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**Author:** [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-quebecoise/48928 "2023-04-17T20:49:39Z")
Sorry about the small scope of the question but… What exactly does “lanlire” (sp?) mean in the song “La Poule á Colin”? Merci. --- ## [What level of math should one study to understand relativity and quantum physics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-math-should-one-study-to-understand-relativity-and-quantum-physics/982595)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-math-should-one-study-to-understand-relativity-and-quantum-physics/982595 "2023-04-17T19:41:35Z")
I want to get a better understanding of relativity and quantum physics. Not just what we know, but how we know what we know. In other words being able to understand the math behind things like why don’t have a theory o… --- ## [Does the Bible have any jokes or humor in it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-bible-have-any-jokes-or-humor-in-it/980729)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-bible-have-any-jokes-or-humor-in-it/980729 "2023-04-17T19:41:22Z")
So, Mrs. solost is binging ‘The Mindy Project’ and I am watching an episode with her. In one scene the Mindy character, just having had a baby, picks up a children’s version of the Bible to read to him. After flipping th… --- ## [As a Zoomer I find old chat boards fascinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-zoomer-i-find-old-chat-boards-fascinating/982742)
**Author:** [@dm03](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dm03)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-zoomer-i-find-old-chat-boards-fascinating/982742 "2023-04-17T19:31:26Z")
This one is no different. I have known about it since I was 14. I am now 19, what I always find interesting (and somewhat eerie) is looking back and what people were talking about and specifically nostalgic about when I … --- ## [Do you think the US will have shorter business hours with a decade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-us-will-have-shorter-business-hours-with-a-decade/982757)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-us-will-have-shorter-business-hours-with-a-decade/982757 "2023-04-17T19:12:30Z")
It was one of those things brought up in the past. That a tighter labor market may have emerged because the number of people retiring. Now, we know those people still need services. But, if the workforce participation … --- ## [Looking for an analog 24-hour wristwatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-analog-24-hour-wristwatch/965096)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-analog-24-hour-wristwatch/965096 "2023-04-17T17:03:18Z")
Not an analog watch that has an inner listing of hours 13 through 24, but one that has an hour hand that goes to hour 24 in one sweep. Would prefer if it came in under 30 bucks. --- ## [Electrical Issue with Incoming Line From Pole, Maybe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-issue-with-incoming-line-from-pole-maybe/982797)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-issue-with-incoming-line-from-pole-maybe/982797 "2023-04-17T16:59:18Z")
Having electrical issues at the home and I am looking for advice since I’m not certain of the cause. So I had a tree fail onto my in coming electric line and it didn’t take the power out, but did bend the pole on my hou… --- ## [What is the semantic between the terms "take someone on a vacation" and "take someone for a vacation"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-semantic-between-the-terms-take-someone-on-a-vacation-and-take-someone-for-a-vacation/982703)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-semantic-between-the-terms-take-someone-on-a-vacation-and-take-someone-for-a-vacation/982703 "2023-04-17T16:58:43Z")
Is there any real difference between the terms “take someone on a vacation” and “take someone for a vacation”? My sense is that there is a semantic difference but I can’t quite express what it is. --- ## [How's the longevity in your family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-longevity-in-your-family/980039)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-longevity-in-your-family/980039 "2023-04-17T16:43:18Z")
If you’re willing to share, I’d love to know the answers to these three questions: How old were each of your grandparents when they died (roughly, doesn’t need to be exact)? How old were each of your parents when they … --- ## [Airbus A330 control system/ Air France flight 447](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-a330-control-system-air-france-flight-447/605770)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-a330-control-system-air-france-flight-447/605770 "2023-04-17T16:06:08Z")
The transcript of the CVR from ill-fated Air France flight 447 has been published. It’s reprinted here with running commentary. A minor sensor failure started the whole error chain, and then the cockpit crew spent a st… --- ## ["Objection, your honor": Courtroom procedures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objection-your-honor-courtroom-procedures/982664)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objection-your-honor-courtroom-procedures/982664 "2023-04-17T16:01:37Z")
Are reasons for objections during a courtroom procedure codified, or are they just by convention? I imagine these are taught in litigation courses in law school (IAONAL) but where is it authoritatively written that this … --- ## [How much do you drink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-drink/982277)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-drink/982277 "2023-04-17T13:25:48Z")
Alcoholic beverages. Not interested in the debate about healthy at any level or not, just what is normative in a food oriented forum. One drink defined as any of 12 oz beer, 5 oz wine, or 1.5 oz hard spirit. Answer close… --- ## [So, Is Armie Hammer Going to be a Full Fledged Movie Star, or What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-armie-hammer-going-to-be-a-full-fledged-movie-star-or-what/811750)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-armie-hammer-going-to-be-a-full-fledged-movie-star-or-what/811750 "2023-04-17T13:07:30Z")
Note: by “Movie Star”, I mean a STAR! A big name celebrity FAMOUS for his acting career. I don’t just mean “a successful working actor”. He’s certainly already a successful working actor, has been for years. He’s got a … --- ## [Thank you, Global Warming!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-global-warming/982741)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-global-warming/982741 "2023-04-17T13:03:54Z")
One of the best weeks of weather ever here in Cleveland. 80 degrees during the day and dropping to the high 40’s for a cool off each night. Global warming isn’t always a silver cloud filled with peach blossoms but it was… --- ## [Movies better than book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-better-than-book/982680)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-better-than-book/982680 "2023-04-17T12:43:14Z")
I searched but didn’t see any previous topic here (surprised), so here goes. I recently finished reading “farewell my lovely” by Raymond Chandler and why the books ending is right, I started remembering the movie. I thin… --- ## [Is there a way to condense machine-captured words into paragraphs rather than having to individually do it by hand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-condense-machine-captured-words-into-paragraphs-rather-than-having-to-individually-do-it-by-hand/982774)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-condense-machine-captured-words-into-paragraphs-rather-than-having-to-individually-do-it-by-hand/982774 "2023-04-17T12:15:00Z")
Been doing some freelance paid work, which involves transcribing YouTube speeches into edited paragraphs. (AI will surely take this job at some point, but for now isn’t accurate enough, especially when speakers have thic… --- ## [Bringing the case against Trump interferes with the 2024 election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-the-case-against-trump-interferes-with-the-2024-election/982212)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-the-case-against-trump-interferes-with-the-2024-election/982212 "2023-04-17T12:06:25Z")
Couldn’t it also be said that NOT bringing the case interferes with the 2024 election? Don’t the people deserve to hear the evidence and factor that into their voting decesion? --- ## [Scholastic Books wanted writer to remove the word “Racism” from her book’s intro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scholastic-books-wanted-writer-to-remove-the-word-racism-from-her-book-s-intro/982778)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scholastic-books-wanted-writer-to-remove-the-word-racism-from-her-book-s-intro/982778 "2023-04-17T11:48:50Z")
The full story and their apology is here. Maybe they were hoping to sell a bunch in Florida-allegedly they were concerned teachers might fear reprisals for using it, which is terrible on its own. --- ## [When Francis Drake's fleet set out to sail around America, did they expect the cold climate of the South?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-francis-drakes-fleet-set-out-to-sail-around-america-did-they-expect-the-cold-climate-of-the-south/982763)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-francis-drakes-fleet-set-out-to-sail-around-america-did-they-expect-the-cold-climate-of-the-south/982763 "2023-04-17T09:13:03Z")
And were the crewmen equipped with clothing for withstanding rough and cold weather? This question comes up as I watch a program about Drake’s journey where it was mentioned that they sailed farther South than anybody ha… --- ## [Home-delivered meal (ready to eat, or to prepare) service for health/weight loss, not Nutrisystem or Jenny Craig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-delivered-meal-ready-to-eat-or-to-prepare-service-for-health-weight-loss-not-nutrisystem-or-jenny-craig/982756)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-delivered-meal-ready-to-eat-or-to-prepare-service-for-health-weight-loss-not-nutrisystem-or-jenny-craig/982756 "2023-04-17T05:15:28Z")
I’m considering this. Jenny Craig and Nutrisystem both use peanuts in some of their meals and you can’t pick and choose. I am allergic to peanuts and tree nuts, so I would need a service that either doesn’t use peanuts (… --- ## [Which planet could we build a space elevator with current technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-planet-could-we-build-a-space-elevator-with-current-technology/982412)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-planet-could-we-build-a-space-elevator-with-current-technology/982412 "2023-04-17T05:05:41Z")
Say, a civilization is thriving on an Earth-like planet. Let’s assume they have exactly the same technology as we have right now or perhaps just the next 10 years, the planet has the same elemental composition (thus same… --- ## [ATT Uverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/att-uverse/501531)
**Author:** [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/att-uverse/501531 "2009-07-06T02:14:34Z")
My son owns an older house with no “modern” wiring like ethernet or coax. He just told me that he’s saving money to wire the house for ATT’s Uverse service. I’d like to get him a gift card from wherever one would buy t… --- ## [Awww, nuts!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-nuts/982720)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-nuts/982720 "2023-04-17T03:11:07Z")
Who decided tree seeds should be the go-to when expressing frustration of life’s lesser disappointments? I’ve put this here because I’m doubting the etymology is traceable. --- ## [Fermented foods and health](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermented-foods-and-health/982729)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermented-foods-and-health/982729 "2023-04-17T02:52:48Z")
Maybe this belongs more in Cafe Society as I am looking for both how people use fermented foods, and for discussion about the health aspects of their consumption, which apparently is not the healthy bacteria (probiotics)… --- ## [In the now-famous Kid Rock video of him shooting Bud Light cans, is Rock's gun illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-now-famous-kid-rock-video-of-him-shooting-bud-light-cans-is-rocks-gun-illegal/982631)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-now-famous-kid-rock-video-of-him-shooting-bud-light-cans-is-rocks-gun-illegal/982631 "2023-04-17T01:46:00Z")
By now, you’ve surely seen the video of Kid Rock blasting away at cases of Bud Light because they put the imagine of a transgender person on the can – a can not even available to the public. I’m not commenting on Kid Ro… --- ## [A naïve person's questions about drugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-naive-persons-questions-about-drugs/982698)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-naive-persons-questions-about-drugs/982698 "2023-04-16T23:31:24Z")
Is it a common practice to mix meth in with marijuana when smoking marijuana? Does doing so change the characteristic smell of smoking marijuana? If so, can you describe this effect at all? Would a knowledgeable person… --- ## [Does autocorrect help or hurt you more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-autocorrect-help-or-hurt-you-more/979831)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-autocorrect-help-or-hurt-you-more/979831 "2023-04-16T22:40:01Z")
I’m a pretty good/fast (4-6 finger) typist, and post here almost exclusively from my computer. I am a pretty good speller. While my fingers occasionally fumble, I don’t think my errors result in nearly as many misspell… --- ## [Does anyone else here have food-related mood swings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-have-food-related-mood-swings/982052)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-have-food-related-mood-swings/982052 "2023-04-16T22:31:44Z")
As I age I seem to be getting more and more sensitive to the effects of what I eat, when, and how much. I used to be able to lose weight on low-carb diets but that was when I could still walk miles for exercise. Now tryi… --- ## [Do microwave ovens lose power over time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-microwave-ovens-lose-power-over-time/982650)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-microwave-ovens-lose-power-over-time/982650 "2023-04-16T22:07:09Z")
I’ve been noticing lately that the times given on prepackaged microwave foods aren’t long enough. As in, even if I set it for the maximum of the range (like, if it says ‘heat on full for 5 to 7 minutes’ and I set it for… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad: getting voted off the Island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-getting-voted-off-the-island/982683)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-getting-voted-off-the-island/982683 "2023-04-16T21:42:57Z")
New board game in the house. Grandwrex were setting up to play. It’s Family version of ‘Trivial Pursuit’ Special deck for young children is added. First I accused them of being babies for using the ‘special’ card dec… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=850&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=852&state=tracking)