# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=822 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 823 --- ## [Madeleine McCann Mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madeleine-mccann-mystery/636498)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madeleine-mccann-mystery/636498 "2023-05-24T20:18:16Z")
I have always been facinated with this case and troubled by it. Everything seemed so unlikley the way it supposedly went down. No apparent motive was ever established to link the parents to the childs disappearance. Som… --- ## [US Police shoot dead a scared young New Zealander](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-police-shoot-dead-a-scared-young-new-zealander/971676)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-police-shoot-dead-a-scared-young-new-zealander/971676 "2023-05-24T16:52:30Z")
Not breaking news, since it happened in June, but it just crossed my news feed: TL:DR: Young New Zealander tourist accidentally crashes his car. Calls 911 for help. Police shoot him. --- ## [Cooking with garbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-garbage/984281)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-garbage/984281 "2023-05-24T16:36:25Z")
I used to throw out all the ginger that comes with sushi I buy from the supermarket. (Each package is too small, a few pieces, to require any palate-cleansing between pieces.) then I came up with the idea of cooking it,… --- ## [Looking for help with rock identification please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-help-with-rock-identification-please/984490)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-help-with-rock-identification-please/984490 "2023-05-24T15:36:39Z")
Was out doing some rock hunting today and founds these beauties. From bottom to top is red Jasper, Dallasite, the one I don’t know and basalt with rose quartz (I think). H… --- ## [Do You Know This Classic Rock Song, And Are You From Chicago (Or Reasonably Close)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-classic-rock-song-and-are-you-from-chicago-or-reasonably-close/984304)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-classic-rock-song-and-are-you-from-chicago-or-reasonably-close/984304 "2023-05-24T15:00:42Z")
Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta, Hayes & Jeremiah. AHJ were a local Chicago band, and I’m not sure how big they got outside of anywhere within a day’s drive of Chicago (so, say, a radius encompassing St. Louis, Indianapolis,… --- ## [New supernova in nearby galaxy \[M-101\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-supernova-in-nearby-galaxy-m-101/984468)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-supernova-in-nearby-galaxy-m-101/984468 "2023-05-24T13:44:38Z")
Just so turns out that the local astronomy club will have its monthly viewing session 5 miles from me on Saturday-after a cold front clears out the rainy skies we have had for a week now. Appropriate soundtrack:Stars … --- ## [I love “The Americans” but c’mon…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-americans-but-c-mon/979083)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-americans-but-c-mon/979083 "2023-05-24T04:46:15Z")
Just how many hours in a day do Philip and Elizabeth have? Especially Phillip: – runs a travel agency full-time – has a wife and two children he loves and spends time with. At least he eats dinner with them most of th… --- ## ["Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me" (Netflix documentary)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-you-dont-know-me-netflix-documentary/984391)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-you-dont-know-me-netflix-documentary/984391 "2023-05-24T02:11:24Z")
I watched that last night. ZOMG what a trainwreck that poor woman was, and dragged her son down with her. I just hope her daughter has a better life than she did, although that wouldn’t be much of a stretch. Has anyon… --- ## [Rick Hoyt, disabled co-athlete, has died at 61](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-hoyt-disabled-co-athlete-has-died-at-61/984481)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-hoyt-disabled-co-athlete-has-died-at-61/984481 "2023-05-24T02:09:14Z")
He and his father participated in, among other things, the Boston Marathon and the Ironman Triathlon, as he was pushed in a wheelchair, towed on a raft, etc. Rick was left severely physically, but not mentally, disabled… --- ## [Questions left over from Sex Ed class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-left-over-from-sex-ed-class/984332)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-left-over-from-sex-ed-class/984332 "2023-05-24T02:05:37Z")
I took Sex Ed close to 40 years ago. One question that I asked the teacher, that she completely dismissed was, “Is there something about the skin around the genitals different from the rest of the body? Why do skin-rel… --- ## [What kind of bird drama happened while I was on vacation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-drama-happened-while-i-was-on-vacation/984451)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bird-drama-happened-while-i-was-on-vacation/984451 "2023-05-24T01:54:52Z")
A few months ago I put up a bird feeder on my deck, filled with wild bird seed (millet, safflower, sunflower, corn). It has a built-in camera, and I’ve gotten some photos of local birds, mostly towhees, juncos and scrub … --- ## [White house fence jumper : what was supposed to happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-fence-jumper-what-was-supposed-to-happen/700036)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-fence-jumper-what-was-supposed-to-happen/700036 "2023-05-24T01:33:33Z")
There’s a large number of news articles about a guy who jumped the white house fence and made it inside. Do the pundits and Congress expect the secret service to have opened fire on the man in a hail of bullets before h… --- ## [Origin of "It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-its-a-dirty-job-but-somebodys-gotta-do-it/315345)
**Author:** [@Thin\_Lizzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Lizzy)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-its-a-dirty-job-but-somebodys-gotta-do-it/315345 "2023-05-24T00:33:48Z")
Who first started using this phrase? --- ## [There's a huge plot hole in Airport 77, right? (Plane sinking in water like a stone)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-huge-plot-hole-in-airport-77-right-plane-sinking-in-water-like-a-stone/983771)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-huge-plot-hole-in-airport-77-right-plane-sinking-in-water-like-a-stone/983771 "2023-05-24T00:15:29Z")
Last night we watched Airport 77, which to my surprise I had never seen before, given the fact that I was always attracted to airline disaster movies. I must have missed it because I was finishing up my sophomore year … --- ## [Artificial Sweeteners and Sugar Alcohols](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-sweeteners-and-sugar-alcohols/981382)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-sweeteners-and-sugar-alcohols/981382 "2023-05-24T00:00:58Z")
There was a bit of brief discussion on this topic in a separate thread encouraging people to exercise. It’s not like it hasn’t been discussed before, on threads asking which ones people like the taste of, or complaining… --- ## [I read a fiction novel, and I am convinced the author knows who I am](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-read-a-fiction-novel-and-i-am-convinced-the-author-knows-who-i-am/984109)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Varn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Varn)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-read-a-fiction-novel-and-i-am-convinced-the-author-knows-who-i-am/984109 "2023-05-23T23:01:01Z")
Are you an avid reader of fiction? Have you ever come across a character in a fiction novel that bears a striking resemblance to you? Iam not just talking about generalities here, because in order to attract readers, a… --- ## [Harry and Meghan New York Car Chase.....Bullshit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-and-meghan-new-york-car-chase-bullshit/984184)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-and-meghan-new-york-car-chase-bullshit/984184 "2023-05-23T22:59:58Z")
This is pinging my bullshit meter. I mean, a two hour car chase through New York City involving multiple traffic violations and near miss car crashes and nobody notices? I’m thinking maybe a photographer followed these… --- ## [This is what gets you a warning these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635)
**Author:** [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635 "2023-05-23T22:53:11Z")
Wtf? This gets you a warning these days? Sure I don’t drop by every day but I thought the Dylan Mulvaney thing was topical and worthy of discussion. --- ## [Straight Dope 5/19/2023: What are people celebrating on Cinco de Mayo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-5-19-2023-what-are-people-celebrating-on-cinco-de-mayo/984302)
**Author:** [@Cecil\_Adams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cecil_Adams)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-5-19-2023-what-are-people-celebrating-on-cinco-de-mayo/984302 "2023-05-23T22:14:07Z")
Why do people celebrate Cinco de Mayo? They’re not doing it because it’s the Mexican Fourth of July, as you may already know, since U.S. news media have made it their mission in recent years to dispel this common miscon… --- ## [How to reset last-seen-post cursor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reset-last-seen-post-cursor/984480)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reset-last-seen-post-cursor/984480 "2023-05-23T21:55:08Z")
I use the unread feature to track long threads I’ve already read part of. So I might first notice a thread with 150 posts. I might read 20, set it aside, read 20 more two hours later, etc. Conveniently, Discourse reme… --- ## [Why aren't navigation apps smart enough not to try to make me turn left from a side street onto a busy four-lane road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-navigation-apps-smart-enough-not-to-try-to-make-me-turn-left-from-a-side-street-onto-a-busy-four-lane-road/984248)
**Author:** [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-navigation-apps-smart-enough-not-to-try-to-make-me-turn-left-from-a-side-street-onto-a-busy-four-lane-road/984248 "2023-05-23T21:32:45Z")
Hopefully you all know what I’m talking about. Your navigation app routes you down a little residential side street that intersects with a busy, four-lane (i.e., two lanes in each direction) road, at an intersection wit… --- ## [Joe Scarborough on 2011 debt limit crisis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-on-2011-debt-limit-crisis/984470)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-on-2011-debt-limit-crisis/984470 "2023-05-23T21:28:02Z")
After a thorough search (i.e., five minutes of Googling), I couldn’t find a source that laid out his position on the previous debt limit crisis in (I think) 2011. My sense (my prejudice, really) is that he’s a complete … --- ## [Songs that make you cringe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cringe/974173)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cringe/974173 "2023-05-23T19:41:35Z")
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins just sang I Love Paris on the ol’ iPod. Screamin’ Jay is known for his ‘spooky’ and ‘funny’ stuff, but he was actually a good singer. But this song… The ‘German’ and ‘Chinese’ parodies are pretty … --- ## [Best foreign language movies you've watched](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-foreign-language-movies-youve-watched/956121)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-foreign-language-movies-youve-watched/956121 "2023-05-23T19:19:17Z")
I watched a German movie from 1931 called M last night. It’s a very disturbing crime thriller but also something that among movie surveys gets ranked as one of those must-see movies. I wouldn’t class it as a great film b… --- ## [Are there any Cards Against Humanity world records?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cards-against-humanity-world-records/984153)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cards-against-humanity-world-records/984153 "2023-05-23T18:00:43Z")
Are there any CAH world records involving number of players and/or longest game? --- ## [When/How will the Trump presidency be "normalized"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-how-will-the-trump-presidency-be-normalized/778672)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-how-will-the-trump-presidency-be-normalized/778672 "2023-05-23T17:03:08Z")
The Trump presidency, (and the months leading up to it) have been filled with controversy, and near non-stop protest, with everything from lying about crowd sizes, muzzling the EPA, all out war against the media, failure… --- ## [Dallas? The New Restaurant Mecca?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-the-new-restaurant-mecca/984445)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-the-new-restaurant-mecca/984445 "2023-05-23T16:23:58Z")
Wondering what Dopers On The Ground think about this article stating all the fine restaurants want to decamp to Dallas? Puff piece? Pure pork? Positively Passionate? --- ## [My wife wants a small digital radio. What should I know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-a-small-digital-radio-what-should-i-know/984442)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-a-small-digital-radio-what-should-i-know/984442 "2023-05-23T15:57:37Z")
I spent about 45 minutes doing Amazon and Google searches, and glancing at Wikipedia articles. I’m out of my depth. Some things I might sorta know or suspect: —Many radio station broadcast or will broadcast digital ver… --- ## [Is there a nomenclature for dropping "I am" from a statement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-nomenclature-for-dropping-i-am-from-a-statement/984460)
**Author:** [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-nomenclature-for-dropping-i-am-from-a-statement/984460 "2023-05-23T14:56:44Z")
I’m not looking for a contraction as in this sentence. But ‘Going to the shop’ instead of ‘I’m going to the shop’. --- ## [Actor Jon Hamm has recorded an ad for Josh Hawley's opponent Lucas Kunce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-jon-hamm-has-recorded-an-ad-for-josh-hawleys-opponent-lucas-kunce/984467)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-jon-hamm-has-recorded-an-ad-for-josh-hawleys-opponent-lucas-kunce/984467 "2023-05-23T14:52:56Z")
Jon Hamm has recorded a commercial for Josh “I Run Like A Scared Ostrich” Hawley’s opponent Lucas Kunce. Growing up with the last name Kunce must have been pretty tough as it is, never mind the Marines. I included it her… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=821) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=823)