# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=884 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 885 --- ## [Ricou Browning (Creature from the Black Lagoon) has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricou-browning-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-has-died/980542)
**Author:** [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricou-browning-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-has-died/980542 "2023-03-03T20:30:40Z")
I know there are some fans of older horror/science fiction movies here, who might be interested in the passing of Ricou Browning, who played the Gill Man in the underwater sequences of The Creature from the Black Lagoon … --- ## [Motoflux magnet motor, could this work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motoflux-magnet-motor-could-this-work/980447)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motoflux-magnet-motor-could-this-work/980447 "2023-03-03T19:36:34Z")
This company has released several videos and articles about this technology but this video has the only explanation of how it actually is supposed to work (video should start right at the explanation). Ever… --- ## [Is it good to suppress fever and swelling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-good-to-suppress-fever-and-swelling/980615)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-good-to-suppress-fever-and-swelling/980615 "2023-03-03T19:29:33Z")
We are always told to use ice or NSAIDs for swelling and inflammation, and medication to reduce fever. These are immune responses. I know suppressing them makes us more comfortable, but doesn’t it work against what our … --- ## [Lyrics you insist on singing wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352 "2023-03-03T19:29:17Z")
Over in the thread about misheard lyrics, @lobotomyboy63 mentioned: I thought that could be a good topic on its own, hence this thread. Some of mine: “Winter Wonderland” Actual: In the winter we can build a snowman … --- ## [Hijack of Tree of Knowledge thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-of-tree-of-knowledge-thread/980497)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-of-tree-of-knowledge-thread/980497 "2023-03-03T19:06:23Z")
The child would be Jesus whom everything was created through and for. There was at least this time with Jesus: Is 7: 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a so… --- ## [How could you hide anything from a dog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-you-hide-anything-from-a-dog/980519)
**Author:** [@EdwardFound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EdwardFound)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-you-hide-anything-from-a-dog/980519 "2023-03-03T18:41:02Z")
I sometimes get on my feed these humorous videos of people hiding from their dogs by ducking behind something, or maybe doing some slight-of-hand with a snack - seemingly perplexing the poor animal. Is this really possib… --- ## [Why don't former Presidents run for other public offices? Or become Cabinet members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-former-presidents-run-for-other-public-offices-or-become-cabinet-members/980326)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-former-presidents-run-for-other-public-offices-or-become-cabinet-members/980326 "2023-03-03T18:14:19Z")
Few former presidents have run again after leaving office | Pew Research Center simply notes that it doesn’t happen, and I was surprised to hear that Quincy Adams is actually the only case of a President returning to Con… --- ## [A sad commentary on the state of book selling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-commentary-on-the-state-of-book-selling/945206)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-commentary-on-the-state-of-book-selling/945206 "2023-03-03T18:05:53Z")
I was cleaning up around the house and I found an old advertising pamphlet. It was for used book stores in the Rochester, NY area. It was dated 2011 and it listed seventeen used book stores. I checked online. Only eight… --- ## [What's the fastest way to record onto a VHS, in commercial quality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-way-to-record-onto-a-vhs-in-commercial-quality/980577)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-way-to-record-onto-a-vhs-in-commercial-quality/980577 "2023-03-03T16:59:35Z")
Okay, odd technical setup question: say I needed to dub commercial-quality recordings onto VHS, on a regular basis (say, a few dozen a week, all of different subjects, not giant production runs of one movie), from a digi… --- ## [Need Help Finding Dishwasher Adapter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-dishwasher-adapter/979960)
**Author:** [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-dishwasher-adapter/979960 "2023-03-03T16:47:46Z")
I have an aged portable dishwasher ( link to my model’s parts: https://www.searspartsdirect.com/model/2gabyxmj2r-000582/kenmore-66517152k214-dishwasher-parts ). I recently purchased a new kitchen faucet ( https://www.low… --- ## [Lecturing Others on Issues in Social Settings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lecturing-others-on-issues-in-social-settings/980222)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lecturing-others-on-issues-in-social-settings/980222 "2023-03-03T16:32:37Z")
Back in December, I had some friends over for board game night, and one of them spied a honey mustard container in my kitchen from Chick-Fil-A. She’s bisexual, and gave me quite a lecture about how the company donates m… --- ## [Help me remember where is movie or TV quote came from](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-where-is-movie-or-tv-quote-came-from/481032)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-where-is-movie-or-tv-quote-came-from/481032 "2023-03-03T16:08:26Z")
I don’t know why, but I’ve had about half of a movie or TV quote running through my head today. I can’t remember the exact wording, but it was something like: “I’m going to head \[insert direction\] and settle down in th… --- ## [Questions about the White Lion and the Africans aboard brought to Port Comfort VA in 1619](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-white-lion-and-the-africans-aboard-brought-to-port-comfort-va-in-1619/980656)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-white-lion-and-the-africans-aboard-brought-to-port-comfort-va-in-1619/980656 "2023-03-03T15:37:19Z")
I have seen several articles linking the Anthony on the White Lion with Anthony Johnson who won his freedom from indentured servitude in 1623. I haven’t found any reliable sources to say whether they are one and the sa… --- ## [MS Outlook Gripe # 372: how do I turn off al the prompts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-gripe-372-how-do-i-turn-off-al-the-prompts/980593)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-gripe-372-how-do-i-turn-off-al-the-prompts/980593 "2023-03-03T15:21:50Z")
Outlook got upgraded and now I’m trying to do Anne-mail and blue boxes start coming up : Did you know that you can \[insert inane functuoanlity\]? No, and I don’t give a tinker’s dam. I just want to type an e-mail without… --- ## [New Florida Senate bill would eliminate state Democratic Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-florida-senate-bill-would-eliminate-state-democratic-party/980512)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-florida-senate-bill-would-eliminate-state-democratic-party/980512 "2023-03-03T12:46:05Z")
A newly filed bill would eliminate any Florida political party that has previously platformed in favor of slavery or indentured servitude, so… Yeah. It’s actually been named the Ultimate Cancel Act. --- ## [Monthly photo competition #3 - Feb 2023 - “Animals”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-3-feb-2023-animals/979180)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-3-feb-2023-animals/979180 "2023-03-03T08:54:21Z")
This is the monthly thread for February 2023. The topic this month is “Animals”, chosen by @beowulff Please note: The general rules for the competition are here . One entry per person per month. To make the photos ea… --- ## [A question for Quebec dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-quebec-dopers/980574)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-quebec-dopers/980574 "2023-03-03T04:11:29Z")
I’m a born and raised Canadian, I’ve had French language instruction throughout public and high school. In the military (including Royal Military College) I’ve taken a ton of French language instruction and had a zillion… --- ## [Knowing what we know now about Tom Brady in hindsight, how many draft picks would he have been worth in a trade in 2000?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowing-what-we-know-now-about-tom-brady-in-hindsight-how-many-draft-picks-would-he-have-been-worth-in-a-trade-in-2000/980345)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowing-what-we-know-now-about-tom-brady-in-hindsight-how-many-draft-picks-would-he-have-been-worth-in-a-trade-in-2000/980345 "2023-03-03T02:37:48Z")
In hindsight, Brady was/is the greatest NFL player of all time, and if NFL teams were magically given the knowledge of this somehow, he would certainly be the No. 1 player drafted overall in the 2000 Draft, not someone t… --- ## [What is the difference between liberty and freedom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-liberty-and-freedom/980544)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-liberty-and-freedom/980544 "2023-03-03T02:32:15Z")
Just read in an article in the Conversation that What unites many of the groups influenced by Waco is a belief that the federal government is tyrannical and willing to attack citizens while depriving them of liberty, f… --- ## [Tell Me About Russian Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466 "2023-03-03T01:04:29Z")
So I just found out that there is a Russian Restaurant in town that I didn’t know about (please lets keep the invasion of Ukraine out of this). It is now on my “to do” list of dining experiences, and since I just learne… --- ## [Demo of another song I wrote recently. The bird noises in the background suit this song better than the other one haha](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demo-of-another-song-i-wrote-recently-the-bird-noises-in-the-background-suit-this-song-better-than-the-other-one-haha/980625)
**Author:** [@Amikejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amikejo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demo-of-another-song-i-wrote-recently-the-bird-noises-in-the-background-suit-this-song-better-than-the-other-one-haha/980625 "2023-03-03T00:04:26Z")
I’d like to know what you think! --- ## [Excel Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question/980602)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question/980602 "2023-03-02T23:21:02Z")
I am looking at the detail of my daily energy usage which I van copy from the supplier’s web portal. The problem is that they have entered all the usage as numbers followed by kwh. |86.86 kWh| |75.77 kWh| |67.37 kWh| … --- ## [What is the reason we can't buy morbiet cheese anywhere anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-reason-we-cant-buy-morbiet-cheese-anywhere-anymore/980570)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-reason-we-cant-buy-morbiet-cheese-anywhere-anymore/980570 "2023-03-02T20:59:05Z")
I heard that there was some question about its purity or cleanliness. I would think that issue had been solved. Anyone know the straight dope? Or is this a job for Cecil? --- ## [Movies You Enjoyed As Kids in the 80's-90's Era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106 "2023-03-02T20:35:54Z")
Not kids movies, what had an impact that you adored as children but saw then. I have kids in their early teens and we’re starting Throwback Thursdays to give them a taste of growing up back then. All evening it’s 1995i… --- ## [Do you remove stickers from produce? Other purchases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550 "2023-03-02T19:34:25Z")
It seems as though a great deal of produce we purchase has a sticker on each individual piece. Apples, pears, bananas, tomatoes… When she returns from the grocery store, my wife promptly removes any stickers from fruit… --- ## ["Russian World" may be taking a hit in the hinterland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-world-may-be-taking-a-hit-in-the-hinterland/979178)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-world-may-be-taking-a-hit-in-the-hinterland/979178 "2023-03-02T19:30:16Z")
“Russian World” (“Russkiy mir”) is a theoretical idea amongst some Russians that there is a broader area beyond Russia that is, or should be, under Russian influence. See the wikipedia article: The concept seems to … --- ## [What is being a passenger on a military flight (i.e., C-17) like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-being-a-passenger-on-a-military-flight-i-e-c-17-like/980472)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-being-a-passenger-on-a-military-flight-i-e-c-17-like/980472 "2023-03-02T18:50:50Z")
I’ve seen a photo where all the soldiers on a C-17 flight from America to Europe (and then, later on, to the Middle East?) were sleeping, unsurprising. No in-flight entertainment. But is there a lavatory? If they want t… --- ## [Assuming no metaphysical reality, and everything is just spacetime and matter, where do the moral concerns regarding suffering and pain come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-no-metaphysical-reality-and-everything-is-just-spacetime-and-matter-where-do-the-moral-concerns-regarding-suffering-and-pain-come-from/962783)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-no-metaphysical-reality-and-everything-is-just-spacetime-and-matter-where-do-the-moral-concerns-regarding-suffering-and-pain-come-from/962783 "2023-03-02T18:27:39Z")
If someone suffered enormous physical pain 100 years ago, it just means some quarks and electrons were in a particular configuration 100 years ago. In the absence of a metaphysical reality or existence, what’s the philos… --- ## [How should a 'physical' crime in virtual reality be considered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-a-physical-crime-in-virtual-reality-be-considered/977705)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-a-physical-crime-in-virtual-reality-be-considered/977705 "2023-03-02T18:00:44Z")
I do a little writing and one setting has a character who is paralysed and interacts with others in a VR environment, the story is set in the near future so its very realistic VR and people using it have direct sensory f… --- ## [Accidentally destroyed lottery ticket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-destroyed-lottery-ticket/978203)
**Author:** [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-destroyed-lottery-ticket/978203 "2023-03-02T17:56:48Z")
It’s a moot point now; the mega millions was just drawn, and we didn’t win. But what if Mrs Tree’s DID pick the winning ticket and I spilled coffee on the ticket, voiding it? Surely, I am at fault for destroying the ti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=883) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=885)