# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=478 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 479 --- ## [People who think Elvis faked his death and is still alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-elvis-faked-his-death-and-is-still-alive/1006192)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-elvis-faked-his-death-and-is-still-alive/1006192 "2024-09-15T03:17:15Z")
This conspiracy theory goes back many years. I remember first seeing it back in the days when creating a website meant having funky animations, backgrounds and buttons, sparkling icons and usually a font like comic sans … --- ## [Thought on a baby shower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-on-a-baby-shower/1006255)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-on-a-baby-shower/1006255 "2024-09-15T00:19:44Z")
Was hoping to get folks’ opinions about a baby shower invite I received recently. I’m finding myself having somewhat negative reaction to it, and thinking a little less of the parents to be as a result, and was just cur… --- ## [Historical murder mystery novels -- obscure places/time, with humor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-murder-mystery-novels-obscure-places-time-with-humor/1007216)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-murder-mystery-novels-obscure-places-time-with-humor/1007216 "2024-09-15T00:19:19Z")
Murder mysteries set in historical eras are always a good read if well researched and written. There are multiple ones set in ancient Rome, for example, or Regency England. But what about times and places not usually m… --- ## [How is the invasion of Ukraine being pitched to Russians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-invasion-of-ukraine-being-pitched-to-russians/1007241)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-invasion-of-ukraine-being-pitched-to-russians/1007241 "2024-09-14T23:39:13Z")
I post here in FQ because it seems there should be a straight-forward factual answer to this question. No country’s people wants to send its sons into the meatgrinder of war. However, sometimes, the public can be convi… --- ## [Google pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-pictures/1007258)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-pictures/1007258 "2024-09-14T22:19:05Z")
Has anyone noticed lately that when you look up an address on Google, I get pictures of back of buildings, vacant lot and once picture of sidewalk, which are useless. Is it just here in St Louis, or have others noticed t… --- ## [If you HAD to jump out of a skyscraper would you look up or down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-jump-out-of-a-skyscraper-would-you-look-up-or-down/1007142)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-jump-out-of-a-skyscraper-would-you-look-up-or-down/1007142 "2024-09-14T22:07:33Z")
Ignoring that you may not be able to control which way you’re looking. Would you want to see it coming or not? I think I’d rather have it be a surprise. --- ## [Former Ticketmaster VP charged with hacking Crowdsurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-ticketmaster-vp-charged-with-hacking-crowdsurge/1007272)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-ticketmaster-vp-charged-with-hacking-crowdsurge/1007272 "2024-09-14T21:58:21Z")
I understand that Ticketmaster dominates their area of the marketplace. Apparently one way was by encouraging others to commit crimes. I’m amused that the way they found out that Ticketmaster had hacked them was by a fo… --- ## [I'm going to Morocco for Two Weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-morocco-for-two-weeks/977937)
**Author:** [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-morocco-for-two-weeks/977937 "2024-09-14T21:26:08Z")
Basically, I signed up for this tour in late Feb/early Mar, which takes the long way from Casablanca to Marakesh via a bunch of other sites. The tour itself is pretty regimented, but do dopers have any great opinions o… --- ## [Travel/Road food for car trip, 2024 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-road-food-for-car-trip-2024-edition/1007173)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-road-food-for-car-trip-2024-edition/1007173 "2024-09-14T19:58:09Z")
So, as I’ve mentioned in a couple of other threads, I’m planning a long (630ish mile) drive to visit my folks in a few weeks. No fun, but it’s a drive I’ve done several times before. Sadly, unlike 90% of such trips, my… --- ## [Material that limits air transfer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/material-that-limits-air-transfer/1007044)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/material-that-limits-air-transfer/1007044 "2024-09-14T17:28:14Z")
I’m trying to insulate our garage. I’ve added insulating tiles to the inside of the garage door which, though fairly cheap to do, doesn’t seem to have really changed how much the temperature inside differs from outside. … --- ## [A friend tells me he voted twice for Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-tells-me-he-voted-twice-for-trump/1007087)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-tells-me-he-voted-twice-for-trump/1007087 "2024-09-14T17:09:18Z")
I have a friend. We were both at U. IL and were fairly close, but we both left, me 55 years ago, he shortly after. We are not close now, but exchange letters maybe once a year. In a recent letter to me, doubtless in r… --- ## [Hand hygiene helps prevent COVID spread - not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-hygiene-helps-prevent-covid-spread-not/1003788)
**Author:** [@SpicyDuckBillyHunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpicyDuckBillyHunt)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-hygiene-helps-prevent-covid-spread-not/1003788 "2024-09-14T15:36:15Z")
I came across an Australian government website still promoting this- hand hygiene helps prevent COVID spread. Obviously I know the importance of hand hygiene in general. I was amazed when it was discovered that before … --- ## [Your workplace - how difficult is it to get a copy made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-workplace-how-difficult-is-it-to-get-a-copy-made/1006859)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-workplace-how-difficult-is-it-to-get-a-copy-made/1006859 "2024-09-14T11:42:12Z")
I’ve recently started a new (part time) job teaching a course at a college. It’s within my expertise, I’m well qualified and the class itself is no problem. What I had forgotten, having been away from academia for many y… --- ## [Pope urges US Catholics to vote for "the lesser of two evils"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-urges-us-catholics-to-vote-for-the-lesser-of-two-evils/1007247)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-urges-us-catholics-to-vote-for-the-lesser-of-two-evils/1007247 "2024-09-14T08:19:56Z")
Article below. Pope Francis engaging in some serious bothsidesism by describing both Trump and Harris as being “against life” – Trump due to his anti-migrant policies, and Harris for her support of abortion rights. Mea… --- ## [SpaceX/Starlink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-starlink/854598)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-starlink/854598 "2024-09-14T06:58:00Z")
A constellation of ~ 40,000 :eek: low earth orbit satellites for internet. It should greatly improve latency issues for rural folks such as my self. Apparently, the satellites are networked by laser, and as they orbit y… --- ## [My blood tests are confusing me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-tests-are-confusing-me/1007218)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-tests-are-confusing-me/1007218 "2024-09-14T05:45:04Z")
I’ve written before about the toxic-mold house I was living in for nine months (I finally moved out a month ago.) Among other things, I’d lost ten pounds for no good reason and was having constant headaches. Right befor… --- ## [Artificial Idiot used for naughty purposes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-idiot-used-for-naughty-purposes/1007180)
**Author:** [@Iori\_Yagami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iori_Yagami)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-idiot-used-for-naughty-purposes/1007180 "2024-09-14T00:03:51Z")
Doom, gloom, big badaboom. Okay, you all read about that. Someone creating fake news with deepfakes photos. A rich bad actor (like a international gang, megacorp or foreign government) actually getting hands on technol… --- ## [Soap Makers: why such large bars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soap-makers-why-such-large-bars/1007054)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soap-makers-why-such-large-bars/1007054 "2024-09-13T23:14:33Z")
I know two women who occasionally make soap and give me a bar now and then. I love the soaps, they smell amazingly good. However, I have always wondered why they make such huge bars. They are the size of bricks, making … --- ## [Why do women wear shirts that don't cover their stomach, then pull them down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-wear-shirts-that-dont-cover-their-stomach-then-pull-them-down/354796)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-wear-shirts-that-dont-cover-their-stomach-then-pull-them-down/354796 "2024-09-13T21:41:18Z")
I see this all the time. A woman will wear a shirt that only comes down to her belly button and then she will spend a good deal of time adjusting her shirt, trying to pull it down to cover her stomach. Why do women do t… --- ## [The role of the comb in the breakup of the Baileys' household?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-role-of-the-comb-in-the-breakup-of-the-baileys-household/1007081)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-role-of-the-comb-in-the-breakup-of-the-baileys-household/1007081 "2024-09-13T20:54:20Z")
Was it the only thing Bill was able to salvage and take with him when his wife evicted him? Or was it the weapon Mrs. Bailey used to actually chase him out? “You remember that rainy evenin’ I threw you out… with nothi… --- ## [Any way to dissolve (or at least soften) thermosetting plastic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-dissolve-or-at-least-soften-thermosetting-plastic/1007140)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-dissolve-or-at-least-soften-thermosetting-plastic/1007140 "2024-09-13T20:31:39Z")
I have a bunch of used c-pap face masks with magnetic clasps that I would like to recover the magnets from. Unfortunately the clasps consist of a magnet embedded in very hard tough thermosetting plastic. Sawing or cuttin… --- ## [Maybe the greatest car review of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-the-greatest-car-review-of-all-time/1007183)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-the-greatest-car-review-of-all-time/1007183 "2024-09-13T20:20:51Z")
All you car nerds are probably already acquainted with John Phillips from A) Montana and B) Car and Driver. Here is his review of the Cadillac Escalade Pickup from 2002. I posit this is the most awesome review of a veh… --- ## [Political borders in the middle of the road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-borders-in-the-middle-of-the-road/1007063)
**Author:** [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-borders-in-the-middle-of-the-road/1007063 "2024-09-13T19:58:37Z")
The sign on the right side of the road said, “Entering Lincoln”. One half mile later, there was another sign that said, “Entering Lincoln” on the left side of the road. So I went to google maps to see the town border b… --- ## [Constructing a homemade magnifying glass that has a 100-foot focal point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constructing-a-homemade-magnifying-glass-that-has-a-100-foot-focal-point/1006709)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constructing-a-homemade-magnifying-glass-that-has-a-100-foot-focal-point/1006709 "2024-09-13T19:50:20Z")
Could an armchair optical engineer and DIY lens grinder craft a homemade magnifying glass capable of incinerating a pile of leaves from a distance of, say, 100 feet? Would the ideal configuration consist of one gigantic … --- ## [Why does it take a second after you press on the gas for an internal combustion engine car to accelerate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-take-a-second-after-you-press-on-the-gas-for-an-internal-combustion-engine-car-to-accelerate/1007171)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-take-a-second-after-you-press-on-the-gas-for-an-internal-combustion-engine-car-to-accelerate/1007171 "2024-09-13T18:35:07Z")
If you’re cruising along at 1400 RPM and then you need to pass a car, you press on the gas and it goes to 4000 RPM. You can hear the engine revving up but it takes a second before the car actually accelerates. What happ… --- ## [New post office vehicles unveiled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-post-office-vehicles-unveiled/1007167)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-post-office-vehicles-unveiled/1007167 "2024-09-13T18:04:13Z")
I was a letter carrier for awhile. Exhausting work, especially driving one of those little tin cars. Hopefully the new ones work well-I give cautious credit to DeJoy for getting them on the streets. The article doesn’t h… --- ## [Ghosts season 4 USA, October 17th CBS {No Spoilers}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-season-4-usa-october-17th-cbs-no-spoilers/1007215)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-season-4-usa-october-17th-cbs-no-spoilers/1007215 "2024-09-13T15:32:26Z")
Found this today and wanted to share it. They’re promising a new Ghost in Patience, the lost Puritan Ghost this season. Apparently I missed the pre-existing season 4 thread, but as I want to avoid spoilers, I’ll leave t… --- ## [Arecibo-like message](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arecibo-like-message/1007106)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arecibo-like-message/1007106 "2024-09-13T12:46:32Z")
Back in 1974, scientists deliberately sent to the stars an intelligent message to teach extraterrestrial intelligence about us. It was a rectangular message of bits arranged in 73 rows by 23 columns. \[IMG\] bg,f8f8f8-fl… --- ## [Famous bossa nova song featured in Mad Men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-bossa-nova-song-featured-in-mad-men/1007209)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-bossa-nova-song-featured-in-mad-men/1007209 "2024-09-13T12:45:45Z")
There were at least a few bossa nova songs featured in Mad Men. The one I’m thinking of had no lyrics, at least not during the intro - just a woman’s voice singing “dee bee dee dee bee dee” in time with the music. Can… --- ## [Revisiting covid denial and covid restrictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-covid-denial-and-covid-restrictions/998932 "2024-09-13T11:48:15Z")
I am wondering why all the people I know who’ve never been vaxxed for covid have never gotten sick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=477) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=479)