# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=925&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 926 --- ## [What common item is most overpriced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-common-item-is-most-overpriced/976681)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-common-item-is-most-overpriced/976681 "2023-01-09T03:00:33Z")
Of course you could buy potato chips on E-Bay which sorta look like The Donald. But what common item is priced ridiculously enough to annoy you or make the venture capitalists and profiteers salivate? --- ## [The Steelers Enter a New Era Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-steelers-enter-a-new-era-thread/971367)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-steelers-enter-a-new-era-thread/971367 "2023-01-09T02:33:09Z")
I’ve been doing these for 20 years now. When I started it was originally on a lark just to taunt the long-departed Weirddave, who at the time was our biggest Ratbird fan. My son was but an infant, and Ben Roethlisberger … --- ## ["Merry Christmas to those who celebrate"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-to-those-who-celebrate/977090)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-to-those-who-celebrate/977090 "2023-01-09T01:00:34Z")
I’ve seen and heard this a lot this season, and I don’t remember seeing it much in previous years (i.e. not enough for me to notice it). Is this in lieu of saying the blandly all-inclusive “Happy Holidays?” Did its curre… --- ## [Today I'm a real musician](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-a-real-musician/977797)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-a-real-musician/977797 "2023-01-09T00:33:42Z")
No, I’m not homeless and sleeping on a friend’s couch. Although I’m sure that’s coming. Nope, I decided to finally put my music up where I can earn money from it. :slight\_smile: I upload my fugue, and my cover of Auld L… --- ## [Convert or cash in paper savings bonds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-or-cash-in-paper-savings-bonds/977892)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convert-or-cash-in-paper-savings-bonds/977892 "2023-01-08T23:45:30Z")
I’ve got a small pile of E and EE savings bonds that have all matured. Looking into the redemption process, it seems I can fill out a form, print it out, get my signature certified by a bank or notary because the total … --- ## [Sudden ominous silences on the Internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-ominous-silences-on-the-internet/977893)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-ominous-silences-on-the-internet/977893 "2023-01-08T23:05:42Z")
Winchell Chung a.k.a. Nyrath the Nearly Wise has not updated his Twitter page in 72 hours. Given his ongoing health issues I’m worried. --- ## [Somebody explain snooker to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-explain-snooker-to-me/977775)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-explain-snooker-to-me/977775 "2023-01-08T22:39:56Z")
I was watching a YouTube video of a guy clearing the table and it was obvious he was playing really well. But I have no idea what the rules of snooker are so I couldn’t really follow what he was doing. Wikipedia didn’t … --- ## [The larynx drop and its role in speech / choking risk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-larynx-drop-and-its-role-in-speech-choking-risk/969175)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-larynx-drop-and-its-role-in-speech-choking-risk/969175 "2023-01-08T22:35:35Z")
I was having a rather frustrating experience at stackexchange biology, where I asked the same question and got booed out of any proper answers for not ‘doing enough research’. What’s maddening is that from the bits of in… --- ## [What is Dudley holding? {Harry Potter}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671)
**Author:** [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Evil_Prince_Zorte)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671 "2023-01-08T21:37:52Z")
When the Dursleys are moving out at the beginning of Deathly Hallows Pt. 1, what is Dudley carrying to the car? --- ## [What would the media label this hypothetical President's "special" friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-media-label-this-hypothetical-presidents-special-friend/972855)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-media-label-this-hypothetical-presidents-special-friend/972855 "2023-01-08T21:10:43Z")
I know this question seems oddly specific. It’s just that my brain tends to fall sown rabbit holes and this is one of them. A newly elected President has a wife, but the couple also has a third partner we’ll call Jane. … --- ## [Son scammed by his apartment complex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-scammed-by-his-apartment-complex/977256)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-scammed-by-his-apartment-complex/977256 "2023-01-08T20:54:43Z")
When he returned from vacation, my son’s car is gone. He goes to the leasing office where they say, “Oh yeah, we had your car towed.” Seems like these slimebuckets “emailed” the tenants (and I put email in quotes since… --- ## [Great Lakes Smuggling (spoilers for "The Jackal" 1997)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lakes-smuggling-spoilers-for-the-jackal-1997/977748)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lakes-smuggling-spoilers-for-the-jackal-1997/977748 "2023-01-08T20:37:36Z")
I’ve been watching older movies from the 80s, 90s and early 00s. And tonight I’m watching “The Jackal” starring Richard Gere and Bruce Willis. During the movie the assassin (The Jackal) has a remoted operated gatling gun… --- ## [Brazil thread moderation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil-thread-moderation/977890)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil-thread-moderation/977890 "2023-01-08T20:21:19Z")
Putting this comment on moderation in the appropriate forum. I appreciate your keeping the thread on track, but please don’t be overly strict about this. There are some obvious parallels between Bolsonaro and Trump, es… --- ## [The Man in the High Castle, TV show, with spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-in-the-high-castle-tv-show-with-spoilers/738425)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-in-the-high-castle-tv-show-with-spoilers/738425 "2023-01-08T20:03:34Z")
I finished watching The Man in the High Castle last night. I enjoyed it, but there were some things I don’t think I fully caught. Having never read the book, though I have read a lot of Dick’s other works, I’m wondering … --- ## [Opinions on another generation's music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-another-generations-music/977592)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-another-generations-music/977592 "2023-01-08T20:03:11Z")
The day I realized I was officially ‘old’ was the year when I watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade and realized I had never even heard of any of the musical artists that participated. Apparently, it’s considered qu… --- ## [Traveling to Kenya](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-kenya/977858)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-kenya/977858 "2023-01-08T19:52:50Z")
My wife has decided she wants to go on a photo safari to Africa next year. It is going to be led by a well know wildlife photographer that my wife has become friends with over the past couple of years. The trip will be 1… --- ## [What's the oldest pseudoscience or general worldview / belief that is still widely believed / practiced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-pseudoscience-or-general-worldview-belief-that-is-still-widely-believed-practiced/977725)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-pseudoscience-or-general-worldview-belief-that-is-still-widely-believed-practiced/977725 "2023-01-08T19:48:38Z")
I had the Today Show on this morning, as I do most mornings for background, and they had a long segment on astrology with an ‘expert’ astrologist, in which they asked several questions of her, taking her as seriously as … --- ## [Commands given in war that still inspire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commands-given-in-war-that-still-inspire/977301)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commands-given-in-war-that-still-inspire/977301 "2023-01-08T19:11:43Z")
“Don’t fire until you can see the whites of their eyes”, William Prescott at the battle of Bunker Hill. “Sink it!”, Margaret Thatcher calling the shots during the Falklands War. I know she said it in a much more politic… --- ## [Why doesn’t propane go bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesn-t-propane-go-bad/977850)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesn-t-propane-go-bad/977850 "2023-01-08T19:03:30Z")
Other hydrocarbon fuels like gasoline, diesel, and kerosene have limited shelf lives but propane will seemingly last forever. What’s different about it? --- ## [Adoptions of Overseas Children not to the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoptions-of-overseas-children-not-to-the-us/977859)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoptions-of-overseas-children-not-to-the-us/977859 "2023-01-08T18:11:27Z")
In the US, a lot of families adopt children from other countries. Is this practice more widespread in the US than in other countries? Are French (or Brazilian, or wherever) families as likely to adopt a child from overse… --- ## [Ask the woman receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-receiving-transcranial-magnetic-stimulation-for-depression/588090)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-receiving-transcranial-magnetic-stimulation-for-depression/588090 "2023-01-08T18:07:06Z")
A few folks asked me to start a thread regarding my experience with TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) for depression. I was originally going to wait until the treatment was over, but I thought some people might ap… --- ## [Japanese idiom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-idiom/977621)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-idiom/977621 "2023-01-08T18:05:44Z")
There is a saying, “猫の手も借りたい” meaning something like to be super busy. What does this have to do with cats? --- ## [Temp holder of hijacking posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temp-holder-of-hijacking-posts/977882)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temp-holder-of-hijacking-posts/977882 "2023-01-08T05:02:39Z")
I don’t care about how others spend their money unless the money comes from the government. Then I care. --- ## [Awesome Games Done Quick has started its week-long charity fundraiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-games-done-quick-has-started-its-week-long-charity-fundraiser/977880)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-games-done-quick-has-started-its-week-long-charity-fundraiser/977880 "2023-01-08T17:17:21Z")
For those interested, Awesome Games Done Quick has just started their fundraiser. They are raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation (but you do not have to donate if you do not want to). Here is their schedule: G… --- ## [LiPo battery charging question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipo-battery-charging-question/977875)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipo-battery-charging-question/977875 "2023-01-08T17:04:54Z")
I just bought something (used) that came with two LiPo batteries and a charger. The batteries are or seem to be completely drained (based on multi-meter). The charger has LEDs to indicate what is going on - Ready to cha… --- ## [Did my bicycle tire cap vanish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-bicycle-tire-cap-vanish/974799)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-bicycle-tire-cap-vanish/974799 "2023-01-08T16:54:48Z")
Filling up my bike tire this morning, I carefully placed the tire cap on the platform above my rear wheel, and when I was done, it wasn’t there. I spent the next twenty minutes searching the area (flat pavement, sloping … --- ## [Looking Through A Glass Onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-through-a-glass-onion/977805)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-through-a-glass-onion/977805 "2023-01-08T14:52:18Z")
Online, I ran across a couple of mentions that “glass onion” is a British slang for monocle - like the kind you look at gems with. The idea being that John was writing about people looking too hard at Beatles’ lyrics for… --- ## [Forced dieting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forced-dieting/977588)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forced-dieting/977588 "2023-01-08T14:51:29Z")
When I read about morbidly obese people who are unable to lose weight, I always wonder if the following would work. Let’s say you agree to be locked in a cell, be placed on an island or otherwise be isolated. Then the f… --- ## [What exactly makes a group a "power trio" in your opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-makes-a-group-a-power-trio-in-your-opinion/977600)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-makes-a-group-a-power-trio-in-your-opinion/977600 "2023-01-08T13:35:04Z")
Dang. I’ve started more threads in the last couple weeks than I have in the last several years. This one came out of a personal discussion re my other recent topic. What makes a rock group a “power trio?” I have alwa… --- ## [Anyone Watching The NFL Game Now/Playoff Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-nfl-game-now-playoff-question/977870)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-nfl-game-now-playoff-question/977870 "2023-01-08T11:43:48Z")
I posted a question in The Game Room. Can anyone help answer it for me? Not too much action in that forum. Thanks, saucywench Sorry, I don’t know how to link it here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=924&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=926&state=tracking)