# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=924&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 925 --- ## [Which Is The Best Sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-best-sauce/970269)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-best-sauce/970269 "2023-01-11T03:52:32Z")
Imagine you are trapped on a deserted island for ten years. You are allowed to pick one sauce of any type and given unlimited quantities of it. What would you choose? Which is truly the King of the Sauces? --- ## [Looking for a Wham-O toy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-wham-o-toy/977938)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-wham-o-toy/977938 "2023-01-11T00:26:30Z")
It was a metallic tube a few inches long and wide that supposedly flew through the air, spinning like a Frisbee. If throwed properly it would curve. --- ## [Is there a way to auto respond to texts when I'm out of the country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-auto-respond-to-texts-when-im-out-of-the-country/977990)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-auto-respond-to-texts-when-im-out-of-the-country/977990 "2023-01-10T23:10:38Z")
I’ll be doing a couple of international trips this year, some for over a week. The last time I went away I know I missed some text messages while I was away and would like a way to say, I’m not here right now, please get… --- ## [Does popping a pimple make it heal quicker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-popping-a-pimple-make-it-heal-quicker/977216)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-popping-a-pimple-make-it-heal-quicker/977216 "2023-01-10T23:07:15Z")
Gross question, I know. But it came to me the other day. There is definitely something satisfying about popping a zit and drawing out the pus, but is it helping the healing process? If one had superhuman discipline, … --- ## ["El" in Hebrew and Yiddish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-in-hebrew-and-yiddish/977526)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-in-hebrew-and-yiddish/977526 "2023-01-10T23:05:54Z")
Doing two different things at the same time, my genealogy and Old Testament research, I’ve become exposed to the curiosity of many Old Testament Hebrew names ending in “el” (Michael, Joel, Ezekiel, Israel, Gabriel, Rapha… --- ## [Holiday storm 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-storm-2022/976909)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-storm-2022/976909 "2023-01-10T22:04:54Z")
So according to the experts this could be the BIG ONE again. Or it could be just another winter storm. So pretty much winter in the great lakes area. It is a little strange to have absolute nothing from winter so far h… --- ## [Parkinson's, speech therapy, and swallowing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parkinsons-speech-therapy-and-swallowing/977895)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parkinsons-speech-therapy-and-swallowing/977895 "2023-01-10T21:55:37Z")
I have Parkinson’s Disease, diagnosed in 2019. Some of the effects of PD include quiet, raspy speech and difficulty in swallowing. I got some speech therapy for the speech part, and I asked the speech therapists about th… --- ## [How will the Dems respond to subpoenas by their GOP colleagues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-dems-respond-to-subpoenas-by-their-gop-colleagues/977863)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-dems-respond-to-subpoenas-by-their-gop-colleagues/977863 "2023-01-10T21:10:18Z")
I can see the case for “I thought you said we don’t need to respond to them” and the case for “Sure, I’ll show up and answer your idiotic questions–you got nothin’ anyway.” I think the latter will prevail. --- ## [Hooking up a gas dryer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooking-up-a-gas-dryer/977807)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooking-up-a-gas-dryer/977807 "2023-01-10T18:52:01Z")
After being told the appliance company would hook it up, I just found out (12 hours before delivery) that no they won’t. I have absolutely no problem doing it myself - teflon tape, soapy water and a pipe wrench. I’ve d… --- ## [Residents of NYC boroughs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906 "2023-01-10T18:46:56Z")
Globally - they would be called “New Yorkers”. But what about each borough? 'Staten Islander" seems straight forward, but what about a resident of Queens? (The) Bronx? Manhattan? Brooklyn? --- ## [Happy Elvis's Birthday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-elviss-birthday/977883)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-elviss-birthday/977883 "2023-01-10T18:04:02Z")
You can do anythin’ you wanna do! --- ## [If it doesn't inflate, what is the bag for? (aircraft oxygen system)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-doesnt-inflate-what-is-the-bag-for-aircraft-oxygen-system/977184)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-doesnt-inflate-what-is-the-bag-for-aircraft-oxygen-system/977184 "2023-01-10T17:59:15Z")
During the safety briefing on every flight I’ve been on, the emergency oxygen masks are demonstrated. I know that pulling sharply on the hose begins a chemical reaction that generates oxygen. In other words, the oxygen… --- ## [Our new appliances get delivered tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-appliances-get-delivered-tomorrow/977791)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-appliances-get-delivered-tomorrow/977791 "2023-01-10T17:50:57Z")
HUGE day in the Cad household. Getting rid of some of the crap-ass appliances that were there when we bought the house Clotheswasher. Getting rid of the frontloader that we have to duct tape shut (someone decided to m… --- ## [Questions on learning school Latin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-learning-school-latin/977768)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-learning-school-latin/977768 "2023-01-10T17:43:31Z")
Is the Latin taught in schools for SAT II/ IB / GCE A Level designed to be able to read Classical Latin, medieval Latin or both? If you could learn it from scratch again how would you have done it differently? --- ## [Pitting PKBites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-pkbites/950075)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 509\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-pkbites/950075 "2023-01-10T16:19:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from Dealing with a kid who is willfully destructive: Okey dokey. You’re discussing the ways you beat your children for no reason. Your old man sucked, and so do you. --- ## [What If? 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-2/971851)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-2/971851 "2023-01-10T16:15:28Z")
The SDMB has been name checked- page 166. On that page, Randall Munroe in his hugely entertaining book “What If? 2” mentions the SDMB - “What is the density of cocaine? I spent a while reading though a wonderfully ear… --- ## [Why don't audiobooks have proper chapter titles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-audiobooks-have-proper-chapter-titles/977904)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-audiobooks-have-proper-chapter-titles/977904 "2023-01-10T15:23:44Z")
I’ve only listened to a handful so maybe not true of all of them. I have War and Peace, which I listen to from time to time, I am renting In Our Time, a collection of early Hemingway short stories, and as free books on… --- ## [Why doesn't the IRS make a priority of auditing rich folks' returns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-irs-make-a-priority-of-auditing-rich-folks-returns/976961)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-irs-make-a-priority-of-auditing-rich-folks-returns/976961 "2023-01-10T14:40:11Z")
I’m just pulling these numbers out of my nether parts, but I don’t get the excuse that auditing the wealthy uses a disproportionate amount of the IRS resources (i.e., people) to go over them and it’s easier and more effi… --- ## [Why would calling MEZ a blockade create problems under international law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-calling-mez-a-blockade-create-problems-under-international-law/977954)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-calling-mez-a-blockade-create-problems-under-international-law/977954 "2023-01-10T14:01:08Z")
As British forces drew closer to the South Atlantic the potential scope and intensity of hostilities grew. In the weeks before the bulk of the task force arrived, all the British could do was inhibit Argentine reinforcem… --- ## [DnD - first time DM asking for help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnd-first-time-dm-asking-for-help/971835)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnd-first-time-dm-asking-for-help/971835 "2023-01-10T13:56:20Z")
Some very basic questions coming up: Over lockdown, my brother ran the 5e starter adventure with various members of our family, me included. It was fun! We liked it, we’re doing it again. I’m DM and dont want to screw i… --- ## [Orthodox Christmas celebrated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orthodox-christmas-celebrated/977789)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orthodox-christmas-celebrated/977789 "2023-01-10T05:37:28Z")
I’m listening to a story on NPR about how Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas tomorrow (Jan 7). And their story says that this is because they use the Julian calendar, instead of the Gregorian calendar; and the Juli… --- ## [Brazil presidential election run-off (10/30/2022); 2023-01-08 Insurrection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil-presidential-election-run-off-10-30-2022-2023-01-08-insurrection/974047)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil-presidential-election-run-off-10-30-2022-2023-01-08-insurrection/974047 "2023-01-10T05:00:07Z")
If you like your background in video form here’s John Oliver: Bolsonaro: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube Quick and dirty version for the readers… Brazil is in the midst of a presidential election. In… --- ## [Looking for a database program to record information about a collection (i.e. hobby)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-database-program-to-record-information-about-a-collection-i-e-hobby/977891)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-database-program-to-record-information-about-a-collection-i-e-hobby/977891 "2023-01-10T03:41:19Z")
I used to work with databases quite a bit before I retired, so I understand the basics of data relationships and report writing. My collection, if it matters, is fountain pens. I am certainly willing to pay for the right… --- ## [He Hate Me Keeper League 2022 - Year 20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-keeper-league-2022-year-20/970337)
**Author:** [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-hate-me-keeper-league-2022-year-20/970337 "2023-01-10T02:11:44Z")
Here we go again! Later than usual, sorry about that. Year 20! Keeper Rules You can only keep a maximum of 3 players. You can only keep players drafted after the second round (third rounders or later only.) A player c… --- ## [Inside Job, new Futurama-like show on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-job-new-futurama-like-show-on-netflix/953419)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-job-new-futurama-like-show-on-netflix/953419 "2023-01-10T01:51:25Z")
10 Episodes and they kept getting better as I watched it. Reagan is a 30 year old super genius helping to run shadow government. The year is 2021 though. Cast includes Lizzy Caplan as Reagan, Christian Slater and John … --- ## [Did humans wearing clothes prevent evolution (that would have let humans remain warm while naked?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-humans-wearing-clothes-prevent-evolution-that-would-have-let-humans-remain-warm-while-naked/976400)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-humans-wearing-clothes-prevent-evolution-that-would-have-let-humans-remain-warm-while-naked/976400 "2023-01-10T01:49:31Z")
No warm-blooded animal species needs to wear clothing to keep warm; they just are. But humans can’t tolerate going naked in all but the warmest of climates; we get cold. (Clothing is for modesty, too, but that’s irrelev… --- ## [Chrome extension for auto selecting "reject all unnecessary cookies"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-extension-for-auto-selecting-reject-all-unnecessary-cookies/977088)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-extension-for-auto-selecting-reject-all-unnecessary-cookies/977088 "2023-01-10T01:43:26Z")
Many websites require you to answer if you will accept cookies with various options (like accept all, or only necessary, etc etc). I’d like an extension that autoselects the minimum allowable, thereby saving me time. I … --- ## [Think I have the ultimate post for this category](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-have-the-ultimate-post-for-this-category/977902)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-have-the-ultimate-post-for-this-category/977902 "2023-01-09T22:42:08Z")
Straight up brag. Today, in religious (Hebrew) school, one of my students told me her brother, who I had taught about three years ago, told her the only time he had fun in religious school was when I was his teacher! H… --- ## [Travel question - long layover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-question-long-layover/977921)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-question-long-layover/977921 "2023-01-09T22:18:39Z")
I’m putting this in IMHO, rather than Factual Questions, as I expect to elicit opinions and experiences, along with factual answers. We have an overseas trip upcoming (US-Egypt), and the return flight we chose has a ver… --- ## ["Is this still good?" OLÉ Brand Keto tortilla wrap edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-still-good-ole-brand-keto-tortilla-wrap-edition/977928)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-still-good-ole-brand-keto-tortilla-wrap-edition/977928 "2023-01-09T21:43:30Z")
Made an early lunch since I had no breakfast. Not much to eat…hmm. Got a can of tuna fish, celery, red onion and mayo. Tuna fish sandwich sounds good. But, no bread. Wait, I do have some OLÉ Mexican Foods brand “Extreme … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=923&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=925&state=muted)