# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=646&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 647 --- ## [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? … --- ## [Sudden unexpected food allergy - best to try to throw up or not? (do not need answers fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-unexpected-food-allergy-best-to-try-to-throw-up-or-not-do-not-need-answers-fast/996375)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-unexpected-food-allergy-best-to-try-to-throw-up-or-not-do-not-need-answers-fast/996375 "2024-01-23T15:52:51Z")
A few weeks ago my wife ate a fish dish on a river cruise and unexpectedly got an attack of a food allergy that she never had had before. She said she experienced the first symptoms seconds after swallowing. What follow… --- ## [How can I prove that two songs don't sound the same?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-prove-that-two-songs-dont-sound-the-same/996427)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-prove-that-two-songs-dont-sound-the-same/996427 "2024-01-23T14:30:29Z")
I’ve been scouring the web for sites that might have a tool I could use, but have had no luck yet. I am trying to find a way to prove that two songs are not alike. Why? Well, one friend, “Sally,” insists that “Welcome … --- ## [Assassin's spaghetti](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assassins-spaghetti/979215)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assassins-spaghetti/979215 "2024-01-23T12:53:57Z")
So I was watching Food wishes on Youtube and he prepared something called assassin’s spaghetti which had me drooling by the time the episode finished. I thought you reprobates would appreciate a new recipe if you haven’t… --- ## [Hypothetical What If--King Kong was real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-what-if-king-kong-was-real/996361)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-what-if-king-kong-was-real/996361 "2024-01-23T12:46:28Z")
Let us, for argument’s sake, assume the events in the 1933 classic film King Kong were based on real, historical events, which, obviously, would have taken place some years before the '33 docudrama. What effect would th… --- ## [Ex-PM Morrison of Australia held down 5 jobs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135 "2024-01-23T10:59:29Z")
It’s just recently broken. During the pandemic, PM Morrison had the GovGen appoint him to the position of five different ministers, without telling the other holders of those offices that he was now a co-minister. Call… --- ## [LOTR Question: What if Frodo kept the One Ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-question-what-if-frodo-kept-the-one-ring/996510)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-question-what-if-frodo-kept-the-one-ring/996510 "2024-01-23T10:39:28Z")
We know Frodo failed at the last moment to destroy the One Ring. If he had been able to keep it would he have become some ubermensch or would he be in thrall to Sauron or would he die (he seemed at the end of his rope w… --- ## [Tom Baker, the Fourth Doctor, is Ninety Years Old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-baker-the-fourth-doctor-is-ninety-years-old/996388)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-baker-the-fourth-doctor-is-ninety-years-old/996388 "2024-01-23T08:36:51Z")
Happy ninetieth birthday Tom, you definite article, you. I’m truly happy to see you live this long. And to speak absolute truth, I never thought you would. For so many happy hours of my life that you gave me, I salut… --- ## [(Old) Heading to the land of penguins in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-heading-to-the-land-of-penguins-in-the-mmp/996115)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 390\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-heading-to-the-land-of-penguins-in-the-mmp/996115 "2024-01-23T06:05:32Z")
Well, this is it - the week my spousal unit and I will head to Chile to catch the ship that will take us to Antarctica. OK, not exactly to but really, really close - we’ll cruise around the peninsula. Anyway, I need to … --- ## [Old SDMB thread, riddle never answered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sdmb-thread-riddle-never-answered/996466)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sdmb-thread-riddle-never-answered/996466 "2024-01-23T05:31:30Z")
I can’t remember what the puzzle was. Something like “14 F in a G.” Anyone remember what I’m talking about? I just saw a post on Reddit that reminded me of that puzzle: https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s/228FLRVG3A O… --- ## [Did you jiggle the handle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-jiggle-the-handle/996416)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-jiggle-the-handle/996416 "2024-01-23T03:39:07Z")
I guess not. Some used the toilet in the house we just bought, and didn’t notice that it never stopped running. In the time between when they did this and when we took possession of the house (around a month later), tha… --- ## [Ron DeSantis 2024 (Campaign suspended on January 21, 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 599\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592 "2024-01-23T03:34:12Z")
Do you see Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis being elected president in 2024 if he runs? DeSantis is seen as a 2024 presidential contender. --- ## [About trump's immunity fantasy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-trumps-immunity-fantasy/996229)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-trumps-immunity-fantasy/996229 "2024-01-23T03:02:47Z")
Did anybody point out that if he could order Seal Team Six to murder someone, he wouldn’t be immune from state prosecution, as murder is not usually a Federal offense? --- ## [I have turned 31,776 times on this orb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-turned-31-776-times-on-this-orb/996515)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-turned-31-776-times-on-this-orb/996515 "2024-01-23T02:25:36Z")
The title says it all. And you don’t have to reply. Sorry --- ## [What responsibility do a people have to change their country/state rather than flee it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-responsibility-do-a-people-have-to-change-their-country-state-rather-than-flee-it/995357)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-responsibility-do-a-people-have-to-change-their-country-state-rather-than-flee-it/995357 "2024-01-23T02:03:24Z")
This is something I’ve been struggling with for a while now. I read about people fleeing places and complaining about the conditions where they fled to, or who move to other states because they don’t like the policies a… --- ## ["A carton of Camels by noon, or permanent penguin pâté!"| {Bloom County}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-carton-of-camels-by-noon-or-permanent-penguin-pate-bloom-county/995202 "2024-01-23T01:10:56Z")
Just having a midnight snack of pepper pâté on water crackers. Every time I spread the pâté, that quote from Steve Dallas runs through my mind. :slight\_smile: What Bloom County lines are still buried in your memory? --- ## [The Semiquincentennial is approaching!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-semiquincentennial-is-approaching/996507)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-semiquincentennial-is-approaching/996507 "2024-01-22T23:57:46Z")
In two years the USA will celebrate 250 years of existence. I know Philadelphia is planning events for all year long. England: “250 years? We’ve got new buildings that are older then that.” --- ## [Churchill, Truman and Communism in East Europe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/churchill-truman-and-communism-in-east-europe/950290)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/churchill-truman-and-communism-in-east-europe/950290 "2024-01-22T23:08:49Z")
I recently read Churchill’s memoirs which were written some years after WW2. He spends a fair amount of time bemoaning the fact that countries like Poland, Roumania and Bulgaria became Soviet satellites. He makes a fai… --- ## [A Question on Sound and Voices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-sound-and-voices/966369)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-sound-and-voices/966369 "2024-01-22T22:17:59Z")
A question on sound and voices: I’ve seen articles that try to explain why helium makes your voice high-pitched. It is based on how the speed of sound is wavelength X frequency, as I recall. It is presumed the wavelength… --- ## [Preserving fragile paper to unroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preserving-fragile-paper-to-unroll/996431)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preserving-fragile-paper-to-unroll/996431 "2024-01-22T21:04:28Z")
Hey y’all, specially arty types, I have a little problem. My late father gave me a piece of art he did. I believe it’s pencil on some kind of brown paper that reminds me of parchment paper. This paper is extraordinaril… --- ## [Just read 1984 for the first time. Random thoughts/questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-read-1984-for-the-first-time-random-thoughts-questions/995613)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-read-1984-for-the-first-time-random-thoughts-questions/995613 "2024-01-22T20:23:50Z")
I know I’m about 70 years late to the party but, at 45 years old, I just read George Orwell 1984. This thread will probably sink to the bottom of the sea but I wanted to share some quick thoughts/questions in no particu… --- ## [Magic (1978): Explain this quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-1978-explain-this-quote/996351)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-1978-explain-this-quote/996351 "2024-01-22T19:52:29Z")
Copied from IMDB trivia. Background (if you’re not familiar): Burgess Meredith, playing a Swifty Lazaresque super-agent Ben Greene is walking into his office, and as he passes by his employee Sadie, there’s this exchan… --- ## [Anyone ever take a Scandinavian cruise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-take-a-scandinavian-cruise/996433)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-take-a-scandinavian-cruise/996433 "2024-01-22T17:43:49Z")
So my wife and I are turning 50 next summer, and we decided that to celebrate we were going to see the Aurora Borealis for the first time. We figured out that the best way to do this was to a cruise to the Arctic Circle.… --- ## [How to 'fancy-up' canned chili](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fancy-up-canned-chili/996196)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fancy-up-canned-chili/996196 "2024-01-22T17:04:26Z")
The latest canned chili thread I could find was from 2004 so I thought I’d start a new one. The story: A co-worker brought in some fantastic chili, made from scratch. I raved, so she gave me the recipe. It has sweet pot… --- ## [What will happen when Trump is no more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-trump-is-no-more/996288)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-trump-is-no-more/996288 "2024-01-22T17:02:23Z")
There has been some discussion of what will happen if Trump is elected in 24. But I wonder what folk think his long term effect will be on US politics/government/society/international standing should he lose in 24. Has… --- ## [Did they make you wear a smock in art class?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-make-you-wear-a-smock-in-art-class/996451)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-make-you-wear-a-smock-in-art-class/996451 "2024-01-22T16:59:22Z")
I can understand teachers probably want to minimize complaints from parents. You probably don’t want to wear your finest clothes while fingerprinting or making crappy crafts. So I can see wearing, say, an unliked T-shi… --- ## [Best and Worst Appetizer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-appetizer/995257)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-appetizer/995257 "2024-01-22T16:01:18Z")
With New Years fast approaching it is time to pick the best and worst appetizers. You can discuss your experiences and reasons or simply pick the ones you like or loathe that are commonly served at parties or restaurant… --- ## [Pizza crust advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-crust-advice/990336)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-crust-advice/990336 "2024-01-22T15:01:58Z")
The only part you need to read: Calling homemade pizza geniuses - any suggestions for making a really great crust? Not cracker thin, but not puffy and bread-forward either. I have a peel and a pizza stone. TLDR version: … --- ## [Share your favorite new song of 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-new-song-of-2023/994037)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-new-song-of-2023/994037 "2024-01-22T14:53:35Z")
Yes, yes, I know the average Doper is an old fart who believes music attained scientific perfection in 1974. Bear with me. It’s getting near the time of year when I post my annual “Best #1 of the year” poll, and almost … --- ## [Whence sourdough biscuits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-sourdough-biscuits/995972)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-sourdough-biscuits/995972 "2024-01-22T14:15:45Z")
If the point of biscuits is that they’re quick to make, rapid rising by using baking powder, then how does one make sourdough biscuits? Wouldn’t that mean letting the dough ferment for an extended period of time? Or is t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=645&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=647&state=watching)