# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=948 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 949 --- ## [What is the best “war movie”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-war-movie/941184)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-war-movie/941184 "2022-11-13T22:43:06Z")
Some of the greatest movies of all time involve soldiers. All Quiet on the Western Front, Bridge on the River Kwai, MASH… more recently Dunkirk and 1917. Yet, I find some highly regarded movies much better than others.… --- ## [How to tell if this is a person's grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-this-is-a-persons-grave/974477)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-this-is-a-persons-grave/974477 "2022-11-13T22:11:42Z")
There’s a recently opened nature preserve near me where I’ve been hiking. I found a spot that looks like a person is buried there. There is a roughly rectangular depression sunken into the ground, maybe 7’ long and 3’ wi… --- ## [Does Trump get indicted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-get-indicted/974085)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-get-indicted/974085 "2022-11-13T22:05:08Z")
The poll is what you believe will happen, not what you want to happen. poll This is for potential crimes committed as of 10-31-2022. Not future crimes. --- ## [Is Russia being bogged down in Ukraine similar to if in 1991 Iraq held back the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-being-bogged-down-in-ukraine-similar-to-if-in-1991-iraq-held-back-the-united-states/974639)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-being-bogged-down-in-ukraine-similar-to-if-in-1991-iraq-held-back-the-united-states/974639 "2022-11-13T21:34:18Z")
I’ve been trying to think of a similar situation to the current Russia/Ukraine War and my best estimation is if in the 1991 Gulf War if somehow the Iraqis stopped the American/Allied invasion into Iraq itself. The Iraqi… --- ## [Merhan Nasseri (stuck in Paris airport)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merhan-nasseri-stuck-in-paris-airport/667906)
**Author:** [@BobbyC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobbyC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merhan-nasseri-stuck-in-paris-airport/667906 "2022-11-13T21:23:08Z")
Just reread the Aug 20, 1998 Straight Dope column about this poor guy who had been, at that time, stuck living in the Paris airport for the past 11 years, because, after having had his papers stolen, he was a man without… --- ## [Was Babel subtitled in the theaters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-babel-subtitled-in-the-theaters/396440)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-babel-subtitled-in-the-theaters/396440 "2022-11-13T21:05:28Z")
:smack: My wife and I watched Babel last night on DVD. Pretty much figured out what was happening and enjoyed it, despite the fact that one family was speaking Moroccan and another Japanese. But this morning, I looked… --- ## [If I Only Had A Gun: stories that would be completely different if people were armed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-only-had-a-gun-stories-that-would-be-completely-different-if-people-were-armed/974453)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-only-had-a-gun-stories-that-would-be-completely-different-if-people-were-armed/974453 "2022-11-13T20:58:56Z")
Everyone cheered when Indiana Jones, faced with a double-scimitar wielding assassin, effectively said “screw this”, drew his Smith & Wesson and just shot the guy. And there have been innumerable cartoons on the theme of … --- ## [Men Who Find Women In Pigtails Sexy (poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-find-women-in-pigtails-sexy-poll/204479)
**Author:** [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-find-women-in-pigtails-sexy-poll/204479 "2003-10-02T18:56:34Z")
I have heard that guys find women in pigtails sexy. I wonder what percentage that is? Case in point there is a 50 year old woman in the 7-11 that wears them and I think she looks silly. I don’t know why guys would fi… --- ## [The Missing Stark (MCU)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-stark-mcu/974813)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-stark-mcu/974813 "2022-11-13T19:57:21Z")
I’m home sick, watching a bunch of MCU movies while I get better and I’m dealing with the Stark family problem - Howard Stark is a successful pilot, inventor and businessman in the mid-1940s - so he’s clearly someone bor… --- ## [Is there a way to check out on-line charities for reliability?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-out-on-line-charities-for-reliability/974805)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-out-on-line-charities-for-reliability/974805 "2022-11-13T17:47:56Z")
The Cub and I have been talking about the value of making charitable donations, and I asked him if he had charities he would like to donate to. He mentioned two: TeamSeas: And Minecrafters v Cancer: w… --- ## [Best Paul Simon Studio Albums (Poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-paul-simon-studio-albums-poll/974513)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-paul-simon-studio-albums-poll/974513 "2022-11-13T15:46:30Z")
What are Paul Simon’s best studio albums? Select up to 3. poll --- ## [Do any women whatsoever think mankinis are sexy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-women-whatsoever-think-mankinis-are-sexy/959809)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-women-whatsoever-think-mankinis-are-sexy/959809 "2022-11-13T15:42:44Z")
If so, I 've never heard it. Yea or nay anyone? --- ## [Watching the Remembrance Day Ceremony from Ottawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-remembrance-day-ceremony-from-ottawa/843295)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-remembrance-day-ceremony-from-ottawa/843295 "2022-11-13T15:37:37Z")
Starting with O Canada from the Ottawa Children’s Choir. Then the Last Post and 2 minutes of silence. 11th Hour, 11th Day, 11th Month. God rest their souls. --- ## [Things about Ukraine culture I learned through the war videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-about-ukraine-culture-i-learned-through-the-war-videos/974852)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-about-ukraine-culture-i-learned-through-the-war-videos/974852 "2022-11-13T14:25:55Z")
I am always keen to look at the environment (landscape, city-background) of those 1000s of vids we have been seeing over the past 9 or so months of Ukr, its life and its culture … I am certain I am not the only one … W… --- ## [Poirot, Holmes (Granada) and Jeeves/Wooster are a remarkable trinity of TV adaptations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poirot-holmes-granada-and-jeeves-wooster-are-a-remarkable-trinity-of-tv-adaptations/973837)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poirot-holmes-granada-and-jeeves-wooster-are-a-remarkable-trinity-of-tv-adaptations/973837 "2022-11-13T13:38:59Z")
I have been watching some episodes of Poirot recently and it occurred to me that it along with the Granada Holmes and Jeeves and Wooster were a remarkable trinity of great TV adaptations of popular fiction classics. The… --- ## [COVID fraudster picked up at Disneyworld](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-fraudster-picked-up-at-disneyworld/974804)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-fraudster-picked-up-at-disneyworld/974804 "2022-11-13T13:28:06Z")
What are the odds you spot the guy you’re looking for at Disneyworld?. I’m glad this guy was found, anyway. --- ## [Which/what animals could get buff if they were trained to lift weights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-what-animals-could-get-buff-if-they-were-trained-to-lift-weights/974769)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-what-animals-could-get-buff-if-they-were-trained-to-lift-weights/974769 "2022-11-13T09:42:21Z")
Presuming they could be trained/motivated, I presume that all mammals could develop extra muscle by exercising just like humans. Monkeys would be setting all sorts of records and get freaky huge. Is this self evident i… --- ## [It's always sunny....the music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-sunny-the-music/974825)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-sunny-the-music/974825 "2022-11-13T03:56:17Z")
I am smitten with the soundtrack of IASIP. I love the orchestration, the style. It’s evocative of the early to mid-50s, I feel, but I can’t exactly place the context. Classroom films? Early tv commercials? Is it ori… --- ## [Portal Reloaded - free mod for Portal 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-reloaded-free-mod-for-portal-2/974222)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-reloaded-free-mod-for-portal-2/974222 "2022-11-13T03:31:48Z")
Who’s played this free mod for Portal 2? It was released last year, exactly ten years to the day after the release of Portal 2. You can now shoot a third portal which lets you travel through time. I’ve gotten to chamber… --- ## [Do you say “speed humps” or “speed bumps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-speed-humps-or-speed-bumps/973971)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-speed-humps-or-speed-bumps/973971 "2022-11-13T03:22:19Z")
I used to see them labeled the first way, but recently it’s changed. Is it a regionalism? What do they say in your neck of the woods (I’m in central PA)? --- ## [Is there a name for this kind of downer movie ending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-kind-of-downer-movie-ending/974095)
**Author:** [@SlipperyPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlipperyPete)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-kind-of-downer-movie-ending/974095 "2022-11-13T02:31:53Z")
I watched a movie yesterday that was pretty good throughout and held my interest, but then the ending was just a huge downer. I’ve seen movies with unhappy endings before, but this was just… hard to explain why I found i… --- ## [Film ID: Scandinavian immigrant family, America, daughter runs for office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-id-scandinavian-immigrant-family-america-daughter-runs-for-office/974801)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-id-scandinavian-immigrant-family-america-daughter-runs-for-office/974801 "2022-11-13T01:31:45Z")
The Dope usually gets these semi-obscure film questions in one or two shots, so here’s another: I’m trying to identify a film I want to re-watch; I last saw it maybe 8ish years ago, probably on TCM. Somewhat reminiscent… --- ## [Cracker crumb zips around in the toilet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-crumb-zips-around-in-the-toilet/974775)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-crumb-zips-around-in-the-toilet/974775 "2022-11-13T00:59:46Z")
My wife thinks I’m weird. But I just had something happen and it’s not the first time. Went into the bathroom to take a leak. Noticed a couple cracker crumbs on my shirt and brushed them off. One hit the porcelain of the… --- ## [Anybody watch the Prime Video show 'Night Sky'? I have questions (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watch-the-prime-video-show-night-sky-i-have-questions-spoilers/966739)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watch-the-prime-video-show-night-sky-i-have-questions-spoilers/966739 "2022-11-12T23:36:26Z")
Mrs. solost and I just finished season 1 of this show, about an elderly couple played by J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek who discover a portal in their backyard that can teleport them to another planet. Wow, between this s… --- ## [January 6th Hearing-Adjacent Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 587\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829 "2022-11-12T22:56:51Z")
The purpose of this thread is to give posters a place to discuss speculative ideas and points arising from the January 6th hearings. It can include such discussions on subjects such as who else should be called, what mi… --- ## [Recommend a toaster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-toaster/974747)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-toaster/974747 "2022-11-12T22:39:51Z")
My toaster is falling apart. The plastic handle that you push down to start toasting is broken and keeps falling off. The heating elements are wearing out and no longer toast evenly. And I basically hate it. Trying to f… --- ## [The vast majority of plastic that people put into recycling bins is headed to landfills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vast-majority-of-plastic-that-people-put-into-recycling-bins-is-headed-to-landfills/973728)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vast-majority-of-plastic-that-people-put-into-recycling-bins-is-headed-to-landfills/973728 "2022-11-12T22:35:01Z")
Few plastics get recycled now. Only type 1 and 2 plastics are getting recycled at any significant rate at all, and that rate still falls well below the 30% rate deemed necessary to consider a substance ‘recyclable’. An… --- ## [Who Was the Worst President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-president/591242)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-worst-president/591242 "2022-11-12T21:52:58Z")
Since President polls seem to be popular nowadays. --- ## [Can milk produce plastic in the stomach?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-milk-produce-plastic-in-the-stomach/666414)
**Author:** [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-milk-produce-plastic-in-the-stomach/666414 "2022-11-12T21:32:45Z")
Short version Is it possible for milk to form a plastic-like substance in the human stomach? Maybe casein? Long version Czarcasm’s thread looking for an iced coffee maker, (link), has reminded me of something… Where… --- ## [Republican Controlled House vs. Ukraine Funding Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-controlled-house-vs-ukraine-funding-question/974802)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-controlled-house-vs-ukraine-funding-question/974802 "2022-11-12T21:20:44Z")
Mods: I tried to find a similar thread but couldn’t. Feel free to merge as appropriate. Maybe this should be in P&E? Let’s assume the Republicans win back the House with a 10-seat majority, and Kevin McCarthy takes over… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=947) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=949)