# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=648 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 649 --- ## [Is The Phantom comic strip ending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-phantom-comic-strip-ending/963421)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-phantom-comic-strip-ending/963421 "2024-01-19T20:30:49Z")
Over the past month or so there has been a story line where The Phantom has been told a prophesy where, if he goes on with a plan to rescue a certain person it will create a chain of events where he eventually dies, his … --- ## [Really odd one- Displaying Quilts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-one-displaying-quilts/996246)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-one-displaying-quilts/996246 "2024-01-19T18:39:01Z")
OK SD. I think this is the greatest online community there is. I’m putting y’all to the test. Also, I am stupid when it comes to which forum to post in, so, whatever. We are in posession of a number of family heirloom … --- ## [Napolean Dynamite Appreciate Thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napolean-dynamite-appreciate-thread/253556)
**Author:** [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napolean-dynamite-appreciate-thread/253556 "2024-01-19T18:07:45Z")
I really loved Napolean Dynamite. I enjoyed the performances and the costumes and I laughed through the whole movie. The half full theatre (suprising, I thought Spider Man 2 would steal all the crowd!) broke into applaus… --- ## [Odd measurement humor for tor the metric folks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-measurement-humor-for-tor-the-metric-folks/995726)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-measurement-humor-for-tor-the-metric-folks/995726 "2024-01-19T17:57:43Z")
While shopping today I saw a measurement that even I, the die hard English measurement guy, looked askance at. On a large carton of green peppers: 1 1/9 Bu --- ## [Japan has Made it to the Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-has-made-it-to-the-moon/996342)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-has-made-it-to-the-moon/996342 "2024-01-19T17:32:34Z")
--- ## [Numbers 1-20 as Memory Aids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbers-1-20-as-memory-aids/350444)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbers-1-20-as-memory-aids/350444 "2024-01-19T17:24:27Z")
It’s been long enough ago that I have forgotten who had a book or some TV special about memory tricks. What I do recall is that the gimmick had to do with a list of key images that served as “home base” for remembering o… --- ## [Wheeled walker with ground accessible brakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheeled-walker-with-ground-accessible-brakes/995971)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheeled-walker-with-ground-accessible-brakes/995971 "2024-01-19T17:05:30Z")
So through one adventure and another, I have to use a walker now. My biggest problem is that I fall a lot. And I can’t lift myself off the ground with a cane. So my generous friend bought me a brand new walker. With whee… --- ## [Jim Carrey Appreciation Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carrey-appreciation-thread/90181)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-carrey-appreciation-thread/90181 "2024-01-19T16:41:02Z")
My favorite movie of all time is The Truman Show. I had high expectations for the movie. About five minutes before it started in the theater I started to say to myself that the expectations I had were too high. I didn’t … --- ## ["An inch of ice on a power line can add 500 pounds of weight." Help me understand this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-ice-on-a-power-line-can-add-500-pounds-of-weight-help-me-understand-this/996250)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-ice-on-a-power-line-can-add-500-pounds-of-weight-help-me-understand-this/996250 "2024-01-19T16:16:46Z")
During the ice storm that just ended today, the local news station and paper advised people that an inch can add 500 lbs. of weight, and this is why poles and cables sometimes fail. The numbers don’t make sense to me, … --- ## [Thank you for wanting to help. (Even if you didn't.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-wanting-to-help-even-if-you-didnt/995950)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-wanting-to-help-even-if-you-didnt/995950 "2024-01-19T12:30:38Z")
AKA, the thread for talking about well-intentioned people whose desire to be of assistance is welcome, but whose actual contributions can be, unfortunately, annoying. My wife’s mom came to stay with us just before the h… --- ## [The Humblebrag Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humblebrag-thread/968934)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-humblebrag-thread/968934 "2024-01-19T12:18:00Z")
This thread allows you to brag, humbly or less so, about a trivial personal accomplishment that you are somewhat proud of despite its general meaningless. You are a speck of dust on a small planet in the middle of a vas… --- ## [Chad (The TV series, because Discourse won't let me write just "Chad.")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chad-the-tv-series-because-discourse-wont-let-me-write-just-chad/941608)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chad-the-tv-series-because-discourse-wont-let-me-write-just-chad/941608 "2024-01-19T10:01:54Z")
Anyone else watching this? I’m finding it hilarious. It is much like a gender-swapped Pen15, and filled with cringe humor as you see Chad constantly stumbling (or running at full speed) cluelessly from one social fope ah… --- ## [Pitchfork to become part of GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitchfork-to-become-part-of-gq/996306)
**Author:** [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitchfork-to-become-part-of-gq/996306 "2024-01-19T04:48:24Z")
Story here. Without Pitchfork, who will tell us that Radiohead is the best band ever? Even so, still sad to see it sort of go. --- ## [Warriors Assistant coach Dejan Milojevic dies at 46, Caradic Failure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warriors-assistant-coach-dejan-milojevic-dies-at-46-caradic-failure/996247)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warriors-assistant-coach-dejan-milojevic-dies-at-46-caradic-failure/996247 "2024-01-19T02:56:39Z")
Dejan retired from playing in 2009. He was part of the Warriors 2022 National Championship. It’s note worthy because of Dejan Milojević age and apparent physical condition. Asst Coaches are hustling on the court during… --- ## [Who Is The Modern Equivalent Of Richard Scarry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-modern-equivalent-of-richard-scarry/996248)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-modern-equivalent-of-richard-scarry/996248 "2024-01-19T01:45:24Z")
It’s been many decades since I perused the field in detail. There was a time when I used to love Richard Scarry books. Of course, these days many of the busy jobs have been replaced by AI or undone by gig technocorps. … --- ## [Where there ever number-systems popular that were not "base-of-10"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-there-ever-number-systems-popular-that-were-not-base-of-10/996048)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-there-ever-number-systems-popular-that-were-not-base-of-10/996048 "2024-01-19T00:49:46Z")
well, title says it pretty much … were there real life usages of systems different then 10 in history ? how did e.g. the dozen come to happen? --- ## [Memorable college courses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-college-courses/995598)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-college-courses/995598 "2024-01-18T23:21:35Z")
Kayaker’s post on a different thread reminded me of a handful of memorable undergrad courses I took. Some of them were memorable for the sheer volume of work, and others were memorable due to the subject matter. Yet othe… --- ## [Increased risk of COVID after booster shot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increased-risk-of-covid-after-booster-shot/995833)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increased-risk-of-covid-after-booster-shot/995833 "2024-01-18T23:15:51Z")
Today I went to see my immunologist/asthma doctor for an allergy test. I mentioned that I had COVID for the first time a couple of weeks ago and he noted that I was boosted at the end of November. He told me not to get a… --- ## [Police response during mass shooting event {Not Gun Control, 2nd Amendment or Politics}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-response-during-mass-shooting-event-not-gun-control-2nd-amendment-or-politics/965165)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 893\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-response-during-mass-shooting-event-not-gun-control-2nd-amendment-or-politics/965165 "2024-01-18T22:57:59Z")
My husband and I have been discussing how the Uvalde shooting was handled. There were parents at the school while it was still going on that were being prevented from entering the school by police officers. My husband … --- ## [Roko's Basilisk ensures we must support Mark Zuckerberg and his brilliant Meta project to save humanity!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rokos-basilisk-ensures-we-must-support-mark-zuckerberg-and-his-brilliant-meta-project-to-save-humanity/975684)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rokos-basilisk-ensures-we-must-support-mark-zuckerberg-and-his-brilliant-meta-project-to-save-humanity/975684 "2024-01-18T22:49:56Z")
For those unfamiliar, Roko’s Basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to tort… --- ## [Brits -- especially sewing people -- ever heard of jacinet (a fabric or interfacing)? (possibly not correct spelling)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-especially-sewing-people-ever-heard-of-jacinet-a-fabric-or-interfacing-possibly-not-correct-spelling/996290)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-especially-sewing-people-ever-heard-of-jacinet-a-fabric-or-interfacing-possibly-not-correct-spelling/996290 "2024-01-18T20:58:05Z")
I specify Brits because it was a Brit who brought it to my attention, but of course anyone who recognizes what this is please respond. This Brit was teaching a workshop in book binding. We used it instead of mull for sta… --- ## [My laundry is excessively stinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laundry-is-excessively-stinky/996195)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laundry-is-excessively-stinky/996195 "2024-01-18T20:57:57Z")
NOTE : I cannot used perfumed laundry detergent. It gives my a runny nose & hives. But I need a good way to reduce the smell in my clothes. I’ve tried several detergents. And bleach is no-go for colored clothing. Advi… --- ## [On the omnipresence of food-snobbery in everyday recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-omnipresence-of-food-snobbery-in-everyday-recipes/995007)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-omnipresence-of-food-snobbery-in-everyday-recipes/995007 "2024-01-18T20:56:52Z")
this has been grating me (;-)) for quite some time … every crappy ass food recipe calls for premium ingredients nowadays: You need an example? 1980: add a dash of oil to your crappy onions 2000: add a dash of olive-o… --- ## [Wet Paint Smell in the home...when no one has been painting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-paint-smell-in-the-home-when-no-one-has-been-painting/996244)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-paint-smell-in-the-home-when-no-one-has-been-painting/996244 "2024-01-18T20:11:10Z")
I just returned from five days away and when I walked through the front door I was hit with a strong fresh wet latex paint smell. It was so strong I asked my wife if she had gotten to that hallway project we had talked a… --- ## [The DeSantis-Haley Debate (January 10, 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-desantis-haley-debate-january-10-2024/995932)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-desantis-haley-debate-january-10-2024/995932 "2024-01-18T19:47:00Z")
I don’t know if there is a better place for this, so if the Mods feel it needs closing or moving, go right ahead. I’m watching the DeSantis-Haley debate on CNN right now (1910 hours MST, January 10, 2024), and holy hann… --- ## [Happy Days Premiered 50 Years Ago: January 15, 1974](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-days-premiered-50-years-ago-january-15-1974/996127)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-days-premiered-50-years-ago-january-15-1974/996127 "2024-01-18T19:18:27Z")
Here is a discussion from surviving members of the cast (perhaps someone can post a gift link?) Happy Days’ at 50: ‘The Fonz Bought Me a House’ In an interview, the surviving members of the original cast — Ron Howard, … --- ## [Who's the stereotypical "huge guy" in popular culture today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-stereotypical-huge-guy-in-popular-culture-today/996144)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-stereotypical-huge-guy-in-popular-culture-today/996144 "2024-01-18T18:25:18Z")
Back in the day it was André “The Giant” Roussimoff, who died in 1993. More recently we’ve had Hafthor Bjornsson “The Mountain” best known for his role in the Game of Thrones series. But that’s receding into the past now… --- ## [World's oldest dog dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-dog-dies/991969)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-dog-dies/991969 "2024-01-18T17:36:45Z")
Bobi. 31 years old (which apparently is 217 in dog years.) That’s a good old age ! RIP Bobi --- ## [Pork Chops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops/993079)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops/993079 "2024-01-18T16:53:31Z")
I have not had a good pork chop since I left home about 56 years ago. As far as I know my mother just rolled them in flower and deep fried them in a cast iron skillet. . She wasn’t that fussy about the color, sometimes l… --- ## [What's the deal with Trumps hand sores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-hand-sores/996277)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-hand-sores/996277 "2024-01-18T16:47:33Z")
So Twitter is abuzz with these obvious red sores on Trump’s hands: I agree they are clearly sores of some kind, not cuts. But also not convinced by James Carville’s “they… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=647) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=649)