# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=889 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 890 --- ## [Additional taxes on a new car? $1000+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/additional-taxes-on-a-new-car-1000/979992)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/additional-taxes-on-a-new-car-1000/979992 "2023-02-25T08:22:32Z")
Here in Colorado we have a Specific Ownership Tax on cars. It is a property tax on cars based on 85% of the MSRP. Mrs. Cad just bought a new Tesla Y so in addition to the extra $50 charge for having an EV (in lieu of a… --- ## [Xenonauts - Xcom for real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenonauts-xcom-for-real/638514)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenonauts-xcom-for-real/638514 "2023-02-25T04:14:15Z")
So there seems to be a more hardcore version of Xcom that’s about to come out. Having played the demo, it really did remind me of the original Xcom to a greater extent than Xcom: Enemy Unknown, as much as I like that gam… --- ## [Who in the US Government would have responsibility over a real UFO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-us-government-would-have-responsibility-over-a-real-ufo/980147)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-us-government-would-have-responsibility-over-a-real-ufo/980147 "2023-02-25T04:07:37Z")
Assume it crashed or was found and moved to a secret location. Would it be NASA? The Air Force? Space Force? All of the above? I assume they’d all share the examination area as a group. --- ## [Awesome Newer Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-newer-words/980305)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-newer-words/980305 "2023-02-25T03:51:24Z")
I really enjoyed this list of rarer words that describe pandemic emotions. I think most of us want snerdles in our hibernate when feeling crambazzled. --- ## [What is the name of this Trope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-trope/980317)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-trope/980317 "2023-02-25T03:14:02Z")
I saw it once there on TV Tropes but didn’t make a mental note of it. I think “Non-specific” is part of the name. Let me give a couple of examples: Remember that episode of MASH where the corporal wears a dress? That w… --- ## [Beez in the Trap \[identical rhyme\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beez-in-the-trap-identical-rhyme/980215)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beez-in-the-trap-identical-rhyme/980215 "2023-02-25T03:08:49Z")
She rhymes “nothing” with “nothing”. Is that considered legit? We are not even talking homophones or homonyms. --- ## [What is the proper term for "Heroic Titles?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-proper-term-for-heroic-titles/980240)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-proper-term-for-heroic-titles/980240 "2023-02-25T02:20:37Z")
In sagas and such, Heroes’ names will often have a description of their major deeds. You have things like “Njarll Bjornson, Slayer of the Beast of Rathgraben” or “Ulfgar, Who Did Journey a Thousand Leagues.” Is there … --- ## [Who was the best Wednesday Addams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-wednesday-addams/980031)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-wednesday-addams/980031 "2023-02-25T00:06:34Z")
poll With the recent passing of Lisa Loring, who originated the role, and the newly debuted series on Netflix, I thought I’d ask who everyone thinks played Wednesday Addams the best. To keep things simple, choices are l… --- ## [Stupid Russian idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-russian-idea-of-the-day/980309)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-russian-idea-of-the-day/980309 "2023-02-25T00:09:56Z")
With so much stupidity coming out of Russia, mostly from their equivalents of Tucker Carlson, but also other Putin allies and their equivalents of Empty Greene, I thought I’d start a thread. First up… Yeah, right. D… --- ## [Market for Office Space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-office-space/980019)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-for-office-space/980019 "2023-02-24T23:59:52Z")
To avoid a continued hijack of this thread: There seems to be something weird going on with the office space market. Stories abound of companies scaling back on office space, but the rental market at least seems stubb… --- ## [Weird genre of bogus YouTube cooking videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-genre-of-bogus-youtube-cooking-videos/980167)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-genre-of-bogus-youtube-cooking-videos/980167 "2023-02-24T23:51:29Z")
Help me find something I remember seeing several of, several years back. Not fake, as such – not those videos that show how to bake a perfect 7-layer wedding cake all at once in the microwave, and they’ve blatantly faked… --- ## [Little Debbie Raisin Creme Pies: Do convenience stores near you carry them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152 "2023-02-24T23:47:10Z")
Little Debbie Raisin Creme Pies are one of my guilty pleasures. I’ve loved them since I was a little kid, but back then I picked the raisins off and either ate them separately or threw them away. Now I happily eat the en… --- ## [Graham Taylor as a turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-taylor-as-a-turnip/243975)
**Author:** [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-taylor-as-a-turnip/243975 "2023-02-24T23:27:12Z")
Can anyone find me a copy of the infamous Sun mockup of Graham Taylor as a turnip? I find loads of references to it on Google but not the actual picture. (By way of explanation, Graham Taylor was the England football m… --- ## [Evaporation from bottles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaporation-from-bottles/980020)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaporation-from-bottles/980020 "2023-02-24T23:12:51Z")
OH MIGHTY UNCA CECIL! I posted this a few years back, & the question decended into quibbling, with no good, convincing answer. So now, I submit it to you, Oh Font Of Universal Wisdom and Part-Time Yo-Yo Demonstrator. … --- ## [Vaccine vs. Monoclonal Antibodies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-vs-monoclonal-antibodies/980103)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-vs-monoclonal-antibodies/980103 "2023-02-24T22:20:09Z")
Can anyone explain to me how someone can be anti-vaccine but be ok with taking monoclonal antibodies should they get infected? Note: I don’t know if monoclonal antibodies are still a valid treatment given the current v… --- ## [Culinary question for Chinese speakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culinary-question-for-chinese-speakers/980266)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culinary-question-for-chinese-speakers/980266 "2023-02-24T22:07:52Z")
Sorry, I don’t know if this is Mandarin, Cantonese, or some other dialect: Seriously, what does it say? --- ## [New kitty -- name suggestions welcome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-name-suggestions-welcome/952310)
**Author:** [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-name-suggestions-welcome/952310 "2023-02-24T19:17:09Z")
We seem to be adopting a stray kitty we wound up with. A houseless person saw him almost get hit by a car a couple of times, so she got him confined in a dog crate and put the word out, asking for help. My partner volu… --- ## [The Tree of Knowledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tree-of-knowledge/980314)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tree-of-knowledge/980314 "2023-02-24T19:05:17Z")
When did the “Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge” become an apple? No translation of Genesis I’ve read says it’s an apple. --- ## [Please help me find this TV ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-tv-ad/980202)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-tv-ad/980202 "2023-02-24T18:39:11Z")
Maybe 10 years old? It’s for car insurance, I think. We are on the bridge of a Star Trek-like ship, and the ship goes to red alert after it is hit by another spaceship. Turns out it was just an accident. The captain sa… --- ## [Where the heck do I find my renewal date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-do-i-find-my-renewal-date/980210)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-do-i-find-my-renewal-date/980210 "2023-02-24T16:59:06Z")
I’m a charter member so I’ve renewed several times, but for the life of me I can’t find where in (I assume) my user profile, my renewal date is located. Would some kind sole help out an OldGuy? An OldGuy who obviously … --- ## [Michael Monroe's "One Man Gang"---what is the PMA he's running on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-monroes-one-man-gang-what-is-the-pma-hes-running-on/980307)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-monroes-one-man-gang-what-is-the-pma-hes-running-on/980307 "2023-02-24T16:40:54Z")
Listening to Michael Monroe’s “One Man Gang” and he keeps saying he’s “running on that PMA”. Hopefully I’m not the only Michael Monroe fan here, because I have no idea what he’s talking about. The internet is full of th… --- ## [Why so many ambulance chasers (personal injury attorneys) in Las Vegas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-ambulance-chasers-personal-injury-attorneys-in-las-vegas/980137)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-ambulance-chasers-personal-injury-attorneys-in-las-vegas/980137 "2023-02-24T16:29:55Z")
My family and I recently got back from a short trip to visit Death Valley Natl. Park and the Hoover Dam, both of which were amazing and well worth visiting. One thing my wife and I noticed was that there were a LOT of p… --- ## [Testing a poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-poll/980267)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-poll/980267 "2023-02-24T13:08:04Z")
Nothing to see here. --- ## [Paypal, Privacy Concerns and Alternatives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-privacy-concerns-and-alternatives/980216)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-privacy-concerns-and-alternatives/980216 "2023-02-24T09:52:17Z")
Hi I apologise is this is the wrong forum but I wasn’t sure! First off I know little to nothing about these things so please be gentle. Basically I write short stories and I would like to commission some art to illustra… --- ## [(probably ignorant) Particle Physics question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-ignorant-particle-physics-question/979550)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-ignorant-particle-physics-question/979550 "2023-02-24T08:33:40Z")
Let’s postulate that you have a muon in the brief time before it decays. At the same time, an electron is passing by with such high velocity that it’s relativistic mass equals that of the muon. Is the electron still fund… --- ## [Ask the guy who's taking his first dose of Plenvu right now (colonoscopy prep)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-taking-his-first-dose-of-plenvu-right-now-colonoscopy-prep/980164)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-taking-his-first-dose-of-plenvu-right-now-colonoscopy-prep/980164 "2023-02-24T05:58:59Z")
Colonoscopy tomorrow. Cleaning out the innerds tonight, so I’m taking a dose of the bowel-cleaning drink, Plenvu, right now. Should be a fun evening. Ask me anything! --- ## [Using Dual-SIM iPhone while traveling overseas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-dual-sim-iphone-while-traveling-overseas/980212)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-dual-sim-iphone-while-traveling-overseas/980212 "2023-02-24T03:22:49Z")
Normally, when I traveled to another country from the USA, I would get a local SIM card (either in advance or at the arrival airport) and swap it with my US-based SIM for the duration of my trip to avoid roaming charges/… --- ## [What would happen to a broken space elevator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-to-a-broken-space-elevator/978350)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-to-a-broken-space-elevator/978350 "2023-02-24T02:56:38Z")
Assume it’s somehow hooked to an orbiting platform in space (I don’t know all of the mechanical aspects of the space elevator idea). If it got disconnected, would it inevitably fall back to Earth (likely causing a lot of… --- ## [How Mrs. Kunilou got a Girl Scout in hot water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-mrs-kunilou-got-a-girl-scout-in-hot-water/230096)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-mrs-kunilou-got-a-girl-scout-in-hot-water/230096 "2023-02-24T02:01:28Z")
Who among us can resist the angelic face of a Girl Scout with cookies to sell? At least the first 20 of them, anyway? Certainly not Mrs. Kunilou. Even though she’s on a strict exercise and diet regime that excludes cook… --- ## [Constitution be damned, the FDA is moving ahead to ban almond milk (so says the washington examiner) \[Note just the word milk is being banned\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitution-be-damned-the-fda-is-moving-ahead-to-ban-almond-milk-so-says-the-washington-examiner-note-just-the-word-milk-is-being-banned/970046)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitution-be-damned-the-fda-is-moving-ahead-to-ban-almond-milk-so-says-the-washington-examiner-note-just-the-word-milk-is-being-banned/970046 "2023-02-24T01:07:22Z")
Wasnt this a republican/right thing years ago ? I mean they tried to pass some legal definition of meat but I think it was laughed off … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=888) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=890)