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**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-boy-and-what-a-boy/972232 "2022-09-26T03:02:13Z")
I’ve seen this smirky little gag in at least three tv shows: Simpsons, Family Guy, and Mom. It goes like this: The family is gathered around the pregnant mother and examining x-rays, when the dad proudly mistakes the bab… --- ## [Drowning in a bathtub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-in-a-bathtub/972159)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-in-a-bathtub/972159 "2022-09-26T01:56:55Z")
How likely is it for a healthy, sober adult to fall asleep and drown in the bathtub? I like to soak in hot water, and sometimes I nod off. The Beloved and another friend are aghast. You could drown! But I don’t believe … --- ## [Whence: "I lost you at the bakery."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-i-lost-you-at-the-bakery/196984)
**Author:** [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-i-lost-you-at-the-bakery/196984 "2022-09-26T01:50:06Z")
Whenever it happens that I completely lose the logical progression of something that someone is attempting to explain to me, I will often say “Hold on. I lost you at the bakery.” I vaguely recall it being used in a com… --- ## [Guhh, I'm going to try again. I'm pissed about my set shift being changed without notice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guhh-im-going-to-try-again-im-pissed-about-my-set-shift-being-changed-without-notice/971870)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guhh-im-going-to-try-again-im-pissed-about-my-set-shift-being-changed-without-notice/971870 "2022-09-25T23:07:51Z")
I have worked a set schedual for some years now. I worked the 4;30 am shift exclsively for quite some time. I have worked every shift and earned my day shifts and at first was the only person who wanted to work that shif… --- ## [Montreal Cognitive Assessment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-cognitive-assessment/806851)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-cognitive-assessment/806851 "2022-09-25T23:04:38Z")
Does the Montreal Cognitive Assessment have any credible cognitive value, especially when used alone and with no other mental health tests? --- ## [Modern device your parents had that you don’t have now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-device-your-parents-had-that-you-don-t-have-now/970470)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-device-your-parents-had-that-you-don-t-have-now/970470 "2022-09-25T22:22:50Z")
What modern device did your parents have when you were a kid that you don’t have as an adult? I’ll go first. I was a kid in the 1960s, and my parents had an electric can opener. I’ve never purchased one and see them as … --- ## [Embedded video is lower quality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embedded-video-is-lower-quality/972222)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embedded-video-is-lower-quality/972222 "2022-09-25T21:12:40Z")
I noticed that embedded video seems to be lower quality than the original. Embedded video: Direct link to video: Link --- ## [Is Ok OK now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ok-ok-now/972001)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ok-ok-now/972001 "2022-09-25T20:51:40Z")
I’ve been seeing “Ok” pop up in a lot of places recently. Why is that? To me, OK is OK and okay is OK, but do we really need a third way to write it? I’m sort of OK with ok, because, as Allie Brosh says, maybe it’s been… --- ## [How tall is Barret Hansen (Doctor Demento)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-is-barret-hansen-doctor-demento/971286)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-is-barret-hansen-doctor-demento/971286 "2022-09-25T20:23:57Z")
I have seen previews and photos from the new “Weird” Al biopic and, disregarding the crappy curly wig that is supposed to be Al’s hair, in most of the pictures The Good Doctor seems to be a foot to a foot and a half tall… --- ## [Where would you absolutely, positively never want to live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-absolutely-positively-never-want-to-live/971836)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-absolutely-positively-never-want-to-live/971836 "2022-09-25T20:07:32Z")
It can be a country, a city, a type of neighborhood, a type of dwelling - this is a wide open topic, inspired by the current effort underway to move my in-laws closer to us. I would never want to live in a retirement co… --- ## [Crayola expands the skin tones to 32 colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crayola-expands-the-skin-tones-to-32-colors/971996)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crayola-expands-the-skin-tones-to-32-colors/971996 "2022-09-25T20:01:31Z")
Back when, there was only a single Crayola that had a skin tone name - “flesh”. Everyone else had to make do with “light brown” or “burnt umber” or something. I’m amazed at how long that persisted. A few years ago Crayol… --- ## [How in the world do I build a poll using the poll maker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-world-do-i-build-a-poll-using-the-poll-maker/962683)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-world-do-i-build-a-poll-using-the-poll-maker/962683 "2022-09-25T19:40:06Z")
I think I might need step-by-step instructions. --- ## [RIP Nurse Ratched. Louise Fletcher dead at 88](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-ratched-louise-fletcher-dead-at-88/972115)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nurse-ratched-louise-fletcher-dead-at-88/972115 "2022-09-25T19:00:33Z")
--- ## [When you think of the 70's, what are the top three bands that come to mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415 "2022-09-25T17:37:13Z")
“You” means you, not Billboard, Rolling Stone or anyone else-I want your personal opinion. “Three” means exactly that. I don’t care if you can’t cut it down from 10 or 20, only the first three on your list count, in th… --- ## [Is collusion illegal for governments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-collusion-illegal-for-governments/972199)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-collusion-illegal-for-governments/972199 "2022-09-25T16:16:46Z")
So, here’s the idea. A small town wants to form a ‘shared services’ contract with a nearby town for some sort of municipal service, let’s say fire department services, because that’s what it is. This small town borders a… --- ## [Longest time between two British monarch regnal names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-time-between-two-british-monarch-regnal-names/972165)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-time-between-two-british-monarch-regnal-names/972165 "2022-09-25T15:33:51Z")
Time is defined as from the death of the previous holder and the accession of the next. The one I have gotten thus far. Elizabeth I (1603) to Elizabeth II (1952)=349 years Edward VI (1553) to Edward VII (1901)=348 yea… --- ## [Couldn't the Webb telescope get better photos of Jupiter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-the-webb-telescope-get-better-photos-of-jupiter/968010)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-the-webb-telescope-get-better-photos-of-jupiter/968010 "2022-09-25T15:31:41Z")
Looking at the newly released Webb telescope photo of Jupiter, I know I’ve seen sharper photos than this. If Webb can photograph 13 billion year old galaxies, couldn’t it zoom in a lot closer to Jupiter and get sharper … --- ## ["Generic" packaging ca. 1980 - your memories and thoughts about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-packaging-ca-1980-your-memories-and-thoughts-about-it/971941)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-packaging-ca-1980-your-memories-and-thoughts-about-it/971941 "2022-09-25T14:33:30Z")
The “WTF movie” thread made me think of this. I was in high school when these non-branded items, usually with B&W labels, hit the market. The emphasis was on canned foods, but there were other items, like beer (which I… --- ## [Help the Chemistry Novice--Phenolphthalein and Sodium Hydroxide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-chemistry-novice-phenolphthalein-and-sodium-hydroxide/213851)
**Author:** [@Zhen\_ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zhen_ka)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-chemistry-novice-phenolphthalein-and-sodium-hydroxide/213851 "2003-11-18T13:16:30Z")
Greetings, During the course of my tutoring duties, I often find myself assisting students with chemistry projects. One such project involves acidic solutions. The experiement requires phenolpthalein and sodium hydrox… --- ## [Yahoo Mail odd behavior (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-mail-odd-behavior-again/972163)
**Author:** [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-mail-odd-behavior-again/972163 "2022-09-25T12:28:57Z")
My husband and I both use AT&T e-mail which sadly comes to us via Yahoo. Recently he and some other people send e-mails to me and the screen shows me Yahoo Mail ! as the sender. Sometimes these go to spam and sometimes… --- ## [Is There Really A Difference Between The Two Major Political Parties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-difference-between-the-two-major-political-parties/950829)
**Author:** [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-difference-between-the-two-major-political-parties/950829 "2022-09-25T10:52:07Z")
We have basically a two party system with several small and somewhat insignificant parties (unless they partner with one of the two majors). Once long ago- in a land that once was free, they were both built upon ideolog… --- ## [Who is more selfish. Democrats or Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-more-selfish-democrats-or-republicans/972189)
**Author:** [@Workingdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Workingdude)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-more-selfish-democrats-or-republicans/972189 "2022-09-25T09:27:26Z")
For starters I want to say that supporting criminals and illegal immigrants is not selflessness but stupidity and foolishness and liberals seem to support criminals and illegal immigrants. There is nothing selfish about … --- ## [Pie throwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie-throwing/959373)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie-throwing/959373 "2022-09-25T04:38:53Z")
I’m writing a book in which I refer to pie-throwing as a kind of crude slapstick in old movies. But I don’t know who actually did this. The Three Stooges? Buster Keaton? Someone I never heard of? Was it common to many co… --- ## [Hurricane Fiona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-fiona/972169)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-fiona/972169 "2022-09-25T03:38:57Z")
I lived for two years in Maritime Canada, moving around a fair bit. It has been disturbing to see news footage of ten thousand downed trees and power lines and blocked roads and flooded streets and missing roofs. In co… --- ## [Biden presents Elton John with National Humanities Medal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-presents-elton-john-with-national-humanities-medal/972168)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-presents-elton-john-with-national-humanities-medal/972168 "2022-09-25T02:39:23Z")
For his music, his work against HIV/AIDS, and his efforts to fight discrimination. Elton was brought to tears. --- ## [Does an Attorney General both represent and act as the state in a civil suit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-an-attorney-general-both-represent-and-act-as-the-state-in-a-civil-suit/971997)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-an-attorney-general-both-represent-and-act-as-the-state-in-a-civil-suit/971997 "2022-09-25T00:31:22Z")
A question I am pondering after today’s news. It’s previously been reported that the Trump Org offered to settle this case and that the AG’s office refused. In a civil suit between two individuals, the plaintiff would m… --- ## [What is your go-to healthy/low-calorie snack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-go-to-healthy-low-calorie-snack/940806)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-go-to-healthy-low-calorie-snack/940806 "2022-09-25T00:04:29Z")
A lot of people consume more calories from snacking than meals, often 500-1500 calories per day. So simply planning for snacks or nighttime hunger and making deliberate satisfactory (satisficing) but still pretty enjoya… --- ## [Any White Chocolate fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-white-chocolate-fans/967831)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-white-chocolate-fans/967831 "2022-09-24T23:55:12Z")
Nestle Crunch White was my first experience with white chocolate. I was hooked on them for awhile. They’re hard to find now. Amazon has them. I buy Kit kat White at Walgreens. They’re very good. Amazon sells Lindt CLAS… --- ## [Do you believe Adnan Syed is guilty of murder and are you a Democrat or Republican?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-adnan-syed-is-guilty-of-murder-and-are-you-a-democrat-or-republican/751338)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-adnan-syed-is-guilty-of-murder-and-are-you-a-democrat-or-republican/751338 "2022-09-24T22:11:32Z")
We’re looking to see if there is a correlation between being Republican and thinking Adnan Syed is guilty. Please vote option 7 if you did NOT already have a stance on this case before stumbling upon this thread. --- ## [Is an older person more likely to suffer from "too much sun" effects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-older-person-more-likely-to-suffer-from-too-much-sun-effects/972116)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-older-person-more-likely-to-suffer-from-too-much-sun-effects/972116 "2022-09-24T18:32:49Z")
I was working outdoors today starting at 9:00 am, and contrary to it’s reputation, the weather in San Francisco was hot and sunny – the temperature was not high, maybe around 70 or so, but the sun was relentless and felt… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=989) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=991)