# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=599&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 600 --- ## [Alphabet animal placemat from the 70s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-animal-placemat-from-the-70s/995171)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabet-animal-placemat-from-the-70s/995171 "2024-03-30T20:34:02Z")
Anyone remember a placemat with a different animal for each letter of the alphabet - with a narwhal for the letter N? I’m guessing this would be late 70s / early 80s. Maybe it was also a poster, and I happened to have i… --- ## [What do you think about these "smart guns"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-these-smart-guns/999283)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-these-smart-guns/999283 "2024-03-30T19:57:00Z")
According to the inventor, they only fire when an “authorized” person pulls the trigger. I know nothing about guns or biometrics, so I was curious what you smarties would think about this product. Would you buy one, Woul… --- ## ["Rattling like a Ford"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rattling-like-a-ford/999536)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rattling-like-a-ford/999536 "2024-03-30T19:21:50Z")
I’m reading The Royal Book of Oz, the first Oz book published after L. Frank Baum’s death, written by Ruth Plumly Thompson and published in 1921. In one scene, Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, and a knight in armor named Sir … --- ## [Is it possible for a blind person to differentiate between US currency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-blind-person-to-differentiate-between-us-currency/999600)
**Author:** [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-blind-person-to-differentiate-between-us-currency/999600 "2024-03-30T18:49:39Z")
Title is it, but not asking about coinage, just bills. Thanks ETA: Seems like there should Braille on there --- ## [What do you want to normalize and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-normalize-and-why/999086)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-to-normalize-and-why/999086 "2024-03-30T18:21:21Z")
I like to sleep alone. This was a problem in a lot of my past relationships, as men took it personally. But my current boyfriend recognizes that both of us can get a better night’s sleep if we sleep in separate bedroom… --- ## [Bad bad bad Beck be funny again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-be-funny-again/999586)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-be-funny-again/999586 "2024-03-30T18:20:34Z")
Ok. After dialysis I needed to get eggs for the grandwrekks. As figured, they would be scarce because if sales on them. We rarely buy eggs cause of my chickens and Son-of-a-wreks birds. All I could find were Egg lands… --- ## [Talk about being Oblivious to Possible Offense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-about-being-oblivious-to-possible-offense/999601)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-about-being-oblivious-to-possible-offense/999601 "2024-03-30T17:53:38Z")
So I’m watching Popeye cartoons on MeTV, and the network puts on a long-winded disclaimer in tiny writing about ethnic portrayals in the past, and how wrong they were, both then and now, and how showing this cartoon in n… --- ## [Science behind itching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-behind-itching/999505)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-behind-itching/999505 "2024-03-30T17:20:46Z")
I am not talking about serious health issues where there in an obvious cause but instead I am referring to those little pesky itches that just seem to come on for no reason and leave just as quickly. I can’t imagine a lo… --- ## [Have you ever seen an actor who never made a good film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203 "2024-03-30T17:05:30Z")
Opposite of this thread. Who’s an actor you see their face or name and you instantly know that movie is going to be hot garbage? Definition of “good film” I’ll leave up to individual posters. Let’s say a minimum of 3 … --- ## [Best Fast Food To Eat The Next Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-to-eat-the-next-day/999271)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-to-eat-the-next-day/999271 "2024-03-30T16:52:11Z")
Was hungry after wasting time on the web. It was late enough my favourite restaurants were closed. I decided to grab a sub for dinner. “Mr. Sub” gets mediocre reviews from American websites, but I like several of their… --- ## [Is there a data base that tracks the political leanings of election threats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-data-base-that-tracks-the-political-leanings-of-election-threats/999574)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-data-base-that-tracks-the-political-leanings-of-election-threats/999574 "2024-03-30T16:17:44Z")
I tried to simplify my question but doubt it is clear. (I’m hoping this can be a factual question and answer vs political debate.). I preface my question with the general impression that most threats and warnings are is… --- ## [Legal question about old Quincy episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-about-old-quincy-episode/999482)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-about-old-quincy-episode/999482 "2024-03-30T15:48:05Z")
Our favorite shouty (punk-music-hating, too) forensic pathologist has managed to take an old thighbone found in a ditch, and uncovered enough evidence of murder that the killer is now holding Quincy at gunpoint, working … --- ## [Is the Word Pygmy Offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-word-pygmy-offensive/999538)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-word-pygmy-offensive/999538 "2024-03-30T15:44:48Z")
Is the word pygmy offensive? I would like to hear the opinions of the great minds of the SDMB. I predict that in the next few years it will be put on the list of words that one should not use in polite conversation. T… --- ## [Movies with the most cameos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-cameos/985106)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-cameos/985106 "2024-03-30T15:34:35Z")
Last night I got around to watching the Entourage movie. There were so many cameos that I missed some (that I saw in the credits.) I can’t remember another movie with so many, but I’m sure there are some. What are some o… --- ## [What's the furthest back a person alive today could trace their ancestry (reliably)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-back-a-person-alive-today-could-trace-their-ancestry-reliably/996850)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-back-a-person-alive-today-could-trace-their-ancestry-reliably/996850 "2024-03-30T14:43:22Z")
I’m guessing the average, non-royal, person could only go back to about the 1700s, with a lot of luck. But is there someone alive today who could verify, to a reasonable degree, a lineage back to, say, the 1500s? 1300s? --- ## [What is going on with the antisemitism from these college heads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-with-the-antisemitism-from-these-college-heads/994173)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 433\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-with-the-antisemitism-from-these-college-heads/994173 "2024-03-30T14:00:42Z")
I just watched clips from hearings with these college heads and their inability to say that calling for the genocide of Jews is not necessarily wrong has me shaking with emotion. What on earth is going on? Here’s one c… --- ## [Recommend an open-world adventure sort of game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-open-world-adventure-sort-of-game/999510)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-open-world-adventure-sort-of-game/999510 "2024-03-30T13:50:45Z")
I’ve played some Skyrim, Spider-man, and the Arkham games. Are there any similar games you’d recommend? I don’t have a super-advanced computer so things like the most recent Balder’s Gate are right out. --- ## [What Kind of Lawyer Do I Need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-lawyer-do-i-need/999170)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-lawyer-do-i-need/999170 "2024-03-30T13:21:34Z")
I am having serious issues with the Auto Insurance Industry (serving my State) overstepping their authority and collecting records on drivers in my family NOT on their plans. What kind of lawyer would defend claims of vi… --- ## [Why would anyone get a bond for an appeal in a court case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-get-a-bond-for-an-appeal-in-a-court-case/999354)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-get-a-bond-for-an-appeal-in-a-court-case/999354 "2024-03-30T12:34:22Z")
Yes, this is inspired by Trump and I will use him as an example but this is meant to ask for factual answers. Former president Trump needed to come up with a ~$500 million bond to appeal his court case won by the New Yo… --- ## [Could you use a random smartphone quickly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-use-a-random-smartphone-quickly/999307)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-use-a-random-smartphone-quickly/999307 "2024-03-30T12:00:33Z")
Inspired by something I saw on the news tonight concerning teaching children how to dial 911 on a smartphone. The last cell phone I had was a flip phone. The few times someone has handed me their smartphone to make a cal… --- ## [Removed YouTube Channel Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removed-youtube-channel-help/999599)
**Author:** [@brasstacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brasstacks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removed-youtube-channel-help/999599 "2024-03-30T08:55:25Z")
I deleted my youtube channel out of frustration with the internet a bit ago. It may have been a few months. I know they keep them for a bit. I don’t know how long. I had thousands of videos saved on there and about 500 c… --- ## [Do you carry your cell phone with you at home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-with-you-at-home/999390)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-with-you-at-home/999390 "2024-03-30T05:35:38Z")
poll The question is when you are at home, do you always have your cell phone with you even when going from room to room? Or does your phone live mostly in one spot, occasionally taken with you, like maybe to the bathroo… --- ## [Opinions about 2 part heat pump hot water heaters (e.g., Sanco 2, Sanden)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-2-part-heat-pump-hot-water-heaters-e-g-sanco-2-sanden/999583)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-2-part-heat-pump-hot-water-heaters-e-g-sanco-2-sanden/999583 "2024-03-30T04:37:06Z")
I have wanted a heat pump hot water heater for a while, but the closet it fits in is just too small for any of the existing (1 piece) units. Just recently, I’ve noticed that there are now 2 piece units: the inside part … --- ## [Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids from the film American Graffiti "She's So Fine"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-cadillac-the-continental-kids-from-the-film-american-graffiti-shes-so-fine/437717)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-cadillac-the-continental-kids-from-the-film-american-graffiti-shes-so-fine/437717 "2024-03-30T01:33:51Z")
Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids are the cover band that plays the school dance in the film American Graffiti. In the film they do a pretty cool song called “She’s So Fine”. Realizing that they were a cover / revi… --- ## [2000 Democratic VP candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479 "2024-03-30T00:27:26Z")
(If someone beat me to it, go ahead and merge the threads.) CNN is talking about it right now; they’re saying that he died from complications of a fall. RIP. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/joe-lieberman/index… --- ## [Weird Amazon Echo behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amazon-echo-behavior/999571)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amazon-echo-behavior/999571 "2024-03-29T23:57:23Z")
Today at 11:00 a.m. CDT, all three of my Amazon Echoes began beeping at the same time. The pattern was boop-boop-boop (rest) boop-boop-boop (rest), and so on for about 5 minutes until I finally said “Alexa stop.” While i… --- ## [Oppenheimer (2023 Christopher Nolan film)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppenheimer-2023-christopher-nolan-film/987361)
**Author:** [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppenheimer-2023-christopher-nolan-film/987361 "2024-03-29T22:23:27Z")
I thought there should be a full thread about this rather than just in the “Movies Seen Recently” thread. Opens today, though I saw it last night in 70mm IMAX and am going back to see it again tonight! Incredible film,… --- ## [The Thread Of Ridiculous Lies And Made Up Facts That Aren't Facts But Kinda Sound True](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-ridiculous-lies-and-made-up-facts-that-arent-facts-but-kinda-sound-true/684657)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 523\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-ridiculous-lies-and-made-up-facts-that-arent-facts-but-kinda-sound-true/684657 "2024-03-29T21:29:06Z")
I’ll start. Every week an average of 5400 Australians are killed by spiders, jellyfish, sharks, crocodiles, snakes and/or dingoes. --- ## [I'm curious what is going on with these spam emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-is-going-on-with-these-spam-emails/999582)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-is-going-on-with-these-spam-emails/999582 "2024-03-29T21:14:34Z")
I get a lot of duplicate spam emails but from different actual senders. The ones I’m curious about purport to be from CarShield. The subject line appears as "Important Message For You – Open Now! in a different font from… --- ## [The first girl I danced with apparently passed away 2 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-girl-i-danced-with-apparently-passed-away-2-years-ago/999347)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-girl-i-danced-with-apparently-passed-away-2-years-ago/999347 "2024-03-29T21:08:00Z")
Thinking a little about her because of a post in another thread, I just Googled her and very sadly found her obituary. She wasn’t my girlfriend, just a friend nice enough to dance with her nerdy friend. This was an 8th g… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=598&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=600&state=tracking)