# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=547&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 548 --- ## [Help me identify a John Wayne movie. Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-john-wayne-movie-please/1002057)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-john-wayne-movie-please/1002057 "2024-06-09T05:26:48Z")
I vividly remember a movie with John Wayne. He’s a businessman or maybe just wealthy? There’s an accident and he’s in the hospital. Unable to walk. I thought it was a war movie. A nurse inspires him to relearn to walk.… --- ## [When did you take your first commercial flight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-take-your-first-commercial-flight/1002517)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-take-your-first-commercial-flight/1002517 "2024-06-09T04:27:25Z")
I was 17 and working for my dad in the summer of 1971 - his company did foreign freight forwarding, and customs documentation was an important part. In this particular instance, some papers needed to be signed right away… --- ## [Ambassador Bridge etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambassador-bridge-etc/1002615)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambassador-bridge-etc/1002615 "2024-06-09T04:22:05Z")
The Ambassador Bridge is a privately-owned toll bridge linking Detroit MI with Windsor ON. Google Maps shows no route numbers assigned to the US side, but highway 3 to the Canadian side. Are there any other privately-ow… --- ## [Were spectacles and eye-glasses once different things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-spectacles-and-eye-glasses-once-different-things/1002604)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-spectacles-and-eye-glasses-once-different-things/1002604 "2024-06-09T04:02:43Z")
In The Golden Pince-Nez, one of the last Sherlock Holmes stories, I noticed: Even the news brought back by Hopkins that he had found the children and that they had undoubtedly seen a woman exactly corresponding with Ho… --- ## [And the Emmy goes to ..,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-emmy-goes-to/1000546)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-emmy-goes-to/1000546 "2024-06-09T03:55:22Z")
Will it be Dick Van Dyke? --- ## [What was the first article of clothing that used word(s) as a decoration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-article-of-clothing-that-used-word-s-as-a-decoration/1002573)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-article-of-clothing-that-used-word-s-as-a-decoration/1002573 "2024-06-09T00:37:08Z")
These days a large percentage of clothing has words (often advertising) on it. But, what was the first time this was used? --- ## [flashing headlights when passing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights-when-passing/50699)
**Author:** [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights-when-passing/50699 "2024-06-08T21:04:54Z")
Another driving question: I’ve heard that, if you’re signaling that you wish to make a lane change (a rarity in itself here in California) on the freeway, when someone behind you in the adjacent lane flashes their headl… --- ## [No sound on YouTube on my laptop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sound-on-youtube-on-my-laptop/1002636)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sound-on-youtube-on-my-laptop/1002636 "2024-06-08T21:01:30Z")
I have sound on Netflix and other streaming apps on my HP, but nothing on YouTube. Tried the troubleshooter, sound is turned on, etc. Nothing. Any clues? --- ## [Work slacks keep wearing out between legs - how to prevent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-slacks-keep-wearing-out-between-legs-how-to-prevent/977769)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-slacks-keep-wearing-out-between-legs-how-to-prevent/977769 "2024-06-08T15:09:03Z")
I wear black dress slacks as part of my work uniform, and for years now I’ve been buying fairly standard Dickies slacks. In the last year or so, however, I’ve started encountering a problem that I never had before. Withi… --- ## [The People You Meet On Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-you-meet-on-vacation/1002602)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-you-meet-on-vacation/1002602 "2024-06-08T14:05:13Z")
A moderately amusing encyclopedia classifying the people you meet on vacation. Which are you? What are they missing? --- ## [Ever have something work out unexpectedly and well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-something-work-out-unexpectedly-and-well/1001895)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-something-work-out-unexpectedly-and-well/1001895 "2024-06-08T12:50:29Z")
Ok, that was maybe a bit too brief a title. Have you ever done something that ended up working out really well, maybe even better than you hoped or thought it would, but in a way that you didn’t expect? Maybe you didn’… --- ## [Have you ever refused to accept "free money"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-refused-to-accept-free-money/1001752)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-refused-to-accept-free-money/1001752 "2024-06-08T12:22:23Z")
About ten years ago I met my father at a diner. He felt guilty about not supporting me during college and gave me a check for $10,000. I took it home. Thought about it for a while. And sent it back to him, and told him … --- ## [Any good shows on Peacock? I just signed up for the whole year for $19.99](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-shows-on-peacock-i-just-signed-up-for-the-whole-year-for-19-99/973275)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-shows-on-peacock-i-just-signed-up-for-the-whole-year-for-19-99/973275 "2024-06-08T08:39:09Z")
So Alien Resident of course, but I’m hoping there might be some other good shows. I like non cringe humor sitcoms. Smart sitcoms generally. Shows like Star Trek Strange New Worlds and Below Decks, but not Discovery or … --- ## [Dogs & death (anti-trigger warning: NO dead or injurred dogs!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-death-anti-trigger-warning-no-dead-or-injurred-dogs/1002578)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-death-anti-trigger-warning-no-dead-or-injurred-dogs/1002578 "2024-06-08T06:59:03Z")
TL; DR: talk to me about dogs and estate planning and resolution. (Just skip what I wrote below and tell me dog stories if you want. Really.) So I got a dog. It was my mother’s dog, but she can’t take care of her anymor… --- ## [OJ Simpson has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-has-died/1000157 "2024-06-08T05:00:20Z")
No longer the most controversial person to have ever hosted Saturday Night Live. Thoughts? --- ## [Demographics are the reason for political craziness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demographics-are-the-reason-for-political-craziness/1002485)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demographics-are-the-reason-for-political-craziness/1002485 "2024-06-08T04:31:34Z")
I remember, as a kid, seeing the movie Spaced Invaders and learning about the historic radio performance of the War of the Worlds. Back in the day, purportedly, it had set off a hysteria - particularly among the elderly … --- ## [Serial killer Robert Pickton has died in prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548 "2024-06-08T04:30:07Z")
I wish people weren’t attacked in prison, but if it had to happen to someone…. --- ## [Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore... Tornadoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toto-were-not-in-kansas-anymore-tornadoes/1002085)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toto-were-not-in-kansas-anymore-tornadoes/1002085 "2024-06-08T04:19:40Z")
Been rough a few days this past week here in Arkansas. It has been a tough tornado season, allover. Late Friday night it started raining again. Rained and rained. I thought once it might’ve been hailing. It has hailed … --- ## [Inverse rainbow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inverse-rainbow/1002624)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inverse-rainbow/1002624 "2024-06-08T03:42:17Z")
I saw a beautiful double rainbow today. I noticed that the primary bow had a faint inner color after the violet. What causes that? \[Alb… --- ## [COVID causes Cancer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-causes-cancer/1002617)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-causes-cancer/1002617 "2024-06-08T00:11:40Z")
All over the news, the past couple of days: ‘Unusual’ cancers emerged after the pandemic. Doctors ask if covid is to blame. (msn.com) Pretty much all the stories seem to focus on one specific doctor’s experiences. I’m … --- ## [D-Day -- Was your father there? Grandfather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-day-was-your-father-there-grandfather/1002530)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-day-was-your-father-there-grandfather/1002530 "2024-06-07T23:40:36Z")
The 80th anniversary of D-Day is upon us, and it puts me in mind of my own father’s service during World War II. He was a fire control man on the destroyer USS Carmick, which was in the thick of things that day: On 6 … --- ## [What was the most important Navy Ship of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-important-navy-ship-of-all-time/982250)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-important-navy-ship-of-all-time/982250 "2024-06-07T23:26:41Z")
I nominate The Big “E”, CV-6, The USS Enterprise. She served all of WWII. She was involved in every major battle but one in the Pacific. Bad weather delayed her return to Pearl from December 6th so she was not in port… --- ## [Rain gutters — can’t believe this needs asking:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-gutters-can-t-believe-this-needs-asking/1002336)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-gutters-can-t-believe-this-needs-asking/1002336 "2024-06-07T22:56:57Z")
The gutters on our rental house (we’ve been here two years) have about a dozen little pine trees growing out of them. They were here when we moved in. I thought they would perish in the summer heat, but they are flourish… --- ## [Jury foreperson: what is their role?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-foreperson-what-is-their-role/1002279)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-foreperson-what-is-their-role/1002279 "2024-06-07T22:50:09Z")
Based on a current high-profile trial being decided by a jury, I’m curious about the jury foreperson in particular. For those of you who’ve served on a jury, how did you decide on the foreperson? What role did they play… --- ## [The Perfect Bid Price is Right documentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-bid-price-is-right-documentary/987093)
**Author:** [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-bid-price-is-right-documentary/987093 "2024-06-07T20:40:25Z")
Price is Right fans will enjoy this documentary about a mega fan. From the Youtube description - Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much is the thrilling, award-winning documentary from CJ Wallis about a math geni… --- ## [Screw you MS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-ms/1002576)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-ms/1002576 "2024-06-07T20:37:54Z")
For months been getting popups telling me that Windows Mail is going away and I need to upgrade to Outlook. This morning I decided to make the switch. The first thing I notice is ads. What the hell. I find out I have to … --- ## [Stopped for a DUI? No problemo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopped-for-a-dui-no-problemo/741842)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopped-for-a-dui-no-problemo/741842 "2024-06-07T20:01:16Z")
This story seems timely: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/woman-beats-dui-rap-claim-body-brews-alcohol-36017912 Skeptics may point to the three drinks the woman reportedly admitted consuming in the six hours prio… --- ## [Comedy movies made from serious TV series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-made-from-serious-tv-series/1002526)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-movies-made-from-serious-tv-series/1002526 "2024-06-07T19:26:19Z")
There is the recent The Fall Guy and the lightly older 21 Jump Street. (I liked both TV series but had no interest in seeing either movie.) Are there other examples? I do not mean comedy movies of comedy series, which ar… --- ## [Drug Study: any major downsides to participating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-study-any-major-downsides-to-participating/1002481)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-study-any-major-downsides-to-participating/1002481 "2024-06-07T19:07:37Z")
My cardiologist participates in cardio-related studies. On my most recent visit, they asked if I would like to participate in one, comparing one current on-market drug to a (as I understand it) Stage 3 drug. Double-blind… --- ## [Israel targeted more than 120 US lawmakers in disinformation campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-targeted-more-than-120-us-lawmakers-in-disinformation-campaign/1002568)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-targeted-more-than-120-us-lawmakers-in-disinformation-campaign/1002568 "2024-06-07T18:41:19Z")
Israel targeted more than 120 US lawmakers in disinformation campaign At least 128 members of Congress were targeted by an Israeli-linked operation to spread pro-Israel military content amid the ongoing war in the Gaza… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=546&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=548&state=muted)