# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=938 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 939 --- ## [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… --- ## [Infection from feces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infection-from-feces/975383)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infection-from-feces/975383 "2022-11-27T13:21:15Z")
Hello Everyone, I had a weird thought the other day. Human feces that enters the bloodstream can cause havoc through infection. During the Vietnam War the VC would cover punji sticks in feces to cause infection on the v… --- ## [Leadership and management... and technical expertise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leadership-and-management-and-technical-expertise/974690)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leadership-and-management-and-technical-expertise/974690 "2022-11-27T13:07:27Z")
Many, many years ago when I was a new Ensign in the Navy, I was required to take a Leadership and Management class. FWIW, I eventually learned that while I was OK as a manager, I sucked as a leader, but I digress… One t… --- ## [Approach speed of C-17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approach-speed-of-c-17/454496)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approach-speed-of-c-17/454496 "2022-11-27T11:43:00Z")
Every day at around 5PM, a C-17 flies over my house at what looks like a speed of about 17 MPH. I have no idea why, it’s like MASH’s ‘Five O’Clock Charlie’ on steroids and Viagra. I’m glad they’re on our side, other… --- ## [Poll: Dishwasher usage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dishwasher-usage/975502)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dishwasher-usage/975502 "2022-11-27T09:22:58Z")
Do you open your dishwasher while it is running? All of my life, once I have turned the dishwasher on, I leave it alone until it is done. I don’t recall ever being instructed that this was necessary, but that is just wh… --- ## [When the last poster in a thread is ignored](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-last-poster-in-a-thread-is-ignored/971355)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-last-poster-in-a-thread-is-ignored/971355 "2022-11-27T06:58:12Z")
When the most recent poster in a thread happens to be on my ignore list, Discourse won’t mark the thread as completely read for me. I always scroll well past the point I see the ignored poster placeholder, but that thre… --- ## [Happy 100th birthday Charles M. Schulz!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-charles-m-schulz/975589)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-charles-m-schulz/975589 "2022-11-27T06:10:24Z")
Thank you Sparky for your creativity, dedication, and influence. --- ## [Movies filmed on a location you know well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515 "2022-11-27T02:37:38Z")
New Yorkers, Los Angelenos and Vancouverans probably don’t need to reply. What are the films or shows that you connect with strictly because of the location where they are filmed? Nothing to do with where the plot says … --- ## [Hey. Just FYI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-just-fyi/975408)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-just-fyi/975408 "2022-11-27T00:50:47Z")
A couple weeks ago, I got a call from my best friend’s husband. She was gone, and by suicide. I have been wanting to post this…but it was too raw and I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted to say (It didn’t help that the da… --- ## [In Ghent, Belgium for Christmas. Looking for dinner recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-ghent-belgium-for-christmas-looking-for-dinner-recommendations/975542)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-ghent-belgium-for-christmas-looking-for-dinner-recommendations/975542 "2022-11-26T21:18:45Z")
After being pretty housebound both because of COVID and some other major health issues over the last year and a half, my wife and I are going to Europe over Christmas. We’ll be in Ghent for Christmas itself, and are tryi… --- ## [World Cup Betting Odds and Argentina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-betting-odds-and-argentina/975511)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-betting-odds-and-argentina/975511 "2022-11-26T20:54:59Z")
Argentina lost against a spirited Saudi squad. They had three offside goals disallowed and the Saudis played very well. At the onset they were deemed second most likely to win, after Brazil, with odds around +550 to +7… --- ## [A Glitch in the Matrix (or, My Brother is Stealing My Stories)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-glitch-in-the-matrix-or-my-brother-is-stealing-my-stories/975529)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-glitch-in-the-matrix-or-my-brother-is-stealing-my-stories/975529 "2022-11-26T20:49:35Z")
When something odd happens once, I usually chalk it up to a freak coincidence. But when it happens twice, it makes me go huh Let me explain. I’m seven years older than my younger brother. When I was in college, he was … --- ## [Old book/author mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-book-author-mystery/975568)
**Author:** [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-book-author-mystery/975568 "2022-11-26T20:39:08Z")
My wife and youngest daughter went to an estate sale and came home with a small stack of old hardcover books. One was published in 1894 with an inscription stating it was a Christmas gift in 1912. Another of the books i… --- ## [Baby Cries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-cries/975541)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-cries/975541 "2022-11-26T18:36:57Z")
Hi SD, I heard somewhere that babies have different cries–one for irritation/annoyance, one for hunger, one for actual physical pain, one for a dirty diaper, etc. Is this an actual thing? I don’t understand why if tha… --- ## [Is there any evidence of Mussolini as an artist ? or choreographer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-of-mussolini-as-an-artist-or-choreographer/975573)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-of-mussolini-as-an-artist-or-choreographer/975573 "2022-11-26T17:08:10Z")
I haven’t been able to find any evidence of Mussolini directing or choreographing or otherwise designing any type of art. Stalin wrote poetry, Hitler painted. What were Mussolini’s accomplishments ( if any) in the fine a… --- ## [Can you grow Cloudberries in the U.S; Detroit area specifically if possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-grow-cloudberries-in-the-u-s-detroit-area-specifically-if-possible/975559)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-grow-cloudberries-in-the-u-s-detroit-area-specifically-if-possible/975559 "2022-11-26T16:51:11Z")
I had some in back in collage, from Northern European friends. And I remember they were so good. My yard when I moved in had a nice raspberry patch. But, over the years the patch seemed to die off by 20% each year, un… --- ## [Eggs in stuffing/dressing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-in-stuffing-dressing/975412)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-in-stuffing-dressing/975412 "2022-11-26T16:33:04Z")
Ok in this week’s MMP someone mentioned a stuffing/dressing recipe that used eggs and apparently some people knew about it and used them in theirs and a lot of us were of the"eggs in stuffing what the hell ?" so I d… --- ## [What do i want in a tv?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-want-in-a-tv/975512)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-want-in-a-tv/975512 "2022-11-26T14:25:29Z")
I’m building a tv nook in my basement, with some couches so i can have friends over to watch stuff together. I’ll have space for the tv above a bookcase that’s 8" wide and 2.5’ or maybe 3’ tall. What should i get? Shou… --- ## [Use of 'esquire' illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-esquire-illegal/235679)
**Author:** [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-esquire-illegal/235679 "2022-11-26T09:25:43Z")
I found out recently that a friend of mine from a while back has passed his local bar (without buying a round!) and joked about “Mr. \, esq.” I was told then that the use of “esquire” in the United States is ac… --- ## [How is your Thanksgiving going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-your-thanksgiving-going/975503)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-your-thanksgiving-going/975503 "2022-11-26T09:00:16Z")
My plan was to relax, munch on horsey dovers and watch Turkish rip-offs of famous movies on the Roku channel The B-Zone. Plans were changed slightly when My Beloved tested positive for Covid this morning, so now I am se… --- ## [Active Shooter at UVA {2022-11-14}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-uva-2022-11-14/974891)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-uva-2022-11-14/974891 "2022-11-26T06:33:37Z")
So my wife and I are in a motel in Charlottesville. We have three quick appointments early and then are supposed to remove the last few items from our home south of town before turning the house over to its new owners at… --- ## [When someone says "Mind your B.I. business", whats the B.I. stand for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-mind-your-b-i-business-whats-the-b-i-stand-for/205402)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Howley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chris_Howley)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-mind-your-b-i-business-whats-the-b-i-stand-for/205402 "2022-11-26T04:53:25Z")
When someone says “Mind your B.I. business”, whats the B.I. stand for? --- ## [Non-material gifts ideas over a distance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-material-gifts-ideas-over-a-distance/643893)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-material-gifts-ideas-over-a-distance/643893 "2022-11-26T04:07:24Z")
I’m looking for gift ideas for family members who live far away. The family and I doesn’t need or want more stuff, and for a variety of reasons things that don’t need storage and dusting seem like a good idea. I would p… --- ## [Question about shoulder blades during pull ups and hangs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-shoulder-blades-during-pull-ups-and-hangs/975280)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-shoulder-blades-during-pull-ups-and-hangs/975280 "2022-11-26T02:45:59Z")
When doing pullups, should you keep the shoulder blades pulled together? I have heard that you should, but recently I read that keeping them together when raising your arms overhead can cause a shoulder impingement. Ho… --- ## [Question For Rock Climbers On Carabiner Usage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-rock-climbers-on-carabiner-usage/974855)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-rock-climbers-on-carabiner-usage/974855 "2022-11-26T01:01:10Z")
Watch how this woman attaches her 'biners to the safety cable: one from the top, one from the bottom. She is by no means a regular rock climber (more like whatever adventure sports are available wherever she and her husb… --- ## [Will a ham fall off the bone if simmered long enough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-ham-fall-off-the-bone-if-simmered-long-enough/975536)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-ham-fall-off-the-bone-if-simmered-long-enough/975536 "2022-11-26T00:35:46Z")
I have a big ham bone left over from TG. It’s got a considerable amount of meat left on it. I was going to throw it in a crock pot along with some navy beans and chopped veggies and make a nice navy bean soup. So shoul… --- ## [Where can I buy a black leather coat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-black-leather-coat/701509)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-black-leather-coat/701509 "2014-10-18T16:37:57Z")
Is there a catalog, a website, the name of a store where a middle class middle aged lady can buy herself a new black leather coat? The one she has now is a sort of trench style, with a zip in lining, bought from a catal… --- ## [Computer analysis on board games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-analysis-on-board-games/975490)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-analysis-on-board-games/975490 "2022-11-25T23:46:16Z")
Besides chess, have there been any interesting results when doing computer analysis on board games? I’m thinking games that weren’t solved before, so that one player could force a win or a draw. And especially if it has … --- ## [Naked on your own property?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-on-your-own-property/975102)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-on-your-own-property/975102 "2022-11-25T21:12:35Z")
The advice column in today’s paper had a question about people who wanted to use their backyard hot tub naked, including walking naked to and from the tub. And it sounds as though they live in a suburban area, with hous… --- ## [Thank you is fine. I don't need anything more elaborate than that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-is-fine-i-dont-need-anything-more-elaborate-than-that/975036)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-is-fine-i-dont-need-anything-more-elaborate-than-that/975036 "2022-11-25T19:51:36Z")
I spend my days helping people, and I have noticed that some people want to use expressions that I consider unwelcome or inappropriate. Such as: Have a blessed day I appreciate you There’s probably more, but I can’t r… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=937) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=939)