# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=994 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 995 --- ## [Pirate Jenny lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-jenny-lyrics/971170)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-jenny-lyrics/971170 "2022-09-20T14:04:04Z")
Okay, this is a little microscopic, but that’s what Dopers do, right? I have been listening to “Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht” by Frankie Armstrong and Dave Van Ronk. Armstrong does a dynamite rendition… --- ## [Period dramas with multiracial casts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/period-dramas-with-multiracial-casts/971675)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/period-dramas-with-multiracial-casts/971675 "2022-09-20T13:53:22Z")
So I noticed Mrs. Cardigan watching a costume drama on Netflix recently (think it was called Bridgerton) in which a number of roles depicting English gentry were played by black actors. This is not the first such time t… --- ## [Why do childless US taxpayers have to support other people's kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-childless-us-taxpayers-have-to-support-other-peoples-kids/63552)
**Author:** [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-childless-us-taxpayers-have-to-support-other-peoples-kids/63552 "2022-09-20T13:05:13Z")
I don’t get it. If I have a child in the US, I receive tax credit. For each qualifying child under 17, I can subtract up to $500 from my income tax. If I have 3 or more children, I can subtract even more per child. If … --- ## [Next year's State Opening of Parliament](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-state-opening-of-parliament/971827)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-state-opening-of-parliament/971827 "2022-09-20T12:29:29Z")
Charles, then still Prince of Wales, opened Parliament on his mother’s behalf this May. He was not allowed to wear the Imperial State Crown for this occasion; it was carried in on a pillow and placed next to him on the t… --- ## [Weird sensation from a minor scrape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-sensation-from-a-minor-scrape/971905)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-sensation-from-a-minor-scrape/971905 "2022-09-20T11:07:15Z")
So yesterday I wore a pair of ill-fitting shoes to break them in and I guess they were worse than I thought because at the end of the day I had a small scab on my anklebone. Scratching accidentally (I wasn’t really looki… --- ## [What are the odds that international airline prices will change dramatically between now and next summer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-international-airline-prices-will-change-dramatically-between-now-and-next-summer/971849)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-international-airline-prices-will-change-dramatically-between-now-and-next-summer/971849 "2022-09-20T05:42:19Z")
As I mentioned in a European train thread, I’m planning a trip to Europe next July. My plan is for 4 of us to fly from Oklahoma City to London and then fly home from Rome a couple of weeks later. Right now, the lowest … --- ## [The US Postal Service gives political contributions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-postal-service-gives-political-contributions/971861)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-postal-service-gives-political-contributions/971861 "2022-09-20T05:07:54Z")
I was just reading abut the Republican running in my California state Assembly district, and saw that the US Postal Service contributed over $30,000 to his campaign. Is this a standard thing? Is this legal? --- ## [BREAKING NEWS: The Netherlands to Abandon Multiculturalism!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-the-netherlands-to-abandon-multiculturalism/586606)
**Author:** [@RaleighRally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaleighRally)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2011, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-the-netherlands-to-abandon-multiculturalism/586606 "2011-06-30T10:33:41Z")
http://www.hudson-ny.org/2219/netherlands-abandons-multiculturalism Of the four most progressive countries in Europe (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland) TWO have now officially abandoned “American” multiculturalism. Are… --- ## [Questions on drip irrigation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-drip-irrigation/971869)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-drip-irrigation/971869 "2022-09-20T03:38:29Z")
Picture a small square plot 16’ by 16’ that I want to drip irrigate for flowers. Rather than running a mainline (1/2") down one side and then tying in the driplines (also 1/2") across the plot and capping them I was thi… --- ## [Families dealing with ‘kissing cousins’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families-dealing-with-kissing-cousins/971712)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families-dealing-with-kissing-cousins/971712 "2022-09-20T02:37:37Z")
I was visiting with some of my cousins recently, and wondered how the 2 families would react if it was discovered there was something going on between 2 cousins. In my family, there might be a little horror upon discover… --- ## [I'm totally po'd about my set shifts being changed without notice by the managers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-totally-pod-about-my-set-shifts-being-changed-without-notice-by-the-managers/971866)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-totally-pod-about-my-set-shifts-being-changed-without-notice-by-the-managers/971866 "2022-09-20T01:49:12Z")
2022-09-19T04:00:00Z (UTC) --- ## [1-800-Gambler question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-800-gambler-question/971834)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-800-gambler-question/971834 "2022-09-20T01:38:11Z")
Hi SD, So I often hear commercials for 1-800-Gambler, where you can call to get help for a gambling addiction. The language used to be, “If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-Gambler.” Now, the… --- ## [Car battery care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-battery-care/971760)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-battery-care/971760 "2022-09-19T22:53:57Z")
I’ve recently been given a company car to use. So my normal vehicle (Chevy PU) sets up a lot. The car battery goes dead within a week or two. I realize I could start it and let it run for a bit every day to prevent this… --- ## [Why So Much Violence In Mid Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-violence-in-mid-canada/494073)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-violence-in-mid-canada/494073 "2022-09-19T22:24:31Z")
From Canada.Com Full Story \[URL=“http://www2.canada.com/news/saskatoon+highest+crime+rates+canada/1358203/story.html?id=1358203”\] I would think Montreal or Toronto or some other big city would have a higher rate. Now … --- ## [HBO's "OZ". Did it get ever... well...get good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-oz-did-it-get-ever-well-get-good/365138)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-oz-did-it-get-ever-well-get-good/365138 "2022-09-19T22:16:21Z")
HBO has started replaying OZ from the begining and I’ve managed to catch a lot of it having missed it the first go 'round. I have to say… It kind of sucks. Ham fisted directing. Trite stories. LOST’s Michael’s to the cam… --- ## ["Sweet Sweet Connie" Hamzy, made infamous by Grand Funk Railroad, dies at 66](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-sweet-connie-hamzy-made-infamous-by-grand-funk-railroad-dies-at-66/949535)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-sweet-connie-hamzy-made-infamous-by-grand-funk-railroad-dies-at-66/949535 "2022-09-19T22:00:50Z")
I actually read about it in my local newspaper yesterday; it stopped just short of saying that she was a groupie. Here’s a link with a different story. And another story. --- ## [Why does the release date of the new Stephen King book “Fairy Tale” have to be @#$&\*$# Sept. 6?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-release-date-of-the-new-stephen-king-book-fairy-tale-have-to-be-sept-6/970999)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-release-date-of-the-new-stephen-king-book-fairy-tale-have-to-be-sept-6/970999 "2022-09-19T21:55:59Z")
So today, Labor Day Monday, also is my birthday. On this lazy birthday day I thought I would treat myself by buying and downloading on my Kindle Stephen King’s new novel “Fairy Tale”, which seems to be getting good pre-r… --- ## [Seems the U.S. Census might not be that accurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-the-u-s-census-might-not-be-that-accurate/971780)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-the-u-s-census-might-not-be-that-accurate/971780 "2022-09-19T21:54:05Z")
As reported here: Report: Some census takers who fudged data didn’t get fired | AP News It seems that the Census workers may have fudged the data a smidgen to meet goals and gain bonuses…but there is another side of th… --- ## [Did you ever run across a record store with a listening booth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-run-across-a-record-store-with-a-listening-booth/971727)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-run-across-a-record-store-with-a-listening-booth/971727 "2022-09-19T20:46:35Z")
Back in the day (as you’ll recall), when you bought an LP, you were usually buying a pig in a poke. Often there was no way to hear the songs (aside from a hit single or two) before plunking down your money. So many visi… --- ## [Questions about voters from Puerto Rico and Washington D.C](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-voters-from-puerto-rico-and-washington-d-c/971729)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-voters-from-puerto-rico-and-washington-d-c/971729 "2022-09-19T19:52:03Z")
I know that residents of Puerto Rico (and of other American insular territories whose inhabitants are US citizens) cannot vote for the POTUS or Congress, because they are a territory, not a state, as well as residents of… --- ## [Gasoline/diesel dispenser: how much pressure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-diesel-dispenser-how-much-pressure/971807)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-diesel-dispenser-how-much-pressure/971807 "2022-09-19T19:36:10Z")
Inspired by this video, which explains how a gasoline dispenser nozzle “knows” to shut off when your tank is full: When you turn the dispenser on (i.e. put your credit/debit card in, select a fuel grade), … --- ## [New dog - Suggest names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-suggest-names/969230)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-suggest-names/969230 "2022-09-19T19:16:39Z")
Today I picked up a 4-5 mo old doberman puppy. Not chipped, no one responded to the ads. The woman who found him couldn’t keep him, so I got him. He needs a name. I’m thinking Merlin or Scout. Here’s a poor pic - you’ll… --- ## [Socially Responsible Sesame Street?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775 "2022-09-19T18:01:55Z")
It’s been many decades since I took much interest in the goings-on of Sesame Street. I couldn’t begin to speculate how it has changed. But a comedy radio bit, possibly itself a decade old, had a comedian lamenting the … --- ## [Sherri Papini purported abduction (Update: She has been sentenced for faking her own kidnapping)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976 "2022-09-19T17:48:04Z")
Since Sherri Papini has returned safely to her husband I’ve notice that many stories are slipping the adjective apparent in to qualify abduction, such as this one. Anyone think there’s more here than meets the eye, or … --- ## [No one has anything to say for an MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-has-anything-to-say-for-an-mmp/971428)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-has-anything-to-say-for-an-mmp/971428 "2022-09-19T17:35:36Z")
3:30am Pacific, and no one’s started an MMP? I hope everyone’s as OK as one gets on Monday. Take it away. :slight\_smile: --- ## [If you are living with a significant other, would you like to engage in an experiment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-living-with-a-significant-other-would-you-like-to-engage-in-an-experiment/971575)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-living-with-a-significant-other-would-you-like-to-engage-in-an-experiment/971575 "2022-09-19T16:47:16Z")
We were doing this at work and thought it was fun. Ask your person: “If I were to send you to the store for chips and dip, what would you bring me back?” No more information then that. Now, did they give the “right” ans… --- ## [Social Security: Widow entitled to choose husband's benefits after he passes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-widow-entitled-to-choose-husbands-benefits-after-he-passes/971821)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-widow-entitled-to-choose-husbands-benefits-after-he-passes/971821 "2022-09-19T16:11:51Z")
My Google-fu and SDMB-fu have failed me. But this may be a common question and answer. Let’s say a wife retires early (prior to full retirement age) and starts to collect SS benefits of $2200/month. Husband waits unti… --- ## [Whither “staunch”? Are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-staunch-are-you/971476)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-staunch-are-you/971476 "2022-09-19T14:50:27Z")
This word was used a lot twenty years ago. I had friends who described themselves as staunch conservatives or staunch advocates of political correctness or many other political or rights-based things. Did this word g… --- ## [Anyone remember episode of Malcom in t mid when asthma kid says who invented spoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-episode-of-malcom-in-t-mid-when-asthma-kid-says-who-invented-spoon/311280)
**Author:** [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-episode-of-malcom-in-t-mid-when-asthma-kid-says-who-invented-spoon/311280 "2022-09-19T13:35:33Z")
First off, don’t try googling ‘malcolm’ or ‘malcolm in the middle’ w/ ‘spoony spoonikus’ or ‘spoony spoonicus,’ or ‘invented the spoon.’ The episode was like 99 season, this one, when Malcolm becomes dumb like Reese. At… --- ## [Could the Tacoma Narrows Bridge have been saved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-tacoma-narrows-bridge-have-been-saved/971492)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-tacoma-narrows-bridge-have-been-saved/971492 "2022-09-19T11:15:06Z")
I suspect a lot of Dopers have seen footage of this, but for anyone who hasn’t: I grew up only a few miles from there, and a few decades later, so I’ve heard and read various things about it over the years.… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=993) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=995)