# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=565&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 566 --- ## [When did TV stop crediting Guest stars in the opening credits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tv-stop-crediting-guest-stars-in-the-opening-credits/1001470)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tv-stop-crediting-guest-stars-in-the-opening-credits/1001470 "2024-05-14T15:50:33Z")
I’m watching a episode of Blue Bloods S3E1 and it suddenly dawned on me the main guest character actors aren’t credited in the opening. That was always a thing when I grew up. You might see the opening for “Cannon” sta… --- ## [WWII aerial battle overhead!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-aerial-battle-overhead/746590)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-aerial-battle-overhead/746590 "2024-05-14T14:15:55Z")
What would it have been like on the ground when a formation of Allied bombers was intercepted by German fighters, both sides spraying machine gun fire? Would there have been a rain of lead? Was anyone on the ground eve… --- ## [Any reason to be concerned about CME’s this weekend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-to-be-concerned-about-cme-s-this-weekend/1001380)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-to-be-concerned-about-cme-s-this-weekend/1001380 "2024-05-14T13:01:49Z")
I was just reading this Gizmodo article, and it seems there is the possibility it could disrupt some forms of communications? --- ## [Is presentation important to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-presentation-important-to-you/1001278)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-presentation-important-to-you/1001278 "2024-05-14T11:56:58Z")
Is presentation important to you when you’re serving a meal? I’m thinking I might make Caprese salads for dinner. I used to slice Roma tomatoes into six slices, then add the fresh mozzarella, and then a basil leaf to e… --- ## [Who remembers "The Forty Year Old Hippie" comic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-forty-year-old-hippie-comic/1001519)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-forty-year-old-hippie-comic/1001519 "2024-05-14T11:52:25Z")
I’ve recently been digging up some favorite underground comics online. I’ve found websites posting issues of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Dealer McDope. Yesterday I thought to hunt for The Forty Year Old Hippi… --- ## [FIFTY Years Ago Today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifty-years-ago-today/999974)
**Author:** [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifty-years-ago-today/999974 "2024-05-14T05:22:29Z")
Here is a repost of something I wrote in 2004. I think it’s worth revisiting: April 8, 1974. Opening day at the old Atlanta Stadium (before the name was changed to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium). Hank Aaron had finished… --- ## [Have robins evolved to follow lawn mowers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-robins-evolved-to-follow-lawn-mowers/1001451)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-robins-evolved-to-follow-lawn-mowers/1001451 "2024-05-14T01:06:24Z")
Every time I mow the robins hop right over to the freshly mowed sections to look for worms and bugs. Are they older birds that learned by trial and error? Or did they watch Mom doing it? The other birds just fly away. --- ## [Is contempt of court considered a special crime that doesn't deserve Constitutional rights because of practicality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-contempt-of-court-considered-a-special-crime-that-doesnt-deserve-constitutional-rights-because-of-practicality/1001516)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-contempt-of-court-considered-a-special-crime-that-doesnt-deserve-constitutional-rights-because-of-practicality/1001516 "2024-05-14T00:52:52Z")
As far as I’m aware, contempt of court is the only crime for which the Constitutional rights about a crime (right to trial by jury, right to due process, etc.) doesn’t apply - for obvious reasons, the need for practicali… --- ## [It's Webcomic Recco Time Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-webcomic-recco-time-again/916269)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-webcomic-recco-time-again/916269 "2024-05-14T00:50:20Z")
Yes, my friends. I noticed I’m running low on webcomics again. And I dearly love some webcomix. Even did one myself for about five years and I’m thinking about doing another one or two now that the store is up and run… --- ## [Squirrel. Ouchies.Stabby-Stabby, Shooty-shooty. NEWS and YouTube Link,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-ouchies-stabby-stabby-shooty-shooty-news-and-youtube-link/1001489)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-ouchies-stabby-stabby-shooty-shooty-news-and-youtube-link/1001489 "2024-05-13T23:53:06Z")
Wife stabs husband with Squirrel. OK, CERAMIC Squirrel. (NEWSLINK) AND–a happy little Squirrel GOES POSTAL! And you will pay for it. On your xboxy-thingee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRiRyopVm6Q --- ## [(Old) April Showers bringing May Flowers in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-showers-bringing-may-flowers-in-the-mmp/1001177)
**Author:** [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-showers-bringing-may-flowers-in-the-mmp/1001177 "2024-05-13T23:49:51Z")
Good Morning MMPers! I was so happy to see the lillies of the valley first with buds late last week and starting to open into blooms yesterday. Our lilacs are in full bloom. I sat in the backyard over the weekend enjo… --- ## [Someone croaked Whitey Bulger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733 "2024-05-13T23:43:13Z")
Notorious Gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger Killed After Being Transferred to West Virginia Prison ‘James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious gangster who was captured in Santa Monica and convicted in 2013 of various crimes, was … --- ## [Do you see me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-me/1001438)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-me/1001438 "2024-05-13T22:51:49Z")
All my life I’ve felt at odds with everyone around me. I watched people. I noticed things got done. I walked around in a world, I was afraid I wasn’t really on. Mostly it was a vague feeling I certainly didn’t have … --- ## [What is the best way to quote from one thread and use that quote to make a new thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-quote-from-one-thread-and-use-that-quote-to-make-a-new-thread/1001502)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-quote-from-one-thread-and-use-that-quote-to-make-a-new-thread/1001502 "2024-05-13T21:49:57Z")
So I see a post in thread A, and it triggers some sideways issue in my mind and I want to make a new thread based on that post (or part of it), which will be thread B, maybe in a different forum. The only way I can imag… --- ## ["Mother's Day isn't yet!" pfft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day-isnt-yet-pfft/1001460)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day-isnt-yet-pfft/1001460 "2024-05-13T21:14:12Z")
So for a couple of weeks, every business I have ever bought, sold, made inquiry, complained to, what have you, has sent me an ad explaining why some form of their good or service would make the PERFECT mother’s day gift. … --- ## [What discontinued fast food item would you bring back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783 "2024-05-13T21:00:59Z")
You have the power to persuade a restaurant chain to bring back a discontinued item and have it on their menu again. What do you choose? I miss Wendy’s breadsticks, so soft and buttery. Also now that I ate so much fast… --- ## [Question about closing thread (Man, bear, woman,what’s the meme I’m missing?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-closing-thread-man-bear-woman-what-s-the-meme-i-m-missing/1001395)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-closing-thread-man-bear-woman-what-s-the-meme-i-m-missing/1001395 "2024-05-13T20:08:07Z")
This is about the “Man, bear, woman…” (Man, bear, woman,what's the meme I'm missing?) which was recently closed. Not to second guess mods (Aspenglow in this case) but could not Mislav simply have been banned from that t… --- ## [Things that rub you the wrong way, and you know it's stupid. Things where it annoys you that they annoy you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558 "2024-05-13T18:39:26Z")
There’s a thing that annoys me, and it also annoys me that it annoys me, because I know it’s stupid that it annoys me - I know that the problem is entirely in my head and that the perpetrators (which is the wrong word) o… --- ## [Fallout Episode 7: The Radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-7-the-radio/1000142)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-7-the-radio/1000142 "2024-05-13T18:36:22Z")
Spoiler policy: Anything in this episode and any previous episodes are open spoilers. Please do not discuss what happens in later episodes in this thread. Rather, go to the thread for that episode and discuss it there. A… --- ## [Is McDonalds becoming a luxury meal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mcdonalds-becoming-a-luxury-meal/1001311)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mcdonalds-becoming-a-luxury-meal/1001311 "2024-05-13T18:13:22Z")
McD’s used to be a place where a family can afford to enjoy a meal together. At many of their locations kids could play in the park while the adults talked around the table. Now McD’s is pretty much a time saver, a qui… --- ## [Did Harvey Kellogg ever comment about Eugene Sandow or George Hackenschmidt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-harvey-kellogg-ever-comment-about-eugene-sandow-or-george-hackenschmidt/1001453)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-harvey-kellogg-ever-comment-about-eugene-sandow-or-george-hackenschmidt/1001453 "2024-05-13T16:46:28Z")
This is obscure, but hear me out. John Harvey Kellogg was the eccentric doctor who operated a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, around the turn of the 20th century, which is parodied in the film The Road to Wellvill… --- ## [Yo' Mama (A Mother's Day Thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mama-a-mothers-day-thread/984032)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mama-a-mothers-day-thread/984032 "2024-05-13T14:58:30Z")
Surprised I don’t see one of these, but perhaps my search fu is weak. Sweet or sour, we all have memories of our parents, and I’m sure some of the stories are very interesting. As a genealogist, I’m very interested in wh… --- ## [Walmart makes the best tiramisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322 "2024-05-13T14:27:54Z")
Tiramisu is one of those pleasures I discovered late in life so I haven’t tried it at too many places. But none of them beat the Walmart version. It is made with a firm cake rather than lady fingers so they call it Marke… --- ## [Health insurance question, need advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-question-need-advice/1001133)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-question-need-advice/1001133 "2024-05-13T13:19:00Z")
I see a physician specializing in sleep medicine for sleep apnea. I need to see him once a year to continue to receive my CPAP supplies. When I went this week…surprise! They say I owe them $900 from previous visits datin… --- ## [Roger Corman - RIP 1926-2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-corman-rip-1926-2024/1001436)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-corman-rip-1926-2024/1001436 "2024-05-13T11:40:15Z")
The man was a national treasure. Great guy, did a lot for low-budget movie making. --- ## ["Mother's Day"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day/1001364)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day/1001364 "2024-05-13T11:36:30Z")
Mother’s Day, a Polish Movie Since this Sunday is, in fact, Mother’s Day, I felt it only appropriate to watch the 2023 movie, “Mother’s Day”. I recommend it because it is an entirely Polish movie; produced, directed,… --- ## [Trying to make ceviche for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-make-ceviche-for-the-first-time/1001459)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-make-ceviche-for-the-first-time/1001459 "2024-05-13T11:28:04Z")
I’m trying to make ceviche for the first time. I’ve diced the fish, and it’s been marinating in the fridge with what looks like too much lime juice. Before I put it in there, I put in garlic powder and kosher salt. On… --- ## [Why aren’t beef products more common for breakfast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-aren-t-beef-products-more-common-for-breakfast/1000764)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-aren-t-beef-products-more-common-for-breakfast/1000764 "2024-05-13T10:15:47Z")
There’s steak and eggs but IME, that’s not exactly common. How did pork and poultry (via eggs) come to dominate American breakfasts? I know that there’s corned beef hash, but at least in my part of the country (which ha… --- ## [Is there even one "Street View" type service that at all compares to Google's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-even-one-street-view-type-service-that-at-all-compares-to-googles/1001455)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-even-one-street-view-type-service-that-at-all-compares-to-googles/1001455 "2024-05-13T05:19:20Z")
I just tried Bing’s “Streetside” service today, and quit after a few minutes; the images are blurry, the controls are clumsy, you can’t get rid of the portion of the screen with the ugly map in it, and, perhaps most vexi… --- ## [The Lil'wrekker and her dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-and-her-dilemma/1001396)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-and-her-dilemma/1001396 "2024-05-13T05:14:39Z")
Listen to this. The Lil’wrekker works in a professors office while finishing her degree. Obviously the man doesn’t pay his bills. Lots of stories of bill collectors and people calling the office. This morning. He is o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=564&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=566&state=muted)