# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=602 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 603 --- ## [What is your “guilty pleasure” hobby that you wish you had more time to dedicate to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-guilty-pleasure-hobby-that-you-wish-you-had-more-time-to-dedicate-to/999331)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-guilty-pleasure-hobby-that-you-wish-you-had-more-time-to-dedicate-to/999331 "2024-03-26T18:11:17Z")
I have two, and I call them “guilty pleasures” because they both seem entirely unlike what my outward persona would portray to people as stuff that I like (I am an attorney, work in an office, spend tons of time reading … --- ## [Food To Go With Red Beans and Rice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-to-go-with-red-beans-and-rice/999401)
**Author:** [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-to-go-with-red-beans-and-rice/999401 "2024-03-26T18:00:09Z")
SIL and I both love red beans and rice, but there’s only one restaurant in town that makes a good version. So, I’m gonna try to make it at home and feed the fam. Slight problem - my brother and niece don’t like beans, … --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter I and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[polls added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-i-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-polls-added/998828)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-i-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-polls-added/998828 "2024-03-26T17:19:51Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter I. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [White House Roosevelt room books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-roosevelt-room-books/965051)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-roosevelt-room-books/965051 "2024-03-26T17:16:23Z")
What are those books on the fireplace mantle in the Roosevelt room? I think they have the presidents names on them but what’s in them? --- ## [Did the "Do you carry your cell phone with you at home" thread get cornfielded? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-with-you-at-home-thread-get-cornfielded-why/999392)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-with-you-at-home-thread-get-cornfielded-why/999392 "2024-03-26T15:39:03Z")
I was reading it, and about to reply, when suddenly it became “not available or private.” What’s up? --- ## [Today's (3-17-24) NYT Crossword](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-3-17-24-nyt-crossword/998942)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-3-17-24-nyt-crossword/998942 "2024-03-26T14:38:35Z")
I don’t understand the theme of today’s puzzle. Or at least the clue that describes the theme. I’m not seeing what they mean. Please spoiler your reply if you know the answer. --- ## [Did Nick Cage ever make a movie where he didn't Nick CAGE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nick-cage-ever-make-a-movie-where-he-didnt-nick-cage/999364)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-nick-cage-ever-make-a-movie-where-he-didnt-nick-cage/999364 "2024-03-26T13:42:14Z")
I know he even did so in Moonstruck, but I think maybe he didn’t in Guarding Tess. --- ## [Let’s Talk About Whisk(e)y Some More](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-talk-about-whisk-e-y-some-more/999308)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-talk-about-whisk-e-y-some-more/999308 "2024-03-26T12:37:19Z")
The thread about expensive Macallan whisky has me thinking about distilled spirits more generally and wondering what you’re experiences have been with variations between bottles of the same whiskey from the same distille… --- ## [Orson Welles's "The Other Side of the Wind" finally released (2018)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orson-welless-the-other-side-of-the-wind-finally-released-2018/999346)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orson-welless-the-other-side-of-the-wind-finally-released-2018/999346 "2024-03-26T12:07:09Z")
I have not seen this movie, but I’ve been following the hold-up for years. I completely missed that it had finally been released in 2018, and could find onlythis single comment in a very long thread, so that might have … --- ## [Higgeldy Piggeldy Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/higgeldy-piggeldy-game/926516)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/higgeldy-piggeldy-game/926516 "2024-03-26T10:29:19Z")
This is a thread game based on a contest GAMES magazine ran, years ago. The idea is to write a short poem composed of double dactyls. A dactyl is a three syllable poetry measure with the stress on the first syllable. … --- ## [Would you pray to Shrimp Jesus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pray-to-shrimp-jesus/999082)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pray-to-shrimp-jesus/999082 "2024-03-26T10:28:57Z")
My favorite quote from this article on weird pictures circulating on Facebook: “Because if you see the comments of these friggin shrimp Jesuses, it’s all people going ‘Amen,’” Thayer said. “I don’t think anybody is going… --- ## [Location of depositories in art museums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-of-depositories-in-art-museums/999219)
**Author:** [@FirstTimeHere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FirstTimeHere)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-of-depositories-in-art-museums/999219 "2024-03-26T10:15:38Z")
Where is the depository usually located in art museums? Underground, on the first floor or on the higher floors and why? --- ## [The natural range of Hush Puppies and grits on menus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-natural-range-of-hush-puppies-and-grits-on-menus/996605)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-natural-range-of-hush-puppies-and-grits-on-menus/996605 "2024-03-26T07:03:10Z")
We ate at Long John Silvers and enjoyed their hush puppies, whatever they are. Made from cornmeal, flour and a bit of onion I think. It’s the only place I think I have seen them in NE Ohio. My first wife was from Virgini… --- ## [Fake Image Detector--this could be useful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-image-detector-this-could-be-useful/999059)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-image-detector-this-could-be-useful/999059 "2024-03-26T05:14:23Z")
A fake image detection website? Purportedly. I’ve bookmarked it, and if it does not work well, it is a step in the right direction. (LINK) --- ## [Could Trump have been stopped br the GOP in the early days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trump-have-been-stopped-br-the-gop-in-the-early-days/989154)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trump-have-been-stopped-br-the-gop-in-the-early-days/989154 "2024-03-26T04:35:23Z")
Could the GOP have prevented Trump in the early days? IAN American so my understanding of your politics is gleaned from a US history in university 40 yrs ago, watching the news, and reading the Dope. From my recollecti… --- ## [What skills/activities must you personally excel at to be a top teacher/coach of those skills/activities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-skills-activities-must-you-personally-excel-at-to-be-a-top-teacher-coach-of-those-skills-activities/999205)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-skills-activities-must-you-personally-excel-at-to-be-a-top-teacher-coach-of-those-skills-activities/999205 "2024-03-26T03:52:41Z")
Apologies if the title is confusing. My wife is starting some art classes. I asked her if she had had the opportunity to view the teacher’s work, to assess his ability. But then I thought about sports coaches, who wer… --- ## [(Old) Funny things you overheard in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-funny-things-you-overheard-in-the-mmp/998974)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-funny-things-you-overheard-in-the-mmp/998974 "2024-03-26T02:08:53Z")
Well, not here here. Although, we have enough funny quips that I’m sure there have been memorable gems. Anyway, I stopped at Walgreens quickly last night, and overheard: Person 1: “I’m really more of a ‘chicken and ric… --- ## [The Frozen Hypothetical - What is your schedule?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-frozen-hypothetical-what-is-your-schedule/999245)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-frozen-hypothetical-what-is-your-schedule/999245 "2024-03-26T01:25:53Z")
You alone get an extra hour every day. During this hour, everyone else on earth is frozen and you are free to spend this hour as you choose. You do not age during this hour, so your lifespan does not change. No harm come… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter L and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final polls added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031 "2024-03-26T01:05:00Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter L. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [Youre a celebrity/person of historical interest is it tacky to be selling your love letters while everyones still alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-celebrity-person-of-historical-interest-is-it-tacky-to-be-selling-your-love-letters-while-everyones-still-alive/999312)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-celebrity-person-of-historical-interest-is-it-tacky-to-be-selling-your-love-letters-while-everyones-still-alive/999312 "2024-03-26T01:04:38Z")
Ok, I know collectors pay a lot for their favorite celeb writings like letters and messages that Elvis personally wrote to people and museums and scholars would love to have anything historical be it love letters to a gr… --- ## [Happy Houdini's Birthday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-houdinis-birthday/999362)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-houdinis-birthday/999362 "2024-03-26T00:21:22Z")
Harry Houdini, 1874–1927 https://youtu.be/rwvkwtsEpkg Anybody remember the SNL vigil on Halloween 1977? --- ## [Plays (and movies) where an important character never appears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plays-and-movies-where-an-important-character-never-appears/997022)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plays-and-movies-where-an-important-character-never-appears/997022 "2024-03-26T00:11:02Z")
There seem to be several of these. Some character – usually very important to the plot – is spoken about, referred to, and described so well (sometimes better than characters appearing onstage) that they are clearly majo… --- ## [Guacamole--what is it good for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043 "2024-03-26T00:09:20Z")
While I enjoy it as chip dip as well as smear on sandwiches and burgers, there must be others uses. Any suggestions? maybe merge with sauces? Thanks! --- ## [Parliamentary dormitories in Sweden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parliamentary-dormitories-in-sweden/999207)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parliamentary-dormitories-in-sweden/999207 "2024-03-25T22:37:01Z")
Last night I came across this video on YouTube and fell down a rabbit hole. So Sweden gives MPs free flats if they don’t already live in Stockholm, but it’s basically student housing. Some flats are even in the Riksdag i… --- ## [Why are western European countries suddenly riled up for a possible conflict?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-western-european-countries-suddenly-riled-up-for-a-possible-conflict/998502)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-western-european-countries-suddenly-riled-up-for-a-possible-conflict/998502 "2024-03-25T22:21:09Z")
The war in Ukraine didn’t start this year, it didn’t start the previous year, but all the way in early 2022, a month and a half after 2021 ended, so in term of politics and news, it’s nothing new. In early 2022. Russia … --- ## [How to get more subscribers and views on YouTube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-more-subscribers-and-views-on-youtube/999317)
**Author:** [@SaSaLeLe2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaSaLeLe2011)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-more-subscribers-and-views-on-youtube/999317 "2024-03-25T21:24:46Z")
I have a channel with well over 600 subscribers called PopCatAnimations. I only get views from the youtube shorts I post and not my main content. --- ## [Interstellar meteor signal may have been a truck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interstellar-meteor-signal-may-have-been-a-truck/999340)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interstellar-meteor-signal-may-have-been-a-truck/999340 "2024-03-25T18:21:08Z")
In June 2023 Avi Loeb—a theoretical physicist at Harvard University—mounted a $1.5-million expedition to find pieces of the meteor. Loeb has been the leading proponent of the notion that this meteor was indeed interstel… --- ## [Weird showbiz conspiracies/theories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-showbiz-conspiracies-theories/998699)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-showbiz-conspiracies-theories/998699 "2024-03-25T17:57:05Z")
I figure TV and movies are full of odd situations and people as is, so logically strange stories would grow like weeds. Feel free to report or discuss any that you’ve heard or suspected. Proof is obviously not required a… --- ## [All in on self checkout...now you self checkers are fired! \[Target, Walmart, etc.\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-in-on-self-checkout-now-you-self-checkers-are-fired-target-walmart-etc/999089)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-in-on-self-checkout-now-you-self-checkers-are-fired-target-walmart-etc/999089 "2024-03-25T17:02:25Z")
Here’s a thread that’s been running for the past couple of years regarding shoppers opinions on self check out proliferation at big chains like Walmart and Target. Primary reason stores implemented these options was d… --- ## [Which of these three western states would be the best to hide in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-three-western-states-would-be-the-best-to-hide-in/998931)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-three-western-states-would-be-the-best-to-hide-in/998931 "2024-03-25T16:44:29Z")
I had an idea for a slasher film where a serial killer goes on a rampage in Las Vegas and gets defeated in typical fashion but manages to escape. I also had an idea for a sequel where they continue their evil activities … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=601) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=603)