# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=43&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 44 --- ## [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 … --- ## [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… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=42&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=44&state=watching)