# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=757&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 758 --- ## [Surviving a cycle inside a dishwasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surviving-a-cycle-inside-a-dishwasher/988916)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surviving-a-cycle-inside-a-dishwasher/988916 "2023-08-24T08:40:10Z")
This question arises from having observed an ambitious but foolhardy housefly zipping into my dishwasher last night after I finished loading it and was closing the door to begin the wash cycle. I briefly pondered how lo… --- ## [GOP Candidates' Positions on Pardoning Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-candidates-positions-on-pardoning-trump/988942)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-candidates-positions-on-pardoning-trump/988942 "2023-08-24T08:29:07Z")
From Yahoo, you can see the list of the top 8 candidates and their inclination. IMHO, any candidate who either has no position on pardoning Mister Four Indictments or is inclined to pardon him proves the republican party… --- ## [Proud Boy under House Arrest Disappears Before Sentencing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-boy-under-house-arrest-disappears-before-sentencing/988843)
**Author:** [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-boy-under-house-arrest-disappears-before-sentencing/988843 "2023-08-24T05:21:03Z")
I wonder how long before he is caught. I suspect there are many “patriots” who will aid him. --- ## [Albert Brooks' Lost in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-lost-in-america/988499)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-lost-in-america/988499 "2023-08-24T04:47:49Z")
Saw it on VHS way back when, did not remember anything except the casino scene. Rediscovered it, have watched 4 times in the past month or so Just brilliant, so many great scenes, most beautifully understated. Favori… --- ## [Theory of mind and children's games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-of-mind-and-childrens-games/988936)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-of-mind-and-childrens-games/988936 "2023-08-24T01:17:19Z")
I started playing hide and seek with my daughter when she was two, and she enjoys the game, but she fundamentally Does Not Get It. She’ll hide right in front of me; she’ll ask me to help her hide when I’m supposed to be … --- ## [Is it difficult to visit the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-difficult-to-visit-the-united-states/988222)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-difficult-to-visit-the-united-states/988222 "2023-08-24T01:07:54Z")
That’s really the question. It was inspired by the Discovery Channel show Match Me Abroad. On the TV show, various Americans travel to foreign countries to meet their partners, to varying success. This season, one wom… --- ## [Modified Superman Catch: plausible? Practical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modified-superman-catch-plausible-practical/988927)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modified-superman-catch-plausible-practical/988927 "2023-08-23T23:42:56Z")
I have a few questions, which I’d love folks to address after reading the OP: Is what I describe plausible and practical? If so, what would be the best form for it? Is anyone currently working on–or even using–somethin… --- ## [Spore for my 10 year old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-for-my-10-year-old/989007)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-for-my-10-year-old/989007 "2023-08-23T23:41:26Z")
I have a savvy 10 year old and like most he enjoys games. Usually Totally Accurate Battle Simulator on Steam or Minecraft, Rocket League or Steep on PS4. He recently developed an interest in evolution after we tried th… --- ## [Which new tech has impressed you the most over the last 5 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-new-tech-has-impressed-you-the-most-over-the-last-5-years/984884)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-new-tech-has-impressed-you-the-most-over-the-last-5-years/984884 "2023-08-23T22:52:51Z")
For me number 1 has undoubtedly been generative AI. I am still blown away by what GPT-4 is capable of and in recent days I have enjoyed creating images on Bing Image Creator (which uses Dall-E) and have been impressed. T… --- ## [So I got the Freedom of the City of London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-the-freedom-of-the-city-of-london/989004)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-the-freedom-of-the-city-of-london/989004 "2023-08-23T22:44:04Z")
The Freedom of the City of London is one of those historical quirks that the Brits love. In the Middle Ages, it was the urban citizenship of the autonomous and self-administering City of London (which, to this day, cover… --- ## [Celebrity Airport Names? (Snoop Dogg?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-airport-names-snoop-dogg/988802)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-airport-names-snoop-dogg/988802 "2023-08-23T21:53:52Z")
Was listening to comedian Dwight Slade on comedy radio. Noting the airport in New Orleans was named after Louis Armstrong, he joked about future airports being named after current celebrities. (He didn’t mention Liverp… --- ## [Why do some peoples eye lids flutter when they talk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-peoples-eye-lids-flutter-when-they-talk/330666)
**Author:** [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-peoples-eye-lids-flutter-when-they-talk/330666 "2023-08-23T21:23:18Z")
Why do the eye-lids of some people flutter when they are talking to you? Are you one of the people that does this? I don’t mean ‘flirt’ flutter, but a sort of indecision as to whether the eye should stay open or if it s… --- ## [Report your facts here concerning Yevgeny Prigozhin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-your-facts-here-concerning-yevgeny-prigozhin/989001)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-your-facts-here-concerning-yevgeny-prigozhin/989001 "2023-08-23T21:02:41Z")
What do you actually know, or what is your studied opinion on the crash that purportedly killed Yevgeny Prigozhin? Can you report on this using information from extremely reliable sources? Reports say Mr. Prigozhin’s pl… --- ## [Question regarding Chinese Construction Industry loans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-chinese-construction-industry-loans/988868)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-chinese-construction-industry-loans/988868 "2023-08-23T20:53:25Z")
Other than Chinese government credit what foreign creditors lend money to the Chinese construction industry. To which international creditors (if any) are the payments on dollar-denominated bonds that I have read about a… --- ## [My dissolving porch (how should I repair my rotting deck?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dissolving-porch-how-should-i-repair-my-rotting-deck/985134)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dissolving-porch-how-should-i-repair-my-rotting-deck/985134 "2023-08-23T18:39:08Z")
Howdy all. My wrap-around porch is in need of repair. A small point of rot has been shown to be a much bigger issue… All the decking is laying on the ground, which is mud basically up until the foundation of the house. … --- ## [Prigozhin Dies in Plane Wreck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prigozhin-dies-in-plane-wreck/988992)
**Author:** [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prigozhin-dies-in-plane-wreck/988992 "2023-08-23T18:32:44Z")
What, they couldn’t wait until he was standing in front of a window? “A post by Grey Zone, a Wagner-connected social media channel, claimed that Russian anti-aircraft defences had shot down the plane in the Tver region… --- ## [Your favorite Ray Bradbury story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-ray-bradbury-story/988048)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-ray-bradbury-story/988048 "2023-08-23T15:51:49Z")
So many to choose from, but I just reread “The Fog Horn” and that one’s haunted me ever since I first read it, decades ago. Here’s a link to the text. --- ## [How many of the current Republican contenders are actually running for VICE-President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-current-republican-contenders-are-actually-running-for-vice-president/988027)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-current-republican-contenders-are-actually-running-for-vice-president/988027 "2023-08-23T15:02:29Z")
Trump is the acknowledged Republican front-runner, the supposed man to beat, and yet most of his supposed competition won’t say word one against him, which leads me to believe that the position they are jockeying for is … --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=756&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=758&state=muted)