# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=709 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 710 --- ## [Knee cyst EXPLODES!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-cyst-explodes/992258)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-cyst-explodes/992258 "2023-10-30T04:46:18Z")
Not safe for work. Graphic. Brace yourself. I warned ya. Knee-splosive Cyst | The Derminator - YouTube --- ## [My basketball pole, which was concreted in, collapsed. It left only the "stump" of the pole, which is the concreted in part, left. Is there a way to saw the stump down to the ground more or less evenly? (](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-basketball-pole-which-was-concreted-in-collapsed-it-left-only-the-stump-of-the-pole-which-is-the-concreted-in-part-left-is-there-a-way-to-saw-the-stump-down-to-the-ground-more-or-less-evenly/991600)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-basketball-pole-which-was-concreted-in-collapsed-it-left-only-the-stump-of-the-pole-which-is-the-concreted-in-part-left-is-there-a-way-to-saw-the-stump-down-to-the-ground-more-or-less-evenly/991600 "2023-10-30T03:57:57Z")
I’m trying to avoid an expensive bill by having a concrete company come and jackhammer the concrete and remove the metal “stump” of the pole. I’d be happy to saw it down flat with the ground and dig around the area a bi… --- ## [Do Georgia case probationers have to be in Georgia regularly throughout probation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-georgia-case-probationers-have-to-be-in-georgia-regularly-throughout-probation/992138)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-georgia-case-probationers-have-to-be-in-georgia-regularly-throughout-probation/992138 "2023-10-30T03:48:26Z")
Do the people who have pled guilty (or any people who eventually get convicted) in the Georgia case have to do regular check-ins or anything else specifically in Georgia? For example, if Trump got probation there, or Gi… --- ## [Is there a term for.....gathering/clasping a baseball before throwing it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-gathering-clasping-a-baseball-before-throwing-it/992251)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-gathering-clasping-a-baseball-before-throwing-it/992251 "2023-10-30T03:13:26Z")
Oftentimes, when a shortstop or baseman fields a ball, he will not immediately throw the ball to first base, but instead, sort of clap-grasp the ball in a sort of…“gathering”? motion, kind of like he’s clapping his throw… --- ## [Your Worst Substitute Teachers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-substitute-teachers/208950)
**Author:** [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-substitute-teachers/208950 "2023-10-30T02:55:48Z")
Grade 8 Science: Our science teacher has been away for the last couple of days. So far everything has been normal, all the substitutes have been fine. Most of them kept us from slacking off, which is a pretty good accom… --- ## [Democrat vs. Democratic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-vs-democratic/992270)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-vs-democratic/992270 "2023-10-29T23:58:07Z")
Rather than risk a hijack of the MTG thread, or to resurrect an old thread, I’m making a new one. Only ‘Democrat’ isn’t an adjective. ‘Democratic’ is. Democrat Party (epithet) - Wikipedia. --- ## [A different kind of time travel conundrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-kind-of-time-travel-conundrum/991993)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-kind-of-time-travel-conundrum/991993 "2023-10-29T23:12:42Z")
You wake up, and all memory has been wiped back to your fifteenth birthday. What pleasantly surprises you the most? What disappoints you the most? What astounds you the most? --- ## [Show us your Jack o'Lantern!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-jack-olantern/991798)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-jack-olantern/991798 "2023-10-29T22:36:13Z")
I’ve never carved one before but I’m really happy with how it turned out! --- ## [Emergency housing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-housing/992060)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-housing/992060 "2023-10-29T22:21:27Z")
Okay folks, I know I’ve been scarce this summer and there’s a reason. I’m engaged. Reconnected with an old friend over the summer, we’ve fallen in love. Here’s the deal, he’s got Lou Gehrig’s disease. Which is bad enough… --- ## [How much do you pay for coffee mugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-coffee-mugs/992194)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-coffee-mugs/992194 "2023-10-29T19:04:27Z")
I drink one, maybe two mugs of coffee a day. I have three mugs that I drink out of, all were part of one office gift bag or another and all are over 15 years old. Today I decided to buy myself a new coffee mug. It needed… --- ## [Scammer lied about having cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scammer-lied-about-having-cancer/978972)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scammer-lied-about-having-cancer/978972 "2023-10-29T15:26:43Z")
I know this happens all the time, but a local 19-year-old woman claimed that she had acute lymphoblastic leukemia AND pancreatic cancer, and actually scammed people out of more than $40,000. This channel just broadcas… --- ## [How has halloween gone from scary to horror?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-halloween-gone-from-scary-to-horror/990433)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-halloween-gone-from-scary-to-horror/990433 "2023-10-29T14:50:31Z")
I am looking at Halloween decorations and costumes on Amazon. Halloween used to be about scary. Jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, bats, spiders, witches, etc Then it went to being more adult and sexy. But at least not for deco… --- ## [Is there a way to find out exact slot machine odds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-out-exact-slot-machine-odds/992219)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-out-exact-slot-machine-odds/992219 "2023-10-29T11:54:00Z")
Like, suppose I won $800 in one spin on the Monkey Madness slot machine (fictional). Is there a way where I could find out that this event had an odds of, say, one in five hundred thousand of happening? I’m partly assum… --- ## [What are your favorite C songs POLL, part I. Select up to 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-c-songs-poll-part-i-select-up-to-10/992090)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-c-songs-poll-part-i-select-up-to-10/992090 "2023-10-29T11:47:28Z")
poll --- ## [Sweetrobin's Winds of Winter fan fiction (Game thrones)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweetrobins-winds-of-winter-fan-fiction-game-thrones/981790)
**Author:** [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweetrobins-winds-of-winter-fan-fiction-game-thrones/981790 "2023-10-29T11:23:38Z")
I’m not sure how many people on here are aware of this, but I’ve found this interesting and enjoyed it. After 12 years of waiting for the next book in Game Of Thrones, Preston Jacobs, one of the leading ASOIAF commentat… --- ## [Were there episodic performances of fictional material prior to radio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-episodic-performances-of-fictional-material-prior-to-radio/992185)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-episodic-performances-of-fictional-material-prior-to-radio/992185 "2023-10-29T06:59:20Z")
Lots of entertainment today is episodic. TV series go for years with the same group of characters. Movies have many sequels. Sometimes the episodes have an overarching plot, sometimes they don’t. I know that radio had lo… --- ## [What are your favorite C songs POLL, part II. Select up to 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-c-songs-poll-part-ii-select-up-to-10/992091)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-c-songs-poll-part-ii-select-up-to-10/992091 "2023-10-29T04:50:00Z")
poll --- ## [Inaccuracies that bother you most and least](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 384\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050 "2023-10-29T04:27:06Z")
Inspired in part by this thread: It should go without saying that, if you lack sufficient expertise in a subject area to notice an inaccuracy in a movie/show/etc., you won’t be bothered by it. Guns would fall into tha… --- ## [What makes a horror movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-horror-movie/992213)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-horror-movie/992213 "2023-10-29T02:36:42Z")
Why is it that some movies are considered horror and others not? It can’t just be whether the movie is scary. Lots of movies, like Saving Private Ryan, The Night of the Hunter, and No Country for Old Men, are scary (or h… --- ## [Does Anyone Have Some Knowledge Of Native North American Languages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-some-knowledge-of-native-north-american-languages/991654)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-some-knowledge-of-native-north-american-languages/991654 "2023-10-29T02:21:14Z")
Me too, but FWIW I’ve been studying Lenape, a closely related Eastern Algonquian language. I’ve developed an interest in Native North American Languages recently, but it’s impossible to come across them where I live… --- ## [Update on Flags, now just 2 options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-flags-now-just-2-options/992077)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-flags-now-just-2-options/992077 "2023-10-28T22:31:49Z")
Update on Flags: Thanks to a very helpful person at Discourse, the 2 stray flag options are gone. She did this along with fixing a behind the scene problem that only affected Moderators. Now the choices are just It’s… --- ## [NHL: October 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-october-2023/991361)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-october-2023/991361 "2023-10-28T21:47:21Z")
Season begins today with the Connor Bedard show. Still don’t understand why they can’t begin the season on Canadian thanksgiving and have all the Canadian teams in action. It would be an interesting way to open the seas… --- ## [Rugby Union World Cup 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-union-world-cup-2023/991609)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rugby-union-world-cup-2023/991609 "2023-10-28T21:46:33Z")
Clearly a thread that should have been started over a month ago and deserves a bit more by way if an OP but for now… France v South Africa eh? Bloody hell. --- ## [What the shit is with board's support of \[edited\] Dale4j's domination of the hockey conversation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-shit-is-with-boards-support-of-edited-dale4js-domination-of-the-hockey-conversation/992242)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-shit-is-with-boards-support-of-edited-dale4js-domination-of-the-hockey-conversation/992242 "2023-10-28T21:31:50Z")
Why are this board’s moderators so determined give full control of hockey conversations to Dale? He has been warned many times for misogynistic comment(check “gold digging” with wild cards and see what proportion of pos… --- ## [Incidental CT scan finding: cirrhosis; is this an effective early diagnosis means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incidental-ct-scan-finding-cirrhosis-is-this-an-effective-early-diagnosis-means/992228)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incidental-ct-scan-finding-cirrhosis-is-this-an-effective-early-diagnosis-means/992228 "2023-10-28T21:04:31Z")
Somebody gets a CT scan for an unrelated purpose (orthopedic surgical planning), and, as an incidental finding, they’re told they have liver cirrhosis and need to see other doctors about it. Would this be a typical find… --- ## [Lightsaber question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsaber-question/992065)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsaber-question/992065 "2023-10-28T20:57:24Z")
So a childhood dream came true and I finally got a real lightsaber. It is just like in the movies! It goes bzzzzzz and cuts through stuff like a hot knife through butter, and the blade is a gorgeous tyrian purple in colo… --- ## [Parker and Stone buy Casa Bonita restaurant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parker-and-stone-buy-casa-bonita-restaurant/948668)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parker-and-stone-buy-casa-bonita-restaurant/948668 "2023-10-28T20:55:23Z")
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, co-creators of the popular Comedy Central series South Park have announced that they have struck a deal to buy the beloved Colorado landmark, which is currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. They … --- ## [Rubber Soul {1965} track review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-soul-1965-track-review/992184)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-soul-1965-track-review/992184 "2023-10-28T19:03:54Z")
Side One Drive my Car: Solid song, but nothing special. Still has an older Beatles sound to it. Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown): Holy crap this is beautiful and masterful piece. I’m not sure what the influences wer… --- ## [Are you mostly "back to before COVID" in terms of daily life and behavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-mostly-back-to-before-covid-in-terms-of-daily-life-and-behavior/986081)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-mostly-back-to-before-covid-in-terms-of-daily-life-and-behavior/986081 "2023-10-28T18:13:22Z")
… Emboldened by the government’s recent lifting of the public health emergency, Americans who have tried to be rule-following pandemic citizens for the past three summers are at last abandoning precautions as the cor… --- ## [Five days in Dublin in September. Advice on activity and lodging for guys just over 60](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-in-dublin-in-september-advice-on-activity-and-lodging-for-guys-just-over-60/982045)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-in-dublin-in-september-advice-on-activity-and-lodging-for-guys-just-over-60/982045 "2023-10-28T17:09:46Z")
We’re Swedish, flying in from Sweden. Some friends and I, just over 60 y.o. arrive in Dublin 9/13 and leave 9/17. We got three fulls days and some time on the travel days too. None of us has been to Eire before. Obviou… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=708) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=710)