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**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-driving-me-crazy-what-song-is-this/975713 "2022-11-29T00:34:52Z")
The violins at about 3:45 are aping what song?? The lyrics would be like “and you can something something ….lalalalala” --- ## [It’s the Holidays, and All I Can Think About Are the Ukrainians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-the-holidays-and-all-i-can-think-about-are-the-ukrainians/975710)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-the-holidays-and-all-i-can-think-about-are-the-ukrainians/975710 "2022-11-28T23:54:44Z")
Among my friends and in my family, we don’t exchange material gifts much. But we do often make charitable donations in each others’ names. This year, my plan is to give to charities that benefit Ukrainians. I thought so… --- ## [Damn. Legendary Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson dies aged 75](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-legendary-dr-feelgood-guitarist-wilko-johnson-dies-aged-75/975433)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-legendary-dr-feelgood-guitarist-wilko-johnson-dies-aged-75/975433 "2022-11-28T21:56:37Z")
Great band ! --- ## [Fascinated by alternate history, Beatles version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinated-by-alternate-history-beatles-version/975528)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinated-by-alternate-history-beatles-version/975528 "2022-11-28T21:54:04Z")
A subgenre that appeals to me very much is “what if” premise fiction, but only when very well thought-out. Tarentino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Inglourious Basterds” belong to this subgenre–witty, clever, tho… --- ## [Why has the NFL record for passing yards in a game (554) remained intact since 1951?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-nfl-record-for-passing-yards-in-a-game-554-remained-intact-since-1951/975639)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-nfl-record-for-passing-yards-in-a-game-554-remained-intact-since-1951/975639 "2022-11-28T20:54:23Z")
The NFL is a far more pass-happy league today than 70 years ago, but somehow all the Bradys/Mannings/Rodgers/Mahomes/Romos since then have not managed to get 555 passing yards in a game. Is this just one of those things … --- ## [Sports in which no scoring is possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-in-which-no-scoring-is-possible/975396)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-in-which-no-scoring-is-possible/975396 "2022-11-28T19:51:20Z")
Are there any sports, other than soccer football, in which it’s possible for none of the participants to score a point of advantage during the game (such as a goal)? Also, are there any other sports, other than soccer f… --- ## [Your wildest lifestyle fantasy -- unrestricted by practical, real-world limitations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wildest-lifestyle-fantasy-unrestricted-by-practical-real-world-limitations/974980)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wildest-lifestyle-fantasy-unrestricted-by-practical-real-world-limitations/974980 "2022-11-28T18:52:06Z")
If you could wake up tomorrow in a different life with no negative consequences of any kind to this one, what life would that be? Don’t limit your fantasy to practical considerations at all-- financial, skill, talent, ag… --- ## [What, exactly, is socialism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-socialism/975350)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-socialism/975350 "2022-11-28T17:34:16Z")
I am in a debate with a person that seems to be making the argument that any interference by a government into a market economy is socialism by definition. I think they have really taken the whole market driven economy … --- ## [Dealing with leftovers in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-leftovers-in-the-mmp/975311)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-leftovers-in-the-mmp/975311 "2022-11-28T17:19:32Z")
Thanksgiving is probably one of the biggest days for leftover - certainly it was in my family. We have our share during the rest of the year, too, as I’m sure many of you do also. How do you deal with the extra food at … --- ## [What to cover my yard with to stop the mud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-cover-my-yard-with-to-stop-the-mud/975169)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-cover-my-yard-with-to-stop-the-mud/975169 "2022-11-28T15:31:56Z")
I just bought a new house. In due time (AKA when I have the money), I will put in a patio and some landscaping. For now I need something to cover the dirt so the dogs stop tracking in mud when it rains. My husband sugges… --- ## [Drag Story Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drag-story-time/975362)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drag-story-time/975362 "2022-11-28T10:47:14Z")
Ok, I admit I don’t get it. I don’t have kids so I never did the story time thing. I’m in the camp of: If you’re ok taking your kids to drag story time, go ahead. If you’re not, don’t go. But you don’t get to tell o… --- ## [Grey Cup in Regina tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grey-cup-in-regina-tomorrow/975222)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grey-cup-in-regina-tomorrow/975222 "2022-11-28T06:16:04Z")
Winnipeg Blue Bombers v Toronto Argos The fabled rivals of the Riders, versus the Central Canadians. How can I possibly watch the game? I don’t want either to win! Weather looks good. Forecast is between -2 and -10 C… --- ## [Airbus strikes firetruck on runway \[Peru\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-strikes-firetruck-on-runway-peru/975206)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-strikes-firetruck-on-runway-peru/975206 "2022-11-28T04:58:33Z")
Curious if others have seen this news story. Apparently the fire department was conducting a drill while landings/takeoffs were being conducted. I’m not sure how fire departments schedule practice, but during live airp… --- ## [Repairing old LP covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-old-lp-covers/975641)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-old-lp-covers/975641 "2022-11-28T04:43:56Z")
I’ve got some old LPs, from the 1960s, and I’ve bought some replacements for the old paper envelopes they came in, but now a lot of the cardboard covers (the pretty ones, with pictures of the artists on the fronts and so… --- ## [Is the English word 'oceanaide' a proper word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-english-word-oceanaide-a-proper-word/975612)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-english-word-oceanaide-a-proper-word/975612 "2022-11-28T04:40:11Z")
I’ve seen the English version of the French ‘océanide’ (nymph) as oceanaide. Is this a proper word. I couldn’t find any dictionary or glossary reference for it. --- ## [Help finding a movie scene, wrecked candle fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650)
**Author:** [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650 "2022-11-28T04:26:38Z")
My apologies for the vagueness of my description, which mirrors the vagueness of my memory. I’m looking for a scene, which may have been from an 80’s comedy, maybe a John Hughes one, and the actor may have been John Can… --- ## [What was this cabinet used for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-cabinet-used-for/975607)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-cabinet-used-for/975607 "2022-11-28T03:24:21Z")
My wife saw this today at a local Pioneer history museum: \[Album\] imgur.com … --- ## [Could I buy the moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-buy-the-moon/975335)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-buy-the-moon/975335 "2022-11-28T02:57:29Z")
What is its value? --- ## [Songs you know that AREN'T parodies but you'll probably never hear anybody else sing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-know-that-arent-parodies-but-youll-probably-never-hear-anybody-else-sing/955661)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-know-that-arent-parodies-but-youll-probably-never-hear-anybody-else-sing/955661 "2022-11-28T00:25:40Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone else who knows all four verses of “The Star Spangled Banner” or Gene Roddenberry’s lyrics to the Star Trek theme. Without looking them up, can you tell us the real lyrics to “I’m Popey… --- ## [Thor: Love and Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-love-and-thunder/963008)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-love-and-thunder/963008 "2022-11-28T00:07:05Z")
A teaser trailer is out: I like the trailer. Check out Natalie Portman as Thor at the end. Taika Waititi is directing the movie. Release date is July 8, 2022 --- ## [How to frame a large poster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-frame-a-large-poster/975530)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-frame-a-large-poster/975530 "2022-11-27T23:58:49Z")
I am thinking of buying a vintage tourism poster, one that is a very large non-standard size (about 130 x 90 cm or 50" by 35"). I got an estimate from a custom framing place, and it was shockingly expensive. I can shop … --- ## [Songs With (For Lack of a Better Choice of Words) Easter Eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-for-lack-of-a-better-choice-of-words-easter-eggs/975594)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-for-lack-of-a-better-choice-of-words-easter-eggs/975594 "2022-11-27T23:58:12Z")
I’m looking for songs that have Easter Eggs, although that’s probably not the exact term I need to use. Basically I’m looking for mistakes (such as Sting sitting on the piano before “Roxanne”), melodic nods to other song… --- ## [Please help me understand some things about schizophrenia and Bipolar-2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-understand-some-things-about-schizophrenia-and-bipolar-2/975516)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-understand-some-things-about-schizophrenia-and-bipolar-2/975516 "2022-11-27T23:51:24Z")
I’ve posted before about the high frequency of mental illness in my family on both sides - paternal grandfather had OCD, I have OCD, my sister is bipolar-2, my maternal aunt has something like schizophrenia (although we’… --- ## ["There are exactly 5 different ways to tell a stand-up joke"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-exactly-5-different-ways-to-tell-a-stand-up-joke/974911)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-exactly-5-different-ways-to-tell-a-stand-up-joke/974911 "2022-11-27T23:18:16Z")
I heard a stand-up comedian on a podcast claim that pretty much all jokes can be summed up into 5 different categories but only those 5. He wound up only saying 2 before he got distracted but was curious if this is actua… --- ## [Craigslist Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-question/975569)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-question/975569 "2022-11-27T21:39:34Z")
Over the last few days, I have posted a few ads on Craigslist. The ads are in different For Sale categories. Today, something happened that hasn’t happened before now. When I tried to “publish” an ad, I received this not… --- ## [Any interest in an SDMB photography competition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-an-sdmb-photography-competition/975343)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-an-sdmb-photography-competition/975343 "2022-11-27T21:10:20Z")
I’m a hobbyist photographer, and one thing that keeps me interested is the challenge that comes with working to a brief. To that end, I wondered about the viability of an SDMB photography competition. The way I’d see it … --- ## [Physical properties of just a giant tower of solid metal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-properties-of-just-a-giant-tower-of-solid-metal/974906)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-properties-of-just-a-giant-tower-of-solid-metal/974906 "2022-11-27T18:00:33Z")
Many nights, to relax a little before bed, I play a few minutes of Minecraft. I’ve been playing the same instance for a long time so I’ve amassed a lot of supplies, and a while ago I realized that rather than sticking s… --- ## [Wife forgot her AppleID password](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-forgot-her-appleid-password/975606)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-forgot-her-appleid-password/975606 "2022-11-27T17:24:43Z")
We’re on vacation, and my wife decided she wanted to download Waze. Unfortunately, that requires an AppleID password, which she’s forgotten. I tried to recover her password for her, but there’s no easy way to do it. I… --- ## [Is it awful to be happy someone has just come down with Covid? \[unwanted Thanksgiving guest\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-awful-to-be-happy-someone-has-just-come-down-with-covid-unwanted-thanksgiving-guest/975319)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-awful-to-be-happy-someone-has-just-come-down-with-covid-unwanted-thanksgiving-guest/975319 "2022-11-27T16:40:56Z")
I just heard from heard from my soon-to-be Thanksgiving hostess that the wife of one of my nephews has just been diagnosed with Covid. A mild case, thankfully, not much more than a common cold as far as symptoms go, but… --- ## [What’s up with Trump’’s goofy little fist sign?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-trump-s-goofy-little-fist-sign/970901 "2022-11-27T16:22:42Z")
When most people make a fist and hold it up, it looks like a fist you’d make if you were going to hit something or someone. But when Trump makes a fist, it looks so weenie-like. Like he thinks it looks like a fist, but… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=936) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=938)