# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=955 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 956 --- ## [Flightline - a super horse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flightline-a-super-horse/971352)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flightline-a-super-horse/971352 "2022-11-05T22:54:15Z")
I don’t think the racehorse Flightline is getting much coverage - but he should. Although he never raced in any of the Triple Crown races and doesn’t race very often (only five races since debuting in April of 2021), th… --- ## [Deaths from a 400 kiloton nuclear explosion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaths-from-a-400-kiloton-nuclear-explosion/974168)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaths-from-a-400-kiloton-nuclear-explosion/974168 "2022-11-05T20:44:23Z")
At a war museum in Manchester England, there is a training example of a WE177 British free-fall nuclear bomb that had a yield of 400 kilotons. The information panel says this about deaths from a hypothetical explosion ov… --- ## [Young women following me on Twitter--why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-following-me-on-twitter-why/974415 "2022-11-05T19:51:57Z")
And what do they want? I’m a middle-aged straight guy. I’ve noticed that about three times a week, I get a new follower on Twitter and most of the time it is a young scantily-clad woman I’ve never heard of. Is there a … --- ## [Star Wars : Tales of the Jedi (spoilers will likely come)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-spoilers-will-likely-come/973854)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-spoilers-will-likely-come/973854 "2022-11-05T19:50:04Z")
A series of six shorts released yesterday, three of them about Ahsoka Tano and three about Count Dooku. They range form okay to pretty good. Worth checking out, I believe. --- ## [What makes a person beautiful to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-person-beautiful-to-you/966077)
**Author:** [@IDKittyKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDKittyKat)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-person-beautiful-to-you/966077 "2022-11-05T18:15:27Z")
Quick reply I personally couldn’t give a shit about how you look. It’s your inside that counts. Personal experience. --- ## [Opinions on barefoot shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-barefoot-shoes/974285)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-barefoot-shoes/974285 "2022-11-05T17:31:25Z")
For the past six months or so I have gone back to using the treadmill, mostly at a walk, but occasionally at a light jog. I wear size 14 tennis shoes, wider than usual, and I found them really unwieldy on our treadmill,… --- ## [Work move - Surprise! You're on a new team, with a new title, and a boss you've never met](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-move-surprise-youre-on-a-new-team-with-a-new-title-and-a-boss-youve-never-met/972342)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-move-surprise-youre-on-a-new-team-with-a-new-title-and-a-boss-youve-never-met/972342 "2022-11-05T16:44:34Z")
I got an email today, one of 288 people, from HR. “You’ve been moved to a new group.” My boss didn’t know this was coming, and neither did her boss, the VP. The new boss didn’t know. At first they said things would be p… --- ## [Penn & Teller: Fool Us, season 9](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-teller-fool-us-season-9/974257)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-teller-fool-us-season-9/974257 "2022-11-05T16:39:20Z")
I didn’t find a thread for the young season yet, 3 episodes in. Anybody else still watching? I was surprised Helen Coghlan scored yet another FU trophy. The milk-into-the-empty-tube bit seemed rather pedestrian to me. I… --- ## [Does Oprah Winfrey's endoresement of Senate Candidate John Fetterman in Pennsylvania really help him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-oprah-winfreys-endoresement-of-senate-candidate-john-fetterman-in-pennsylvania-really-help-him/974382)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-oprah-winfreys-endoresement-of-senate-candidate-john-fetterman-in-pennsylvania-really-help-him/974382 "2022-11-05T16:00:15Z")
John Fetterman (Democrat) is running against Republican Mehmet Oz (Dr. Oz from the Oprah Winfrey Show) for the Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Fetterman suffered a stroke earlier this year and is running neck and neck again… --- ## [Foods that are too, too Tempting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-too-too-tempting/969095 "2022-11-05T15:00:52Z")
Do you have a food that you like so much that if you buy it or make it you’ll eat it all, so you just don’t bring it into the house? Something that you just can control yourself with? I LOVE cooked chocolate pudding (no… --- ## [Should I roast my own coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-roast-my-own-coffee/974367)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-roast-my-own-coffee/974367 "2022-11-05T15:00:36Z")
I’m not James Hoffmann but I am a bit of a coffee snob. My goal in 2023 is to get some of the best coffees in the world and try them with my Hario 60. In fact I think I have a thread asking for suggestions but that was… --- ## [Fantasy funeral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-funeral/974351)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-funeral/974351 "2022-11-05T14:54:13Z")
Given an unlimited budget, what would your fantasy funeral be like? “Fantasy” within reality please, so no magic resurrection machines or anything like that. You are definitely dead, but you’ve had enough time to ask fo… --- ## [Have you ever done a (lot of food) challenge? How did you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329 "2022-11-05T14:40:06Z")
Not much, but the closest I came was I wanted to take the local Bob’s Big Boy 2lb burger challenge. But sadly, the place burned down before I could give it a try. It’s not much, but I once ate 8 Quarter Pounders, so I’m… --- ## [Anyone else fill up your shot card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-fill-up-your-shot-card/973165)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-fill-up-your-shot-card/973165 "2022-11-05T14:28:05Z")
Did you get a prize? I got my latest booster today and all of the lines on my card are now filled in. Nobody offered me a free coffee or donut or anything so I bought myself a Buzz Bomb to drink when I got home. Has an… --- ## [Passed my driver's re-examination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passed-my-drivers-re-examination/974364)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passed-my-drivers-re-examination/974364 "2022-11-05T14:18:55Z")
Forgive me, I just gotta rant about this. TL;DR I have mentioned before how Quebec has instituted medicare’s worst nightmare. If you have a family doctor, fine. But if they retire (or move, or die), the province assi… --- ## [Another game of, "who is right/wrong?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-of-who-is-right-wrong/974304)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-game-of-who-is-right-wrong/974304 "2022-11-05T12:49:08Z")
I’ll try to describe an interpersonal dynamic involving 3 adults, and would appreciate your thoughts as to what you think reasonable/unreasonable on behalf of the 3 persons. The parties are spouse 1 and spouse2 (married… --- ## [Does Discourse cache our photos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-discourse-cache-our-photos/974387)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-discourse-cache-our-photos/974387 "2022-11-05T12:23:00Z")
Link here: Dippy me, who may need to see the eye doctor, didn’t see the “parody” on the “Trump tweet”. As I do, I uploaded the pics to my Flickr account and pasted the URL’s here. It was after the SDMB edit window wh… --- ## [GOP Report on DOJ/FBI Issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-report-on-doj-fbi-issues/974381)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-report-on-doj-fbi-issues/974381 "2022-11-05T10:23:13Z")
The Estimable Jim Jordan has produced a 1050 page document that details a variety of issues with the DOJ and FBI. (It’s actually a 50 page report plus about 1000 pages of an email chain that’s 2/3rds signatures and head… --- ## [Where to have my calendars made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-have-my-calendars-made/973830)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-have-my-calendars-made/973830 "2022-11-05T07:49:00Z")
For years I have been using CafePress.com to make calendars as gifts. This year when I went to their web site, I found I was unable to create a new calendar. Their customer service told me that calendars are currently un… --- ## [Colonizing a new star, question about virus/bacterial transfers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonizing-a-new-star-question-about-virus-bacterial-transfers/953179)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonizing-a-new-star-question-about-virus-bacterial-transfers/953179 "2022-11-05T05:30:26Z")
So, part of this is definitely not going to be GQ as it’s highly speculative, but the actual question I think falls into the GQ forum. Mods, feel free to move if you disagree. Ok, so let’s say in the future, we have th… --- ## [YouTube Cleaning Porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-cleaning-porn/961758)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-cleaning-porn/961758 "2022-03-28T00:17:12Z")
I’m not someone who loves to clean. Sometimes I like to have cleaned, but even then, not so much. But to watch someone clean an already clean house with beautiful tools and then to clean her cleaning tools after she’s do… --- ## [What's the best way to look for hourly jobs (not gigs or careers) online these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-look-for-hourly-jobs-not-gigs-or-careers-online-these-days/969939)
**Author:** [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-look-for-hourly-jobs-not-gigs-or-careers-online-these-days/969939 "2022-11-05T04:26:38Z")
I’m finding myself looking for possibly a part-time weekend or more hourly job to supplement my income (FT job and very small businesses). Not really interested in gigs for many reasons, as I’m well-informed on those. Lo… --- ## [Is there any movie analysis idea worse than "The main character was dead all along!"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-analysis-idea-worse-than-the-main-character-was-dead-all-along/974115)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-movie-analysis-idea-worse-than-the-main-character-was-dead-all-along/974115 "2022-11-05T02:15:15Z")
I hate how it seems every single movie or other work of fiction now always has a “discussion” about how “The main character actually died at the start of the movie, and the rest is just their brain making up a happy endi… --- ## [Help me find a joke I told](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-joke-i-told/974395)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-joke-i-told/974395 "2022-11-05T01:51:20Z")
I posted a joke sometime in 2022 (I think), but I can’t remember it or find it. The gist is ‘I have been accepted by my Hispanic neighbours.’ Because they call me . They’re actually calling me an asshole. --- ## [Question about 'bluing' of a surgical instrument from the late 1800s/early 1900s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-bluing-of-a-surgical-instrument-from-the-late-1800s-early-1900s/974252)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-bluing-of-a-surgical-instrument-from-the-late-1800s-early-1900s/974252 "2022-11-05T01:44:29Z")
I recently acquired a Galt trephine produced by the C. Truax company. It looks very similar to this version, or this one, except that the brass of the shaft is nickel plated. It came from an estate sale at the home of a … --- ## [What Does Trump Smell Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000 "2022-11-05T00:46:45Z")
Some people recall Trump branded steaks, vodka and university. I don’t personally - I have seen Trump-branded hotels, bars and neckties. Apparently, around 2006 Trump also released a cologne called The Fragrance. News … --- ## [Need a scary short story!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-scary-short-story/973950)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-scary-short-story/973950 "2022-11-05T00:39:20Z")
My daughter (12yo) is an avid reader but has been talking smack about nothing written ever scares her. It’s close to Halloween so I want to school her. It’s a Good Life by Jerome Bixby was the scariest short story I co… --- ## [Permanent Ban for UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-ban-for-ultravires/974390)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-ban-for-ultravires/974390 "2022-11-05T00:14:06Z")
Moderating: After lengthy discussion in the mod loop, we’ve decided to permanently revoke @UltraVires’s posting privileges. This is based on the following formal warnings, together with numerous mod notes. Warning from… --- ## [Pitting UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 828\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734 "2022-11-05T00:07:28Z")
We have a winner for the title of West Virginia’s dumbest lawyer This guy! Here’s another bit of genius from the same thread… Brett Kavanaugh is lucky to have you on his side. --- ## [Julie Powell, author of "Julie & Julia", dies at 49](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julie-powell-author-of-julie-julia-dies-at-49/974268)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julie-powell-author-of-julie-julia-dies-at-49/974268 "2022-11-04T23:51:20Z")
The official COD was cardiac arrest. 49 is way too young. The movie was MUCH better than the book. RIP, Julie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=954) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=956)