# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=425 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 426 --- ## [Warmest winter hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warmest-winter-hats/1010798)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warmest-winter-hats/1010798 "2024-12-01T01:51:38Z")
What sorts of winter hats do you like best for use in cold temperatures? --- ## [The Shaggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaggs/1010437)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaggs/1010437 "2024-12-01T00:14:43Z")
I’m gonna guess most of you are passing familiar with this girl group from the 60s. I got to reading about them, and there’s a story there somewhere. Their dad was a Bizarro Murray Wilson. Where Murray pushed his boys to… --- ## [Mystery Sex Tool in Peach Jello package](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-sex-tool-in-peach-jello-package/1010643)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-sex-tool-in-peach-jello-package/1010643 "2024-11-30T19:04:37Z")
Peach is the only Jello flavor worth a fuck. There is ‘Red’ (Cherry, Raspberry, Strawberry) which all taste the same, Orange, which tastes like Open Ass, and Green (Lime) which is a Crime Against Humanity. But I can I g… --- ## [What's the best way to store silver and platinum coins to avoid tarnish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-store-silver-and-platinum-coins-to-avoid-tarnish/1010866)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-store-silver-and-platinum-coins-to-avoid-tarnish/1010866 "2024-11-30T18:12:14Z")
Gold doesn’t tarnish. Titanium and aluminum tarnish to some extent, but the thin layer of corrosion resists further corrosion, or so I understand. What’s the best way to store silver and platinum bullion or coins that ar… --- ## [2024 Hurricane Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-hurricane-season/1003076)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 423\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-hurricane-season/1003076 "2024-11-30T18:06:45Z")
I thought I would start a general thread for hurricanes this season: With winds up to 50 mph and thus not a hurricane: Some areas of Texas could get up to 5 to 10 inches of rain, while some areas of Mexico could ge… --- ## [Fire blankets - do they work? worth having one in the kitchen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-blankets-do-they-work-worth-having-one-in-the-kitchen/995527)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-blankets-do-they-work-worth-having-one-in-the-kitchen/995527 "2024-11-30T16:34:04Z")
So, I’ve been seeing adverts for fire blankets on YouTube. They show people calming putting a fire blanket over a stovetop fire and it’s out. Are they really all that? do they work? is it worth having one in the kitc… --- ## [Name for a geometric shape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-a-geometric-shape/1010939)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-a-geometric-shape/1010939 "2024-11-30T15:20:42Z")
Is there a name for this shape: Basically a square or rectangle with curved sides. Two of those on opposite sides curve inward and the other two curve outward. If they have the same curvature and length, they’ll tile th… --- ## [Subbing fresh mushrooms for canned ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subbing-fresh-mushrooms-for-canned-ones/1010922)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subbing-fresh-mushrooms-for-canned-ones/1010922 "2024-11-30T14:44:08Z")
In a few days I will be making my mom’s old tetrazzini recipe to use up some Thanksgiving leftovers. Like many recipes from that era, it calls for canned mushrooms. While I have nothing against the canned variety, I ha… --- ## [Ben Shapiro Explains Tariffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-shapiro-explains-tariffs/1010022)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-shapiro-explains-tariffs/1010022 "2024-11-30T14:38:16Z")
If any of you have conservative or moderate friends or family to whom you want to explain tariffs and why they are a bad idea, consider having the message come from a friendlier (to them) source - namely, Ben Shapiro. H… --- ## [How did Harris’ 2019 position on fracking harm her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-harris-2019-position-on-fracking-harm-her/1010913)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-harris-2019-position-on-fracking-harm-her/1010913 "2024-11-30T14:35:01Z")
This question isn’t so much specifically about her position on fracking, but on any past position she might have held that was used against her in the 2024 campaign. “Fracking 2019” is just a convenient example. In the … --- ## [Killers Of The Flower Moon (open spoilers after first post)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killers-of-the-flower-moon-open-spoilers-after-first-post/997317)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killers-of-the-flower-moon-open-spoilers-after-first-post/997317 "2024-11-30T12:44:39Z")
I haven’t seen a discussion of this movie, yet. (Maybe i missed it?) I just saw it a couple days ago and was really impressed. We did take an intermission (and eat lunch in the middle of it) but it held my attention. The… --- ## [Did the font size just change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-font-size-just-change/1009101)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-font-size-just-change/1009101 "2024-11-30T10:49:57Z")
Today it looks like the thread titles are larger. I also see some code at the top right that might not have been there before. --- ## [The five most powerful men in the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-most-powerful-men-in-the-world/1010823)
**Author:** [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-most-powerful-men-in-the-world/1010823 "2024-11-30T10:28:01Z")
I think four of them are quite easy to identify: Trump, Musk, Xi, and Putin. Who’s number 5? Scholz? I doubt it. --- ## ["Wedding at Cana" by Veronese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-at-cana-by-veronese/1010776)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-at-cana-by-veronese/1010776 "2024-11-30T08:52:22Z")
(Note: Continuing the discussion from Have you ever been underwhelmed? and What's an underappreciated work of classic art?) Those discussions mentioned an old painting, The Wedding at Cana by Veronese (Wikipedia). Or s… --- ## [How many members of Congress before we need a new chamber?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-of-congress-before-we-need-a-new-chamber/1010527)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-of-congress-before-we-need-a-new-chamber/1010527 "2024-11-30T07:42:20Z")
If the US House of of Representatives were to be increased in size how many members could the current chamber be remodeled to fit before an entirely new chamber would need to be built? Or even a new Capitol? --- ## [Gammon vs. ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gammon-vs-ham/1010731)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gammon-vs-ham/1010731 "2024-11-30T05:51:34Z")
AIUI, the difference between gammon and ham is that ham is cooked, and gammon is sold raw. Is gammon sold in the United States? When British people serve gammon, is it really gammon? Or is it just what they call their… --- ## [Haunting Aroma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haunting-aroma/1010813)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haunting-aroma/1010813 "2024-11-30T04:51:08Z")
Since 2007 I have experienced an occasional but random haunting aroma. It’s hard to describe but it elicits a nostalgic sorrow in me. Part industrial, part water, a mix of gentle chemicals. It happens everywhere almost … --- ## [Does anyone know how Roman numerals were pronounced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-roman-numerals-were-pronounced/1007672)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-roman-numerals-were-pronounced/1007672 "2024-11-30T04:30:43Z")
In English, it’s fairly easy to imagine that, say, XIII could be pronounced “three-ten,” or thirteen. Don’t know about what that might be like in Latin, though - maybe something similar. But then what about XL? How i… --- ## [DJTJ and the rubbing of the gums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djtj-and-the-rubbing-of-the-gums/1010956)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djtj-and-the-rubbing-of-the-gums/1010956 "2024-11-30T04:25:05Z")
AFA this incident goes, I’m most curious as to how DJTJ handles his stash in his pocket. What kind of container was it, and how do you pull out a dose without losing some on your clothes? I’m sure he’s had a lot of pract… --- ## [I'll be danged. Looks like I got a job (racist threats by text)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-danged-looks-like-i-got-a-job-racist-threats-by-text/1010051)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-danged-looks-like-i-got-a-job-racist-threats-by-text/1010051 "2024-11-30T02:42:14Z")
I have 2 phones. A regular one that was my daughter’s old IPhone. Piece of junk. But it gets calls and texts. Mostly from medical stuff. I don’t block stuff on it. Because you never know what number a doctors office or … --- ## [Million dollar/six year old kid sister art {Banana Art}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-six-year-old-kid-sister-art-banana-art/1010616)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-dollar-six-year-old-kid-sister-art-banana-art/1010616 "2024-11-30T00:39:34Z")
Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2M at art auction | KSL.com So a banana duct taped to a wall sells for over $6 million at auction recently. This sort of thing is hardly news these days. I seem to recall a glass vial full… --- ## [Banana Art back in the news. Sells for 6.24 million](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-art-back-in-the-news-sells-for-6-24-million/1010951)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-art-back-in-the-news-sells-for-6-24-million/1010951 "2024-11-29T22:37:45Z")
Didn’t someone pull it off and eat the banana last year? It was in a exhibition for awhile. Found the old link from 2019 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/banana-artwork-eaten-scli-intl/index.html Anyhow some one with … --- ## [What's behind the massive post-election shift from MSNBC/CNN to Fox News?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-behind-the-massive-post-election-shift-from-msnbc-cnn-to-fox-news/1010858)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-behind-the-massive-post-election-shift-from-msnbc-cnn-to-fox-news/1010858 "2024-11-29T21:59:38Z")
I just read that after the election, MSNBC viewership declined by a whopping 50%, CNN declined by 32, and Fox has seen a 41% increase. That seems staggering. I can understand a drop in viewership of news channels after t… --- ## [Hungarian nut rolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hungarian-nut-rolls/1010889)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hungarian-nut-rolls/1010889 "2024-11-29T21:46:05Z")
I just picked up one. Here in Cleveland they are an essential part of Thanksgiving and Christmas. I know they are popular with the European communities in the Great Lakes area. But I have learned that a lot of foods that… --- ## [How are non Christians feeling about celebrating Christmas this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-non-christians-feeling-about-celebrating-christmas-this-year/1010790)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-non-christians-feeling-about-celebrating-christmas-this-year/1010790 "2024-11-29T21:45:54Z")
As a non believer, I’ve spent my life pretty much tolerating - sometimes even taking part in- Christmas celebrations. I was raised Jewish but that’s never influenced my outlook or participation. I’ve felt that it’s mostl… --- ## [I hate Subway!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-subway/1010083)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-subway/1010083 "2024-11-29T18:21:37Z")
Not the food, I love it, but their hypocritical taunting, advertising free 6 inch sandwich for Veteran’s Day, knowing full well no franchise is going to honor it. Just stop. As for franchisee, why not get a customer in t… --- ## [Riches to Rags cliche](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riches-to-rags-cliche/1010897)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riches-to-rags-cliche/1010897 "2024-11-29T17:14:48Z")
Perhaps most familiar to readers here by the example in the movie “Trading Places”: formerly fabulously rich and successful people not merely fall but fall so far that they become homeless derelicts. It’s a popular trope… --- ## [The USA is not now and may never be ready for a woman President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-usa-is-not-now-and-may-never-be-ready-for-a-woman-president/794371)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-usa-is-not-now-and-may-never-be-ready-for-a-woman-president/794371 "2024-11-29T16:51:23Z")
IMHO it’s very important that Donald Trump not be reelected in 2020, given that he’s still in office by then and runs again. But if the Democrats nominate another woman (Elizabeth Warren’s name pops up) I believe they wi… --- ## [These turkeys can't fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-turkeys-cant-fly/1010931)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-turkeys-cant-fly/1010931 "2024-11-29T15:49:16Z")
Alaska Turkey Bomb --- ## [A basic question about income tax brackets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-basic-question-about-income-tax-brackets/1010857)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-basic-question-about-income-tax-brackets/1010857 "2024-11-29T14:24:34Z")
I can’t seem to find a straightforward answer to my straightforward question, so here we are. Suppose I am in the 12% income tax bracket if my Adjusted Gross Income is less than $60,000. And If my AGI is $60,000 or mor… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=424) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=426)