# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=41&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 42 --- ## [This year has reportedly seen a spate of attacks by orcas ("killer whales") against boats in the Strait of Gibraltar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-year-has-reportedly-seen-a-spate-of-attacks-by-orcas-killer-whales-against-boats-in-the-strait-of-gibraltar/920611)
**Author:** [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-year-has-reportedly-seen-a-spate-of-attacks-by-orcas-killer-whales-against-boats-in-the-strait-of-gibraltar/920611 "2026-08-14T16:32:23Z")
Well, this can’t be good: ‘I’ve never seen or heard of attacks’: scientists baffled by orcas harassing boats. (From The Guardian, not The Weekly World News.) The article does also say that “The encounters described a… --- ## [Computers, software and the historic record](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-software-and-the-historic-record/1031454)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-software-and-the-historic-record/1031454 "2026-08-14T16:26:43Z")
Stone tablets survive millennia after a civilization collapse. Paper records can remain preserved for centuries. There are floppy discs wasting away in a corner of my home office with data from 35 years ago that I can no… --- ## [Black trumpet chanterelles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-trumpet-chanterelles/1032321)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-trumpet-chanterelles/1032321 "2026-08-14T13:57:43Z")
Here in central PA, recent rains have had some good effects. The woods are full of mushrooms, including good quantities of chanterelles. I scored a whole mess of black trumpet chanterelles today - probably about a poun… --- ## [SDMB Fantasy Football DYNASTY League: Year 17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 527\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-17/1021819 "2026-08-14T13:53:28Z")
Welcome back everyone to what must be one of the longest running dynasty leagues in the world. ▶ League Dates ▶ 2024 Final Results ▶ Hall of Champions ▶ Points Leaders By Year ▶ 2024 draft order ▶ Trades affecting this year's… --- ## [Song lyrics you've misheard that are perfectly acceptable - perhaps even better - substitutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-youve-misheard-that-are-perfectly-acceptable-perhaps-even-better-substitutes/723005)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-youve-misheard-that-are-perfectly-acceptable-perhaps-even-better-substitutes/723005 "2026-08-14T13:27:28Z")
I have a couple: “Margaritaville”, by Jimmy Buffet Correct lyric: “Searchin’ for my lost shaker of salt” What I hear: “Searchin’ for that outlaw shaker of salt” “Tangled Up in Blue”, by Bob Dylan Correct lyric: “We … --- ## [Dried Morel mushrooms - now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dried-morel-mushrooms-now-what/1032326)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dried-morel-mushrooms-now-what/1032326 "2026-08-14T11:57:36Z")
I was gifted a jar of little dried morel mushrooms with instructions on the label how to soak in water first. So after I hydrate them - what’s a good way to prepare them? I was thinking sauteed or with scrambled eggs? … --- ## [Tell me about home solar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-home-solar/1020878)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-home-solar/1020878 "2026-08-14T10:19:41Z")
We are currently in the beginning stages of looking for a new house. Yesterday we drove around the area we are interested in looking at some of the houses currently on the market. I’m sure that by the time we are serious… --- ## [Batman Caped Crusader Looks Great!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-caped-crusader-looks-great/1003380)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-caped-crusader-looks-great/1003380 "2026-08-14T03:29:50Z")
A new Animated Batman by Bruce Timm (of TAS fame) and Matt Reeves (of The Batman game). I had heard vaguely about this but the trailer just dropped and it looks amazing. --- ## [An incredibly detailed cutaway drawing of Kirk's USS Enterprise (including some clever in-jokes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-incredibly-detailed-cutaway-drawing-of-kirks-uss-enterprise-including-some-clever-in-jokes/1032290)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-incredibly-detailed-cutaway-drawing-of-kirks-uss-enterprise-including-some-clever-in-jokes/1032290 "2026-08-14T02:44:27Z")
Very cool. Happy 60th, Star Trek!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTZTJHBCAs --- ## [Do you remember Ayds candy for weight loss? Did your parents buy it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-ayds-candy-for-weight-loss-did-your-parents-buy-it/1032101)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-ayds-candy-for-weight-loss-did-your-parents-buy-it/1032101 "2026-08-14T02:11:49Z")
Ayds delivered a dose of Phenylpropanolamine in the form of a 1 inch square chewy candy. Ayds was introduced into the market in the 1940’s. The drug is an appetite suppressant. Ayds was available in chocolate, chocolat… --- ## [The Malvinas/Falklands in Argentine culture and politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-malvinas-falklands-in-argentine-culture-and-politics/1031774)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-malvinas-falklands-in-argentine-culture-and-politics/1031774 "2026-08-14T01:47:49Z")
In this post FIFA World Cup 2026 - discussion etc - #4653 by Frodo I said I would like to explain how the Malvinas/Falklands claim works in Argentine culture and politics, I’m no longer so sure that I will like it (it’s … --- ## [Baseball scoring question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-scoring-question/1032307)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-scoring-question/1032307 "2026-08-14T00:43:29Z")
Scenario - score is tied, say, 3-3 after 9 innings. Both teams bring in new pitchers for the 10th. With the ghost runner on 2nd, a fly ball out moves the runner to third. Again, a sac fly and the run scores. Last guy … --- ## [Using AI in 2026 - specific funny experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-ai-in-2026-specific-funny-experiences/1031158)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-ai-in-2026-specific-funny-experiences/1031158 "2026-08-13T21:55:37Z")
Figuring AI is part of the future, I have been mucking about with Claude. This has increased my concern for AI as well as appreciate it as a helpful tool. The weaknesses are obvious. Every answer is delivered with con… --- ## [Do you think practical nuclear fusion energy will ever be a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-practical-nuclear-fusion-energy-will-ever-be-a-thing/1032173)
**Author:** [@spacecadet86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spacecadet86)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-practical-nuclear-fusion-energy-will-ever-be-a-thing/1032173 "2026-08-13T21:38:05Z")
Fusion has been the power source of the future for decades, and while progress has been made, actual fusion power plants seem as far off as ever. And let’s not even get into spacecraft fusion propulsion. So many concepts… --- ## [The Onion is taking over Infowars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456 "2026-08-13T21:18:45Z")
This should be fun! I wonder how many Alex Jones fans will go there assuming he’s still in charge. Lots, I hope. :rofl: --- ## [Joe Biden diagnosed with Prostate Cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer/1018513 "2026-08-13T18:53:37Z")
Joe Biden has an aggressive form of Prostate cancer. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/politics/biden-prostate-cancer.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.IE8.JmpY.mn0ITWcCGBab&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=article… --- ## [New type of automobile paint now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-type-of-automobile-paint-now/1031769)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-type-of-automobile-paint-now/1031769 "2026-08-13T16:30:43Z")
In the past 6-8 months or so, I’ve noticed car colors that I’d never seen before. New cars. Not new colors exactly, but a different shade or sheen. There’s a slight flatness and sameness to it. Anyone know what I’m t… --- ## ["Wmic bios get serialnumber" is Officially Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wmic-bios-get-serialnumber-is-officially-dead/1032325)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wmic-bios-get-serialnumber-is-officially-dead/1032325 "2026-08-13T15:12:25Z")
Well, Windows, in its not so infinite wisdom, has removed “wmic” from the command that allows you to get the serial number of your computer in case the label on the back is illegible or completely worn off. I did a quic… --- ## [Air Force One question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-force-one-question/401066)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-force-one-question/401066 "2026-08-13T14:08:38Z")
As I understand it, Air Force One is the designation given to any aircraft carrying the President. If he’s on a two-man helicopter for some reason, that would be “Air Force One”. But there’s also a plane that generally … --- ## [What Mandela Effect example gets you the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mandela-effect-example-gets-you-the-most/1029005)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mandela-effect-example-gets-you-the-most/1029005 "2026-08-13T13:36:35Z")
There is an endless list by now of Mandela effect items like…the alternate ending of Big, the spelling of Febreze, the Kit Kat logo, the spelling of Looney Tunes, the spelling of Froot Loops, the spelling of the Berensta… --- ## [Wannabe-necrophile teen runs down jogger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wannabe-necrophile-teen-runs-down-jogger/179018)
**Author:** [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wannabe-necrophile-teen-runs-down-jogger/179018 "2026-08-13T13:01:21Z")
This heartless fucker tried to kill a woman so he could have sex with his corpse: I’m just speechless on this one. My mind boggles. I really can’t formulate any kind of response. I really hope they put this waste of r… --- ## [Windows: Vinyl or Fiberglass in an earthquake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vinyl-or-fiberglass-in-an-earthquake/1032319)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-vinyl-or-fiberglass-in-an-earthquake/1032319 "2026-08-13T06:44:06Z")
I’m shopping for replacement windows. Does anyone know which holds up better in a mild to moderate seismic shift? Not total destruction. I’m in Los Angeles. Thanks. --- ## [How might the GOP keep the House after the 2026 midterms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-the-gop-keep-the-house-after-the-2026-midterms/1032259)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-the-gop-keep-the-house-after-the-2026-midterms/1032259 "2026-08-13T00:42:37Z")
Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY), ranking member of the House Administration Committee was interviewed last week about how the House GOP leadership could keep control of the House by not seating new members who are Democrats. Wha… --- ## [Pokemon Legends: Arceus is the best Switch game I've played](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-legends-arceus-is-the-best-switch-game-ive-played/1032317)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-legends-arceus-is-the-best-switch-game-ive-played/1032317 "2026-08-12T21:14:23Z")
So my kids recently got into Pokemon (first with the Let’s Go Pikachu game that basically nostalgia baited me into getting a switch to begin with, before they were born and then with the TV show, which is now on Netflix)… --- ## [What's the most deranged Trump/GOP/Right Wing thing you've seen lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-deranged-trump-gop-right-wing-thing-youve-seen-lately/1032237)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-deranged-trump-gop-right-wing-thing-youve-seen-lately/1032237 "2026-08-12T19:13:31Z")
My family and I were just on our big Mountain West/High Plains vacation (my wife needed Montana, North Dakota, and Idaho to round out all 50 states that she’s visited), and we went through WY, SD, ND, MT and ID on the tr… --- ## [Music That Outlived What It Was Originally Associated With](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-outlived-what-it-was-originally-associated-with/1032186)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-outlived-what-it-was-originally-associated-with/1032186 "2026-08-12T18:55:44Z")
The theme to Peter Gunn by Henry Mancini appeared on my YouTube rotation this morning. I’ve never seen an episode of Peter Gunn, it ended fifteen years before I was born and I don’t recall anyone running reruns like the… --- ## [Beatles question: why was "Abbey Road" recorded at Abbey Road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-why-was-abbey-road-recorded-at-abbey-road/955375)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-why-was-abbey-road-recorded-at-abbey-road/955375 "2026-08-12T17:29:12Z")
Prompted by watching the new “Get Back” Beatles documentary last weekend. For the Get Back/Let It Be sessions they had just moved into a brand spanking new studio at their Apple HQ. So why didn’t they record their next a… --- ## [BEST opening line of song lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174 "2026-08-12T15:04:20Z")
\[Just have a continuing moral obligation here to maintain the Balance of the Board, ya understand\] 1st nomination, opening lines of The Church’s Myrrh: Emerald haunt in overdrive Heard it hundreds of times by now, sti… --- ## ["Thorium metal scrap" can explode? (1956 pic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thorium-metal-scrap-can-explode-1956-pic/1032217)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thorium-metal-scrap-can-explode-1956-pic/1032217 "2026-08-12T08:11:30Z")
How did this happen? What did Sylvania do with thorium? --- ## [Ants! (parenthetical used to reach minimum topic length)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-parenthetical-used-to-reach-minimum-topic-length/1032241)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-parenthetical-used-to-reach-minimum-topic-length/1032241 "2026-08-12T04:25:54Z")
After leaving us pretty much alone so far this summer, the local ants this morning mounted a full-scale home invasion. The formicid fiends attacked multiple targets from multiple ingresses seemingly simultaneously. Are t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=40&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=42&state=muted)