# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=730&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 731 --- ## [Was the Merchant of Venice ever performed at the Globe Theater during Shakespeare's lifetime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-merchant-of-venice-ever-performed-at-the-globe-theater-during-shakespeares-lifetime/990811)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-merchant-of-venice-ever-performed-at-the-globe-theater-during-shakespeares-lifetime/990811 "2023-09-29T02:32:48Z")
I couldn’t find any evidence of the Merchant of Venice ever being performed at the Globe Theater in Shakespeare’s lifetime. I looked at chronologies and Globe Theater performances of all his plays. Maybe I missed someth… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - September 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-september-2023-edition/989241)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-september-2023-edition/989241 "2023-09-29T02:27:21Z")
Only TWO months til Halloween! I can already hear my animated skeletons calling from their box in the basement… my life, the set up to a cheesy horror film. :laughing: Seriously though, I’m ready for it to not be 70F/21C… --- ## [Be Careful Out There. Fireworks Mishaps 2023 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-careful-out-there-fireworks-mishaps-2023-edition/986477)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-careful-out-there-fireworks-mishaps-2023-edition/986477 "2023-09-29T00:32:15Z")
After last year we will see if perhaps, because the holiday is midweek, fewer Americans will blow off a limb, burn down a house (or houses), or kill themselves and/or a loved one by mishandling fireworks this 4th of July… --- ## [I want to win a prize at the fair. How do I do it and what game should I play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-win-a-prize-at-the-fair-how-do-i-do-it-and-what-game-should-i-play/990369)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-win-a-prize-at-the-fair-how-do-i-do-it-and-what-game-should-i-play/990369 "2023-09-28T23:50:17Z")
Just as said. I am going to a fair next week and want to win a prize. Preferably one of the big ones. I know they cheat like crazy. What game should I play? How can I prepare? How can I win? --- ## [Seeing “Around the Curve” of the Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-around-the-curve-of-the-universe/990803)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-around-the-curve-of-the-universe/990803 "2023-09-28T22:48:34Z")
I don’t know if there is a factual answer to this, but it seems like there should be a fact based answer. Maybe we don’t know, but we should be able to make some guesses based on what we do know, and not just make a wil… --- ## [Quote about rulers not repressing the small things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-about-rulers-not-repressing-the-small-things/990787)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-about-rulers-not-repressing-the-small-things/990787 "2023-09-28T20:44:34Z")
I am struggling to find a quote. The gist of it is, it is often the small things that provoke people’s resistance and rebellion, that people might put up with great injustice more easily than small oppressions. Can anybo… --- ## [Would you clear your browser cache to solve a website-specific problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-clear-your-browser-cache-to-solve-a-website-specific-problem/990705)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-clear-your-browser-cache-to-solve-a-website-specific-problem/990705 "2023-09-28T19:04:32Z")
A few years ago I had a problem with a website not updating, and was instructed by the site’s administrator to clear my cache, which I did. Boy, did I regret it. All the websites I visit regularly no longer recognized m… --- ## [How to clean outdoor cushions (patio furniture)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-clean-outdoor-cushions-patio-furniture/990329)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-clean-outdoor-cushions-patio-furniture/990329 "2023-09-28T18:44:05Z")
End of the season, and our patio cushions are pretty grubby (lot of dust this year). Any suggestions for a good cleaning product? Water by itself doesn’t seem to do the trick. --- ## [U.S. Hurricane Forecast Models](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-hurricane-forecast-models/795889)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-hurricane-forecast-models/795889 "2023-09-28T16:52:13Z")
As is becoming more obvious every day, the US weather models are being outdone by the European model by a wide margin. The link below details some of the reasons. What gets me is the statement regarding a update to the G… --- ## [Ebay selling - They need my bank account info?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-selling-they-need-my-bank-account-info/990045)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-selling-they-need-my-bank-account-info/990045 "2023-09-28T14:59:36Z")
I haven’t sold anything on ebay in forever, but now I have an item I want to put up there. . Time was, you linked your Paypal account and the buyer paid you through that. But now it seems that ebay is requiring my ban… --- ## [Vegetables and Lean Protein](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetables-and-lean-protein/990559)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetables-and-lean-protein/990559 "2023-09-28T13:22:59Z")
A former mentee from my pre-retirement days is coming to visit. I’d like to make her a nice meal and her response to “What do you like to eat?” was “I’ll eat most things… I’m usually pretty happy if there are vegetables … --- ## [When titles disappoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055 "2023-09-28T11:48:16Z")
So today I’m browsing the newest media available and see something called “Imagine Dragons Live in Vegas”. Now, I haven’t been completely living under a rock, I was aware that a band exists that is named “Imagine Dragons… --- ## [How many Reps (and which ones) would it take to break this logjam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-reps-and-which-ones-would-it-take-to-break-this-logjam/990682)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-reps-and-which-ones-would-it-take-to-break-this-logjam/990682 "2023-09-28T10:26:22Z")
From my calculations, if 5 Republican congress people switch to Independent and caucused with the Dems, they could have a new speaker and get government moving again, avoid a shutdown, etc. Do I have that right? 222R-2… --- ## [Do you have an opinion on truffled fries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-opinion-on-truffled-fries/990623)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-opinion-on-truffled-fries/990623 "2023-09-28T10:17:40Z")
I thought of asking in the crinkle-cut fries thread, but figured it might be worth a thread of it’s own. poll I really dislike truffle oil on fries. If I’m really hungry, I’ll eat a few, but it basically ruins the fries… --- ## [Skirting patents on pharmaceutical drugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skirting-patents-on-pharmaceutical-drugs/990776)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skirting-patents-on-pharmaceutical-drugs/990776 "2023-09-28T09:54:51Z")
I was listening to a podcast (Search Engine) about the illegal use of fentanyl, and they mentioned that when it was made illegal (I forget which country), the illegal drug producers altered the molecule just enough to st… --- ## [Estonia and Better Education? As good as the hype?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estonia-and-better-education-as-good-as-the-hype/990689)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estonia-and-better-education-as-good-as-the-hype/990689 "2023-09-28T05:38:40Z")
Enjoyed this Grauniad article on modern methods of education. The article has a high opinion of Estonia (see excerpt and link). Sounds very impressive, probably is, but sometimes this sort of thing is hype, not nuance.… --- ## [Doubleheaders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doubleheaders/988632)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doubleheaders/988632 "2023-09-28T05:00:26Z")
MLB baseball has had “doubleheaders” forever - although not as many recently as in the past (a doubleheader is two games played between the same teams - usually one after the other with a short break between them - one … --- ## [NFL 2023: WEEK THREE ring circus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-three-ring-circus/990494)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-three-ring-circus/990494 "2023-09-28T04:02:01Z")
Didn’t take long for injuries to become the biggest story in the NFL. Jets trade away a couple second round picks for Aaron Rodgers and he earns about over 9 Million dollars per snap that he actually played for them. Nic… --- ## [Some ground fault interrupters act to break the whole circuit. Who knew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ground-fault-interrupters-act-to-break-the-whole-circuit-who-knew/990564)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ground-fault-interrupters-act-to-break-the-whole-circuit-who-knew/990564 "2023-09-28T01:40:00Z")
Last night my wife washing up before going to bed and accidentally splashed some water into an electric socket which tripped the GFI, taking out the whole bathroom. I was unaware that a GFI could do that, but I just goo… --- ## [Are Internet Ratings Broken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-internet-ratings-broken/989166)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-internet-ratings-broken/989166 "2023-09-28T01:37:33Z")
Another Atlantic article with food for thought, delivered by Dash and requesting a five star review… Are online ratings broken? To some degree they have always been about data panhandling as much as feedback and reward… --- ## [Why do colour pictures from the 1960s look so bright compared to modern colour pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-colour-pictures-from-the-1960s-look-so-bright-compared-to-modern-colour-pictures/990745)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-colour-pictures-from-the-1960s-look-so-bright-compared-to-modern-colour-pictures/990745 "2023-09-28T01:10:20Z")
I’m not sure if “bright” is the best description, but I was skimming the wiki article on JFK the other night and was struck by the difference in the colour images compaged to later colour pix. Why do they have that brig… --- ## [Heading to Portland, Maine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heading-to-portland-maine/990033)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heading-to-portland-maine/990033 "2023-09-28T00:07:15Z")
What should I do while I’m there? I’m heading up on Friday afternoon, leaving Monday morning, so I’ll have all day and night on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday looks like rain, so I could use some indoor suggestions, too… --- ## [Massacre at Wolf 359](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massacre-at-wolf-359/990648)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massacre-at-wolf-359/990648 "2023-09-27T23:05:42Z")
This remarkably well done fan film contains elements not just of Best of Both Worlds and DS9. but of the last season of Picard and the 1996 videogame Star Trek:Borg Massacre at Wolf 359 --- ## [Blast it, Microsoft, stop with the unwanted "improvements"!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blast-it-microsoft-stop-with-the-unwanted-improvements/990703)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blast-it-microsoft-stop-with-the-unwanted-improvements/990703 "2023-09-27T21:29:49Z")
Grrrrrrrr… Wasted two hours of my life this afternoon wrestling with an unwanted update to email on one of my computers. Dammit, Microsoft, I’m happy with Mail on that one, don’t want to switch to New! Improved! Outlook… --- ## [AI use opens Hollywood to public domain (?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-use-opens-hollywood-to-public-domain/990549)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-use-opens-hollywood-to-public-domain/990549 "2023-09-27T21:02:16Z")
The US copyright office and the judicial system has recently decided that AI generated art cannot be copyrighted. Ergo, any AI art is de facto in the public domain. Right now, Hollywood is having a fight over the use of… --- ## [Milestone or Kilometerstone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestone-or-kilometerstone/990681)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestone-or-kilometerstone/990681 "2023-09-27T20:50:39Z")
This may be an FQ question but too silly for that so MPSIMS it is… I was watching a video where an Italian shipmaker (cruise ships…big ones) mentioned they had hit a milestone. Clearly English is a second language to h… --- ## [David McCallum dies age 90 (NCIS and Man From Uncle)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mccallum-dies-age-90-ncis-and-man-from-uncle/990691)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mccallum-dies-age-90-ncis-and-man-from-uncle/990691 "2023-09-27T20:13:09Z")
This one hurts. Ducky on NCIS was my favorite character. David was excellent in the role. He played the character with a lot of vigor up until the recent seasons. People never realized he was playing a character 20 years… --- ## [Part of Speech - The closer you are](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-speech-the-closer-you-are/990700)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-speech-the-closer-you-are/990700 "2023-09-27T16:47:07Z")
In a sentence like, “The closer you are, the bigger you seem”. Why do we use “the” in front of closer and bigger? Neither of these seem to be nouns (though, I assume that they’re some special type of one.) What’s the na… --- ## [Videos of encounters with strange fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-of-encounters-with-strange-fish/990783)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-of-encounters-with-strange-fish/990783 "2023-09-27T16:22:57Z")
I think that’s a whale shark: This one doesn’t look real: …but it’s a fish: It’s an Asian sheepshead wrasse, also known as the kobudai in Japan: It may be the same fish that the curator of an underwater Japa… --- ## [Can you identify this Giant Animal book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743 "2023-09-27T15:49:43Z")
I had it when I was younger and enjoyed looking at the pictures. They looked to be watercolors on a white background but probably weren’t really. Each page had a pair of humans running or swimming alongside the critters,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=729&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=731&state=watching)