# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=534&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 535 --- ## [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… --- ## [Military coup in Bolivia (26-6-2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-coup-in-bolivia-26-6-2024/1003374)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-coup-in-bolivia-26-6-2024/1003374 "2024-06-27T19:39:12Z")
seems like a sad reality: --- ## [Hidden GPS Trackers on Cars—Is there an easy way to tell if you have one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-gps-trackers-on-cars-is-there-an-easy-way-to-tell-if-you-have-one/1003337)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-gps-trackers-on-cars-is-there-an-easy-way-to-tell-if-you-have-one/1003337 "2024-06-27T18:40:49Z")
I’m given to understand that it is not an uncommon practice on cars that are bought on credit, for a dealer to install a hidden GPS tracker on it so that if the buyer fails to make the payments, the car can be tracked … --- ## [Why are people acting like a Biden win in November will defeat fascism, and not AT BEST, delay it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-acting-like-a-biden-win-in-november-will-defeat-fascism-and-not-at-best-delay-it/1002994)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-acting-like-a-biden-win-in-november-will-defeat-fascism-and-not-at-best-delay-it/1002994 "2024-06-27T17:55:53Z")
Why are people acting like a Biden win in November will defeat fascism, and not AT BEST, delay it? --- ## [Did I post (or pose) a question incorrectly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-post-or-pose-a-question-incorrectly/1003334)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-post-or-pose-a-question-incorrectly/1003334 "2024-06-27T16:39:28Z")
I posted a question a few days ago and I have received no answers at all, which strikes me as odd in the Dope. Is there some Dope convention that I didn’t follow or should have followed (eg include links), was my questio… --- ## [The Memes of Anthony Bourdain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memes-of-anthony-bourdain/1003382)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memes-of-anthony-bourdain/1003382 "2024-06-27T16:26:02Z")
Loved this article (limited gift link). I had no idea Bourdain memes were such a thing. --- ## [Willie Mays: since his playing days, was or is anyone better? Or who comes closest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willie-mays-since-his-playing-days-was-or-is-anyone-better-or-who-comes-closest/1003064)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willie-mays-since-his-playing-days-was-or-is-anyone-better-or-who-comes-closest/1003064 "2024-06-27T16:18:16Z")
Willie Mays was an excellent 5-tool player: he excelled at hitting for batting average, hitting for power, running, fielding, and throwing. A first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee, his credentials rate him as one of the all… --- ## [Does Norway have anything you could call a Bible Belt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-norway-have-anything-you-could-call-a-bible-belt/1003335)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-norway-have-anything-you-could-call-a-bible-belt/1003335 "2024-06-27T14:38:43Z")
(Wasn’t sure if this was a valid FQ, especially since I welcome informed opinions as well as hard facts. I leave it to the moderators to judge.) On a Facebook page of humorous maps, someone recently posted a map of Nor… --- ## [Electroshock paddles on someone’s head-likely result?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electroshock-paddles-on-someone-s-head-likely-result/1003009)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electroshock-paddles-on-someone-s-head-likely-result/1003009 "2024-06-27T14:34:52Z")
You know, you see them on TV and movies, the doc rubs them together and shouts “Clear!” Sorry, I just watched a mediocre horror movie where someone had them pressed against his temples and turned on. What would happen IR… --- ## [Golf in Korea is getting dangerous!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-in-korea-is-getting-dangerous/1003397)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-in-korea-is-getting-dangerous/1003397 "2024-06-27T11:23:07Z")
Wow! (Link below goes to The Korea Times.) Woman dies after being struck by golf ball A woman in her 60s has died after being struck in the head by a golf ball. According to police on Thursday, the woman was fatally … --- ## [Gaming addiction in 2024...still a scourge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-addiction-in-2024-still-a-scourge/1003360)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-addiction-in-2024-still-a-scourge/1003360 "2024-06-27T10:19:22Z")
Way back in the beginning of the internet, (and probably before, I just wasn’t exposed to it then) gaming, especially first-person shooter and role-play type games focused on violent interaction and “leveling up” were of… --- ## [Watching Baseball Games in the Cinema](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-baseball-games-in-the-cinema/1003342)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-baseball-games-in-the-cinema/1003342 "2024-06-27T09:19:06Z")
I just saw this article from The Korea Times. CJ CGV and the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) are teaming up to offer a new way to enjoy baseball by watching games in theaters, just in time for the upcoming era of 10 … --- ## [Pig Parts. Oink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834 "2024-06-27T09:02:49Z")
Had a chat with someone. Pork talk. I realized there’s probably not one pig part, snout to squeal a person down south in the US (and possibly many other places) does not eat. Reminds of the Lil’wrekker being traumatiz… --- ## [An afternoon on Mackinac Island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-afternoon-on-mackinac-island/1003324)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-afternoon-on-mackinac-island/1003324 "2024-06-27T02:54:42Z")
We are in Michigan, about an hour south of the ferry. We have most of the day Thursday to kill. What should we try to do? I can’t do much standing in lines, and if we do much walking it will need to be somewhere with p… --- ## [Why don't preformed hamburger patties puff up like hand-formed ones do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-preformed-hamburger-patties-puff-up-like-hand-formed-ones-do/1003378)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-preformed-hamburger-patties-puff-up-like-hand-formed-ones-do/1003378 "2024-06-27T01:04:45Z")
We’ve all been taught the “thumb trick” with hand-formed burgers; you press a dimple into the center of the patty so it doesn’t become a meatball when cooked. However, preformed patties don’t have the dimple, they’re a … --- ## [Is there no NHL playoffs thread? {2024}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-nhl-playoffs-thread-2024/1001538)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-nhl-playoffs-thread-2024/1001538 "2024-06-27T00:58:05Z")
Stars just got to 3-1 against the Avalanche - and frankly should have swept Colorado by now if it weren’t for Dallas blowing a 3-0 lead in Game One. Rangers couldn’t get it done against the 'Canes and New York’s lead ha… --- ## [Weird popping sounds in my neighborhood at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-popping-sounds-in-my-neighborhood-at-night/1003369)
**Author:** [@AshleyWilliams78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshleyWilliams78)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-popping-sounds-in-my-neighborhood-at-night/1003369 "2024-06-27T00:37:10Z")
I used to live in upstate New York, and encountered a weird issue when walking my dog. During the summer when it was very hot, I would try to walk my dog early in the morning (getting up earlier to do it before work) or … --- ## [Bat Durston rides again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bat-durston-rides-again/1003345)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bat-durston-rides-again/1003345 "2024-06-27T00:35:29Z")
The very first issue of Galaxy, October 1950, had a back cover with a parallel Western and bad space opera story, with the headline “You’ll never see it in Galaxy.” Gold was saying that their science fiction was not goi… --- ## [How aggressively do you use product warranties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-aggressively-do-you-use-product-warranties/999875)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-aggressively-do-you-use-product-warranties/999875 "2024-06-26T22:48:16Z")
I just noticed I was developing a hole in a pair of Darn Tough socks. I’ve had them for many years, and worn the hell outta them. Great socks. Darn Tough offers an unconditional lifetime warranty (and has a sense of h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=533&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=535&state=muted)