# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=426&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 427 --- ## [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… --- ## [I can't hear my doorbell downstairs, what can I do? (please read OP before responding)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-hear-my-doorbell-downstairs-what-can-i-do-please-read-op-before-responding/1010921)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-hear-my-doorbell-downstairs-what-can-i-do-please-read-op-before-responding/1010921 "2024-11-29T13:59:48Z")
I don’t want a smart doorbell. I have an old-fashioned 2-wire low voltage doorbell. The button was broken for a long time, so I had put in an unwired doorbell (which I highly recommend if you need one, see below\*) with … --- ## [How to make this novelty coin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-this-novelty-coin/1010822)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-this-novelty-coin/1010822 "2024-11-29T13:01:20Z")
After the assassination of Julius Ceasar, Brutus minted some commemorative coins. I would like a replica like this one, and add the date “44 B.C.” It would double as an IQ test to anybody I showed it to. --- ## ["There's a place in France..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-place-in-france/11132)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-place-in-france/11132 "2024-11-29T01:57:47Z")
Where did this supposedly Arabic song/melody come from? The words I learned as a kid went something like this: “There’s a place in France Where the women wear no pants. Stepped on banana peeling Flew up and hit the c… --- ## [Measuring Speed of light One-Way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-speed-of-light-one-way/1010723)
**Author:** [@sbright33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbright33)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-speed-of-light-one-way/1010723 "2024-11-29T01:53:51Z")
It is trivial using an Arduino and laser to measure the speed of light round trip. I’m aware of the Sagnac effect formula I have verified it experimentally. I have 2 atomic clocks. Can I estimate this speed within 1% w… --- ## [Texas, Our Texas... how you have fallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-our-texas-how-you-have-fallen/987351)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-our-texas-how-you-have-fallen/987351 "2024-11-29T00:41:52Z")
Texas has reached two new lows, according to a CNBC ranking. For the first time, Texas was last in the nation for quality of life, and it slid out of the top five best states for business in the annual report. The st… --- ## [Surely you know who died yesterday \[Jim Abrahams\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-you-know-who-died-yesterday-jim-abrahams/1010855)
**Author:** [@goodkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goodkitty)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-you-know-who-died-yesterday-jim-abrahams/1010855 "2024-11-28T22:30:24Z")
I don’t know if these guys invented this type of humor, there are probably plenty of examples it throughout the history of TV/Movies. But I think Airplane was the first movie that the entire movie is not… --- ## [Some advice on buying a new car now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-advice-on-buying-a-new-car-now/1010854)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-advice-on-buying-a-new-car-now/1010854 "2024-11-28T19:17:05Z")
Not wishing to hijack this thread Is NOW the time to buy that new car - #16 by Kent\_Clark with my own peculiar situation, I’ll outline it here. I’d been thinking that my current car is a bit too small, and I’m just abo… --- ## [Making food Hawaiian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-food-hawaiian/1010734)
**Author:** [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-food-hawaiian/1010734 "2024-11-28T17:52:32Z")
The challenge: take some typical American dish and try to pass it off as Hawaiian without using pineapple. Inspired by my visit to barbecue place and ordering the Big Kahuna burger, which was just a cheeseburger with a s… --- ## [Id this SyFy alien invasion movie ~5 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-syfy-alien-invasion-movie-5-years-ago/1010849)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-syfy-alien-invasion-movie-5-years-ago/1010849 "2024-11-28T15:56:49Z")
I recall it as somewhat similar to “Independence Day.” The main thing I remember is the aliens deployed these autonomous flying portable band saws. --- ## [Share your useful text replacements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-useful-text-replacements/1010826)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-useful-text-replacements/1010826 "2024-11-28T15:23:56Z")
I’ve been addicted to text replacement for 30 years or however long it’s been available and I think it’s been at least 30 years, although I think back then it was just via a third-party apps. I think most people who use… --- ## [Yep, willingly walked right into Crazy-town](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-willingly-walked-right-into-crazy-town/1010772)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-willingly-walked-right-into-crazy-town/1010772 "2024-11-28T13:52:21Z")
The grocery store. My lord, there were people wall to wall. Grabbing and reaching around you. I prefer a decent distance between me and others. I was very uncomfortable. Now, we plan ahead for big deals like Thanksgi… --- ## [Apollo 13: Survival (Netflix) — a good documentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-survival-netflix-a-good-documentary/1010853)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-survival-netflix-a-good-documentary/1010853 "2024-11-28T08:57:44Z")
Haise, Swigert, Lovell of Apollo 13 The wife and I watched it last night. It’s apparently been available since 06 September. Has anyone else seen it? It was quite good. F… --- ## [Are we reaching a point where no one is safe from abusive harassment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-reaching-a-point-where-no-one-is-safe-from-abusive-harassment/1010887)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-reaching-a-point-where-no-one-is-safe-from-abusive-harassment/1010887 "2024-11-28T02:18:44Z")
Many of Trump’s cabinet picks have been swatted or have received bomb threats. Site:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6kj383k4ko. And Musk has named several people he would like to remove from the government and now t… --- ## [What are the odds that Chief Justice Roberts suffers from defenestration sometime in the next 4 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-chief-justice-roberts-suffers-from-defenestration-sometime-in-the-next-4-years/1010869)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-chief-justice-roberts-suffers-from-defenestration-sometime-in-the-next-4-years/1010869 "2024-11-27T23:59:34Z")
This is just an example of tongue in cheek JAQing off. While I think President Trump may fantasize about ridding himself of a check from the judiciary in the same way he would like to purge military leadership, I doubt … --- ## [Approved Go Fund Me for food pantry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approved-go-fund-me-for-food-pantry/1010441)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approved-go-fund-me-for-food-pantry/1010441 "2024-11-27T22:26:06Z")
With the permission of the Moderators I would like to bring attention to this GoFundMe for the Hereford House Food Pantry, located in Portland, Oregon. Due to recent break-ins (the windows are now barred) and a need to u… --- ## [What is wrong with my keyboard at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-keyboard-at-work/1010550)
**Author:** [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-keyboard-at-work/1010550 "2024-11-27T20:43:12Z")
My work keyboard has this very annoying glitch. In order to type £, I need to press shift+3. However, frequently, and for no reason at all, pressing shift+3 stops giving me £ and starts giving me #. This is a problem be… --- ## [Why did 45% of Hispanic voters vote for Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-45-of-hispanic-voters-vote-for-trump/1009986)
**Author:** [@BorealisCooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BorealisCooper)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-45-of-hispanic-voters-vote-for-trump/1009986 "2024-11-27T19:59:16Z")
and does that indicate the broad brush used to paint an entire culture was wrong? So what other assumptions might also be so wrong ? --- ## ["A Few Good Men" Would Jessup's charge stick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-good-men-would-jessups-charge-stick/533437)
**Author:** [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-good-men-would-jessups-charge-stick/533437 "2024-11-27T19:52:34Z")
I just watched the movie tonight. After the climactic scene in which Jessup admitted to the code red order under oath and he was arrested I was wondering: \[ul\] \[li\]Would Caffey conceivably get assigned to defend Jessu… --- ## [Remember me - are you memorable to those you rarely encounter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-me-are-you-memorable-to-those-you-rarely-encounter/1010768)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-me-are-you-memorable-to-those-you-rarely-encounter/1010768 "2024-11-27T18:56:34Z")
Are you memorable? Not to your friends & family but to people you rarely deal with. I called to place my ‘usual unusual’ Thanksgiving order. I started to tell her what I wanted, which include special instrux on where… --- ## [Running or riding a bike in the rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-or-riding-a-bike-in-the-rain/1010799)
**Author:** [@sbright33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbright33)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-or-riding-a-bike-in-the-rain/1010799 "2024-11-27T17:55:17Z")
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