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**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-pigeons-for-food/996446 "2024-01-24T20:38:52Z")
In a book I read a long time ago, a character is a gourmand who loves him some haute cuisine. One of the recipes he’s mentioned as enjoying is squabs with sauce printemps (\*Note: I could be wrong on the sauce). Squabs ar… --- ## [Are You Old Enough To Have Made Ashtrays At School?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-old-enough-to-have-made-ashtrays-at-school/996232)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-old-enough-to-have-made-ashtrays-at-school/996232 "2024-01-24T19:56:10Z")
A medical school professor joked about how all the university lecture hall seats had ashtrays on the back, for the convenience of the dude sitting behind you. (Like airplanes.) Before my time. But I distinctly remembe… --- ## [The official SD chimney (power generator)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-sd-chimney-power-generator/996557)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-sd-chimney-power-generator/996557 "2024-01-24T18:41:51Z")
I am truely impressed on how the hot-coffee-mug thread (“Hot” coffee cup) turned out debate-wise (like in the best of days of SD) … so here we go again … with a different topic to throw your engineering punches into: . … --- ## [Best approach for multi-destination international flights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-approach-for-multi-destination-international-flights/996581)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-approach-for-multi-destination-international-flights/996581 "2024-01-24T18:20:25Z")
This October, I’m excited to attend an international family reunion in southern Italy. I’ll be in/near Cosenza for the event, and afterwards will spend a few days in Paris with my mom and uncle before heading back to th… --- ## [Chicken wings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-wings/996099)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-wings/996099 "2024-01-24T17:50:18Z")
I would like to make my own crispy chicken wings. There have been threads about them in the past, but most are hot, or have spicy sauces. Is there a way to bake crispy wings, or do they have to be deep fried? I like c… --- ## [If trump wins the nomination, but is then convicted…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-wins-the-nomination-but-is-then-convicted/996526)
**Author:** [@kay1864](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kay1864)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-wins-the-nomination-but-is-then-convicted/996526 "2024-01-24T16:37:35Z")
Assuming that the conviction occurs before the July 15 GOP convention And assuming that Ronnie McDaniel then suspends the rules for the first ballot What will the delegates do? Stay with trump, a convicted felon (and… --- ## [NFL 2023-2024: Divisional Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-2024-divisional-round/996226 "2024-01-24T16:11:50Z")
The not-so-wild Wildcard weekend is now behind us. Only one of the six games was competitive, as the other five featured double-digit blowouts. Three favorites were on the receiving end of those beatdowns, including bo… --- ## [Words that you've heard, but never used in your writing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-youve-heard-but-never-used-in-your-writing/996584)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-youve-heard-but-never-used-in-your-writing/996584 "2024-01-24T15:56:20Z")
Doing (yet another) word puzzle today, I came across the word SQUAWK. And I had no idea how to spell it, because I’ve never used the word before except in speech! It flummoxed me for a git, but thank you google for enlig… --- ## [How do you treat a wound?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-a-wound/996091)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-a-wound/996091 "2024-01-24T15:31:08Z")
So you have a minor cut or scrape. It’s bleeding but not serious enough for to be sutured. What do you do? I had a girlfriend many years ago who believed that adhesive bandages were evil, and a wound needed to be “expos… --- ## [How much gold was given to Jesus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-gold-was-given-to-jesus/995876)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-gold-was-given-to-jesus/995876 "2024-01-24T13:36:46Z")
Are there any tales, apocryphal or otherwise, as to how much gold was given to Jesus by the Wise Men in the Bible? Yeah, I know about the other two gifts, but gold is the gift I am wondering about. They supposedly trav… --- ## [Who can recall TV adverts for Vosene medicated shampoo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-recall-tv-adverts-for-vosene-medicated-shampoo/996253)
**Author:** [@philipdalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philipdalton)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-recall-tv-adverts-for-vosene-medicated-shampoo/996253 "2024-01-24T12:51:03Z")
These ads used to show green blobs falling across the screen. Here’s one: --- ## [Online sports betting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-sports-betting/996541)
**Author:** [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-sports-betting/996541 "2024-01-24T12:16:52Z")
How does it work, financially? Do venues such as FanDuel and DraftKings have direct access to your bank account? Can you bet with a credit card? How long after the game ends do you have access to your winnings? Do th… --- ## [Today's help request is about (American) biscuits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-help-request-is-about-american-biscuits/996469)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-help-request-is-about-american-biscuits/996469 "2024-01-24T07:02:45Z")
I recently got great pizza dough advice from y’all, which I followed to excellent results. Today’s question is about biscuits, in the American (not British) sense. I just had breakfast at a local eatery that offered “li… --- ## [Do you care how Nikki Haley does in the NH primary? If so, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-how-nikki-haley-does-in-the-nh-primary-if-so-why/996519)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-how-nikki-haley-does-in-the-nh-primary-if-so-why/996519 "2024-01-24T06:10:56Z")
This is really more of an IMHO question, but the subject is very much P&E, so I’m putting it here. But I’m not looking for in-depth analysis (though if you have any, great). I care a little, mostly because I am from NH … --- ## [Will the Toronto Symphony Orchestra select my music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-toronto-symphony-orchestra-select-my-music/996488)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-toronto-symphony-orchestra-select-my-music/996488 "2024-01-23T23:34:17Z")
poll Today is the day I find out if my music will be selected or not by the TSO. Two of my composition professors think the piece is entirely appropriate for the orchestra, but of course we all acknowledge it is a highly… --- ## [Security cameras at Walmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922 "2024-01-23T23:24:07Z")
Does Walmart have a large room filled with monitors like they do at casinos? They have hundreds of cameras at each store. One employee claims they can zoom in and read the text on a cell phone. I found another article wh… --- ## [Biden needs a new VP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-needs-a-new-vp/996559)
**Author:** [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-needs-a-new-vp/996559 "2024-01-23T22:31:03Z")
I’m starting a new thread because this is a serious problem, and I was banned from the thread in P&E. The VP pick is very important in this election. Why are we not talking about this weak performance on the View from VP… --- ## [1099B. Makes no sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1099b-makes-no-sense/996522)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1099b-makes-no-sense/996522 "2024-01-23T22:03:09Z")
I had 2 accounts with TD Ameritrade, a regular account and my Roth IRA and as you may know TDA accounts became Charles Schwab accounts in 2023. Under my tax forms for my regular (important) account, I have a 1099B. Lot… --- ## [Birds, smell taste, vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birds-smell-taste-vision/996542)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birds-smell-taste-vision/996542 "2024-01-23T21:58:30Z")
Is it possible that birds use vision in place of smell? When a fruit or a flower puts out a fragrance could the fragrance be seen in ultra violet ranges? It amazes me how some birds are able to locate food just by flying… --- ## [Trump can't get more than 50% in the Ignorantowa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-get-more-than-50-in-the-ignorantowa/996163)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-get-more-than-50-in-the-ignorantowa/996163 "2024-01-23T21:43:54Z")
Most of the talking heads are spouting off about how Trump dominated the Iowa caucuses. Right in heart of the overwhelmingly ‘white’ Christian conservative evangelical state of ignorance he could only get 50% of the vote… --- ## [Poll: Should we retire the Quarantine Zone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-we-retire-the-quarantine-zone/996173)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-we-retire-the-quarantine-zone/996173 "2024-01-23T20:39:21Z")
We launched the Quarantine Zone at the start of the pandemic, when the coronavirus was the chief topic of discussion. Now that the crisis has ebbed, QZ gets minimal traffic and the staff is debating what to do with it. W… --- ## [Easy way to earthquake proof things sitting on a shelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-earthquake-proof-things-sitting-on-a-shelf/996520)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-earthquake-proof-things-sitting-on-a-shelf/996520 "2024-01-23T20:17:40Z")
I have a bunch of mugs/glassware I have on display on shelves around my house, the shelves are basically flat boards protruding from the wall. My mugs/glasses basically have a few inches of space before they reach the ed… --- ## [A thought about sharing pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thought-about-sharing-pain/996414)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thought-about-sharing-pain/996414 "2024-01-23T19:20:01Z")
I’ve come to understand that when dealing with those in pain, you cannot “share” it or “feel” it. You can sympathize, you can empathize, you can love, you can help etc. but pain itself is private-You cannot understand … --- ## [Things you find pretentious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-pretentious/581232)
**Author:** [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Replies:** 490\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-pretentious/581232 "2024-01-23T18:50:01Z")
According to some posters, speaking French is pretentious. That got me thinking. What do Dopers find pretentious? I’ll make my list: Dancers (Not people who like to boogie, people have taken a class or two and think th… --- ## [Squid Game: The Challenge - the competition show based on the TV series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-the-challenge-the-competition-show-based-on-the-tv-series/993699)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-the-challenge-the-competition-show-based-on-the-tv-series/993699 "2024-01-23T18:18:04Z")
Is anyone else watching this on Netflix? It’s…well, it’s OK. I’m three episodes in and I think they did not plan it well enough to be adapted to television and they do not edit the series in an interesting way. Just very… --- ## [Entertainment time sink vs. underemployment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-time-sink-vs-underemployment/996512)
**Author:** [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-time-sink-vs-underemployment/996512 "2024-01-23T17:58:10Z")
I’ve spent a staggering amount of time on video games, watching pro sports, movies, concerts, Wordle, etc. Lots of other folks have too. Lucky me, I have time for that crap. I’m fueling some big industries I guess. But… --- ## [Translation: English to Latin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-english-to-latin/996548)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-english-to-latin/996548 "2024-01-23T17:19:52Z")
I was Skyping a long-standing friend when he seemed to ‘convulse’. :flushed: Fortunately the accompanying sound effect 7 second Elephant Fart (youtube.com) revealed that he was just ‘releasing the tension’. :wink: Anyw… --- ## [I'm in the "foot of new snow, temps below zero F" zone. It's no fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-foot-of-new-snow-temps-below-zero-f-zone-its-no-fun/996103)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-foot-of-new-snow-temps-below-zero-f-zone-its-no-fun/996103 "2024-01-23T16:35:55Z")
This afternoon, I decided to go outside and exhume my car from its snowy blanket, and run the heat to thaw some of the ice on the windows. I was about 3/4 finished when my body screamed “STOP!” I got really dizzy, beca… --- ## [Majority rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/majority-rights/28687)
**Author:** [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/majority-rights/28687 "2024-01-23T16:01:24Z")
Before I start I wholly understand that it is important to make sure that minorities feel integrated into society, however I think that it is coming to a point now where the will of the majority is in danger of being sid… --- ## [Menu Trends, Restaurants in 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menu-trends-restaurants-in-2024/996544)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menu-trends-restaurants-in-2024/996544 "2024-01-23T16:00:13Z")
I enjoyed this fun article on restaurant trends, gift linked below. But Canada takes it time to sneeze when America catches cold, so I wonder how long for these trends to diffuse northward. But are they actual trends? … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=644&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=646&state=muted)