# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=970&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 971 --- ## [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… --- ## [What are the limits to the orders that subordinates in the military must obey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-limits-to-the-orders-that-subordinates-in-the-military-must-obey/974739)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-limits-to-the-orders-that-subordinates-in-the-military-must-obey/974739 "2022-11-12T20:34:44Z")
It’s common knowledge, and perfectly logical, that in the military it is a serious offense to refuse to obey a direct order from your superior. Obviously, if you are given the order to advance on the enemy, and you decli… --- ## [American accents: "ear" and "air"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-accents-ear-and-air/974503)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-accents-ear-and-air/974503 "2022-11-12T20:32:56Z")
I’ve lived in northern New Jersey for most of my life, and the way most locals speak has always sounded pretty normal so me. But in the last 5 or 10 years or so, I have found some people, and increasing numbers of them, … --- ## [The Wood Wide Web](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wood-wide-web/972551)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wood-wide-web/972551 "2022-11-12T20:03:05Z")
I’m currently reading a serious and well researched book which makes the claim botanists have recently discovered that trees in a forest, not always of the same species, sometimes communicate with each other. I presume … --- ## [Examples of "rushed" singing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610 "2022-11-12T19:14:44Z")
Not sure if it originated in the blues, or what, but I always found it a fun technique, especially trying to cram a whole bunch of extra syllables into one line of lyrics so that sometimes they’re kinda spilling into the… --- ## [Human consumption of sundew nectar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-consumption-of-sundew-nectar/974701)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-consumption-of-sundew-nectar/974701 "2022-11-12T19:11:15Z")
I just read about carnivorous sundew plants (Drosera) and how they attract prey with sweet mucilage on the tips of the tentacles. I’m talking abo… --- ## [Touch lamp stopped working, any ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/touch-lamp-stopped-working-any-ideas/958602)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/touch-lamp-stopped-working-any-ideas/958602 "2022-11-12T17:20:23Z")
It’s already broken, so I’m more than willing to take it apart and see if wires are loose or anything, but I have no idea how they work or what to look for/at. Any suggestions before I go at it with a screwdriver. I do … --- ## [Identify this Pecker!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-pecker/974777)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-pecker/974777 "2022-11-12T16:55:43Z")
Couldn’t get a picture, and pretty sure its some kind of PeckerWood. Here is what I can report: Small crest on his head, but sharply pointed back. Black Triangle on his chest, bordered in white, very distinctive. Short-… --- ## [English words with silent letters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-words-with-silent-letters/974486)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-words-with-silent-letters/974486 "2022-11-12T16:22:44Z")
Parallel to the double letter thread I’d like to start one about silent letters. A late colleague of mine once told me that he had examples of each letter of the alphabet being silent in some word with the sole exceptio… --- ## [Expanding Language Options for the Keyboard, Windows 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expanding-language-options-for-the-keyboard-windows-10/974668)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expanding-language-options-for-the-keyboard-windows-10/974668 "2022-11-12T14:40:32Z")
I like to play around with studying languages. Up until recently, I’ve been studying languages that use the Latin alphabet so the default keyboard plus a couple of keystrokes have been sufficient. I’m now expanding to … --- ## [Michigan Democrats supporting pro-Trump candidates in GOP primary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-democrats-supporting-pro-trump-candidates-in-gop-primary/969086)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-democrats-supporting-pro-trump-candidates-in-gop-primary/969086 "2022-11-12T13:28:27Z")
Democrats face blowback after boosting far-right Michigan candidate - The Washington Post I don’t like the idea of the Democratic party in the State of Michigan spending money that was given to support democratic candid… --- ## [What Roman month was 2 August 216 BCE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-roman-month-was-2-august-216-bce/974780)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-roman-month-was-2-august-216-bce/974780 "2022-11-12T13:22:54Z")
What Roman month was 2 August 216 BCE? Their 10 months at that time were: Martius, Aprilis, Maius\*,Junius\*, Quintilis\*, Sextilis\*, September\*, October\*, November\*, December --- ## [In war, why is it seemingly difficult to blow up bridges?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-war-why-is-it-seemingly-difficult-to-blow-up-bridges/974440)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-war-why-is-it-seemingly-difficult-to-blow-up-bridges/974440 "2022-11-12T11:13:55Z")
I was watching this video on the Battle of the Bulge and they noted several times where Germans were able to capture bridges (sometimes they failed). This is one example but there were many others during the war. My qu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=969&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=971&state=watching)