# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=42&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 43 --- ## [When will The Simpsons end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196 "2026-08-12T03:28:53Z")
I turn 48 in a couple of weeks. I was 11 when The Simpsons began. I have not watched it since the late 1990s, seen no more than clips in almost 30 years. And yet, it makes 20+ episodes every single year and is apparentl… --- ## [Childhood friends who became successful musicians in separate bands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-friends-who-became-successful-musicians-in-separate-bands/1032291)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-friends-who-became-successful-musicians-in-separate-bands/1032291 "2026-08-12T02:49:10Z")
A short time ago I went to a concert headlined by Blues Traveller with Spin Doctors and Gin Blossoms. It got me thinking. Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors and John Popper of Blues Traveller were friends in high school. T… --- ## [Rich people and white carpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-and-white-carpet/1032234)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-and-white-carpet/1032234 "2026-08-12T00:41:18Z")
My wife and I spend some of our weekends going to estate sales. A lot of these sales are in expensive homes. Almost all of those homes have deep piled white carpet. Why do they do this? How do they keep it clean? --- ## [Credit card compromised. Hide CVV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-compromised-hide-cvv/1032146)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-compromised-hide-cvv/1032146 "2026-08-12T00:38:45Z")
My credit card was compromised. New cards should arrive today. I was thinking that I might put a piece of tape over the CVV number. Could this help? Might it be a problem? --- ## [Deleted scenes from Godfather Part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-scenes-from-godfather-part-ii/1032297)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-scenes-from-godfather-part-ii/1032297 "2026-08-12T00:36:30Z")
Yesterday I watched an interesting video which showed some deleted scenes from The Godfather Part II. To me, it explains something puzzling about the movie. I could never figure out what Vito was up to when he met Don … --- ## [How do I quote someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-someone/1025069)
**Author:** [@craft458](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/craft458)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-someone/1025069 "2026-08-12T00:00:11Z")
When I hit reply to someone what they said does not pop up in my post. Am I missing something? --- ## [Extended insurance coverage for appliances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-insurance-coverage-for-appliances/1032254)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-insurance-coverage-for-appliances/1032254 "2026-08-11T21:22:31Z")
They just don’t make things like they used to. My Goldstar window A/C in the bedroom is working flawlessly after 20 years. But I have had bad luck with dehumidifiers having gone through several of them. They seem to only… --- ## [It would seem that I actually have a literary agent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-seem-that-i-actually-have-a-literary-agent/1032224)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-seem-that-i-actually-have-a-literary-agent/1032224 "2026-08-11T20:30:32Z")
It feels so surreal to be typing that statement. I’ve become so cynical and discouraged about querying lit agents that my first inclination was to assume it was a scam. Kept waiting for the moment when I was asked to sen… --- ## [How universal is the term ‘shotgun’ for a vehicle’s front passenger seat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-universal-is-the-term-shotgun-for-a-vehicle-s-front-passenger-seat/1031620)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-universal-is-the-term-shotgun-for-a-vehicle-s-front-passenger-seat/1031620 "2026-08-11T19:47:27Z")
The other day my son, who is home from college for the Summer, had a friend from high school ride his bike over to visit. Just as he got to our house his bike broke down and was unridable. So my son asked me if I could l… --- ## [My cat keeps pulling up the registers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-keeps-pulling-up-the-registers/1032187)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-keeps-pulling-up-the-registers/1032187 "2026-08-11T19:23:24Z")
This is Otto. We’ve had him for about two months. Nice boy, but he’s about as sharp as a sack full of wet mice. The last few days, he’s been obsessed with pulling the hea… --- ## [The Qatari jet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-qatari-jet/1030142)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-qatari-jet/1030142 "2026-08-11T17:48:21Z")
Okay, Qatar gives trump this huge white elephant. Now, for some reason it’s necessary to tear it down to the skin for retrofitting to the tune of at least a billion dollars. The idea is to make it a safe and secure Air F… --- ## [What are drip-dry clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-drip-dry-clothes/1032251)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-drip-dry-clothes/1032251 "2026-08-11T16:33:44Z")
I’m reading Three-Eight Charlie by Jerrie Mock, about her 1964 solo flight around the world. She mentions ‘drip-dry clothes’. What are those? Aren’t all clothes drip-dry? I mean, you hang them up, the water drips off… --- ## [The Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event had to have been crazy fast, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cretaceous-paleogene-extinction-event-had-to-have-been-crazy-fast-right/1032096)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cretaceous-paleogene-extinction-event-had-to-have-been-crazy-fast-right/1032096 "2026-08-11T15:53:59Z")
I’ve been catching up on a lot of the science that’s happened in 30 years since I had a formal science class, especially genetic studies and fossils that support evolution in really remarkable ways. Some of the more fasc… --- ## [We all have our secrets!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-have-our-secrets/1032031)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-have-our-secrets/1032031 "2026-08-11T15:47:48Z")
What is your super secret ingredient that would horrify your friends and family if they knew you used it. Mine? A teaspoon of expresso powder in brown gravy. --- ## [Feets! "Be Clean"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feets-be-clean/1023751)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feets-be-clean/1023751 "2026-08-11T10:37:01Z")
Do you actively wash your feet in the shower? Or just let what crud flows downward to clean them? I guess you can figure out what side I’m on. :blush: :foot: --- ## [Is sexism stronger than racism in America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sexism-stronger-than-racism-in-america/1027848)
**Author:** [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sexism-stronger-than-racism-in-america/1027848 "2026-08-11T09:19:52Z")
Continuing the discussion from Was Kamala Harris a below average Democratic Presidential Candidate?: (There was a related link 17 (!) years ago.) I started this (to avoid a hijack, and to) to say one data point is the… --- ## [Have tech entrepreneurs become Bond villains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-tech-entrepreneurs-become-bond-villains/1032284)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-tech-entrepreneurs-become-bond-villains/1032284 "2026-08-11T04:30:19Z")
After listening to an alarming interview on Fresh Air with Gil Duran, author of “'The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.” It seems not that long ago that Silicon Valley techies were seen as gen… --- ## [Reggie Bannister, from Phantasm series, and other horror movies, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reggie-bannister-from-phantasm-series-and-other-horror-movies-has-died/1032288)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reggie-bannister-from-phantasm-series-and-other-horror-movies-has-died/1032288 "2026-08-11T02:28:36Z")
Phantasm’s Reggie Banister has died. Phantasm, and the rest of the series has been a favorite of mine for awhile now. Reggie was always one of the more fun parts of the series. He was always fun when he showed up in oth… --- ## [The Geefle, the Gonk, and the nectarines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geefle-the-gonk-and-the-nectarines/1032287)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geefle-the-gonk-and-the-nectarines/1032287 "2026-08-11T01:12:41Z")
Recently I was reading about nectarines being not a specific fruit but only an unfurry cultivar of peach. It brought back a deep memory of Sesame Street. I don’t think this skit quite traumatized me, but I did think it w… --- ## [Windows 10 - setting cursor speed once and for all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-setting-cursor-speed-once-and-for-all/1032245)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-setting-cursor-speed-once-and-for-all/1032245 "2026-08-11T00:13:12Z")
I use my laptop at home, hooked up to a monitor on my desk. Then I bring it to work and do the same with the monitor there. At home, my cursor speed defaults to 14. But at work it’s set at 10 and every day I have to go i… --- ## [Other Stars, Other Suns, Superman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-stars-other-suns-superman/1032211)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-stars-other-suns-superman/1032211 "2026-08-10T23:34:29Z")
Those of us who know comics know that Superman gets his powers under the energies of a Yellow Spectrum Sun. Red Suns deny him these energies. But Astronomy teaches of of other stars. There are five star colors: blue, … --- ## [Is it legal for me to have a tattoo added to my body after I die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-for-me-to-have-a-tattoo-added-to-my-body-after-i-die/1032247)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-for-me-to-have-a-tattoo-added-to-my-body-after-i-die/1032247 "2026-08-10T23:24:37Z")
Let’s say I want a small tattoo, non-obscene, added to an arm after I die. Would it be legal for this to happen? --- ## [Electrical Wiring: Can I cap a hot wire and leave it in a junction box above ceiling fan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-wiring-can-i-cap-a-hot-wire-and-leave-it-in-a-junction-box-above-ceiling-fan/1032222)
**Author:** [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-wiring-can-i-cap-a-hot-wire-and-leave-it-in-a-junction-box-above-ceiling-fan/1032222 "2026-08-10T23:21:29Z")
Can I cap a hot wire and leave it in a junction box above ceiling fan? Specifically: Is it safe and to code to cap a hot line and leave it in a junction box? I think this is SOP, but want to double-check. If so, any r… --- ## [Songs you can't play today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-cant-play-today/1031799)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-cant-play-today/1031799 "2026-08-10T23:17:59Z")
Almost a decade ago, Baby It’s Cold Outside was flagged as sexist. Today, Zulu Warrior by The Brothers Four came up on my iPod. The lyrics: Ay-come-a-zimba-zimba-zi-a Ay-come-a-zimba-zimba-zee … seem like they may… --- ## [No blue jeans allowed -- in 1972?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-blue-jeans-allowed-in-1972/1032194)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-blue-jeans-allowed-in-1972/1032194 "2026-08-10T22:08:53Z")
How many roller rinks are out there now? Didn’t occur to the sign painter that girls could wear jeans too --- ## [Roger Waters is a tankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 392\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234 "2026-08-10T22:03:10Z")
At least, that’s the impression one gets from his interview with CNN today, in which he claims, among other things, that Russia is only invading Ukraine to defend itself from NATO aggression, that Joe Biden is a war crim… --- ## [Unified Field Theorem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unified-field-theorem/1032257)
**Author:** [@cladking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cladking)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unified-field-theorem/1032257 "2026-08-10T21:13:17Z")
I believe the great scientists of the last century were making this too complex by trying to solve a procedural question symbolically and then finding that there is no math capable of it. … --- ## [Channel 56](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channel-56/1032219)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channel-56/1032219 "2026-08-10T17:28:15Z")
I grew up in the Los Angeles media market and I could access (at most) about half a dozen UHF channels. About half were foreign language stations (CH 14-25 roughly). The local PBS station was CH 28. Moving up the dial, t… --- ## [Why was the site in "read-only mode" for 15 minutes just now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-site-in-read-only-mode-for-15-minutes-just-now/1032262)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-site-in-read-only-mode-for-15-minutes-just-now/1032262 "2026-08-10T17:22:51Z")
That was weird. --- ## [All things Pickleball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-pickleball/1032231)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-pickleball/1032231 "2026-08-10T15:42:31Z")
A digression from When i was young, people played tennis. Or some racquet ball fans liked squash or table tennis. But now pickleball is all the rage. What is it? How is it different from tennis? Why did it suddenly ge… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=41&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=43&state=muted)