# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=479&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 480 --- ## [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. --- ## [Popeye the Sailor Man not starring Will Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-the-sailor-man-not-starring-will-smith/1007189)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-the-sailor-man-not-starring-will-smith/1007189 "2024-09-13T11:09:11Z")
--- ## [Best scene in film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452 "2024-09-13T10:00:23Z")
Yes, this is VERY highly objective. And I have my own not so humble opinion on what is the best single scene in filmdom. Also, comparing movie scenes can be like comparing apples and oranges. So my very favorite scene… --- ## [Anybody read or hear of this book ? "Fruit from a Poisonous Tree" by melvin stamper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-read-or-hear-of-this-book-fruit-from-a-poisonous-tree-by-melvin-stamper/1007204)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-read-or-hear-of-this-book-fruit-from-a-poisonous-tree-by-melvin-stamper/1007204 "2024-09-13T09:15:00Z")
I found this in my amazon book list and looking it over it sounds like a lot of legal and political nuttery here’s some posted reader reviews: “Although this book is already 10 years old, it remains an eye-opening ex… --- ## [Should Harris hold a town hall meeting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-harris-hold-a-town-hall-meeting/1007174)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-harris-hold-a-town-hall-meeting/1007174 "2024-09-13T09:01:42Z")
Now that we’re two days past the debate and we’ve had time to process how it went down, it seems like the biggest knock against Harris’s performance was that she didn’t get much of an opportunity to present her plans for… --- ## [What was the purpose of puttees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-purpose-of-puttees/1006502)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-purpose-of-puttees/1006502 "2024-09-13T07:19:48Z")
They were a thing with British Empire troops at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. As far as I can tell, they were strips of khaki that the soldiers wound around their calves, from ankles to just und… --- ## ["I Dream of Jeanie": Question about Maj. Roger Healey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dream-of-jeanie-question-about-maj-roger-healey/205628)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dream-of-jeanie-question-about-maj-roger-healey/205628 "2024-09-13T07:02:51Z")
Okay, so I’m sitting on my EZ chair munching Cheetos, slurping Pepsi, and watching The Very Buxom Jeanie, clueless Tony Nelson, wisecrasking Roger Healey, Col. Belows, Gen. Whatzhisface–the whole damn ensemble. That’s w… --- ## [Where is (or was) this "Believe On The Lord Jesus" billboard that Kurt Cobain was photographed in front of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-or-was-this-believe-on-the-lord-jesus-billboard-that-kurt-cobain-was-photographed-in-front-of/1007139)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-or-was-this-believe-on-the-lord-jesus-billboard-that-kurt-cobain-was-photographed-in-front-of/1007139 "2024-09-13T06:46:57Z")
I can imagine it might be in Washington state near where he grew up, but maybe not? --- ## [Cinnamon Toast Crunch collabs with Hormel's Black Label in sweet and salty bacon launch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-toast-crunch-collabs-with-hormels-black-label-in-sweet-and-salty-bacon-launch/1007129)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-toast-crunch-collabs-with-hormels-black-label-in-sweet-and-salty-bacon-launch/1007129 "2024-09-13T03:07:47Z")
this might be pretty good if you like things like maple bacon here’s non-biased coverage Are you gonna/would you try this? --- ## [What To Bring To A Star Trek Convention? 3 to 5 items only, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-bring-to-a-star-trek-convention-3-to-5-items-only-please/1007188)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-bring-to-a-star-trek-convention-3-to-5-items-only-please/1007188 "2024-09-13T02:52:08Z")
It has been more than 20 years since I’ve been to a Con, more or less. One starts tomorrow, right here in town. I will pick up some cash, at the bank in the AM, & go. Can you give me a list of 3 to 5 items, that would… --- ## [Resolved: Every adult will be required to carry a gun at all times in public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216)
**Author:** [@DtypeJag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DtypeJag)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216 "2024-09-13T01:55:29Z")
Since the NRA and other groups say that the more guns we have the safer we all are and the cure for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, requiring every non felon, non insane adult to carry a gun seems a good s… --- ## [Does this pattern for Jeu de Tarot (french tarot) exist in print?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-pattern-for-jeu-de-tarot-french-tarot-exist-in-print/1006481)
**Author:** [@Iori\_Yagami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iori_Yagami)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-pattern-for-jeu-de-tarot-french-tarot-exist-in-print/1006481 "2024-09-13T01:17:06Z")
So, I just found some online French Tarot - The game of Tarot (yup, it has muck all to do with “dIvInAtIoN” or any of that BS, wiki it, or go to pagat site for full rules), simulator in this place, of all places. (Well, … --- ## [I’m having brain surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849 "2024-09-12T22:27:11Z")
So I had a minor seizure and fell on my face a couple weeks ago. Here’s what I looked like just after: And thanks for the blood thinners I was on, here’s what I look like … --- ## [Is Dr. Steven Gundry a quack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dr-steven-gundry-a-quack/1006909)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dr-steven-gundry-a-quack/1006909 "2024-09-12T22:01:42Z")
A conman, a shill, a clickbait master? Or what he says he is, a highly skilled medical practitioner who has discovered some miracle cures for obesity? I’ve been seeing the popup ads on FB and other places for years, and… --- ## [Any research on spiders avoiding wasp stingers in their web](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-research-on-spiders-avoiding-wasp-stingers-in-their-web/1007123)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-research-on-spiders-avoiding-wasp-stingers-in-their-web/1007123 "2024-09-12T21:10:08Z")
I currently am cultivating a relationship with a European garden spider. I notice that when she captures a wasp in her web, she seems to wrap the head end of the wasp and actively avoids the pointy end. Other critters … --- ## ["Hempler's Center Cut Butcher Cut Shoulder Bacon" -how is this not ham?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemplers-center-cut-butcher-cut-shoulder-bacon-how-is-this-not-ham/1007127)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemplers-center-cut-butcher-cut-shoulder-bacon-how-is-this-not-ham/1007127 "2024-09-12T21:03:32Z")
When the Underwood’s Ham Spread was gone from H-E-B this morning, my eye caught this product, which I had never seen before: I’m thrown by this being called “bacon.” As y’all know American bacon is usually thin, fatty… --- ## [Wolverine hypotheticals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolverine-hypotheticals/1007023)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolverine-hypotheticals/1007023 "2024-09-12T20:38:46Z")
Can Wolverine be indefinitely immobilized by being frozen solid? Or does that count as an “injury” that his healing factor would try to regenerate with liquid water? For that matter, aren’t there any number of situations… --- ## [The Typo Thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-typo-thread/1006385)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-typo-thread/1006385 "2024-09-12T18:20:26Z")
Given the recent turn away from hijacks, it may be a bit distracting to call them out in the thread in question for the obligatory gentle teasing, be it a casual brainfart or an autocorrect disaster, so here we are. So … --- ## [Why I hate insurance sales people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-insurance-sales-people/1007164)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-insurance-sales-people/1007164 "2024-09-12T17:25:50Z")
I want a very specific life insurance product. It is a policy that covers me for life but without any savings or investment part to it. I don’t need a cash value component. My goal is that when I die, my granddaughter… --- ## [Bon Jovi saves woman on bridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jovi-saves-woman-on-bridge/1007156)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jovi-saves-woman-on-bridge/1007156 "2024-09-12T17:17:06Z")
It’s just good to see humans acting human. I don’t know much about him, but he seems compassionate. I know the story doesn’t really have anything to do with music except the reason they happened to be there. --- ## [Looking for 2 player ps4 games to play with my 18yo daughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-2-player-ps4-games-to-play-with-my-18yo-daughter/1007017)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-2-player-ps4-games-to-play-with-my-18yo-daughter/1007017 "2024-09-12T16:53:44Z")
I’m not much of a gamer, I stopped playing a lot years ago, but I recently got a PS4 to play games with my daughter. We’re having a hard time trying to find games we can play that aren’t too hard and not a lot of fightin… --- ## [The Dark Web has my SS number, dammit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-web-has-my-ss-number-dammit/1006589)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-web-has-my-ss-number-dammit/1006589 "2024-09-12T14:55:50Z")
GAH. Got notice my Social Security number’s shown up on the dark web, along with name, address (old and current) and telephone number (old, new, and what the hell?). Already have my credit on lockdown with all three re… --- ## [Dual-citizenship Dopers, how patriotic do you feel about each nation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-citizenship-dopers-how-patriotic-do-you-feel-about-each-nation/1007076)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-citizenship-dopers-how-patriotic-do-you-feel-about-each-nation/1007076 "2024-09-12T13:55:36Z")
Spinoff of a recent thread about patriotism: I know we have a lot of Dopers where who have dual citizenship - possibly even some with 3 citizenships. Do you feel that your patriotism gets rather watered down for both -… --- ## [What is the first recorded use of the slang term "Funsuck?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088 "2024-09-12T13:54:30Z")
I see some definitions of the term on Urban Dictionary that date back to 2006 or so; what is the oldest use of the term that you can source? --- ## [Across many species, why are the reproductive organs placed where they are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-many-species-why-are-the-reproductive-organs-placed-where-they-are/1006910)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-many-species-why-are-the-reproductive-organs-placed-where-they-are/1006910 "2024-09-12T13:43:04Z")
Once we move away from microscopic organisms and move into the realm of complex-celled creatures of the deep, not to mention those who made it to the beachhead and onto dry land, it seems to me that almost all species ha… --- ## [Your ideas for custom debate bingo cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideas-for-custom-debate-bingo-cards/1007016)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideas-for-custom-debate-bingo-cards/1007016 "2024-09-12T11:15:01Z")
Let’s make a list of things that Trump will say or do in tomorrow night’s debate. Those who are so inclined can use one of the many free online bingo card generators to make cards to play while watching. For a standard … --- ## [Women: Can Any of You Not Tell When Someone is Romantically Interested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-can-any-of-you-not-tell-when-someone-is-romantically-interested/1006976)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-can-any-of-you-not-tell-when-someone-is-romantically-interested/1006976 "2024-09-12T10:51:47Z")
I know that it’s come up in previous that some of us men are totally clueless. I’m lucky that Ms. P directly told me she was interested. What about women? Are there many out there who don’t pick up signals? I realize… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=478&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=480&state=tracking)