# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=809 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 810 --- ## [Which of your senses or abilities would you most like to restore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-your-senses-or-abilities-would-you-most-like-to-restore/984954)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-your-senses-or-abilities-would-you-most-like-to-restore/984954 "2023-06-11T15:34:34Z")
For those of you who have acquired diminished senses or abilities due to age, or pathology, which one would you most like to restore to original capacity? I would most like to restore my senses of smell (olfaction) and … --- ## [Jesus is sitting on your couch…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-is-sitting-on-your-couch/982740)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-is-sitting-on-your-couch/982740 "2023-06-11T14:33:04Z")
….can speak your language and wants to hang out with you. According to the Bible, what is he like? A factual question of course, but religion so GD. He’d be ugly, I read. And for a god, extraordinarily humble, like the… --- ## [Trying to find the date of death for this individual](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-the-date-of-death-for-this-individual/966469)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-the-date-of-death-for-this-individual/966469 "2023-06-11T11:29:28Z")
Can anyone help me find the date of the death of the individual in this find a grave entry? Everything I find online mentioned that he drowned in Antietam Creek in 1904, but I haven’t found the date of the incident. The … --- ## [A question about tipping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-tipping/985101)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-tipping/985101 "2023-06-11T09:25:37Z")
I have noticed that at places like Subway, Starbucks and others where you get your food and/or drink at the counter , when it comes time to pay there is either a tip jar sitting there or a request to tip from the cashie… --- ## [Solution to global warming: move the Earth farther from the Sun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solution-to-global-warming-move-the-earth-farther-from-the-sun/985289)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solution-to-global-warming-move-the-earth-farther-from-the-sun/985289 "2023-06-11T08:41:29Z")
An astrophysicist has come up with a solution to global warming: move the Earth 3 million miles further away from the sun. Even if this could be done, wouldn’t we have to move it back once the problem is “fixed”? --- ## [Pat Robertson has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-died/985201 "2023-06-11T05:34:29Z")
--- ## [Have you ever eaten pawpaw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-pawpaw/984455)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-pawpaw/984455 "2023-06-11T02:55:26Z")
After eating durian, and not greatly liking it, I question the claims made for unusual fruits. But this article intrigued me. I’ve never eaten pawpaw. I did not know it grew in Canada. --- ## [Questions about Project Orion and nuclear propulsion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-project-orion-and-nuclear-propulsion/985161)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-project-orion-and-nuclear-propulsion/985161 "2023-06-11T00:22:38Z")
I listen to a lot of space podcasts and when discussing interstellar travel, the subject of nuclear pulse propulsion is always offered as a solution, as if it’s a given. But I’ve not heard anyone discuss the practical wa… --- ## [Copyright for vintage Kodachrome slide images?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-for-vintage-kodachrome-slide-images/985218)
**Author:** [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-for-vintage-kodachrome-slide-images/985218 "2023-06-10T22:44:26Z")
I inherited a large trunkful of (mostly) vintage 1940s thru 1970s Kodachrome slide images from my Auntie. A couple things I’d like to do, with an eye towards conveniently viewing them, is purchase a “slide 'n scan” devic… --- ## [Shakespeare's most frequently performed plays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeares-most-frequently-performed-plays/984838)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeares-most-frequently-performed-plays/984838 "2023-06-10T21:42:28Z")
Some of us have replied to the poll in Polls only: No discussion, Which Shakespearean plays have you seen in a live performance? It’s interesting to compare the poll replies with the list on the website linked below, S… --- ## [So I've found the most addicting game that exists on the internet. No, seriously](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 1122\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-found-the-most-addicting-game-that-exists-on-the-internet-no-seriously/669356 "2023-06-10T21:08:05Z")
It’s here: http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ Go on. Try it. Try it for just 10 minutes (at least). If you’re not strangely, yet fully addicted after that time, I’ll eat my hat. Please don’t hate me later for r… --- ## [If Donald Trump is found guilty, will he get Secret Service protection in prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-donald-trump-is-found-guilty-will-he-get-secret-service-protection-in-prison/985272)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-donald-trump-is-found-guilty-will-he-get-secret-service-protection-in-prison/985272 "2023-06-10T20:46:05Z")
Title kinda says it all. Ex-presidents get lifelong secret service protection. So, if Donald Trump ends up in prison will there be Secret Service agents posted 24/7 outside of his prison cell? (assuming Trump is convic… --- ## [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Danish National Symphony Orchestra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001 "2023-06-10T20:08:29Z")
OMG. What an amazing piece of music this is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enuOArEfqGo --- ## [What do I need to know about trusts in New York State?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-trusts-in-new-york-state/985229)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-trusts-in-new-york-state/985229 "2023-06-10T19:35:49Z")
So apparently my father, before his recent death, transferred the bulk of his assets into a trust, making his previous will (of which my noncommunicative brother is the executor) pretty meaningless. I know jack-squat abo… --- ## [Worst lyric rhymes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-lyric-rhymes/949876 "2023-06-10T16:47:13Z")
If “worst” is objectionable for some, we can go with “near” or “lazy”. Or slant rhyme. In the following line from Frank Zappa’s “Can’t Afford No Shoes”… Went to buy some cheap detergent Some emergent nation got my … --- ## [What is the worst or most condescending advice you have been given?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-or-most-condescending-advice-you-have-been-given/915781)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-or-most-condescending-advice-you-have-been-given/915781 "2023-06-10T16:41:24Z")
Just asking. Everyone has received questionable advice. Which examples were particularly noteworthy? --- ## [Firearm Violence in the US: 1 person dead every 11 minutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearm-violence-in-the-us-1-person-dead-every-11-minutes/985125)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearm-violence-in-the-us-1-person-dead-every-11-minutes/985125 "2023-06-10T15:50:58Z")
I’m confused. Does this belong in MPSIMS or somewhere else? Gun deaths in the United States reached an all-time high in 2021 for the second year in a row, with firearms violence the single leading cause of death for … --- ## [7:54.10 2-mile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-54-10-2-mile/985266)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-54-10-2-mile/985266 "2023-06-10T12:27:31Z")
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) has crushed, by 4.51 seconds, the 2 mile world record best that was held since 1997 by Daniel Komen. First mile 3:59x, second mile 3:54x (haven’t found the exact splits yet). World records … --- ## [What can you tell me about the (US) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-the-us-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program/985048)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-the-us-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program/985048 "2023-06-10T06:50:26Z")
I’m curious as to Dopers opinions, experiences or knowledge about SNAP. I don’t know anything about it, being Canadian. Obviously I can (and have) looked online, but this does not really encompass personal views. --- ## [Help with chords / tab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-chords-tab/985261)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-chords-tab/985261 "2023-06-10T05:48:25Z")
I’m sure these aren’t too difficult but I can’t seem to understand what he’s playing. The (original) song is She’s Not There by The Zombies. This is a YouTuber cover. According to Tunebat, the original is in E minor (wh… --- ## [Curious how landline service thru Verizon FIOS works? Specifically when is the call handed over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-how-landline-service-thru-verizon-fios-works-specifically-when-is-the-call-handed-over/985058)
**Author:** [@kenoMD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenoMD)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-how-landline-service-thru-verizon-fios-works-specifically-when-is-the-call-handed-over/985058 "2023-06-10T02:29:18Z")
Tired of SPAM calls, we bought an ATT handset that offers ‘Smart Call Blocker’. When a call comes in from a phone not in our Directory or Allowed Caller list, the caller is given a message that we don’t want spam calls a… --- ## [Funny family antics anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-family-antics-anyone/985099)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-family-antics-anyone/985099 "2023-06-10T01:46:44Z")
My MIL was at our house this past weekend. I was sitting on the porch talking with her and I went in to get us each another beer. She picked up my phone to check the time, and a glitch with my phone that sometimes caus… --- ## [It's from where?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-from-where/984600)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-from-where/984600 "2023-06-10T01:22:39Z")
Let’s start with an example of something whose name derives from a place, although the place is less well known than its namesake. Identify the region it’s named after, then give your suggestion. To begin: RMS Lusitania … --- ## [The new iPhone software's best new feature. No more autocorrect to "ducking". This thread is also about your best autocorrect stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-iphone-softwares-best-new-feature-no-more-autocorrect-to-ducking-this-thread-is-also-about-your-best-autocorrect-stories/985122)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-iphone-softwares-best-new-feature-no-more-autocorrect-to-ducking-this-thread-is-also-about-your-best-autocorrect-stories/985122 "2023-06-10T00:33:11Z")
Imagine all of the time saved. --- ## [How are liquids able to hold a constant temperature at their boiling point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-liquids-able-to-hold-a-constant-temperature-at-their-boiling-point/985226)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-liquids-able-to-hold-a-constant-temperature-at-their-boiling-point/985226 "2023-06-09T23:05:24Z")
When heating up a liquid, the temperature will rise until it begins to boil, at which point the temperature will remain constant until all the liquid boils away. One thing I’ve never understood is what property of liquid… --- ## [Why Do Dehumidifiers Cost More Than Air Conditioners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dehumidifiers-cost-more-than-air-conditioners/985233)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dehumidifiers-cost-more-than-air-conditioners/985233 "2023-06-09T22:43:57Z")
I’ve been considering getting a dehumidifier for my residence because humidity is a thing where I live and it might be cheaper to run a dehumidifier than an AC. I’m not entirely convinced this is the way to go, but as p… --- ## [Canadian case: Refusal to have covid vax means no organ transplamt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-case-refusal-to-have-covid-vax-means-no-organ-transplamt/974629)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-case-refusal-to-have-covid-vax-means-no-organ-transplamt/974629 "2023-06-09T22:22:28Z")
Recent decision from the Alberta Court of Appeal, upholding doctors’ decision that a person who refuses a covid vaccine puts her to the bottom of the transplant list, even though she will likely die without a transplant. … --- ## [Gasoline, discount vs name brand, quality the same?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-discount-vs-name-brand-quality-the-same/985046)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-discount-vs-name-brand-quality-the-same/985046 "2023-06-09T21:07:08Z")
If I pump gas from an off brand discount station to save nickels/dimes per gallon is the quality assumed to be the same? Is Exxon or Shell gasoline the same as 7-11 or Wesco? BP? --- ## [First question about sheriffs: who invented the star-shaped badge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-question-about-sheriffs-who-invented-the-star-shaped-badge/985072)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-question-about-sheriffs-who-invented-the-star-shaped-badge/985072 "2023-06-09T20:11:48Z")
This is the first of three questions that I would like to ask about sheriffs, an office that has interested me since around the time I entered Grade One. This will be a matter of trivia, but, does anyone know who invent… --- ## [Terrible forest fire near me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-forest-fire-near-me/985164)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-forest-fire-near-me/985164 "2023-06-09T19:23:28Z")
This fire is now less than 10 miles away from me: It is less than a mile away from Cathedral Grove which is full of giant, old growth Douglas Fir: I can see the smoke clearly from my back yard and, if you drive a m… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=808) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=810)