# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=263&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 264 --- ## [International Control Dam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-control-dam/1021822)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-control-dam/1021822 "2025-08-07T17:30:49Z")
I got curious about Niagara Falls and looked at the aerial view on Google Maps. I noticed a dam named International Control Dam a little ways upriver from the falls. This dam only goes halfway across the Niagara River, b… --- ## [SDMB Fantasy Football DYNASTY league: Year 16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-16/1005562)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 470\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-16/1005562 "2025-08-07T16:50:23Z")
Welcome to year 16, and I gotta think this makes us one of the longest running dynasty leagues on the internet. I’m going to steal the fine work Jules did on last year’s thread and just use his format with some updates. … --- ## [Whatever happened to tax stamps on liquor bottles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-tax-stamps-on-liquor-bottles/846087)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-tax-stamps-on-liquor-bottles/846087 "2025-08-07T16:28:12Z")
In my teens and early twenties during the Seventies, I worked as a stockboy at a liquor store. In those days, every bottle of distilled spirits had a paper tax stamp sealing the bottle cap. Now that I actually buy distil… --- ## [Gender in song covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-in-song-covers/1000063)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-in-song-covers/1000063 "2025-08-07T15:43:34Z")
I’m not really looking for a bunch of examples of where an artist has covered a song faithfully although the lyrics conflict with their gender or sexual orientation. There was a time (in the 1990s, in think) when that wa… --- ## [Android Phone Google site madness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-google-site-madness/1021729)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-google-site-madness/1021729 "2025-08-07T13:13:04Z")
I have a Galaxy S24 Ultra. Use Firefox. Current release updated. There are a small number of sites- perfectly valid sites- that can load but then do NOT let me scroll down or up at all. Two are payroll web portals. Eve… --- ## [Aussie Dopers: let me know if you need any pro tips on the snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-dopers-let-me-know-if-you-need-any-pro-tips-on-the-snow/1021751)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-dopers-let-me-know-if-you-need-any-pro-tips-on-the-snow/1021751 "2025-08-07T06:11:21Z")
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6855844 https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/australian-towns-blanketed-with-rare-snow-wild-weather-2025-08-03/ 40 cm. That’s a respectable snowfall even by Saskatchewan… --- ## [What level of humidity should I expect from an evaporative humidifier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-humidity-should-i-expect-from-an-evaporative-humidifier/1021758)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-humidity-should-i-expect-from-an-evaporative-humidifier/1021758 "2025-08-07T04:20:57Z")
I live in Las Vegas and my bedroom is typically somewhere around 22-24% relative humidity at around 25c. The house has central AC of course and AC-dried air is blown into my room. I get some issues with how dry it is (m… --- ## [Boys will be bad bad bad boys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-will-be-bad-bad-bad-boys/1021757)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-will-be-bad-bad-bad-boys/1021757 "2025-08-07T01:35:55Z")
Grandsons to be exact. I have 4 grandsons. A 10yo, a 12yo and twins going on 4yo. They are here. The older 2 live with their mom, here. The twins are here part of everyday. Why do boys have to fart so much? And laugh,… --- ## [When and why did kale go from garnish/decoration to superfood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-kale-go-from-garnish-decoration-to-superfood/1021139)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-kale-go-from-garnish-decoration-to-superfood/1021139 "2025-08-06T23:17:02Z")
The title says it all. When I was a kid, kale was used as a garnish, under plates in salad bars. At some point, it changed from something you look at to something you eat (raw, cooked, in soup, roasted, so many variati… --- ## [How do I make a poll? Feel free to link to the directions and even delete or lock this topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-poll-feel-free-to-link-to-the-directions-and-even-delete-or-lock-this-topic/1021609)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-poll-feel-free-to-link-to-the-directions-and-even-delete-or-lock-this-topic/1021609 "2025-08-06T22:56:03Z")
I apologize; I just can’t remember how to make a poll. Where are the directions? Or perhaps, what are the directions? Thanks. --- ## [How do they make the show "Wheel of Fortune" come in exactly on time with the right commercial breaks, etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-the-show-wheel-of-fortune-come-in-exactly-on-time-with-the-right-commercial-breaks-etc/1021528)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-the-show-wheel-of-fortune-come-in-exactly-on-time-with-the-right-commercial-breaks-etc/1021528 "2025-08-06T22:39:25Z")
I assume that the show is edited to fit the time allotted, but since it is a game, how do they do that? If an unsuccessful guess were left out, the audience would notice that a player’s turn was skipped. The only thing… --- ## [Did I see a bird orgy last night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-see-a-bird-orgy-last-night/1021753)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-see-a-bird-orgy-last-night/1021753 "2025-08-06T22:34:01Z")
On my way home from work yesterday, I stopped for a burrito. When I came out, there were dozens, maybe hundreds, of small birds swarming around four trees that bordered the parking lot and chirping up a storm. Many see… --- ## [More fun with cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-fun-with-cats/1021692)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-fun-with-cats/1021692 "2025-08-06T22:15:33Z")
I saw a video a couple of days ago where this old Japanese guy walked up to his cat, lying on the ground. He lifted the cat under its front legs, and with it hanging there, he swung it around and threw it over his should… --- ## [How old were you the first time you saw adult genitalia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-the-first-time-you-saw-adult-genitalia/257518)
**Author:** [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-the-first-time-you-saw-adult-genitalia/257518 "2025-08-06T22:04:54Z")
And was it traumatic or confusing? The first time I saw an adult penis was when I walked in on my parents during fore play. I was about 3, and it wasn’t traumatic. I just remember thinking "hmmm, watcha got there daddy?… --- ## [Shooter at Fort Stewart army base](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781 "2025-08-06T21:52:21Z")
NBC has live updates. Thankfully they caught the guy. But there’s questions of how he got on a secure military base with a gun. Hope the wounded soldiers recover. It’s encouraging they made it to the hospital. Fort… --- ## ["The Harem of Elon Musk" or Musk's Family Values](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-harem-of-elon-musk-or-musks-family-values/1017186)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-harem-of-elon-musk-or-musks-family-values/1017186 "2025-08-06T21:48:27Z")
I certainly don’t like the guy, but I had no idea about this. Am I the only one who was unaware?? \[Gift link\] … According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, Musk is constantly scanning the horizon for new pote… --- ## [Why do so many feminine names end in -a?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-feminine-names-end-in-a/1021722)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-feminine-names-end-in-a/1021722 "2025-08-06T21:26:19Z")
Samantha, Rebecca, Olga, Anna, Luna, Michaela, Isabella, Claudia, Maria, Sarah, Victoria, Alexandra, Carla, Svetlana… across many different Western languages, the “-a” suffix for feminine (or feminized) names is quite co… --- ## [If I told you once, I told you 64 times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-once-i-told-you-64-times/1021675)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-once-i-told-you-64-times/1021675 "2025-08-06T20:48:21Z")
The Commodore 64 is back! Home | Commodore --- ## [Do you call the 20th Century the 1900s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-the-20th-century-the-1900s/989914)
**Author:** [@Amber13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber13)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-the-20th-century-the-1900s/989914 "2025-08-06T20:22:09Z")
Does anyone refer to the 20th Century the 1900s just like people calling the 1700s to refer the 18th century from 1700-1799? --- ## [Examples of average/mediocre movies/TV shows/books/ etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-average-mediocre-movies-tv-shows-books-etc/1020742)
**Author:** [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-average-mediocre-movies-tv-shows-books-etc/1020742 "2025-08-06T19:22:38Z")
I was wondering if people would give an example of what they thought was an average movie or TV show or book. Something you watched or read that you enjoyed but did NOT think were that memorable. What brought this up fo… --- ## [Signing of Social Security Act Picture and the mystery "Bow Tie" man, revisited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-of-social-security-act-picture-and-the-mystery-bow-tie-man-revisited/1021777)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-of-social-security-act-picture-and-the-mystery-bow-tie-man-revisited/1021777 "2025-08-06T16:58:59Z")
Didn’t think it was worth resurrecting threads. The Pic Original Thread from 2002: Who is the Bow Tie Man? If you don’t want to read the thread, someone mentioned that the SSA could not identify the Bow Tie Man. Six… --- ## [How can an incline be 106%?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-an-incline-be-106/960571)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-an-incline-be-106/960571 "2025-08-06T16:53:29Z")
100% is vertical. How can an incline be more than that? There is a funicular in Switzerland claiming “a gradient of 106 per cent”. This figure widely quoted in many other sites that reference this railway. The steepest… --- ## [Up and Down - card game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-and-down-card-game/953093)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-and-down-card-game/953093 "2025-08-06T16:12:43Z")
When I was a kid (in the 1980s), I used to play a card game (with a regular deck of playing cards) called “Up and Down.” I can’t find anyone in the family who remembers how to play it. But since I was pretty young, it wo… --- ## [Unassisted triple play or Inside-the-park homerun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unassisted-triple-play-or-inside-the-park-homerun/813366)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unassisted-triple-play-or-inside-the-park-homerun/813366 "2025-08-06T15:07:21Z")
Which would you rather see? Let’s assume that either one benefits your team, which will ultimately win in either case. --- ## [The Census - American Community Survey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-census-american-community-survey/1005915)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-census-american-community-survey/1005915 "2025-08-06T13:46:06Z")
I received a short note(tear off ends type card) from the Census. It said a few days ago I should have received a survey. I didn’t . It said, that’s ok if you didn’t. Go this website: (Login | American Community Survey… --- ## [Can one pick a food order after the driver crashed, and what was that old movie where that took place?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-pick-a-food-order-after-the-driver-crashed-and-what-was-that-old-movie-where-that-took-place/1021755)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-pick-a-food-order-after-the-driver-crashed-and-what-was-that-old-movie-where-that-took-place/1021755 "2025-08-06T12:18:13Z")
On Reddit I did see this joke (not a real incident) about a bad Doordash delivery: Funny thread, but this reminded me of a movie I did see on TV when I was a kid around the 70s (it could had been a movie… --- ## [If Piper Mutt were in charge, Timmy would still be down the well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-piper-mutt-were-in-charge-timmy-would-still-be-down-the-well/1021744)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-piper-mutt-were-in-charge-timmy-would-still-be-down-the-well/1021744 "2025-08-06T11:41:55Z")
I managed to lock mysel out of Chez Pipers. Screen door latched behind me. There were a few others in the house so I started knocking on the door and calling. No dice. Rang the doorbell. Nothing. But then, big Piper … --- ## [Non-US Dopers: in your language or dialect, how do you describe “talking shit” or “talking smack”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-in-your-language-or-dialect-how-do-you-describe-talking-shit-or-talking-smack/1020572)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-in-your-language-or-dialect-how-do-you-describe-talking-shit-or-talking-smack/1020572 "2025-08-06T10:43:45Z")
For those who don’t know, here in American English, “talking smack” or “talking shit” means making insulting or critical comments to someone, especially an opponent. I suppose the British equivalent would be “taking the … --- ## [Stand by me film question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-by-me-film-question/1021760)
**Author:** [@TheZenPaperboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheZenPaperboy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-by-me-film-question/1021760 "2025-08-06T09:22:53Z")
In the movie Stand by Me, Gordie goes into his brother Denny’s room and there is a plaque of pig with the words pride, integrity, guts on it. This is with the letters pig in capitals. Is there anyway that would have bee… --- ## [In what book or motion picture did the "I did not just fall off..." originate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-book-or-motion-picture-did-the-i-did-not-just-fall-off-originate/1021740)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-book-or-motion-picture-did-the-i-did-not-just-fall-off-originate/1021740 "2025-08-06T08:43:49Z")
carrot truck, potato truck. i,e, to mean I am not a fool IOW, I consider you to be bullshitting me and I will conduct my business elsewhere.. Except for the “bullshitting” bit, this may go beyond Shakespeare, Grecian s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=262&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=264&state=tracking)