# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=931 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 932 --- ## [Rudy has a new legal problem, potential jail time for contempt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-has-a-new-legal-problem-potential-jail-time-for-contempt/972151)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-has-a-new-legal-problem-potential-jail-time-for-contempt/972151 "2022-12-06T15:37:33Z")
Nothing to do with elections; just a humdrum case of failing to pay support to his ex-wife, in the amount of $235,000; blew off the court by not appearing; ex-wife got a consent judgment against him. NY Judge says tha… --- ## [Warnock and Walker: I'm prepared to be very disappointed in myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnock-and-walker-im-prepared-to-be-very-disappointed-in-myself/976060)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnock-and-walker-im-prepared-to-be-very-disappointed-in-myself/976060 "2022-12-06T15:31:06Z")
For a month now, I’ve been thinking that I need to get up off my ass and write a check to Warnock’s campaign, but every day I’ve read about how many Dems are turning out to vote for Warnock, how the issue of Senate contr… --- ## ['Snow joke out there. Dopers in areas that get a lot of snow, how do you deal with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-joke-out-there-dopers-in-areas-that-get-a-lot-of-snow-how-do-you-deal-with-it/975139)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-joke-out-there-dopers-in-areas-that-get-a-lot-of-snow-how-do-you-deal-with-it/975139 "2022-12-06T14:52:41Z")
I was watching the local news yesterday and the sports guy was saying that the Bills game was being moved to Ford Field in Detroit because Buffalo was expected to get 4 to 6 feet of snow. 4 to 6 FEET? I thought, since he… --- ## [Is typing a rare skill in the military?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-typing-a-rare-skill-in-the-military/975861)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-typing-a-rare-skill-in-the-military/975861 "2022-12-06T14:13:13Z")
There’s a scene early in the movie Black Hawk Down where an incoming Ranger is being checked in to the base and at some point in their interaction, this exchange occurs: Ranger 1: “I have a rare and mysterious skill tha… --- ## [So Facebook and Twitter decide to be Publishers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-facebook-and-twitter-decide-to-be-publishers/923006)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-facebook-and-twitter-decide-to-be-publishers/923006 "2022-12-06T14:00:02Z")
New York Post report about Hunter Biden’s emails about Berisma and VP Biden. Twitter and FB took down any mention of the emails. They have become publishers not a town square. --- ## [Are eclipses of planets by the moon a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-eclipses-of-planets-by-the-moon-a-thing/974767)
**Author:** [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-eclipses-of-planets-by-the-moon-a-thing/974767 "2022-12-06T13:56:54Z")
I notice that the moon must have passed very close to Mars a few hours ago, and it was the same last week with Jupiter. So it occurs to me, do planets ever get obscured by the moon? I would expect that if you knew that, … --- ## [Artists who parodied their own work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-parodied-their-own-work/957323 "2022-12-06T13:55:04Z")
I’ll bet most people on the Board won’t recognize Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse, which was a made-for-TV cartoon series from 1960. They live in the Cat Cave, travel in the Catmobile and the Catplane, and can be called… --- ## [Dating A Bible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-a-bible/523571)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-a-bible/523571 "2022-12-06T08:45:58Z")
My SIL asked me to ask y’all if you’d help us “date” a very old Bible we found that has no printing information. Here’s what we have (and all of this is on the title page) Self-Pronouncing Edition The Holy Bible Con… --- ## [Why is Prometheus according to some sources not considered a Titan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-prometheus-according-to-some-sources-not-considered-a-titan/976023)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-prometheus-according-to-some-sources-not-considered-a-titan/976023 "2022-12-06T07:02:46Z")
Why is Prometheus according to some soources not considered a Titan? Is the below information correct? “Forethought.” Is sometimes called a Titan though in reality he did not belong to the Titans, but was only a son o… --- ## [OK, my daffy landlord is starting to scare me now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-my-daffy-landlord-is-starting-to-scare-me-now/956506)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-my-daffy-landlord-is-starting-to-scare-me-now/956506 "2022-12-06T06:17:40Z")
He was talking about how he’s worried they’re going to take more and more freedoms away from unvaccinated people, including the freedom to vote, and he actually said, paraphrasing here, that if he was told he wasn’t allo… --- ## [Who knows about holding an estate sale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-about-holding-an-estate-sale/976021)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-about-holding-an-estate-sale/976021 "2022-12-06T04:54:25Z")
We had a death in the family recently. They lived alone and owned the usual household items plus a good amount of stuff that nobody in the family particularly wants (tools, collectibles, knicks and knacks). It seems an e… --- ## [Did you watch Elon's Neuralink webcast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-elons-neuralink-webcast/919280)
**Author:** [@SlackWithHonor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackWithHonor)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-elons-neuralink-webcast/919280 "2022-12-06T04:16:37Z")
I’m actually still watching but it’s almost over. If you didn’t see it, big reveal was a computer that beeped when a pig touched things with its snout. However, I believe that it’s going to be able to do what it says, a… --- ## [Oxygen Not Included: The Kerbal Space Program of base building & what Fallout Shelter should've been](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxygen-not-included-the-kerbal-space-program-of-base-building-what-fallout-shelter-shouldve-been/816582)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 829\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxygen-not-included-the-kerbal-space-program-of-base-building-what-fallout-shelter-shouldve-been/816582 "2022-12-06T04:02:02Z")
From the makers of the critically and commercially successful Don’t Starve, Oxygen Not Included is arguably the best base management game. I’ve never been into base building and management games but this one is great. F… --- ## [Is this a plot hole in this mystery I just finished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-plot-hole-in-this-mystery-i-just-finished/976034)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-plot-hole-in-this-mystery-i-just-finished/976034 "2022-12-06T03:36:03Z")
The story was pretty good, but at the very end there seemed to be this plot hole. Place, UK and Cyprus. Time, 1971. In order to convince the authorities that person A, a Turkish Cypriot (who is actually dead) has fled … --- ## [Kirstie Alley, 71 passes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-71-passes/976072)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-71-passes/976072 "2022-12-06T03:33:10Z")
I don’t know how to link, found out on twitter. --- ## [SNL 12/3 - can you explain what I missed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053 "2022-12-06T03:17:44Z")
I assume I’m just not the target audience, as I had never heard of the host or musical guest. But this was the least funny ep I can recall. Never heard of that show they were parodying, and I guess Drake refers to wom… --- ## [RIP Bob McGrath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-mcgrath/976075)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-mcgrath/976075 "2022-12-06T03:06:06Z")
Bob McGrath from Sesame Street has passed away. He was 90. Feels like my childhood grew old and died. --- ## [Remember hidden songs on 90s CDs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-hidden-songs-on-90s-cds/975755)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-hidden-songs-on-90s-cds/975755 "2022-12-06T02:55:03Z")
Back in the 90s it got trendy for a while to include a hidden song at the end of your CD. The last track would actually start with about five minutes of silence, and then the music would suddenly kick in. Sometimes it wa… --- ## [Psychiatrist: I can't do counseling with you unless you let me speak with a family member: is this normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychiatrist-i-cant-do-counseling-with-you-unless-you-let-me-speak-with-a-family-member-is-this-normal/973787)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychiatrist-i-cant-do-counseling-with-you-unless-you-let-me-speak-with-a-family-member-is-this-normal/973787 "2022-12-06T02:46:54Z")
I had/have an appointment with a licensed psychiatrist here in Texas this week, but he sent me an email telling me he can’t do counseling (or follow-up counseling) unless I authorize him to speak to a direct family membe… --- ## [Is the Dope more popular than it was 2 years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-dope-more-popular-than-it-was-2-years-ago/975923)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-dope-more-popular-than-it-was-2-years-ago/975923 "2022-12-06T02:36:41Z")
I joined the Dope in October 2020. During that time, topics would be created and/or updated every, I dunno, 3-5 minutes or so. But now (December 2022), topics are being updated every few seconds. Did the Dope experience … --- ## [How did people cut their nails before clippers were invented?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-people-cut-their-nails-before-clippers-were-invented/658930)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-people-cut-their-nails-before-clippers-were-invented/658930 "2022-12-06T01:31:47Z")
How did people cut their fingernails before modern nail clippers were invented? --- ## [Help identifying a weird 1990s computer game involving aliens, a maze and a dead Nazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-weird-1990s-computer-game-involving-aliens-a-maze-and-a-dead-nazi/975899)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-weird-1990s-computer-game-involving-aliens-a-maze-and-a-dead-nazi/975899 "2022-12-05T22:08:41Z")
So there was a computer game in the 1990s that scared me as a kid, not sure if anyone else here played it: The game involved you, the protagonist, stepping into a labyrinth-type maze. At the very beginning, there is a d… --- ## [King Tut question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-tut-question/308077)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-tut-question/308077 "2022-12-05T21:59:29Z")
Apparently a new King Tut exhibit opens this week in LA, which makes me feel old, as I remember seeing the last King Tut exhibit in the 70’s or 80’s. But what’s the significance of King Tut? I thought he was a relatively… --- ## [Do all four legged animals have all four basic(?) gaits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-four-legged-animals-have-all-four-basic-gaits/975979)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-four-legged-animals-have-all-four-basic-gaits/975979 "2022-12-05T21:23:40Z")
We’re used to seeing/talking about horses walking/trotting/cantering/galloping. How about all the rest of the tetrapods? If you take a dog that is well-trained to the leash out for a “walk” and gradually increase your … --- ## [Do Nightshade vegetables worsen arthritis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nightshade-vegetables-worsen-arthritis/976059)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nightshade-vegetables-worsen-arthritis/976059 "2022-12-05T20:41:47Z")
I make and eat a lot of dishes with bell peppers and tomatoes, and to a lesser extent, potatoes. I also like eggplant, though I don’t eat it nearly as much, and I use a lot of cayenne pepper and paprika, other members of… --- ## [2022 Sight & Sound List - Greatest Films of All Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930)
**Author:** [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930 "2022-12-05T20:37:58Z")
I’m sure there will be no controversy over this list (the good news is that it isn’t one of those damnable slide shows) I’ve seen about half of the movies on the list. --- ## [Kanye West running for president (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537 "2022-12-05T19:54:48Z")
It worked so well the last time right? GOP funded plan to try to syphon off black votes? Probably not - Kanye (sorry, “Ye”) does not work well with others, as his mental illness will not let him. The Republicans … --- ## [Religious Challenge to an Anti-Abortion Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-challenge-to-an-anti-abortion-law/966261)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-challenge-to-an-anti-abortion-law/966261 "2022-12-05T19:13:33Z")
I’m putting this here, although arguably it could be in Great Debates, because the focus is on Legislation, and while it is news, I don’t think it belongs in MPSIMS. First, the article that caught my attention: The … --- ## [Blow, as in leave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-as-in-leave/967787)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blow-as-in-leave/967787 "2022-12-05T18:38:17Z")
I heard the Clash song ‘Should I stay or Should I Go?’ song on the radio this morning. I was struck by the line, “Should I cool it or should I blow”. Of course, I know that blow in this case means ‘leave’ but I don’t th… --- ## [Advice on new printer and photo software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-new-printer-and-photo-software/976025)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-new-printer-and-photo-software/976025 "2022-12-05T18:12:51Z")
Two questions - first, what would you recommend for a good home printer? Low volume, mostly B&W, handful of family photos every once in awhile. El cheapo PIXMA I got on sale is just a POS with poor design and poor qual… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=930) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=932)