# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=248 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 249 --- ## [Last Day of August Grief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-day-of-august-grief/1022641)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-day-of-august-grief/1022641 "2025-09-01T23:52:23Z")
The last day of August always brings me grief. The anemic bleating of the end of summer crickets, the early darkness, the chill in the air. Seventeen years ago on this day my son was killed in a car accident. The raw,… --- ## [Rudy Giuliani seriously injured in a car accident (Breaking News)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-seriously-injured-in-a-car-accident-breaking-news/1022633 "2025-09-01T23:51:36Z")
Shortly after rendering aid to a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident, Rudy Giuliani was driving home on the highway when his vehicle was struck from behind. He suffered a fractured thoracic vertebra… --- ## [Does anyone here sleep at night in a recliner instead of in your bed, either routinely or occasionally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898 "2025-09-01T23:09:31Z")
I’m not crazy about recliners, but my pedicurist has one in her salon that is insanely comfortable. It is a La-Z-Boy, and it’s kind of smallish. It rocks (in more ways than one). And it is so incredibly soft and supporti… --- ## [Will sports books take parlays on just about anything (as long as it’s sports, obvs)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sports-books-take-parlays-on-just-about-anything-as-long-as-it-s-sports-obvs/1022663)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-sports-books-take-parlays-on-just-about-anything-as-long-as-it-s-sports-obvs/1022663 "2025-09-01T22:47:17Z")
I understand that a parlay is effectively a bet on the outcome of multiple propositions at once. But the math isn’t mathing for me. If I bet $100 on Tennessee to beat Clemson AND Arsenal to draw against Burnley, I’d prob… --- ## [NFL 2025 Preseason Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2025-preseason-thread/1021746)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2025-preseason-thread/1021746 "2025-09-01T22:19:29Z")
With the first full slate of preseason games this weekend, starting on Thursday, we’re officially out of the off-season, so starting a new thread. In addition to the news about Shedeur Sanders getting the nod to start i… --- ## [Put the … down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-down/1022622)
**Author:** [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-down/1022622 "2025-09-01T20:30:24Z")
This is killing me, it’s right on the tip of my brain and I can’t get it. What movie has a line, where somebody tough is talking to somebody and growls “put the … down”. I feel like this is iconic and I can hear those wo… --- ## [How many SDMB mods can you list, just off the top of your head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-mods-can-you-list-just-off-the-top-of-your-head/1022616)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-mods-can-you-list-just-off-the-top-of-your-head/1022616 "2025-09-01T19:59:22Z")
Without doing any searching or deep dives or going out of this thread, how many SDMB mods can you name? I’m talking about any member who has ever been a moderator (however short the tenure was–thinking of two specific o… --- ## [Quote source? "You cannot rationally argue out..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-source-you-cannot-rationally-argue-out/532815)
**Author:** [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-source-you-cannot-rationally-argue-out/532815 "2025-09-01T18:02:44Z")
“You cannot rationally argue out what wasn’t rationally argued in”. I am trying to identify where this quotation comes from. Google doesn’t know, and the quotation websites I have searched also don’t seem to help. Once … --- ## [Have you ever called 911?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-called-911/1021736)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-called-911/1021736 "2025-09-01T16:45:33Z")
As of today I have 3 times First was a guy passed out on my front lawn. I thought it might be a medical emergency but when the paramedics arrived it was just that he was overly drunk. Second were two children (8-12 I … --- ## [Great Business Names, real or otherwise.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-business-names-real-or-otherwise/76375)
**Author:** [@psychogumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychogumby)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-business-names-real-or-otherwise/76375 "2025-09-01T16:31:48Z")
I have always been intrigued by some of the wacky names self-employed people cook up for their businesses and have thought ‘hmm, I wish I had a trade where I could use a wacky name too!’. If I were a baker, my bakery wo… --- ## ["Shooting reported at Catholic School in Minneapolis" BREAKING NEWS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-reported-at-catholic-school-in-minneapolis-breaking-news/1022532)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-reported-at-catholic-school-in-minneapolis-breaking-news/1022532 "2025-09-01T16:13:28Z")
Shooting reported at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis https://wapo.st/420xPXq At least five children were injured in a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Gov. Tim Walz (D) said the i… --- ## [Hard Drive Installation Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-drive-installation-advice/1022629)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-drive-installation-advice/1022629 "2025-09-01T15:55:20Z")
(I’m not sure exactly if this is the right forum, but since I’m seeking advice and guidance, I figured this might be a better fit than FQ, but I’m happy to have the thread moved if the mods should differ.) So I recently… --- ## [Harry Potter universe question (invisibility cloak related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-universe-question-invisibility-cloak-related/1022653)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-universe-question-invisibility-cloak-related/1022653 "2025-09-01T15:53:38Z")
If you put the Invisibility Cloak on inside-out, does it render you unable to see anything at all? --- ## [Can't access my Facebook account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-my-facebook-account/1021331)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-my-facebook-account/1021331 "2025-09-01T15:11:44Z")
A couple of days ago, my browser updated and that logged me off Facebook - and now I can’t log back in. At first, it just didn’t recognize my device - which is the only device that I’ve ever used Facebook on. I tried t… --- ## [Would we have to give back our dog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-we-have-to-give-back-our-dog/1022533)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-we-have-to-give-back-our-dog/1022533 "2025-09-01T13:17:59Z")
Not a real legal issue (yet?). We took in a rescue dog. She is 15 and the owner is away at college and her parents move out of the country. The owner new if she took the dog to the pound (pooch prison) she would never… --- ## [Another "miracle" power source from 10 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-miracle-power-source-from-10-years-ago/1022608)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-miracle-power-source-from-10-years-ago/1022608 "2025-09-01T12:14:34Z")
I really wish I could remember more about this contraption (or bookmarked the damn thing, duh). I think it was about 10 years ago and we did discuss it. It was, as best as I recall, similar to those types of perpetual mo… --- ## [How much money should you be getting monthly in retirement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-should-you-be-getting-monthly-in-retirement/1019004)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-should-you-be-getting-monthly-in-retirement/1019004 "2025-09-01T11:12:08Z")
I understand that there are more variables than can be accounted for with retirement planning and that any adventure into this is clearly a large estimate. I am going to be working with my students on retirement planning… --- ## [I'm a visionary philosopher! (Online IQ test)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904 "2025-09-01T09:34:53Z")
I thought this online IQ test was kinda cute. Not only does it supposedly test your IQ (these online tests have given me scores all over the map), but it supposedly tells you your “intellectual type,” whatever that is. … --- ## [In prison, is it considered bad form (by the other prisoners) to snitch ... on a guard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-prison-is-it-considered-bad-form-by-the-other-prisoners-to-snitch-on-a-guard/1022563)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-prison-is-it-considered-bad-form-by-the-other-prisoners-to-snitch-on-a-guard/1022563 "2025-09-01T07:09:22Z")
I just saw a video where a corrections officer was fired for challenging a prisoner to a fight. I don’t know how the guy got caught, but if the prisoner had snitched on the guard, would he be considered a snitch by the o… --- ## [(Old) It’s Time For A New MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-it-s-time-for-a-new-mmp/1022452)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-it-s-time-for-a-new-mmp/1022452 "2025-09-01T04:10:04Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 73 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 89 and sunny. I foresee quality cee-mint pond time on such a nice day. Of course there will be other RDOS inactivities… --- ## [Another 'propellantless drive'... scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-propellantless-drive-scam/1000552)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-propellantless-drive-scam/1000552 "2025-09-01T02:57:32Z")
These seem to keep cropping up. The guy appears to claim NASA credentials, for what it’s worth. ‘NASA Veteran Behind Propellantless Propulsion Drive Announces Major Discovery - Slashdot’ --- ## [Odds of picking at least one winning horse out of x races](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odds-of-picking-at-least-one-winning-horse-out-of-x-races/1022592)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odds-of-picking-at-least-one-winning-horse-out-of-x-races/1022592 "2025-09-01T01:35:47Z")
Imagine I’m going to the track. There are going to be ten races today. I’m going to bet on one horse, at random, to Win, for each race. Because the number of horses in each race will vary, I’m thinking my intuitive appr… --- ## [Blade Runner: question about Roy Batty's soliloquy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blade-runner-question-about-roy-battys-soliloquy/573437)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blade-runner-question-about-roy-battys-soliloquy/573437 "2025-09-01T01:29:34Z")
Roy Batty’s “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe” speech at the end of the movie - those are fabricated memories, right? They establish early in the movie that Rachel’s memories are fabricated, but I don’t reca… --- ## [2009 Subaru Outback: Your opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-subaru-outback-your-opinion/1022590)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-subaru-outback-your-opinion/1022590 "2025-08-31T23:12:19Z")
With much regret and wailing, I must give up my 2006 Scion xB, as the undercarriage has rusted enough to make it unlikely to survive through another New England winter. I have available to me to buy a 2009 Subaru Outbac… --- ## [Sending emails as text messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-emails-as-text-messages/430563)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-emails-as-text-messages/430563 "2025-08-31T21:10:29Z")
Can’t figure this out and perhaps a few Dopers can deliver the goods. I’m on Verizon. If I wish to send a text message by using my email, I can do so. I can sit at my computer and write a message to, say, 917-555-1212 @… --- ## [Kentucky Derby 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-derby-2025/1017746)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-derby-2025/1017746 "2025-08-31T21:09:03Z")
Entries and morning lines are out on Equibase. See here: Looks like this one will be interesting, as there are only three that are single-digits on the morning line: 8 Journalism, m/l 3:1 18 Sovereignty, m/l 5:1 1… --- ## [A GIRL on the Satellite of Love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girl-on-the-satellite-of-love/1022631)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girl-on-the-satellite-of-love/1022631 "2025-08-31T20:00:41Z")
I’ve been finding YouTube videos of MST3K lately. This morning I found one with Kinga and Max as the Mads, and a young lady as their captive/test subject (also, Crow appeared to be voiced by a female). Obviously, the cr… --- ## [Composers and recordists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/composers-and-recordists/1021718)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/composers-and-recordists/1021718 "2025-08-31T18:30:30Z")
Thought I would spin off a new thread, rather than hijacking the musicians roster one. How many of us here compose and record original music? Do you have a home studio, and if so, what gear do you use? In my case I’ve… --- ## [Multi-use venues that have a nickname related to a sports team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-use-venues-that-have-a-nickname-related-to-a-sports-team/1022624)
**Author:** [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-use-venues-that-have-a-nickname-related-to-a-sports-team/1022624 "2025-08-31T18:30:11Z")
The SAP Center in San Jose, CA is sometimes called the “Shark Tank” because the San Jose Sharks play there. The Chase Center in Oakland, CA is sometimes called “Ballhalla” because the Golden State Valkyries play there. W… --- ## [Opinions about my neighbor building a fence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-my-neighbor-building-a-fence/1022518)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-my-neighbor-building-a-fence/1022518 "2025-08-31T18:18:24Z")
I’ve lived in this house almost 30 years. There is no fence between my property and my neighbor’s. A couple of years ago a young family moved in next door. I’ve had just a few minor interactions with them and they seem p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=247) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=249)