# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=988&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 989 --- ## [Does your city have a song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-city-have-a-song/973191)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-city-have-a-song/973191 "2022-10-23T12:10:36Z")
The largest American cities have popular songs associated with them: New York CIty has “New York” by Frank Sinatra; Los Angeles has “I Love L.A.” by Randy Newman, Chicago has “That Toddlin Town” … but what about Miami,… --- ## [Ladies - If you really want children stop kidding yourselves & wasting time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-if-you-really-want-children-stop-kidding-yourselves-wasting-time/325714)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-if-you-really-want-children-stop-kidding-yourselves-wasting-time/325714 "2022-10-23T11:42:50Z")
So Says Christian Libertarian Vox Day! Women! Someday is today --- ## [Anyone bank with Goldman Sachs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-bank-with-goldman-sachs/973261)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-bank-with-goldman-sachs/973261 "2022-10-23T10:19:28Z")
The “similar topics” sidebar that came up as I typed this question shows a lot of threads from 2009/2010 talking about how Goldman Sachs is/was evil. How about nowadays? Does anyone use them? I ask because Apple is st… --- ## [Which is more environmentally friendly - keep an older vehicle running well or buy a newer eco friendly vehicle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-environmentally-friendly-keep-an-older-vehicle-running-well-or-buy-a-newer-eco-friendly-vehicle/973560)
**Author:** [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-environmentally-friendly-keep-an-older-vehicle-running-well-or-buy-a-newer-eco-friendly-vehicle/973560 "2022-10-23T05:34:00Z")
I own two 2004 Fords, an F350 diesel pickup and an Explorer. I keep both running well, and I am real good about keeping the emissions clean on the pickup. Neither gets run that hard yearly as I have a company vehicle tha… --- ## [The Andromeda Strain - did they kill those poor rats just for a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andromeda-strain-did-they-kill-those-poor-rats-just-for-a-movie/441886)
**Author:** [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-andromeda-strain-did-they-kill-those-poor-rats-just-for-a-movie/441886 "2022-10-23T04:16:09Z")
or was the same technique used on the monkey used on the rats as well? does anyone know one way or the other? i hadn’t seen the movie in eons and we happened to catch it on tv over the weekend. i researched on how the… --- ## [Why do we hear so much about colon cancer and basically nothing about (small) intestinal cancer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hear-so-much-about-colon-cancer-and-basically-nothing-about-small-intestinal-cancer/973628)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-hear-so-much-about-colon-cancer-and-basically-nothing-about-small-intestinal-cancer/973628 "2022-10-23T03:18:48Z")
Is the one just over-powering more common? If so, why? If the cancer comes from a genetic flaw in the individual, well, all the intestines (and everything else) has the same genetics. If the cause is basically exposur… --- ## ["Wild dog piano" in Tom Petty song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-dog-piano-in-tom-petty-song/973637)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-dog-piano-in-tom-petty-song/973637 "2022-10-23T02:51:35Z")
I was watching Petty’s “Don’t Come Around Here No More” and read the Wiki entry about it. In the personnel section it lists: Alan “Bugs” Weidel – wild dog piano. Are they just having fun or does it actually mean someth… --- ## [Podcast recommendations please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-recommendations-please/946144)
**Author:** [@half-elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half-elf)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-recommendations-please/946144 "2022-10-23T00:44:25Z")
There don’t seem to be any recent similar threads, so I am starting one. I am mainly interested in podcasts about (lay) science, history, current events (including politics), society. psychology - or practically anythin… --- ## [When did the internet become your main source of video entertainment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-internet-become-your-main-source-of-video-entertainment/973574)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-internet-become-your-main-source-of-video-entertainment/973574 "2022-10-23T00:41:34Z")
For me it was probably around 2010 or so. Before that I was mostly using DVDs and satellite TV. I think it was around 2010 when streaming services became advanced enough to become my main source of television. But back … --- ## [Got costly prescriptions? Try Amazon Pharmacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-costly-prescriptions-try-amazon-pharmacy/957045)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-costly-prescriptions-try-amazon-pharmacy/957045 "2022-10-22T22:09:36Z")
First off, I’m not shilling for Amazon, this was just such a surprise I thought I’d share. I know I’ve seen a thread or two about drug prices over the years, hopefully this can help somebody. I was helping out a friend … --- ## [What is the "Why are you editing" field for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-why-are-you-editing-field-for/973639)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-why-are-you-editing-field-for/973639 "2022-10-22T21:49:24Z")
What is it for ? Is it just a hangover from the old board (Discourse is telling me my topic is similar to this ( and - for once - it’s right !)). Or is it something for mods ? --- ## [Things that cost WAY more than they should](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-cost-way-more-than-they-should/972196)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-cost-way-more-than-they-should/972196 "2022-10-22T15:39:58Z")
I thought we had a thread on this but the one I was thinking of was the opposite - basically great deals. OK, here we go: dog treats! Why should bull pizzle (penis) cost $6? It has no use outside of being a dog treat … --- ## [Elon Musk is a Russian stooge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-is-a-russian-stooge/972666)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-is-a-russian-stooge/972666 "2022-10-22T08:30:07Z")
Max Boot says it better than I can: --- ## [Can ETS/College Board invalidate a test with no proof of wrongdoing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-ets-college-board-invalidate-a-test-with-no-proof-of-wrongdoing/973294)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-ets-college-board-invalidate-a-test-with-no-proof-of-wrongdoing/973294 "2022-10-22T02:49:33Z")
College Board runs the PSAT/SAT and ETS runs the GRE, Praxis, et al. Suppose I am taking one of those tests and I do the whole security gamut. No cell phone. All personal items turned in. Turn out pockets. Etc. And… --- ## [Back To The Future glasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-glasses/973620)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-glasses/973620 "2022-10-22T02:34:05Z")
These are not real. Obviously, they’re metal and you can’t see through them. But I could swear I had a Back To The Future style sunglasses like Doc Brown wore, back in the '80s. I recall they were thin plastic, mirr… --- ## [Your Favorite Airplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-airplane/972280)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-airplane/972280 "2022-10-22T02:01:17Z")
So, through a set of cirumstances, you have the ability to indulge in a little bit of conspicuous consumption. For reasons, you get to have the airplane of your choosing. Any one you want, but YOU have to fly it. If i… --- ## [Starlink use in Ukraine to support defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starlink-use-in-ukraine-to-support-defense/973318)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starlink-use-in-ukraine-to-support-defense/973318 "2022-10-22T00:42:01Z")
Musk has reconsidered and will continue paying for Starlink. Imho Eventually Ukraine should pay the satellite fees. SpaceX has donated thousands of terminals. --- ## [Best "get well" message when someone ... won't get well? (Need answer fastish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-get-well-message-when-someone-wont-get-well-need-answer-fastish/973563)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-get-well-message-when-someone-wont-get-well-need-answer-fastish/973563 "2022-10-22T00:17:37Z")
Someone I work with is in the hospital with cancer and a poor prognosis. I’d like to send flowers from all of us at our organization, but am not sure what to put on the card - “get well soon” is hardly appropriate since … --- ## [How do you preview a post before submitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-preview-a-post-before-submitting/973611)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-preview-a-post-before-submitting/973611 "2022-10-21T23:16:41Z")
See heading. Thanks --- ## [Will B. Able, actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-b-able-actor/3865)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-b-able-actor/3865 "2022-10-21T22:49:26Z")
There were a couple of “filmed plays” that I used to see as a kid (on TV). One was “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and the other was “Aladdin.” Both were musicals, both starred an actor named Will B. Able as “the Giant” and … --- ## [If LotR Had Been Written By Someone Else!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-lotr-had-been-written-by-someone-else/131679)
**Author:** [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Replies:** 2045\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-lotr-had-been-written-by-someone-else/131679 "2022-10-21T22:49:25Z")
…What would it look like? Ernest Hemingway \*It was very late and everyone had left the hall except an old man who sat in the shadows the leaves of the old Mallorn made against the moonlight. The two elves inside the ha… --- ## [The Care and Treatment of Acute Ear Worms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-care-and-treatment-of-acute-ear-worms/972690)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-care-and-treatment-of-acute-ear-worms/972690 "2022-10-21T20:45:56Z")
Perhaps it’s the song Baby Shark, or maybe it’s a Beatles tune. The source doesn’t matter, but at some point many of us suffer from ear worms. You know, those times when you get a (usually) catchy tune stuck in your head… --- ## [Is the word "Hansa" or "Hanse" originally of Latin, Gothic or Low German origin? I've found results stating all three of them as the source language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-word-hansa-or-hanse-originally-of-latin-gothic-or-low-german-origin-ive-found-results-stating-all-three-of-them-as-the-source-language/973514)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-word-hansa-or-hanse-originally-of-latin-gothic-or-low-german-origin-ive-found-results-stating-all-three-of-them-as-the-source-language/973514 "2022-10-21T20:17:09Z")
Is the word “Hansa” or “Hanse” originally of Latin, Gothic or Low German origin? I’ve found results stating all three of them as the source language. Which one is it? --- ## [More details about blood type - it's really a 43 bit binary number, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-details-about-blood-type-its-really-a-43-bit-binary-number-right/973538)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-details-about-blood-type-its-really-a-43-bit-binary-number-right/973538 "2022-10-21T20:15:44Z")
Questions inspired by the thread about “if there is no right blood type…”, I’m just trying to understand blood type here. It seems saying my type is “A” or “A+” (both true) is incomplete, but just a kind of prioritized a… --- ## [Quote from film Pixels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-from-film-pixels/973531)
**Author:** [@Smstan2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smstan2019)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-from-film-pixels/973531 "2022-10-21T19:55:07Z")
“Hi.Ludlow Lamonsoff. We’d actually met before but you will not remember because it was in the back of Brenner’s van and I was watching through the window. sniff You smell so nice like the book of Genesis.” What does sm… --- ## [Recommend a Garment Bag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-garment-bag/440183)
**Author:** [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-garment-bag/440183 "2022-10-21T19:48:12Z")
As part of traveling, I need a garment bag. I need one big enough to hold two suits (with probably 3 dress shirts) and two days of casual clothing. Ideally, it would also be small enough to fit in the overhead bin as I w… --- ## [Question about the phrase "give an account of oneself"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-phrase-give-an-account-of-oneself/973403)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-phrase-give-an-account-of-oneself/973403 "2022-10-21T18:52:16Z")
Is the phrase “give an account of oneself” a neutral phrase to simplly desctribe one’s actions or activities ? or does it imply explianing a transgression of some kind or to defend/justify one’s actions? --- ## [What is the name of this phenomenon (related to assumption of guilt)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-phenomenon-related-to-assumption-of-guilt/972536)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-phenomenon-related-to-assumption-of-guilt/972536 "2022-10-21T18:13:34Z")
Person A firmly believes Person B is guilty of some thing, and accuses them in no uncertain terms. Person B (who is actually innocent) protests their innocence. Person A regards this protest as further proof of guilt: … --- ## [Do we need private profiles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-need-private-profiles/973602)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-need-private-profiles/973602 "2022-10-21T17:49:02Z")
Profiles in this board serve almost no purpose. If I hide my profile, I am not removing the ability for other posters to look at my activity. I’m just making it inconvenient. Specifically, if I hide my profile, other po… --- ## [Chinese police station in NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-police-station-in-nyc/973354)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-police-station-in-nyc/973354 "2022-10-21T17:46:30Z")
This is disturbing to say the least. A Chinese police force on our soil to spy on Chinese citizens and dissidents (and quite possibly us) and run by some sham company. WTF? GOP lawmakers demand explanation for 'deeply t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=987&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=989&state=muted)