# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=943&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 944 --- ## [Bonkers hypercar breaks 1/4 mile record at 7.97 seconds (car will be street legal...I think)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonkers-hypercar-breaks-1-4-mile-record-at-7-97-seconds-car-will-be-street-legal-i-think/976609)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonkers-hypercar-breaks-1-4-mile-record-at-7-97-seconds-car-will-be-street-legal-i-think/976609 "2022-12-19T11:24:40Z")
I’m not a huge petrol-head but I do like cars and recently came across this crazy design: The McMurtry Spéirling The short of it is the car has an unusual, maybe unique, gimmick…it has powerful fans that draw air throu… --- ## [Meme of guy in football shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meme-of-guy-in-football-shirt/976722)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meme-of-guy-in-football-shirt/976722 "2022-12-19T07:14:14Z")
What is this meme I’ve been seeing, if someone could explain. Its a guy wearing a football shirt, looking like hes sleeping. Help? --- ## [ID a Western?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-western/976752)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-western/976752 "2022-12-19T03:51:41Z")
Don’t know what made me think of this scene: two riders are alone in a vast wasteland. Somehow, one of them has a broken leg, so the other one leaves him behind to go for help. As he rides a distance away, he hears a gun… --- ## [My brother passed away last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-passed-away-last-night/976698)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-passed-away-last-night/976698 "2022-12-19T00:39:04Z")
My Brother passed away last night. His name was James Dean and he was 14 months younger than me. His health had been very poor for a long time so it wasn’t unexpected, but I still thought I had one more day and so I wai… --- ## [How common was it in the past for young people to have dentures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-was-it-in-the-past-for-young-people-to-have-dentures/975747)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-was-it-in-the-past-for-young-people-to-have-dentures/975747 "2022-12-19T00:10:48Z")
I need to start with a trigger warning: this topic deals with a rather nasty subject, so if tooth extraction and false teeth are triggering for you, you should probably avoid it. Over time, I learned that before prevent… --- ## [Dead Dad Solicitors: I'm ready to fuck with them. Keep me legal...Return Evelope Glitter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-dad-solicitors-im-ready-to-fuck-with-them-keep-me-legal-return-evelope-glitter/975179)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-dad-solicitors-im-ready-to-fuck-with-them-keep-me-legal-return-evelope-glitter/975179 "2022-12-18T23:24:35Z")
Howdy. To move things along dad died of an unknown blood cancer and as a Republican donor, the GOP and other entities will not stop harassing him from beyond the grave. I have written things like “Stop asking dead men … --- ## [Could I legally walk around in my underwear in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-legally-walk-around-in-my-underwear-in-public/211586)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-legally-walk-around-in-my-underwear-in-public/211586 "2022-12-18T22:34:17Z")
Lets say I put on a pair of white boxers, and a white T shirt and strut around the mall. I’m no more naked in these than in the clothing many people normally wear during the summer. Will I be ruled indecent? Would tigh… --- ## [TV show; The Making of the Mob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-the-making-of-the-mob/976749)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-the-making-of-the-mob/976749 "2022-12-18T21:44:27Z")
I saw this show listed so, being an affectionado of old gangster lore I flipped over to it and watched it muted to see if I would recognize the event depicted. The first scene I saw was of a balding guy with a goatee ge… --- ## [Pawn Stars Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pawn-stars-question/976348)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pawn-stars-question/976348 "2022-12-18T19:48:08Z")
Those people who leave without making a deal. They must still get paid for their appearance. What’s the rate for something like that? --- ## [Peripheral Neuropathy Numb/tingling feet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peripheral-neuropathy-numb-tingling-feet/914085)
**Author:** [@n5tp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/n5tp)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peripheral-neuropathy-numb-tingling-feet/914085 "2022-12-18T19:45:15Z")
Interested in knowing if anyone has been cured of numb/tingling feet, and what treatment was used in curing it. --- ## [Ever had your microwave explode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-your-microwave-explode/976518)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-your-microwave-explode/976518 "2022-12-18T19:13:03Z")
Ever heard of a microwave exploding, for that matter? Not the food - I mean the device. Ours just did. OK, so I put a dish of soup in there, set it to six minutes, it ran, it went ting, I pressed “Door open” and BANG! -… --- ## [Hee-Haw! It's a Wonderful Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw-its-a-wonderful-life/220951)
**Author:** [@tiramisu11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiramisu11)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw-its-a-wonderful-life/220951 "2022-12-18T18:22:11Z")
Why do they keep greeting each other with “HeeHaw!” in the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life”? They do it as kids and adults. What does it mean? --- ## [Kill the Bearer of this Message](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-bearer-of-this-message/976613)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-bearer-of-this-message/976613 "2022-12-18T17:59:04Z")
I’ve been reading L. Sprague de Camp’s Queen of Zamba (also titled A Panet named Krishna and Cosmic Manhunt, but “Queen” was his preferred title.) It’s essentially de Camp’s take on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Ma… --- ## [Driving in the left lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-the-left-lane/976644)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-the-left-lane/976644 "2022-12-18T17:17:31Z")
This week I am traveling with a coworker on business. She is a government employee, while I am a contractor. We are driving from Ohio to Oklahoma and back in a rental car. According to DoD regs, she must be the driver, a… --- ## [Under-Counter Kitchen Sink Silicone Adhesive Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-counter-kitchen-sink-silicone-adhesive-question/976743)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-counter-kitchen-sink-silicone-adhesive-question/976743 "2022-12-18T16:54:00Z")
Help! We’re in the process of replacing a stainless steel under-counter kitchen sink. We’re ready to install the new sink, and want to use a strong silicone adhesive to help hold it up and to seal it. There are brackets … --- ## [Alice Tapper, daughter of CNN's Jake, tells her appendicitis misdiagnosis story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alice-tapper-daughter-of-cnns-jake-tells-her-appendicitis-misdiagnosis-story/976620)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alice-tapper-daughter-of-cnns-jake-tells-her-appendicitis-misdiagnosis-story/976620 "2022-12-18T16:45:47Z")
This almost sounds like her doctors were trying to kill her! I realize that appendicitis can present in many different ways, but that she had no imaging for this long boggles my mind, and this was with educated parents.… --- ## [Buy one get one free. Is this a whoosh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-one-get-one-free-is-this-a-whoosh/976671)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-one-get-one-free-is-this-a-whoosh/976671 "2022-12-18T16:21:34Z")
Just saw an ad for Handy Heater Turbo Heat. As if their claims of what it can do aren’t horseshit enough, they then say “buy one and we’ll send you another free. Just pay a separate fee”. Wait a minute. Shipping is alre… --- ## [Patrick Warburton illness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-warburton-illness/976719)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-warburton-illness/976719 "2022-12-18T14:52:44Z")
Had tickets to see Patrick Warburtons show tomorrow but was contacted and told he has taken ill and wouldn’t be doing the show. No info on his illness. There were some cancer rumors going around last spring. I sure hope… --- ## [Alignment of three 'Norths' in England - whence a unique magnetic north line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alignment-of-three-norths-in-england-whence-a-unique-magnetic-north-line/976268)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alignment-of-three-norths-in-england-whence-a-unique-magnetic-north-line/976268 "2022-12-18T13:44:45Z")
There’s a blurb from the UK Ordinance Survey about a unique alignment of ‘North’ lines occurring in southern England: I get that Ordinance Survey maps will have a unique Grid North line for Great Britain (other nation… --- ## [Need Help finding a Rap Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-rap-song/976720)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-rap-song/976720 "2022-12-18T12:17:27Z")
One of my local radio stations plays a large variety of music. A few weeks ago they started airing a rap song I kind of liked. I can’t identify the song because the lyrics are incomprehensible, but I still kind of like i… --- ## [Commercial credit humour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-credit-humour/976535)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-credit-humour/976535 "2022-12-18T04:38:18Z")
My boss asked me for some ‘credit trivia’ for our upcoming newsletter. \[NB: We do commercial credit.\] I sent three suggestions (Fair Isaacs was founded in 1956, and FICO scores were introduced in 1989; How reporting on… --- ## [Question about the Butterfly Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-butterfly-effect/226692)
**Author:** [@hauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hauss)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-butterfly-effect/226692 "2022-12-18T04:15:07Z")
Why did Evan draw that violent picture? I understand the function of the pic (I think) being in the movie but I don’t know what caused the character to draw it. What was the significance of the drawing (maybe this is t… --- ## [Question about barbies and dolls in general](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-barbies-and-dolls-in-general/976669)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-barbies-and-dolls-in-general/976669 "2022-12-18T03:16:07Z")
in the trailer shown in this thread: It says barbie was the first doll for kids that was an teenager/adult is that true ? --- ## [Is the lace code still around or used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-lace-code-still-around-or-used/976659)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-lace-code-still-around-or-used/976659 "2022-12-18T03:00:57Z")
I stumbled upon this code somewhere (I want to say after watching Green Room). People would use the different color laces in their Doc Martins to express their views on race or capacity for violence (blue means you’re a … --- ## [Floating point madness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floating-point-madness/975770)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floating-point-madness/975770 "2022-12-18T00:17:05Z")
We have two different versions of Excel at my office. One is the Office 365 version run on our local machines, the other is Excel 2016 that we use through our SaaS provider. They each give a different answer to the sum… --- ## [Creating video training](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-video-training/976676)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-video-training/976676 "2022-12-17T23:14:30Z")
I’ll be retiring in about 3 or so years. Scares the shit out of my co-workers. I’m going to start to try to make training videos. (this is IS stuff, that I wrote). I’ll make a library of it. That is my plan. I want to d… --- ## [Screen capture of video on a Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-capture-of-video-on-a-mac/976647)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-capture-of-video-on-a-mac/976647 "2022-12-17T23:11:10Z")
As a present for my daughter, I’m building a diorama of a set from a TV show we both love. My procedure has been to stream episodes on my computer, sized to full-screen, and then when I see an area or object I need to re… --- ## [Minor Criminal Activity And Foreign Tourism To The US (Don't Need Answer Fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-criminal-activity-and-foreign-tourism-to-the-us-dont-need-answer-fast/976412)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-criminal-activity-and-foreign-tourism-to-the-us-dont-need-answer-fast/976412 "2022-12-17T22:53:01Z")
In this video, a British tourist has a few too many while on holiday in the Hamptons and gets a misdemeanor criminal charge for pissing in public behind the bar. He’s given a citation and a court date – well after he’ll … --- ## [Beginner bridge: Responding to opening bid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginner-bridge-responding-to-opening-bid/975097)
**Author:** [@Paxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paxx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginner-bridge-responding-to-opening-bid/975097 "2022-12-17T22:50:01Z")
I’ve just started learning bridge, Standard American bidding. So far, two friends have helped me by teaching the basics of bidding and how to play a hand. I’ve also done quite a bit of research online and I found a very… --- ## [Where can I find this plate pattern?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-plate-pattern/976690)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-plate-pattern/976690 "2022-12-17T22:41:39Z")
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