# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=743 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 744 --- ## [When did the "retiring cop dies on his final day" trope begin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-retiring-cop-dies-on-his-final-day-trope-begin/988791)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-retiring-cop-dies-on-his-final-day-trope-begin/988791 "2023-09-12T02:16:52Z")
It’s been a terrible cliche for as long as I can remember, the cop with a few days left on the job getting killed investigating his last case, but at some point it must have been a fresh idea, no? I ask because I just r… --- ## [If The Writers' Strike Ended Today, How Long Before Late-Night/Daytime TV Came Back? Scripted TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-writers-strike-ended-today-how-long-before-late-night-daytime-tv-came-back-scripted-tv/989875)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-writers-strike-ended-today-how-long-before-late-night-daytime-tv-came-back-scripted-tv/989875 "2023-09-12T01:56:14Z")
Assume, for the moment, that the actors weren’t also on strike. If the two sides hashed out their differences tomorrow, would The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon be back with new episodes the following night? How long… --- ## [Childhood Behaviors As An Adult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912 "2023-09-12T01:53:08Z")
What do you do that is a holdover from childhood? To be clear, I don’t mean behavior that would imply you are “immature” or “childish”, just something you started doing as a child that continues to present day. For me,… --- ## [Is Sinfest getting better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sinfest-getting-better/840474)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sinfest-getting-better/840474 "2023-09-12T00:20:03Z")
Quit reading Sinfest, the web comic, several months ago, due to its increasing stupidity. Just checked today’s…which has Amber confronting Fuschia. Is the Criminy romance situation coming back? Should I start reading … --- ## [Poll - What emotion do you see on this face? (detail from famous painting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-emotion-do-you-see-on-this-face-detail-from-famous-painting/989748)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-emotion-do-you-see-on-this-face-detail-from-famous-painting/989748 "2023-09-11T23:36:04Z")
poll This picture is a detail from a famous painting. I’m interested to know, what emotion(s) do you read in this expression? I’ll give my own thoughts after a few other people have answered. Anyone who recognizes the… --- ## [2 Nights in Yakima - any recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-nights-in-yakima-any-recommendations/989909)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-nights-in-yakima-any-recommendations/989909 "2023-09-11T22:21:30Z")
As I mentioned a few months ago in my thread about TSA screenings at small airports, I’m flying to Yakima, WA next month for a pretty big indy wrestling show at the Sundome. I’ll be arriving on a Thursday afternoon, chec… --- ## [When did newspaper comics get explicit (let alone iits luann)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-newspaper-comics-get-explicit-let-alone-iits-luann/989766)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-newspaper-comics-get-explicit-let-alone-iits-luann/989766 "2023-09-11T22:16:30Z")
ok one of the recent stories here is what passes for a typical story in the infamous Luann Tiffany, the resident mean girl inherited a mansion that she stays at occasionally Well one of her college frenemes talked her … --- ## [Michael Nesmith - Joanne. What went wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-nesmith-joanne-what-went-wrong/792391)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-nesmith-joanne-what-went-wrong/792391 "2023-09-11T21:46:07Z")
It’s clear from the lyrics that he’s not happy and the relationship went wrong somehow. My SO says it’s clearly suicide but I’m not so sure. Link: - YouTube --- ## [Monique Bégin, who brought us the Canada Health Act, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monique-begin-who-brought-us-the-canada-health-act-has-died/989931)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monique-begin-who-brought-us-the-canada-health-act-has-died/989931 "2023-09-11T21:42:27Z")
The Canada Health Act is the cornerstone of Canada’s Medicare system. It’s the federal statute that grants federal money to the provincial health system, on terms that make health care in Canada portable, accessible and … --- ## [The dispute between Charter Communications and Disney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dispute-between-charter-communications-and-disney/989675)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dispute-between-charter-communications-and-disney/989675 "2023-09-11T21:40:08Z")
You may have heard that cable television customers of Charter Communications lost access to Disney networks like ESPN and ABC over the weekend, because they’re trying to work out how much Charter should pay Disney for th… --- ## [Is having the inciting incident of a novel in the second or third chapter too late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-the-inciting-incident-of-a-novel-in-the-second-or-third-chapter-too-late/989870)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-the-inciting-incident-of-a-novel-in-the-second-or-third-chapter-too-late/989870 "2023-09-11T21:15:41Z")
Three or four weeks ago, I finally completed the editing of and research for my novel, which I have discussed here before. I sent it to one publisher and am awaiting their answer. I’m in no hurry to submit to others, as … --- ## [ID this SF movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sf-movie/989891)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sf-movie/989891 "2023-09-11T19:30:40Z")
The aliens kind of looked like giant oil derricks and made a really creepy noise. --- ## [Twinkies Coming Back July 15!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinkies-coming-back-july-15/661720)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinkies-coming-back-july-15/661720 "2023-09-11T18:27:51Z")
" Hostess is betting on a sweet comeback for Twinkies when they return to shelves next month. The company that went bankrupt after an acrimonious fight with its unionized workers last year is back up and running under n… --- ## [When Trump dies, will he lie in state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-will-he-lie-in-state/989557)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-trump-dies-will-he-lie-in-state/989557 "2023-09-11T17:27:49Z")
After JFK’s assassination, Congress said all presidents, on death, will be eligible to lie in state in the rotunda, unless the family formally declines. Truman’s wife said no because she disliked DC politics. Nixon’s fa… --- ## [Trying to remember a family movie from 80's/90's from one scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-family-movie-from-80s-90s-from-one-scene/989467)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-family-movie-from-80s-90s-from-one-scene/989467 "2023-09-11T16:36:47Z")
I saw this as a kid so my guess it came out no later than 1995. A group of 2-3 kids are staying with an uncle-type person, a real slovenly guy. One of the kids spills milk on the counter and gets upset about it. The guy … --- ## [What is the name of this type of puzzle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-type-of-puzzle/989828)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-type-of-puzzle/989828 "2023-09-11T16:34:55Z")
I enjoy this sort of logic puzzle: Three families with different surnames live on adjacent houses and each have a different pet. The Green family have a dog. The family that live in the middle house are not called Bro… --- ## [Keeping fresh tomatoes in vinegar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-fresh-tomatoes-in-vinegar/989854)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-fresh-tomatoes-in-vinegar/989854 "2023-09-11T15:51:58Z")
I like sliced tomatoes on my sandwiches, but being alone, I only use about a 1/3 of a tomato on a sandwich. I’ve been slicing them and putting them in vinegar in the fridge, which seem to be working well… but I’ve been… --- ## [What, exactly, is the appeal of going to a drive-in movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-appeal-of-going-to-a-drive-in-movie/989518)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-appeal-of-going-to-a-drive-in-movie/989518 "2023-09-11T15:15:06Z")
Drive-in movies were apparently once quite popular, but haven’t really been a thing during my lifetime. I’ve always wondered, quite frankly, why? What’s the point? OK, I’ll try to answer my own question in part - I gues… --- ## [Good news, bad news (more bad than good) at the VOW environs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-bad-news-more-bad-than-good-at-the-vow-environs/989593)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-bad-news-more-bad-than-good-at-the-vow-environs/989593 "2023-09-11T14:45:29Z")
I do so identify with @Beckdawrek “bad bad bad” reports! Good news: actually, massively good news! I used the back pay from the VA for Mr VOW’s reconsidered disability plus savings I had meticulously accumulated over ti… --- ## [Has any part of the natural world adapted to the structure of a week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-part-of-the-natural-world-adapted-to-the-structure-of-a-week/989932)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-part-of-the-natural-world-adapted-to-the-structure-of-a-week/989932 "2023-09-11T14:35:11Z")
I’m thinking of animals or even plants changing their behaviour at weekends, but any other interpretation of the question would be equally interesting. Might urban animals behave differently in a rush hour for instance? --- ## [When Socrates in The First Alcibiades refers to 'demus'(twice) ishe referring to citizen or does it have another meaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-socrates-in-the-first-alcibiades-refers-to-demus-twice-ishe-referring-to-citizen-or-does-it-have-another-meaning/989933)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-socrates-in-the-first-alcibiades-refers-to-demus-twice-ishe-referring-to-citizen-or-does-it-have-another-meaning/989933 "2023-09-11T13:34:19Z")
Every translation of ‘demus’ I get is a common man/citizen. When Socrates says to Alcibiades: "Then imagine, my dear fellow, that I am the demus and the ecclesia, for in the ecclesia, too you will have to persuade men … --- ## [Ahmad Jamal has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahmad-jamal-has-died/982755)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahmad-jamal-has-died/982755 "2023-09-11T13:02:06Z")
Jazz great dead at 92. Pianist, composer and jazz legend for six decades. --- ## [Why does Socrates in Plato's "The First Alcibiades" refer to the Peparethians as "ignoble Peparethians"? What made them ignoble in the eyes of the Athenians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-socrates-in-platos-the-first-alcibiades-refer-to-the-peparethians-as-ignoble-peparethians-what-made-them-ignoble-in-the-eyes-of-the-athenians/989874)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-socrates-in-platos-the-first-alcibiades-refer-to-the-peparethians-as-ignoble-peparethians-what-made-them-ignoble-in-the-eyes-of-the-athenians/989874 "2023-09-11T11:37:31Z")
Why does Socrates in Plato’s “The First Alcibiades” refer to the Peparethians as “ignoble Peparethians”? What made them ignoble in the eyes of the Athenians? --- ## [(Old) Be-Laboring A Point- An End Of Summer MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-be-laboring-a-point-an-end-of-summer-mmp/989574)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-be-laboring-a-point-an-end-of-summer-mmp/989574 "2023-09-11T07:04:18Z")
First! W00t! --- ## [When did toilet paper stop being called that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-toilet-paper-stop-being-called-that/989559)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-toilet-paper-stop-being-called-that/989559 "2023-09-11T02:49:42Z")
Quick one before I go out shopping… So I was at Costco yesterday, and I remembered that I’m starting to run low on toilet paper. I walked past the paper towels (none of which are identified as such) to the familiar pack… --- ## [Future Man--anyone watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-man-anyone-watching/802625)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-man-anyone-watching/802625 "2023-09-10T22:22:46Z")
I binged all 13 episodes over the past couple of nights. It is hilarious and well written. --- ## [Did the Indian Luna rover find any sign of water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-indian-luna-rover-find-any-sign-of-water/989889)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-indian-luna-rover-find-any-sign-of-water/989889 "2023-09-10T22:00:54Z")
It landed and has done some good science, it seems. But as far as I can see, there has been no report of it discovering any water (or ice) near the Lunar south pole? Of course there may be some time before the full res… --- ## [Why Wednesday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wednesday/989687)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wednesday/989687 "2023-09-10T21:54:47Z")
It;s interesting that in every big city I’ve lived in, the daily paper has food day on Wednesday–restaurant reviews, recipes, wine selections, etc; why Wednesday and not other days, like say Fridays, when people do cooki… --- ## [Salt Lake City may soon become unlivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-lake-city-may-soon-become-unlivable/966397)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-lake-city-may-soon-become-unlivable/966397 "2023-09-10T21:49:25Z")
The Great Salt Lake has been shrinking dramatically over the past 40 years, setting a record last year which is expected to be surpassed this summer. And that’s a problem. Not only is the Great Salt Lake vital to the… --- ## [Name for this concept? (looping sequences)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-concept-looping-sequences/989843)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-concept-looping-sequences/989843 "2023-09-10T21:44:34Z")
I’m wondering if there’s a name for something I’ve noticed. I’ve defined it below in italics. Sequences are comprised of elements. For example, 1-2-3-4 has four elements. If a sequence is looped such that there is one … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=742) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=744)