# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=337 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 338 --- ## [Phil Foden's mum called a 's\*\*g' \[what is a 's\*\*g' (British English insult)\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-fodens-mum-called-a-s-g-what-is-a-s-g-british-english-insult/1016818)
**Author:** [@SpicyDuckBillyHunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpicyDuckBillyHunt)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-fodens-mum-called-a-s-g-what-is-a-s-g-british-english-insult/1016818 "2025-04-11T10:57:30Z")
Phil Foden’s mum called a ‘s\*\*g’. Can someone please tell me what a s\*\*g is. --- ## [What famous bridges have you been across?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-bridges-have-you-been-across/1016448 "2025-04-11T09:02:34Z")
I was tempted to ask, “What famous bridges have you driven across,” but “been across” seems much more open to folks to contribute. Me, I’ve driven across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the Confederation Bridge… --- ## [Question about a rhyme in a song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-rhyme-in-a-song/1016874)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-rhyme-in-a-song/1016874 "2025-04-10T23:43:39Z")
I write songs (more, as my grad school advisor quipped, for my own amazement than for anything else) and I hit upon a rhyme that is too good NOT to have been used before: “between us” and “penis.” If it has been used, o… --- ## [How do courts collect on financial judgments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-courts-collect-on-financial-judgments/1016594)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-courts-collect-on-financial-judgments/1016594 "2025-04-10T23:35:34Z")
If someone is injured in, say, a car accident that isn’t their fault, and a judge awards them like $5 million, far more than the person responsible could ever hope to make in a lifetime, how does the victim get the money… --- ## [Stingray - What's he saying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stingray-whats-he-saying/202205)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stingray-whats-he-saying/202205 "2025-04-10T22:52:11Z")
I just got the DVD set of Gerry Anderson’s Stingray. I loved the show as a kid, and now I’m doing the “I remember that” bit. One odd thing I remember is not being able to quite understand one of Commander Shore’s lines … --- ## [Illinois Police Killing...Anyone Else Getting a Weird Vibe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-police-killing-anyone-else-getting-a-weird-vibe/729731)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-police-killing-anyone-else-getting-a-weird-vibe/729731 "2025-04-10T22:44:26Z")
I suspect that I will take a lot of crap for this post, but I mean no harm to anyone. I feel awful for the people of the area (several of whom I know) and especially the deceased officer and his family and co-workers. I… --- ## [How much gas could we save with anti-gravity cars (comic book science) and how would you market it circa 1950?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-gas-could-we-save-with-anti-gravity-cars-comic-book-science-and-how-would-you-market-it-circa-1950/1016747)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-gas-could-we-save-with-anti-gravity-cars-comic-book-science-and-how-would-you-market-it-circa-1950/1016747 "2025-04-10T21:52:58Z")
I was looking at old Bulletman (Fawcett comics) issues a while ago, and he has an antigravity helmet. And, as with most comic books, it allows him to fly (start and stop and move through the air somehow) with no discern… --- ## [What was your most feared/hated lesson in school, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-most-feared-hated-lesson-in-school-and-why/1016519)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-most-feared-hated-lesson-in-school-and-why/1016519 "2025-04-10T21:02:30Z")
I don’t know why I’m thinking about this now, but I am. I absolutely hated German lessons. I had, rather foolishly, done well in a French exam when I was 12, which put me in the top stream, which was terrible for me be… --- ## [22nd (term limits for presidents) amendment to possible 28th (the 22nd is repealed) amendments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22nd-term-limits-for-presidents-amendment-to-possible-28th-the-22nd-is-repealed-amendments/1016467)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22nd-term-limits-for-presidents-amendment-to-possible-28th-the-22nd-is-repealed-amendments/1016467 "2025-04-10T20:25:43Z")
I’m no scholar and wasn’t around for the 22nd amendment (“Only twice elected”) - (about 71% in the Senate and House and 41/48 states ratified) yet I reckon here it’s “follow the money” and FDR wasn’t helping out the Plut… --- ## [Shoutout to TurboTax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoutout-to-turbotax/1016845)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoutout-to-turbotax/1016845 "2025-04-10T19:25:00Z")
Over the last few years,TurboTax has gotten more kludgy but I still use it. This year I has to amend my return due to a late 1099 that I had forgotten I was due. I’ll admit I’ve been putting it off because it was going… --- ## [What's the difference between a "rock opera" and a "concept album"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-rock-opera-and-a-concept-album/1016740)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-rock-opera-and-a-concept-album/1016740 "2025-04-10T18:30:22Z")
To me a “concept album” is an album that has a unifying theme or story. But it seems like the same could be said for a “rock opera”. So what’s the difference? I suppose by definition a concept album needs to encompass a… --- ## [My second colonoscopy in four weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-colonoscopy-in-four-weeks/1016810)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-second-colonoscopy-in-four-weeks/1016810 "2025-04-10T18:19:58Z")
First colonoscopy found a few small polyps and one big one. Big enough that they needed to schedule a doctor specializing in them to remove it, which happened today. The actual procedure was easy compared to the prep lea… --- ## [Modern Military Jeeps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-military-jeeps/1016815)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-military-jeeps/1016815 "2025-04-10T17:46:11Z")
Back in the day, Willys, Kaiser, and American Motors supplied the US Military with the iconic 4WD Jeep. But how about modern times? Has/Does Jeep under ownership from Chrysler, Daimler Benz, and Fiat/Stellantis still m… --- ## [Updating Global Entry account with additional citizenship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-global-entry-account-with-additional-citizenship/1016431)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-global-entry-account-with-additional-citizenship/1016431 "2025-04-10T16:36:46Z")
I just got a second citizenship and received my new passport. The airport near me has a Global Entry enrollment office as well as enrollment on arrival. The former has limited business hours (M - F 8:15 - 3:30), while th… --- ## [I tried Simply Sara's Pasta Salad......AND LIVED!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-simply-saras-pasta-salad-and-lived/646215)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-simply-saras-pasta-salad-and-lived/646215 "2025-04-10T16:24:34Z")
So, in another thread about the worst of American cooking, the recipe featured on this YouTube video was almost unanimously reviled. The worst of the worst, it was decided. I posted that an evil voice in my head was ur… --- ## [Peel-and-eat shrimp: What's the point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peel-and-eat-shrimp-whats-the-point/1016439)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peel-and-eat-shrimp-whats-the-point/1016439 "2025-04-10T15:54:20Z")
I don’t get it. I love shrimp. But what is the deal with peel-and-eat shrimp? They are hot so hard to peel when served so you have to just sit there and look at them while everyone else eats. The sauce/spices are on … --- ## [NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted on federal charges, says NYT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729 "2025-04-10T14:32:25Z")
CNN story here; No specifics yet on what the charge is. I haven’t been following this story in a LOT of detail, but it feels like this has been a long time coming. I don’t know why it is that big city mayors seem to … --- ## [Has Trump shown the ability to actually think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-trump-shown-the-ability-to-actually-think/1016269)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-trump-shown-the-ability-to-actually-think/1016269 "2025-04-10T13:35:52Z")
What I mean by that is as we age we seem to get more and more stuck in our ways, unable to break out of patterns we have established. Trump seems to default to typical patterns, such as witch hunt for personal wrong doi… --- ## [The Bogus "Jefferson Prayer."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bogus-jefferson-prayer/1016803)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bogus-jefferson-prayer/1016803 "2025-04-10T11:18:38Z")
Rep. Mike Johnson, on Congress’s opening day, read what he said was a prayer written by Thomas Jefferson. He was mistaken. The prayer has also been attributed to George Washington, who also long dead before that prayer w… --- ## [The cu\*t word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cu-t-word/1016729)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cu-t-word/1016729 "2025-04-10T11:18:10Z")
I’m an Aussie, where the cu-t word is par for the course. The same is true, I’m assured, for our British posters. Here it is not gender affiliated. Whilst a woman might be called a c-nt on occasion, it’s more often rese… --- ## [Which Dead National Retail Chain Would You Magically Resurrect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-national-retail-chain-would-you-magically-resurrect/1015965)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dead-national-retail-chain-would-you-magically-resurrect/1015965 "2025-04-10T06:44:22Z")
The other day I was listening to the radio and the DJs were pattering about the impending bankruptcy & probably closure of the Forever 21 chain of mall-based stores selling fashions for 20-something mostly women. After … --- ## [Weather, mood, health et al](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-mood-health-et-al/1016726)
**Author:** [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-mood-health-et-al/1016726 "2025-04-10T04:36:47Z")
I’m 77. For as long as I can remember I’ve always been impacted by weather. Today is an unusual dry high pressure day with fluffy white clouds, nice breeze and high 20s. Tons of energy, aches and pains forgotten, mood … --- ## [A question on posting copy from Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-posting-copy-from-facebook/1016812)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-posting-copy-from-facebook/1016812 "2025-04-10T01:31:47Z")
Some time ago I quoted the full text of a Facebook post by Jim Wright, with attribution and link to the olriginal, since his rants are generally long and really should be read in full. Just before posting that quote I w… --- ## [What are these Dominion Voting Machines? (Fox News and Dominion have settled for $787.5 million)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-dominion-voting-machines-fox-news-and-dominion-have-settled-for-787-5-million/926845)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-dominion-voting-machines-fox-news-and-dominion-have-settled-for-787-5-million/926845 "2025-04-09T23:29:37Z")
I’ve never voted on a machine - always on paper with a pen. When I was a kid, I remember going into a voting booth with my mom, and she pulled some levers to vote. I think those are very rare nowadays. I do remember t… --- ## [Why build a motel HERE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-build-a-motel-here/1016805)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-build-a-motel-here/1016805 "2025-04-09T23:14:04Z")
Driving back to Scottsdale from Durango last weekend, we noticed that there is a shiny new La Quinta motel going up in what can only be described as the middle of nowhere- more-or-less midway between Kayenta and Tuba Cit… --- ## [The Phishing Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phishing-thread/1016623)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phishing-thread/1016623 "2025-04-09T21:57:40Z")
My wife received an email ostensibly from the Washington State Department of Revenue saying that she has a new document (or something). She wondered if it’s legitimate. The link (in the message, and on mouseover) match… --- ## [Do employers get credit for excess Social Security tax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-employers-get-credit-for-excess-social-security-tax/1016836)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-employers-get-credit-for-excess-social-security-tax/1016836 "2025-04-09T21:33:06Z")
So I’m finishing up my 2024 tax return (I always pay, so I always file at the last minute) and, since I had two employers last year, I had too much Social Security tax withheld. I can claim credit for the excess withhold… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J, Trump -- National Republican Congressional Committee edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-national-republican-congressional-committee-edition/1016828)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-national-republican-congressional-committee-edition/1016828 "2025-04-09T21:15:30Z")
Well, thank you very much. This is a great room. And, you know, We’ve done very well in this room before, But right now, We broke every record. I just heard from Mike Johnson. He said, We broke every record, sir. … --- ## [Lactose intolerance in non-human animals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lactose-intolerance-in-non-human-animals/1016806)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lactose-intolerance-in-non-human-animals/1016806 "2025-04-09T20:22:32Z")
Lactose intolerance causes problems for some folks. AIUI, it’s something that develops as/after one ages into adulthood, the theory being that back in the days of cave men, once you were no longer a nursing infant, ther… --- ## [Risks of giving out mailing address?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risks-of-giving-out-mailing-address/1016720)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risks-of-giving-out-mailing-address/1016720 "2025-04-09T18:06:09Z")
OK, here’s a somewhat unusual situation: I’ve done some creative work that I’ve publicly connected myself to through a personal website. Someone claiming to be a German fan of the client I did this creative work for want… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=336) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=338)