# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=686&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 687 --- ## [Was there ever a high-profile American version of "Stille Nacht" released with German lyrics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-ever-a-high-profile-american-version-of-stille-nacht-released-with-german-lyrics/993774)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-ever-a-high-profile-american-version-of-stille-nacht-released-with-german-lyrics/993774 "2023-11-27T19:52:08Z")
I must be having some kind of memory glitch. For years, I’ve thought that someone on the level of Nat “King” Cole or Johnny Mathis had released a German-language version of “Silent Night” (or “Stille Nacht” in the origi… --- ## [The Great 2023 Thanksgiving Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2023-thanksgiving-thread/993377)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2023-thanksgiving-thread/993377 "2023-11-27T19:40:41Z")
This whole OP is a bit too miscellaneous for CS, so here we are. That said, I will not object to its relocation to CS, as needed. Well, here we are. Thanksgiving is fast approaching and this is the week of Running Aroun… --- ## [Remake From Dusk to Dawn (spoilers aplenty)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-from-dusk-to-dawn-spoilers-aplenty/993474)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-from-dusk-to-dawn-spoilers-aplenty/993474 "2023-11-27T19:14:31Z")
Most of the complaints I’ve read about this film involve its sudden shift from a crime/ kidnapping/ escape movie to a horror/ vampire flick. If you could re write the script to continue the first half more conventionall… --- ## [Archie Comics Universe...cohesive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-comics-universe-cohesive/278544)
**Author:** [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-comics-universe-cohesive/278544 "2023-11-27T18:33:39Z")
I was reading an online Josie and the Pussycats comic at the Archie Comics website this morning, and learned for the first time that Alexandra is not just a bitch, but also a witch. Casting magic spells and everything. … --- ## [Is X (Twitter) down right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-x-twitter-down-right-now/993773)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-x-twitter-down-right-now/993773 "2023-11-27T17:46:37Z")
I tried to read a tweet a friend posted, and the page said ‘Something went wrong. Try reloading. \[Retry\]’. I tried going to twitter dot com, and got the same message. Downdetector says there are no current problems. --- ## [When you were a child, was it your dream to grow up, own an egg company and someday rip off all of your consumers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529 "2023-11-27T17:45:53Z")
Or does that only happen as you get older and more cynical? I’m just asking. I mean WHO FUCKING DOES THIS? Well, The Decision Makers at Cal-Maine and Rose Acre Farms did. A federal jury in Illinois has found two lar… --- ## [Why is windows file explorer doing this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-windows-file-explorer-doing-this/993753)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-windows-file-explorer-doing-this/993753 "2023-11-27T16:59:17Z")
Just trying to find a filename in file explorer. “ProductivityPayGap.jpg” If I type “pro” I get that file along with “kevin\_prom” but if I try “pay” or “gap” or “PayGap” I get nothing. I’ve tried to find some search opt… --- ## [Saw The Play That Goes Wrong in the New World Stage in NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-play-that-goes-wrong-in-the-new-world-stage-in-nyc/986350 "2023-11-27T16:05:06Z")
It was “The Murder at Havisham Manor” and this is hands down one of the funniest things I have ever seen. I literally laughed nonstop through 2 hours, laughed so hard my face hurt. I can’t recommend this enough. Things b… --- ## [Chicago question: There is Ida B. Wells Drive and Wells Street (they intersect). Are these named after different people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-question-there-is-ida-b-wells-drive-and-wells-street-they-intersect-are-these-named-after-different-people/993751)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-question-there-is-ida-b-wells-drive-and-wells-street-they-intersect-are-these-named-after-different-people/993751 "2023-11-27T16:04:27Z")
Title says it all. Are these two different people or the same person? I know who Ida B. Wells is but but not sure about the Wells of Wells Street. You can see the intersection here (middle-right quarter of the map bel… --- ## [Song ID: electronica Christmas song with 'creepy' ho-ho-hos throughout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-electronica-christmas-song-with-creepy-ho-ho-hos-throughout/825828)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-electronica-christmas-song-with-creepy-ho-ho-hos-throughout/825828 "2023-11-27T15:41:26Z")
Not much to go on lyrically here – the song is largely an electronic instrumental, with some ‘creepy-ish’ ho-ho-hos sparsely interspersed throughout the song. I think I remember there being some occasional low-volume car… --- ## [Palm Beach County owns your trash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-beach-county-owns-your-trash/993704)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-beach-county-owns-your-trash/993704 "2023-11-27T14:20:53Z")
Well, maybe not your trash; but residents’ trash. Palm Beach County, Florida, is making commercial worm composting illegal, saying it owns the rights to residents’ trash. Mel Corichi originally founded her worm farm… --- ## ["Spoon & Stable" - Minneapolis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoon-stable-minneapolis/993770)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoon-stable-minneapolis/993770 "2023-11-27T13:17:45Z")
I traveled to Minneapolis for Thanksgiving, and the fabulous meal served couldn’t have been better. Since our host had a birthday on Sunday, I felt I wanted to return the favor and take him and his family out for a nice… --- ## [The long-term romantic relationship without marriage / kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-term-romantic-relationship-without-marriage-kids/993485)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-term-romantic-relationship-without-marriage-kids/993485 "2023-11-27T12:39:19Z")
In this thread Are young singles relationship-averse? the topic came up regarding relationships that last a long time (decades even) without progressing into marriage and/or kids. Sometimes they do. I myself was with m… --- ## [Fixed perfume problem with UV and/or ozone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-perfume-problem-with-uv-and-or-ozone/993724)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-perfume-problem-with-uv-and-or-ozone/993724 "2023-11-27T12:27:57Z")
Huge personal victory here! We often have relatives as multiple day houseguests. I’m very sensitive to perfumes after an industrial exposure to toluene diisocyanate, but my requests to them not to use perfumes here fall … --- ## ["Snake oil salesman" profiled on "60 Minutes" elected to local office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-oil-salesman-profiled-on-60-minutes-elected-to-local-office/969454)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-oil-salesman-profiled-on-60-minutes-elected-to-local-office/969454 "2023-11-27T10:53:55Z")
Lawrence Stowe created phony treatments for ALS, multiple sclerosis, cancer, and other disorders, which led to him serving 6 years in prison after he was exposed on a “60 Minutes” clip that has re-aired several times. … --- ## [Costco sells 6,000,000 pumpkin pies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costco-sells-6-000-000-pumpkin-pies/993592)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costco-sells-6-000-000-pumpkin-pies/993592 "2023-11-27T07:22:56Z")
That is equal to about 500 truck loads. The pies are great and cheap and same price they were in 1990. --- ## [High energy particle detected from outside the Galaxy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-energy-particle-detected-from-outside-the-galaxy/993708)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-energy-particle-detected-from-outside-the-galaxy/993708 "2023-11-27T07:10:28Z")
Story here: I don’t know enough to comment, but it sounds significant? --- ## [(Old) Can You Hear that Cranberry "Schloop"? - A Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-can-you-hear-that-cranberry-schloop-a-thanksgiving-mmp/993412)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-can-you-hear-that-cranberry-schloop-a-thanksgiving-mmp/993412 "2023-11-27T06:46:11Z")
So are you Team Can, or are you one of those whole berry people? And do they even have the canned stuff in Canada when they celebrate Metric Thanksgiving? Anyways, up, caffeinated, and off to start Peak Season heaving. … --- ## [ACK! Do I need to worry? Hiked with somebody who, it turns out, has it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-do-i-need-to-worry-hiked-with-somebody-who-it-turns-out-has-it/993379)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-do-i-need-to-worry-hiked-with-somebody-who-it-turns-out-has-it/993379 "2023-11-27T04:56:51Z")
On Friday I hiked 7.6 miles with somebody who thought she had had a head cold for 3 days. Today she tested positive for Covid. Since I have chronic bronchitis, we are both very careful even about ordinary colds. We coul… --- ## [Driving me crazy...I need help with a word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-crazy-i-need-help-with-a-word/993662)
**Author:** [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-crazy-i-need-help-with-a-word/993662 "2023-11-27T04:58:35Z")
There is a word used commonly these days to refer to when someone changes the facts when relating a past event to make them look better. Revisionism fits, but it isn’t the word I’m looking for. I often hear the word use… --- ## [Primetime American Television Superstars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/primetime-american-television-superstars/982725)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/primetime-american-television-superstars/982725 "2023-11-27T03:52:48Z")
Who are the Prime-Time American TV superstars? For the purposes of this discussion, Prime Time is from 7 to 11PM (Eastern) and I’m only interested in scripted live-action dramas or comedies, and people who are main char… --- ## [Movies using Magic Tricks instead of Special Effects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-using-magic-tricks-instead-of-special-effects/993591)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-using-magic-tricks-instead-of-special-effects/993591 "2023-11-27T03:27:46Z")
NOTE – I am NOT looking for movies that depict magic tricks, or in which magic is performed as part of the movie AS magic tricks. So don’t go posting the 1953 movie Houdini or the 1964 movie The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao or… --- ## [RIP Marty Kroftt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marty-kroftt/993713)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marty-kroftt/993713 "2023-11-27T02:19:12Z")
I’ll always remember that documentary series on dinosaurs that he and his brother did during my childhood. He’s rafting with Marshall Willinholly now. --- ## [What was the first (auto)biography titled "I, \"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-auto-biography-titled-i-name/993709)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-auto-biography-titled-i-name/993709 "2023-11-27T00:39:55Z")
Offhand I can think of three (auto)biographical works (in some cases partly fictionalized) whose title follows this pattern: I, Claudius, by Robert Graves (1934) I, Tina by Tina Turner (1986) I, Tonya, the 2017 film ab… --- ## [New name game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-game/993537)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-game/993537 "2023-11-26T23:07:13Z")
Bored out of my skull this morning, I made up a game in which I invert the syllables in a multisyllabic person’s name. For some reason, it’s funniest with movie stars: Lanc Burtaster Doug Kirklas Hoffin Dustman Fonr… --- ## [Note on the Drawing Power of Crowds of Different Size](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-on-the-drawing-power-of-crowds-of-different-size/993667)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-on-the-drawing-power-of-crowds-of-different-size/993667 "2023-11-26T22:09:32Z")
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1970-00589-001?doi=1 This won an Ig Nobel prize this year. The really important Milgram experiment. PSYCHOLOGY PRIZE \[USA\] Stanley Milgram, Leonard Bickman, and Lawrence Berkowitz for e… --- ## [Definition: Sinister --- "On the left?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-sinister-on-the-left/993649)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-sinister-on-the-left/993649 "2023-11-26T21:03:08Z")
I was writing someone and was going to use the word “sinister” but I thought, to be careful, I should check the definition. I found this (part of the definition): 4 a : of, relating to, or situated to the left or on t… --- ## [Armagnac advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armagnac-advice/993701)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armagnac-advice/993701 "2023-11-26T20:11:29Z")
Went looking for Armagnac today. The government stores have the biggest selection, but it’s still pretty small. They have 2 in our price range, but I can’t find out much about them to choose from. One is Domaine de Joy,… --- ## [Default view now sorted by "Replies". How do I change this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/default-view-now-sorted-by-replies-how-do-i-change-this/993732)
**Author:** [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/default-view-now-sorted-by-replies-how-do-i-change-this/993732 "2023-11-26T20:03:09Z")
I use the Straight Dope Light Interface. I’m used to seeing the most recent posts first wham I go into a forum or view a list of the latest posts, etc. So, sorted by “Activity” Today, I discovered the default view whe… --- ## [For Those Feeling sick all the time like myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-feeling-sick-all-the-time-like-myself/993682)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-feeling-sick-all-the-time-like-myself/993682 "2023-11-26T19:40:10Z")
I thought I had the flu, but then thought, “But I haven’t seen anyone in weeks!” and noticed that every time my cousin comes over, as soon as he leaves, I have to go to take a shit. I also had problems pissing, and I kno… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=685&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=687&state=watching)