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**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-about-imran-khan-going-to-prison/1000663 "2024-04-25T16:35:10Z")
I’m asking here because it might be a matter of opinion. I met with a new friend from Pakistan and he told me how horribly corrupt Paksitan’s government is. According to him, there is no fear and the corruption is blata… --- ## [SDMB main banner is messed up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-main-banner-is-messed-up/1000523)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-main-banner-is-messed-up/1000523 "2024-04-25T15:16:18Z")
It changed sometime earlier this afternoon. The search icon, hamburger menu, and personal icon that used to be on the right are now in the middle, “The Straight Dope” label is oddly misaligned, and the “Fighting Ignoran… --- ## [Is there any medical guidance about people who've had CAR T-cell therapy donating blood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-medical-guidance-about-people-whove-had-car-t-cell-therapy-donating-blood/1000691)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-medical-guidance-about-people-whove-had-car-t-cell-therapy-donating-blood/1000691 "2024-04-25T14:28:02Z")
This doesn’t directly apply to me, I had blood cancer (lymphoma) so the Red Cross never again wants anything I have on tap anyway, I’m just curious. (For the onlookers, because if you don’t know what CAR T-cell therapy … --- ## [Why only one windpipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-one-windpipe/1000316)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-one-windpipe/1000316 "2024-04-25T14:18:00Z")
Last night my 14 yo was eating a sandwich and started choking. At no point was her airway completely obstructed, but it was pretty scary for a minute until she was able to cough out the piece of food. But this reminds m… --- ## [Straight Dope mentioned in latest XKCD's What If](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-latest-xkcds-what-if/1000370)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-latest-xkcds-what-if/1000370 "2024-04-25T13:40:18Z")
The Straight Dope received a (brief) mention in the latest XKCD’s What If on Youtube: The video is about what if everyone on Earth were put in once place (Rhode Island, in this case) and they all jumped at… --- ## ["Forum Jump" gone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jump-gone/996704)
**Author:** [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jump-gone/996704 "2024-04-25T10:31:20Z")
At the bottom of the “Unread” and “New”, “Top” etc. pages there used to be a “Forum Jump” heading in the footer with all the different site fora listed thereunder. Over the last couple days, it seems to have disappeared… --- ## [Is The Average British Family Priced Out Of In-Game Attendance At Popular Sports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-average-british-family-priced-out-of-in-game-attendance-at-popular-sports/1000584)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-average-british-family-priced-out-of-in-game-attendance-at-popular-sports/1000584 "2024-04-25T09:00:57Z")
Here in the States, the cost of tickets to a game at a major sport (Major League Baseball, National Football League, etc.) is soaring, and the average cost of tickets is getting prohibitive for the average American famil… --- ## [If you could make a horror anthology film set in preexisting universes what settings would you use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-a-horror-anthology-film-set-in-preexisting-universes-what-settings-would-you-use/1000715)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-a-horror-anthology-film-set-in-preexisting-universes-what-settings-would-you-use/1000715 "2024-04-25T07:32:04Z")
If you could make a horror anthology film with segments set in preexisting universes what settings and characters would you use and why? My example: 1: Sheriff Hoyt helps an unsuspecting traveler with a flat tire (Texa… --- ## [David Bowie music video featuring acrobatic dancer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-music-video-featuring-acrobatic-dancer/1000712)
**Author:** [@InfraBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InfraBlue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-music-video-featuring-acrobatic-dancer/1000712 "2024-04-25T07:30:49Z")
What’s the David Bowie music video where he kinda just stands there holding a dancer’s hand while she’s performing all of these acrobatic dance moves? Thank you much --- ## [Were there engineers in the WWI SOS (Services of Supply) or was Engineering a completely separate division within the AEF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-engineers-in-the-wwi-sos-services-of-supply-or-was-engineering-a-completely-separate-division-within-the-aef/1000665)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-engineers-in-the-wwi-sos-services-of-supply-or-was-engineering-a-completely-separate-division-within-the-aef/1000665 "2024-04-25T07:05:41Z")
Were there engineers in the WWI SOS (Services of Supply) or was Engineering a completely separate division within the AEF? --- ## [A cool dance video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-dance-video/1000724)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-dance-video/1000724 "2024-04-25T06:44:26Z")
This goes back to the old days of mundane and pointless rather than miscellaneous and personal. A video of CDK dance company dancing to “Somebody That I Used To Know”. --- ## [A weird experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-experience/1000674)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-experience/1000674 "2024-04-25T06:44:06Z")
Yesterday (Monday) afternoon, our doorbell rang and I answered it. There were two young women, around 20 years old (guessing), One of then started talking rather quickly, then the other woman repeated some of it more slo… --- ## [Anti-Semitism on College Campuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-semitism-on-college-campuses/995608)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-semitism-on-college-campuses/995608 "2024-04-24T23:43:58Z")
I am creating this thread as an off-shoot of the one on Claudine Gay’s Plagiarism as the subject seems to be taking over the thread. A lot of people have a lot of important things to say on this subject. I am placing it… --- ## [Most disappointing travel destination or tourist attraction \[Edited thread title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disappointing-travel-destination-or-tourist-attraction-edited-thread-title/573581)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 257\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disappointing-travel-destination-or-tourist-attraction-edited-thread-title/573581 "2024-04-24T22:48:14Z")
I had a friend in the Peace Corps who had occasion about 40 years ago to visit Timbuctoo. He said it was the most disappointing experience he had ever had. It was once a great city, but there was nothing there then exc… --- ## [On the naming of Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443 "2024-04-24T22:47:40Z")
This question came up in Trivia Dominoes, but I don’t want to hijack a perfectly fine thread game: Trivia?!? Much ink has been spilled, and electrons bent out of shape over this issue. In 1864, when the Fathers of… --- ## [USC to give back Bush's Heisman Trophy \[Update April 2024: Trophy returned to Bush\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usc-to-give-back-bushs-heisman-trophy-update-april-2024-trophy-returned-to-bush/547388)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usc-to-give-back-bushs-heisman-trophy-update-april-2024-trophy-returned-to-bush/547388 "2024-04-24T22:22:02Z")
USA Today Story here --- ## [Fellow Canadians: what are your spelling preferences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-canadians-what-are-your-spelling-preferences/1000562)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-canadians-what-are-your-spelling-preferences/1000562 "2024-04-24T21:48:20Z")
Traditional proper Canadian spelling is a mixture of British and American spelling. For example, it includes forms like “colour”, “centre”, or “defence” (British) but also forms like “tire”, “curb”, and “aluminum” (Ameri… --- ## [A little casual arbitrage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-casual-arbitrage/1000631)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-casual-arbitrage/1000631 "2024-04-24T21:06:01Z")
A respected poster mentioned taking out new credit card debt at 0%, planning to pay it back at the appropriate time to get, in effect, free money for that period. I have excellent credit and a high-interest savings accou… --- ## [How effective are martial arts in the real world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-are-martial-arts-in-the-real-world/1000424)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-are-martial-arts-in-the-real-world/1000424 "2024-04-24T19:47:31Z")
YouTube has been pushing some Karate Kid clips at me recently, where the Master easily defeats the Bad Guys. But how realistic is this? I am sure there are some techniques which might work sometimes. Perhaps knowing w… --- ## [Is Quentin Tarantino Making His Last Film? \[The Movie Critic\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204 "2024-04-24T16:26:11Z")
Quentin Tarantino is back for the last time. The filmmaker behind some of the most indelible movies of the past three decades, Pulp Fiction and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood among them, is putting together what sources … --- ## [Question for Fans of The Sopranos \[possible spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fans-of-the-sopranos-possible-spoilers/1000622)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fans-of-the-sopranos-possible-spoilers/1000622 "2024-04-24T16:07:23Z")
Last night, I was watching what I thought was an unedited version of the episode in which Silvio whacks Adriana. (The profanity, violence, and sex was left intact, anyway.) To my amazement, the scene where Christopher … --- ## [No steering wheel, no licence? Hey, no problem!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-steering-wheel-no-licence-hey-no-problem/1000640)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-steering-wheel-no-licence-hey-no-problem/1000640 "2024-04-24T15:49:53Z")
Well, maybe just a little problem, when the Mountie notices you’re using vice grips to steer your car. (When I saw the headline, I guessed vice grips would be involved. That, or duct tape. I know my Saskatchewan peeps. … --- ## [Weirdest device malfunctions that you've experienced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-device-malfunctions-that-youve-experienced/1000630)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-device-malfunctions-that-youve-experienced/1000630 "2024-04-24T12:45:20Z")
My Samsung Galaxy S23 just had a very weird one, and, for a phone, it was a gamestopper. I had called in my new credit card, took less than a minute chatting (tho oddly I had to do it with a human since the autobot refu… --- ## [Is Jupiter's magnetic field the largest object in the solar system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jupiters-magnetic-field-the-largest-object-in-the-solar-system/1000464)
**Author:** [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jupiters-magnetic-field-the-largest-object-in-the-solar-system/1000464 "2024-04-24T08:00:38Z")
Someone at my work sends out daily “fun facts”. Most of them are useless trivia. Today, there was one that said My first thought was “what about the Sun’s magnetic field? Wouldn’t that be larger?” My second thought… --- ## [Is it possible to find which legitimate clothing retailer a ripoff label is copying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-find-which-legitimate-clothing-retailer-a-ripoff-label-is-copying/1000653)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-find-which-legitimate-clothing-retailer-a-ripoff-label-is-copying/1000653 "2024-04-24T07:48:48Z")
My wife sent me a link to a linen shirt a few days ago and asked if I liked it. Here it is: My answer was an enthusiastic yes. I browsed around the site a little more and saw half a dozen shirts I’d happily wear with… --- ## [Today's Headlights (Not the Typical Complaint)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-headlights-not-the-typical-complaint/1000637)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-headlights-not-the-typical-complaint/1000637 "2024-04-24T03:31:13Z")
I just bought a 2024 Honda CR-V. The test drive was great. Overall, the car is great with minor nuiances I’ll have to get used to. But, then we took it on our first long trip. I quickly learned these narrow “low profile”… --- ## [New Ghostbusters movie "Frozen Empire"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ghostbusters-movie-frozen-empire/992835)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ghostbusters-movie-frozen-empire/992835 "2024-04-24T03:19:03Z")
…Trailer I honestly didn’t watch Afterlife just because I didn’t have the chance but heard it was at least…fine if not good. This…this looks like an unrelated script that got repurposed. What do you all think? --- ## [Tapping Morse code: Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapping-morse-code-huh/1000667)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapping-morse-code-huh/1000667 "2024-04-24T02:08:45Z")
This is a common trope in films: The hero, incarcerated by the villain or otherwise trapped in an enclosed space, uses knocks to communicate with the outside world via Morse code. How is this supposed to work, assuming i… --- ## [Never mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623 "2024-04-24T02:08:27Z")
Again, never mind. --- ## [Were you ever in someone's wedding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-ever-in-someones-wedding/1000401)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-ever-in-someones-wedding/1000401 "2024-04-24T02:03:09Z")
In a recent conversation, talk turned to being in another person’s wedding. It occurred to me that apart from being a junior bridesmaid for my cousin when I was 9, I’ve never been asked. And since I eloped, I didn’t have… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=577) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=579)