# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=618&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 619 --- ## [Can you make a living from sport betting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-a-living-from-sport-betting/997440)
**Author:** [@wolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolly)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-a-living-from-sport-betting/997440 "2024-03-03T16:44:02Z")
Hi,I’m a ruined student by my parents and I’m trying to find something that can make me relax and studious.I want to study sport betting because unlike poker you don’t lose everytime on the board.I posted in another thre… --- ## [What peanut butter (or any ground peanut paste) pairs with, March 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-peanut-butter-or-any-ground-peanut-paste-pairs-with-march-2024-edition/998266)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-peanut-butter-or-any-ground-peanut-paste-pairs-with-march-2024-edition/998266 "2024-03-03T14:07:23Z")
Peanut butter, or pureed peanuts in any form, form a versatile, nutritious, and delicious substance. We’ve had threads in the past about what goes good with peanut butter, but posters change, palates learn, and there is … --- ## [Mark Levin broach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-levin-broach/998383)
**Author:** [@n5tp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/n5tp)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-levin-broach/998383 "2024-03-03T12:57:57Z")
Can someone tell me what broach Mark Levin is wearing on his right side lapel tonight? \[image|604x50(upload://dzd0TxdbUDLmol6ltlTMVSoc9iw.jpeg) --- ## [Earliest "forgot to go to class dream" reference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-forgot-to-go-to-class-dream-reference/996165)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-forgot-to-go-to-class-dream-reference/996165 "2024-03-03T12:39:54Z")
Most of us have had variations of that dream. Forgot to go to class all semester, never studied, can’t find the class, etc. What’s the earliest recorded reference to these dreams? I couldn’t find any mention of it in Fr… --- ## [Are You A Dunker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-dunker/998362)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-dunker/998362 "2024-03-03T11:49:37Z")
This morning, while fixing myself a cup of coffee, I found myself staring at the remnants of a loaf of french bread we had with dinner earlier this week. “Self,” I sez, “you need to do something with that bread before i… --- ## [Who are the youngest ones here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-youngest-ones-here/996641)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-youngest-ones-here/996641 "2024-03-03T11:23:11Z")
pretty self explanatory … (just trying to balance the “in memoriam” thread out a bit …) so … who is a green vegetable - say - under-30??? --- ## [Leapin' lizards! Leapiest of Years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leapin-lizards-leapiest-of-years/998297 "2024-03-03T09:48:12Z")
I have a weird feeling about Leap year. One more day to live, Yay! Or, One more day to live. Not sure how I feel about it. At all. But, I feel feisty today. So there’s that. Happy Leap Year, y’all. --- ## ["indestructible disc"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indestructible-disc/998323)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indestructible-disc/998323 "2024-03-03T07:13:31Z")
I was browsing angle grinders on Amazon and came upon an item called an “Indestructible Disc”. There’s video where it’s cutting disparate materials like they’re stale bread. Cool! I look for the price and find that it… --- ## [Have you ever made (or maybe still make) a living as a professional musician?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-made-or-maybe-still-make-a-living-as-a-professional-musician/994561)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-made-or-maybe-still-make-a-living-as-a-professional-musician/994561 "2024-03-03T04:20:19Z")
\[Aside to moderators: apologies if this has been discussed before, but I can’t see a thread? Also, if you think it would be better placed in a different category, move as appropriate.\] I have, quite long ago, at least … --- ## [In what ways might we currently be missing out on being slightly superhuman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-might-we-currently-be-missing-out-on-being-slightly-superhuman/998076)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-might-we-currently-be-missing-out-on-being-slightly-superhuman/998076 "2024-03-03T02:17:56Z")
Supposedly there was a time in human history when reading text out loud was completely normal, and the ability to read silently, (without speaking the words you’re reading) was considered a remarkable ability. In a rela… --- ## [Wendys will begin experimenting with surge pricing in 2025, {False report apparently or fast backpedal. See post #7}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-will-begin-experimenting-with-surge-pricing-in-2025-false-report-apparently-or-fast-backpedal-see-post-7/998239)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-will-begin-experimenting-with-surge-pricing-in-2025-false-report-apparently-or-fast-backpedal-see-post-7/998239 "2024-03-03T01:58:10Z")
The days of fixed menus and prices may be a thing of the past. How do you feel about it? I vividly remember in high school and even college searching under cushions for enough spare change to buy a soda and burger. I us… --- ## [Any electricians in the audience? Is my house about to burn down? Am I overreacting? Do I have a ghost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-electricians-in-the-audience-is-my-house-about-to-burn-down-am-i-overreacting-do-i-have-a-ghost/998027)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-electricians-in-the-audience-is-my-house-about-to-burn-down-am-i-overreacting-do-i-have-a-ghost/998027 "2024-03-03T01:43:31Z")
Yesterday as I was getting ready to go to bed I noticed this strange sound coming from… well, I couldn’t tell exactly where. The sound was a hum, the best I can describe it is it sounded like an old-school fluorescent li… --- ## [Officiating Soccer in the Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officiating-soccer-in-the-snow/998373)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officiating-soccer-in-the-snow/998373 "2024-03-03T00:47:07Z")
The white lines on the green grass on the soccer pitch give the players and officiating crew important information: the penalty area, where the goalkeeper can touch the ball, etc. When it’s snowing, however, the white li… --- ## [Extra, Extra (day of) Rants all about it (Feb mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-extra-day-of-rants-all-about-it-feb-mini-rants/996943)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-extra-day-of-rants-all-about-it-feb-mini-rants/996943 "2024-03-02T22:51:50Z")
We get an extra day’s worth of mini rants this month! . . Fri night I got home around 12:30am, went to bed about 1am. Sat morning, the alarm went off at 5:30am in order to get up on time to make it to my race. Only … --- ## [When did potatoes and fruit become part of an English Breakfast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-potatoes-and-fruit-become-part-of-an-english-breakfast/982037)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-potatoes-and-fruit-become-part-of-an-english-breakfast/982037 "2024-03-02T21:54:12Z")
When I was a young man, way back in the 1960s (apologies to the Incredible String Band), I remember a standard English breakfast consisted of fried eggs, sausage, bacon, fried bread and perhaps some baked beans. Maybe b… --- ## [Strategies for Exercising Stock Options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strategies-for-exercising-stock-options/998179)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strategies-for-exercising-stock-options/998179 "2024-03-02T19:40:15Z")
I feel like there was a time when I could have done this, but I’m just getting lost. If one has a number of stock option grants, all at different strike prices, what’s the most efficient way to exercise them. I’m using … --- ## [Question on consenting to a vehicle search](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-consenting-to-a-vehicle-search/998363)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-consenting-to-a-vehicle-search/998363 "2024-03-02T17:08:31Z")
I saw one video where the officer told the suspect they had a warrant for their truck and were going to search it. Of course it would be easier if they had the key otherwise they’d have to tow it and find another way to… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Tater chips and sad sad sad eyes.. Bayliss and his predilections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296 "2024-03-02T16:53:08Z")
I love Pringles. I get about 10, just 10, once a week. I want my Pringles for myself. I do not wanna share. “I love you Bayliss. But you ain’t getting them. Quit with yer big ol’sad eyes. It ain’t moving me.” No little… --- ## [People who raise poultry: How can you tell which birds are no longer laying eggs, especially if you have a sizable flock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-raise-poultry-how-can-you-tell-which-birds-are-no-longer-laying-eggs-especially-if-you-have-a-sizable-flock/998211)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-raise-poultry-how-can-you-tell-which-birds-are-no-longer-laying-eggs-especially-if-you-have-a-sizable-flock/998211 "2024-03-02T12:39:49Z")
I’m curious. I know that most egg producers, whether backyard or otherwise, want to cull the non-laying hens. I can understand how a factory farm could figure it out, but a backyard breeder? Explain how, please and th… --- ## [Glue for metal eyeglasses parts with a small gap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glue-for-metal-eyeglasses-parts-with-a-small-gap/998336)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glue-for-metal-eyeglasses-parts-with-a-small-gap/998336 "2024-03-02T10:03:46Z")
My eyeglasses temple piece broke today near the hinge. The optometrist says there’s nothing her optician can do for it. There’s a small flat piece of metal maybe 3 or 4mm long on one end that slides into a metal sleeve … --- ## [What the heck is "There are no forests"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-there-are-no-forests/774050)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-there-are-no-forests/774050 "2024-03-02T07:11:56Z")
I gather it’s some sort of young earth/flat earth woo, but I don’t feel like sitting through 90-minute YouTube videos to satisfy five minutes’ worth of curiosity. --- ## [Christina Aguilera upset with her daughter's clothing choices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-upset-with-her-daughters-clothing-choices/998246)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-upset-with-her-daughters-clothing-choices/998246 "2024-03-02T03:39:45Z")
Christina Aguilera was on the Drew Barrymore Show yesterday and they started talking about the problem they’re facing policing their daughters’ fashion choices in light of how they dressed when they were younger. At one… --- ## [Can service be restored to old pay phones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-service-be-restored-to-old-pay-phones/997995)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-service-be-restored-to-old-pay-phones/997995 "2024-03-02T03:17:25Z")
The brewery down the beach has an old phone booth out front. They said, ‘We do want to restore it but I don’t know if service will ever be restored.’ The statement is unclear as to whether they can have it restored, or… --- ## [Looking for a way to beautifully showcase a portfolio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-way-to-beautifully-showcase-a-portfolio/998261)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-way-to-beautifully-showcase-a-portfolio/998261 "2024-03-02T02:11:43Z")
My DIL is a hardworking genealogist who not only researches families, but also writes brief profiles of her subjects by spotlighting them in short biographies that combine brief narratives, big photos, and great page lay… --- ## [The original Mary Poppins has had its {UK} rating raised over discriminatory language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-mary-poppins-has-had-its-uk-rating-raised-over-discriminatory-language/998160)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-mary-poppins-has-had-its-uk-rating-raised-over-discriminatory-language/998160 "2024-03-02T01:38:54Z")
Do people still use the term “hottentots”? Not that that should be a reason to change or not change, I’m just wondering. --- ## [How many references could you list on a "background check" form?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-references-could-you-list-on-a-background-check-form/998252)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-references-could-you-list-on-a-background-check-form/998252 "2024-03-01T23:25:32Z")
I just had to complete a form for the periodic review of my background check. One of the sections required that I list 3 non-relatives who have known me well for at least 7 years. Yeah, I was able to list 3, but every … --- ## [Sec Def Lloyd Austin "secretly" hospitalized](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sec-def-lloyd-austin-secretly-hospitalized/995719)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sec-def-lloyd-austin-secretly-hospitalized/995719 "2024-03-01T23:13:49Z")
I doubt it will have much impact on the election, but it’s really not a good look for the Administration that we’re only now finding out that the Secretary of Defense has been hospitalized since January 1 and spent four … --- ## [Obama v McConnell in the Merrick Garland incident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-v-mcconnell-in-the-merrick-garland-incident/998280)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-v-mcconnell-in-the-merrick-garland-incident/998280 "2024-03-01T22:45:47Z")
Maybe this is better posted in great debates, but I’m actually looking for something that would be considered a factual answer. When McConnell stonewalled the nomination of Garland for the SCOTUS, he did it by refusing … --- ## [Could we create/add an MMP tag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-create-add-an-mmp-tag/998089)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-create-add-an-mmp-tag/998089 "2024-03-01T17:45:57Z")
Would it be possible to create a tag for the MMP? I’ll admit I have less than zero understanding of how the process of creating a new tag works. I do know how to add an existing tag to a new thread … but is the above ^… --- ## [Where have all the British TV shows gone from Amazon Video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-british-tv-shows-gone-from-amazon-video/998284)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-british-tv-shows-gone-from-amazon-video/998284 "2024-03-01T16:30:56Z")
There are a few British shows on our watch list, all fairly light stuff (all we are up for nowadays when we collapse on the sofa after putting the kids to bed, True Detective? Happy Valley? Looks great but way too dark f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=617&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=619&state=muted)