# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=555 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 556 --- ## [Help me come up with a pizza variety for my pizza & movie night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-pizza-variety-for-my-pizza-movie-night/1001922)
**Author:** [@AshleyWilliams78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshleyWilliams78)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-pizza-variety-for-my-pizza-movie-night/1001922 "2024-05-27T21:46:11Z")
My husband and I both like cooking and watching horror movies, so we’ve started having a “pizza and movie night” every Saturday. We take turns each week, where one of us will pick that night’s movie and come up with a pi… --- ## [What muscle in my arm is hurting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-muscle-in-my-arm-is-hurting/1002156)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-muscle-in-my-arm-is-hurting/1002156 "2024-05-27T21:16:36Z")
Picture a brick on a table. You are sitting at the table, and the brick is in front of you, pointed away from you (i.e. the long way is pointed “forward” and “back” rather than side to side). You stick out your right ar… --- ## [EF-2 tornado](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ef-2-tornado/1000255)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ef-2-tornado/1000255 "2024-05-27T20:33:34Z")
A EF-2 tornado passed about ¼ by my house Wednesday. It was very exciting. Tornados have always been something that happened to other people. I was standing in my kitchen looking out the window and suddenly everything we… --- ## [Hands Across America - May 25, 1986](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-across-america-may-25-1986/1002068)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hands-across-america-may-25-1986/1002068 "2024-05-27T20:10:03Z")
Hands Across America - Wikipedia Did anyone else here participate? I was a volunteer and remember going to at least one planning meeting. I took posters to businesses on part of the route. I can’t remember now how pl… --- ## [Stardew Valley - new v1.6 update (may contain spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stardew-valley-new-v1-6-update-may-contain-spoilers/1002151)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stardew-valley-new-v1-6-update-may-contain-spoilers/1002151 "2024-05-27T18:54:48Z")
Rather than resurrect an old Stardew Valley thread I thought I’d start a new one for the latest update, 1.6, which was released a month or two ago. There are a few gameplay changes and some new content. Just a warning th… --- ## [So, about Covid origins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-covid-origins/1002140)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-covid-origins/1002140 "2024-05-27T18:42:52Z")
Has the origin ever been definitively decided? It seems that most scientists think it was zoonotic in nature, but there’s not full agreement or full clarity: https://gcrinstitute.org/covid-origin/ Some US government a… --- ## [What’s the point of the transporter room in \*Star Trek\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-point-of-the-transporter-room-in-star-trek/1000238)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-point-of-the-transporter-room-in-star-trek/1000238 "2024-05-27T18:21:24Z")
Not the transporter, but the transporter room. Plenty of episodes establish that you can transport people from a location other than the transporter room and to such a location. In fact, it seems that said room need not … --- ## [The cicadas are singing in E](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cicadas-are-singing-in-e/1002053)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cicadas-are-singing-in-e/1002053 "2024-05-27T18:11:24Z")
Around Chicago, we are currently experiencing a cicada emergence. We were playing outside the other day, and wondered what note they were singing. The predominant note was clearly E. I just KNEW you all were dying to kn… --- ## [It is so hard to search for songs with no words. This one is an oldie with a guy beatboxing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-so-hard-to-search-for-songs-with-no-words-this-one-is-an-oldie-with-a-guy-beatboxing/1002061)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-so-hard-to-search-for-songs-with-no-words-this-one-is-an-oldie-with-a-guy-beatboxing/1002061 "2024-05-27T16:55:29Z")
When I say ‘oldie’ I’m thinking maybe perhaps the 70s. The guy does sing something that goes like, “Oonana oonana, oonana oona”. And then a lot of beatboxing punctuated with explosive PAAHs. Somebody on my FB feed mentio… --- ## [How do you play Colombian Sudoku?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-play-colombian-sudoku/1002089)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-play-colombian-sudoku/1002089 "2024-05-27T16:29:41Z")
@puzzlegal, or anybody who knows, how the heck do you work a Colombian Sudoku? I don’t understand the instructions. The dots outside the board on the right indicate how many cells in the corresponding column or row o… --- ## [Memorial Day: we remember all who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-day-we-remember-all-who-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice-for-our-freedoms/1002142)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorial-day-we-remember-all-who-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice-for-our-freedoms/1002142 "2024-05-27T15:57:58Z")
{Hymn to The Fallen, from Saving Private Ryan (1998), by John Williams } --- ## [Helping to clean my moms 95 year old garage from afar in the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-to-clean-my-moms-95-year-old-garage-from-afar-in-the-uk/1002071)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-to-clean-my-moms-95-year-old-garage-from-afar-in-the-uk/1002071 "2024-05-27T15:22:41Z")
Born in Limerick, I hope she reaches 100 and doesn’t get a letter from the Queen (unlikely) or King (it’s a thing they have a secretary to for centenarians but not those born in Free Ireland). So I recently wrote to my … --- ## [Posts where the OP comes back (much) later to update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-where-the-op-comes-back-much-later-to-update/1001987)
**Author:** [@AshleyWilliams78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshleyWilliams78)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-where-the-op-comes-back-much-later-to-update/1001987 "2024-05-27T14:03:16Z")
One subreddit that I enjoy reading is “Best of Redditor Updates.” People share posts from other subreddits where the OP wrote about a problem or asked for advice, and then later came back with an update about how things … --- ## [(Old) Thank God It's Frood Day - A Hoopy MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thank-god-its-frood-day-a-hoopy-mmp/1001795)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thank-god-its-frood-day-a-hoopy-mmp/1001795 "2024-05-27T12:08:12Z")
Saturday is Towel Day, so make sure you have yours, and maybe pop down to the pub for a couple of pints, or a cup of a liquid almost, but not entirely unlike tea. Unless that one Facebook Nutter is right, and Judgement … --- ## [Are there puns that can still work after translation to a different language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-puns-that-can-still-work-after-translation-to-a-different-language/999024)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-puns-that-can-still-work-after-translation-to-a-different-language/999024 "2024-05-27T08:41:45Z")
I don’t mean so-called ‘bilingual puns’ where a foreign word is dropped into an English sentence (‘Look at that S-car go!’), but rather, puns or other similar wordplay where the meaning survives translation, even though… --- ## [How do I make Google Maps use GPS on my Android phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-google-maps-use-gps-on-my-android-phone/1002079)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-google-maps-use-gps-on-my-android-phone/1002079 "2024-05-27T02:07:03Z")
I am on a cruise with my family. We are currently somewhere on the Atlantic Ocean. I am using Starlink internet. When I use Google Maps it says I am in Hamburg. How do I fix that? --- ## [Re: Tarred and Feathered, 29-Apr-1988](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-tarred-and-feathered-29-apr-1988/339807)
**Author:** [@mrsmuckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsmuckers)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-tarred-and-feathered-29-apr-1988/339807 "2006-01-20T01:01:05Z")
In reference to the column “Has anyone actually ever been tarred and feathered?” from 29-Apr-1988, Jesus tells a story in the new testament of the Bible (The Message version) about a man who planted a vineyard and turned… --- ## ["I don't even have a garage, you can call home and ask my wife!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-have-a-garage-you-can-call-home-and-ask-my-wife/1002031)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-even-have-a-garage-you-can-call-home-and-ask-my-wife/1002031 "2024-05-27T00:06:45Z")
Any other mentions of a garage in a song? I have a feeling it pops up in country music. --- ## [Why is Trump drawing such small crowds? (or is he?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-trump-drawing-such-small-crowds-or-is-he/1002052)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-trump-drawing-such-small-crowds-or-is-he/1002052 "2024-05-26T23:24:05Z")
While of course Trump and his lackeys are saying his crowds are “Yuge!”. They’ve even resorted to using imagery from other gatherings to obfuscate his crowd size. However, imagery from journalists shows his crowd sizes a… --- ## ['This discovery re-writes history!' claims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-discovery-re-writes-history-claims/1001832)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-discovery-re-writes-history-claims/1001832 "2024-05-26T22:35:20Z")
I saw yet another news feed claiming to re-write history, crawl across my desktop: Footprints discovered in New Mexico rewrite American history I’m not disputing that article, and maybe it’s not the best example. Howev… --- ## [Recommend me a (relatively) inexpensive pair of sunglasses I can order online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-relatively-inexpensive-pair-of-sunglasses-i-can-order-online/1002041)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-relatively-inexpensive-pair-of-sunglasses-i-can-order-online/1002041 "2024-05-26T21:29:54Z")
I’m down to my last pair, with the end of one of the arm parts being held on with duct tape. In the past I’ve ordered these a couple times- they are a wraparound style I like, polarized, of course 100% UV protection, an… --- ## [Can I use record cover images to promote my record store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-record-cover-images-to-promote-my-record-store/1001869)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-record-cover-images-to-promote-my-record-store/1001869 "2024-05-26T21:00:36Z")
I’m starting a record store. (See the full thread here.) My question is for lawyers and/or trademark experts: Can I use images of album covers I own and intend to sell in my promotional materials? Or would this run afou… --- ## [How significant is the damage stemming from an airliner making a belly landing without wheels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-significant-is-the-damage-stemming-from-an-airliner-making-a-belly-landing-without-wheels/1002006)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-significant-is-the-damage-stemming-from-an-airliner-making-a-belly-landing-without-wheels/1002006 "2024-05-26T20:56:29Z")
We see these belly landings every couple months – a big passenger airliner or freight jet has to land with wheels up. The plane slides for several hundred feet, maybe a thousand of more, across the concrete runway. Then… --- ## [Does anyone else here deal with muscle twitches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-deal-with-muscle-twitches/1001884)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-deal-with-muscle-twitches/1001884 "2024-05-26T19:51:49Z")
I’ve had them off and on for 25 years. Sometimes, it drives me nuts. My twitches don’t hurt, but they’re random. They come and go. They hit different muscle groups. I’m in my late 50’s now, and starting to wonder if… --- ## [Precolumbian corn in Korea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/precolumbian-corn-in-korea/971468)
**Author:** [@rpinet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rpinet)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/precolumbian-corn-in-korea/971468 "2024-05-26T19:35:14Z")
In episode 11 of korean series “The King’s Affection” --historical romance situated in the 15th c.-- several characters appear eating corn. Not mentioning it as such, but the images are unmistakeable. Is that accurate? --- ## [From a Christian perspective - what's the biblical case for inclusion on lgbtq?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-christian-perspective-whats-the-biblical-case-for-inclusion-on-lgbtq/1001694)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-christian-perspective-whats-the-biblical-case-for-inclusion-on-lgbtq/1001694 "2024-05-26T18:56:31Z")
I almost put this one in the “Methodists Splitting” thread, since it’s my denomination that recently went through a schism around the gay issue. But it’s a larger question. I have no issue with the recent decisions of … --- ## [What are some of your favorite history books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-history-books/999255)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-history-books/999255 "2024-05-26T18:20:30Z")
What are some great history books that stuck with you after you finished them? Or that led you down deeper rabbit holes of learning? I’m not even looking solely for nonfiction (historical fiction is great too). I’ve be… --- ## [South Carolina Congressional District 1 Gerrymander Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-congressional-district-1-gerrymander-case/1000484)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-congressional-district-1-gerrymander-case/1000484 "2024-05-26T16:48:25Z")
A thread to discuss Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. Background In 2018, Joe Cunningham was the first Democrat in 30 years to flip a district in South Carolina. Nancy Mace won back the seat f… --- ## [Fargo Season 5 discussion (Starts 21NOV2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-season-5-discussion-starts-21nov2023/993228)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 405\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-season-5-discussion-starts-21nov2023/993228 "2024-05-26T13:55:50Z")
From the Wiki article It stars Juno Temple as Dorothy “Dot” Lyon, a seemingly typical Midwestern housewife living in Scandia, Minnesota, whose mysterious past comes back to haunt her after she lands in hot water with t… --- ## [I support the cause of the pro-Palestinian protestors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-the-cause-of-the-pro-palestinian-protestors/1000841)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-the-cause-of-the-pro-palestinian-protestors/1000841 "2024-05-26T13:39:24Z")
I do have some caveats. First off, I support putting pressure on Israel to cease fire in Gaza, IMO that is a just cause. That would be primarily for the purpose of providing food and medical aid to Gazans. I have no dou… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=554) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=556)