# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=995 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 996 --- ## [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.… --- ## [Copyright question: Does a band hold a copyright or one person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-question-does-a-band-hold-a-copyright-or-one-person/971608)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-question-does-a-band-hold-a-copyright-or-one-person/971608 "2022-09-19T08:56:05Z")
Let’s say Sting wants to sing “Every Breath You Take” after the band broke up. Or John Lennon wanted to sing “All You Need Is Love” after the band broke up. Do all members have rights to the music they made together or… --- ## [Queen Elizabeth's funeral music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeths-funeral-music/971715)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeths-funeral-music/971715 "2022-09-19T08:17:54Z")
Let’s talk about it, starting with the procession of the casket from Buckingham to Westminster Palace. Likes, dislikes, most and least favorite? What are you hoping to hear, or not hear, on Monday? All the high Anglican… --- ## [Car stereos and "random" shuffling from MP3s on flash drives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-stereos-and-random-shuffling-from-mp3s-on-flash-drives/711221)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-stereos-and-random-shuffling-from-mp3s-on-flash-drives/711221 "2022-09-19T04:53:47Z")
I don’t know if this is a universal problem, but I’m in a carpool and the problem happens in one form or another in all 3 cars – a Chevy, a Toyota and my own Mazda. The problem is that random shuffle … isn’t. In my car… --- ## [\*\*civilian counterparts\*\* of the joint chiefs of staff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilian-counterparts-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff/971600)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilian-counterparts-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff/971600 "2022-09-19T03:58:02Z")
Hi everyone, part of the book (Decision-Making in American Foreign Policy (p. 162)) says: Ultimately, the United States sent approximately 1,750 Marines to Lebanon to take part in the Multi-National Force overseeing th… --- ## [Mezuzot on a Christian home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mezuzot-on-a-christian-home/189807)
**Author:** [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mezuzot-on-a-christian-home/189807 "2022-09-19T02:25:14Z")
I have asked this question of several close friends, both Jewish and Christian–including my best friend Miriam, who is Jewish and whose husband is a Talmudic scholar. I have gotten differing initial reactions, but Miriam… --- ## [Most scene stealing very minor movie role](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414)
**Author:** [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414 "2022-09-19T02:17:55Z")
Inspired by this thread, Most influential very minor movie role - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board, let’s do a scene stealing thread. Rules are, must be a speaking role, must be in only one scene. … --- ## [What is meant by the phrase 'well-oiled' as used by Washington Irving to describe Rip Van Winkle's 'disposition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-meant-by-the-phrase-well-oiled-as-used-by-washington-irving-to-describe-rip-van-winkles-disposition/971723)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-meant-by-the-phrase-well-oiled-as-used-by-washington-irving-to-describe-rip-van-winkles-disposition/971723 "2022-09-19T01:40:12Z")
What is meant by the phrase ‘well-oiled’ as used by Washington Irving to describe Rip Van Winkle? I’ve only ever come across two definitions: 1. talkative and 2. drunk for personal characteristics. The meaning here seems… --- ## [Does Google Maps assume I'm speeding when giving me estimated time of arrival?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-google-maps-assume-im-speeding-when-giving-me-estimated-time-of-arrival/971440)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-google-maps-assume-im-speeding-when-giving-me-estimated-time-of-arrival/971440 "2022-09-19T01:36:43Z")
There’ve been times when Google Maps gave me an estimated time of arrival (“8:06 PM”) and I would do the math and realize that that was impossible unless I were driving significantly above the speed limit. Even when I we… --- ## [Lying in state - are the people put back in the fridge at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-in-state-are-the-people-put-back-in-the-fridge-at-night/971670)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-in-state-are-the-people-put-back-in-the-fridge-at-night/971670 "2022-09-19T01:31:16Z")
I know people are embalmed. However, what other preservation is used when they’re put on display for extended periods? Is the display box cooled? Are the bodies put back in the morgue fridge at night? It wouldn’t be a… --- ## [My official "I'm retired now" thread. A medical Retrospective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-official-im-retired-now-thread-a-medical-retrospective/967477)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-official-im-retired-now-thread-a-medical-retrospective/967477 "2022-09-19T01:10:54Z")
I dropped the news of my finally getting out of prison (via my retirement after working as a physician there since 2002) in a few other threads, but I promised I’d not hijack those threads in case anyone wanted to ask me… --- ## [Advice on BBQing an 8 lb ribeye roast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-bbqing-an-8-lb-ribeye-roast/971724)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-bbqing-an-8-lb-ribeye-roast/971724 "2022-09-19T01:10:30Z")
So the store had a fantastic deal on ribeye roasts- 2/3 off. I figure I will BBQ / slow smoke it tomorrow, but I’ve never done a beef roast before. Plenty of briskets and pork shoulders, but those of course you slow bbq … --- ## [What makes a bungee jumper eventually stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-bungee-jumper-eventually-stop/971251)
**Author:** [@Mr.Baggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Baggins)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-bungee-jumper-eventually-stop/971251 "2022-09-19T01:02:06Z")
One of the boys came with a question. Apparently, he had to model a bungee jumper with differential equations, and wanted to know how to model air resistance. I told him that, by my calculations, compared to the other fo… --- ## ["Overboard" comic archive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overboard-comic-archive/971733)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overboard-comic-archive/971733 "2022-09-18T23:10:50Z")
Overboard (comic strip) - Wikipedia by Chip Dunham is a daily strip chronicling the misadventures of the hilariously incompetent crew of the anachronistic pirate ship Revenge. It’s main publisher Go Comics has an archive… --- ## [Republicans in key battleground states won't say they'll accept 2022 results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-in-key-battleground-states-wont-say-theyll-accept-2022-results/971784)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-in-key-battleground-states-wont-say-theyll-accept-2022-results/971784 "2022-09-18T22:57:23Z")
“No, guys, you don’t get it! Both sides are the same!”. --- ## [I watched Twin Peaks for the first time (no open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-twin-peaks-for-the-first-time-no-open-spoilers/971764)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-twin-peaks-for-the-first-time-no-open-spoilers/971764 "2022-09-18T22:30:06Z")
There is an old thread on this. I decided to start a new one with no spoilers. Season 1. Episode 1 (The Pilot) - well for starters I was whooshed for a while. The campy acting with over-reaction to everything and the in… --- ## [Covid Cuisine (need answer fast-ish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-cuisine-need-answer-fast-ish/971744)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-cuisine-need-answer-fast-ish/971744 "2022-09-18T22:27:59Z")
Three of us have tested positive The fourth will likely do so (just did PCR test today). I’m working on a grocery delivery order. With all 4 of us likely to be unable to prep anything elaborate, we need idea for very… --- ## [Is your refrigerator running?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-refrigerator-running/971411)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-refrigerator-running/971411 "2022-09-18T21:31:22Z")
Well you better go catch it! Ha ha. AFAIK, the original Bart Simpson type telephone prank. The only other one I’ve heard is: “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” “Well, you better let him out!” or something like that. W… --- ## [Two major game leaks(Grand Theft Auto VI and Diablo 4) - what's going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-major-game-leaks-grand-theft-auto-vi-and-diablo-4-whats-going-on/971778)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-major-game-leaks-grand-theft-auto-vi-and-diablo-4-whats-going-on/971778 "2022-09-18T21:23:15Z")
I won’t leak to any footage or screenshots as, at least as far as I can tell, these are both major and highly illegal leaks. People are going to be in massive trouble once it is determined who did this. Overnight, Grand… --- ## [Is this really true, that Eminem has a #1 song on the Christian music chart?!?!?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-true-that-eminem-has-a-1-song-on-the-christian-music-chart/971717)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-true-that-eminem-has-a-1-song-on-the-christian-music-chart/971717 "2022-09-18T19:18:04Z")
I haven’t heard the song, nor do I want to, but I’m wondering if people here have, and can explain it - and no, I don’t think he converted. --- ## [Russia-Ukraine War Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-ukraine-war-questions/971478)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-ukraine-war-questions/971478 "2022-09-18T17:30:51Z")
I’ve noticed that lots of things in Ukraine are returning to normal, based on the Ukraine soccer league games being played and public ceremonies I’ve seen on tv. With Ukraine’s recent advances in pushing back Russia, is… --- ## [Why did a disheveled looking Trump just turn up in DC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-a-disheveled-looking-trump-just-turn-up-in-dc/971412 "2022-09-14T16:09:21Z")
So my Twitter just blew up with this. Trump just arrived in DC unannounced, in a government jet, looking like he was just dragged off the golf course. Some people (on the somewhat flimsy evidence of the position of his … --- ## [Twitch Streamer soliciting donations for a charity directly to their own PayPal, illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitch-streamer-soliciting-donations-for-a-charity-directly-to-their-own-paypal-illegal/971633)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitch-streamer-soliciting-donations-for-a-charity-directly-to-their-own-paypal-illegal/971633 "2022-09-18T15:15:49Z")
There’s some minor Twitch drama going on and people are claiming it’s illegal and am curious if it actually is, also no specifics because the Steamer in question has been threatening to sue people who claim this is a sca… --- ## [How often does invoking silence make a decisive difference for a defendant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-invoking-silence-make-a-decisive-difference-for-a-defendant/971732)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-invoking-silence-make-a-decisive-difference-for-a-defendant/971732 "2022-09-18T15:08:35Z")
AIUI, generally, the cops or feds don’t arrest someone unless there is probable cause. And in the case of the feds, they are particularly meticulous and usually assemble massive amounts of evidence. As such, does invoki… --- ## [Popular shows/movies you've never seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-shows-movies-youve-never-seen/971705)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-shows-movies-youve-never-seen/971705 "2022-09-18T13:53:02Z")
Title is self-explanatory. What are some popular/critically-acclaimed shows/movies you’ve never seen? I’ve never seen a single episode of X-Files, and I’ve never seen The Godfather, any Tarantino movie, Forrest Gump, or… --- ## [Who is the world's most powerful woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-worlds-most-powerful-woman/971528)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-worlds-most-powerful-woman/971528 "2022-09-18T12:32:13Z")
Who is the most powerful woman in the world right now?:girl::woman\_red\_haired::blonde\_woman::woman\_white\_haired: --- ## [If you make gummies in the shape of an arrow, they're going to end up looking like a phallus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-make-gummies-in-the-shape-of-an-arrow-theyre-going-to-end-up-looking-like-a-phallus/971622)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-make-gummies-in-the-shape-of-an-arrow-theyre-going-to-end-up-looking-like-a-phallus/971622 "2022-09-18T12:05:26Z")
You’d kind of think that was obvious. And if you add a little twerk at the other end, it’ll look like a scrotum. Again, you shouldn’t have to actually make one to figure this out. But some people evidently HAVE to be s… --- ## [ICBM vs Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile Size](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icbm-vs-submarine-launched-ballistic-missile-size/971629)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icbm-vs-submarine-launched-ballistic-missile-size/971629 "2022-09-18T11:36:01Z")
So I was thinking about ICBM vs SLBM the other day and I noticed something interesting. The Trident D5 missile is substantially larger than the Minuteman III (130,000 lbs for former, versus 80,000 lbs for later). That w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=994) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=996)