# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=381 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 382 --- ## [Tallest and shortest TV casts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallest-and-shortest-tv-casts/1013618)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallest-and-shortest-tv-casts/1013618 "2025-01-31T21:21:00Z")
Which TV shows had, on average, the tallest and shortest adult casts? I believe that, at least at one point, Night Court held the record for the tallest cast. In its 4th to 9th seasons, the principal actors were as fol… --- ## [Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet (Apple TV+ show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythic-quest-ravens-banquet-apple-tv-show/848400)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythic-quest-ravens-banquet-apple-tv-show/848400 "2025-01-31T20:51:30Z")
I looked around and I didn’t see a thread for Mythic Quest; if there is one, feel free to merge this. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the show (about the workers at a World of Warcraft-esque MMORPG). I t… --- ## [Legitimate Plans to Fight Back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legitimate-plans-to-fight-back/1013201)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legitimate-plans-to-fight-back/1013201 "2025-01-31T19:50:42Z")
Hello Mods, Forgive my ignorance; I really just want to know if it’s kosher to start a thread about real plans and outlook for the Democratic party. We have tons of related threads, but even the one titled “What Should … --- ## [Got a Nibble (Publishing a book)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-nibble-publishing-a-book/1013628)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-nibble-publishing-a-book/1013628 "2025-01-31T19:38:04Z")
Current stats on the querying process for Within the Box: total queries to lit agencies: 498 rejections: 401 outstanding: 97 Until a couple days ago I was getting bogged down by the unrelenting turndowns, with nob… --- ## [Ultimate fate of Elon's Tesla Roadster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-fate-of-elons-tesla-roadster/808501)
**Author:** [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-fate-of-elons-tesla-roadster/808501 "2025-01-31T18:45:16Z")
Something that I though of in all the discussions about the recent SpaceX launch. There have a been a few questions about the long term fate of the Roadster. Elon muttered about millions - perhaps billions of years. Ho… --- ## [So what are the WORST excuses you heard of people trying to get out of jury duty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-the-worst-excuses-you-heard-of-people-trying-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/996997)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-the-worst-excuses-you-heard-of-people-trying-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/996997 "2025-01-31T18:31:28Z")
Excuses either given at check-in, to the judge prior to selection, or during selection itself. I was just at Jury duty and since I’ve been to jury duty 3 times in 5 years already I’ve heard a number of bad excuses. Duri… --- ## [A Netflix reboot of Little House on the Prairie on the way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-netflix-reboot-of-little-house-on-the-prairie-on-the-way/1013647)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-netflix-reboot-of-little-house-on-the-prairie-on-the-way/1013647 "2025-01-31T17:58:43Z")
I can’t wait to see this told from a 21st century, streaming service perspective. “You’ve seen Girls Gone Wild, now prepare yourself for girls gone wilder. Laura Ingalls Wilder.” --- ## [Med Q: Does your body have a clean-up scavenger process to get rid of unwanted items?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/med-q-does-your-body-have-a-clean-up-scavenger-process-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-items/1012824)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/med-q-does-your-body-have-a-clean-up-scavenger-process-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-items/1012824 "2025-01-31T17:24:28Z")
When I was five or so, I was eating a BLT and one of my brothers made me laugh. I managed to sort of inhale my mouthful of bread/lettuce/tomato/bacon and went into a coughing spasm that went on for what seemed forever. … --- ## [, , \\/ 2 B 2 \\/ \\/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-b-2/105407)
**Author:** [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-b-2/105407 "2025-01-31T13:20:20Z")
I love “keyboard” lyrics. (For those not as swift as others: Comma, comma, down doobie doo, down down {Breaking up is Hard To Do}) --- ## [How can trump lower gas prices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-trump-lower-gas-prices/1013528)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-trump-lower-gas-prices/1013528 "2025-01-31T13:14:03Z")
Aren’t these his only two options- nationalize the oil industry, or give the oil industry such great tax breaks that they would be happy to sell at a loss. A side question: how did the prices gasoline and fucking eggs b… --- ## [He has to free the J6ers, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-has-to-free-the-j6ers-right/1010613)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-has-to-free-the-j6ers-right/1010613 "2025-01-31T06:06:30Z")
I don’t see any way around it. That’s going to be a toxic mess. They’ve made their bones, and afa loyalty goes, they’re prescreened. Marty really fucked up this timeline. --- ## [Ban TikTok? How would it be done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ban-tiktok-how-would-it-be-done/1000802)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ban-tiktok-how-would-it-be-done/1000802 "2025-01-31T04:46:22Z")
I don’t mean to debate the wisdom of the US government banning TikTok or any other app. Nor am I debating the constitutionality of doing so. All I am wondering is, how would it be done? Would my phone provider or manu… --- ## [What tv series am I thinking of? (Fantasy type show) with](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-am-i-thinking-of-fantasy-type-show-with/1013652)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-am-i-thinking-of-fantasy-type-show-with/1013652 "2025-01-31T02:23:15Z")
It was a series. Kind of like The Hobbit or Lord of the rings. It had a “little person” as the center. He supposedly had wizard like powers. Heroes journey type show. It was a TV series that came out not too long ago. … --- ## [Who was ctips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-ctips/1013641)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-ctips/1013641 "2025-01-31T02:18:31Z")
When I was first learning programming, I happened on the following website (as seen via the Wayback Machine): https://web.archive.org/web/20230318084320/http://users.bestweb.net/~ctips/ The site seems to have still bee… --- ## [Dick Van Dyke was driving a car? Who let him do that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-was-driving-a-car-who-let-him-do-that/981513)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-was-driving-a-car-who-let-him-do-that/981513 "2025-01-31T01:57:33Z")
You do not give fragile, precious things the keys to a silver Lexus. Treat him like you’d treat drunk uncle Troy trying to drive home New Years Eve. I mean, he’s 97, he can’t fight you for them! --- ## [Warning and 30-day Suspension for split\_p\_j for violating topic ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-and-30-day-suspension-for-split-p-j-for-violating-topic-ban/1013661)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-and-30-day-suspension-for-split-p-j-for-violating-topic-ban/1013661 "2025-01-31T01:56:48Z")
After further review and discussion in the mod loop, staff have decided your posts in this thread were made in an effort to skirt your topic ban by not being specific about what conspiracy theory(ies) you’re referencin… --- ## [I did not know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-not-know/1013660)
**Author:** [@Cerridwyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerridwyn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-not-know/1013660 "2025-01-31T01:49:02Z")
I did not know how to create a new topic & accidently sent that website one. It encountered Czarcasm’s Google Chrome & im trying to fix it for him. I fixed his PC, but i forgot what i did. I also did not know where to … --- ## [Why no warning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-warning/1013619)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-warning/1013619 "2025-01-31T01:49:01Z")
This is a question I have had on my mind for a while. I did not link to the specific post leading to me actually starting a thread because a) this is a situation I have seen many times, not just this once b) I didn’t … --- ## [Sambuca, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sambuca-anyone/1013607)
**Author:** [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sambuca-anyone/1013607 "2025-01-31T00:39:29Z")
Does anyone like Sambuca, or know of good-tasting drinks that can be made with it? I like Amaretto and someone gifted me a bottle packaged with a bottle of Sambuca from the same company. For anyone that hasn’t tried is, … --- ## [Where did that come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/1013649)
**Author:** [@Cerridwyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerridwyn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/1013649 "2025-01-31T00:17:23Z")
Gstatic.com --- ## [A tipping point. Historians will write on this in 20 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tipping-point-historians-will-write-on-this-in-20-years/1013210)
**Author:** [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tipping-point-historians-will-write-on-this-in-20-years/1013210 "2025-01-30T21:47:08Z")
The first Trump term and now the 2nd will push the US in a certain direction. Trump will not get too much credit from the historians. It will be noted that there was a shift. The voters are not happy and part of it is th… --- ## [Politicising tragedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicising-tragedy/1013625)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicising-tragedy/1013625 "2025-01-30T20:45:47Z")
For cry eye. These people aren’t named or claimed by relatives, and the idiot playing president is blaming Biden and DEI. A stroke or aneurism would be too good for him. hegseth and vance may as well as fellated him the… --- ## [Power Walls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-walls/1013536)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-walls/1013536 "2025-01-30T19:59:27Z")
Do any of you have experience with home battery backup systems? I live in California (home of the PG&E rolling blackout) and have leased solar panels that are tied to the grid. I have a 700 kW dual fuel generator that c… --- ## [Trying to identify a type of hinge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-identify-a-type-of-hinge/1013603)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-identify-a-type-of-hinge/1013603 "2025-01-30T19:06:21Z")
The best way I can describe is top and bottom are identical but one slightly smaller as it fits inside the other. It would be like two pieces of channel where the flanges were cut to a peek like a tent, say 2" There is… --- ## [Mexican Cheeses - Fight my Ignorance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-cheeses-fight-my-ignorance/1013598)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-cheeses-fight-my-ignorance/1013598 "2025-01-30T18:36:16Z")
I am marinating some carnitas for tomorrow’s dinner, and I want to do street corn on the side. I’ve got frozen roasted corn (it’s actually not bad) and limes, but realized I don’t know which kind of cheese to order. Th… --- ## [Worst things that Andrew Zimmern (or you) tried to eat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-things-that-andrew-zimmern-or-you-tried-to-eat/1013391)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-things-that-andrew-zimmern-or-you-tried-to-eat/1013391 "2025-01-30T18:28:00Z")
Andrew, of Bizarre Foods fame, tried a heck of a lot of things I wouldn’t even want to be in the same room with. He ate most of them, including the very ripe cheese with maggots. But I have fond memories of when he tried… --- ## [Post job interview follow-up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-job-interview-follow-up/1012438)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-job-interview-follow-up/1012438 "2025-01-30T17:40:12Z")
Yes, there are other threads on this, but they are old. I am applying for a software development position - the phone interview with an HR person went well enough that I had my technical interview yesterday (yes - new y… --- ## [HOA hijack of the "Did Walt ever said ..." thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-hijack-of-the-did-walt-ever-said-thread/1013582)
**Author:** [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-hijack-of-the-did-walt-ever-said-thread/1013582 "2025-01-30T17:03:47Z")
“HOA from hell” is a large majority of HOAs. (Not my Vietnamese-American friend, Hoa. He’s cool.) --- ## [What is your absolute favorite movie of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-movie-of-all-time/957627 "2025-01-30T16:19:48Z")
Mine is Mary Poppins. I love all things Disney and this one captures all the wonderful things Disney does. --- ## [How do all-capitalized (not ALL CAPS) posts happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-all-capitalized-not-all-caps-posts-happen/1002921)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-all-capitalized-not-all-caps-posts-happen/1002921 "2025-01-30T15:57:16Z")
I sometimes see comments on various places where every word in the post is capitalized. I don’t mean ALL CAPS, I Mean Posts Written Like This, Long Strings Of Capitalized Words. I can understand all-caps posts made with … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=380) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=382)