more interesting cosplays I saw was a couple “Weird” Al Yankovics, three Squirrel Girls, a Jay and Silent Bob lookalike pair that dress … --- ## [Should I take this cavity seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-this-cavity-seriously/1022824)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-this-cavity-seriously/1022824 "2025-09-08T17:06:27Z")
Bit of background. I have a bad gag reflex and as a result I have very rarely been to the dentist for a teeth cleaning. The last time was probably 15 years ago. This hasn’t been an issue because I have been fortunate nev… --- ## [What happens to the Tuvaluans when their country sinks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-tuvaluans-when-their-country-sinks/80330)
**Author:** [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-tuvaluans-when-their-country-sinks/80330 "2025-09-08T16:42:04Z")
Here’s a sample news story about the problems faced by the nation ofTuvalu. Scientists fear that the entire territory of the low-lying archipelagic country could be rendered uninhabitable by rising sea-levels. What are … --- ## [Any clue what a passing score is on the ASCP Phlebotomy Test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-clue-what-a-passing-score-is-on-the-ascp-phlebotomy-test/537065)
**Author:** [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-clue-what-a-passing-score-is-on-the-ascp-phlebotomy-test/537065 "2025-09-08T16:19:27Z")
My wife has taken the pre-test for this: http://www.ascp.org/pdf/ExaminationContentGuidelinesPBT.aspx She got 76% of the questions right. Her instructors in phlebotomy never told her what the passing % is. It’s nowhe… --- ## [Sabaton--"The First Soldier"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabaton-the-first-soldier/1022852)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabaton-the-first-soldier/1022852 "2025-09-08T15:16:48Z")
I found this amazing song, about a very amazing man. Albert Severin Roche The First Soldier Of France. {LINK} Biography. My God, but to get a new hero in life, at MY age. LINK --- ## [TIL of a constructive use-case for the blockchain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-of-a-constructive-use-case-for-the-blockchain/1022621)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-of-a-constructive-use-case-for-the-blockchain/1022621 "2025-09-08T14:59:18Z")
Today I learned of an actual helpful use of the blockchain. I’ve been waiting for this for well over a decade and now it has arrived. From wiki, the blockchain, “Is a distributed ledger with growing lists of records tha… --- ## [Crock Pot Ribs? WTF?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crock-pot-ribs-wtf/1022684)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crock-pot-ribs-wtf/1022684 "2025-09-08T13:57:16Z")
I have complained about eating ribs that were mush. Ribs need texture and this weekend I had ribs that had been cooked in a crock pot, and then thrown in the smoker for 30 min to firm them up. They were almost mush but… --- ## [Books that should have been read in high school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-should-have-been-read-in-high-school/1022741)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-should-have-been-read-in-high-school/1022741 "2025-09-08T05:33:36Z")
Inspired by the “Books you read in high school that you absolutely hated” thread, what do you think are books that should be read in high school? I’d like to see The Long Walk taught. The way Stephen King makes the cha… --- ## [The VMAs (Video Music Awards) are being aired on CBS this year, not MTV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vmas-video-music-awards-are-being-aired-on-cbs-this-year-not-mtv/1022733)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vmas-video-music-awards-are-being-aired-on-cbs-this-year-not-mtv/1022733 "2025-09-08T05:16:55Z")
However, MTV has not, to my knowledge, shown videos for many years; their sister channels do. But CBS? Is it due to the merger I keep hearing people talk about? Yeah, I know, first world question du jour. --- ## [Another "identify that carnival ride" question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-that-carnival-ride-question/1021671)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-that-carnival-ride-question/1021671 "2025-09-08T02:34:36Z")
Prompted by this question, What is this carnival attraction called?: I’m thinking of a ride I was on in the mid-1970s. Passengers sit inside small barrels (big enough for three or four kids sitting inside, on a circul… --- ## [Books you had read in high school that you absolutely loved](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-had-read-in-high-school-that-you-absolutely-loved/1022772)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-had-read-in-high-school-that-you-absolutely-loved/1022772 "2025-09-08T02:12:34Z")
Inspired, of course, by the ’ Books you had read in high school that you absolutely hated’ thread, which also inspired the ’ Books that should have been read in high school’ thread. Anyway, I wanted to create this ‘othe… --- ## [What are some good flavored coffees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-flavored-coffees/1022661)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-flavored-coffees/1022661 "2025-09-08T00:54:27Z")
Not the ones that claim to be a certain flavor, but unless you look at the package you couldn’t begin to guess that it was flavored at all, let alone what specific flavor it is supposed to be. --- ## [Goodbye My Sweet Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-my-sweet-girl/1022783)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-my-sweet-girl/1022783 "2025-09-07T22:44:36Z")
Last week on Friday my wife and I took a three mile hike with our old dog Minnie. She did great, hopping in the car to her place after the trek as she always does. Today we had to say goodbye to her. In the space of a we… --- ## [Social Security watch thread -- from rumor to fact to speculation and back again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-watch-thread-from-rumor-to-fact-to-speculation-and-back-again/1015976)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-watch-thread-from-rumor-to-fact-to-speculation-and-back-again/1015976 "2025-09-07T22:32:19Z")
I’d like to consolidate discussion about proposed, rumored, and actual changes to Social Security that are flying around in the news. I’ve seen references in various threads and hope the swirling vortex will pull them in… --- ## [Australian Survivor: Australia vs World - did anyone else watch this? (open spoilers after first post)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-survivor-australia-vs-world-did-anyone-else-watch-this-open-spoilers-after-first-post/1022830)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-survivor-australia-vs-world-did-anyone-else-watch-this-open-spoilers-after-first-post/1022830 "2025-09-07T22:11:10Z")
Wow, what a season. We had Americans like Cerie, Parvatti, Tony represented only America, while half the field was Australian and we had one Canadian(a previous winner!), one New Zealander(a previous winner!), and one Fi… --- ## [Unknown Number - Netflix Documentary \[open spoilers after the first few posts\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-number-netflix-documentary-open-spoilers-after-the-first-few-posts/1022774)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-number-netflix-documentary-open-spoilers-after-the-first-few-posts/1022774 "2025-09-07T21:07:12Z")
I watched this documentary last night on Netflix and am surprised that there hasn’t been a thread about this already. I was hesitant to watch it because I had already heard about what happened (before the documentary was… --- ## [Rick and Morty first time watching and ranking thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-first-time-watching-and-ranking-thread/1022364)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-first-time-watching-and-ranking-thread/1022364 "2025-09-07T14:27:29Z")
Yes, I know there is already a thread for it, I’ve been posting in it. But that’s a current episode watching and talk thread and I’m starting out from the beginning and then also ranking them every 2-3 episodes I watch.… --- ## [Bad week for 60s rock stars - Tom Shipley of Brewer and Shipley died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-week-for-60s-rock-stars-tom-shipley-of-brewer-and-shipley-died/1022805)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-week-for-60s-rock-stars-tom-shipley-of-brewer-and-shipley-died/1022805 "2025-09-07T14:10:03Z")
Tom Shipley died at 84. Brewer and Shipley were masters of down-home folk rock, midwestern style. Their originals were fine and their covers made the songs sound new. They’ll always be known for “One Toke Over the Line,… --- ## [Rudy Ghouliani in car accident, the Pit edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-ghouliani-in-car-accident-the-pit-edition/1022639)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-ghouliani-in-car-accident-the-pit-edition/1022639 "2025-09-07T12:27:56Z")
I find it suspicious that a man with no spine has reportedly broken a vertebrae. Fuck that fucking guy. So many good people die everyday and these worms just keep on living --- ## ["Back of" vs "in back of": regional variation? Old-fashioned vs new?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-of-vs-in-back-of-regional-variation-old-fashioned-vs-new/1022752)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-of-vs-in-back-of-regional-variation-old-fashioned-vs-new/1022752 "2025-09-07T11:56:39Z")
I remember quite clearly in elementary school (60+ years ago) reading a story in which someone said something like, “the garage was back of the house.” I was outraged and appalled as only a small kid can be, because I kn… --- ## [Is there yet any measurable effect of this year's tariffs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-yet-any-measurable-effect-of-this-years-tariffs/1022535)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-yet-any-measurable-effect-of-this-years-tariffs/1022535 "2025-09-07T08:33:19Z")
It is some 5.5 months since Trump announced his tariffs, and they have changed countless times since then. I’ve consistently heard folk proclaiming the disaster that would result in terms of higher prices, businesses cl… --- ## [What's needed for a road trip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-needed-for-a-road-trip/1022755)
**Author:** [@doc481](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doc481)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-needed-for-a-road-trip/1022755 "2025-09-07T04:17:13Z")
My wife and I are taking a multi day road trip soon the first one in years. We’ve flown and rented cars most of the time. What sort of stuff should I have in the car? I have normal stuff, sunglasses, phone charger, bo… --- ## [Was Victoria, as Queen, ever addressed as "Your Highness?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-victoria-as-queen-ever-addressed-as-your-highness/1022809)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-victoria-as-queen-ever-addressed-as-your-highness/1022809 "2025-09-07T03:21:16Z")
The question comes from a book, but it is an historical novel based on real events, so I don’t think Cafe Society is appropriate. 1843, Victoria has been Queen for maybe 6 years, and Robert Peel is the Prime Minister. O… --- ## [Facebook Messenger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger/1022785)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger/1022785 "2025-09-07T01:30:21Z")
I was able to delete the FB Messenger App on my iPhone. Can I delete FB Messenger on my PC? If so how? Thx --- ## [Bad week for 60s rock stars - Mark Volman of the Turtles died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-week-for-60s-rock-stars-mark-volman-of-the-turtles-died/1022803)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-week-for-60s-rock-stars-mark-volman-of-the-turtles-died/1022803 "2025-09-07T01:17:31Z")
Mark Volman died this week at the age of 78. The Turtles were one of my favorite groups in high school, cool, catchy songs that stood out even in those fab times. “Happy Together” was a classic number one and they had fi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=245&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=247&state=muted)