# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=565&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 566 --- ## ["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… --- ## [Characters you love, played by actors/actresses you don't love so much (or even despise/hate)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-love-played-by-actors-actresses-you-dont-love-so-much-or-even-despise-hate/1001434)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-love-played-by-actors-actresses-you-dont-love-so-much-or-even-despise-hate/1001434 "2024-05-13T04:35:29Z")
The title says it all, folks, but here are my personal examples that inspired this thread: Buffy, a character I love to death, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, who, no offense, as a real-life actress, is a bit boring,… --- ## [How does the monarchy work in British legal theory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-monarchy-work-in-british-legal-theory/1001075)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-monarchy-work-in-british-legal-theory/1001075 "2024-05-13T04:23:27Z")
I’m not talking about the role of the monarch; I’m looking for the legal theory behind the existence of the monarch. History gives us examples of Parliament exerting power over the monarch; either by limiting their auth… --- ## [Mold detection and cleaning in somewhat unusual places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-detection-and-cleaning-in-somewhat-unusual-places/1001440)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-detection-and-cleaning-in-somewhat-unusual-places/1001440 "2024-05-13T04:04:42Z")
I discovered in recent years that my older car has a mild issue: if I open the trunk all the way, any rain water on it can drip off the corners of the lid and into my trunk. I thought this was just an annoyance at first. … --- ## [Poll: Imprisoning Trump for contempt would have what effect on his presidential chances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-imprisoning-trump-for-contempt-would-have-what-effect-on-his-presidential-chances/1001192)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-imprisoning-trump-for-contempt-would-have-what-effect-on-his-presidential-chances/1001192 "2024-05-13T03:42:25Z")
If Judge Merchan were to hold Trump in criminal contempt for continued violation of the gag order and were to order him to be held in prison, would that help or hurt Trump’s chances at re-election? poll As many times as… --- ## [When to change voter registration when moving to a different state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-change-voter-registration-when-moving-to-a-different-state/1001287)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-change-voter-registration-when-moving-to-a-different-state/1001287 "2024-05-13T03:35:54Z")
We currently live in Arizona. We are closing on a home in West Virginia the beginning of June and then we will move and sell our home in AZ. This process is going to take several months so we will own homes in two differ… --- ## [I have a Bartesian. Any tricks, tips, favorite pods, etc.? Let's discuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-bartesian-any-tricks-tips-favorite-pods-etc-lets-discuss/1001378)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-bartesian-any-tricks-tips-favorite-pods-etc-lets-discuss/1001378 "2024-05-13T02:45:55Z")
Last Christmas, my wife got me a Bartesian cocktail maker. She actually got me this one, made by Black & Decker. You load your own spirits into it (I have Bacardi Rum, Tito’s Vodka, Jack Daniel’s Whiskey, and I don’t r… --- ## [How do you feel about the new ads for Body Wash, Mando Whole body deodorant etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-new-ads-for-body-wash-mando-whole-body-deodorant-etc/1001120)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-new-ads-for-body-wash-mando-whole-body-deodorant-etc/1001120 "2024-05-13T02:42:57Z")
My tv feed is inundated with commercials for Mando, Old Spice Body Wash and other products. It’s especially irritating they are constantly referring to using the product on our genitals. I can honestly say I’m not conce… --- ## [Carpool Lanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpool-lanes/1001326)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpool-lanes/1001326 "2024-05-13T02:35:53Z")
The highways connecting Toronto to several satellite cities are some of the world’s busiest. Crowded for twenty hours every day. Often under construction. Some of this construction was to build “carpool lanes” for veh… --- ## [Amazing Northern Lights at La Ronge, Sask](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-northern-lights-at-la-ronge-sask/932404)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-northern-lights-at-la-ronge-sask/932404 "2024-05-12T23:00:24Z")
Some amazing Northern Lights pix from last night, posted by the EMS Service at La Ronge Saskatchewan. I’d read that more intense solar activity than usual was expected this year, and with the polar vortex and the deep f… --- ## [Anyone ever volunteer to be an Election Poll worker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-volunteer-to-be-an-election-poll-worker/1000323)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-volunteer-to-be-an-election-poll-worker/1000323 "2024-05-12T22:37:11Z")
I did and went to the training today. Only 20 minutes from my house, so not too bad. But when they got to expected time of arrival it was 5am and then all indications was staying until at least 8:30pm. (this was a little… --- ## [Dumb, obvious jokes some people can't help but reflexively make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-obvious-jokes-some-people-cant-help-but-reflexively-make/994928)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-obvious-jokes-some-people-cant-help-but-reflexively-make/994928 "2024-05-12T22:13:00Z")
After I made this post in another thread — It occurred to me it might be a good idea to catalog the various knee-jerk “witticisms” that the tellers think are amusing but that the recipients have probably heard a thousa… --- ## [Neil Young and Crazy Horse on tour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-on-tour/997752)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-on-tour/997752 "2024-05-12T21:57:14Z")
Just got tickets for the show at Jiffy Lube Live arena in the DC area May 11. I’m driving up from SW Virginia, my brother is driving down from NYC, about 3.5 hours each, and we will meet our old friend Tim, who lives ab… --- ## [The Sinister London "Pusher". He's still out there. {LINK}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sinister-london-pusher-hes-still-out-there-link/1001372)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sinister-london-pusher-hes-still-out-there-link/1001372 "2024-05-12T21:44:31Z")
How many of you recall how a London jogger pushed a complete stranger under a bus, & then jogged on , indifferent? He has never been caught. {LINK, WITH A PHOTO OF THIS GUY} --- ## [Light aircraft pilot procedures before takeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-aircraft-pilot-procedures-before-takeoff/1001423)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-aircraft-pilot-procedures-before-takeoff/1001423 "2024-05-12T20:16:32Z")
Today we had lunch at the Hummingbird Cafe at Shoreham Airport, a small airport used mostly by light aircraft. The decking we sat on is immediately (and I mean immediately) adjacent a taxiway and “parking” area, and a bi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=564&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=566&state=tracking)