# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=822&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 823 --- ## [Couldn't post a new topic in Factual Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-post-a-new-topic-in-factual-questions/984543)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-post-a-new-topic-in-factual-questions/984543 "2023-05-25T04:00:21Z")
Because of the title, I guess. What I wanted to post was, 5 sided die When I clicked to post, I got this message: “An error occurred: Title seems unclear, most of the words contain the same letters over and over?” In… --- ## [Mister Kitty's Stupid Comics appreciation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910 "2023-05-25T03:46:11Z")
Fascinating site – screenshots of covers and pages from old comic books (some of them REALLY old, like, Golden Age) with rich snarky commentary – if this person ain’t a Doper she oughta be. Hours of fun for the whole fa… --- ## [Is it now possible to pay to subscribe to the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-now-possible-to-pay-to-subscribe-to-the-sdmb/984521)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-now-possible-to-pay-to-subscribe-to-the-sdmb/984521 "2023-05-25T01:52:17Z")
Before we switched to the New Board\*, it was possible (and encouraged) to pay an annual subscription amount to the Board. I don’t think it came with any special privileges, but I like to support a thing that I use every … --- ## [An odd memory from USENET, long ago—CECILY Adams, no relation to Cecil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-memory-from-usenet-long-ago-cecily-adams-no-relation-to-cecil/984472)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-memory-from-usenet-long-ago-cecily-adams-no-relation-to-cecil/984472 "2023-05-25T01:07:17Z")
Something just got knocked loose in my memories from long ago. @Seanette and I used to participate in several USENET forums, one of which was alt.fan.cecil-adams. I think you can guess what, at least officially, the ma… --- ## [Who scores modern music? (assuming the band has not done it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-scores-modern-music-assuming-the-band-has-not-done-it/984366)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-scores-modern-music-assuming-the-band-has-not-done-it/984366 "2023-05-24T23:39:07Z")
I was watching a video on John Bonham (drummer from Led Zeppelin) and the video producer used scored music to illustrate what Bonham was doing. My question is, who scores that music? In the case of Led Zeppelin they ma… --- ## [A Belenko-style alien contact scenario?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-belenko-style-alien-contact-scenario/984456)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-belenko-style-alien-contact-scenario/984456 "2023-05-24T22:44:30Z")
I recently read a book about the defection of Viktor Belenko which occurred when he flew an important Soviet fighter to Japan - Defection of Viktor Belenko - Wikipedia It got me wondering what would and should be humani… --- ## [Light bulb for a special purpose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bulb-for-a-special-purpose/984533)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-bulb-for-a-special-purpose/984533 "2023-05-24T22:12:08Z")
Does there exist a light bulb that would power a small solar fountain inside one’s home? --- ## [Ray Stevenson has passed away (Rome, Vikings)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-stevenson-has-passed-away-rome-vikings/984464)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-stevenson-has-passed-away-rome-vikings/984464 "2023-05-24T21:42:34Z")
He was hospitalized in Italy while working on a film. Aged 58. --- ## [Should I buy a Nintendo Switch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-nintendo-switch/983944)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-nintendo-switch/983944 "2023-05-24T21:04:34Z")
I used to be an avid Nintendo player. By “used to,” I mean back when I was like 12 and the original Legend of Zelda came out. I played the snot out of that, and out of its sequel. But that’s about forty years ago. I pla… --- ## [Toronto Mayoral Race, 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-mayoral-race-2014/698171)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-mayoral-race-2014/698171 "2023-05-24T20:51:13Z")
For those of you who have been following the Rob Ford Saga (see: Toronto’s alleged crack smoking mayor. Why is he still in office?), the municipal elections are in full swing, and Rob Ford is running. The other two mai… --- ## [Houses which are embedded among/behind other houses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houses-which-are-embedded-among-behind-other-houses/984347)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houses-which-are-embedded-among-behind-other-houses/984347 "2023-05-24T20:46:57Z")
I don’t know if there’s a name for this. Basically, there’s a home or homes in the middle of a block, and they’re accessed by a driveway which goes between houses which face the street. They are surrounded by other hom… --- ## [The King of Elfland's Daughter,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-king-of-elflands-daughter/984531)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-king-of-elflands-daughter/984531 "2023-05-24T20:21:42Z")
One of Lord Dunsany’s fantasy novels. First, is it satire or an allegory for something happening in England at the time? The phrase “These fields we know” is often mentioned, to be changed at the end of the novel as Elfl… --- ## [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. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=821&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=823&state=watching)