# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=861 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 862 --- ## [Question about Healthcare Spending Accounts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-healthcare-spending-accounts/981896)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-healthcare-spending-accounts/981896 "2023-04-04T18:08:27Z")
So this year for the first time I set up a Healthcare Spending Account when choosing my benefits (actually a Health Care Flexible Spending Account). Pre-tax money is taken out of each paycheck and placed in the account, … --- ## [A gin and tonic is $9.00 at Olive Garden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gin-and-tonic-is-9-00-at-olive-garden/982020)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gin-and-tonic-is-9-00-at-olive-garden/982020 "2023-04-04T18:05:53Z")
My wife and I don’t usually eat at Olive Gardens (or any Darden restaurants), but we had a Darden gift card and needed to grab a bite on the way to a theater show last night. It’s true that I asked for Bombay Sapphire g… --- ## [Strip-Search-Policewomen's Bustier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strip-search-policewomens-bustier/982099)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strip-search-policewomens-bustier/982099 "2023-04-04T17:23:19Z")
The Economist always uses its back page for an obituary of some famous person. The March 25th issue said good-bye to Jacqueline Gold. She’s undoubtedly more famous in the UK in the US, because she made the Ann Summers li… --- ## [What are the tastiest creatures of the sea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-tastiest-creatures-of-the-sea/982082)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-tastiest-creatures-of-the-sea/982082 "2023-04-04T17:15:14Z")
Since @puzzlegal elected to only go with birds and mammals in this thread: I thought I’d create a thread that is only about fish and shellfish. And ‘creatures of the sea’ isn’t hard and fast-- it can mean freshwater t… --- ## [About those other methods of decreasing mass shootings-enforcement and mental health](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-other-methods-of-decreasing-mass-shootings-enforcement-and-mental-health/981743)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-those-other-methods-of-decreasing-mass-shootings-enforcement-and-mental-health/981743 "2023-04-04T14:12:33Z")
Leaving aside the topic of further gun restrictions for the purpose of this discussion (please), two methods brought up often are enforcement of already existing legislation, and mental health. What I don’t see from th… --- ## [Michigan accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-accents/963505)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-accents/963505 "2023-04-04T12:14:31Z")
I know quite a few people that come from Michigan or still live there and I can easily identify at least four distinct accents possibly five. I don’t think I’ve seen as many distinct accents from any other state. Have an… --- ## [What action movie was this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-movie-was-this/982022)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-action-movie-was-this/982022 "2023-04-04T07:02:16Z")
Female lead-she gets betrayed by her bad-guy lover who then shoots her, causing amnesia, so she tracks him down as a federal agent of some kind? I want to say 80’s? It wasn’t a big-name actress or someone like Cynthia Ro… --- ## [How Barack Obama Bombed the “Paris of Africa” into a Hell Hole of Murder,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-barack-obama-bombed-the-paris-of-africa-into-a-hell-hole-of-murder/982118)
**Author:** [@ralfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralfy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-barack-obama-bombed-the-paris-of-africa-into-a-hell-hole-of-murder/982118 "2023-04-04T03:55:08Z")
--- ## [Bill Clinton’s Role in the Crisis Over Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-s-role-in-the-crisis-over-ukraine/982114)
**Author:** [@ralfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralfy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-s-role-in-the-crisis-over-ukraine/982114 "2023-04-04T03:53:23Z")
--- ## [Please explain DeSantis and Disneyland to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-desantis-and-disneyland-to-me/980730)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-desantis-and-disneyland-to-me/980730 "2023-04-04T00:55:14Z")
I now know, thanks to the last several years, far more about US politics than I ever expected, however, I really haven’t been following this particular story. I’ve glanced at headlines and am suddenly seeing lots of poli… --- ## [It's official; there are either too many or not nearly enough country music awards shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-there-are-either-too-many-or-not-nearly-enough-country-music-awards-shows/981510)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-there-are-either-too-many-or-not-nearly-enough-country-music-awards-shows/981510 "2023-04-04T00:06:56Z")
This September, NBC will air the inaugural “People’s Choice Country Awards.” What, having them as part of the regular People’s Choice Awards isn’t good enough any more? Or aren’t the CMAs, the ACMs, and the CMTs, not to … --- ## [Yes, I know we should avoid linking threads from the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-know-we-should-avoid-linking-threads-from-the-pit/981945)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-know-we-should-avoid-linking-threads-from-the-pit/981945 "2023-04-04T00:00:24Z")
Thing is, one of those threads was already cornfielded when I posted and the other is from 2010. The third link is not a thread but a profile. Cases such as this should be exempt from the note. --- ## [Carpenters, handymen, prop makers: I need advice on building a prop milk wagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpenters-handymen-prop-makers-i-need-advice-on-building-a-prop-milk-wagon/980728)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpenters-handymen-prop-makers-i-need-advice-on-building-a-prop-milk-wagon/980728 "2023-04-03T23:48:33Z")
My wife is directing Fiddler on the Roof for her school, and as you know if you’ve seen the show, the lead character, Tevye, is a milkman who uses a horse-drawn wagon to carry his products. We’ve been unable to find one … --- ## [Fictional anarchist/ libertarian utopias?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-anarchist-libertarian-utopias/982097)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-anarchist-libertarian-utopias/982097 "2023-04-03T23:09:33Z")
I was recently re-reading the latest arc of the webcomic Quantum Vibe, and had occasion to wonder about the locations a character mentions on page 2220: In my 543 years I’ve seen too many once-free societies end themse… --- ## [Pain management and other issues for surgical patients that are long term heavy drinkers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pain-management-and-other-issues-for-surgical-patients-that-are-long-term-heavy-drinkers/981996)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pain-management-and-other-issues-for-surgical-patients-that-are-long-term-heavy-drinkers/981996 "2023-04-03T22:42:21Z")
I’m helping somebody recover from joint replacement surgery and want to be better informed and more capable regarding her pain management and some other issues. I think she may be a somewhat difficult case because she is… --- ## [When idiots collide... Literally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-idiots-collide-literally/981936)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-idiots-collide-literally/981936 "2023-04-03T22:04:37Z")
Locally, a ground of morons drag racing, crashed into one of those other fucking morons doing donuts in an intersection, in a stolen car. No notice yet off death or castration, so Darwin awards may not be able to qual… --- ## [“UN: Ozone Layer Will Be Almost Completely Healed By 2040”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-ozone-layer-will-be-almost-completely-healed-by-2040/977927)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/un-ozone-layer-will-be-almost-completely-healed-by-2040/977927 "2023-04-03T22:01:44Z")
This Grauniad article suggests the handwringing of the 1980s led to big improvements. If so, this hopeful story deserves more exposure. --- ## [Are silent Ts becoming more prevalent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-silent-ts-becoming-more-prevalent/981988)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-silent-ts-becoming-more-prevalent/981988 "2023-04-03T21:51:46Z")
Or am I just now noticing it? Words like “kitten” and “bitten” get the treatment. Here’s a good example from Steve Schmidt: TRUMP ARRESTED? Steve Schmidt explains what comes next after Donald Trump's indictment | The Wa… --- ## [Has any evidence been reported indicating grand jury's decision was politically motivated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-evidence-been-reported-indicating-grand-jurys-decision-was-politically-motivated/981952)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-evidence-been-reported-indicating-grand-jurys-decision-was-politically-motivated/981952 "2023-04-03T21:34:33Z")
I just read the following on Politico.com: “In Friday’s Morning Consult poll, voters were split between those who said the New York grand jury’s decision to indict Trump was mostly based on evidence that Trump violated … --- ## [Seymour Stein, "Record Company Man", dies at 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seymour-stein-record-company-man-dies-at-80/982086)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seymour-stein-record-company-man-dies-at-80/982086 "2023-04-03T20:39:55Z")
RS story here: I knew that he discovered and signed the Ramones and the Talking Heads for his Sire label, but the list of other important punk and alternative acts he supported is impressive. And of course Madonna. My… --- ## [My boss left suddenly, and I'm sad and tired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boss-left-suddenly-and-im-sad-and-tired/981590)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boss-left-suddenly-and-im-sad-and-tired/981590 "2023-04-03T20:18:35Z")
I wanted to do this as a rant in the Pit, but I’m too sad and tired. My boss left suddenly - something happened, but we’re not allowed to know what, I guess for privacy reasons. He had never given any indication of inten… --- ## [Let's play Operation! How many parts have you lost since you were born?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003 "2023-04-03T19:53:16Z")
Remember the Operation game? How many parts that you were born with were removed one way or another? Hopefully without a buzzer sounding. First to go for me was my foreskin. I lost my tonsils and adenoids at age 5. It… --- ## [Botticelli March 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525)
**Author:** [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Replies:** 605\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525 "2023-04-03T17:39:08Z")
Ahem. taps microphone I am W Yes, W. --- ## [March 27, trans man, initially identified as Female shooter kills 6 @ Nashville Christian school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-27-trans-man-initially-identified-as-female-shooter-kills-6-nashville-christian-school/981720)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-27-trans-man-initially-identified-as-female-shooter-kills-6-nashville-christian-school/981720 "2023-04-03T17:06:34Z")
… The shooter had at least two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun, Aaron said. Two officers from a five-member team shot at her in what Aaron described as a lobby area and she was dead by 10:27 a.m… “We do not know… --- ## ["Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dont-you-walk-so-fast-video/981682)
**Author:** [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dont-you-walk-so-fast-video/981682 "2023-04-03T17:06:18Z")
I remember a comedy video of the song “Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast” that started with one little girl pleading with a man who is walking away form her and ended with the same man running in fear as he is being chased by… --- ## [Saving Stuff for Later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-stuff-for-later/981883)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-stuff-for-later/981883 "2023-04-03T16:18:21Z")
I save stuff for later because I don’t want to use it up. Gift cards are one of these things. When the time arises that I could use it, I think to myself, “if I use it, I won’t have it anymore”. So I’ll save it. Pretty s… --- ## [Los Angeles 2017 (Old Name of the Game Episode)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-2017-old-name-of-the-game-episode/982027)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-2017-old-name-of-the-game-episode/982027 "2023-04-03T16:06:57Z")
Is up on YouTube. Hadn’t seen this in 50 yrs. Spielberg's GREAT Lost Science Fiction Film -- Full Movie! - YouTube --- ## [The day the trees touched the ground 3/27/1964](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-trees-touched-the-ground-3-27-1964/981725)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-trees-touched-the-ground-3-27-1964/981725 "2023-04-03T16:03:45Z")
Today is the 59th anniversary of the Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964, which took place on Good Friday of that year. We had just sat down to dinner when we heard a rumble. My mother said “Earthquake!” My stepfather said … --- ## [Kitchen remodeling: give us your words of wisdom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-remodeling-give-us-your-words-of-wisdom/978862)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-remodeling-give-us-your-words-of-wisdom/978862 "2023-04-03T15:37:59Z")
To make a long story short, Tom\_Scud and I are about to embark on a kitchen remodeling project that will fall in scope somewhere between just replacing the cabinets and countertops, and gutting the kitchen and rearrangin… --- ## [Has anyone had a new car built online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-new-car-built-online/981622)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-new-car-built-online/981622 "2023-04-03T14:54:29Z")
My wife would like a new SUV, probably either a Subaru or a Honda. Inventories in our area are pretty low and we’re not really in a hurry so I’m considering ordering one. If you’ve gone through the process, I’d like to h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=860) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=862)