# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=621 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 622 --- ## [If Trump does go to prison, what would it be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-does-go-to-prison-what-would-it-be-like/842554)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-does-go-to-prison-what-would-it-be-like/842554 "2024-02-27T00:42:29Z")
A year or two ago, another Doper had already pointed out that, contrary to the fantasies of many of his opponents, Trump isn’t likely to go to a “drop the soap in the shower” type of prison. It would probably be a Club F… --- ## [Botticelli February 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2024/996971)
**Author:** [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2024/996971 "2024-02-26T22:48:42Z")
Goooooood morning and welcome to the February Botticelli thread, with me, your host W. De La Rue. Here is last month’s thread, here is a thread for general questions, and here are the rules for anyone interested in joini… --- ## [Does fresh air help with Covid recovery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fresh-air-help-with-covid-recovery/995450)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fresh-air-help-with-covid-recovery/995450 "2024-02-26T22:31:07Z")
As I lay here in my little isolation room on the wing of the house, I have the French doors open even though it’s 40° outside. The heat is off, and I am under a down comforter, and it is very pleasant to have fresh air. … --- ## [Red State social policies are driving young college grads away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-state-social-policies-are-driving-young-college-grads-away/994973)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-state-social-policies-are-driving-young-college-grads-away/994973 "2024-02-26T21:49:09Z")
At least that’s the conclusion in this New Republic article. Put briefly, although Red State social policies (Abortion, GLBQ, trans) generally affect lots of people within a state, there is one demo that is able to make… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #15 - February 2024 - “Big or small”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-15-february-2024-big-or-small/997064)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-15-february-2024-big-or-small/997064 "2024-02-26T21:14:00Z")
This is the monthly thread for February 2024. The topic this month is “Big or Small”, chosen by @Zyada and @Galactus Please note: The general rules for the competition are here. One entry per person per month. To … --- ## [Tyre Nichols death - discussion as the video comes out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyre-nichols-death-discussion-as-the-video-comes-out/978910)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyre-nichols-death-discussion-as-the-video-comes-out/978910 "2024-02-26T20:58:01Z")
Perhaps this goes in another forum? I’m not a “Great Debates” poster, but this feels political and social so I put it here. It is clear in advance of the video that the police were wrong and massively so. All five offic… --- ## [Irish place names in song don't make sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-place-names-in-song-dont-make-sense/998119)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-place-names-in-song-dont-make-sense/998119 "2024-02-26T20:51:20Z")
The song is “The First Love in Life.” One line mentions Londonderry or something about Derry, another names a town that sounds like Mahocca. Details: The song was recorded by the Irish Rovers and listed an arranger but … --- ## [What's the best app to clone a phone completely to a new one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-app-to-clone-a-phone-completely-to-a-new-one/997954)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-app-to-clone-a-phone-completely-to-a-new-one/997954 "2024-02-26T19:37:35Z")
My google research has yielded little. I have Motorolas, so the Samsung app is out, apparently. I could get a double-male type-C connector if needed, as suggested by my local phone-repair shop, but it seems like there sh… --- ## [Navy Drops HS Diploma/GED Requirement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-drops-hs-diploma-ged-requirement/996887)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-drops-hs-diploma-ged-requirement/996887 "2024-02-26T18:40:56Z")
I heard a story today, that the US Navy is in such dire straits for recruiting right now, that they are dropping the requirement to have a high school diploma or GED. Here is a link to the Navy Times article I found con… --- ## [Did Eric Clapton steal Beatle's wife, Layla? {from 2001}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-eric-clapton-steal-beatles-wife-layla-from-2001/96150)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-eric-clapton-steal-beatles-wife-layla-from-2001/96150 "2024-02-26T18:07:33Z")
Clapton fans might know best: I understand Eric Clapton wrote the song, “Layla”, to express his love for Layla, George Harrison’s wife at the time. And, she DID leave him for Clapton. When did this happen? Was Harrison l… --- ## [Simulated wormhole traversed in Google's Sycamore quantum computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simulated-wormhole-traversed-in-googles-sycamore-quantum-computer/976497)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simulated-wormhole-traversed-in-googles-sycamore-quantum-computer/976497 "2024-02-26T17:18:00Z")
This is the original paper in Nature, but it’s paywalled. This is a sort of layman’s description of the research. The most interesting (and understandable, to my layman’s POV) aspect of this is that it supports the so-… --- ## [Should have won the Academy Award but not even nominated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-have-won-the-academy-award-but-not-even-nominated/997566)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-have-won-the-academy-award-but-not-even-nominated/997566 "2024-02-26T16:19:20Z")
Here are the ground rules. You tell us about a person or film that should have won the Academy Award for their year but they weren’t even nominated, and add for context who or what movie won that category for that year.… --- ## [Strange thread-ordering upon entering category](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-thread-ordering-upon-entering-category/998032)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-thread-ordering-upon-entering-category/998032 "2024-02-26T16:04:01Z")
I’m wondering if anybody else is seeing this phenomenon. Sometimes, when I enter a new category from the main site, I will see a different selection/ordering of threads—apparently only threads I’m tracking/have posted to… --- ## [Major cell service outage {2024-02-22}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-cell-service-outage-2024-02-22/997945)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-cell-service-outage-2024-02-22/997945 "2024-02-26T15:50:24Z")
poll --- ## [I need a new racing game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-racing-game/998074)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-racing-game/998074 "2024-02-26T14:22:09Z")
My favorite racing game, Wreckfest, is irretrievably broken. Unacceptably long load times, if it ever even loads at all, and other issues. All of the recommended fixes did nothing to improve my experience, so sadly I’ve … --- ## [Shouldn’t stock market record highs be commonplace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldn-t-stock-market-record-highs-be-commonplace/997990)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldn-t-stock-market-record-highs-be-commonplace/997990 "2024-02-26T14:21:04Z")
The news has been reporting that the stock market (or some indices) are at all-time highs. That’s great but in a healthy economy, shouldn’t this happen regularly or is this just trying to indicate that COVID is now firml… --- ## [Please identify a song for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-a-song-for-me/998092)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-a-song-for-me/998092 "2024-02-26T08:37:59Z")
It starts at 11:19 (right after Gilbert O’Sullivan’s) and only last a few seconds. I stumbled across this series on PBS at four in the morning. I quite like it. --- ## [I Want To Make Not-Sweet Pop Rocks At Home (explained why in OP) - How To Do This](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-make-not-sweet-pop-rocks-at-home-explained-why-in-op-how-to-do-this/998026)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-make-not-sweet-pop-rocks-at-home-explained-why-in-op-how-to-do-this/998026 "2024-02-26T07:33:50Z")
Here is a recipe for at-home Pop Rocks. Pop Rocks being a candy, a principal ingredient is sugar. The thing is, Taco Bell had a promotion a while back where they put cayenne-flavored Pop Rocks in a burrito. I want to tr… --- ## [What is the status of Covid treatment and drugs for the new year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-status-of-covid-treatment-and-drugs-for-the-new-year/996056)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-status-of-covid-treatment-and-drugs-for-the-new-year/996056 "2024-02-26T04:56:57Z")
I have not been reading too much about Covid, but I’m wondering now that we are in new year if there is any antiviral drugs or treatment coming out for Covid. I’m wondering how much they have advance in the past 4 years… --- ## [Id this bodybuilder (possibly Dave Draper?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bodybuilder-possibly-dave-draper/998084)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bodybuilder-possibly-dave-draper/998084 "2024-02-26T03:20:57Z")
From 1967 Rowan and Martins Laugh-Ins pilot episode. (45) Laugh-In: Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot | Full Episode - YouTube You can see the bodybuilder at 48:22 and 49:06. This was during a time when Draper was making smal… --- ## [Service Fee of 3% - applies to tips too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-fee-of-3-applies-to-tips-too/997686)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-fee-of-3-applies-to-tips-too/997686 "2024-02-26T03:18:59Z")
My wife and I went out for a Friday night fish fry. The food was great and the portion size amazing. Not surprisingly, the place was packed. What was a surprise was the bill. We got the itemized tab, and I gave my credi… --- ## [Let's cook up a Pot of Beans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cook-up-a-pot-of-beans/996766)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cook-up-a-pot-of-beans/996766 "2024-02-26T02:58:18Z")
I’m cooking a pot of Great Northern White Beans today. I’m doing it on the top of the stove in my heavy dutch oven. I’ve added onion and big pieces of a smoked beef sausage and salt and pepper. That’s it. Oh water, of … --- ## [Advantages and disadvantages of owning land surrounded by native american reservation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-owning-land-surrounded-by-native-american-reservation/998077)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-owning-land-surrounded-by-native-american-reservation/998077 "2024-02-26T01:20:05Z")
A piece of property came up that is surrounded by properties listed as owned by: U.S.A. TRUST BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (note: I’m not sure this is ‘technically’ reservation land…the odd naming throws me) There is a pub… --- ## [Recommend a good SVG editor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-svg-editor/997792)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-svg-editor/997792 "2024-02-26T01:14:19Z")
I have need for an SVG editor, but none of the ones I’m finding online seem to have what I need. I have some SVG files, that have some shapes that are right up against other shapes, and so have merged with them. So wha… --- ## [Honesty doesn't pay, literally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honesty-doesnt-pay-literally/808360)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honesty-doesnt-pay-literally/808360 "2024-02-25T23:53:02Z")
I have a warranty that covers all my home appliances and recently my washer broke. It wasn’t fixable so I had a choice between getting a replacement or a cash payment. The model they chose was worth more than the cash pa… --- ## [Help me recall a comedy routine featuring the 2001 Theme and touching boobies...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-recall-a-comedy-routine-featuring-the-2001-theme-and-touching-boobies/599642)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-recall-a-comedy-routine-featuring-the-2001-theme-and-touching-boobies/599642 "2024-02-25T23:22:19Z")
I want to say it was from the 1980’s or 1990’s?? A male comedian “re-enacts” the first time he touched a girl’s boobs and the musical accompaniment for his bit was Also Sprach Zarathustra, aka the 2001: A Space Odyssey … --- ## [What do retirees do with 401ks/IRAs that are too small to do much with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-retirees-do-with-401ks-iras-that-are-too-small-to-do-much-with/997872)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-retirees-do-with-401ks-iras-that-are-too-small-to-do-much-with/997872 "2024-02-25T17:42:56Z")
Read a source that the average American’s 401k/IRA is only about $70,000+ at the time of retirement, despite them typically needing it to be at least 10x larger. With that sort of small 401k, what do these retirees typi… --- ## [Mac and Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-and-cheese/998019)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-and-cheese/998019 "2024-02-25T17:10:10Z")
I know there are lot of recipes here for this old favourite but I just found an English one from 1390 which somewhat surprised me, Take and make a thynne foyle of dowh, and kerve it on pieces, and cast hem on boilling w… --- ## [Difference between Grizzly and Brown bears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-grizzly-and-brown-bears/997765)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-grizzly-and-brown-bears/997765 "2024-02-25T16:05:30Z")
I know they are the same species, and I’ve seen where grizzlies are considered a subspecies of brown bear. The main difference appears to be based on location…Brown bears are coastal, eat a salmon rich diet and are bigg… --- ## [What are your thoughts and opinions on talking about your job outside of work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-and-opinions-on-talking-about-your-job-outside-of-work/997840)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-and-opinions-on-talking-about-your-job-outside-of-work/997840 "2024-02-25T15:58:45Z")
When you come home after work, during your days off, or when it comes up in conversation = (if you or someone else decides to talk about it)? In my experience, my parents always asked me about how my day went back when … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=620) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=622)