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**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251 "2024-03-11T14:42:26Z")
For a link I posted 20 years ago… “Patience, Monty, climb the ladder…” --- ## [Today 9 March is National Meatball Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-9-march-is-national-meatball-day/998654)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-9-march-is-national-meatball-day/998654 "2024-03-11T14:08:49Z")
Get your meatball specials here:National Meatball Day 2024: Deals for Saucy Savings --- ## [How cold would a sports game or outdoor event have to be to see mass casualties/deaths from hypothermia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-would-a-sports-game-or-outdoor-event-have-to-be-to-see-mass-casualties-deaths-from-hypothermia/995968)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-would-a-sports-game-or-outdoor-event-have-to-be-to-see-mass-casualties-deaths-from-hypothermia/995968 "2024-03-11T11:32:25Z")
Not wanting to derail the NFL threads in the Game Room: The Chiefs are about to play the Dolphins this weekend in one of the coldest games in NFL history. Decades ago, the NFL also allowed the Ice Bowl to go ahead in 19… --- ## [(Old) March forth into victory in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-march-forth-into-victory-in-the-mmp/998430)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-march-forth-into-victory-in-the-mmp/998430 "2024-03-11T06:54:37Z")
Thats my clever title. After patting myself on the back, I wake up from another weird dream all sweaty. Its easy to cover up when you first lie down, I think they shoot heat through the building whilst I sleep. Must be… --- ## [Help me refine my definition of dumb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-refine-my-definition-of-dumb/997518)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-refine-my-definition-of-dumb/997518 "2024-03-11T05:47:11Z")
I wasn’t sure if this was the proper forum, but I assure you I don’t consider this frivolous. Let me start with my hypothesis: Most people are dumb. As in a large majority. It’s a major reason Trump gets tens of mill… --- ## [Modern Recipes That Are Barely Recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-recipes-that-are-barely-recipes/998544)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-recipes-that-are-barely-recipes/998544 "2024-03-11T02:33:15Z")
How I long for the day when you could just look up a recipe in a book or even on line and get just a recipe. These days it seems I have to trudge through piles of fluff - the “chef’s” bio, what their pets are named, pro… --- ## [Bank was acquired by another bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-was-acquired-by-another-bank/989703)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-was-acquired-by-another-bank/989703 "2024-03-11T02:17:49Z")
And now I can’t get to anything online. 12 phone calls in the last two days. They say that MANY customers of my former bank (that I’ve been a member of for over 30 years) cannot access anything online. I can’t even logi… --- ## [Looking for comic strip news and discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-comic-strip-news-and-discussion/987413)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-comic-strip-news-and-discussion/987413 "2024-03-11T02:02:45Z")
Where is a good site for getting current comic strip news and perhaps discussion? --- ## [Tell me a sweet, trivial thing someone does for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-a-sweet-trivial-thing-someone-does-for-you/994453)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-a-sweet-trivial-thing-someone-does-for-you/994453 "2024-03-11T01:53:59Z")
Ivy cleans her glasses with little sheets of cleaner impregnated papers. When she’s done she hands it to me to clean my phone or tablet screen. I think it’s awfully sweet of her. She nice, sometimes😊 --- ## ['So you want to be a hero? (Hero!)' '80s song ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-hero-80s-song-id/998686)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-hero-80s-song-id/998686 "2024-03-11T01:16:59Z")
This should be easy, but my google-fu is not mighty tonight. :notes: So you want to be a hero? (Hero!) :notes: Who did it, and what movie sountrack was it used on? --- ## [What, if any, rights did Jewish people have in Nazi Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-any-rights-did-jewish-people-have-in-nazi-germany/997867)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-any-rights-did-jewish-people-have-in-nazi-germany/997867 "2024-03-11T00:35:59Z")
After watching Schindlers List for the umpteenth time I started wondering did the Jews have any rights in Nazi Germany? Other than flying the Jewish colors? For instance, could a German citizen assault or kill a Jewish… --- ## [Some (relatively) good news on Covid and kidney issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-relatively-good-news-on-covid-and-kidney-issues/998120)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-relatively-good-news-on-covid-and-kidney-issues/998120 "2024-03-11T00:35:57Z")
About 20% of people hospitalized with Covid also experience resulting kidney impairment while hospitalized. In a post hospitalization longitudinal study of those who did, it looks like long-term kidney effects are less l… --- ## [What would you do with this stock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-this-stock/998036)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-this-stock/998036 "2024-03-10T23:57:18Z")
I’m not really looking for advice. I do have a financial consultant I use. I’m curious what others would do in this situation. My mother died last year. The estate will be split equally four ways. There is the house and… --- ## [One of my small toenails just came completely off. Should I be concerned? Will it grow back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-small-toenails-just-came-completely-off-should-i-be-concerned-will-it-grow-back/998612)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-small-toenails-just-came-completely-off-should-i-be-concerned-will-it-grow-back/998612 "2024-03-10T22:38:32Z")
Just now, I was going over my toenails to see if any needed clipping, and as I brushed my fingers over that toenail, it came away in my hand. No pain or anything. I can’t bend over well enough to see the nail bed very we… --- ## [Movies that follow the book too closely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-follow-the-book-too-closely/998652)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-follow-the-book-too-closely/998652 "2024-03-10T22:22:28Z")
I just finished the audiobook of Stephen King’s “The Langoliers” and then for kicks and grins, watched the made for TV miniseries of it. While I liked the audiobook, what bothered me the most about the movie version was … --- ## [What's your go-to eat out Breakfast/Brunch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-eat-out-breakfast-brunch/998055)
**Author:** [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-eat-out-breakfast-brunch/998055 "2024-03-10T20:43:40Z")
I was inspired for this thread by the English Breakfast thread on another spot. I go out for a late breakfast/brunch once every week or 2. My go to is a big vege breakfast from a shopping centre chain food place. (Coffe… --- ## [Quote tags turning into code tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-tags-turning-into-code-tags/998298)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-tags-turning-into-code-tags/998298 "2024-03-10T20:37:49Z")
I’ve seen this before, but since it just cropped up again, I’m asking about it now. Sometimes, the board will take quote tags in a post, and instead of formatting them like quotes, will format them like codes: Monotype… --- ## [About seeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-seeds/998545)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-seeds/998545 "2024-03-10T20:25:15Z")
What is closer to the truth? A seed is a living thing or a seed contains the ingredients for a living thing. --- ## [“Fraudulent” bidding on auction sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraudulent-bidding-on-auction-sites/998623)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraudulent-bidding-on-auction-sites/998623 "2024-03-10T19:03:44Z")
What is the purpose of making fake accounts to drive up bidding on auction sites? I don’t get what advantage it is for the fraudsters to get the price hiked up so high that the item has to be taken down and re-listed. --- ## [Debt consolidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-consolidation/998625)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-consolidation/998625 "2024-03-10T18:00:51Z")
Has anyone used these things? How do they work? I mean if I have 5 credit cards that I paying on, how does consolidating them into 1 payment help me or companies? --- ## [Do you still see a lot of Covid “Ghost Artifacts”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-see-a-lot-of-covid-ghost-artifacts/998295)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-see-a-lot-of-covid-ghost-artifacts/998295 "2024-03-10T17:28:54Z")
You know what I mean. Signs on the floor saying to social distance, or only go in one direction down the aisle. Wall dispensers and bottles of soapy goo. That sort of thing. Still see a lot of these “ghostly remnants… --- ## [Things to do near Sagamore Hill? (Central Long Island, North Shore) in late Spring, Summer or early Fall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-near-sagamore-hill-central-long-island-north-shore-in-late-spring-summer-or-early-fall/998670)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-near-sagamore-hill-central-long-island-north-shore-in-late-spring-summer-or-early-fall/998670 "2024-03-10T17:18:22Z")
I’m plotting a 3-4 day trip to the Theodore Roosevelt House (Sagamore Hill) this year. Thus far I have points of interest: Hempstead House Nassau County Museum of Art Bailey Arboretum Planting Fields Arboretum State Hi… --- ## [Mark Robinson condemns TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-condemns-tv-shows/998538)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-condemns-tv-shows/998538 "2024-03-10T16:33:46Z")
Mark Robinson just won the GOP primary to become the candidates for governor of North Carolina. Rachel Maddow had a piece on last night’s MSNBC show pointing out his questionable beliefs, declarations, and platform. It’… --- ## [Favorite - ultra ultra short - guitar solos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ultra-ultra-short-guitar-solos/662610)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ultra-ultra-short-guitar-solos/662610 "2024-03-10T15:09:17Z")
I just thought of this topic when I ran into, once again, my guilty-pleasure fond guitar solo: Shake it up, by The Cars. Elliot Easton. I’m really not very enamored of the The Cars, and would cringe a little when they … --- ## [Pride and Prejudice- recomendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-recomendations/354142)
**Author:** [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-recomendations/354142 "2024-03-10T14:57:43Z")
Jsut a quick question about this story. We have recently turned and interest to seeing this movie. Recently, however, I’ve heard of several versions. The is supposed to be a BBC, a mid-40’s and I hear a recent release… --- ## [TV ads that are much different with audio only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads-that-are-much-different-with-audio-only/998649)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads-that-are-much-different-with-audio-only/998649 "2024-03-10T14:21:57Z")
There’s an ad I’ve seen on TV a few times lately. A couple is going through a parents’ house after they have died, looking for some important insurance papers or something. However, the other night it came on while I was… --- ## [If being short meant being a minority, and having minority status](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-being-short-meant-being-a-minority-and-having-minority-status/995674)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-being-short-meant-being-a-minority-and-having-minority-status/995674 "2024-03-10T14:20:21Z")
So I’m reading this book called Slay, and so far I’m riveted. It’s about a teenage Black girl, who creates an MMORPG exclusively for Black\* players. A lot of stuff happens, but what I’m on about is when the main characte… --- ## [People, mostly older, who get peeved by retail and service workers saying "No problem" instead of "You're welcome"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-mostly-older-who-get-peeved-by-retail-and-service-workers-saying-no-problem-instead-of-youre-welcome/998517)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-mostly-older-who-get-peeved-by-retail-and-service-workers-saying-no-problem-instead-of-youre-welcome/998517 "2024-03-10T13:46:13Z")
Here are my general questions on this subject: (1) Do most older people really get ticked off when a service employee says “no problem” instead of “you’re welcome”? Judging from social media that certainly seems to be … --- ## [Travel Credit Card - best options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-credit-card-best-options/996171)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-credit-card-best-options/996171 "2024-03-10T12:30:35Z")
We last did this in 2013 and the travel, airline, and credit landscapes have changed so I figure it’s ripe for another go. We travel multiple times a year and it’s only going to increase as we head towards retirement. W… --- ## [Surname Origin Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426 "2024-03-10T12:12:02Z")
I haven’t looked in a while, but they were easy. Here’s one but if you know of any, please reply! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=611) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=613)