# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=332&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 333 --- ## [(Old) Did Everybody Retire In The MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-did-everybody-retire-in-the-mmp/1017029)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-did-everybody-retire-in-the-mmp/1017029 "2025-04-21T09:31:09Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 50 Amurrkin out and N.O.S. with a predicted high of 82 and N.O.S. Not much shakin’ at da cave today. I shall attend the noontime Eucharist over to the church house bein’… --- ## [(K)not on my head!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-not-on-my-head/1017286)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-not-on-my-head/1017286 "2025-04-21T08:01:43Z")
I have this lump. 3/4 the way up, back of head. That one place that always aches when I hear the Lil’wrekker squeal. Happens, its also the place I always conk. I’m kinda noted for head boo boos. I swear, I SWEAR I di… --- ## [What role is Larry Hagman best known for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-role-is-larry-hagman-best-known-for/1016749)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-role-is-larry-hagman-best-known-for/1016749 "2025-04-21T03:41:17Z")
Is it oil baron J.R. Ewing in the 1978-1991 from Dallas or Major Anthony Nelson in the 1965–1970 from I Dream of Jeannie. poll --- ## [Beckdawreks bad bad bad Easter egg 🥚](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-easter-egg/1017268)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawreks-bad-bad-bad-easter-egg/1017268 "2025-04-21T02:49:11Z")
It’s sooper seekrit! Can’t tell all. Look around. Grab a basket. Get your eggs. --- ## [Electric cars, Musk and the Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-cars-musk-and-the-right/1014381)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-cars-musk-and-the-right/1014381 "2025-04-20T23:26:56Z")
This has been bouncing around in my head. Musk and Tesla are the leading proponents for electric cars. The right has made EVs a political issue. They think EVs are the devil. Probably a communist plot. Maybe the commun… --- ## [It’s 420: How are you celebrating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-420-how-are-you-celebrating/1017267)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-420-how-are-you-celebrating/1017267 "2025-04-20T22:52:59Z")
I only use flower during the winter months, as my hippy auntie in Modesto won’t grow it in the summer — too hot. She charges loved ones $100 an ounce plus shipping, so a way better deal than retail here in Missouri. I do… --- ## [Cybertrucks falling apart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780 "2025-04-20T22:08:42Z")
Well, actually it’s just some stainless steel body panels that are falling off. While the truck is being driven at speed. Evidently some trim and body panels are only glued on, and the glue has been failing , probably d… --- ## [Domestic travel and current political events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-travel-and-current-political-events/1017248)
**Author:** [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-travel-and-current-political-events/1017248 "2025-04-20T20:25:26Z")
Despite the title, I’m not sure this is appropriate for the politics forum. Mods, Feel free to move if necessary. I know current events have had an effect on international travel, both to and from the US. I’m curious as… --- ## [Next Day of anti-Trump Demonstrations scheduled for April 19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-day-of-anti-trump-demonstrations-scheduled-for-april-19/1016933)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-day-of-anti-trump-demonstrations-scheduled-for-april-19/1016933 "2025-04-20T19:53:31Z")
Continuing the discussion from “Hands Off!” mass rallies scheduled nationwide for April 5: --- ## [Back in the days of slavery and segregation, were those topics ever used in debate competitions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-the-days-of-slavery-and-segregation-were-those-topics-ever-used-in-debate-competitions/1015787)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-the-days-of-slavery-and-segregation-were-those-topics-ever-used-in-debate-competitions/1015787 "2025-04-20T19:28:15Z")
In HS and college debate competitions, they may assign the teams to take a pro or con stance on controversial topics like nuclear energy, whale hunting, incarceration of drug users, etc. The teams are expected to earnest… --- ## [Insurrection Act on April 20?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurrection-act-on-april-20/1016453)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurrection-act-on-april-20/1016453 "2025-04-20T18:45:02Z")
This op-ed ran in the SF Chronicle last month. It might be paywalled, so here’ the lead paragraph: The order is legit: Hegseth and Noem will report on April 20 whether or not Trump should invoke the Insurrection Act i… --- ## [The trailer for Common Side Effects has me interested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trailer-for-common-side-effects-has-me-interested/1004857)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trailer-for-common-side-effects-has-me-interested/1004857 "2025-04-20T17:05:52Z")
New animated series on Adult Swim, executive produced by Mike Judge, Greg Daniels (among others). As you can probably tell from the title, it’s about drugs and the pharmaceutical industry. Also about “them” and what the… --- ## [In Defense of Irene Adler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-irene-adler/1016849)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-irene-adler/1016849 "2025-04-20T15:22:35Z")
Sherlock Holmes adapters thes days seem familiar with only a few of the dozens of stories Doyle (or if you prefer, Watson) told of Holmes: they know The Final Problem and they know A Scandal in Bohemia, and thus give us … --- ## [What are your experiences with quitting sodas \[caffeine\], mine is bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-experiences-with-quitting-sodas-caffeine-mine-is-bad/1016872)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-experiences-with-quitting-sodas-caffeine-mine-is-bad/1016872 "2025-04-20T14:20:11Z")
I’ve been trying to get healthier. I’ve been seeing a nutritionist and going to the gym more. It’s been going great overall. So I decided to quit sodas. I generally drink about 3 Diet Cokes a day. I started cutting way … --- ## [What counts as clothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-counts-as-clothing/1017054)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-counts-as-clothing/1017054 "2025-04-20T13:17:36Z")
Continuing the discussion from Cloned humans raised without parents. They grow to do?: Starting a separate thread as I think it an interesting aside but off the main subject of the other thread: What counts as clothing… --- ## [Active shooter at El Paso Walmart; at least 18 shot \[3-AUG-2019\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-el-paso-walmart-at-least-18-shot-3-aug-2019/838124)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-el-paso-walmart-at-least-18-shot-3-aug-2019/838124 "2025-04-20T11:31:39Z")
https://www.ktsm.com/news/breaking-possible-active-shooter-at-walmart-near-cielo-vista-mall/ Near the Cielo Vista Mall. --- ## [Problem with WEBP files](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-webp-files/1017247)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-webp-files/1017247 "2025-04-20T09:00:17Z")
There’s this site I go to where I download pictures from. Recently many of them have started using the WEBP extension, which, as far as I’ve been able to determine, can save very large files with less memory use. The pro… --- ## [Creepy commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152 "2025-04-20T06:11:25Z")
Rather than resurrect a zombie, I’m starting a new Creepy Commercials thread. I’ll start it off with this one for Austex Beef Stew from 1966. --- ## [Extremely ignorant Q re how groups manage phone bills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-ignorant-q-re-how-groups-manage-phone-bills/1016835)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-ignorant-q-re-how-groups-manage-phone-bills/1016835 "2025-04-20T03:31:04Z")
I’ll start out declaring near total ignorance about almost everything about cell phones. For various reasons (medical and social) neither I nor my husband have ever had cell phones, and I’ve just never read up on them m… --- ## [I'm getting harder to see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-harder-to-see/1017193)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-harder-to-see/1017193 "2025-04-20T00:20:28Z")
Aaaaccccckkkk!! A nurse looked at my hand and said “Oh, hon, that sure is a large age spot!” I knew that discoloration was there. But I did NOT think age spot. Liver spot. Or, egads…I’M old!! Noooooo! Say it ain’t so. … --- ## [Thoughts on Visiting the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-visiting-the-us/1017194)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-visiting-the-us/1017194 "2025-04-19T23:32:08Z")
My wife and I, in the process of looking for a new car, spent a few hours with a young salesperson who had immigrated to Canada from Syria several years ago. She was mentioning that in a few weeks she will be going to V… --- ## [Major Earthquake hits Myanmar and Thailand \[March 28, 2025\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-hits-myanmar-and-thailand-march-28-2025/1016289)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-hits-myanmar-and-thailand-march-28-2025/1016289 "2025-04-19T23:20:38Z")
The number of victim has been increasing rapidly. The Earthquake Center at the U.S. Geological Survey says there is a possibility it might end up being tens of thousand of deaths. Here is a chart from that site: … --- ## [US government may pay living people to donate their kidneys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-government-may-pay-living-people-to-donate-their-kidneys/1017085)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-government-may-pay-living-people-to-donate-their-kidneys/1017085 "2025-04-19T22:52:06Z")
I saw a story about this on social media, the End Kidney Deaths Act is being reintroduced: Good? Bad? Does it have much chance of passing? --- ## [Pesach starts tonight. Non-Jews, been to one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pesach-starts-tonight-non-jews-been-to-one/1016964)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pesach-starts-tonight-non-jews-been-to-one/1016964 "2025-04-19T20:18:12Z")
Pesach (Passover) is my favorite holiday. We are hosting Seder tonight. One of the many great parts of the holiday is when non-Jewish guests join us. For example we have had some very religious Christian friends join us … --- ## [In Glengarry Glen Ross, what exactly are the salesmen selling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-glengarry-glen-ross-what-exactly-are-the-salesmen-selling/614998)
**Author:** [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-glengarry-glen-ross-what-exactly-are-the-salesmen-selling/614998 "2025-04-19T20:11:14Z")
Duh, they’re selling real estate. But who sells real estate in this manner, and why? I’ve bought residential property, both to live in and to rent. If it was new construction I went to the builder. If it was pre-owne… --- ## [Listen, my children: It's the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-my-children-its-the-250th-anniversary-of-paul-reveres-ride/1017187)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-my-children-its-the-250th-anniversary-of-paul-reveres-ride/1017187 "2025-04-19T20:01:44Z")
The ride itself, I mean, not the poem. What I’m finding out, reading about both things, is that Longfellow was inspired to write about the American Revolution in 1860, when the USA was on the brink of civil war. This was… --- ## [2024/2025 Snow Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-snow-thread/1009975)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-snow-thread/1009975 "2025-04-19T19:24:56Z")
It won’t be too long before lots of here will be getting snow. I haven’t had any yet, but it is happening now in the Rocky Mountains: Anyone affected by this? I’m just not ready for winter. --- ## [How do tariffs work on transshipment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-tariffs-work-on-transshipment/1016967)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-tariffs-work-on-transshipment/1016967 "2025-04-19T18:32:57Z")
Specifically, suppose I buy an i-phone from China, paying whatever duty Canada collects and then go to the US with the declared intention of selling it. Would it be dutied as an import from China or one from Canada? --- ## ["Drunk Shakespeare" -- apparently it's a thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-shakespeare-apparently-its-a-thing/1017170)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-shakespeare-apparently-its-a-thing/1017170 "2025-04-19T18:03:32Z")
The Shakespearean actor who goes onstage absolutely hammered Behind the scenes at Drunk Shakespeare, where Lady Macbeth takes shots of raspberry vodka. https://wapo.st/42AwztP \[gift link\] For over a decade, Drunk Sh… --- ## [What is extremely common in YouTube videos but almost never happens in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159 "2025-04-19T17:06:10Z")
Blatant copy of a couple other thread ideas :slightly\_smiling\_face: Somebody is stopped in their car and a large, usually dangerous animal won’t leave him alone. It’s like he wants the driver to follow him, so he does. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=331&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=333&state=tracking)