# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=606&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 607 --- ## [Religion based only what Jesus said](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-based-only-what-jesus-said/835349)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-based-only-what-jesus-said/835349 "2024-03-21T05:49:50Z")
I was having a discussion with someone the other day, and I used some quotes from the Bible, and the response was “Jesus didn’t say that” Got me to thinking, are there any religions that are based on only what Jesus sai… --- ## [Saving the ruby slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-ruby-slippers/769304)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-ruby-slippers/769304 "2024-03-21T05:41:53Z")
MSN? The above is a link to an article about how a pair of the ruby slippers(if I have to explain them, your don’t care) in the Smithsonian are in need of a refurbishing. I loved the movie, still do, but I just can’t s… --- ## [Say what? Misinformed medical personnel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-what-misinformed-medical-personnel/995814)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-what-misinformed-medical-personnel/995814 "2024-03-21T00:56:53Z")
Not inclined to call her a professional. I assume she’s educated in some way. I know she’s not a RN or LPN or CNA. But she works at the dialysis center I attend 3 times a week. There’s a huge turnover in these individu… --- ## [What is "shop class" like now in High Schools?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shop-class-like-now-in-high-schools/998910)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shop-class-like-now-in-high-schools/998910 "2024-03-21T00:42:26Z")
I went to High School in New York in the '80s. In the context of Total Solar Eclipses and looking for welding glass above the #12 range in the UK I found they come in letter grades and there was a chart showing the highe… --- ## [Scenes you don't want to miss in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-you-dont-want-to-miss-in-movies/998856)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-you-dont-want-to-miss-in-movies/998856 "2024-03-21T00:20:26Z")
I was talking with a friend about scenes in movies that, if you miss them, you really regret it. I have a few. It I’m watching the original Ghostbusters I feel bad if I miss the “Millions of registered voters” line. M… --- ## [Senior fall alert services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-fall-alert-services/999043)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-fall-alert-services/999043 "2024-03-20T23:15:36Z")
Because I live alone and am of “a certain age” my insurance company offered me a free subscription to the Lifeline fall alert service. You wear a button on a necklace or bracelet that can summon help when you push it. Th… --- ## [The reincarnation of Karen Carpenter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reincarnation-of-karen-carpenter/999045)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reincarnation-of-karen-carpenter/999045 "2024-03-20T22:56:01Z")
Tori Holub is a young singer who recently started making short videos, mostly for her own amusement, replicating the Carpenters’ vocal tracks with her singing all the vocal parts. Her voice is uncannily similar to Karen … --- ## [Can Alyson Hannigan play the flute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-alyson-hannigan-play-the-flute/998901)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-alyson-hannigan-play-the-flute/998901 "2024-03-20T22:00:17Z")
Just curious. I know that she could play the flute in American Pie (“this one time at band camp”), but while re-watching an episode of “Touched by an Angel,” she is again playing the flute. Holding it properly, on the … --- ## [Will Heads-Up Displays ever become common in production autos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-heads-up-displays-ever-become-common-in-production-autos/999010)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-heads-up-displays-ever-become-common-in-production-autos/999010 "2024-03-20T21:25:55Z")
In the same vein as “Where is my flying car?”, I bring you, “Where are the automobile Heads Up Displays (HUDs) that were promised 30 years ago?” Before you say there ARE cars that you can order with a HUD, there really … --- ## [Why is RSV such a big deal these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-rsv-such-a-big-deal-these-days/974909)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-rsv-such-a-big-deal-these-days/974909 "2024-03-20T21:13:07Z")
Respiratory Syncitial Virus, that is. Back when my kids were toddlers, this was something we new parents all read about. Basically, an adult might catch it and feel like they’d had a regular cold. A baby or toddler coul… --- ## [Judicial protection (concerning Trump)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052 "2024-03-20T20:42:55Z")
I can see a real problem concerning threats to any judge or judges that sentence Trump to prison. Can police protection (city, state or Federal) be offered beforehand, or does there have to be a specific threat first. A… --- ## [Dog attacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-attacks/999055)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-attacks/999055 "2024-03-20T20:17:44Z")
Recently saw a dog walking along all skittish, looking this way and that, and when I asked the owner about it, she said it had been recently attacked by another dog. That got me to wondering - (never owned a dog, btw, s… --- ## [Tips for giving a cat pills, or how to effectively cover up the taste](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-giving-a-cat-pills-or-how-to-effectively-cover-up-the-taste/999003)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-giving-a-cat-pills-or-how-to-effectively-cover-up-the-taste/999003 "2024-03-20T20:13:35Z")
So I need to give my cat two antibiotics (metronidazole/Flagyl and clarithromycin) twice a day and Pepcid once a day for 15 days. I first tried crushing them and mixing them with canned cat food and he barely touched it.… --- ## [What is SODA (all caps IT related acronym)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-soda-all-caps-it-related-acronym/999084)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-soda-all-caps-it-related-acronym/999084 "2024-03-20T19:45:13Z")
I got an email from a recruiter I’m part of the Trust in Soda Division here at … I look up Soda. Nothing. I ask Gemini (googles AI bot thingie) and it returns nothing whatsoever. Trust in SODA I cannot figure ou… --- ## [Compliments that make you wonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliments-that-make-you-wonder/998916)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliments-that-make-you-wonder/998916 "2024-03-20T19:42:37Z")
I was recently complimented, told I was intelligent and enlightened despite not having higher education. I didn’t really think about the further implications of it until later, but I had a couple different things going … --- ## [Consensual incest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consensual-incest/463709)
**Author:** [@mudkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mudkicker)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consensual-incest/463709 "2024-03-20T19:41:57Z")
\[Hope this is the right forum; mods, please move if not. Thanks.\] Read this in the Sunday Times yesterday, about a girl who had sex with her brother several times in their teens. Responses seem to be divided between ‘… --- ## [Why is Stetson listed as the 16 seed in the East? The play-in game doesn't count?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-stetson-listed-as-the-16-seed-in-the-east-the-play-in-game-doesnt-count/998997)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-stetson-listed-as-the-16-seed-in-the-east-the-play-in-game-doesnt-count/998997 "2024-03-20T18:25:28Z")
In our paper, the bracket lists a play-in game for the Midwest, South, and West. But in place of the play-in winner in the East (16th seed), they list Stetson. But the play-in game listed is Montana State/Grambling and… --- ## [Topical treatments/remedies for non-topical pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topical-treatments-remedies-for-non-topical-pain/998327)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topical-treatments-remedies-for-non-topical-pain/998327 "2024-03-20T18:19:42Z")
I’m talking about stuff like Aspercreme, SalonPas, various creams that have “freeze” or “cool” in the name, Arnica gel, etc., for muscle aches, not remedies for painful scratches or surface injuries. Do you swear by (or… --- ## [PowerPoint Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-question/999058)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-question/999058 "2024-03-20T17:19:13Z")
Does Ppt have a function that precisely and mathematically divides shapes? For example, suppose I created a square, using Insert Shape, and wanted it divided into sevenths. Is there some sort of Ppt formula function in … --- ## [How easy was it for African-Americans at the end of WWI to settle in France. Did France offer them citizenship? Was the application difficult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-was-it-for-african-americans-at-the-end-of-wwi-to-settle-in-france-did-france-offer-them-citizenship-was-the-application-difficult/999039)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-was-it-for-african-americans-at-the-end-of-wwi-to-settle-in-france-did-france-offer-them-citizenship-was-the-application-difficult/999039 "2024-03-20T17:02:07Z")
How easy was it for African-Americans at the end of WWI to settle in France. Did France offer them citizenship? Was the application difficult ? Did getting the necessary documents from the US pose any problems? --- ## [Directors Blasting Other Directors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-blasting-other-directors/998648)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-blasting-other-directors/998648 "2024-03-20T16:41:05Z")
Ingmar Bergman on Michelangelo Antonioni: “Fellini, Kurosawa, and Bunuel move in the same field as Tarkovsky. Antonioni was on his way, but expired, suffocated by his own seriousness. He’s done two masterpieces, you don… --- ## [Emojis. A primer, a quiz, a question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emojis-a-primer-a-quiz-a-question/998946)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emojis-a-primer-a-quiz-a-question/998946 "2024-03-20T16:36:34Z")
Loved this article on emojis - a quiz on what you think they mean, the revelation people interpret them very differently (including poll numbers), a fun article, some useful advice, some new ones. Hopefully the link bel… --- ## [Jair Bolsonaro has been indicted over fake COVID certificate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jair-bolsonaro-has-been-indicted-over-fake-covid-certificate/999087)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jair-bolsonaro-has-been-indicted-over-fake-covid-certificate/999087 "2024-03-20T14:55:57Z")
Stop me if you’ve heard this one-a right-wing former head of state who prompted a January uprising over a “rigged” election, is in legal trouble on a host of issues. --- ## [Corned beef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef/998922)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef/998922 "2024-03-20T14:50:10Z")
Say you cook a huge corned beef and cabbage. Left overs for a couple days after. 3rd day. Half the beast is left. What do you do with it? --- ## [Michael Jackson throw down: Thriller vs Beat It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-throw-down-thriller-vs-beat-it/998892)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-throw-down-thriller-vs-beat-it/998892 "2024-03-20T14:17:16Z")
Judging the two songs on vocal quality, musicianship, lyrics, and video, which one is the winner? Vocal quality: Both are peak adult MJ. Tie. Musicianship: I prefer the harder beat and guitar work of Thriller. Lyrics… --- ## [Ireland's next leader will be the gay son of an Indian immigrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irelands-next-leader-will-be-the-gay-son-of-an-indian-immigrant/788094)
**Author:** [@williambaskerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williambaskerville)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irelands-next-leader-will-be-the-gay-son-of-an-indian-immigrant/788094 "2024-03-20T13:57:14Z")
Leo Varadkar has just been elected leader of Ireland’s ruling party. He will be elected Taoiseach (Prime Minister) by our Dail (Parliament) the week after next. (It’s currently in recess). His father is an Indian doctor… --- ## [Songs about magic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914 "2024-03-20T10:55:32Z")
My wife wants to put together a playlist that has songs about magic. Nothing too obscure, but any decade is fine. Nothing too hard (no metal, gangsta, etc.). I’ll get us started: Magic Carpet Ride Magic (Olivia Newton… --- ## [Nero Wolfe New York Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nero-wolfe-new-york-question/998954)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nero-wolfe-new-york-question/998954 "2024-03-20T06:27:35Z")
I hope native New Yorkers can help me here. In Some Buried Caesar, Archies note of a conman-" was an individual who should not have been there, since the proper environment for that type is bounded by 42nd and 96th str… --- ## [Leaving Food Out Overnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-food-out-overnight/998986)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-food-out-overnight/998986 "2024-03-20T04:33:51Z")
I’ll take out what I think I’m going to eat, so it dethaws, etc… and too many times I’m so tired (and full) that I just go right to bed. Then when I wake up and go into the kitchen, I see food left out… Especially in the… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter J and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP {FINAL POLL ADDED}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-j-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998907)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-j-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998907 "2024-03-20T03:12:32Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter J. 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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=605&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=607&state=tracking)