# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=757 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 758 --- ## [So I made some curry with only a vague idea of what I was doing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-made-some-curry-with-only-a-vague-idea-of-what-i-was-doing/988899)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-made-some-curry-with-only-a-vague-idea-of-what-i-was-doing/988899 "2023-08-23T14:22:29Z")
I started with a can of coconut milk, and a cup of plain yogurt. Spiced that up with 2-3 tablespoons of curry powder, half teaspoon each of cumin and chili powder (didn’t really measure) and some onion powder and some ga… --- ## [I have successfully delivered #1 kid to adulthood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-successfully-delivered-1-kid-to-adulthood/988849)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-successfully-delivered-1-kid-to-adulthood/988849 "2023-08-23T12:20:02Z")
My oldest turned 18 less than two weeks ago. Yesterday the rest of us (wife and 15 year old daughter) drove the 500km from Toronto to Montreal to move her in to her dorm to start university. Today we had brunch and left … --- ## [What could Raffensberger have done to entrap Trump more securely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-raffensberger-have-done-to-entrap-trump-more-securely/988865)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-raffensberger-have-done-to-entrap-trump-more-securely/988865 "2023-08-23T08:59:42Z")
I know, he wasn’t aiming to create a trap as much as to insure himself against Trump claiming “That conversation never happened,” but it seems to me that the ambiguities that Trump’s defense are probably going to cite co… --- ## [Bad Ju-July (monthly mini-rants) \[Old\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 376\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411 "2023-08-23T08:58:04Z")
Continuing the discussion from June Bugs (monthly mini-rants): At my work, one of my customers came to me saying that her laptop won’t turn on. It didn’t die because the battery was dead, it was charged, it just decide… --- ## [Yep. That's a bad bad bad blond. There's a critic in the house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-bad-bad-bad-blond-theres-a-critic-in-the-house/988888)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-bad-bad-bad-blond-theres-a-critic-in-the-house/988888 "2023-08-23T07:00:16Z")
Saturday I went to the salon. The lil’wrekker and stylist decided I needed to be VERY blond. I argued. You think anyone listens to me? Nah. The Lil’wrekker has spoken. Grey gotta go, Ma needs blond!! Ok. I lived thru … --- ## [A “Superfan” of the Kansas City Chiefs has been arrested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915 "2023-08-23T04:10:03Z")
I mean, I’d be able to pick him out of a lineup pretty easily. A semi-serious question: can he find a fair trial in Missouri? Or have years of living among fanatical football fans tainted my view? --- ## [Google Maps & Streetview dates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-streetview-dates/988883)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-streetview-dates/988883 "2023-08-23T02:56:22Z")
In Google Streetview there is a menu item that allows the user to select different dates, based on the various images captures over the years since its inception. Is there a similar function for the aerial/satellite imag… --- ## [Is this news story true? Kid named Hell banned from school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-news-story-true-kid-named-hell-banned-from-school/411087)
**Author:** [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-news-story-true-kid-named-hell-banned-from-school/411087 "2023-08-23T01:14:44Z")
This story is floating all over the internet right now: Max Hell, age 5, not admitted to a Catholic school because of his surname. School has now agreed to let him attend, but father is feeling “victimised” and is going… --- ## [What movies should I grab before Netflix stops sending DVDs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-should-i-grab-before-netflix-stops-sending-dvds/988679)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-should-i-grab-before-netflix-stops-sending-dvds/988679 "2023-08-23T01:12:16Z")
It irritates me because they have a huge library of films that they likely will never put on the site. Why not keep sending them out? Was it really so unprofitable? I get that they want to funnel people to streaming, but… --- ## [Where is a safe place to order seeds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-safe-place-to-order-seeds/988681)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-safe-place-to-order-seeds/988681 "2023-08-22T23:23:50Z")
I want to order Piel de Sapo (aka Christmas or Santa Claus Melon) seeds. I usually buy seeds at a local nursery or order them from Burpee but I’ve not been able to find them. I’m concerned about ordering from Amazon, I’v… --- ## [When that ol' catfish stings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-that-ol-catfish-stings/988850)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-that-ol-catfish-stings/988850 "2023-08-22T22:13:15Z")
I’ve been around fishing many years. Knew to watch out for the barb. (They also have teeth, you know. And they will bite) The kids were fishing and one grandwrex got a nice catfish. He’s been taught to be careful unhoo… --- ## [(How) can I buy a used car and pick it up 1–2 months later?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-buy-a-used-car-and-pick-it-up-1-2-months-later/988754)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-buy-a-used-car-and-pick-it-up-1-2-months-later/988754 "2023-08-22T21:20:05Z")
I’ll be moving back to North America later this year and so need to go on a house-hunting trip a month or two in advance of the move. I’ll eventually need to buy a (used) car, but it would be nice if I had one already l… --- ## [Neighbor has a port-o-potty in their driveway for past year, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-port-o-potty-in-their-driveway-for-past-year-why/988442)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-port-o-potty-in-their-driveway-for-past-year-why/988442 "2023-08-22T21:00:45Z")
Okay neighbor is being generous, it’s somebody three blocks away from me. But every time I drive past their house they have a port-o-potty (or whatever the generic name for those portable toilets you see at outdoor even… --- ## [What to do with tools that smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-tools-that-smell/988842)
**Author:** [@leswax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leswax)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-tools-that-smell/988842 "2023-08-22T20:50:09Z")
My grandfather passed away recently, and he wanted to have his tool chest. He was a machinist until the early 1990’s, and this was the tool chest he wheeled around his work place. Since his retirement these tools have sa… --- ## [What will be in Trump’s “Large, Detailed, but Irrefutable REPORT?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-trump-s-large-detailed-but-irrefutable-report/988663)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-trump-s-large-detailed-but-irrefutable-report/988663 "2023-08-22T20:26:47Z")
(His capitalization, not mine.) Trump announced on “Truth Social” that he will release a report on Monday August 21st about the 2020 election that will provide “complete exoneration.” Let’s speculate on what it could c… --- ## [What kind of acrylic paint is it that they use for Suncatcher crafts for kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-acrylic-paint-is-it-that-they-use-for-suncatcher-crafts-for-kids/415554)
**Author:** [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-acrylic-paint-is-it-that-they-use-for-suncatcher-crafts-for-kids/415554 "2023-08-22T20:08:45Z")
Google is no help. It flows on like nail polish, clear and glossy, smells faintly of fruit (esters?), has water cleanup, and–here’s the important thing–it goes on clear and it dries clear. The little bottles of acrylic… --- ## [Words (and phrases) you wish were in more common use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-you-wish-were-in-more-common-use/985265)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-you-wish-were-in-more-common-use/985265 "2023-08-22T19:44:41Z")
Avoiding a hijack of a very serious thread. What other words and phrases do you wish were used more widely. ETA: To clarify it was “higgedly piggedly” that was being referred to here. --- ## [Trump Went Down to Georgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-went-down-to-georgia/988691)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-went-down-to-georgia/988691 "2023-08-22T17:21:34Z")
How about we collaborate on a parody of the Charlie Daniels song The Devil Went Down to Georgia befitting of current events? I’ll start off and feel free to add in and even edit previous contributions if you really think… --- ## [Quantum superposition of colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-superposition-of-colors/988803)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-superposition-of-colors/988803 "2023-08-22T17:07:24Z")
The 1968 animated Beatles movie Yellow Submarine is famed for its trippy visuals, but one detail is of particular interest. I look for this each of the umpteen times I’ve watched the movie. A square box is colored red in… --- ## [Unlikely coincidences you have experienced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-coincidences-you-have-experienced/970790)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-coincidences-you-have-experienced/970790 "2023-08-22T16:29:40Z")
Another random thread by yours truly. Way back in the 90’s I was driving a 76 Chrysler Cordoba. My parents were driving a 92 Chrysler 5th Avenue. One day they wanted me to move their for some random reason. Out of h… --- ## [Go Team Venture! - VB movie is in the works!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-team-venture-vb-movie-is-in-the-works/983000)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-team-venture-vb-movie-is-in-the-works/983000 "2023-08-22T16:13:42Z")
There’s a Venture Brothers movie coming out that picks up where season 7 left off! The trailer below was posted yesterday. It looks great to me! --- ## [How can campaign funds be used to cover legal expenses in a criminal case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-campaign-funds-be-used-to-cover-legal-expenses-in-a-criminal-case/988887)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-campaign-funds-be-used-to-cover-legal-expenses-in-a-criminal-case/988887 "2023-08-22T15:42:06Z")
Looking at FEC | Candidate | Personal use, I don’t see how campaign funds could be used by a candidate to defend itself against a criminal charge. How would you make the case that the charge existed only because the can… --- ## [What to do with with dead bodies on Generation Ships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-with-dead-bodies-on-generation-ships/985514)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-with-dead-bodies-on-generation-ships/985514 "2023-08-22T12:16:14Z")
For those not familiar: “A generation ship , or generation starship , is a hypothetical type of interstellar ark or spaceship that travels at sub-light speed. Since such a ship might require hundreds to thousands of ye… --- ## [RAP is the most versatile music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-is-the-most-versatile-music/240974)
**Author:** [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-is-the-most-versatile-music/240974 "2023-08-22T07:25:25Z")
I was just thinking about how Rap and Hip Hop music can be effectively mixed with Jazz, Heavy Metal, Rock and Roll, R and B, Gospel, Classical, Country, etc. I have a CD that I burned that I call Rap, Rap and More Rap b… --- ## [Cellphone Duplication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-duplication/988774)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-duplication/988774 "2023-08-22T03:13:41Z")
With the cellphone becoming such a necessary thing anymore, is there a way to duplicate it? I’m not talking about just all the data but rather having a spare. One often needs the phone to do common things like enter a s… --- ## [In "The Great Escape", did Hilts really think the mole digging plan would work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-great-escape-did-hilts-really-think-the-mole-digging-plan-would-work/988892)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-great-escape-did-hilts-really-think-the-mole-digging-plan-would-work/988892 "2023-08-22T02:23:26Z")
Spoilers, obviously. So I was re-watching The Great Escape, which is one of my favorites. There’s a scene I always found funny, in which Steve McQueen’s character (Hilts) is asked by the senior officers to explain his u… --- ## [Convince me to take my DSLR on a 5-country European trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-take-my-dslr-on-a-5-country-european-trip/985688)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-take-my-dslr-on-a-5-country-european-trip/985688 "2023-08-22T01:57:10Z")
…or confirm my growing conviction that my cell phone is all I need. In July my wife and I will be spending five days in Florence and Venice, then taking a ten-day Viking cruise with stops in Koper, Slovenia Zadar, Cro… --- ## [Who was the better dancer: Fred Astaire, or Gene Kelly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-better-dancer-fred-astaire-or-gene-kelly/988820)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-better-dancer-fred-astaire-or-gene-kelly/988820 "2023-08-22T01:55:16Z")
Who was the better dancer: Fred Astaire, or Gene Kelly? You’ll notice there are only two options. Pick one, or don’t vote. Today is Fred Astaire Day on TCM. Lots of good dancing, of course. Personally, I think Gene Kell… --- ## [What are we now supposed to call a Tweet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-now-supposed-to-call-a-tweet/988569)
**Author:** [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-now-supposed-to-call-a-tweet/988569 "2023-08-22T01:42:14Z")
Now that Elon killed the cute little blue birdie, are we supposed to use a different term for the noun “tweet” or for the verb “to tweet”? The letter X doesn’t seem to convey what the word “tweet” has been doing for the… --- ## [Pitting society’s lack of concern over the crisis in pediatric infectious disease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-society-s-lack-of-concern-over-the-crisis-in-pediatric-infectious-disease/975464)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-society-s-lack-of-concern-over-the-crisis-in-pediatric-infectious-disease/975464 "2023-08-22T01:39:32Z")
Flashback fairly early days of Covid. There was fairly decent evidence that children were not very effective spreaders of Covid and zero solid evidence that closing schools was very effective at reducing its spread. But … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=756) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=758)