# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=714&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 715 --- ## [The Better-Late-Than-Never 17th kinda-annual SDMB Shot Glass Exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-better-late-than-never-17th-kinda-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/969053)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-better-late-than-never-17th-kinda-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/969053 "2023-10-24T00:18:17Z")
I’m feeling exceptionally lazy in this damn heat so I’ll keep my usual excessive carnival barking to a minimum. Shot glass exchange is here! Email me at sdmbshotglass@gmail with: Real name SDMB handle Address Willing… --- ## [Your opinion of trackable wallets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-trackable-wallets/976580)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-trackable-wallets/976580 "2023-10-24T00:11:47Z")
I just (last night) experienced my semi-annual Klong of discovering no wallet in my pocket as the check for my dinner (in a nice restaurant) arrived. Happily, my dinner companion was eager to pay the whole thing, and mor… --- ## [Seventeen years later, an update on the guests from Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-years-later-an-update-on-the-guests-from-hell/991722)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-years-later-an-update-on-the-guests-from-hell/991722 "2023-10-23T22:22:45Z")
17 years ago, I posted two threads about a very bad houseguest situation. Links to follow, but in summary, my college roommate (27 years after graduation, during which time we’d kept in touch but not all that much) asked… --- ## [Has Chrome's spellchecker gotten worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-chromes-spellchecker-gotten-worse/991964)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-chromes-spellchecker-gotten-worse/991964 "2023-10-23T21:29:41Z")
Has anyone else noticed that Chrome’s spell checker has gotten super dumb lately? I make a lot of typos (which also makes me super dumb) but often I am just missing one letter or something simple like that. In the past t… --- ## [Can you sue someone who simply retweeted something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-sue-someone-who-simply-retweeted-something/991485)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-sue-someone-who-simply-retweeted-something/991485 "2023-10-23T21:04:41Z")
Complicated threatened lawsuit here (not for me fortunately), but basically Person A tweeted a picture of Person B’s kids with some very offensive remarks attached to it. Then Person C retweets it. Person B makes up wit… --- ## [Anyone else think that Harrison was the Beatles' greatest talent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-that-harrison-was-the-beatles-greatest-talent/537293)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-that-harrison-was-the-beatles-greatest-talent/537293 "2023-10-23T21:02:48Z")
I’d like to begin by saying that I think all four members of the Beatles were incredible musical talents. Really. Their abilities were unreal - even Ringo, whose simple drum parts often made a huge difference, and whose … --- ## [Can anyone help me ID this guided meditation Cd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me-id-this-guided-meditation-cd/712362)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me-id-this-guided-meditation-cd/712362 "2023-10-23T20:13:21Z")
I have an MP3 I got years ago which is a guided meditation track. I don’t have the original title, so I have no idea who narrated it. It basically goes like this for 30 minutes: Guy asks you to visualize you are in na… --- ## [Tennis 2023 Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929 "2023-10-23T20:11:05Z")
A new tennis season has started with the new year. Did anyone else watch the United Cup? It’s a new team tennis competition; this is the first year. It’s played in Australia, to give players practicing for that Open som… --- ## [Variant of Connect Four](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-of-connect-four/991915)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variant-of-connect-four/991915 "2023-10-23T18:54:56Z")
I just discovered this game (Giiko Smart Four) today. There’s a video to show how to play. It’s obviously a variant of Connect Four, but this game adds a dimension to it. The rules for this one: 2 players, one with 32… --- ## [Ahsoka (trailer in OP, spoilers as series airs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahsoka-trailer-in-op-spoilers-as-series-airs/982325)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahsoka-trailer-in-op-spoilers-as-series-airs/982325 "2023-10-23T18:23:18Z")
I’m stoked. --- ## [What did Paul Drake just do? {Perry Mason}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-paul-drake-just-do-perry-mason/991902)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-paul-drake-just-do-perry-mason/991902 "2023-10-23T18:03:41Z")
Watching me an episode of Perry Mason. Bored outta my gourd. What? Perry and Paul driving down some street. (Obviously faked, same building passed by 3 times) And I hear a buzz. Paul picks up an old fashioned landline … --- ## [Name that big-band tune, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-big-band-tune-please/991892 "2023-10-23T16:47:05Z")
This has been making me crazy. This is possibly an Ellington piece, but I can’t figure it out. It’s typically played VERY slowly, with little or no slurring of notes. No, it’s not The Mooche, though that’s a good guess. … --- ## [Rollin' some Hot Wheels down a waterslide!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollin-some-hot-wheels-down-a-waterslide/991943)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollin-some-hot-wheels-down-a-waterslide/991943 "2023-10-23T16:42:01Z")
Behold! (1) Hotwheels | Empty Waterslide - YouTube --- ## [Text scam - from post office? Yes or No?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-scam-from-post-office-yes-or-no/991705)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-scam-from-post-office-yes-or-no/991705 "2023-10-23T16:20:56Z")
I’ve gotten this text last week and this week. The grammar looks off. I highlighted the odd phrasing. I haven’t clicked. Scam or not? --- ## [Etymological link between toll and troll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymological-link-between-toll-and-troll/78230)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymological-link-between-toll-and-troll/78230 "2023-10-23T16:17:06Z")
I have heard it suggested that the name of a “toll bridge” refers to the idea of a “troll” lying in wait under a bridge, demanding “protection money”, as in fairy stories. I understand that the English word “toll” is ul… --- ## [Looking for a fun co-op building game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-fun-co-op-building-game/991921)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-fun-co-op-building-game/991921 "2023-10-23T16:02:16Z")
A friend and I don’t often get together physically just because of schedules and stuff, so we try to do so by playing cooperative games. We’re both Civilization fans, but it’s gotten a bit repetitive and we’d like to try… --- ## [We Must Select 50 Languages That Will Survive Forever - Which Criteria Should We Use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-select-50-languages-that-will-survive-forever-which-criteria-should-we-use/990769)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-select-50-languages-that-will-survive-forever-which-criteria-should-we-use/990769 "2023-10-23T13:10:29Z")
There are currently about 7,000 languages in the world. Imagine that for some reason (alien overlords, global dictatorship, whatever…) humanity has to choose the 50 most important ones. Those selected will not only be pr… --- ## [I hate when I do that in the MMP! - old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640 "2023-10-23T11:55:28Z")
For the last couple of days, and for reasons I cannot fathom, I have been biting the inside of my lower lip when I eat. It hurts like @&^#$@)%\* and yet I keep doing it. Don’t know what leads to it, but I HATE IT!!! I e… --- ## [An Adventures of Superman question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-adventures-of-superman-question/991937)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-adventures-of-superman-question/991937 "2023-10-23T08:55:01Z")
There was an episode wherein some bad guys were walking around in public, but they kept their identities safe from Superman by wearing big lead helmets. That’s about all I remember. It sounds idiotic, like why weren’t th… --- ## [A police investigation uses a Google keyword search to find arson suspects-setting a bad precedent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-police-investigation-uses-a-google-keyword-search-to-find-arson-suspects-setting-a-bad-precedent/991711)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-police-investigation-uses-a-google-keyword-search-to-find-arson-suspects-setting-a-bad-precedent/991711 "2023-10-23T03:48:53Z")
In the midst of an arson investigation in Colorado, the police department reached out to Google to find out who had searched over a period of 15 days for an address where a fire killed five people. While I’m happy that … --- ## [Pardon Data's French](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-datas-french/115957)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-datas-french/115957 "2023-10-23T02:24:57Z")
In ST:TNG episode “Time’s Arrow, Part 1” (the one where Data and company go back in time to meet Mark Twain in old San Francisco), Data realizes he needs money in order to keep up a residence and funds to aquire the equ… --- ## [What's the holdup on green hydrogen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-holdup-on-green-hydrogen/948018)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-holdup-on-green-hydrogen/948018 "2023-10-23T00:31:12Z")
Green hydrogen is hydrogen produced by electrolysis of water, where the electricity comes from renewable sources such as solar panels or wind turbines. While there may be some being produced now, it’s just small potatoes… --- ## [I know a fireman who looks after the fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-a-fireman-who-looks-after-the-fire/991904)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-a-fireman-who-looks-after-the-fire/991904 "2023-10-23T00:24:55Z")
Just a congrats to my cousin Anita, who for many months and way too long has been the Interim Fire Chief of Acton, Massachusetts (a bit outside Boston yet inside the I-95 corridor) Just looking at her list of accompli… --- ## [Any case where MM-DD-YY dating has cost money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-case-where-mm-dd-yy-dating-has-cost-money/990594)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-case-where-mm-dd-yy-dating-has-cost-money/990594 "2023-10-22T23:03:20Z")
Americans use MM-DD-YY as a shortform, the rest of the world uses the much more sensible DD-MM-YY. Is there a good example of a case where an American firm in good faith sloppily used MM-DD-YY in their international prom… --- ## [Instances where unnamed characters were named after all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instances-where-unnamed-characters-were-named-after-all/991254)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instances-where-unnamed-characters-were-named-after-all/991254 "2023-10-22T21:50:11Z")
Like in Kill Bill, where Bill calls “The Bride” “Kiddo” and it turns out her name really is Kiddo. Or when Ted Lasso says to Coach (no first name) Beard “What chu talkin bout, Willis” and it turns out his name is actuall… --- ## [What I look forward to most in the Sunday NYT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-look-forward-to-most-in-the-sunday-nyt/991603)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-look-forward-to-most-in-the-sunday-nyt/991603 "2023-10-22T19:21:27Z")
It used to be the crossword. Then it was the Social Q’s column. But for the past couple years it’s been the Metropolitan Diary. Love those little stories. --- ## [What is your dog/cat thinking of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dog-cat-thinking-of/991009)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dog-cat-thinking-of/991009 "2023-10-22T17:33:42Z")
What do you think actually goes through your pet’s mind during various parts of the day? If you feel you must post anthropomorphic or “funny” responses - well, I can’t stop you, but I’d prefer thoughts as to what your p… --- ## [Is there a name for this style of joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-joke/991865)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-joke/991865 "2023-10-22T17:13:11Z")
This is an actual conversation between a friend and me yesterday afternoon. Monty: I’m not going anywhere tomorrow, so I’m having curry for dinner. Friend: Why aren’t you going anywhere tomorrow? Monty: I’m not going… --- ## [What would a completely NON-gerrymandered House of Representatives look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-completely-non-gerrymandered-house-of-representatives-look-like/991766)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-completely-non-gerrymandered-house-of-representatives-look-like/991766 "2023-10-22T16:33:40Z")
Imagine if we were to draw up a House on the principles of near-total objective fairness, as close as we can. How would we do it? Feel free to suggest appointing people as non-partisan as we could to be in charge of re-… --- ## [Lego piece. A weird request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-piece-a-weird-request/991003)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-piece-a-weird-request/991003 "2023-10-22T14:27:43Z")
I have a nephew who has taken to building lego models. He, as kids do, has chosen to build exceptionally complex models, and has gravitated to a website that allows independent designers to sell their model design and i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=713&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=715&state=watching)