# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=84 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 85 --- ## [What are the details on the $300,000,000,000 to Iran?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-details-on-the-300-000-000-000-to-iran/1031002)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-details-on-the-300-000-000-000-to-iran/1031002 "2026-06-26T12:45:47Z")
I’ve heard various claims. What are the facts (as known at this time). Who is paying the $300,000,000,000? I’ve seen some sources say it will be the United States government (ie American taxpayers). But other sources ar… --- ## [Longest time between studio albums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-time-between-studio-albums/1031148)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-time-between-studio-albums/1031148 "2026-06-26T04:47:12Z")
I’m currently listening to an obscure Italian prog rock band called Cervello. Their debut album was released in 1973. They took their time getting the follow-up right - It was released last year. Can we beat 52 years be… --- ## [Daryl's House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daryls-house/1006876)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daryls-house/1006876 "2026-06-26T03:45:47Z")
The Daryl being the same from the band Daryl and Oates. I remember inn 5th grade when Mr. Hoffman rolled n piano and phonograph, we loved their “Rich Girl” as we could sing “bitch girl” I am a credit watcher and saw a … --- ## [Does the U.S. Navy have many ships present in the Persian Gulf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-u-s-navy-have-many-ships-present-in-the-persian-gulf/1031180)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-u-s-navy-have-many-ships-present-in-the-persian-gulf/1031180 "2026-06-25T22:47:53Z")
I once read that the U.S. Navy was keeping the Gerald Ford in the Arabian Sea, away from Iran, because of the threat of missiles such as the Shaheed III, which has a range of about 2000 km. Presumably, then, air strikes … --- ## [Taking a break from the board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923 "2026-06-25T13:11:37Z")
For the first time in a very long time I need to take a long break from posting here. I have a novel I’ve been working on for a while and I’ve definitely been using the SDMB to distract myself from the tough parts of tha… --- ## [Goddam orange haired-idiot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-orange-haired-idiot/1031063)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-orange-haired-idiot/1031063 "2026-06-25T06:16:53Z")
Fucking goddam idiot Trump ! Everything he does is raising my blood pressure high enough to spin a turbine! If you stuck a generator up my ass, I could solve the energy crisis! He has the demeanor of jizzed-in mashed … --- ## [What ironclad memories from childhood have turned out to be pretty much wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ironclad-memories-from-childhood-have-turned-out-to-be-pretty-much-wrong/1031065)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ironclad-memories-from-childhood-have-turned-out-to-be-pretty-much-wrong/1031065 "2026-06-25T03:03:40Z")
So, I was sharing a memory today. Grew up in Philly. My parents went to see the touring company of “Equus” back when it first set out off of Broadway. 1976? 1977? I was a theater kid. They was sufficiently moved that on… --- ## [A Goldfinger question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-goldfinger-question/1031142)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-goldfinger-question/1031142 "2026-06-25T00:31:49Z")
Odd Job is supposedly taking the FBI agent to the airport. Instead, he shoots him and then has the car with his body crushed into a small cube. How is it that some of him didn’t squeeze out like toothpaste? This is impor… --- ## [Did Daisy have a retort verse in "Daisy Bell"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-daisy-have-a-retort-verse-in-daisy-bell/962162)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-daisy-have-a-retort-verse-in-daisy-bell/962162 "2026-06-25T00:31:14Z")
I could have sworn, in second or third grade, hearing a second verse to “Daisy Bell” in which Daisy tells off her boyfriend, “Jerry” or something like that. Jerry, Jerry, here is your answer true: You’re half-crazy if… --- ## [What's the strangest (to you, anyway) summer (or other season) camp you've ever heard of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-to-you-anyway-summer-or-other-season-camp-youve-ever-heard-of/1031044)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-to-you-anyway-summer-or-other-season-camp-youve-ever-heard-of/1031044 "2026-06-24T22:20:33Z")
For me, back in the public access TV days, my local station had a broadcast made by the John Birch Society. You guessed it: They had summer camps. I did have Web access at the time, and saw that most of them were at Y… --- ## [Why are some cigarette filters wrapped in paper colored to resemble cork?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-cigarette-filters-wrapped-in-paper-colored-to-resemble-cork/1031116)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-cigarette-filters-wrapped-in-paper-colored-to-resemble-cork/1031116 "2026-06-24T22:09:00Z")
I recently switched brands to one that has this feature, and it occurred to me to wonder why. Did actual cork cigarette holders used to be a thing? --- ## [What’s For Drinks Tonight: Episode 2025 - The Empire Strikes Back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-for-drinks-tonight-episode-2025-the-empire-strikes-back/1015630)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-for-drinks-tonight-episode-2025-the-empire-strikes-back/1015630 "2026-06-24T21:38:55Z")
Continuing the discussion from What's For Dinner Tonight: Episode 2021 – A New Hope: Per the lolz of @needscoffee (the founder of the parent thread) and the request of @BippityBoppityBoo, here’s the What’s for Dinner To… --- ## [Janet Leigh in Manchurian Candidate - Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-leigh-in-manchurian-candidate-huh/15488)
**Author:** [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-leigh-in-manchurian-candidate-huh/15488 "2026-06-24T20:31:28Z")
Just saw “Manchurian Candidate” on video over the weekend – great movie! – and the Janet Leigh character, Eugenie Rose Chaney, the love interest of Major Marko (Sinatra’s character), totally perplexed me. At first I tho… --- ## [Home renovation - do the windows first or last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-renovation-do-the-windows-first-or-last/1031147)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-renovation-do-the-windows-first-or-last/1031147 "2026-06-24T20:20:34Z")
My wife and I want to tear up the bathroom, replace the tub with a walk in and in general spruce it up. It probably means tearing up the entire tub area, including the window. We want to replace multiple windows, includ… --- ## [Most Trouble You Went To For A Nostalgic Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-trouble-you-went-to-for-a-nostalgic-food/1030990)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-trouble-you-went-to-for-a-nostalgic-food/1030990 "2026-06-24T19:42:25Z")
Everybody gets a bit nostalgic for some foods that were more available when one was young; maybe your mother cooked stuff in a certain way. Or maybe products you enjoyed as a kid are no longer available in your area, or… --- ## [Ford vs. Chevrolet vs. Dodge - Which are you and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-vs-chevrolet-vs-dodge-which-are-you-and-why/1031082)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-vs-chevrolet-vs-dodge-which-are-you-and-why/1031082 "2026-06-24T19:35:51Z")
I’m not really a “car guy.” I like them enough, but at the end of the day they are just transportation to me. Growing up, a lot of people I knew were staunch proponents of Ford, Chevy or Dodge (mainly trucks, but cars to… --- ## [Help me identify a phrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-phrase/846959)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-phrase/846959 "2026-06-24T15:07:58Z")
I debated whether to put this in GQ or here, so mods, please move it if I chose poorly! Last night, as I was dropping off to sleep, a phrase popped into my head. I know I’ve seen/heard it somewhere before, but I can’t r… --- ## [“The ex-mob hitman who became a N.J. councilman just got arrested on loansharking charges“ may be the most New Jersey headline ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-mob-hitman-who-became-a-n-j-councilman-just-got-arrested-on-loansharking-charges-may-be-the-most-new-jersey-headline-ever/1031033)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-mob-hitman-who-became-a-n-j-councilman-just-got-arrested-on-loansharking-charges-may-be-the-most-new-jersey-headline-ever/1031033 "2026-06-24T13:56:05Z")
Really steering into the stereotype here. https://www.nj.com/news/2026/06/the-ex-mob-hitman-who-became-a-nj-councilman-just-got-arrested-on-loansharking-charges.html?outputType=amp --- ## [Early planning for Apollo: how could they think it would work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-planning-for-apollo-how-could-they-think-it-would-work/1031118)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-planning-for-apollo-how-could-they-think-it-would-work/1031118 "2026-06-24T12:33:04Z")
One Giant Leap (by Charles Fishman; it’s at least tied for the best book ever written) tells how John Houbolt had to struggle to get Apollo planners to choose Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. Roughly everyone else was debating th… --- ## [Another 'Oriental riff' sighting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-oriental-riff-sighting/466788)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-oriental-riff-sighting/466788 "2026-06-24T08:15:03Z")
Earlier thread Unfortunately, the guy who had the website documenting the history of this riff no longer has the site, at least under the old url. Snippet from ‘Beach Party’ (1963) --- ## [Progresso's Light Creamy Potato with Bacon and Cheese Soup - BLECCCCHHHHH!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467 "2026-06-24T02:55:46Z")
I wanted something light for dinner last night, and when I opened this can, this…stuff…slithered into my saucepan. I could tell the texture was totally off in some way, and realized the best way to describe it was that … --- ## [How does someone get me out of my timeshare responsibilities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-someone-get-me-out-of-my-timeshare-responsibilities/1030985)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-someone-get-me-out-of-my-timeshare-responsibilities/1030985 "2026-06-24T02:26:39Z")
I assume there is a factual answer, so here goes. I occasionally watch network TV during the daytime and I noticed that the ads are very different than the ones they run at night. Some of them are about refurbishing your… --- ## [Alan Greenspan has Died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-greenspan-has-died/1031101)
**Author:** [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-greenspan-has-died/1031101 "2026-06-24T02:16:23Z")
--- ## [Fission Fragment Rockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fission-fragment-rockets/1031139)
**Author:** [@spacecadet86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spacecadet86)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fission-fragment-rockets/1031139 "2026-06-24T00:23:15Z")
Just how practical would fission fragment rockets be in the distant future for reaching 550AU or greater distances in human lifetimes? Would fission fragment reactors ever be a practical source of energy generation on la… --- ## [WW2 - German and Italian POW's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-german-and-italian-pows/1031000)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-german-and-italian-pows/1031000 "2026-06-23T23:08:37Z")
In North Africa during WW2, the Allies captured about 250,000 enemy combatants. A documentary shows some/all of them corralled in a barbed-wire enclosed field. How were they housed and fed? In general - the Allies treat… --- ## [How much junk is orbiting the Earth, and where is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-junk-is-orbiting-the-earth-and-where-is-it/1031103)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-junk-is-orbiting-the-earth-and-where-is-it/1031103 "2026-06-23T22:29:35Z")
In another FQ thread about sending info centers out in space, it was mentioned as a possibility that rather than repair and refit them we could just let them die and replace them with new ones. Is there reliable data be… --- ## [What’s your tattoo story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-tattoo-story/972858)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-tattoo-story/972858 "2026-06-23T21:45:55Z")
I never wanted a tattoo in my younger days, but when I turned 60 I decided to get one. I’d been thinking of it for years. It wasn’t an impulsive act. It’s high on my upper arm, so it usually is covered. I sat for 3½ hour… --- ## [The Phantom Sock and other inanimate objects with minds of their own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phantom-sock-and-other-inanimate-objects-with-minds-of-their-own/1031005)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phantom-sock-and-other-inanimate-objects-with-minds-of-their-own/1031005 "2026-06-23T21:09:08Z")
Sometimes my feet get cold, even in the summer. Other times I like to slather lotion thickly on my feet and then put on a fat, fluffy, thick pair of socks. There used to be a pair of socks like that in my life. Here is a… --- ## [Stick Shift vs Automatic vs Single Pedal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-shift-vs-automatic-vs-single-pedal/1024932)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-shift-vs-automatic-vs-single-pedal/1024932 "2026-06-23T20:55:12Z")
There was a time when the vast majority of cars were stick shift and everyone learned to drive on one. Automatics took over and now there’s a small percentage of drivers who know how to drive stick and I’m sure that numb… --- ## [What flat-out fiction presented as history have you encountered lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flat-out-fiction-presented-as-history-have-you-encountered-lately/1030923)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flat-out-fiction-presented-as-history-have-you-encountered-lately/1030923 "2026-06-23T19:18:28Z")
With the advent of AI generated YouTube videos, obscure but true (or alleged, or controversial) historical accounts are getting drowned out by flat-out fabrications; the internet equivalent of presenting the movie “Inglo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=85)