# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=684&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 685 --- ## [Philip Morris cigarette additive - Di-GL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-morris-cigarette-additive-di-gl/993820)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philip-morris-cigarette-additive-di-gl/993820 "2023-11-30T14:36:17Z")
In a 1953 ad Philip Morris claimed their exclusive additive, Di-Gl would remove the “irritating vapors” in all the other cigarettes. Heck, they were so clean they did not need “…gadgets or filters.” Any idea what that ma… --- ## [Supernatural Short Story similar to the film The Others (Spoiler Warning)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-short-story-similar-to-the-film-the-others-spoiler-warning/993878)
**Author:** [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-short-story-similar-to-the-film-the-others-spoiler-warning/993878 "2023-11-30T09:24:20Z")
When I saw The Others, years ago it reminded me of a short story I read as a kid or teen back in the 70s. I suspect it was probably even older, probably from the 40s, 50s, or 60s. I believe the protagonist visits their… --- ## [Donating blood after a heart attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-blood-after-a-heart-attack/993743)
**Author:** [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-blood-after-a-heart-attack/993743 "2023-11-30T06:45:11Z")
Okay, it’s been a while since I last posted, but I have a question: Let’s say I have a heart attack, but it’s a mild one and I think it’s muscle pain in my arm - something like that. It’s my understanding that such thing… --- ## [Theia has been found (maybe)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theia-has-been-found-maybe/992711)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theia-has-been-found-maybe/992711 "2023-11-30T02:39:39Z")
Scientists are claiming that they have found chunks of the small planet Theia that collided with the Earth to form the Moon in our mantle. Apparently it did not completely melt when it collided with the Earth however th… --- ## [Ought skiplagging be permitted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-skiplagging-be-permitted/988795)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-skiplagging-be-permitted/988795 "2023-11-30T02:26:29Z")
Read an article in the paper yesterday about skiplagging, the practice of using only the first leg of a multi-leg flight. Apparently for some routes, you can buy a cheaper ticket from Chicago to San Fran with a stop in … --- ## [Clint Eastwood in "Independence Day" (1996)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clint-eastwood-in-independence-day-1996/993868)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clint-eastwood-in-independence-day-1996/993868 "2023-11-30T01:52:18Z")
I mean, if there is one movie that could have really used him to spice things up, this is it. Talk about a missed opportunity! That whole movie should have been an ensemble cast really. --- ## [Which felonies require a complainant to prosecute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-felonies-require-a-complainant-to-prosecute/992056)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-felonies-require-a-complainant-to-prosecute/992056 "2023-11-30T00:59:30Z")
Typically in USA law, which felonies are considered offenses against the state, and which require that some citizen complain that they have been the victim of a crime? In the former case, if a prime witness would be a pe… --- ## [A few points, Aspenglow, about the JFK thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-points-aspenglow-about-the-jfk-thread/993876)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-points-aspenglow-about-the-jfk-thread/993876 "2023-11-30T00:21:49Z")
You cite a couple of dozen of my posts in the now-closed JFK-Lee Harvey Oswald thread in Great Debates, https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-against-lee-h-oswald/993643/269 at least 16 of which are totally harmless… --- ## [Another tax thread - selling on eBay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tax-thread-selling-on-ebay/993867)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tax-thread-selling-on-ebay/993867 "2023-11-30T00:20:11Z")
I have two machines I restored and will list for sale. Although I buy a lot on eBay I haven’t sold anything in years. Wow, is it a lousy situation today. Each machine should sell for around $1000. The eBay selling fee fo… --- ## [Comparing Lions to Humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-lions-to-humans/993866)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-lions-to-humans/993866 "2023-11-29T23:32:03Z")
I am using lions here for a lot of reasons. Mainly because we have had a lot of exposure to lions, and they have been studied widely. They are also very dramatic in nature, especially when they are at their peak. They ar… --- ## [Christopher Columbus coming to America is the most significant thing to happen in our human species](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-columbus-coming-to-america-is-the-most-significant-thing-to-happen-in-our-human-species/986066)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-columbus-coming-to-america-is-the-most-significant-thing-to-happen-in-our-human-species/986066 "2023-11-29T23:28:45Z")
Or so thinks Neil deGrasse Tyson. Source: I loves me some NdGT but beyond the fact that if it wouldn’t have been Columbus, it would have been someone else soon enough, I would think maybe agriculture has i… --- ## [NFL 2023: Week 12 men who have walked on the moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-12-men-who-have-walked-on-the-moon/993536)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-12-men-who-have-walked-on-the-moon/993536 "2023-11-29T23:15:36Z")
Thanksgiving week is here, which means NFL on Thursday (3 games), also Black Friday (Amazon Prime game), and everybody else playing on Sunday or Monday. There are no byes this week. Thursday: Packers @ Lions (-7.5) C… --- ## [Does this (being long familiar with songs/tunes but not being able to identify) also happen to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-being-long-familiar-with-songs-tunes-but-not-being-able-to-identify-also-happen-to-you/993318)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-being-long-familiar-with-songs-tunes-but-not-being-able-to-identify-also-happen-to-you/993318 "2023-11-29T22:53:43Z")
Prompted by what I experienced yesterday in evening in dancing school - I sneaked a peek on the laptop with the playlist and saw the song was called Heart of Glass by Blondie. Finally learned that title, after always hea… --- ## [Snow day!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-day/993817)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-day/993817 "2023-11-29T22:47:23Z")
I’m a teacher in the Cleveland area. Today we had our first snow day of the year! I got up with my alarm at 6:30, checked my phone to be sure, and saw nothing, and started on my usual morning routine. While I’m in the… --- ## [Please tell me how bad this car problem is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-how-bad-this-car-problem-is/976239)
**Author:** [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-how-bad-this-car-problem-is/976239 "2023-11-29T21:39:58Z")
I just bought a 2016 Honda HRV, lightly used. A few days after I bought it, I opened up the back, and I heard water sloshing around. So there’s a leak in there somewhere, and the water drains out, but if there’s a lot of… --- ## [The pleasures of getting rid of 'stuff'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pleasures-of-getting-rid-of-stuff/993490)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pleasures-of-getting-rid-of-stuff/993490 "2023-11-29T20:24:06Z")
I’m the type of person who has always tended to accumulate stuff. The tools for an old hobby linger long past my interest in the hobby, every book I ever bought (well, nearly) fill bookcases – there are eight just in my… --- ## [Adding quikrete to paver base](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-quikrete-to-paver-base/993295)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-quikrete-to-paver-base/993295 "2023-11-29T19:23:39Z")
I have some quikrete left over and I am putting in a pathway along the side of the house. I plan on laying a couple inches of paver base and then sand over it to fill in the gaps before laying the paver themselves. Th… --- ## [... today I lost it - live in a zoom meeting!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-lost-it-live-in-a-zoom-meeting/993825)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-lost-it-live-in-a-zoom-meeting/993825 "2023-11-29T17:55:31Z")
It = jacket crown … while I was giving a presentation in a zoom meeting … I felt something really hard in my mouth going around… a jacket crown got loose … luckily from a moler, so not completely “in your face” … but ne… --- ## [Legal distinction between militia and troops in late 18th century USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-distinction-between-militia-and-troops-in-late-18th-century-usa/993752)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-distinction-between-militia-and-troops-in-late-18th-century-usa/993752 "2023-11-29T17:29:30Z")
Or more precisely, what exactly at the time legally distinguished USA militia who were summoned to duty from conscripts pressed into an army? The latter was of course near universal in Europe during the French/Napoleonic… --- ## [Does claustrophobia disqualify you from being a cop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-claustrophobia-disqualify-you-from-being-a-cop/993787)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-claustrophobia-disqualify-you-from-being-a-cop/993787 "2023-11-29T17:20:21Z")
Not that it should, mind. But I could imagine it causing problems and not being a good explanation for an officer’s response to a situation in a tight space. --- ## [Uploading pics from phone to Google Slides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-pics-from-phone-to-google-slides/993860)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-pics-from-phone-to-google-slides/993860 "2023-11-29T15:27:09Z")
I have looked it up online and most techniques for uploading a picture from your phone to a Google Drive app involved downloading Google Drive or the App (in this case Slides) on your phone. Everyone that I will be work… --- ## [Why are rice cookers asymmetric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-rice-cookers-asymmetric/992826)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-rice-cookers-asymmetric/992826 "2023-11-29T14:57:53Z")
Living in Asia, I’ve seen a few rice cookers that have the thickness of 1 side very significantly different from the opposite side, despite the fact that both the inner pot & the outer case are round. Do you also have th… --- ## [What's your favorite holiday pie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-holiday-pie/993596)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-holiday-pie/993596 "2023-11-29T14:49:57Z")
Inspired by the Costco pumpkin pie thread. I like pumpkin pie just fine, but I have to say I prefer the custard and mincemeat varieties (separately, of course). --- ## [Chicken in pepperoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-pepperoni/993783)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-pepperoni/993783 "2023-11-29T14:24:51Z")
Looking at frozen pizzas and some packages of pepperoni, most have chicken as an ingredient. Why? I assume cost but beef and pork can be pretty cheap. Is it a lower fat thing? --- ## [Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has unspecified dementia (has died, Nov. 19, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-first-lady-rosalynn-carter-has-unspecified-dementia-has-died-nov-19-2023/984791)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-first-lady-rosalynn-carter-has-unspecified-dementia-has-died-nov-19-2023/984791 "2023-11-29T14:04:12Z")
At 95, that’s actually not a surprise. It still stinks. --- ## [A Centaur and a Cyclops Walk into a Bar.... finish the joke (Xena reference)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-centaur-and-a-cyclops-walk-into-a-bar-finish-the-joke-xena-reference/986432)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-centaur-and-a-cyclops-walk-into-a-bar-finish-the-joke-xena-reference/986432 "2023-11-29T09:11:42Z")
OK. So there’s an episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, which I was watching today (bought 5 seasons during the first month of the pandemic) called “Warrior… Priestess… Tramp” in which the barmaid \[READ: madam of the best … --- ## [London tube advice -- near LHR to Whitechapel area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-tube-advice-near-lhr-to-whitechapel-area/991409)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-tube-advice-near-lhr-to-whitechapel-area/991409 "2023-11-29T08:18:33Z")
This is early morning (arriving 0745) Sunday Oct 15. My hotel is near the Hayes & Harlington station. My destination is Hyatt Place London City East. I’m confused by what the tfl (Transport for London) website is telli… --- ## [Are there many songs about rainbows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589 "2023-11-29T05:13:18Z")
Ever since the Great Rainbow Bridge Bombing of '23 I’ve had Rainbow Connection stuck in my head. As I wonder every time when Kermit asks why there are so many songs about rainbows, I wonder: are there “so many” songs abo… --- ## [Extreme polygamy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-polygamy/990020)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-polygamy/990020 "2023-11-29T02:08:42Z")
The kind associated with Middle Eastern or Asian potentates\*; or for a modern example, Hugh Hefner. A guy who has scores or even hundreds of women available for sex. So just how does a mere mortal practically handle this… --- ## [Math Q: Who invented the Order of Operations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-q-who-invented-the-order-of-operations/991061)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-q-who-invented-the-order-of-operations/991061 "2023-11-29T01:18:48Z")
And why? is there an explanation for how it came to be? Looking to you, @Hari\_Seldon :wink: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=683&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=685&state=muted)