# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=697 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 698 --- ## [British stage to Hollywood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stage-to-hollywood/993035)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-stage-to-hollywood/993035 "2023-11-13T09:55:17Z")
No real content here…I just like making lists. :slight\_smile: It seems like for most of the 20th century there was a pipeline, sending British actors who cut their teeth doing Shakespeare on the stage, to make fame and… --- ## [(Old) The Standard(Time) MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-standard-time-mmp/992682)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-standard-time-mmp/992682 "2023-11-13T07:59:51Z")
It’s Standard Time(unless you have a pet, in which case you are an hour late feeding them and they are loudly starving to death \< looks at Spot \>). I’m up. caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. Hijack away! --- ## [Can the Blur Spoiler setting be moved back up under Hide Details?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-blur-spoiler-setting-be-moved-back-up-under-hide-details/992454)
**Author:** [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-blur-spoiler-setting-be-moved-back-up-under-hide-details/992454 "2023-11-13T07:13:52Z")
I noticed there’s now a Build Poll setting option added to the other options, and it’s sitting right under the Hide Details, which means the Blur Spoiler is sitting at the bottom now - I keep accidentally hitting the Bui… --- ## [Is a thread discussing the most cost-effective way to donate to a political cause allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-thread-discussing-the-most-cost-effective-way-to-donate-to-a-political-cause-allowed/993026)
**Author:** [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-thread-discussing-the-most-cost-effective-way-to-donate-to-a-political-cause-allowed/993026 "2023-11-13T06:11:38Z")
I suspect this has been asked before, but I’m not finding anything. Not something soliciting donations. But also not something asking in general terms about what is effective in politics. Asking: if I want to donat… --- ## [How do you feel when an auto repair shop makes recommendations based on tests you didn't even ask for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-when-an-auto-repair-shop-makes-recommendations-based-on-tests-you-didnt-even-ask-for/992890)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-when-an-auto-repair-shop-makes-recommendations-based-on-tests-you-didnt-even-ask-for/992890 "2023-11-13T05:54:45Z")
I got an oil change done and it turns out the shop checked my alignment and battery. I did not ask for these tests. They are recommending an alignment and say I’ll need a battery soon. What is your reaction when a shop … --- ## [Cannabis Fruit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-fruit/992987)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-fruit/992987 "2023-11-13T04:44:04Z")
I’ve been told that all flowering plants produce fruit. Does cannabis produce a fruit if not cultivated to be smoked? If so, what does it look like? Is it edible? Limited googling just shows smokeable weed, and I’m alrea… --- ## [R.I.P. Bobby Knight (1940-2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-bobby-knight-1940-2023/992446)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-bobby-knight-1940-2023/992446 "2023-11-13T03:36:06Z")
Bobby Knight, the sixth-winningest coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball, has died at the age of 83. I spent a few of my earliest years in Bloomington, and one of the first sentences I put together was “Bobby Knig… --- ## [Finding the owner of an iPhone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-the-owner-of-an-iphone/992984)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-the-owner-of-an-iphone/992984 "2023-11-13T03:22:47Z")
Just found what looks like a newer IPhone. It’s powered up, but locked. Is there any way to find the owner? How about bringing it to an Apple Store? --- ## [The Fairytale Art of Edmund Dulac](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fairytale-art-of-edmund-dulac/992982)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fairytale-art-of-edmund-dulac/992982 "2023-11-13T02:13:53Z")
This guy painted around World War One. And his art is GORGEOUS. Note–there are one or two tasteful nudes in there. NSFW, but be grown-up about this. Dulac LINK --- ## [What is the best song that begins with the letter K? See rules in OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-k-see-rules-in-op/992822)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-k-see-rules-in-op/992822 "2023-11-13T00:50:18Z")
Rules: Submissions are limited to 5 per person. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Exclude titles that begin w… --- ## [How Does Instinct Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-instinct-work/992882)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-instinct-work/992882 "2023-11-13T00:12:55Z")
I can grasp the concept that our genes direct how organisms develop the various organs and body parts, but how are things like how birds know how to create intricate nests, bees know how to do their little dances to show… --- ## [Are you part of the 3%? Talkin' Bout Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-part-of-the-3-talkin-bout-books/992655)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-part-of-the-3-talkin-bout-books/992655 "2023-11-12T23:42:24Z")
3% own more than 1000 physical books; only 1% own more than 1000 ebooks. 3% say they organize their books by color. Six times as many under 30s do as those over 65. Which 3% are you? Not that I can’t guess given wher… --- ## [Cop shift times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-shift-times/992817)
**Author:** [@thevolleyballer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thevolleyballer)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-shift-times/992817 "2023-11-12T22:46:50Z")
I’m watching NYPD Blue files, & something asymmetrical came up on hours. The main character cop normally does the day shift I guess which starts at 08:00, goes for 8 hours to 4:00PM (16:00). There’s an episode where he w… --- ## [I'm getting tired of never being taken seriously at work, what do I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-tired-of-never-being-taken-seriously-at-work-what-do-i-do/992088)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-tired-of-never-being-taken-seriously-at-work-what-do-i-do/992088 "2023-11-12T20:15:09Z")
At every job I go to, I seem to plateau at barely above entry level and my colleagues don’t take me seriously, coupled with them being on average ten years younger. Have I not just found the right job yet? Or is it some… --- ## [Deadly Ciphogene Gas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-ciphogene-gas/665868)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-ciphogene-gas/665868 "2023-11-12T19:13:14Z")
I decided to look up ciphogene, the name of the fumigant that Nero Wolfe uses in his orchid greenhouse. Search engines kept connecting me to listings for iPhone, the cloest they could get to it, I guess. This made me sus… --- ## [Possible TMI: what's with food that comes back up after chewing and swallowing, but without vomiting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-tmi-whats-with-food-that-comes-back-up-after-chewing-and-swallowing-but-without-vomiting/975776)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-tmi-whats-with-food-that-comes-back-up-after-chewing-and-swallowing-but-without-vomiting/975776 "2023-11-12T19:07:01Z")
Can someone explain this strange experience I had over the Thanksgiving holidays? Short version: food I had chewed and swallowed slowly came back up without apparently vomiting. Longer version: I was eating sliced turk… --- ## [A film from the early days of aviation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-film-from-the-early-days-of-aviation/993002)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-film-from-the-early-days-of-aviation/993002 "2023-11-12T18:09:24Z")
I’ve asked about this in various forums over the years. When I was a kid, late 50s, we went to a fly-in. They had a tent showing aviation type films. The one that got me was of a stunt team. It was a human chain, one wit… --- ## [The tagging system forum listing displays no tag vs all tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tagging-system-forum-listing-displays-no-tag-vs-all-tags/993024)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tagging-system-forum-listing-displays-no-tag-vs-all-tags/993024 "2023-11-12T16:29:14Z")
I only noticed this the other day. When you go into a forum, it automatically filters the threads by “all tags.” The problem is that not all threads are tagged. “All tags” is a set of threads which have at least one tag… --- ## [Man recieves first whole eye transplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-recieves-first-whole-eye-transplant/992939)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-recieves-first-whole-eye-transplant/992939 "2023-11-12T15:23:27Z")
Disfigured electrical worker gets a new eye and part of a face. (1) U.S. man 1st to have whole eye transplanted from organ donor - YouTube --- ## [Help diagnose this P0012 code](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-diagnose-this-p0012-code/993005)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-diagnose-this-p0012-code/993005 "2023-11-12T15:23:01Z")
Camshaft Position A – Timing Over-Retarded (Bank 1). Had low oil for months and of course the son pleads poverty on doing simple maintanence. I threw my $60 scanner and got a P0012 code. Here are the symptoms: Starts… --- ## [RNC: We'll disqualify you from debates if you attend outside events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-well-disqualify-you-from-debates-if-you-attend-outside-events/992995)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-well-disqualify-you-from-debates-if-you-attend-outside-events/992995 "2023-11-12T05:43:18Z")
Basically, this group is called the Family Leadership Foundation and has invited all of the GOP Presidental hopefuls to a “moderated, friendly and open discussion.” The RNC has threatened to cut off any Presidental candi… --- ## [Is Robert C. Truax still alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-robert-c-truax-still-alive/413595)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-robert-c-truax-still-alive/413595 "2023-11-12T02:43:46Z")
The Wiki page says ‘(1918 - ?)’, which suggests that the author does not know if Truax is still alive. It also says he ‘is now married to Marisol Truax’, which implies that he is still alive. Where is he now? --- ## [Bad, bad, bad All by my lonesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-all-by-my-lonesome/993003)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-all-by-my-lonesome/993003 "2023-11-12T02:31:47Z")
You know? Alone, by myself, no company, no attention paid to me. :face\_with\_diagonal\_mouth: Yeah. I know. I think the universe revolves around me. Til I don’t. It’s big hunting time. No guys around to make do chores. … --- ## [What can you tell me about the foreign versions of Saturday Night Live that have run in those countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-the-foreign-versions-of-saturday-night-live-that-have-run-in-those-countries/992996)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-the-foreign-versions-of-saturday-night-live-that-have-run-in-those-countries/992996 "2023-11-12T02:25:23Z")
Have any of you watched the foreign versions of SNL that have played in those countries? These are not the episodes of the American SNL being shown on their channels with translations if necessary. These are not shows … --- ## [Electrical outlets on stoves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-outlets-on-stoves/992934)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-outlets-on-stoves/992934 "2023-11-12T02:05:28Z")
Hmmm, I suppose if you’ve never used an electric stove, this might be a “no” for you. Are you old enough to remember electric outlets on stove tops that you could plug stuff, such as a hand held mixer or electric frying… --- ## [Why would the Nord Stream pipelines have been sabotaged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-the-nord-stream-pipelines-have-been-sabotaged/972320)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-the-nord-stream-pipelines-have-been-sabotaged/972320 "2023-11-12T01:46:49Z")
Today it was reported that the two Nord Stream undersea pipelines, designed to carry gas from Russia to Germany, developed huge leaks, and one of the pipelines has dramatically exploded: Questions are being raised as t… --- ## [Angertainment as a political driving force](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angertainment-as-a-political-driving-force/980500)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angertainment-as-a-political-driving-force/980500 "2023-11-12T00:53:15Z")
Angertainment is the deliberate use of anger to attract viewers, listeners and readers. It is different from simple political communication in that presenting alternate solutions to problems rarely (if ever) enters the … --- ## [How Does This Old Joke Go? (something about a dominant bull and two submissive bulls, or something)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-old-joke-go-something-about-a-dominant-bull-and-two-submissive-bulls-or-something/992832)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-old-joke-go-something-about-a-dominant-bull-and-two-submissive-bulls-or-something/992832 "2023-11-12T00:26:51Z")
I heard a joke recently and have since forgotten it. The setup is that there is a farm, and there are two bulls. A new bull arrives, and he’s mean as shit and keen to assert his dominance. The two lesser bulls discuss th… --- ## [A Star Trek-TNG question about a certain episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-star-trek-tng-question-about-a-certain-episode/992967)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-star-trek-tng-question-about-a-certain-episode/992967 "2023-11-11T22:44:48Z")
I have tried figuring out the episode I want to find but so far have not been able to. I mainly want to see the opening sequence of the episode in which Data is on the holodeck playing Henry V, the night before Agincour… --- ## [Explain mineral rights to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-mineral-rights-to-me/992988)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-mineral-rights-to-me/992988 "2023-11-11T22:34:13Z")
Assume the US. I understand mineral rights and surface property rights are often separated in most places in the United States. I also understand that the mineral rights holder has the legal right to extract the mineral… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=696) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=698)