# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=266&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 267 --- ## [How does your group interact (or plan to interact) with I.C.E.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-group-interact-or-plan-to-interact-with-i-c-e/1021673)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-group-interact-or-plan-to-interact-with-i-c-e/1021673 "2025-08-05T20:07:35Z")
Frankly I didn’t know what forum to stick this in so if needs to be moved, so be it. Do you belong to a group that has been visited, or there is a decent chance will be visited by I.C.E.? What were/are your group’s pla… --- ## [There needs to be a new word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-needs-to-be-a-new-word/1021689)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-needs-to-be-a-new-word/1021689 "2025-08-05T20:00:19Z")
Something that is similar to ‘every accusation is a confession’ and ‘the statement you’re making is disingenuous’ and ‘you are doing a thing under false pretenses’ Something that means ‘I’m not going to debate you, beca… --- ## [Eddie Murphy to lead reboot of “Pink Panther”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphy-to-lead-reboot-of-pink-panther/1021527)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphy-to-lead-reboot-of-pink-panther/1021527 "2025-08-05T19:22:01Z")
Story here. I’m torn. He’s obviously got the talent to pull it off, but his recent track record concerns me. Thoughts? --- ## [Riding in style: Here is the car-Name the show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riding-in-style-here-is-the-car-name-the-show/1021709)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riding-in-style-here-is-the-car-name-the-show/1021709 "2025-08-05T18:54:43Z")
It has to be a vehicle that is featured in the show, not just a one-off or something in the background of an episode, and it has to be a production vehicle, no Black Beauties or Batmobiles, please. I’ll start with an ea… --- ## [Paxlovid Is it worth the risks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paxlovid-is-it-worth-the-risks/1020635)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paxlovid-is-it-worth-the-risks/1020635 "2025-08-05T15:20:06Z")
I Sunday I had sore a throat, nasal drip and fever andTested negative Monday morning went Urgent care and tested positive the women prescribed paxlovid. After read all the side affects I’m nervous, Because of my age 72… --- ## [Okra is prime right now, which means it's gumbo time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-is-prime-right-now-which-means-its-gumbo-time/1021668)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-is-prime-right-now-which-means-its-gumbo-time/1021668 "2025-08-05T13:47:26Z")
I went to the farmers’ market yesterday, and saw that okra was looking terrific. So I bought a pound and plan to make a nice shrimp and sausage gumbo some time in the next couple of days. But I’ll need some roux. I’ll… --- ## [Loni Anderson dies at 79](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-dies-at-79/1021672)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-dies-at-79/1021672 "2025-08-05T12:06:49Z")
Best known for WKRP in Cincinnati and married Burt Reynolds. I didn’t realize she was that old. Almost 40 when she appeared on the show. RIP --- ## [In European soccer, are sponsorship deals for one season only?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-european-soccer-are-sponsorship-deals-for-one-season-only/1021696)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-european-soccer-are-sponsorship-deals-for-one-season-only/1021696 "2025-08-05T11:19:55Z")
Let’s say MegaCorp buys a sponsorship package for Upandcoming FC. Since there’s a very real possibility that Upandcoming FC may be playing in a lower-tier league next season (with fewer viewers, less TV coverage, and les… --- ## [No fun with cats. Warning: upsetting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-fun-with-cats-warning-upsetting/1021695)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-fun-with-cats-warning-upsetting/1021695 "2025-08-05T10:22:20Z")
I was sickened and horrified by this article I saw on the BBC today. Warning again: unpleasant. Made me want to go and hug our beloved felines. I have to say I am pretty much morally against capital punishment. But… --- ## [Were You Burned by Acid or Something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-burned-by-acid-or-something/1021588)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-burned-by-acid-or-something/1021588 "2025-08-05T09:03:56Z")
“Why are you wearing a mask? Were you burned by acid or something?” — Fezzik (Andre the Giant) to the Man in Black; The Princess Bride, 1987 When first watching Princess Bride the line seemed like a funny reference to … --- ## [Answers Only Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 2800\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065 "2025-08-05T02:23:18Z")
Because that’s the way it is, these days. --- ## [The slow downfall of Pixar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slow-downfall-of-pixar/1021431)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slow-downfall-of-pixar/1021431 "2025-08-05T01:04:39Z")
Thought there might be a thread about this but there was not one yet. It doesn’t feel like all that long ago that Pixar had the reputation of “never having made a bad movie.” Toy Story 3 grossed well over a billion doll… --- ## [Groceries you buy often that others don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125 "2025-08-05T00:10:43Z")
Some of our regular purchases are: mint cilantro coconut milk sticky rice --- ## [Things your family does that aggravate you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-family-does-that-aggravate-you/1020747)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-family-does-that-aggravate-you/1020747 "2025-08-04T22:35:14Z")
And are too mild for the Pit. Let the rants commence. First one: when you do laundry, they leave their clothes in the washer and/or dryer for days. Then get pissed off if I move it so I can do my laundry. But that is… --- ## [Senior Dopers - do you feel like valued elders? Old and in the way? Something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-dopers-do-you-feel-like-valued-elders-old-and-in-the-way-something-else/1021218)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-dopers-do-you-feel-like-valued-elders-old-and-in-the-way-something-else/1021218 "2025-08-04T20:17:55Z")
To those of you “of a certain age” - let’s say over 60. In general, how do you feel you are viewed by those around you: family, neighbors, co-workers, whomever? And younger folk - how do you view older folk? Me, I fee… --- ## [Finding the steepness/grade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-the-steepness-grade/1021688)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-the-steepness-grade/1021688 "2025-08-04T19:46:05Z")
This is a place near me: Is there a way for me to track down what the grade is for that road? --- ## [Google Canada says firing a pregnant woman is not discrimination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-canada-says-firing-a-pregnant-woman-is-not-discrimination/1021632)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-canada-says-firing-a-pregnant-woman-is-not-discrimination/1021632 "2025-08-04T19:03:42Z")
Interesting news item. A former Google Canada employee is suing Google Canada for wrongful dismissal in the Ontario courts, alleging that she was fired because she told her supervisor she was pregnant and applied for ma… --- ## [“The Crown” is the metonym for a kingdom; what is the metonym for a fiefdom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crown-is-the-metonym-for-a-kingdom-what-is-the-metonym-for-a-fiefdom/1021598)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crown-is-the-metonym-for-a-kingdom-what-is-the-metonym-for-a-fiefdom/1021598 "2025-08-04T18:55:04Z")
Ok, so a metonym, for those who don’t know, is when one thing serves as a representation of a much larger thing. Like “Wall Street” instead of “the financial industry,” or “the White House” instead of “the president and/… --- ## [Botticelli, July 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412)
**Author:** [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Replies:** 486\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412 "2025-08-04T18:15:10Z")
New thread here. S --- ## [Having to spell your name over and over and over and. .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-to-spell-your-name-over-and-over-and-over-and/1021430)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-to-spell-your-name-over-and-over-and-over-and/1021430 "2025-08-04T17:23:20Z")
Piggybacking on this thread about uncommon names. My mother named me with the uncommon spelling of my name. In addition, I was legally strapped with my stepfather’s last name, which is not a common name (my birth surnam… --- ## [Knee and shoulder replacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-and-shoulder-replacement/1021637)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-and-shoulder-replacement/1021637 "2025-08-04T17:12:32Z")
My wife has had mild to moderate arthritis for several years, in several joints. In the past year, her left knee and right shoulder have gotten dramatically worse. She can hardly use her right arm at all, and she can’t w… --- ## [Massage Modality Questions/Preferences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massage-modality-questions-preferences/1021690)
**Author:** [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massage-modality-questions-preferences/1021690 "2025-08-04T15:23:32Z")
Hi, I enjoy getting the occasional therapeutic massage from an LMT. I currently have a membership to a large national massage chain but find the therapists to be hit or miss depending on my preferences, their experienc… --- ## [Any cooking method or food type you have always struggled with? Maybe we could start an advice column here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cooking-method-or-food-type-you-have-always-struggled-with-maybe-we-could-start-an-advice-column-here/1021425)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cooking-method-or-food-type-you-have-always-struggled-with-maybe-we-could-start-an-advice-column-here/1021425 "2025-08-04T14:09:28Z")
I flatter myself that I’m a pretty good cook and certainly enjoy it. But DAMN I just cannot make mayonnaise. It splits and disintegrates to liquid every single time. I’ve tried whisking by hand, pestle and mortar, blende… --- ## [Question About CPU Design](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cpu-design/1021477)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cpu-design/1021477 "2025-08-04T12:43:33Z")
How hard would it be for a chip designer to build in some kind of backdoor when designing a modern CPU that would enable someone who knew how it worked to gain secret remote access to the machine? If it can be done, how … --- ## [(Old) Getting back into your groove in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422 "2025-08-04T05:45:19Z")
I’m home, unpacked, and most stuff is put away. Laundry is done (on Sunday? But laundry day is Firday!!!) And today’s main plan is restocking the fridge and pantry, with maybe some freezer stuff for good measure. But aft… --- ## [Famous people with animal names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555 "2025-08-04T01:15:17Z")
I recently got interested in people whose names are also the common names of animals. So, of course, I made a list and did some contemplating. Thus I came up with these rules about this list. (It seems whenever I do one … --- ## [To The Hydrofoil,Robin!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-hydrofoil-robin/760510)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-hydrofoil-robin/760510 "2025-08-04T00:08:39Z")
Before I fell asleep last night my mind was idle and thinking about the Bras D’Or, another of those curious Canadian innovations that seem to constantly fall to the wayside due to politics.It got me thinking about all th… --- ## [Original Spanish(?) short film ID about a blind man whose life is changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-spanish-short-film-id-about-a-blind-man-whose-life-is-changed/1021663)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-spanish-short-film-id-about-a-blind-man-whose-life-is-changed/1021663 "2025-08-03T21:09:54Z")
I think this film was from 2010, and I think it is Spanish. Here is an English version. SPOILER: Whoever gave it an English title gives away the ending in the title. If you know the film I’m talking about, can you tel… --- ## [Epstein's prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epsteins-prison/1021653)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epsteins-prison/1021653 "2025-08-03T19:18:49Z")
I’m no architect so I’m asking: Why would they build a prison with weird angles and hiding places? Is it impossible to make straight hallways that all meet at a guard station, and the guard has but to raise his eyes to s… --- ## [Do people froth at the mouth from poison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-froth-at-the-mouth-from-poison/1021622)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-froth-at-the-mouth-from-poison/1021622 "2025-08-03T19:04:43Z")
Ive seen it countless times in british crime mysteries. Not sure about american frothing. So, does this happen when you are poisoned? Cyanid for example? And if so, why? Or is it movie licence? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=265&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=267&state=watching)