# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=567&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 568 --- ## [A question for folks who still listen to"The Oldies Station" on the radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-folks-who-still-listen-to-the-oldies-station-on-the-radio/1001335)
**Author:** [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-folks-who-still-listen-to-the-oldies-station-on-the-radio/1001335 "2024-05-11T17:05:11Z")
I haven’t listened to “oldies” radio in a long time. I have some questions about the kind of stuff they play nowadays. When I was elementary school age( late 80’s- early 90’s), I loved listening to the oldies station. T… --- ## [RIP Bernard Hill - sleep well, Theoden King](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bernard-hill-sleep-well-theoden-king/1001161)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bernard-hill-sleep-well-theoden-king/1001161 "2024-05-11T16:50:59Z")
“I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed.” --- ## [These are certainly pandas! No doubt!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-certainly-pandas-no-doubt/1001351)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-certainly-pandas-no-doubt/1001351 "2024-05-11T15:32:14Z")
I’m not sure why people are complaining. Obvious bears are obvious. --- ## [Don't take checks from stoners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-take-checks-from-stoners/1001416)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-take-checks-from-stoners/1001416 "2024-05-11T14:41:54Z")
Massive $237.75 million donation to Florida A&M is worthless. Some details unclear, but the school had time to check out this donation in the form of shares of a business that may not be worth anything. Only after the do… --- ## [British Dopers: How Popular, Really, Is Association Football In Your Country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-how-popular-really-is-association-football-in-your-country/1001366)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-how-popular-really-is-association-football-in-your-country/1001366 "2024-05-11T14:28:04Z")
Growing up, I believed (based on news reports of rampant football hooliganism at the time, combined with a young mind that couldn’t separate hyperbole from reality) that every last Briton was 100 percent all-in on associ… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad worrying about Panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-worrying-about-panache/969839)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-worrying-about-panache/969839 "2024-05-11T14:25:52Z")
@panache45 where are you? We miss you. He was last seen on July 21. --- ## [How could Hertz be so short-sighted about renting EVs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-hertz-be-so-short-sighted-about-renting-evs/1001017)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-hertz-be-so-short-sighted-about-renting-evs/1001017 "2024-05-11T13:58:13Z")
Story here: Hertz Stock Plunges 19% as It Continues to Lose Money on Ill-Fated Tesla EV Plan Shorty story, Hertz invests heavily in a fleet of Teslas for rent, now because of low demand, high maintenance costs, and low … --- ## ["Whataboutism" in criticizing a tv show or movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whataboutism-in-criticizing-a-tv-show-or-movie/1001272)
**Author:** [@AshleyWilliams78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshleyWilliams78)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whataboutism-in-criticizing-a-tv-show-or-movie/1001272 "2024-05-11T06:50:51Z")
I’ve noticed something that often comes up online when discussing movies or shows that involve magic, aliens, the supernatural, etc. If someone criticizes a certain plot point as hard to believe, someone else will retort… --- ## [AC/DC and transformers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-and-transformers/1001345)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-and-transformers/1001345 "2024-05-11T05:09:11Z")
I recently visited Croatia, including a visit Nikola Tesla’s birthplace, which is now a museum. As you probably know, Tesla and Edison had the AC/DC wars, which Tesla won. One of the reasons that AC is superior for larg… --- ## [NFL draft 2024!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2024/1000632)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2024/1000632 "2024-05-11T02:30:26Z")
We’re just a few days away from the 2024 NFL draft. As with every year, I’m excited to see how the draft will play out. Who will get horribly over-drafted (JJ McCarthy/Drake Maye). Who will fall and provide great value (… --- ## [Harland Sanders kentucky State Senate race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harland-sanders-kentucky-state-senate-race/1001358)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harland-sanders-kentucky-state-senate-race/1001358 "2024-05-11T00:20:25Z")
Political, but has a factual answer. KFC has a posted saying if not for 187 (or some small number) of votes , he would be a Kentucky Senator. I’ve seen pics of a poster for him running as a kentucky STATE (not US) Sena… --- ## [Mad Magazine Movie Parodies of Non-existent Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-movie-parodies-of-non-existent-movies/990485)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazine-movie-parodies-of-non-existent-movies/990485 "2024-05-10T20:59:27Z")
One of the things I loved about the old Mad Magazine, especially in the 1960s, was the way they’d do a “parody” of a movie that didn’t actually exist. But it played off familar cliches, or off a real movie. But they gave… --- ## [Man, bear, woman,what's the meme I'm missing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-bear-woman-whats-the-meme-im-missing/1001284)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-bear-woman-whats-the-meme-im-missing/1001284 "2024-05-10T20:33:45Z")
Of recent weeks the social media pages I sometimes check out have been flooded with references to a man, a bear, and a woman. And there’s lots of laughing emoticons, and comments of agreement, but NO-ONE explains what it… --- ## [For those who love the cock: do you find penises visually attractive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-love-the-cock-do-you-find-penises-visually-attractive/484735)
**Author:** [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-love-the-cock-do-you-find-penises-visually-attractive/484735 "2009-02-10T13:23:38Z")
I love the cock, but I think penises are ugly as hell. I do like the look of a nice package, however. My straight female friends think I’m crazy. So I’m curious how other people feel about the appearance of the penis. I … --- ## [Sheetrock / Plastering Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheetrock-plastering-advice/1001264)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheetrock-plastering-advice/1001264 "2024-05-10T19:26:44Z")
Background: I’m renovating a bedroom, and since I have to update the old two wire electric and make lots of holes for that, and since the “insulation” in this 80 year old house is… inadequate, I decided to just go down … --- ## [My car is infested with tiny black ants. What to do? Need to answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-is-infested-with-tiny-black-ants-what-to-do-need-to-answer-fast/1001320)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-is-infested-with-tiny-black-ants-what-to-do-need-to-answer-fast/1001320 "2024-05-10T18:52:55Z")
It started about a week ago. I saw a few black ants on the sill of the window on the driver side. I sprayed them with some stuff I had in the car, actually it was some bathtub cleaner. And they were gone. But over the la… --- ## [Why is the Cervix very far from the Cervical area of the neck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cervix-very-far-from-the-cervical-area-of-the-neck/1000735)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cervix-very-far-from-the-cervical-area-of-the-neck/1000735 "2024-05-10T17:38:00Z")
Having endured surgery 10 days ago on C-4, 5, 6 & 7 I’ve got more than a passing familiarity with the Cervical area of my spine. Why in the world is the neck area of the spinal process called this, whereas the lower spi… --- ## [Possible auroras in the continental US tonight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-auroras-in-the-continental-us-tonight/1001370)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-auroras-in-the-continental-us-tonight/1001370 "2024-05-10T17:09:15Z")
From a big coronal mass ejection. Recall those red prominences from the eclipse? \[are they they same thing or related somehow?\] https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/swpc-issues-its-first-g4-watch-2005 As far south as Alaba… --- ## [Could our moon have a submoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-our-moon-have-a-submoon/1001353)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-our-moon-have-a-submoon/1001353 "2024-05-10T16:50:04Z")
I’m not asking if it does, of course. We’d have noticed by now. But from the little I’ve read a moon would need a stable orbit to “support” a submoon. Does ours qualify? And would it affect Earth? --- ## [Anybody comparable to Allie Sherlock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-comparable-to-allie-sherlock/1000272)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-comparable-to-allie-sherlock/1000272 "2024-05-10T16:32:17Z")
Is there anybody comparable to Allie Sherlock in already having made it as a well-known singer and yet still regularly singing on the street? Her latest video (still being streamed as I write is https://www.youtube.com/… --- ## [The Beatles' "Let It Be" film re-released on Disney+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-let-it-be-film-re-released-on-disney/1001286)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-let-it-be-film-re-released-on-disney/1001286 "2024-05-10T15:25:52Z")
The newly-restored version of Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s documentary “Let It Be” dropped on Disney+ today. It’s largely been unavailable for the past 50 years, and everything I heard was that it was a dark, unflattering film… --- ## [Could you live only on food that comes from the sea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-live-only-on-food-that-comes-from-the-sea/1001152)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-live-only-on-food-that-comes-from-the-sea/1001152 "2024-05-10T14:22:14Z")
I few days ago I was watching Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea on youtube. At one point in the movie Captain Nemo (played by James Mason) says that all the food on the Nautilus comes from the sea. Could this be done… --- ## [We planted about 100 bulbs yesterday and some critter dug up 30 of them last night (or maybe the morning.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-planted-about-100-bulbs-yesterday-and-some-critter-dug-up-30-of-them-last-night-or-maybe-the-morning/1000104)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-planted-about-100-bulbs-yesterday-and-some-critter-dug-up-30-of-them-last-night-or-maybe-the-morning/1000104 "2024-05-10T13:46:18Z")
Incredibly frustrating, we suspect it is a squirrel but wondering if it was some other animal. I know squirrels bury nuts and suspect he saw us burying nut like objects and decided to steal our stash. Sound reasonable … --- ## [Email question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question/998777)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question/998777 "2024-05-10T12:32:16Z")
My wife and I are moving from Quebec to Ontario into an apartment building that has some sort of arrangement entailing a better deal with Bell as an internet provider. According to the Bell rep that I have spoken to, Be… --- ## [Cold call extended warranty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-call-extended-warranty/1001082)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-call-extended-warranty/1001082 "2024-05-10T06:40:43Z")
So hubster took a call today while I was on my phone trying to straighten out an insurance issue that’s been going on since December. I failed, but that is a story for a different day. As I’m finishing my call, hubster… --- ## [Hijacking posts for voting strategy thread, Gaza stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijacking-posts-for-voting-strategy-thread-gaza-stuff/1000769)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijacking-posts-for-voting-strategy-thread-gaza-stuff/1000769 "2024-05-10T06:19:18Z")
…can we not do this? This week in Gaza Palestinians are discovering and exhuming mass graves. Over 700 bodies have been found so far including women, children, patients, hospital staff, people who have had their hands … --- ## [Worst cop movie scene vs real life ever (Lethal Weapon)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cop-movie-scene-vs-real-life-ever-lethal-weapon/1001092)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cop-movie-scene-vs-real-life-ever-lethal-weapon/1001092 "2024-05-10T05:14:15Z")
The original Lethal Weapon movie was playing on some channel or another the other day. Hadn’t seen it in quite a while so I watched a bit. It dawned on me what a terrible scene this was vs real life. First of all, dr… --- ## [Do you ever disagree with computer nav routes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-disagree-with-computer-nav-routes/998919)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-disagree-with-computer-nav-routes/998919 "2024-05-10T04:29:05Z")
We don’t tend to use computer nav very often, but sometimes when we do, we are surprised at the suggested route. One we encounter often involves how to get onto a major area highway - 294 N - from our home. The interse… --- ## [Did the police ever use a map board to coordinate police cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-police-ever-use-a-map-board-to-coordinate-police-cars/1000633)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-police-ever-use-a-map-board-to-coordinate-police-cars/1000633 "2024-05-10T03:52:44Z")
I was just watching an episode of Poroit, and they made a big deal about a new investigation. It was a map of London, and they had little model cars set on it. The cars would radio in their location, and people would mov… --- ## [Fallout Episode 3: The Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-3-the-head/1000138)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-3-the-head/1000138 "2024-05-10T02:13:43Z")
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