# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=354&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 355 --- ## [People collect those clip things that close the loaves of bread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635 "2025-03-19T02:30:28Z")
They don’t just collect them, they have identified 9 different features of each clip and have applied scientific nomenclature. Damn, my twist ties are so 2024. --- ## [Say you're a hick or just a funny guy, if you please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549 "2025-03-19T00:34:46Z")
Out in the wild (say Walmart in your head) I heard a guy standing on line speaking of getting him “a ride in a Tesla-r”. He may have made the word 3 syllables. I’m not sure. I got a little laugh at that. I told Son-of… --- ## [Can anyone identify or give info on this vintage stove?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-or-give-info-on-this-vintage-stove/1015674)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-or-give-info-on-this-vintage-stove/1015674 "2025-03-19T00:15:59Z")
Saw this pic on the interwebs and was fascinated by what looks like a vintage stove. Picture was taken in the 1970s, but the stove is likely much older. (I’ve erased a child’s face from the foreground.) … --- ## [Explain Dry Water To me- Not That Kind The Other Kind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-dry-water-to-me-not-that-kind-the-other-kind/1015485)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-dry-water-to-me-not-that-kind-the-other-kind/1015485 "2025-03-19T00:08:31Z")
The first kind of dry water is made with a silicon dioxide coating. This results in micro encapsulation or something. People of my generation are familiar with the use of micro encapsulation in Scratch N Sniff stickers. … --- ## [Avatars, comments thereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-comments-thereon/1015633)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-comments-thereon/1015633 "2025-03-19T00:00:50Z")
I think I preferred “Classic Coriolanus” to what we might call “New Coke @Coriolanus”. :wink: --- ## [What would have actually happened to the gold in the "Goldfinger" scenario?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-actually-happened-to-the-gold-in-the-goldfinger-scenario/1014889)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-actually-happened-to-the-gold-in-the-goldfinger-scenario/1014889 "2025-03-18T23:49:56Z")
Assume a very small nuke is set off in the Fort Knox vault. It really isn’t very deep so I don’t think the explosion would be contained underground like the real underground bomb tests. Would the gold be vaporized and be… --- ## [Did your father keep "men's" magazines around the house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-father-keep-mens-magazines-around-the-house/1014097)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-father-keep-mens-magazines-around-the-house/1014097 "2025-03-18T23:46:38Z")
My stepfather had all manner of these things in the 60s with names like “Real Men”, “Stag”, etc. He also had tabloid newspapers, such as they were. I’m pretty sure my mother wouldn’t allow Playboy in the house, and I kno… --- ## [When does the President of the U.S. have the legal right to invalidate a previous President's pardon(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-the-president-of-the-u-s-have-the-legal-right-to-invalidate-a-previous-presidents-pardon-s/1015737)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-the-president-of-the-u-s-have-the-legal-right-to-invalidate-a-previous-presidents-pardon-s/1015737 "2025-03-18T22:23:52Z")
Pretty much what it says in the title, and posted because of very recent events. --- ## [Will a German copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements display menus, etc, in English? Will I have other problems running it in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-german-copy-of-adobe-photoshop-elements-display-menus-etc-in-english-will-i-have-other-problems-running-it-in-the-us/1015790)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-german-copy-of-adobe-photoshop-elements-display-menus-etc-in-english-will-i-have-other-problems-running-it-in-the-us/1015790 "2025-03-18T21:19:47Z")
I can buy a new, unregistered copy of the edition of Photoshop Elements I want from Germany, but will I have any issues using it here in the US? Can I switch it to English menus, and use standard US keyboard layout? Any … --- ## [Is there a limit to how -little- a bank will finance on a car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-limit-to-how-little-a-bank-will-finance-on-a-car/1015686)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-limit-to-how-little-a-bank-will-finance-on-a-car/1015686 "2025-03-18T21:14:32Z")
Let’s say Joe Buyer has his eyes on a $20k car. He’s emptied his savings account, pulled all the cash out from under his mattress, scrounged up loose change, etc. He has $19k, and the dealer won’t come down on the price.… --- ## [Israel versus the Egyptian monkey drones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-versus-the-egyptian-monkey-drones/1015757)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-versus-the-egyptian-monkey-drones/1015757 "2025-03-18T20:37:22Z")
I want to see footage of a monkey drone in action. I really want to see footage of a lion drone in action. --- ## [Trump declares Biden pardons void](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-declares-biden-pardons-void/1015788)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-declares-biden-pardons-void/1015788 "2025-03-18T20:00:53Z")
Story here for those who haven’t read it. Of course this is total nonsense as there is no case law to support the idea DJT or any President can undo a predecessor’s pardons. Maybe if it could be shown the pardons were … --- ## [Sudden stark price jumps after using a rideshare service frequently -- a known thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-stark-price-jumps-after-using-a-rideshare-service-frequently-a-known-thing/1015720)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-stark-price-jumps-after-using-a-rideshare-service-frequently-a-known-thing/1015720 "2025-03-18T19:03:00Z")
If someone uses a rideshare service to commute to work at the same time every day over an expended period of time (say, three weeks), does the price suddenly increase sharply after your first few rides? Our one car went… --- ## [Miami Vice--believe it or not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miami-vice-believe-it-or-not/1015620)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miami-vice-believe-it-or-not/1015620 "2025-03-18T18:57:30Z")
After reading the posts in recent column ( Poll: Best Bond (non-Connery edition), I thought about my favorite series, Miami Vice. I loved it for the camera work, decor/sets, clothes and music, but there were some element… --- ## [MLB Spring Training Thread 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-spring-training-thread-2025/1014701)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-spring-training-thread-2025/1014701 "2025-03-18T18:30:27Z")
With spring training having started a few days ago, here’s a new thread for it. A couple of notes on my Brewers: Two key players who missed much, if not all, of last season, with injuries are expected to be able to re… --- ## [How long should a toilet flapper last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-a-toilet-flapper-last/1015738)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-a-toilet-flapper-last/1015738 "2025-03-18T17:27:39Z")
So recently I’ve noticed that one of my toilets is refilling its tank at seemingly random times. I know, this is the classic symptom of a bad flapper. But… I already replaced the flapper in that toilet not that long ag… --- ## [Has an artist/group ever stopped a Democratic candidate from using their music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-an-artist-group-ever-stopped-a-democratic-candidate-from-using-their-music/1006448)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-an-artist-group-ever-stopped-a-democratic-candidate-from-using-their-music/1006448 "2025-03-18T15:40:15Z")
Every election cycle we hear of artists/groups telling political candidates not to use their music, often rather … strongly (Jack White told Trump off pretty royally for using “Seven Nation Army”). Almost always, it’s di… --- ## [Sam Bankman convicted 2023-11-02 (was living with parents, then jail). Is BTC and cryptocurrency busted too?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-bankman-convicted-2023-11-02-was-living-with-parents-then-jail-is-btc-and-cryptocurrency-busted-too/977019)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 441\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-bankman-convicted-2023-11-02-was-living-with-parents-then-jail-is-btc-and-cryptocurrency-busted-too/977019 "2025-03-18T11:58:57Z")
Well, did the entire digital currency world get hustled & screwed by Bankman? Is BTC dead? Can cryptocurrency survive? Will investors ever trust it again? If you currently own bitcoin should it be sold ASAP? --- ## [I have a battery that is fully charged but won't start my plow truck I did a test on the alternator and it's good and charging, the starter is good also the only way it will start is by jumping it with my second battery or jumping it with my car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-battery-that-is-fully-charged-but-wont-start-my-plow-truck-i-did-a-test-on-the-alternator-and-its-good-and-charging-the-starter-is-good-also-the-only-way-it-will-start-is-by-jumping-it-with-my-second-battery-or-jumping-it-with-my-car/1015618)
**Author:** [@Eagle12426](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eagle12426)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-battery-that-is-fully-charged-but-wont-start-my-plow-truck-i-did-a-test-on-the-alternator-and-its-good-and-charging-the-starter-is-good-also-the-only-way-it-will-start-is-by-jumping-it-with-my-second-battery-or-jumping-it-with-my-car/1015618 "2025-03-18T11:06:31Z")
My truck battery is fully charged but will not start my truck unless it is jumped. The alternator is good pushing out 12-14 amps the starter is good. Any thoughts on what it is? --- ## [Trump's disgusting shakedown of Zelensky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-disgusting-shakedown-of-zelensky/1014940)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 382\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-disgusting-shakedown-of-zelensky/1014940 "2025-03-18T08:42:00Z")
I know. There are other Trump threads. If this feels redundant, shut it down. But there are occasionally moments so over the fucking top that I feel like they deserve their own separate discussion. BBC article with vide… --- ## ["Gap" insurance for policy not owned by me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gap-insurance-for-policy-not-owned-by-me/1015723)
**Author:** [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gap-insurance-for-policy-not-owned-by-me/1015723 "2025-03-18T04:26:24Z")
I’m not sure that factual questions is the right place - mods, please move if I’ve landed wrong. So, I own a condo and the condo community is in a flood zone. The Association carries flood insurance for the structures.… --- ## [Ted Lasso on Apple TV {Returns March 15, 2023}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299)
**Author:** [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Replies:** 883\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299 "2025-03-18T00:33:02Z")
A few years ago, NBC started broadcasting premier league games. As promotion, they ran a series of ads about an American football coach named Ted Lasso who had for some reason been hired to manage Tottenham. Pretty funny… --- ## [Does Martin Eberhard have the second Tesla Roadster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-martin-eberhard-have-the-second-tesla-roadster/1015552)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-martin-eberhard-have-the-second-tesla-roadster/1015552 "2025-03-18T00:02:45Z")
Continuing the discussion from An exact duplicate of the Voyager I craft passes by Earth; how close for our equipment to detect it?: With all due respect, can you support that assertion? I didn’t hear anything about it… --- ## [Fantasy Baseball 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-baseball-2025/1014736)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-baseball-2025/1014736 "2025-03-17T22:31:29Z")
Not only have pitchers and catchers reported, but the rest of the teams have as well - with games in full swing all weekend. I managed to tune in to a bit of a Royals game on the MLB app while running errands, and it fel… --- ## [Kate Bush and Rupert Holmes wrote the same song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-and-rupert-holmes-wrote-the-same-song/1015591)
**Author:** [@LUNAROXAS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LUNAROXAS)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-and-rupert-holmes-wrote-the-same-song/1015591 "2025-03-17T22:18:33Z")
“Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” by Rupert Holmes is about a guy who is so bored with his current partner that he seeks out a woman who advertised in the personals about liking, among other things, piña coladas. They meet… --- ## [Kiss or Slap Girls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-or-slap-girls/1015405)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-or-slap-girls/1015405 "2025-03-17T22:07:29Z")
My Facebook feed is constantly getting short videos of young women (one in particular, but there are several) who ask guys on the street, “Kiss or Slap?” The guys usually say, “Slap,” then she presents her butt like a h… --- ## [Minimalist Composers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimalist-composers/1015607)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimalist-composers/1015607 "2025-03-17T20:40:03Z")
I recently attended a concert where a string quartet played a Philip Glass composition. I hadn’t listened to any Glass for quite a while, and I really enjoyed it. I’d like to explore more minimalist music, but Steve Rei… --- ## [Parents or other relatives of intellectual or artistic prodigies: What tipped you off, and how old was the child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-or-other-relatives-of-intellectual-or-artistic-prodigies-what-tipped-you-off-and-how-old-was-the-child/1014893)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-or-other-relatives-of-intellectual-or-artistic-prodigies-what-tipped-you-off-and-how-old-was-the-child/1014893 "2025-03-17T20:12:53Z")
I’m just curious. One of my nieces is highly intelligent (Oh, they both are, but one in particular is off the charts) and in her case, she was 8 months old and sitting in her exersaucer. My brother, her dad, said, “Bou… --- ## [What's going on with the Comptroller of the Currency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-comptroller-of-the-currency/1015731)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-comptroller-of-the-currency/1015731 "2025-03-17T18:08:24Z")
I think P&E is the right spot for this. For the last 5 years (4 yrs, 10 mos) we have been without a confirmed Comptroller of the Currency. In that time, there have been four acting comptrollers. Notice that the time h… --- ## [How far will elected MAGAts go with Canschluss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-will-elected-magats-go-with-canschluss/1015632)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-will-elected-magats-go-with-canschluss/1015632 "2025-03-17T17:18:04Z")
I’m sure that for most elected MAGAts, Canschluss talk was fine, bacause it owned the libs. It was funny, and it made the old man happy. But they have to know it’s never going to happen. Canadians can’t be tariffed into … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=353&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=355&state=tracking)