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**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2023/986374 "2023-09-18T07:48:33Z")
The Tour de France starts tomorrow (Saturday). I don’t really follow professional cycling, but I enjoy reading updates and analysis in the annual TdF thread from the knowledgeable posters here. So I’m hoping if I start i… --- ## [What if the Dope offered a ban amnesty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-dope-offered-a-ban-amnesty/987371)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-dope-offered-a-ban-amnesty/987371 "2023-09-18T05:52:09Z")
I’m sure I’ll get flamed for this, or get accused of being a troll, or a sock, or a trock (or maybe somebody who should be cold cocked), but I’m really not, and it’s just an idea. But it arises from thoughts of “illegal… --- ## [Birding Binoculars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birding-binoculars/990281)
**Author:** [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birding-binoculars/990281 "2023-09-18T05:15:28Z")
My wife would like some birding binoculars for her birthday. I read this thread from 15 years ago, and I looked at the Cornell Lab Review of budget binoculars. A few years ago I bought her Eagle Optics Triumph 8x25, bu… --- ## [ID folk song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-folk-song/990275)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-folk-song/990275 "2023-09-18T03:14:18Z")
Is anyone familiar with this song? Name? Lyrics? --- ## [Aspirated a pill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspirated-a-pill/990254)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspirated-a-pill/990254 "2023-09-18T03:03:33Z")
At 6:30 last night, our SIL called in something of a panic, saying she thought she had just aspirated a vitamin pill. Her husband had told her it was 1) unlikely 2) unlikely to be a problem even if she had aspirated it a… --- ## [How many animals would Biblical Jews know about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-animals-would-biblical-jews-know-about/990289)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-animals-would-biblical-jews-know-about/990289 "2023-09-18T01:30:39Z")
I read another of those silly questions asking, essentially, how could Noah fit 5.6 million known species onto his ark. I hope to get past the silliness and land on some actual history. The Torah just has two lines on t… --- ## [What is this smell coming from my drains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-smell-coming-from-my-drains/989900)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-smell-coming-from-my-drains/989900 "2023-09-18T00:35:10Z")
I have side by side sinks in my kitchen. When large amounts of water are draining out of one sink, a horrible sulfur like smell comes out of the drain for the other sink. What is causing this? Particles of rotting food? … --- ## [Scam I Don't Know. Your Thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-i-dont-know-your-thoughts/990217)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-i-dont-know-your-thoughts/990217 "2023-09-18T00:00:09Z")
Trying to sell something on Facebook Marketplace. Within seconds of posting, a couple of people responded asking the usual “is this still available?” Upon replying that it was, they immediately requested cell phone numb… --- ## [NHL Offseason 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-offseason-2023/985898)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-offseason-2023/985898 "2023-09-17T22:38:08Z")
Ok, here’s a thread to discuss all the off season signings, the draft, NHL awards and anything else. Interesting article that the Coyotes will be playing 3 games in one day during the preseason. Obviously it’ll be a … --- ## [The Little Mermaid is GASP! Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-mermaid-is-gasp-black/836651)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-mermaid-is-gasp-black/836651 "2023-09-17T22:35:20Z")
I guess I missed this one in the culture wars, or entertainment news, or something. There’s seems to be a small backlashabout Disney’s choice of an African-American teenage actress to play Ariel in the live-action remak… --- ## [Sharing music in public for enjoyment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-music-in-public-for-enjoyment/990232)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-music-in-public-for-enjoyment/990232 "2023-09-17T21:14:35Z")
I love this channel. It’s so rare these days to find people casually playing in public. It’s such great entertainment and brings strangers together. This gentleman plays on public pianos. He’s obviously classically trai… --- ## [How does one invoke "click to show/hide"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-invoke-click-to-show-hide/990277)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-invoke-click-to-show-hide/990277 "2023-09-17T21:01:38Z")
Check out what Max\_S did in this post to see what I’m referring to. How’d he do that? --- ## [Best way to stream NFL games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-stream-nfl-games/989627)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-stream-nfl-games/989627 "2023-09-17T18:34:07Z")
Hey y’all. Long time no post. With NFL season about to kick off, I’m wonder how you all are streaming games. I’ve used YoutubeTV the last couple of seasons, and the service is great, but they’re just getting more and … --- ## [Labor 101, or why strikes are okay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-101-or-why-strikes-are-okay/989700)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-101-or-why-strikes-are-okay/989700 "2023-09-17T17:27:14Z")
In a thread about the WGA strike (edit: and in a related thread about the SAG-AFTRA strike), there’s a lot of disagreement over what unions can and should do. The problem is that a lot of the objections to WGA and SAG-AF… --- ## ['Joe the Plumber' has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-the-plumber-has-died/989234)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-the-plumber-has-died/989234 "2023-09-17T17:04:50Z")
In July, he announced that he had pancreatic cancer. --- ## [Is there an exact tally of battles and skirmishes fought during the American Revolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-exact-tally-of-battles-and-skirmishes-fought-during-the-american-revolution/990242)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-exact-tally-of-battles-and-skirmishes-fought-during-the-american-revolution/990242 "2023-09-17T15:58:13Z")
Has anyone come up with an exact tally of battles and skirmishes fought during the American Revolution? --- ## [What is the most secure way of taking ones life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-secure-way-of-taking-ones-life/990247)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-secure-way-of-taking-ones-life/990247 "2023-09-17T15:06:01Z")
This springs out of another topic that discussed someone shooting himself in the temple with a gun, and conclusion was that if you survive you would might end up without a face and without eyes. For the rest of your life… --- ## [Ever have an Evil-Detecting Pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-an-evil-detecting-pet/990075)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-an-evil-detecting-pet/990075 "2023-09-17T15:03:56Z")
Who got a good whiff of say your new date and started snarling at him, who indeed turned out to be a jerk or something? --- ## [Jeremy Clarkson is a pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-clarkson-is-a-pig/976814)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 342\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-clarkson-is-a-pig/976814 "2023-09-17T14:44:44Z")
News at 11. This past Friday, he published a column that contained this about Prince Harry’s wife Meghan (sorry I can’t remember her title and don’t care to look it up, which has nothing to do with anything except lazin… --- ## [The Bob Ross of X?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-ross-of-x/988096)
**Author:** [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bob-ross-of-x/988096 "2023-09-17T14:23:57Z")
If you were to compare someone to Bob Ross, what would you mean? Question is motivated by seeing this guy - a bodybuilder who is currently popular on yt, tiktok etc, and someone will often comment that he’s the Bob Ross… --- ## [Resolved! Jojo the Cat is now a Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-jojo-the-cat-is-now-a-monkey/990215)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-jojo-the-cat-is-now-a-monkey/990215 "2023-09-17T09:03:02Z")
He’s not exactly swingin’ on branches. But he came close. Backstory: Jojo is a rescue. Lots of problems were fixed by the Vet. But he has lifelong issues from his previous feral days. Very few teeth, very few claws, mi… --- ## [The Comic Fables is Now in the Public Domain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comic-fables-is-now-in-the-public-domain/990150)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comic-fables-is-now-in-the-public-domain/990150 "2023-09-17T07:02:15Z")
Bill Willingham, creator of Fables (one of my favorite Comic Book series) announced on his blog that he, as the sole owner of the IP, was releasing it to the public domain apparently in response to a very rocky relations… --- ## [Naming of military units](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-of-military-units/989868)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-of-military-units/989868 "2023-09-17T06:06:16Z")
My questions are generally naïve, because I don’t know the way to google them, so bear with me. With all the news about Ukraine and Russia, something confuses me. Let’s say, hypothetically, an army has “the 52nd armour… --- ## [Moving to a new Laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-a-new-laptop/990222)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-a-new-laptop/990222 "2023-09-17T05:50:35Z")
My old laptop, which I got when Win 10 first came out, is working okay but with only 6 gig of memory it is getting slow. So I got a nice new one, but now have to move. I know to move files just fine, but does anyone hav… --- ## [Swapping phone numbers between two phones (Verizon)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swapping-phone-numbers-between-two-phones-verizon/990211)
**Author:** [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swapping-phone-numbers-between-two-phones-verizon/990211 "2023-09-17T04:54:33Z")
Just checking if anyone has done this before and can offer the best pathway. My older daughter is getting her first phone. We added another line on our Verizon plan to get the Apple 14 phone with it. It comes with its ow… --- ## [Pit threads against members should have a unique tag and should automatically close after a period of time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-threads-against-members-should-have-a-unique-tag-and-should-automatically-close-after-a-period-of-time/990169)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-threads-against-members-should-have-a-unique-tag-and-should-automatically-close-after-a-period-of-time/990169 "2023-09-17T03:45:24Z")
As everyone knows, this board allows threads to be created in the Pit to discuss the behavior of a specific member. The typical justifications for these type of threads are for things like side discussions of heated disc… --- ## [Were Democrats able to politically capitalize on the mid-1980s farm crisis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-democrats-able-to-politically-capitalize-on-the-mid-1980s-farm-crisis/990174)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-democrats-able-to-politically-capitalize-on-the-mid-1980s-farm-crisis/990174 "2023-09-17T03:09:29Z")
The farming mortgage debt and foreclosure crisis got a lot of attention at the time, inspired movies like Country and The River, and led to the Farm Aid concerts, the first of which was held in Sept. 1985. With a Republ… --- ## [Shared Photo Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shared-photo-question/990078)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shared-photo-question/990078 "2023-09-17T03:08:03Z")
I’m testing out my photo sharing. Can you see this? --- ## [Escaped murderer from Pennsyvania state prison captured by K9 police officer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-murderer-from-pennsyvania-state-prison-captured-by-k9-police-officer/990060)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-murderer-from-pennsyvania-state-prison-captured-by-k9-police-officer/990060 "2023-09-16T23:22:52Z")
I’ve been following this story about the escape of a horrific murderer from Pennsylvania state prison a couple of weeks ago. He was serving a life sentence and somehow managed to get out through multiple barriers includ… --- ## [The squirrels are stealing our rocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-squirrels-are-stealing-our-rocks/990181)
**Author:** [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-squirrels-are-stealing-our-rocks/990181 "2023-09-16T21:49:52Z")
Hey, I like squirrels, they are industrious, tenacious, barely affected by gravity. But the little buggers are eroding my pathway with their theivery. We have a couple bird feeders and water bowls in the back yard for … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=737&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=739&state=tracking)