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**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… --- ## [What is this blue "protective circle" figure called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-blue-protective-circle-figure-called/1000092)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-blue-protective-circle-figure-called/1000092 "2024-04-24T01:28:11Z")
Picture: I’m traveling in Türkiye and this is everywhere. The markets are full of jewelry, handbags, shirts, etc. festooned with this figure. We… --- ## [What does Israel hope to accomplish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-israel-hope-to-accomplish/1000638)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-israel-hope-to-accomplish/1000638 "2024-04-24T01:21:45Z")
Explain to me like I am an schoolchild how Israel’s strategy both militarily and diplomatically is going to achieve a safer, stronger Israel, one with stronger allies and fewer enemies. Netanyahu says that “total victor… --- ## [I Need Some Cheering Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-cheering-up/1000174)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-cheering-up/1000174 "2024-04-23T23:51:59Z")
I’m not sleeping well. I have no energy. I haven’t had the energy to play a videogame or read a comic in months. My 80 year-old mom is declining. Based on her health, I’d long expected her to die suddenly. Now, it looks… --- ## [Does Amazon Prime always censor content?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-amazon-prime-always-censor-content/988818)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-amazon-prime-always-censor-content/988818 "2024-04-23T23:10:54Z")
I’ve started watching The Lincoln Lawyer series. Episodes from Season 1 have all the curse words bleeped. Words like shit air on network tv now. But it’s bleeped by Amazon? The dialog in this show is salty and adult. Sh… --- ## [Funny Miscommunications Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-miscommunications-thread/1000627)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-miscommunications-thread/1000627 "2024-04-23T22:25:44Z")
We have a cleaning crew that comes every other week, and part of the service is a Spring Cleaning every spring where they are here all damn day. They clean things I didn’t even know we had (seriously, dusting inside the … --- ## [I got into the wrong car today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-into-the-wrong-car-today/1000384)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-into-the-wrong-car-today/1000384 "2024-04-23T22:21:05Z")
I was at a fast food place for a late lunch after a hike on one of the first truly warm days of the year. Walked out of the restaurant with my iced tea and my book and said, “Hmm, that’s interesting, my car windows are o… --- ## [Is US Military tech 10-15 years ahead of private industry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-us-military-tech-10-15-years-ahead-of-private-industry/995791)
**Author:** [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-us-military-tech-10-15-years-ahead-of-private-industry/995791 "2024-04-23T20:27:58Z")
I’ve recently heard some folks state that "we know that US military tech runs 10-15 years ahead of the private sector. . . " Really? Is there solid real evidence to support this? With real examples. Or it this all UAP ty… --- ## [Lil'wrekker is Mad as heck, and ain't gonna take it anymore!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilwrekker-is-mad-as-heck-and-aint-gonna-take-it-anymore/1000566)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lilwrekker-is-mad-as-heck-and-aint-gonna-take-it-anymore/1000566 "2024-04-23T19:38:57Z")
The newspaper had an ad, on Wednesday past. The local men’s shelter needed clothing. It was an emergency, they said. Not dress clothes, they said. Any size and clean, they said. The times for donations was Friday til 3… --- ## [How does "oil on clothing can cause a dryer fire" work if the temperature is too low to ignite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-oil-on-clothing-can-cause-a-dryer-fire-work-if-the-temperature-is-too-low-to-ignite/1000581)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-oil-on-clothing-can-cause-a-dryer-fire-work-if-the-temperature-is-too-low-to-ignite/1000581 "2024-04-23T19:25:07Z")
You see it on every washer and dryer: “Do not wash or dry clothing in this machine that has ever had any oil on it, it can be a fire hazard” (paraphrased) I was under the impression that a dryer never gets hotter than, … --- ## [Who was the biggest star kicked off of their own show and the show kept going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-biggest-star-kicked-off-of-their-own-show-and-the-show-kept-going/1000458)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-biggest-star-kicked-off-of-their-own-show-and-the-show-kept-going/1000458 "2024-04-23T19:18:24Z")
Not a co-star but the main character. The one that comes to my mind is Roseanne Barr being fired from “Roseanne”. The show needn’t be named for the actor like my example was. --- ## [How Biden Wins Reelection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-biden-wins-reelection/1000405)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-biden-wins-reelection/1000405 "2024-04-23T18:38:51Z")
Let’s talk about how Joe Biden could be, should be, and is campaigning for reelection. Things like, where to campaign: which states, which cities, venues, etc what to campaign on: abortion, economy, security, etc who t… --- ## [What is your opinion regarding public evangelism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-regarding-public-evangelism/996283)
**Author:** [@philipdalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philipdalton)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-regarding-public-evangelism/996283 "2024-04-23T17:37:49Z")
I’m not referring to Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Christadelphians or any other of those groups who stand there with their placards and literature, peacefully keeping themselves to themselves. I’m talking about those w… --- ## [Philosopher Daniel Dennett has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philosopher-daniel-dennett-has-died/1000509)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philosopher-daniel-dennett-has-died/1000509 "2024-04-23T16:36:51Z")
His “Consciousness Explained” was the book that ignited my interest in philosophy, and the philosophy of mind especially. His arguments seemed a miracle of clarity and insight. He was obviously right on everything, how c… --- ## [Bad Moderation in "Hamas Attacks Israel" MPSIMS thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-moderation-in-hamas-attacks-israel-mpsims-thread/1000412)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-moderation-in-hamas-attacks-israel-mpsims-thread/1000412 "2024-04-23T14:00:50Z")
In post 3913 of this thread, Crane drops this turd (emphasis added): The issue is that Israel is engaged in the form of local colonialism employed by Nazi Germany . Though less kind than the Waffen SS, Israel seeks the … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=578&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=580&state=watching)