# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=936&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 937 --- ## [Wrong-o, Mary Lou - origin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-o-mary-lou-origin/106925)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-o-mary-lou-origin/106925 "2022-12-27T23:38:10Z")
I’ve used this phrase at least since middle school (ca. 1975), but cannot remember where I picked it up from. Google-ing got me nowhere. Any clues? --- ## [Where to buy a classy, but not totally boring special-occasion dress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-a-classy-but-not-totally-boring-special-occasion-dress/977141)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-a-classy-but-not-totally-boring-special-occasion-dress/977141 "2022-12-27T23:38:03Z")
My little brother (he’s actually 33 and 6’3") is getting married in September 2023, and the dress code for the big event itself is Cocktail Attire. Actually, if you want to be technical, he had a City Hall wedding this p… --- ## [Holiday whine/self pity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-whine-self-pity/977095)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-whine-self-pity/977095 "2022-12-27T21:52:50Z")
Today I’ve come to a point in my life where my daughter and her family’s behavior have made me hate life and Christmas. I used to love Christmas when my kids were little. It was a struggle some years, but we always manag… --- ## [How close will historians ever get to knowing what transpired between Trump and Putin behind closed doors at Helsinki?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-will-historians-ever-get-to-knowing-what-transpired-between-trump-and-putin-behind-closed-doors-at-helsinki/977035)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-will-historians-ever-get-to-knowing-what-transpired-between-trump-and-putin-behind-closed-doors-at-helsinki/977035 "2022-12-27T21:39:23Z")
The Topic is pretty much it, with the note that I’m wondering less about the absolute verbatim truth of their conversation than I am about the essence. How do they reach conclusions about things like this? What conclusio… --- ## [Complicated Question About British Aristocracy c. 1824 (Better explained in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complicated-question-about-british-aristocracy-c-1824-better-explained-in-op/977167)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complicated-question-about-british-aristocracy-c-1824-better-explained-in-op/977167 "2022-12-27T20:43:09Z")
DISCLAIMER: All dates are approximate. I’m watching a delightful TV show that takes place at several points in history in a British manor house built in c. 1700. In the modern (2019) timeline, the house is in a state of… --- ## [Can anyone identify this music box tune?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-music-box-tune/977176)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-music-box-tune/977176 "2022-12-27T20:33:58Z")
Hi folks, does anyone know what this tune is called ? I cannot remember and it’s driving me crazy. TIA --- ## [Anyone from Tucson - odd property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-from-tucson-odd-property/977066)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-from-tucson-odd-property/977066 "2022-12-27T18:33:54Z")
I notice this huge open lot with a couple of houses on E Grant Rd. Of course, much of Grant Rd around here used to look like this into the mid 1980s. Are they just hold outs not wanting to give up their land? --- ## [Given how polarizing a figure Galileo has become if you cut him out of the equation would Newton have gleaned enough cosmological knowledge from Kepler and others to have come up with his Principia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-how-polarizing-a-figure-galileo-has-become-if-you-cut-him-out-of-the-equation-would-newton-have-gleaned-enough-cosmological-knowledge-from-kepler-and-others-to-have-come-up-with-his-principia/977124)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-how-polarizing-a-figure-galileo-has-become-if-you-cut-him-out-of-the-equation-would-newton-have-gleaned-enough-cosmological-knowledge-from-kepler-and-others-to-have-come-up-with-his-principia/977124 "2022-12-27T18:26:58Z")
Given how polarizing a figure Galileo has become in recent years (he’s loved or loathed by different factions for various reasons) , I was wondering if you cut him out of the equation would Newton have gleaned enough cos… --- ## [What is the worst single line in an advertisement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-single-line-in-an-advertisement/976762)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-single-line-in-an-advertisement/976762 "2022-12-27T18:22:44Z")
There have been occasional threads on annoying or ineffective ads in the past. Also the most annoying commercials or slogans. This thread is meant to pick a single line from any advertisement you found to be a ridiculo… --- ## [Online advertisements for niche products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-advertisements-for-niche-products/977174)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-advertisements-for-niche-products/977174 "2022-12-27T18:05:43Z")
While reading the Washington Post on a device I don’t own but while logged into my wapo account, I was served a DoubleClick (Google, which I was not logged into) ad for filter bag housings and fittings from Baghouse Amer… --- ## [Yesterday (2019 film)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-2019-film/829769)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-2019-film/829769 "2022-12-27T17:45:12Z")
From the makers of Slumdog Millionaire. A struggling musician gets hit by a car and wakes up in a world where no-one ever heard of the Beatles or their music…and HE becomes a Rock God. --- ## [Share your warmest, brightest, most AWEsome holiday memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-warmest-brightest-most-awesome-holiday-memories/561456)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-warmest-brightest-most-awesome-holiday-memories/561456 "2022-12-27T16:35:22Z")
You know, for symmetry. --- ## [Do the kids in your life watch older television shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-kids-in-your-life-watch-older-television-shows/976853)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-kids-in-your-life-watch-older-television-shows/976853 "2022-12-27T15:35:06Z")
Several times when there has been discussion of music, there’s talk about how many young fans like Classic Rock. Or even older jazz and big band. Of course, it’s often filtered down to just the hits that had long surviv… --- ## [Aliens - so what were the Colonial Marines actually prepared for (tactically)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-so-what-were-the-colonial-marines-actually-prepared-for-tactically/711260)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-so-what-were-the-colonial-marines-actually-prepared-for-tactically/711260 "2022-12-27T14:47:57Z")
I was watching Aliens the other day on HBO or Starz or whatever. The film still holds up very well. But my big question. What were the Colonial Marines actually prepared to face on LV-426? What I mean is this. They… --- ## [Question regarding the Christoph Scheiner vs Galileo Galilei dispute on sunspots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-christoph-scheiner-vs-galileo-galilei-dispute-on-sunspots/977068)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-christoph-scheiner-vs-galileo-galilei-dispute-on-sunspots/977068 "2022-12-27T14:31:37Z")
Did Christoph Scheiner ever come around to the Copernican model or accept that sunspots were a phenomenon that occurred on the surface of the sun? The Parallel Worlds of Christoph Scheiner and Galileo Galilei Galileo Ga… --- ## [Amsterdam (2022 movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdam-2022-movie/977154)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdam-2022-movie/977154 "2022-12-27T14:25:03Z")
I was looking forward to this movie coming out when I first saw ads for it. A comedy mystery with a very meaty cast! I was even going to see it in theaters. But then it got not-so-stellar reviews and did poorly at the bo… --- ## [What happened? Dems in NY House Election Races?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-dems-in-ny-house-election-races/974729)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-dems-in-ny-house-election-races/974729 "2022-12-27T13:30:19Z")
I have some interest in politics but view American events through Canadian filters and media. Wondering if anyone had opinions or local comments on the, to me, surprising success of Republicans in four House contests in… --- ## [Have you ever offered what you thought was a prostitute a sincere ride or](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-offered-what-you-thought-was-a-prostitute-a-sincere-ride-or/976920)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-offered-what-you-thought-was-a-prostitute-a-sincere-ride-or/976920 "2022-12-27T13:34:38Z")
…money for her company to get her off the street or out of the cold for a while. LET ME BE CLEAR. I’m not speaking in code. Have you ever offered what you thought was a prostitute a ride or money to get her a meal or ou… --- ## [Why Python over any other high level language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-python-over-any-other-high-level-language/976913)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-python-over-any-other-high-level-language/976913 "2022-12-27T12:45:31Z")
I’m a long time C++ and C# developer, but recently have been asked to contribute to projects that are written in Python. Moving from C# to Python is a bit annoying for me as I’m used to knowing or quickly finding out the… --- ## [The House (A Netflix creepy dark stop animation film). I really enjoyed this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-a-netflix-creepy-dark-stop-animation-film-i-really-enjoyed-this/958118)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-house-a-netflix-creepy-dark-stop-animation-film-i-really-enjoyed-this/958118 "2022-12-27T03:46:51Z")
Anybody else watch this yet? It’s labeled as a “Dark Comedy” but really, it’s more dark than anything else. The first act of three was probably my favorite. --- ## [Can immunity fix "I Don't Recall"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-immunity-fix-i-dont-recall/976985)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-immunity-fix-i-dont-recall/976985 "2022-12-27T03:22:43Z")
OK, most of the time a witness pretending not to recall something that’s obviously something that any sentient being would be able to recall vividly (recent, spectacular, life-changing, etc.) doesn’t matter much and prob… --- ## [About Sony PSP memory card format](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-sony-psp-memory-card-format/977071)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-sony-psp-memory-card-format/977071 "2022-12-27T02:46:44Z")
Hello! I have modded Sony PSP, and i want to expand my memory card. Im not able to access my PSP from my PC, so i cant inspect the memory card already installed. BUT if i buy, say a 64GB memory card and format it on my P… --- ## [Is it Too Risky to Travel for Christmas with Blizzard and Very Cold Weather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-risky-to-travel-for-christmas-with-blizzard-and-very-cold-weather/976802)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-risky-to-travel-for-christmas-with-blizzard-and-very-cold-weather/976802 "2022-12-27T01:59:24Z")
Locally a forecast for a blizzard on Thursdays and extremely cold weather following that such that I don’t think salt on the roads will melt the snow and ice–as I was planning to travel on Saturday. \[and the possibility … --- ## [Westworld season 4 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westworld-season-4-open-spoilers/966992)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westworld-season-4-open-spoilers/966992 "2022-12-27T00:36:07Z")
This could be an interesting season. But if it is, there was no indication of that in the first dull, plodding episode. So I suppose this season is going to be Videogameworld? And the Lord of the Flies? --- ## [My car brakes are squeaking loudly...but stop after they warm up a bit. Normal cold weather behavior or do they need servicing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-brakes-are-squeaking-loudly-but-stop-after-they-warm-up-a-bit-normal-cold-weather-behavior-or-do-they-need-servicing/977070)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-brakes-are-squeaking-loudly-but-stop-after-they-warm-up-a-bit-normal-cold-weather-behavior-or-do-they-need-servicing/977070 "2022-12-26T21:21:47Z")
Title kinda says it all. Although I should say I do not think this is “normal” cold weather behavior. I have lived in cold climates most of my life and this is a first. When I get in my car and start driving the brake… --- ## [The Turkey Flies at Midnight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-turkey-flies-at-midnight/977081)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-turkey-flies-at-midnight/977081 "2022-12-26T21:14:08Z")
Oops, I mean: “The Turkey is in the Oven. Repeat: The Turkey is in the Oven!” And now I get to have a bit of a break before starting on the roasted brussel sprouts and the cranberry sauce. Lemon pud for afters. Hop… --- ## [Please recommend a good, durable coffeemaker {Purchase made 12-25-2022}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-durable-coffeemaker-purchase-made-12-25-2022/977077)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-durable-coffeemaker-purchase-made-12-25-2022/977077 "2022-12-26T21:10:27Z")
Our drip coffeemaker just died. It seems like we go through coffeemakers every year or two. And our latest one was not cheap- it was a fairly high-end Cuisinart model. Is it normal for coffeemakers to die after a year o… --- ## [My symptoms that never went away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-symptoms-that-never-went-away/975957)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-symptoms-that-never-went-away/975957 "2022-12-26T20:16:15Z")
I had covid in July 2021 and felt sick, but never scary sick - no shortness of breath, for example. but a year and a half later I don’t have a normal sense of smell and this bothers me a lot. I spent a long stretch of tr… --- ## [Anyone Have An Oculus Go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-an-oculus-go/977080)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-an-oculus-go/977080 "2022-12-26T20:12:22Z")
Thinking of spending my Christmas money on a VR headset. Only the Oculus Go is within my budget. a) I have glasses. Does this machine have a system that allows me to move the lenses to adjust to my vision? b) Can I wat… --- ## [So tell me about your proposal to your SO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-your-proposal-to-your-so/976931)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-your-proposal-to-your-so/976931 "2022-12-26T19:05:01Z")
Discourse tells me that this hasn’t been done since 2003, so let’s do it again. It doesn’t necessarily need to be a proposal of marriage - a proposal of commitment to your SO is the key thing. We were making out on the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=935&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=937&state=muted)