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**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-owe-taxes/1016843 "2025-04-11T22:12:19Z")
This could go in Factual Questions but I’m asking here because it seems less than urgent. My accountant, a perfectly respectable competent guy who has done my taxes for the past five years, tells me that I don’t need to … --- ## [Bob Hope quote, real or made up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-quote-real-or-made-up/1016916)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-quote-real-or-made-up/1016916 "2025-04-11T21:59:30Z")
In “The Ghost Breakers” (1940), did Bob Hope really compare Democrats to zombies, or is that a dub that’s making the rounds? --- ## [Question about Medium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-medium/492849)
**Author:** [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-medium/492849 "2009-04-12T19:37:41Z")
Thanks to Hulu, I’ve been able to keep up with the show, Medium. It got me to thinking. Has it ever been explained why Joe Dubois has a British accent? In the most recent episode, Allison was communicating with the gh… --- ## [New OK Go video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ok-go-video/1016928)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ok-go-video/1016928 "2025-04-11T21:32:28Z")
OK Go has posted their video for the song “Love”. It has robots and mirrors. So many mirrors. --- ## [Bad Ends (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ends-spoilers/1016860)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ends-spoilers/1016860 "2025-04-11T18:24:30Z")
Reading the Irene Adler thread, with its continuations of characters created by Doyle, made me think of all those movies and plays with Happy Endings, in which characters get to survive and go on with their lives, but wh… --- ## [We can clone extinct species. Should we?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-clone-extinct-species-should-we/692975)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-clone-extinct-species-should-we/692975 "2025-04-11T18:13:10Z")
Or will be able to within our lifetimes. There is a long list of species that have died off in the past century. Many directly or indirectly caused by humans taking over their habitats or hunting them to the point of n… --- ## [Tree Root Decay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tree-root-decay/1016905)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tree-root-decay/1016905 "2025-04-11T18:06:50Z")
After Hurricane Ian, I had to have the remains of some trees removed, including stumps. A few months ago, the location where my avocado tree was started sinking, creating a steep pit. I figured the remains of the grou… --- ## [The Righteous Gemstones on HBO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-righteous-gemstones-on-hbo/838955)
**Author:** [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-righteous-gemstones-on-hbo/838955 "2025-04-11T18:00:31Z")
Is anyone watching? What do people think? Come on, there can’t be just me who watched the first episode? I love John Goodman as Eli, and Adam Devine as the youngest son but the other characters are not grabbing me… yet… --- ## [Geography and the DC universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-and-the-dc-universe/1016775)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-and-the-dc-universe/1016775 "2025-04-11T17:35:29Z")
Metropolis has Superman, Gotham has Batman, Fawcett City has Captain Marvel and family, Keystone City has the Flash, Coast City has Green Lantern - they’re all pretty well covered. But you’ve got Star City which has Gre… --- ## [Tax breaks for billionaires- inevitable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-breaks-for-billionaires-inevitable/1016862)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-breaks-for-billionaires-inevitable/1016862 "2025-04-11T16:56:31Z")
I see no direct opposition to what seems to be the only thing trump believes in. Tax breaks for billionaires is treated as a fait accompli, not something that could be opposed. --- ## [What TV show had a doorknob in the center of the front door?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-had-a-doorknob-in-the-center-of-the-front-door/341021)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-had-a-doorknob-in-the-center-of-the-front-door/341021 "2025-04-11T15:24:06Z")
When my parents were planning details of the house they had built in 1957 or '58, I was 9 or 10 years old. I suggested they get a front door with a doorknob in the middle, like they had on that one show. I was sorta kidd… --- ## [Tetrahedral Pyramid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tetrahedral-pyramid/1016608)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tetrahedral-pyramid/1016608 "2025-04-11T14:38:02Z")
There are pyramid-shaped buildings all over the world – most famously the Pyramids of Egypt (and most famously, the three at Giza, although there are plenty of others elsewhere). There are pyramids in Mexico (in Teotihua… --- ## [Who here has had a sleep study?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-had-a-sleep-study/1016846)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-had-a-sleep-study/1016846 "2025-04-11T14:35:13Z")
I had one a few weeks ago. I’ve always been a restless sleeper, but this fall I started pushing on my wife with my feet. She could deal with that, but right before the new year I hit her hard while I was sleeping. The… --- ## [Outlawing dog breeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlawing-dog-breeds/999608)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlawing-dog-breeds/999608 "2025-04-11T13:45:40Z")
Also in New Hampshire. NH bill would ban practice of breeding deformities into breeds. The idea is that desirable characteristics for certain breeds being selected for are resulting in dogs that suffer as a result of… --- ## [What happened to being a tramp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-being-a-tramp/1015176)
**Author:** [@ziper1221](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ziper1221)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-being-a-tramp/1015176 "2025-04-11T13:28:28Z")
I’ve just finished reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair from 1906, and for a few chapters the protagonist is a tramp. Chewed up and defeated by the meat processing industry, he flees Chicago on a traincar, travelling the… --- ## [YouTuber "Simply Sara" has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-simply-sara-has-died/1016816 "2025-04-11T13:03:33Z")
Because she was a YouTuber, who mostly did cooking shows, I put the thread here. I didn’t watch her regularly, but I was aware of her online presence and did check her out occasionally. She died from complications of d… --- ## [2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee intermittent no start - brake switch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-jeep-grand-cherokee-intermittent-no-start-brake-switch/1016864)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-jeep-grand-cherokee-intermittent-no-start-brake-switch/1016864 "2025-04-11T12:19:45Z")
Since I WFH I don’t drive nearly as much as I used to. My Jeep will often site for several days before I drive it again. The last two times I tried starting it after sitting for 2-3 days, it did not start at all for 4 or… --- ## [Origin of candy canes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-candy-canes/144146)
**Author:** [@beagle1971](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagle1971)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-candy-canes/144146 "2025-04-11T11:12:46Z")
OK, I searched the forums and the archive, but I didn’t find a post addressing this specifically. I’ve received more than once a story proclaiming the “true story of the candy cane,” saying it was designed as a christia… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=337&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=339&state=tracking)