# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=725&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 726 --- ## [Four identical quadruplets leap from a plane…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-identical-quadruplets-leap-from-a-plane/991119)
**Author:** [@Longweekends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longweekends)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-identical-quadruplets-leap-from-a-plane/991119 "2023-10-06T05:39:49Z")
…and plummet towards a placid lake far below. They have just carried out a daring aerial robbery and some clutch their loot. Alas, they have forgotten their parachutes. The leader, addressed by his brothers as “Control… --- ## [So Prigozhin is down before Putin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-prigozhin-is-down-before-putin/988988)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-prigozhin-is-down-before-putin/988988 "2023-10-06T01:43:55Z")
Some claim, this was the plane. IMHO, this is interesting news. The NYT writes something similar. Conspiracy theories will sprout, I guess. --- ## [How long should I wait to follow up after a second interview?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-i-wait-to-follow-up-after-a-second-interview/991097)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-i-wait-to-follow-up-after-a-second-interview/991097 "2023-10-06T00:40:31Z")
I’ve had two job interviews for a job at the local office of a national company. The first interview was with an executive from the national headquarters in another city; the second was with that same person and the mana… --- ## [Hottest September Ever: “Gobsmackingly Bananas”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-september-ever-gobsmackingly-bananas/991158)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-september-ever-gobsmackingly-bananas/991158 "2023-10-05T22:44:04Z")
Scientists are surprised not only how record-settingly hot September 2023 was, but also by the large margin of increase (0.5C hotter than previous record). Apparently, surprised scientists use odd phrases. --- ## [Sports bras for men: Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-bras-for-men-why/991001)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-bras-for-men-why/991001 "2023-10-05T19:49:43Z")
I watch a lot of soccer. It’s an old tradition that soccer players often take off their shirts, sometimes enthusiastically after scoring, often after a game to give fans a souvenir or exchange jerseys with their opponent… --- ## [Is there a conspiracy behind some of the school shooting threats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-conspiracy-behind-some-of-the-school-shooting-threats/972953)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-conspiracy-behind-some-of-the-school-shooting-threats/972953 "2023-10-05T19:26:08Z")
According to this NPR story, False calls about active school shooters are rising. They follow an odd pattern : NPR, There seems to be a pattern to some of the hoax school shooting calls, showing that they are organized a… --- ## [Insurance Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-question/991149)
**Author:** [@TXRebel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TXRebel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-question/991149 "2023-10-05T19:22:22Z")
I’m not asking for legal advice. I just really want to know if this can actually happen. I had a car accident back in August. My fault. I sideswiped a guy. He said he wasn’t hurt. Just wanted his old truck fixed. My insu… --- ## [What happens if Trump wins in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-wins-in-2024/988811)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-wins-in-2024/988811 "2023-10-05T18:50:02Z")
Let’s say Trump somehow wins in next year, with a map like the one he won with in 2016. What happens from there? Will there be elections in 2028? If so, will Trump run again and dare anyone who opposes him to take it … --- ## [Roy Wood Jr. is leaving The Daily Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-wood-jr-is-leaving-the-daily-show/991148)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-wood-jr-is-leaving-the-daily-show/991148 "2023-10-05T18:27:11Z")
He’d love the top job, but there have been no indications that he has it or even who their choice of host will be from Comedy Central. Apparently, Hasan Minaj was a leading candidate, but they’ve cooled on him. I alwa… --- ## [Ear buds: will it work with just one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-buds-will-it-work-with-just-one/991123)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-buds-will-it-work-with-just-one/991123 "2023-10-05T15:39:36Z")
I need this for work. I work around a lot of loud machinery and need earbuds to be able to hear my phone. The thing is I don’t want to plug up both my ears with an earbud so I can also conversate with people face to fac… --- ## [My fourth novel (political satire), CULTURAL PRACTICES OF THE HEARTLAND](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fourth-novel-political-satire-cultural-practices-of-the-heartland/986190)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fourth-novel-political-satire-cultural-practices-of-the-heartland/986190 "2023-10-05T14:41:34Z")
I’m excited to tell Dopers about my latest novel, the political satire CULTURAL PRACTICES OF THE HEARTLAND! You can get it in ebook starting tomorrow (28 June 2023), or as a paperback/hardback already. Presuming Cafe S… --- ## [Why can't I buy a fuel tank from the UK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-buy-a-fuel-tank-from-the-uk/991126)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-buy-a-fuel-tank-from-the-uk/991126 "2023-10-05T14:00:04Z")
My YZF-R1 fuel tank is shot. I tried to buy one on eBay, from England, and got this message: We are sorry, but the item you selected may not be purchased due to seller shipping restrictions or due to country-specific i… --- ## [A few Uranium questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-uranium-questions/990942)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-uranium-questions/990942 "2023-10-05T13:39:03Z")
Where did Earth’s Uranium come from? It’s created in Supernovas and presumably Neutron star collisions. If it came from a Supernova, shouldn’t we be able to see the nebula from the explosion? When the Uranium as created… --- ## [Vassar \[Historic Women's College\] Pays Female Faculty Less than Male Faculty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vassar-historic-womens-college-pays-female-faculty-less-than-male-faculty/991099)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vassar-historic-womens-college-pays-female-faculty-less-than-male-faculty/991099 "2023-10-05T12:24:33Z")
Here is the lawsuit: I thought this very odd, as the last place one would expect discrimination against women would be in one of the Seven Sisters colleges. --- ## [Opinions about sleepovers for gay children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-sleepovers-for-gay-children/990702)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-sleepovers-for-gay-children/990702 "2023-10-05T11:47:59Z")
Say you have a gay son, around the age of 12 - 13 who wants to have a sleepover with a couple of friends. They are also male. I asked my wife if that was appropriate since I’d probably not let a couple of boys sleep over… --- ## [All Onewheel skateboards are being recalled after deaths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-onewheel-skateboards-are-being-recalled-after-deaths/990963)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-onewheel-skateboards-are-being-recalled-after-deaths/990963 "2023-10-05T10:36:20Z")
At least 4 deaths and numerous injuries. The recall is going to install upgraded software that buzzes to warn riders. https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/us/onewheel-electric-skateboard-recall-deaths/index.html --- ## [Used car dealers-still pretty much scum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-car-dealers-still-pretty-much-scum/991031)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-car-dealers-still-pretty-much-scum/991031 "2023-10-05T04:11:26Z")
So Roomie needs a car to tool around in and sees a couple good deals on Cars Dot Com. She asks me to go along with her to the dealership to guide her, and I tell her I would do it under one condition-If I say “goodbye” … --- ## [The Order of the Stick turns 20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick-turns-20/990908)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick-turns-20/990908 "2023-10-05T01:50:52Z")
Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the launch of the ongoing webcomic The Order of the Stick. 1,288 strips into the comic, we’re at what appears to be the last dungeon. We’ve had memorable changes to every character… --- ## [Largest hexagon that fits inside a pentagon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-hexagon-that-fits-inside-a-pentagon/990832)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-hexagon-that-fits-inside-a-pentagon/990832 "2023-10-05T00:57:22Z")
Perhaps my Google game is weak, but I’m trying to find a mathematical treatment (and ideally a visual representation) of the largest regular hexagon that fits inside a regular pentagon. It’s not hard to find the other w… --- ## [Buying house on contract, deed holder dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-house-on-contract-deed-holder-dies/990956)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-house-on-contract-deed-holder-dies/990956 "2023-10-04T22:21:20Z")
Has some of the in-laws over for supper last night, wife’s sister and her husband. Their daughter, Abby,(our niece) is in the process of buying a house. Older lady (friend of my B-I-L’s mom) who owns the house and movin… --- ## [If Trump gets kicked totally off Twitter one day, what platform will he jump to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-gets-kicked-totally-off-twitter-one-day-what-platform-will-he-jump-to/918924)
**Author:** [@ready29003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ready29003)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-gets-kicked-totally-off-twitter-one-day-what-platform-will-he-jump-to/918924 "2023-10-04T21:31:46Z")
Suppose Donald got permanently banned from Twitter for some reason, what media platform or Twitter alternative would he start using to fill that void in his life? Bonus: Where would he go if all US corporations banned … --- ## [Botticelli September 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2023/989596)
**Author:** [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2023/989596 "2023-10-04T20:24:34Z")
Welcome to the September 2023 Botticelli thread, with me, your host W. De La Rue. Here is the previous month’s thread, here is an explanation of the rules from a thread earlier this year, here is a thread for questions a… --- ## [How do we remove existing space junk from orbit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-remove-existing-space-junk-from-orbit/990938)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-remove-existing-space-junk-from-orbit/990938 "2023-10-04T19:39:25Z")
There is a metric buttload of junk in orbit, and we seem to be getting closer to the more dangerous part of the Kessler Effect curve. I know that modern satellites, like Starlink, have mechanisms to de-orbit themselves … --- ## [Very Short Treks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-treks/990785)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-treks/990785 "2023-10-04T18:54:58Z")
Inspired, I’m sure, by the recent viral videos done in the style of Star Trek TAS, you now have Very Short Treks. This is the most recent and probably the lowest on the “Did I just watch that?” scale of absurdity of the… --- ## [Is this article on the slow death of OPEC and the oil/gas industry in general and the rise of the EV too optimistic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-article-on-the-slow-death-of-opec-and-the-oil-gas-industry-in-general-and-the-rise-of-the-ev-too-optimistic/990764)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-article-on-the-slow-death-of-opec-and-the-oil-gas-industry-in-general-and-the-rise-of-the-ev-too-optimistic/990764 "2023-10-04T16:47:00Z")
From what this article says OPEC and the oil and the oil/gas industry in general are in for a fall (the article calls it a “death spiral”) in the next 5-15 years and the only thing that might slow it down is the w… --- ## [Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-season-3/787200)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-season-3/787200 "2023-10-04T16:05:45Z")
3 Episodes in, so far it’s really good! Been excited for this for a while. --- ## [Anyone else watching The Windsors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-watching-the-windsors/991091)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-watching-the-windsors/991091 "2023-10-04T15:14:29Z")
It’s a comedy on (I think) Acorn that does a parody of the Royal Family as a soap opera. Mostly pretty funny (if sometimes crude if that’s not your thing). And they don’t have a version of Queen Elizabeth. Apparently tha… --- ## [Recommend some Victorian or Edwardian porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-victorian-or-edwardian-porn/376860)
**Author:** [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-victorian-or-edwardian-porn/376860 "2023-10-04T15:03:17Z")
I like Victorian and Edwardian erotica. So far, I’ve read A Man with a Maid and the memoirs of Cora Pearl and the autobiography of Frank Harris. Can you recommend some other titles? Thanks. --- ## [Starbuck's "Moonlight Feels Right"- what's a tricky french connection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-moonlight-feels-right-whats-a-tricky-french-connection/410814)
**Author:** [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-moonlight-feels-right-whats-a-tricky-french-connection/410814 "2023-10-04T15:00:04Z")
Small sample of lyric- The wind blew some luck in my direction I caught it in my hands today I finally made a tricky French connection You winked and gave me your o.k. The song goes on to say the girl in question is… --- ## [Shows where “everyone” eventually had a part](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-eventually-had-a-part/990951)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-eventually-had-a-part/990951 "2023-10-04T14:42:12Z")
It seems as if a lot of English actors showed up on Midsomer Murders ( if only until they died), and I’ve seen more than a few famous faces on Perry Mason, such as Harvey Korman and James Coburn. Any other shows that ha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=724&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=726&state=tracking)