# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=715 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 716 --- ## [Missing motorcyclist found alive after nearly 3 days in ditch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-motorcyclist-found-alive-after-nearly-3-days-in-ditch/991840)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-motorcyclist-found-alive-after-nearly-3-days-in-ditch/991840 "2023-10-21T13:19:59Z")
:face\_with\_raised\_eyebrow: 10 AM Sunday morning and noshing on a Egg MacMuffin he winds up in a ditch? The article doesn’t mention any rain. I wonder how long he’s had a motorcycle? Glad he’s OK. I’d suggest trading t… --- ## [Movie Scenes Inspired by Another Movie's Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-inspired-by-another-movies-poster/991790)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-inspired-by-another-movies-poster/991790 "2023-10-21T11:02:36Z")
The scene in Cloverfield (2008) where the head from the Statue of Liberty gets tossed into a New York Street was admittedly inspired by the poster for John Carpenter’s Escape from New York (1981) , which showed the head … --- ## [Bluetooth 101](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluetooth-101/991813)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluetooth-101/991813 "2023-10-21T03:02:32Z")
I’ve never had occasion to use Bluetooth before. Now I want to transfer all my apps and settings from my old Android tablet to my new Android tablet. A step requires that on my old tablet I select new tablet’s nam… --- ## [Why wouldn't cruise ship casino pay me by check?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wouldnt-cruise-ship-casino-pay-me-by-check/991811)
**Author:** [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wouldnt-cruise-ship-casino-pay-me-by-check/991811 "2023-10-20T23:22:03Z")
A couple of months ago I won $18K on a cruise. I asked to be paid by check . I was told that they would see how much I had gambled over the whole cruise, subtract my losses from the $18K and if that number came to less … --- ## [How many people actually get the reward money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-actually-get-the-reward-money/991849)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-actually-get-the-reward-money/991849 "2023-10-20T21:43:51Z")
I don’t seem to hear much about people getting the reward for information leading to the capture or conviction of someone. I wonder how many technicalities there are that lead to them not meeting certain requirements. --- ## [AI-created Card Game simulation of Gateball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-created-card-game-simulation-of-gateball/991822)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-created-card-game-simulation-of-gateball/991822 "2023-10-20T21:11:20Z")
I’ve been playing around with one of the AI chat-bots (you.com). Besides using it for work, I’ve also used it to find information about various things I find interesting. This morning, during breakfast, I thought, “Why n… --- ## [The Impending Attempt to Oust Speaker McCarthy {10/1/2023}; Patrick McHenry is now Speaker Pro Tempore {2023-10-03}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-impending-attempt-to-oust-speaker-mccarthy-10-1-2023-patrick-mchenry-is-now-speaker-pro-tempore-2023-10-03/990958)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 595\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-impending-attempt-to-oust-speaker-mccarthy-10-1-2023-patrick-mchenry-is-now-speaker-pro-tempore-2023-10-03/990958 "2023-10-20T19:59:45Z")
As sorta-started over here, but I think it deserves it’s own thread. --- ## [Do some people just have strong sperm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-just-have-strong-sperm/991035)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-just-have-strong-sperm/991035 "2023-10-20T19:50:18Z")
I understand you can have damaged or defective sperm from all sorts of medical problems, but I’m curious if the actual opposite happens. If some people actually have sperm that’s stronger/more virile than normal. Becaus… --- ## [Lil Durk’s 15 Most Popular Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-durk-s-15-most-popular-songs/991850)
**Author:** [@Checks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Checks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-durk-s-15-most-popular-songs/991850 "2023-10-20T17:26:20Z")
Any durk fans? Here is a list of his best songs. --- ## [How good are the “Prove that you’re a human” tests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-the-prove-that-you-re-a-human-tests/991730)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-the-prove-that-you-re-a-human-tests/991730 "2023-10-20T15:09:59Z")
Many websites make you prove that you’re a human by “Clicking here”, “Select all images with a forklift in them”, Captchas, or similar things. How good are these at actually confirming that I’m a human? I’m just curious… --- ## [Feinstein’s replacement speculation and breaking news thread {Laphonza Butler sworn in}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feinstein-s-replacement-speculation-and-breaking-news-thread-laphonza-butler-sworn-in/990865)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feinstein-s-replacement-speculation-and-breaking-news-thread-laphonza-butler-sworn-in/990865 "2023-10-20T12:31:28Z")
Who do you think Newsome will choose? Who do you think he should choose? --- ## [What's the point of "early check-in" for a flight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-early-check-in-for-a-flight/991744)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-early-check-in-for-a-flight/991744 "2023-10-20T07:55:51Z")
I got an e-mail, within the last hour, urging me to check in for the flight I’m taking tomorrow night. Ummm … why? My departing airport is about 180 miles away from where I am right now. To me, “checking-in for a flig… --- ## [What does it mean to "grade on a curve" in school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-to-grade-on-a-curve-in-school/991124)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-to-grade-on-a-curve-in-school/991124 "2023-10-20T03:50:59Z")
I see a similar question was asked 23 years ago. I hope it is ok to ask again (maybe an ATMB question here). In this thread @Saint\_Cad asked a question about bell curves. I mentioned test scores in school are likely a… --- ## [Demonstrating the Law of Large Numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demonstrating-the-law-of-large-numbers/991720)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demonstrating-the-law-of-large-numbers/991720 "2023-10-20T01:31:17Z")
My students are doing an experiment showing the LLN and I want to make sure I have it set up correctly. Let’s say the students are rolling a die and counting the number of times a 6 comes up. p(6) = 1/6 and if I have t… --- ## [50th Birthday of the Sydney Opera House!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-birthday-of-the-sydney-opera-house/991749)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50th-birthday-of-the-sydney-opera-house/991749 "2023-10-20T00:07:09Z")
A Tribute from Tim Minchin and … others. A lot of others! --- ## [Factual question, but from a possible CT, so starting here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-but-from-a-possible-ct-so-starting-here/991809)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-but-from-a-possible-ct-so-starting-here/991809 "2023-10-19T23:28:19Z")
If someone thinks this is not the correct forum please feel free to move it. The comments below are from a page discussing a local town’s Land Use Plan. My main question is whether anyone knows what they mean by “agenda… --- ## [Worldmark timeshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldmark-timeshares/991666)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldmark-timeshares/991666 "2023-10-19T22:22:05Z")
What are your experiences involving Worldmark timeshares in particular? Responses I don’t want need are: “All timeshares are bad!!”, and discussions about other timeshare programs. Highlights, lowlights etc. are welc… --- ## [What should I teach my daughter before school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-teach-my-daughter-before-school/991538)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-teach-my-daughter-before-school/991538 "2023-10-19T22:18:14Z")
I have a 3.5 year old, so I have to start picking out schools to send her to next September (way too young, IMO :frowning:). And some stuff I read on social media recently has got me thinking. Obviously I read to her, pl… --- ## [What are the exceptions, if any, to government shutdown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-exceptions-if-any-to-government-shutdown/990917)
**Author:** [@ZamboniAce1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZamboniAce1000)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-exceptions-if-any-to-government-shutdown/990917 "2023-10-19T22:07:18Z")
Assuming the budget impasse is not resolved what parts of the government DON’T get shutdown, and why are they excepted? The federal government includes the federal court system, the federal prisons, the FDA, the IRS, the… --- ## [The U.S.'s Atlantic ties were far more important than those with Latin America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-s-atlantic-ties-were-far-more-important-than-those-with-latin-america/991383)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-s-atlantic-ties-were-far-more-important-than-those-with-latin-america/991383 "2023-10-19T21:33:00Z")
During the Falklands Crisis in the spring of 1982, then-State Secretary Haig said that the U.S.'s Atlantic ties were far more important than those with Latin America. (Combs, Jerald A. The History of American Foreign Pol… --- ## [I pit the NFL broadcasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-nfl-broadcasts/991486)
**Author:** [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-nfl-broadcasts/991486 "2023-10-19T20:05:06Z")
Specifically, the Chiefs-Broncos game tonight. I didn’t tune in to see Taylor Swift on my screen every time Travis Kelce did something even remotely remarkable. I tuned in to watch football. Needless to say, I’m not w… --- ## [Let's discuss the TV and movie trope "identified by dental records", especially when faking their own death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-the-tv-and-movie-trope-identified-by-dental-records-especially-when-faking-their-own-death/991716)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-the-tv-and-movie-trope-identified-by-dental-records-especially-when-faking-their-own-death/991716 "2023-10-19T20:02:57Z")
(I could have put this in CS, FQ, or IMHO, but because it’s about a media trope, I put it here in CS. Mod: please move if appropriate.) You hear about human remains being identified by dental records. Is this pseudosci… --- ## [Rainbows: Why Not Just Three Colors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainbows-why-not-just-three-colors/828243)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainbows-why-not-just-three-colors/828243 "2023-10-19T19:33:42Z")
This thought just hit me out of the blue today (no pun intended): If there are just three primary colors of light, then why isn’t a rainbow simply comprised of just those three colors? Have our teachers been lying to us… --- ## [This cave in Spain plays vainly on my brain ('Cueva del VAT' - what does that mean?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cave-in-spain-plays-vainly-on-my-brain-cueva-del-vat-what-does-that-mean/991203)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cave-in-spain-plays-vainly-on-my-brain-cueva-del-vat-what-does-that-mean/991203 "2023-10-19T18:45:52Z")
I’ve hiked the Peñas Blancas (white cliffs) in Murcia, southeastern Spain a few times - the mountain is riddled with old mine workings and tunnels - many of which have individual names such as Cuevas Blancas (white caves… --- ## [Long necked creatures and their web presence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-necked-creatures-and-their-web-presence/991797)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-necked-creatures-and-their-web-presence/991797 "2023-10-19T18:07:18Z")
Hello, Is it true that long necked creatures sometimes leave their web presence in limbo because they hate things like flies and mosquitoes that bite their butt. I can imagine such would be rather irritating. Asking f… --- ## [Burt Young (Rocky) dies at 83](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775 "2023-10-19T18:07:12Z")
Burt played Paulie and was a important part of the Rocky movie franchise. I had forgotten Burt was nominated for an Academy Award. I always enjoyed seeing him in various roles. He had a very long and successful career … --- ## [Does anybody here avoid fiction? (books/film/TV etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-avoid-fiction-books-film-tv-etc/991723)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-avoid-fiction-books-film-tv-etc/991723 "2023-10-19T17:50:47Z")
I have a close family member who is pretty well educated and intelligent, who absolutely abhors and detests all fiction. He watches plenty of TV, but only news, magazine-type shows, documentaries, and the like; he has sh… --- ## [Nani Darnell is still alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nani-darnell-is-still-alive/991623)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nani-darnell-is-still-alive/991623 "2023-10-19T17:34:10Z")
And Mark Wilson only died two years ago! To the rising chorus of you posters saying, “Who!?”, Nani was the assistant to TV magician Mark Wilson. The handsome and debonair namesake of one of my favorite tv shows as a chi… --- ## [Oh no, they want to bring Joran van der Sloot here for trial.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-they-want-to-bring-joran-van-der-sloot-here-for-trial/619785)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-they-want-to-bring-joran-van-der-sloot-here-for-trial/619785 "2023-10-19T17:05:52Z")
This is just unbelievable. Why can’t they leave well enough alone? Let this crazy killer rot in a Peruvian prison? That’s where he belongs. He got a 28 year sentence that I seriously doubt he’ll survive. Conditions … --- ## [Ask The Guy Who Scares People at a Haunted House Attraction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-scares-people-at-a-haunted-house-attraction/989847)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-scares-people-at-a-haunted-house-attraction/989847 "2023-10-19T14:20:05Z")
So my night job is as a scare actor at a seasonal haunted house attraction: Hell Harvest in Potosi, Missouri. Compared to big-name haunted house attractions like Mortem Manor or Halloween Horror Nights at Universal theme… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=714) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=716)