# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=716&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 717 --- ## [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… --- ## [NFL WEEK SIX guns ablazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-six-guns-ablazing/991472)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-six-guns-ablazing/991472 "2023-10-19T13:34:47Z")
Some things you don’t have to wonder about in the NFL. Aaron Rodgers will make an ass out of himself to “trigger” the media that he hates and, at the same time, so desperately craves/needs/lives for attention from. Injur… --- ## ["Abrahamic Faith" vs "Faith of Abraham"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abrahamic-faith-vs-faith-of-abraham/991743)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abrahamic-faith-vs-faith-of-abraham/991743 "2023-10-19T13:08:51Z")
The road that I live on has two Church(s) of God of the Abrahamic Faith within a couple of thousand feet of each other, where one schismed off the other around 70 years ago. Recently the older one has covered their perma… --- ## [Share Some Little-Known Trivia About Popular Songs.......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-some-little-known-trivia-about-popular-songs/477494)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-some-little-known-trivia-about-popular-songs/477494 "2023-10-19T12:13:35Z")
For example: Daniel, by Elton John (and Bernie Taupin) was about a blinded Viet Nam veteran returning home, only to feel ostracized and therefore skipping out to Spain. There was even an original verse in the song abou… --- ## [High fashion of the 1970s and other fashion influences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-fashion-of-the-1970s-and-other-fashion-influences/991759)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-fashion-of-the-1970s-and-other-fashion-influences/991759 "2023-10-19T11:57:41Z")
A while ago I was watching a lecture series on the different decades of fashion, and then got to the 1970s. This was the first decade where I really noticed the lecturer having a extreme difference of opinion of the des… --- ## [The disappointment in ordering a local/regional specialty outside of that locale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappointment-in-ordering-a-local-regional-specialty-outside-of-that-locale/990503)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappointment-in-ordering-a-local-regional-specialty-outside-of-that-locale/990503 "2023-10-19T02:40:46Z")
So I started watching The Bear recently, and watching that show made me really want a Chicago style Italian beef sandwich. The only problem is that I live in California. But there is a local chain in my area called Chi… --- ## [Good & Plenty and other licorice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plenty-and-other-licorice/991617)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plenty-and-other-licorice/991617 "2023-10-19T02:08:52Z")
I love Good & Plenty. I have only had a few other licorice products but none of them were nice and sweet. I see salted and Australian licorice in the stores but I suspect they are quite different. I do intend to buy some… --- ## [Wornout premises for jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wornout-premises-for-jokes/988605)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wornout-premises-for-jokes/988605 "2023-10-19T01:15:55Z")
My Quora feed keeps giving me jokes that start “In the Soviet Union…” and I find that they’re all similar in their punchline (“revealing” that the Soviet Union was corrupt) and I no longer find them funny. I realize that… --- ## [Why is Safari sending me a notification for every response to this thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-safari-sending-me-a-notification-for-every-response-to-this-thread/991518)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-safari-sending-me-a-notification-for-every-response-to-this-thread/991518 "2023-10-18T22:20:19Z")
Is there something about the way the below thread was set up or changed when it got renamed that is making this happen? Hamas attacks Israel, October 2023. --- ## [Is it kosher to wash my cat's bed towels in a laundromat washing machine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-kosher-to-wash-my-cats-bed-towels-in-a-laundromat-washing-machine/991567)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-kosher-to-wash-my-cats-bed-towels-in-a-laundromat-washing-machine/991567 "2023-10-18T22:20:17Z")
We were recently gifted a sickly stray cat by neighbors who are moving away. We are keeping her in our home and bought a bed for her, which we line with old towels. Even though we brush this sweet cat a lot, the towels g… --- ## [Beck, this one's for you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-this-ones-for-you/991721)
**Author:** [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-this-ones-for-you/991721 "2023-10-18T21:07:20Z")
@Beckdawrek I thought of you when this article popped up in one of my local newspapers. A possum with a wheelchair! --- ## [Do other languages have the two correct spellings for the same word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-languages-have-the-two-correct-spellings-for-the-same-word/991558)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-languages-have-the-two-correct-spellings-for-the-same-word/991558 "2023-10-18T20:18:31Z")
In the Spelling Bee today, (spoilered, for other SB solvers out there) are included. They are both correct spellings of the same word. I’m trying to think of something equivalent in my limited knowledge of German and … --- ## [Looking for poem about churches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-poem-about-churches/991728)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-poem-about-churches/991728 "2023-10-18T20:13:09Z")
Years ago, I read a great poem in The Best Loved Poems of the American People. The narrator was talking about a conversation he had with a friend and the friend was bellyaching about the different churches he’d attended,… --- ## [Annuals (flowers) in the House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annuals-flowers-in-the-house/991651)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annuals-flowers-in-the-house/991651 "2023-10-18T18:36:48Z")
I had two pots of double begonias outside that were still blooming like crazy (October). I also had a pot of New Guinea impatiens that were in full bloom and had lots of new buds on it. Usually by now, here in MN we’ve h… --- ## [RFK Junior and another candidate running Independent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-junior-and-another-candidate-running-independent/991342 "2023-10-18T17:48:41Z")
I fear that they would draw votes from Biden, but NPR suggested that RFK would draw Republican voters. I don’t see why, unless it is because of his dislike of vaccines. What do you think? --- ## [Texting 911 is a thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-911-is-a-thing/991750)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-911-is-a-thing/991750 "2023-10-18T16:34:58Z")
Received an announcement this morning that my counties 911 system can now respond to texts. Enter 911 in the To field, enter your message and press Send. Wait for the dispatcher to respond. This is new to me. Has anyone… --- ## [Unscented Dish Soap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscented-dish-soap/991650)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscented-dish-soap/991650 "2023-10-18T16:26:00Z")
This is pretty mundane, but I thought of it while I was reading the Dawn dish soap comments. First of all, I am the queen of scents. I love scents - laundry detergent, fabric softener, soaps, etc. I’m always opening bot… --- ## [Put foot through attic ceiling, what type of tradesperson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-foot-through-attic-ceiling-what-type-of-tradesperson/991699)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-foot-through-attic-ceiling-what-type-of-tradesperson/991699 "2023-10-18T15:50:47Z")
I put my foot though the floor of my attic/ceiling of my living room, creating a large hole in the plasterboard. I I needed to fix it, what would be the type of person I’d call, I’m not sure what term to look for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=715&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=717&state=watching)