# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=68&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 69 --- ## [What's the strangest (to you, anyway) summer (or other season) camp you've ever heard of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-to-you-anyway-summer-or-other-season-camp-youve-ever-heard-of/1031044)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-to-you-anyway-summer-or-other-season-camp-youve-ever-heard-of/1031044 "2026-06-24T22:20:33Z")
For me, back in the public access TV days, my local station had a broadcast made by the John Birch Society. You guessed it: They had summer camps. I did have Web access at the time, and saw that most of them were at Y… --- ## [Why are some cigarette filters wrapped in paper colored to resemble cork?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-cigarette-filters-wrapped-in-paper-colored-to-resemble-cork/1031116)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-cigarette-filters-wrapped-in-paper-colored-to-resemble-cork/1031116 "2026-06-24T22:09:00Z")
I recently switched brands to one that has this feature, and it occurred to me to wonder why. Did actual cork cigarette holders used to be a thing? --- ## [What’s For Drinks Tonight: Episode 2025 - The Empire Strikes Back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-for-drinks-tonight-episode-2025-the-empire-strikes-back/1015630)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-for-drinks-tonight-episode-2025-the-empire-strikes-back/1015630 "2026-06-24T21:38:55Z")
Continuing the discussion from What's For Dinner Tonight: Episode 2021 – A New Hope: Per the lolz of @needscoffee (the founder of the parent thread) and the request of @BippityBoppityBoo, here’s the What’s for Dinner To… --- ## [Janet Leigh in Manchurian Candidate - Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-leigh-in-manchurian-candidate-huh/15488)
**Author:** [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-leigh-in-manchurian-candidate-huh/15488 "2026-06-24T20:31:28Z")
Just saw “Manchurian Candidate” on video over the weekend – great movie! – and the Janet Leigh character, Eugenie Rose Chaney, the love interest of Major Marko (Sinatra’s character), totally perplexed me. At first I tho… --- ## [Home renovation - do the windows first or last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-renovation-do-the-windows-first-or-last/1031147)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-renovation-do-the-windows-first-or-last/1031147 "2026-06-24T20:20:34Z")
My wife and I want to tear up the bathroom, replace the tub with a walk in and in general spruce it up. It probably means tearing up the entire tub area, including the window. We want to replace multiple windows, includ… --- ## [Most Trouble You Went To For A Nostalgic Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-trouble-you-went-to-for-a-nostalgic-food/1030990)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-trouble-you-went-to-for-a-nostalgic-food/1030990 "2026-06-24T19:42:25Z")
Everybody gets a bit nostalgic for some foods that were more available when one was young; maybe your mother cooked stuff in a certain way. Or maybe products you enjoyed as a kid are no longer available in your area, or… --- ## [Ford vs. Chevrolet vs. Dodge - Which are you and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-vs-chevrolet-vs-dodge-which-are-you-and-why/1031082)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-vs-chevrolet-vs-dodge-which-are-you-and-why/1031082 "2026-06-24T19:35:51Z")
I’m not really a “car guy.” I like them enough, but at the end of the day they are just transportation to me. Growing up, a lot of people I knew were staunch proponents of Ford, Chevy or Dodge (mainly trucks, but cars to… --- ## [Help me identify a phrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-phrase/846959)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-phrase/846959 "2026-06-24T15:07:58Z")
I debated whether to put this in GQ or here, so mods, please move it if I chose poorly! Last night, as I was dropping off to sleep, a phrase popped into my head. I know I’ve seen/heard it somewhere before, but I can’t r… --- ## [“The ex-mob hitman who became a N.J. councilman just got arrested on loansharking charges“ may be the most New Jersey headline ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-mob-hitman-who-became-a-n-j-councilman-just-got-arrested-on-loansharking-charges-may-be-the-most-new-jersey-headline-ever/1031033)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-mob-hitman-who-became-a-n-j-councilman-just-got-arrested-on-loansharking-charges-may-be-the-most-new-jersey-headline-ever/1031033 "2026-06-24T13:56:05Z")
Really steering into the stereotype here. https://www.nj.com/news/2026/06/the-ex-mob-hitman-who-became-a-nj-councilman-just-got-arrested-on-loansharking-charges.html?outputType=amp --- ## [Early planning for Apollo: how could they think it would work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-planning-for-apollo-how-could-they-think-it-would-work/1031118)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-planning-for-apollo-how-could-they-think-it-would-work/1031118 "2026-06-24T12:33:04Z")
One Giant Leap (by Charles Fishman; it’s at least tied for the best book ever written) tells how John Houbolt had to struggle to get Apollo planners to choose Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. Roughly everyone else was debating th… --- ## [Another 'Oriental riff' sighting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-oriental-riff-sighting/466788)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-oriental-riff-sighting/466788 "2026-06-24T08:15:03Z")
Earlier thread Unfortunately, the guy who had the website documenting the history of this riff no longer has the site, at least under the old url. Snippet from ‘Beach Party’ (1963) --- ## [Progresso's Light Creamy Potato with Bacon and Cheese Soup - BLECCCCHHHHH!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467 "2026-06-24T02:55:46Z")
I wanted something light for dinner last night, and when I opened this can, this…stuff…slithered into my saucepan. I could tell the texture was totally off in some way, and realized the best way to describe it was that … --- ## [How does someone get me out of my timeshare responsibilities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-someone-get-me-out-of-my-timeshare-responsibilities/1030985)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-someone-get-me-out-of-my-timeshare-responsibilities/1030985 "2026-06-24T02:26:39Z")
I assume there is a factual answer, so here goes. I occasionally watch network TV during the daytime and I noticed that the ads are very different than the ones they run at night. Some of them are about refurbishing your… --- ## [Alan Greenspan has Died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-greenspan-has-died/1031101)
**Author:** [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-greenspan-has-died/1031101 "2026-06-24T02:16:23Z")
--- ## [Fission Fragment Rockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fission-fragment-rockets/1031139)
**Author:** [@spacecadet86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spacecadet86)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fission-fragment-rockets/1031139 "2026-06-24T00:23:15Z")
Just how practical would fission fragment rockets be in the distant future for reaching 550AU or greater distances in human lifetimes? Would fission fragment reactors ever be a practical source of energy generation on la… --- ## [WW2 - German and Italian POW's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-german-and-italian-pows/1031000)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-german-and-italian-pows/1031000 "2026-06-23T23:08:37Z")
In North Africa during WW2, the Allies captured about 250,000 enemy combatants. A documentary shows some/all of them corralled in a barbed-wire enclosed field. How were they housed and fed? In general - the Allies treat… --- ## [How much junk is orbiting the Earth, and where is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-junk-is-orbiting-the-earth-and-where-is-it/1031103)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-junk-is-orbiting-the-earth-and-where-is-it/1031103 "2026-06-23T22:29:35Z")
In another FQ thread about sending info centers out in space, it was mentioned as a possibility that rather than repair and refit them we could just let them die and replace them with new ones. Is there reliable data be… --- ## [What’s your tattoo story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-tattoo-story/972858)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-tattoo-story/972858 "2026-06-23T21:45:55Z")
I never wanted a tattoo in my younger days, but when I turned 60 I decided to get one. I’d been thinking of it for years. It wasn’t an impulsive act. It’s high on my upper arm, so it usually is covered. I sat for 3½ hour… --- ## [The Phantom Sock and other inanimate objects with minds of their own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phantom-sock-and-other-inanimate-objects-with-minds-of-their-own/1031005)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phantom-sock-and-other-inanimate-objects-with-minds-of-their-own/1031005 "2026-06-23T21:09:08Z")
Sometimes my feet get cold, even in the summer. Other times I like to slather lotion thickly on my feet and then put on a fat, fluffy, thick pair of socks. There used to be a pair of socks like that in my life. Here is a… --- ## [Stick Shift vs Automatic vs Single Pedal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-shift-vs-automatic-vs-single-pedal/1024932)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-shift-vs-automatic-vs-single-pedal/1024932 "2026-06-23T20:55:12Z")
There was a time when the vast majority of cars were stick shift and everyone learned to drive on one. Automatics took over and now there’s a small percentage of drivers who know how to drive stick and I’m sure that numb… --- ## [What flat-out fiction presented as history have you encountered lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flat-out-fiction-presented-as-history-have-you-encountered-lately/1030923)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flat-out-fiction-presented-as-history-have-you-encountered-lately/1030923 "2026-06-23T19:18:28Z")
With the advent of AI generated YouTube videos, obscure but true (or alleged, or controversial) historical accounts are getting drowned out by flat-out fabrications; the internet equivalent of presenting the movie “Inglo… --- ## [Alien (as in the Ridley Scott/H.R. Giger) products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-as-in-the-ridley-scott-h-r-giger-products/1031137)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-as-in-the-ridley-scott-h-r-giger-products/1031137 "2026-06-23T19:17:23Z")
Alien was a popular film, and now has a zillion spinoffs in novels, comics, and movies. Theyve sold a lot of Alien merchandise, but I’m amazed at some of the things they’ve marketed: 1.) The Alien Facehugger anti-diseas… --- ## [Full Albums In Concert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-in-concert/1030822)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-in-concert/1030822 "2026-06-23T18:33:04Z")
I was lucky enough to catch one of my all-time favorite bands (Belle & Sebastian) playing their first 2 albums over 2 nights in Toronto. They’re doing a small world tour for the 30th anniversary of these albums. It was r… --- ## [Five letter words - Change NONE of the letters to make the same word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-letter-words-change-none-of-the-letters-to-make-the-same-word/1019301)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-letter-words-change-none-of-the-letters-to-make-the-same-word/1019301 "2026-06-23T18:06:46Z")
Not sure if this will be as much fun the other variations, but let’s see… I’ll start: stoat --- ## [Slander/Libel question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slander-libel-question/1031112)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slander-libel-question/1031112 "2026-06-23T18:03:49Z")
I understand you’re not my lawyer. Can something be slander or libel if the accusation is not distributed widely? Let’s say I’m in a private golf club and I have an issue with the club board and actions they have taken… --- ## [EVs and road noise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evs-and-road-noise/1031124)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evs-and-road-noise/1031124 "2026-06-23T17:00:32Z")
I have been on walking trails and state park trails that have one annoying feature- they are located near highways or interstate. If all the vehicles, cars and trucks, were EVs would there still be a ‘significant’ amount… --- ## [Help me find what this clip was from](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-what-this-clip-was-from/1031077)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-what-this-clip-was-from/1031077 "2026-06-23T14:26:06Z")
That thread reminded me of a clip I saw on Facebook. A guy was apparently dead and speaking to an angel or saint or something. At one point he had 60 seconds to ask any questions he wanted and they’d be answered. He… --- ## [Public art that's actually good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-art-thats-actually-good/1031050)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-art-thats-actually-good/1031050 "2026-06-23T12:01:52Z")
There are a lot of incentives for public buildings to have some sort of art on display. Often, this takes the form of a “1% for art” mandate, where 1% of the cost of new construction must go to public art. Predictably,… --- ## [New Gaming PC in 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gaming-pc-in-2026/1031117)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gaming-pc-in-2026/1031117 "2026-06-23T05:52:38Z")
This market seems insane to buy in, but the market itself scares me. Is it dying? Will building your own gaming pc become a thing of the past with everyone forced into cloud gaming a decade from now? I don’t project pri… --- ## [What could a nuke-armed nation achieve if it genuinely did not fear nuclear retaliation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-a-nuke-armed-nation-achieve-if-it-genuinely-did-not-fear-nuclear-retaliation/1031024)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-a-nuke-armed-nation-achieve-if-it-genuinely-did-not-fear-nuclear-retaliation/1031024 "2026-06-23T04:39:26Z")
Let’s say that one day Kim Jong Un informs the United States he’s about to invade South Korea, and will use tactical nukes. The USA says, “Nope, South Korea is under the US nuclear umbrella,” and Kim laughs and says “Lol… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=67&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=69&state=muted)