# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=358 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 359 --- ## [Martha Raye's comment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-rayes-comment/1015308)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-rayes-comment/1015308 "2025-03-09T23:52:58Z")
Reference in a Wapo article says that Martha Raye made an “unprintable” comment upon first seeing a Ford Edsel. I can’t find any reference to it but I’m curious. Anybody know? --- ## [Three days in Astoria, OR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-days-in-astoria-or/1015093)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-days-in-astoria-or/1015093 "2025-03-09T22:15:40Z")
This Friday, I’m taking the bus (it’s a 7-hour trip, but it’s free) from Olympia to Astoria, OR, to see a local comedian who’s filming a special for Amazon there. The show is Saturday night, but since the bus routes I ne… --- ## [How long until this new world gets connected to the internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-this-new-world-gets-connected-to-the-internet/818158)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-this-new-world-gets-connected-to-the-internet/818158 "2025-03-09T20:46:54Z")
So I was walking through the woods one day and I noticed a shimmering light coming from a cave. I won’t bore you with the details but it turned out to be a portal to an alternate time line of earth. I know: so random! T… --- ## [Do you look forward to Lenten fish dinners even if you are not Catholic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-look-forward-to-lenten-fish-dinners-even-if-you-are-not-catholic/1015300)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-look-forward-to-lenten-fish-dinners-even-if-you-are-not-catholic/1015300 "2025-03-09T20:46:47Z")
Here in NE Ohio there are lots of churches, ethnic halls, etc that feature Lake Erie perch or walleye dinners. They have been doing it so long they have the process running like clockwork. I tried a local Catholic churc… --- ## [Have you ever wonder what an Ostrich keeps in its stomach? LINK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wonder-what-an-ostrich-keeps-in-its-stomach-link/1015260)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wonder-what-an-ostrich-keeps-in-its-stomach-link/1015260 "2025-03-09T20:40:05Z")
Ostriches, like chickens, have gizzards–a digestive organ that grinds up food. To make it work, birds swallow stones. Among other things. And it’s a list. {LINK} --- ## [Could a state make voting compulsory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-state-make-voting-compulsory/1015139)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-state-make-voting-compulsory/1015139 "2025-03-09T20:29:07Z")
In the United States could an individual state (or territory) make voting compulsory like it is in Australia or Brazil? Assume there’s a provision for conscientious objection that’s gets automatically approved and the pe… --- ## [Why do many bodybuilders use anabolic steroids instead of actual testosterone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-bodybuilders-use-anabolic-steroids-instead-of-actual-testosterone/1015349)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-bodybuilders-use-anabolic-steroids-instead-of-actual-testosterone/1015349 "2025-03-09T20:29:00Z")
From what I understand there are many different kinds of anabolic steroids, and I am told that they have different effects in terms of bulking vs cutting and different side effects like pimples, aggression etc. But ulti… --- ## [How does one assess who is winning on a Go board (the game Go)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-assess-who-is-winning-on-a-go-board-the-game-go/1015331)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-assess-who-is-winning-on-a-go-board-the-game-go/1015331 "2025-03-09T17:03:40Z")
I was watching a YouTube video about AlphaGo…the AI computer that beat the best Go player in the world (at that time…maybe still…dunno). And I see something like this: Ho… --- ## [Spineless, gutless, Democrats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spineless-gutless-democrats/1015312)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spineless-gutless-democrats/1015312 "2025-03-09T15:51:23Z")
I am so disgusted that 9 Democrats voted to censure Representative Al Green. He did what they all ahould do all. The. Damn. Time. They need to quit hiding behind decorum, and civility. Those things are useless in the pre… --- ## [Best I'm-gonna-die-and-I-know-it moment and/or words in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-im-gonna-die-and-i-know-it-moment-and-or-words-in-movies/1015251 "2025-03-09T15:27:47Z")
Saw a similar thread at another site and had to see what you guys come up with. Also not sure if we should try to guess or just tell. Not telling is only fun if people can guess. I think mine are easy enough. Oh wait, th… --- ## [How do I find a small backpack for cycling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-a-small-backpack-for-cycling/1015233)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-a-small-backpack-for-cycling/1015233 "2025-03-09T15:24:38Z")
Spring is near and I am eager to go riding. I want a backpack to carry a few items (bike lock, tire repair, first aid). Nothing much. But, when I search Amazon for “reflective bike backpack small” I get results like t… --- ## [Lab results are back, what should I ask my doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lab-results-are-back-what-should-i-ask-my-doctor/1015318)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lab-results-are-back-what-should-i-ask-my-doctor/1015318 "2025-03-09T13:13:10Z")
Went to my doctor for an annual physical, had some tests done, lab results are back. My numbers are all more or less right smack in the center of the range of values given except for two. Hemacrit was a tiny bit high, … --- ## [TV-buying advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-buying-advice/1015296)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-buying-advice/1015296 "2025-03-09T07:23:14Z")
I’ve decided to actually make my living room into a useful place for… living? After buying a couch last week, I’ve decided I also need to update the TV. It’s been a very long time since this was something I cared abou… --- ## [Question about AirTags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-airtags/1015249)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-airtags/1015249 "2025-03-08T21:18:02Z")
My daughter just left today for a 3-day camping trip in the mountains with her class (western Switzerland pre-Alps), her first time doing this. She was not allowed to carry her phone. Being the ever-worried dad, I insist… --- ## [Baseball Hall of Fame limits future appearances on veterans committee ballot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hall-of-fame-limits-future-appearances-on-veterans-committee-ballot/1015206)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hall-of-fame-limits-future-appearances-on-veterans-committee-ballot/1015206 "2025-03-08T18:46:27Z")
Baseball Hall of Fame limits future appearances on veterans committee ballot The core of the new changes: Any candidate on the eight-person ballot who receives fewer than five votes from the 16-member panel will not b… --- ## [How do neutrons kill you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-neutrons-kill-you/1015253)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-neutrons-kill-you/1015253 "2025-03-08T18:24:28Z")
During the Manhattan Project, a pile of fissile material accidentally achieve supercriticality on two separate occasions, killing Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin, respectfully. when a nuclear reactor in Tokaimura, Japan… --- ## [Picking up the Pieces from the Smoldering Ruins: What do Dems do when we take power again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-the-pieces-from-the-smoldering-ruins-what-do-dems-do-when-we-take-power-again/1014101)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-the-pieces-from-the-smoldering-ruins-what-do-dems-do-when-we-take-power-again/1014101 "2025-03-08T18:24:01Z")
Admittedly this post is looking ahead at least 4 years, maybe 8, maybe even 12. I’m going to make the wild assumption that we still have elections, and that a peaceful transfer of power will occur. But imagine what we … --- ## [Recommend a message platform for our rapidly growing group](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-message-platform-for-our-rapidly-growing-group/1015170)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-message-platform-for-our-rapidly-growing-group/1015170 "2025-03-08T16:05:04Z")
My wife has formed a political action group that has grown from 12 to over 200 since the new year. We started out using Signal to create message threads in various categories, but these are now proving to be impractical:… --- ## [Where's davidm? In the hospital recovering from a medical screwup.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-davidm-in-the-hospital-recovering-from-a-medical-screwup/803049)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 564\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-davidm-in-the-hospital-recovering-from-a-medical-screwup/803049 "2025-03-08T14:19:17Z")
I don’t know how prominent I am on here or if anyone has even noticed my absence, but I wanted to post an explanation for anyone who cares. Near the beginning of October I had an endoscopy looking for Crohn’s. They tore… --- ## [Name of this graphic novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-this-graphic-novel/1015261)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-this-graphic-novel/1015261 "2025-03-08T13:56:26Z")
Some years ago Slate magazine featured a book review of a comic book/graphic novel, about a couple of kids who suffered some trauma, divorce? - I think. There was a ghost in the novel, the kind of ghost wearing a sheet… --- ## [Help a longtime Doper whose home was destroyed by fire on Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-longtime-doper-whose-home-was-destroyed-by-fire-on-christmas/1012246)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-longtime-doper-whose-home-was-destroyed-by-fire-on-christmas/1012246 "2025-03-08T13:52:10Z")
In another thread, for the Secret Santa gift exchange, I learned that one of our participants, Czarcasm and his family, lost their home in a fire on Christmas Day. In messages with him I learned that someone else in th… --- ## [Road team athletes: who feeds 'em?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-team-athletes-who-feeds-em/1015011)
**Author:** [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-team-athletes-who-feeds-em/1015011 "2025-03-08T13:31:22Z")
After watching an East coast VS West coast college basketball game, it occurred to me: where the heck are these kids going to eat? The team plus coaching staff and “handlers” must be around 35 people. They couldn’t simp… --- ## [How much grapefruit juice is required to affect medication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-grapefruit-juice-is-required-to-affect-medication/1015077)
**Author:** [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-grapefruit-juice-is-required-to-affect-medication/1015077 "2025-03-08T13:01:06Z")
I take a couple of medications that say “avoid grapefruit and grapefruit juice” but I have been unable to figure out exactly when grapefruit consumption is a problem. I assume eating a grapefruit everyday is not recomme… --- ## [My half sister (same dad, different moms) and I have gotten a lot closer since our dad died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-half-sister-same-dad-different-moms-and-i-have-gotten-a-lot-closer-since-our-dad-died/1015267)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-half-sister-same-dad-different-moms-and-i-have-gotten-a-lot-closer-since-our-dad-died/1015267 "2025-03-08T05:04:48Z")
I was 16 when my sister was born to our father and his second wife. He had been my non custodial parent for over a decade by that time — so, basically two weekends per month. But since I was a busy teenager and he lived … --- ## [Could Canada blockade the St. Lawrence River and what would happen if they did so?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-canada-blockade-the-st-lawrence-river-and-what-would-happen-if-they-did-so/1015234)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-canada-blockade-the-st-lawrence-river-and-what-would-happen-if-they-did-so/1015234 "2025-03-08T05:02:41Z")
There unfortunately has been some friction between the USA and Canada lately. As an American I am embarrassed by this and would like to apologize for the actions of the idiots that currenly occupy the top positions in… --- ## [National Theatre Live "The Importance of Being Earnest" in theaters 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-theatre-live-the-importance-of-being-earnest-in-theaters-2025/1015270)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-theatre-live-the-importance-of-being-earnest-in-theaters-2025/1015270 "2025-03-08T03:29:17Z")
Has anyone here seen this? It’s very recent, and apparently screenings are rather sparse. I live in San Francisco and the only screenings here are in Larkspur, which is a fair distance to go for a movie. The few clips I … --- ## [Practicing Sentence Writing in a Foreign Language - Google Translate or ChatGPT/Copilot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicing-sentence-writing-in-a-foreign-language-google-translate-or-chatgpt-copilot/1014923)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicing-sentence-writing-in-a-foreign-language-google-translate-or-chatgpt-copilot/1014923 "2025-03-08T02:09:00Z")
I’ve been learning Bahasa Indonesia on Duolinguo for the past two months, and I’m really enjoying it. Very soon after I started, I felt the need to practice sentences other than the ones used by the app, partly because … --- ## [Old SDMB member with new account, remembering so many "In Memoriam" names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sdmb-member-with-new-account-remembering-so-many-in-memoriam-names/1015223)
**Author:** [@AnodyneTroubles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnodyneTroubles)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sdmb-member-with-new-account-remembering-so-many-in-memoriam-names/1015223 "2025-03-08T02:06:10Z")
I don’t recall what my username was when I first signed up to this message board probably 20 years ago (or more), but I was fairly active. Then there was a board change (oh, I remember now, they were going to charge a f… --- ## [I "prequalified" for a loan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prequalified-for-a-loan/1014993)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prequalified-for-a-loan/1014993 "2025-03-08T00:14:23Z")
I got one of those spam calls saying I was prequalified for a loan. I was bored so I answered and once they did their opening pitch I asked, “How much am I prequalified for and what is the rate?” Turns out I had to giv… --- ## [How bad are ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease that progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (a rare, serious brain infection that can result in death or severe disability) is an acceptable potential side effect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-are-ulcerative-colitis-or-crohn-s-disease-that-progressive-multifocal-leukoencephalopathy-a-rare-serious-brain-infection-that-can-result-in-death-or-severe-disability-is-an-acceptable-potential-side-effect/1015190)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-are-ulcerative-colitis-or-crohn-s-disease-that-progressive-multifocal-leukoencephalopathy-a-rare-serious-brain-infection-that-can-result-in-death-or-severe-disability-is-an-acceptable-potential-side-effect/1015190 "2025-03-07T23:43:06Z")
I was listening to Pandora where I was presented with a commercial for a treatment for UC or Chron’s with death being a potential side effect. I don’t know anyone with those issues that I’m aware of so here I am. Even … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=357) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=359)