# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=533&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 534 --- ## [Twinskie actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinskie-actors/995986)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinskie-actors/995986 "2024-06-28T22:03:35Z")
Are Robt. Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, and Charlton Heston essentially interchangeable in many of their movies? --- ## [What's up with all the 'threat' warnings my antivirus software is throwing up lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-all-the-threat-warnings-my-antivirus-software-is-throwing-up-lately/1003402)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-all-the-threat-warnings-my-antivirus-software-is-throwing-up-lately/1003402 "2024-06-28T19:45:50Z")
Are there more actual threats out there these days, or is my AV software just being overzealous, flagging normal adware that isn’t really a threat? I don’t think it’s just me because I’ve noticed that when I and other p… --- ## [Is there a name for this sort of typesetting error?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-sort-of-typesetting-error/1003425)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-sort-of-typesetting-error/1003425 "2024-06-28T18:21:57Z")
Suppose a typesetter or secretary is copying from a text into a word processor, and there’s several paragraphs that refer to the same term. Suppose half-way through in a long paragraph of the source document the word “M… --- ## [What the eff are these objects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-eff-are-these-objects/1003437)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-eff-are-these-objects/1003437 "2024-06-28T17:58:05Z")
Sorry for the vague subject line, I don’t know a succinct way to describe them. In the ad served to me on Facebook, they are a bra. Clicking on the link goes to something undescribed in a sunglasses store. But I can’t fi… --- ## [S. Res. 378 vs. S. Res. 382 in April 1982 \[Falklands war\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-res-378-vs-s-res-382-in-april-1982-falklands-war/1003195)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-res-378-vs-s-res-382-in-april-1982-falklands-war/1003195 "2024-06-28T16:18:27Z")
Why was S. Res. 378 （sponsored by Senator Biden on the Falkland Islands on April 27, 1982）referred to the Foreign Relations Committee for consideration and not brought up for discussion and vote in the full Senate, where… --- ## [Car detailing potions that last? INTERIOR!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-detailing-potions-that-last-interior/1003281)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-detailing-potions-that-last-interior/1003281 "2024-06-28T15:58:07Z")
So I am going back to rideshare driving part time, and I need to beautify my 2014 Kia Soul in a serious way. I have always loved the way ArmorAll spiffs up my interior plastic… but always hated the way it all goes back … --- ## [The Pony Express Reride: Did you know it’s running today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pony-express-reride-did-you-know-it-s-running-today/1003273)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pony-express-reride-did-you-know-it-s-running-today/1003273 "2024-06-28T15:02:33Z")
Did you know? Every year there is a group of horse riders who recreate the Pony Express ride? They ride the 1,800 miles between St. Joseph MO and Sacramento CA, alternating directions each year. Just NOW, at 0800 Pacifi… --- ## [Cars in the US: why are side mirrors on the doors instead of the hood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-in-the-us-why-are-side-mirrors-on-the-doors-instead-of-the-hood/1003265)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-in-the-us-why-are-side-mirrors-on-the-doors-instead-of-the-hood/1003265 "2024-06-28T14:13:45Z")
Pretty much every car sold in the US has its side mirrors mounted on the doors. In Japan, most taxis (and some privately owned vehicles) have the side mirrors mounted on the front fenders. It seems like this would do a… --- ## [How long would it take for Titanic to hit the sea-floor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-for-titanic-to-hit-the-sea-floor/748184)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-for-titanic-to-hit-the-sea-floor/748184 "2024-06-28T13:20:41Z")
So the ship gradually fills with water, going down steadily by the bow. Finally, the stern starts to tip upwards. Then the stern breaks off, and the two pieces of Titanic sink beneath the water. So how long from the m… --- ## [Do you pay for a storage unit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pay-for-a-storage-unit/1003330)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pay-for-a-storage-unit/1003330 "2024-06-28T12:36:25Z")
poll (Inspired by another thread about "stuff) What the title asks - do you pay for a storage unit outside of your living unit where you store things? If yes: -what do you keep in it? -how large is it? -how much does… --- ## ["Think outside the box" in other languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-outside-the-box-in-other-languages/1003401)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-outside-the-box-in-other-languages/1003401 "2024-06-28T11:01:40Z")
The clichéd expression “to think outside the box” has a long history in English despite its uncertain origin, certainly long enough to be familiar around the world. However, the expression is idiomatic, and when transla… --- ## [Looking for war movie, with kid named Komatsu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-war-movie-with-kid-named-komatsu/827671)
**Author:** [@The\_Squire\_Of\_Gothos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Squire_Of_Gothos)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-war-movie-with-kid-named-komatsu/827671 "2024-06-28T10:17:34Z")
Looking for an American colour war film I saw as a child shot around the sixties or early seventies set in Pacific Theatre in WWII or perhaps Korean War or less likely Vietnam War. All I can remember a scene where a comm… --- ## [Why is there no yellow toothpaste?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-yellow-toothpaste/979045)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-yellow-toothpaste/979045 "2024-06-28T07:13:32Z")
I’ve seen lots of white toothpaste. Lots of toothpaste in greens or blues. Red Toothpaste (currently using cinnamon-flavored, in fact). Toothpaste striped in blue or green or red or some combination. There are even b… --- ## [Your Fried Rice Recipe/Technique](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fried-rice-recipe-technique/932963)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fried-rice-recipe-technique/932963 "2024-06-28T05:08:28Z")
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a good fried rice thread, and I’d love to see other folks’ techniques. Over the last several years I’ve gotten my recipe to something relatively quickly, fairly reliable, and super-deli… --- ## [Yesterday was the surrender at Appomattox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-was-the-surrender-at-appomattox/1000127)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-was-the-surrender-at-appomattox/1000127 "2024-06-28T04:55:11Z")
Or as I call it- VT day - Victory over the traitors. I was playing Marching through Georgia-Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the jubilee! Hurrah! Hurrah! The flag that makes you free! So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the… --- ## [Seeking clarity re projectors & “TV Sticks” and streaming..,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-clarity-re-projectors-tv-sticks-and-streaming/998073)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-clarity-re-projectors-tv-sticks-and-streaming/998073 "2024-06-28T03:33:25Z")
I am a dedicated iOS user, because I have been dedicated Mac User since the 80s. For years my “television watching“ (who knows what the correct terms are anymore in these days of streaming), has been exclusively closeup… --- ## [William Lewis named Publisher & CEO of The Washington Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-lewis-named-publisher-ceo-of-the-washington-post/992660)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-lewis-named-publisher-ceo-of-the-washington-post/992660 "2024-06-28T02:06:07Z")
This is not good news. Lewis is scarcely the balanced journalist we might have hoped for. If we couldn’t get balance, we would have hoped for a slight liberal (factual?) bent. Instead we’ve been given this Murdoch tra… --- ## [When you were a kid, how did you envision heaven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-how-did-you-envision-heaven/1003318)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-how-did-you-envision-heaven/1003318 "2024-06-28T01:34:00Z")
First off, this is not a thread to discuss whether or not there is a heaven or anything else about beliefs. It is as the Topic line asks. When you first heard about heaven - at 5 or 6 or 7 or whenever - what did your li… --- ## [Drinking game for 6/27/2024 Biden/Trump debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-game-for-6-27-2024-biden-trump-debate/1003083)
**Author:** [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-game-for-6-27-2024-biden-trump-debate/1003083 "2024-06-28T01:33:28Z")
Mods, feel free to move this wherever it seems appropriate. I have to say I’m having trouble coming up with anything that won’t result in acute alcohol poisoning or painful sobriety. Suggestions anyone? --- ## [Judge me, baby!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-me-baby/1003353)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-me-baby/1003353 "2024-06-28T01:01:42Z")
Game: I make a statement, you judge me. I walk around barefoot all the time. The house, the deck, the garage, the yard. --- ## [Biden / Trump first debate: possible outcomes and impact on election odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-trump-first-debate-possible-outcomes-and-impact-on-election-odds/1003422)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-trump-first-debate-possible-outcomes-and-impact-on-election-odds/1003422 "2024-06-28T00:50:29Z")
My thinking is that the possible outcomes are Both handle the questions relatively well Odds remain unchanged Trump has several deranged answers, Biden is ~OK Some independents swing to Biden Odds move slightly in … --- ## [In major European football (soccer) leagues, are there any brothers/cousins/fathers & sons on the same team or in the same league?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-major-european-football-soccer-leagues-are-there-any-brothers-cousins-fathers-sons-on-the-same-team-or-in-the-same-league/1002895)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-major-european-football-soccer-leagues-are-there-any-brothers-cousins-fathers-sons-on-the-same-team-or-in-the-same-league/1002895 "2024-06-28T00:22:39Z")
That’s pretty much it: will there be any brothers, first cousins, even (very unlikely) fathers and sons on the same pitch at the same time, whether on the same team or on opposing teams, in major European soccer/football… --- ## [Love Me Do vs P. S. I Love You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-vs-p-s-i-love-you/995462)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-vs-p-s-i-love-you/995462 "2024-06-27T23:43:36Z")
Back in the misty dawn before the modern world began, with intercourse not being invented until the next year, George Martin had to make a decision: what song to put on the A-side of the Beatles’ first single. He eventua… --- ## [Bad bad bad Pickleball and cute pink shorts. (psst? Anyone got a spare room?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-pickleball-and-cute-pink-shorts-psst-anyone-got-a-spare-room/1003384 "2024-06-27T23:40:01Z")
Well. It’s happening. The super deluxo set was ordered. Son-of-a-wrek researched, clickety click and got the measurements for a amateur court size. I caught him fixin’ to spray paint my lawn with glow-in-the-dark fluo… --- ## [Jupiters Great Red Spot - Always there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiters-great-red-spot-always-there/152801)
**Author:** [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiters-great-red-spot-always-there/152801 "2024-06-27T22:53:20Z")
From what I understand, Jupiters Great Red Spot was first seen by Robert Hooke in 1664. From what I also understand, Telescopes weren’t around terribly long before this, either. So, my question is this. Is it generally … --- ## [Rectum? Damn near killed him! What's the set up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rectum-damn-near-killed-him-whats-the-set-up/314103)
**Author:** [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rectum-damn-near-killed-him-whats-the-set-up/314103 "2024-06-27T22:36:01Z")
We’ve all used this punch line. It is quite possibly the greatest punch line in the history of humor. But is there a set up? I don’t think I’ve ever heard the actual joke that goes along with the line. --- ## [Credit card magnetic strips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-magnetic-strips/1003362)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-magnetic-strips/1003362 "2024-06-27T21:45:43Z")
Years ago, there seemed to be a concern that credit card magnetic strips can be damaged or erased by a magnet. We were even warned not to put the mag strips up against each other, because they could erase each other. F… --- ## [Wax Abe Lincoln Statue in DC starts melting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wax-abe-lincoln-statue-in-dc-starts-melting/1003357)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wax-abe-lincoln-statue-in-dc-starts-melting/1003357 "2024-06-27T20:42:48Z")
“Oh, what a world, what a world…” Contrary to the headline, the head was apparently bremoved and put in storage to minimize damage. --- ## [Franklin/Jefferson Ken Burns Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franklin-jefferson-ken-burns-questions/1003286)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franklin-jefferson-ken-burns-questions/1003286 "2024-06-27T20:05:15Z")
Recently watched these two episode documentaries and a few questions come to mind. Thanks for your help. Franklin, when ten, signed a nine year contract to work in his brother’s print shop. After an argument, he fle… --- ## [Covid Finally Got Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-finally-got-me/1003285)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-finally-got-me/1003285 "2024-06-27T19:43:27Z")
Or I got it. It feels like a mild cold; I don’t know that I would have taken a test if we hadn’t been scheduled to have dinner with my eighty-something inlaws this evening. It’s happening the first week of summer break… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=532&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=534&state=tracking)