# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=987&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 988 --- ## [Jordan, Religious Freedom, And Human Rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jordan-religious-freedom-and-human-rights/973594)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jordan-religious-freedom-and-human-rights/973594 "2022-10-24T20:05:07Z")
My devoutly evangelical Christian niece is going to Jordan to “work with” Syrian refugees, although she freely admits that “work with” means “prosyletize.” She also tells me that proselytizing Muslims in the kingdom is f… --- ## [Why I Hate Ally McBeal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-ally-mcbeal/19040)
**Author:** [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-ally-mcbeal/19040 "2022-10-24T19:51:45Z")
So I’ve been complaining about the show for a while. And before you ask: I keep watching because it was original and clever last season. I keep hoping that cleverness will resurface. It hasn’t. This is obviously a show … --- ## [Was every Vietnam era draftee sent to fight in Vietnam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-every-vietnam-era-draftee-sent-to-fight-in-vietnam/637679)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-every-vietnam-era-draftee-sent-to-fight-in-vietnam/637679 "2022-10-24T19:25:22Z")
If you were drafted into the US Army (or the Marines) during the 1960s and early 1970s, was it inevitable to be sent to fight in Vietnam as soon as you finished your training? Or were there some lucky ones who could sit… --- ## [Can you think of instances when people who've left shows for new (and failed) series were quickly written back in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-instances-when-people-whove-left-shows-for-new-and-failed-series-were-quickly-written-back-in/951757)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-think-of-instances-when-people-whove-left-shows-for-new-and-failed-series-were-quickly-written-back-in/951757 "2022-10-24T17:19:29Z")
I’m bummed that an actress I really liked on Chicago Med has left to star in a new show (note that she wasn’t killed off). I started watching the pilot of that show…and I don’t think it’s going to last. If the new show f… --- ## [Does the NFL now have TOO much parity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-nfl-now-have-too-much-parity/973487)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-nfl-now-have-too-much-parity/973487 "2022-10-24T17:19:34Z")
Exhibits A & B: Only 2 teams, each, are projected to have points differentials either +100 or more or -100 or less (Bills & Eagles; Steelers and Panthers)-and that is with the 17 game schedule. Only 3 5-1 teams + the 6-… --- ## [How often do dogs choke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-dogs-choke/973468)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-dogs-choke/973468 "2022-10-24T16:56:21Z")
I’m not talking about the 10-7 split in the tenth frame of a bowling tournament, but more like when they find a 2 week old dead rabbit and try to get as much down their neck before the tall ugly thing that drives the Jee… --- ## ["When in discourse of sequential threads" means what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads-means-what/973679)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads-means-what/973679 "2022-10-24T15:53:08Z")
Ok. So maybe I lack certain solving skills, but what in the name of all that’s good is the key or code or whatever to “https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads”. I have read some posts a… --- ## [Do any Greek myths actually specify the species of animals created by Epimetheus? I haven't found any reference to them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-greek-myths-actually-specify-the-species-of-animals-created-by-epimetheus-i-havent-found-any-reference-to-them/973699)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-greek-myths-actually-specify-the-species-of-animals-created-by-epimetheus-i-havent-found-any-reference-to-them/973699 "2022-10-24T13:23:48Z")
Do any Greek myhts actually specify the species of animals created by Epimetheus? I haven’t found any reference to them. The only reference I find is to birds, fish, forest animals etc. --- ## [Who will be the new British Prime Minister? Doing this again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-new-british-prime-minister-doing-this-again/973554)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-new-british-prime-minister-doing-this-again/973554 "2022-10-24T13:22:27Z")
Liz Truss is out already. Who the heck can be Prime Minister? It seems like a dumpy job right now that no one wants or can do. --- ## [An autumnal dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-autumnal-dilemma/972994)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-autumnal-dilemma/972994 "2022-10-24T09:48:28Z")
Autumn has come. The yellow leaves have fallen. Our lawn is covered in gold, with tufts of green poking through. Our neighbour has raked. There are no golden leaves on his lawn. It is green, even yet. There is a stra… --- ## [Duetto Buffo Di Due Gatti, or 'Funny Duet For Cats'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duetto-buffo-di-due-gatti-or-funny-duet-for-cats/973683)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duetto-buffo-di-due-gatti-or-funny-duet-for-cats/973683 "2022-10-24T09:43:21Z")
The absolutely silly opera, called “Duetto Buffo Di Due Gatti,” or “Funny Duet For Cats,” is clearly about … well … a cat fight. A friendly cat squabble, if you will, as indicated by all the different va… --- ## [Movie Characters Cast in TV Roles inspired by Their Movie Role](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-characters-cast-in-tv-roles-inspired-by-their-movie-role/973467)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-characters-cast-in-tv-roles-inspired-by-their-movie-role/973467 "2022-10-24T07:37:55Z")
This will be hard to describe and I suspect we’ll see a few answers outside of the parameters. I can only think of two examples: Brad Dourif’s Role in The first season X-Files episode “Beyond the Sea” is the Gemini Kill… --- ## [You're smart, you don't believe in curses. So anyway, how'd you go about trying to lift one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-smart-you-dont-believe-in-curses-so-anyway-howd-you-go-about-trying-to-lift-one/973571)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-smart-you-dont-believe-in-curses-so-anyway-howd-you-go-about-trying-to-lift-one/973571 "2022-10-24T06:45:05Z")
Imagine: You are you–You-you, whoever you are. You are at least smart enough to know you don’t know it all, which is a really intelligent place to be. You’re certainly too intelligent to believe in hokum like curses. S… --- ## [Grab a leaf rake in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-a-leaf-rake-in-the-mmp/973366)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-a-leaf-rake-in-the-mmp/973366 "2022-10-24T04:44:29Z")
First, from last time: Dos the B-W Parkway not work for you? I find it’s usually a pleasanter drive than I-95. But it depends on what part of Baltimore you’re headed to… And moving forward - it’s a new, leaf-covered w… --- ## [Anyone with win 11 and CIV 6 on steam having problems since the last steam updates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-win-11-and-civ-6-on-steam-having-problems-since-the-last-steam-updates/973680)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-win-11-and-civ-6-on-steam-having-problems-since-the-last-steam-updates/973680 "2022-10-24T00:18:59Z")
since the last steam update ive been having problems with civ 6 since the last update or two? Also, how do you see if you have mods installed I might have installed a mod way back when and forgot I have it … --- ## [The Scooby Gang is back! (not really, but close. )](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scooby-gang-is-back-not-really-but-close/973672)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scooby-gang-is-back-not-really-but-close/973672 "2022-10-24T02:25:24Z")
CW has a new show “The Winchesters”- a sorta prequel to “Supernatural.” But we have six young people (seven sometimes) with a mix of young men and women, who travel around in a sort of hippie van, solving supernatural… --- ## [Scenes that were serious back then but risible now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-were-serious-back-then-but-risible-now/972223)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-that-were-serious-back-then-but-risible-now/972223 "2022-10-24T01:09:36Z")
I just got back from a public screening of The Fellowship of the Ring at a local movie theatre. When Sean Bean delivered Boromir’s much-parodied line, “One does not simply walk into Mordor!”, the entire auditorium erupt… --- ## [If Francis retires while Benedict XVI is still alive, what will he be called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-francis-retires-while-benedict-xvi-is-still-alive-what-will-he-be-called/973606)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-francis-retires-while-benedict-xvi-is-still-alive-what-will-he-be-called/973606 "2022-10-24T00:31:39Z")
Benedict is Pope Emeritus. Would Francis be Pope Emeritus Secundus? Pope Emeritus Minor? --- ## [Hurricane Ian Debris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ian-debris/972952)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ian-debris/972952 "2022-10-23T23:03:52Z")
Before anything can be rebuilt a massive amount of debris has to be removed. Where does it go? The space required to hold it, even temporarily, has to be huge. Once there, will there be an attempt to recycle some of it? --- ## [How To Stick Balloons To Polyester Bodysuit?- Need Answer Before 10/22/2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stick-balloons-to-polyester-bodysuit-need-answer-before-10-22-2022/973341)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stick-balloons-to-polyester-bodysuit-need-answer-before-10-22-2022/973341 "2022-10-23T21:48:07Z")
My planned costume for this year was a Zentai (an over the head bodysuit) covered in twisty balloons. I was planning to attach the balloons to the polyster bodysuit with a sticky-side-out circle of duct tape. Unfortunatl… --- ## [Are gas burning cars as green as they can get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-burning-cars-as-green-as-they-can-get/973600)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-burning-cars-as-green-as-they-can-get/973600 "2022-10-23T20:56:34Z")
I read somewhere that fuel efficiency and emissions control has improved something like 99% since 1960. That makes sense because cars back then were horrible. They were overweight, they burned lead gasoline, and they b… --- ## [Help Me Find This Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-movie/973449)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-movie/973449 "2022-10-23T20:24:50Z")
I watched in the early 70’s with my cousin on TV but it must have been older. It was about a British officer in Africa that was captured by the native African tribesmen and forced to run for his life to the next British… --- ## [Death stare a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-stare-a-thing/973652)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-stare-a-thing/973652 "2022-10-23T19:27:41Z")
Three times I have experienced what I call the death stare. First time was my grandfather while I was in the hospital visiting him. In the middle of our conversation he just stopped talking and stared at me, or more acc… --- ## [Is “American hour” an expression in the UK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-american-hour-an-expression-in-the-uk/973638)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-american-hour-an-expression-in-the-uk/973638 "2022-10-23T18:41:36Z")
I’m watching a football match between Chelsea and Manchester United and the announce said “a quarter of an American hour left to go.” Does this mean something other than 15 minutes? How is the expression used? --- ## [Extremely passionate (in a positive way), niche content creators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-passionate-in-a-positive-way-niche-content-creators/973496 "2022-10-23T18:12:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from What would you do with a big storage amount of emergency-ration meals that you inherited?: I love the guy running\_coach linked. Not because I give a particular shit about MREs, but becaus… --- ## [US cities - three words or more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-three-words-or-more/972974)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-three-words-or-more/972974 "2022-10-23T17:54:16Z")
What cities in the US have names containing three or more words? We will exckude those with “city” - e.g. NYC and Salt Lake City. Let’s also exclude those with “New”, “Upper”, and similar descriptives. Examples - King… --- ## [How far are we away from (rotational) artificial gravity in spacecraft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-we-away-from-rotational-artificial-gravity-in-spacecraft/973427)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-we-away-from-rotational-artificial-gravity-in-spacecraft/973427 "2022-10-23T16:25:53Z")
Concept seems easy enough & the buildout seems doable, though lots of potential issues to account for. Though it does seem like having some sort of gravity would seem to be part of a healthy crew as we look towards longe… --- ## [How to get access to the footage online \[Reagan library\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-access-to-the-footage-online-reagan-library/973621)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-access-to-the-footage-online-reagan-library/973621 "2022-10-23T16:21:19Z")
I found the website: WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY: NEWS SUMMARY VIDEOTAPE COLLECTION, 1981-82 | Ronald Reagan containing some videotape footage that I want to watch. May I know how I can get access to the footage o… --- ## [Planned Parenthood sues anti-abortion group behind secret videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-sues-anti-abortion-group-behind-secret-videos/743167)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-sues-anti-abortion-group-behind-secret-videos/743167 "2022-10-23T13:26:57Z")
Does PP have a case? Did the Center for Medical Progress break the law? I’d love to see CMP have to pay through the nose for this. I’d also love to see some of the individuals face criminal charges if appropriate. --- ## [Looking for a restaurateur named "Pierre"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-restaurateur-named-pierre/457182)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-restaurateur-named-pierre/457182 "2022-10-23T13:07:57Z")
I am trying to track down information on a restaurateur named “Pierre.” I don’t know his last name. He is mentioned prominently in a book I’ve just read, a memoir of José Sarria, but that devil José never mentions Pierre… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=986&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=988&state=watching)