# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=370&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 371 --- ## [Neighbors and their Damn Car Alarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-and-their-damn-car-alarm/1014587)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-and-their-damn-car-alarm/1014587 "2025-02-20T19:56:46Z")
The next door neighbors have a white SUV that has a car alarm installed. Not the Viper type … the other popular kind, the car-horn type that does this: So for the last three days in a row, it… --- ## ["not going in there"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-going-in-there/1014408)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-going-in-there/1014408 "2025-02-20T19:54:53Z")
Evil henchmen decide not to intervene in a pitched battle in a number of movies. In the 5th Element, Leeloo is going apeshit on a bunch of Mangalores. Two late arrivals see their buddies flying out the door and turn tail… --- ## [What is the longest "issued" suppressor/silencer for a gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-issued-suppressor-silencer-for-a-gun/1014367)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-issued-suppressor-silencer-for-a-gun/1014367 "2025-02-20T18:59:37Z")
Both pistol and rifle. “Issued” meaning anything that wasn’t a one-off or made specifically for a gimmick. Putting “Longest Suppressors” in Google gives up a bunch of results of people specifically making suppressors as… --- ## [The Team Makes the QB, not Vice-Versa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-team-makes-the-qb-not-vice-versa/1014129)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-team-makes-the-qb-not-vice-versa/1014129 "2025-02-20T18:59:19Z")
i chortled with joy yesterday watching Mahomes scramble for his life and, basically, play like crap because he was being mercilessly harassed by the Eagles stellar front four. I was especially pleased because it proved … --- ## [It’s time: give me your cookware recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-give-me-your-cookware-recommendations/1014559)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-give-me-your-cookware-recommendations/1014559 "2025-02-20T18:36:54Z")
I currently have a full set of Ninja nonstick cookware. Some of the pieces have seen better days. In particular I need a new large fry pan. That’s what I have to change out right away but I will be replacing more over ti… --- ## [Worst/Weirdest/Dumbest Piece of Unsolicited Inoffensive Advice You've Been Given?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-weirdest-dumbest-piece-of-unsolicited-inoffensive-advice-youve-been-given/1014148)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-weirdest-dumbest-piece-of-unsolicited-inoffensive-advice-youve-been-given/1014148 "2025-02-20T17:30:56Z")
We’ve all been given unsolicited advice, but I’m curious if there’s any that you still remember and not because it was offensive or meanspirited towards you or others (as in no “You’d look so much better if you lost some… --- ## [What kind of tax professional do I need? (as a sole proprietor who bills clients directly)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-tax-professional-do-i-need-as-a-sole-proprietor-who-bills-clients-directly/1012779)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-tax-professional-do-i-need-as-a-sole-proprietor-who-bills-clients-directly/1012779 "2025-02-20T16:31:57Z")
For 2024, I was self-employed as a computer programmer. I worked exclusively with one client, and invoiced them directly. They paid me via wire transfer every month. I have all the invoices. I did not make a separate bu… --- ## [GAg and MAGAg - The end time is nigh!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gag-and-magag-the-end-time-is-nigh/1014580)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gag-and-magag-the-end-time-is-nigh/1014580 "2025-02-20T15:56:20Z")
Based on the scientifically proven correlation between Lincoln and Kennedy should we not assume this transposition of spelling reveals a true revelation? Or am I just bored? --- ## [Would rap/hip hop/KL fans explain the Superbowl halftime show to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-rap-hip-hop-kl-fans-explain-the-superbowl-halftime-show-to-me/1014131)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-rap-hip-hop-kl-fans-explain-the-superbowl-halftime-show-to-me/1014131 "2025-02-20T13:31:24Z")
I readily admit that I’m an out-of-touch old white guy, who has never appreciated rap or hip hop (or understood the difference between the 2.) I have never really made much of an effort to understand/appreciate such mus… --- ## [A real Jefferson Airplane that flies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-real-jefferson-airplane-that-flies/1014261)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-real-jefferson-airplane-that-flies/1014261 "2025-02-20T10:57:10Z")
I’m a billionaire and an aviation nut, as well as a hippie. Could a real Jefferson Airplane, part antique trimotor triplane, part San Francisco Victorian house jus… --- ## ["Emil Bove"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emil-bove/1014350)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emil-bove/1014350 "2025-02-20T08:15:48Z")
How long is Stephen Miller going to be allowed to double dip like this? What happens when both characters are scheduled to appear together? I’m sure his staff is by now adept at applying the necrotic makeup and decorativ… --- ## [What is “Disruptive University?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-disruptive-university/1014490)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-disruptive-university/1014490 "2025-02-20T04:26:03Z")
I saw a weird ad for it on TikTok. Heavy on “authenticity” and “meeting expectations” but not really explaining what they’re offering. The website is even less clear: “ Are you living in alignment with who you are? What … --- ## [Detecting Landlord Snooping In My Room!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-landlord-snooping-in-my-room/694976)
**Author:** [@BlueValley45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueValley45)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-landlord-snooping-in-my-room/694976 "2025-02-20T03:12:15Z")
Hi Dopers . . I am told my landlord likes to snoop in the rented rooms in his house. I know of the taping the door to the door trim trick, the toothpick or bit of paper in the hinge side trick etc. . . and he does now b… --- ## [The Shooting of Ralph Yarl in Kansas City (he knocked on the wrong door)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shooting-of-ralph-yarl-in-kansas-city-he-knocked-on-the-wrong-door/982803)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shooting-of-ralph-yarl-in-kansas-city-he-knocked-on-the-wrong-door/982803 "2025-02-20T03:11:21Z")
A Black teen, Ralph Yarl (16) went to pick up some siblings at a house in Kansas City. He knocked on the door. It was the incorrect home - his siblings were not there. The homeowner shot him through the window. Then he s… --- ## [Bobby Hull, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-hull-rip/979054)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-hull-rip/979054 "2025-02-20T03:09:03Z")
Reports are coming out this morning that hockey legend Bobby Hull has passed away today, at age 84. Hull, who was nicknamed “The Golden Jet,” was a star for the Chicago Blackhawks from 1958 to 1972, before signing a mil… --- ## [The "Gulf of America"? Wth? Can you just change the name of a body of water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gulf-of-america-wth-can-you-just-change-the-name-of-a-body-of-water/1012683)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gulf-of-america-wth-can-you-just-change-the-name-of-a-body-of-water/1012683 "2025-02-20T00:24:48Z")
Trump is insane. Yeah, old news. You can’t just do that, can you? You can’t just buy Greenland. Can you? Who’s gonna pay for it? --- ## [LED lights \[for pinewood derby cars\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-lights-for-pinewood-derby-cars/1014473)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-lights-for-pinewood-derby-cars/1014473 "2025-02-20T00:22:55Z")
My boys are working on their pinewood derby cars, and they want to install LED lights on them. I don’t have any idea where to start to get them started on this. I ran by MicroCenter, and they have a strip of lights that … --- ## [I Need Some Help Finding a Recent Post in Either P&E or the BBQ Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-help-finding-a-recent-post-in-either-p-e-or-the-bbq-pit/1014548)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-help-finding-a-recent-post-in-either-p-e-or-the-bbq-pit/1014548 "2025-02-20T00:09:35Z")
Ugh, I’m sorry to ask but I’m desperate. Within the past couple of weeks, someone made a post detailing many of the illegal actions already taken by Trump and Musk. It was a bulleted list if I recall correctly. I was … --- ## [How do parents in spicy food cultures introduce strong flavors to children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-parents-in-spicy-food-cultures-introduce-strong-flavors-to-children/1014373)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-parents-in-spicy-food-cultures-introduce-strong-flavors-to-children/1014373 "2025-02-19T22:35:29Z")
I apologize for the awkward way the question is phrased, I had to cram a lot of content into few words. Anyway… I’m wondering how parents introduce children to spicy food in cultures where spicy cuisine is the norm. Lik… --- ## [What villains would retire in Old Man Logan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-villains-would-retire-in-old-man-logan/1014466)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-villains-would-retire-in-old-man-logan/1014466 "2025-02-19T22:20:36Z")
In the Old Man Logan setting the villains of Marvel Earth team up, defeat the heroes and divide the country between Magneto, Red Skull, Doom and Abomination. How many villains do you think would either retire after the … --- ## [FCC rules regarding CallerID packet information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fcc-rules-regarding-callerid-packet-information/1012537)
**Author:** [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fcc-rules-regarding-callerid-packet-information/1012537 "2025-02-19T21:21:57Z")
Looking for the FCC ‘chapter and verse’ rules regarding that little packet of data that is sent with every phone call. The one that has the originating caller, the originating number and the destination phone numbers cur… --- ## [Martin Niemoller a warning from history. Yeah, I know, NS Sherlock? But hear me out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-niemoller-a-warning-from-history-yeah-i-know-ns-sherlock-but-hear-me-out/1014389)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-niemoller-a-warning-from-history-yeah-i-know-ns-sherlock-but-hear-me-out/1014389 "2025-02-19T21:10:23Z")
So I’ve been reading up on Martin Niemoller (for those that don’t recognize the name he’s the author of the “first they came for…” passage about the Nazis which you’ve probably heard of). And yeah, the dude is literall… --- ## [What does "My song is a parody" do to protect me from committing copyright violation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-my-song-is-a-parody-do-to-protect-me-from-committing-copyright-violation/1014462)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-my-song-is-a-parody-do-to-protect-me-from-committing-copyright-violation/1014462 "2025-02-19T18:33:36Z")
Say I’m a songwriter (which I am, strictly amateur) and I’ve written a song (I have, two songs in fact) that use someone else’s music but original lyrics. Both songs make fun of the originals—think “Al Yankovich” or “Tom… --- ## [Early examples of author self-insertion in comics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-examples-of-author-self-insertion-in-comics/1014111)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-examples-of-author-self-insertion-in-comics/1014111 "2025-02-19T17:43:32Z")
I came across an archive of Homer the Happy Ghost comics, a very-thinly disguised rip-off of Casper the Friendly Ghost from the 1950s. In a four page story in issue 18 (March 1958) the characters are reading copies of Ho… --- ## [Americans living in the U.S.: what would make you take concrete action to expatriate yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-living-in-the-u-s-what-would-make-you-take-concrete-action-to-expatriate-yourself/1014372)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-living-in-the-u-s-what-would-make-you-take-concrete-action-to-expatriate-yourself/1014372 "2025-02-19T17:34:22Z")
Now that I am also Canadian and it’s a real possibility, Tom\_Scud and I are talking about it. Even had a consultation with a Canadian immigration attorney yesterday to iron out some of his problematic documentation issue… --- ## [Gulf of America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gulf-of-america/1014515)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gulf-of-america/1014515 "2025-02-19T17:24:38Z")
I was just perusing Google maps and I noticed that they are now calling the Gulf Of Mexico, Gulf of America. Wow. --- ## [I need a root canal treatment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-root-canal-treatment/1013866)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-root-canal-treatment/1013866 "2025-02-19T17:07:48Z")
Got a filling redone 3 weeks ago, which I was worried about because the original filling was already very deep and close to the nerve, but my new dentist seemed blasé about it. A couple of days later the tooth started hu… --- ## [Car Body Damage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-body-damage/1014503)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-body-damage/1014503 "2025-02-19T16:36:38Z")
I’m putting this in “Factual Questions” because I’m truly hoping for a factual answer that works, but there may be more than one solution. A week or so ago, I was driving home from work on the interstate at approximatel… --- ## [Finding Historical Market Caps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-historical-market-caps/1014463)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-historical-market-caps/1014463 "2025-02-19T15:11:04Z")
So I follow a few startups that interest me. I’m not an investor in individual stocks, so this is just because these companies are in my field and I like what they’re working on. However, as they are startups, they issu… --- ## [Major appliance shopping (washer) for the first time. Recommendations and advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-appliance-shopping-washer-for-the-first-time-recommendations-and-advice/1014432)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-appliance-shopping-washer-for-the-first-time-recommendations-and-advice/1014432 "2025-02-19T15:05:00Z")
My condo came with a Samsung washer and dryer, circa 2017. The washer has been having issues with vibration in the spin cycle bad enough to significantly move the entire thing (something I hear is common with this compan… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=369&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=371&state=tracking)