# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=720&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 721 --- ## [Hijack/new thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-new-thread/991516)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-new-thread/991516 "2023-10-13T20:00:08Z")
Even though I was directly involved in hijacking my own thread - Thank you, Puzzlegal. --- ## [Experiences with Drywall Anchors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-drywall-anchors/987825)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-drywall-anchors/987825 "2023-10-13T19:55:49Z")
Hi Everyone I need to hang a towel rack on a wall with no studs where the rack needs to go. I’ve used plenty of drywall anchors of all sorts, but in this application the rack is a swing-arm style and will have pretty si… --- ## [When you're all juiced up on coffee and deer season opening you shouldn't be allowed to drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-youre-all-juiced-up-on-coffee-and-deer-season-opening-you-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-drive/991487)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-youre-all-juiced-up-on-coffee-and-deer-season-opening-you-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-drive/991487 "2023-10-13T19:19:35Z")
No matter how much camo clothing you wear. Mr.Wrek and his deer camp cohorts determined to have a meeting at the local cafe. At breakfast. Possibly the only folks there. Til the game warden decided to check out the loc… --- ## [The "strings, photos, and newspaper clippings on a bulletin board" trope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strings-photos-and-newspaper-clippings-on-a-bulletin-board-trope/990120)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strings-photos-and-newspaper-clippings-on-a-bulletin-board-trope/990120 "2023-10-13T18:52:57Z")
Does this trope have a single point of origin? You’ve seen it in all the police procedural/serial killer type shows, where our hero pins photos of suspects, articles about events, and scraps of toilet paper on a bulletin… --- ## [Is this pancetta still good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-pancetta-still-good/991423)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-pancetta-still-good/991423 "2023-10-13T18:28:39Z")
Several months ago I decided to make spaghetti carbonara. While shopping for the ingredients I was unsure how much pancetta I needed, and I ended up buying an extra package. So the unused package went in the fridge and… --- ## [Mull River Shuffle: selling the bush?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mull-river-shuffle-selling-the-bush/439089)
**Author:** [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mull-river-shuffle-selling-the-bush/439089 "2023-10-13T18:01:26Z")
I don’t know whether this should go into GQ or CS, but since it is about a song lyric, I’m putting it here. In the Rankin Family’s wonderful song The Mull River Shuffle, there is a bit that says: There they stand by th… --- ## [Seinfeld fans: Jerry says something's a-brewin'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-fans-jerry-says-somethings-a-brewin/991362)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-fans-jerry-says-somethings-a-brewin/991362 "2023-10-13T16:57:02Z")
At a stand-up show in Boston on Saturday, an audience member asked Jerry if he liked the ending of the show “Seinfeld.” His response was gold, Jerry, gold! “Something is going to happen that has to do with that ending… --- ## [How much does external condition affect a car's value?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-external-condition-affect-a-cars-value/991466)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-external-condition-affect-a-cars-value/991466 "2023-10-13T16:56:46Z")
I have a 2006 Tacoma pickup that I want to sell. It’s mechanically sound and low mileage (72,000) but the paint is in pretty poor shape from spending a decade parked outdoors near the ocean, and there is rust in the unde… --- ## [Bill Watterson writes (but doesn't illustrate) new book, out next week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-watterson-writes-but-doesnt-illustrate-new-book-out-next-week/991066)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-watterson-writes-but-doesnt-illustrate-new-book-out-next-week/991066 "2023-10-13T16:42:57Z")
Bill Watterson – the Northeast Ohio creator of one of the most iconic comic strips and whose legendary vanishing act will rival any public recluse who has ever shunned the societal spotlight – has penned a book called… --- ## [Frasier (2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frasier-2023/991491)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frasier-2023/991491 "2023-10-13T16:40:55Z")
I was really pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the first episode. A little nostalgia and fun new characters. It also had the the same tone for lack of a better word of the old show. Haven’t watched the second y… --- ## [2 hour marathon mark is now officially on life support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-hour-marathon-mark-is-now-officially-on-life-support/991319)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-hour-marathon-mark-is-now-officially-on-life-support/991319 "2023-10-13T16:37:29Z")
Thousands participate in Chicago Marathon as race winner Kelvin Kiptum sets unofficial world record 2:00:35. We should have a pool for this, either for the date/race when it is finally broken and/or for the runner who … --- ## [A Question about Oyster Slurping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-oyster-slurping/991510)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-oyster-slurping/991510 "2023-10-13T16:17:30Z")
Here is a recent viral TikTok video. Maybe NSFW for language. Okay, obviously the video poster is not a class act, downing four trays of oysters and also a dinner of crab cakes and potatoes on what was understood to be … --- ## [Movies that could not be made in today’s world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-today-s-world/990064)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-today-s-world/990064 "2023-10-12T21:27:42Z")
(Rather than bump an old thread (10 years +) I decided to start a new one) I re-watched Things To Do In Denver When Your Dead recently. I had fond memories of it from when I first watched it in the late 90’s. Now… I’m … --- ## [Full Kitchen Redo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-kitchen-redo/982155)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-kitchen-redo/982155 "2023-10-13T15:43:10Z")
Today was day 1, hopefully the worst day. 3 issues today already: One of the circuits in the kitchen then runs to the basement to power the washer, dryer and pump for the deep sink. That circuit is broken and won’t be … --- ## [Trump gets the Endorsement of the Horde](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gets-the-endorsement-of-the-horde/991505)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gets-the-endorsement-of-the-horde/991505 "2023-10-13T14:45:54Z")
Orcs. I ain’t sayin anybody is an Orc. I ain’t sayin the GOP is staffed with Orcs. But Orcs. Darn them Orcs.{LINK} --- ## [Dom Famularo has passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dom-famularo-has-passed-away/990869)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dom-famularo-has-passed-away/990869 "2023-10-13T14:45:14Z")
I just learned today that Dom Famularo - drummer, music educator, interviewer, inspiration - passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 at the age of 70. Even if you have never encountered him before, please do yourself a… --- ## [Cliché or clichéd?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-or-cliched/991504)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-or-cliched/991504 "2023-10-13T14:31:57Z")
I’ve always used “cliché” as the noun form and “clichéd” as the adjectival form, as in “clichéd remark,” but lately I’m seeing “cliché” used for both. Have the barbarians taken over, or am I the barbarian? --- ## [Secret Invasion (Nick Fury tv series) There be spoilers in here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-invasion-nick-fury-tv-series-there-be-spoilers-in-here/985922)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-invasion-nick-fury-tv-series-there-be-spoilers-in-here/985922 "2023-10-13T11:59:31Z")
The new Nick Fury series on Disney Plus is out. They’re releasing one episode per week, with six episodes expected. After watching the first episode, it looks like they’re going for the spy-thriller genre. So far, so go… --- ## [If the US can ignore Pakistan's sovereignty to advance American national interests, why not Mexico?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-can-ignore-pakistans-sovereignty-to-advance-american-national-interests-why-not-mexico/991058)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-can-ignore-pakistans-sovereignty-to-advance-american-national-interests-why-not-mexico/991058 "2023-10-13T10:14:06Z")
continuing the discussion from the Jack Smith thread: If ignoring the sovereignty of Pakistan to kill Bin Laden is acceptable in the interests of national security, what’s the problem with invading Mexico? --- ## [Do you have an opinion on crinkle cut fries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-opinion-on-crinkle-cut-fries/990599)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-opinion-on-crinkle-cut-fries/990599 "2023-10-13T07:55:33Z")
A spin off of https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-restaurant-puts-the-wrong-style-fries-in-the-menu-image-is-that-false-advertising I actually do have a negative opinion of crinkle cut fries and I actively avoid them… --- ## [Fiction, Trauma, and Children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiction-trauma-and-children/991130)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiction-trauma-and-children/991130 "2023-10-13T05:52:30Z")
You may have seen in the news that Disney is remaking Bambi into a live action movie. Even if you’ve never seen the original, I think just about everyone knows that Bambi’s mother is killed by a hunter. My apologies if… --- ## [NFL 2023: WEEK FIVE will get you ten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-five-will-get-you-ten/991155)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-five-will-get-you-ten/991155 "2023-10-13T03:42:28Z")
Well, things are starting to settle down in the NFL. We knew the Chiefs and Bills would be great, and they’re both 3-1, but neither has looked dominant overall (although the Bills shaming of the Dolphins was impressive).… --- ## [Walmart Restrooms are haunted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-restrooms-are-haunted/991202)
**Author:** [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-restrooms-are-haunted/991202 "2023-10-13T00:16:27Z")
So, on one of my semi-annual trips to WalMart yesterday, I needed to stop and (horrors) use the restroom on my way out because I wasn’t heading directly home. It was early in the day so the restroom wasn’t nearly as bad … --- ## [Looking for children's picture book from 1960's. Boy's artwork of altered animals that comes to life, like an 8-leg mammal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-childrens-picture-book-from-1960s-boys-artwork-of-altered-animals-that-comes-to-life-like-an-8-leg-mammal/927942)
**Author:** [@The\_Squire\_Of\_Gothos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Squire_Of_Gothos)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-childrens-picture-book-from-1960s-boys-artwork-of-altered-animals-that-comes-to-life-like-an-8-leg-mammal/927942 "2023-10-13T00:06:37Z")
Looking for vintage children’s picture book, likely from the early-to-mid sixties, I borrowed from our school library in California in 1969. The plot centred around a boy, who I seem to remember was homebound possibly d… --- ## [What? No more Tacos? Are you on crack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-more-tacos-are-you-on-crack/991368)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-more-tacos-are-you-on-crack/991368 "2023-10-12T23:42:48Z")
I loves me some Taco Bell. I can safely eat a couple plain Tacos. Not the fancy stuff. Cheap. The price has increased but not enough to quell my latest fetish for them. My dialysis schedule has changed. I’ve had a miser… --- ## [Android: bypass fingerprint based on predefined places?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-bypass-fingerprint-based-on-predefined-places/991456)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-bypass-fingerprint-based-on-predefined-places/991456 "2023-10-12T23:25:34Z")
Android 13 / Samsung S20 user here Is there any chance to bypass the security (fingerprint) protection on a predefined place? Context: I’d like my cel to be protected by fingerprint/passcode overall, except in my house… --- ## [Handling jerkish comments in performance review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-jerkish-comments-in-performance-review/990193)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-jerkish-comments-in-performance-review/990193 "2023-10-12T23:03:41Z")
I had my performance review a couple of days ago. It was very positive. At the end though I was given a report, which included a section where the various managers could give feedback. This was positive too, except that… --- ## [Fred the pig caught after mischief rampage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-the-pig-caught-after-mischief-rampage/991229)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-the-pig-caught-after-mischief-rampage/991229 "2023-10-12T21:57:46Z")
Fred won’t be meeting Oscar Mayer anytime soon. I bet the 8 people that caught Fred will be telling this 5 hour capture story to family & friends for decades to come. Had to be someones pet. Wild hogs are mean and dange… --- ## [Why can’t I use a thumb drive with my Chromebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-t-i-use-a-thumb-drive-with-my-chromebook/991480)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-t-i-use-a-thumb-drive-with-my-chromebook/991480 "2023-10-12T21:47:05Z")
I’m trying to save some documents to a thumb drive from my Acer Chromebook. The thumb drive shows up when I open the Files, but I can’t save a Word doc from the Chromebook drive to the thumb drive. Can’t do control copy … --- ## [Legal question re: fifth amendment rights and laws that require you to speak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-re-fifth-amendment-rights-and-laws-that-require-you-to-speak/991190)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-re-fifth-amendment-rights-and-laws-that-require-you-to-speak/991190 "2023-10-12T21:30:22Z")
Arising from this post in the pit: Short version: A mechanic working on a customer’s car in a church parking lot got arrested, more or less, for refusing to surrender his ID. He filed suit against the arresting offi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=719&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=721&state=tracking)