# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=359 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 360 --- ## [Landlord warning of tenant liability](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landlord-warning-of-tenant-liability/1015224)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landlord-warning-of-tenant-liability/1015224 "2025-03-07T22:31:02Z")
My wife and I live in a three story house in the UK (South England). It is multi-tenant where dwellings are whatever they could make of “flats” or rooms. So not a co-op and we’re here mainly because for us now, it’s a mo… --- ## [TV shows that blatantly recycle scripts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-blatantly-recycle-scripts/1014961)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-blatantly-recycle-scripts/1014961 "2025-03-07T22:14:37Z")
As I’ve mentioned in other threads, I’ve been rewatching lots of older shows lately. I just finished the full run of Bewitched. A lot of TV series are repetitive and formulaic in their plots, but I don’t recall ever seei… --- ## [Which non-American sports teams are their nation's equivalent of US sports teams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-american-sports-teams-are-their-nations-equivalent-of-us-sports-teams/1015215)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-american-sports-teams-are-their-nations-equivalent-of-us-sports-teams/1015215 "2025-03-07T20:56:18Z")
For instance: The Yomiuri Giants are very much the Japanese pro baseball equivalent of the New York Yankees - the most popular team, also most polarizing and disliked team, and has won the most titles. The Toronto Mapl… --- ## [Notification Of Posts To Watched Threads Coming In Very Late](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-of-posts-to-watched-threads-coming-in-very-late/1015250)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-of-posts-to-watched-threads-coming-in-very-late/1015250 "2025-03-07T20:46:21Z")
I still get dots by my watched threads showing new replies and the number of replies. I do not get the usual large yellow dot with numbers up by my avatar in the upper right hand corner. I do occasionally get a notifica… --- ## [Canada's PM Trudeau speaks truth to power - watch his takedown of the tariffs & more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-pm-trudeau-speaks-truth-to-power-watch-his-takedown-of-the-tariffs-more/1015152)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-pm-trudeau-speaks-truth-to-power-watch-his-takedown-of-the-tariffs-more/1015152 "2025-03-07T19:49:53Z")
Trudeau’s response to the trump trade war is well worth watching for the 14 minutes it takes. You can speed through where he speaks French, but those are worthwhile as it’s a paraphrase with additional messaging and not … --- ## [Explain a Tom Lehrer joke to me, Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-a-tom-lehrer-joke-to-me-please/1015241)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-a-tom-lehrer-joke-to-me-please/1015241 "2025-03-07T19:48:17Z")
I’ve recently been having my Amazon Echo play me Tom Lehrer’s songs (it’s been delightful, btw). From the album That Was the Year That Was, when he’s introducing the song “George Murphy,” he makes a joke about how, being… --- ## [Who's watching trump's Address to Congress tonight (3-4-25)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-trumps-address-to-congress-tonight-3-4-25/1015123)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-trumps-address-to-congress-tonight-3-4-25/1015123 "2025-03-07T18:23:34Z")
I’m not sure if I will watch or not. I haven’t been watching or reading trump-related news too much, or very actively participating in the trump threads here lately, because my attitude towards the trump administration i… --- ## [Why did Warren laugh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-warren-laugh/1015247)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-warren-laugh/1015247 "2025-03-07T17:36:39Z")
Warren clapped and laughed at the Pocahantas jab the other night. What was that all about? --- ## [High yield savings account recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-yield-savings-account-recommendations/1015207)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-yield-savings-account-recommendations/1015207 "2025-03-07T16:31:57Z")
I’m looking into moving most of my emergency/future house down payment fund into a high yield savings account, and was hoping to get some recommendations. I’ve just started looking into things, but I honestly don’t even … --- ## [Old pulley -- on coned shaft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pulley-on-coned-shaft/1015028)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pulley-on-coned-shaft/1015028 "2025-03-07T14:50:04Z")
I collect antique wheels such as flat belt pulleys, flywheels, handwheels, and the like. It’s just interesting. I recently got one that has me stumped. It’s 8" diameter with flat 1.5" face (not crowned). The hub is 2" th… --- ## [Disposal of an old CO2 detector?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposal-of-an-old-co2-detector/1015062)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposal-of-an-old-co2-detector/1015062 "2025-03-07T13:25:27Z")
It’s 10 years old, which is the usual expiration date. Google says I can throw it in the trash, but the back has an unmistakable “do not trash” symbol (the one that looks like a curbside household trash bin). Which shoul… --- ## [Is there a legal procedure at all for Canada to become the 51st+ state of the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-legal-procedure-at-all-for-canada-to-become-the-51st-state-of-the-usa/1015013)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-legal-procedure-at-all-for-canada-to-become-the-51st-state-of-the-usa/1015013 "2025-03-07T11:53:59Z")
The mods may want to put this in P&E and I would not mind, but assuming there is a factual answer I prefer to start here. And the title states it already: even if “Canada” or “the Canadians” or the Canadian Paliament or… --- ## [Worthy ProCott / Girlcott / Reverse Boycott products for Friends of Democracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-procott-girlcott-reverse-boycott-products-for-friends-of-democracy/1015239)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-procott-girlcott-reverse-boycott-products-for-friends-of-democracy/1015239 "2025-03-07T09:12:56Z")
Costco has refused to buckle under threats to its DEI program, unlike their competitors. So they are worth supporting. Molson is made by Coors (US); LaBatts is produced by InBev (Belgium). What Canadian products are wor… --- ## [Should a Yankee be elected to Canada's Parliament?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185 "2025-03-07T04:16:12Z")
There’s an election coming up. There’s currently at least one Yankee sittting in the House of Commons: Andrew Scheer. Are there any others? Should any Yankee be in the House of Commons when we’re fighting a trade war… --- ## [Questions about squaring stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-squaring-stone/1014395)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-squaring-stone/1014395 "2025-03-07T03:46:22Z")
Squaring stone is the art of producing rectangular blocks of stone to a sufficient degree of regularity and smoothness as to be useful for building with minimal mortar, as opposed to “rough stone” work in which randomly … --- ## [Help me identify this movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-movie/1015187)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-movie/1015187 "2025-03-07T03:37:34Z")
Please help me identify a movie. I have only seen a couple of YouTube shorts about it, and they never identify the movie name. Here is what I can remember from the shorts. The 2 main characters are a young (20’s) black… --- ## [France's nuclear warning shot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-nuclear-warning-shot/1014790)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-nuclear-warning-shot/1014790 "2025-03-07T03:23:52Z")
I came across this term in a video from “Belle of the Ranch”. She just mentioned that “France has a warning shot (plan) with nuclear weapons”. Internet searching gives me descriptions of French nuclear weapons and only … --- ## [Is there an upper limit to how large of a dose of fentanyl before narcan stops working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-upper-limit-to-how-large-of-a-dose-of-fentanyl-before-narcan-stops-working/1015188)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-upper-limit-to-how-large-of-a-dose-of-fentanyl-before-narcan-stops-working/1015188 "2025-03-07T00:59:20Z")
I’ve heard stories from EMTs of finding someone who OD’d and the EMT having to give them multiple doses of narcan. My understanding is the u-opioid receptor is the one that causes respiratory depression. Naloxone has a … --- ## [From 2017: Teenager dies after charging cell phone falls into tub?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-2017-teenager-dies-after-charging-cell-phone-falls-into-tub/1015118)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-2017-teenager-dies-after-charging-cell-phone-falls-into-tub/1015118 "2025-03-06T22:49:15Z")
Well, at least that’s what the family said. I remember on “Mythbusters,” they tried various devices, and the most likely to turn you into a hashtag was an iron. Seems like a phone charging cable wouldn’t be carrying a … --- ## [Would the (hypothetical) inhabitants of Proxima B see the same constellations we do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-hypothetical-inhabitants-of-proxima-b-see-the-same-constellations-we-do/1015216)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-hypothetical-inhabitants-of-proxima-b-see-the-same-constellations-we-do/1015216 "2025-03-06T22:38:24Z")
Let’s say that Proxima B, the nearest potentially habitable exoplanet to us, has a civilization of intelligent beings with exactly the same technology we have. Would they see the same constellations we see? Would their … --- ## [What should you do if someone (expectedly) dies in their sleep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-you-do-if-someone-expectedly-dies-in-their-sleep/1015017)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-you-do-if-someone-expectedly-dies-in-their-sleep/1015017 "2025-03-06T18:38:41Z")
Suppose you are caring for a frail, elderly person with known health problems. One night you tuck them into bed as usual, and the next morning you find they have died. Like, there’s no question, no signs of violence, t… --- ## [What law enforcement agency/agencies have the authority to block DOGE from entering/extract DOGE from Federal buildings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-law-enforcement-agency-agencies-have-the-authority-to-block-doge-from-entering-extract-doge-from-federal-buildings/1013936)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-law-enforcement-agency-agencies-have-the-authority-to-block-doge-from-entering-extract-doge-from-federal-buildings/1013936 "2025-03-06T16:56:25Z")
What the OP says. Let’s keep it in FQ, please. --- ## [How should a robot look in a post scarcity utopia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-a-robot-look-in-a-post-scarcity-utopia/1015166)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-a-robot-look-in-a-post-scarcity-utopia/1015166 "2025-03-06T10:58:41Z")
If the world was a post scarcity utopia protected by superhuman robots, would it better if the robots looked like robots or if they looked exactly like a normal human? Or something else? --- ## [Trump and the future of the Department Of Education](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-the-future-of-the-department-of-education/1013887)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-the-future-of-the-department-of-education/1013887 "2025-03-06T07:38:11Z")
I have seen several reports that he is planning to put out an Executive Order abolishing the Department Of Education. Does he have the Congressional support to do this (which I believe he legally needs) and, if it happe… --- ## [Climate change: The forgotten apocalypse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-the-forgotten-apocalypse/1015112)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-the-forgotten-apocalypse/1015112 "2025-03-06T04:24:36Z")
Tariffs, inflation, war in Ukraine, the China threat, measles… there’s no end of daily crises in the news. But it seems like climate change isn’t much talked about anymore. Did we all just collectively decide, “oh well, … --- ## [Are pilots supposed to look both ways before crossing the runway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pilots-supposed-to-look-both-ways-before-crossing-the-runway/1014828)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pilots-supposed-to-look-both-ways-before-crossing-the-runway/1014828 "2025-03-06T03:13:34Z")
Just in case you missed the news, there was a close call at Midway Airport yesterday, with a Southwest Airlines jet aborting a landing with seconds to spare just as an errant business jet crossed the runway. Caught by a… --- ## [What’s your favorite current show on TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-current-show-on-tv/1014895)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-current-show-on-tv/1014895 "2025-03-06T02:42:27Z")
Having grown up in the age of 3 networks plus PBS, I find the current TV options overwhelming but I’m on the lookout for new stuff to watch. So what is your favorite current TV show? Please provide a brief synopsis and … --- ## [How do we get humanity to sacrifice for the greater good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-get-humanity-to-sacrifice-for-the-greater-good/1013736)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-get-humanity-to-sacrifice-for-the-greater-good/1013736 "2025-03-06T01:57:57Z")
This Tumblr post (and the comments and tags in its reblogs) got me thinking about this. Obviously, we saw during the pandemic that there was a lot of reluctance to give up luxuries in order to help others people, perhap… --- ## [Children's Commedia dell'arte-type opera with chorus imitating instruments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-commedia-dellarte-type-opera-with-chorus-imitating-instruments/1015186)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-commedia-dellarte-type-opera-with-chorus-imitating-instruments/1015186 "2025-03-06T00:28:13Z")
In Grade 5, my teacher took us to the theater several times; on one occasion, we saw a children’s chorus perform two musical plays. One of these I have managed to identify as “The Golden Vanity” by Colin Graham and Benja… --- ## [Plan to travel to Scotland on my Czech passport - could there be complications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-to-travel-to-scotland-on-my-czech-passport-could-there-be-complications/1014913)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-to-travel-to-scotland-on-my-czech-passport-could-there-be-complications/1014913 "2025-03-06T00:04:25Z")
I am planning an extended weekend in Scotland right at the beginning of May. The plan is to fly from Prague to Glasgow, possibly via another British city like Belfast. I am a naturalized Czech citizen and my Canadian pas… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=358) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=360)