# A prodigal son has returned **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332 "2023-06-11T19:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332/41 "2023-06-12T18:08:48Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > 1. Toilet paper - over or under? > 2. Hot dogs - mustard or ketchup? > 3. Corn on the cob - across or around? 1. Over, unless feline vandalism necessitates extreme measures be employed. 2. Yes, please and thank you. 3. Across, back and forth But most of all, I subscribe to [Judge John Hodgman’s Settled Law](https://www.johnhodgman.com/post/131161007023/judge-john-hodgman-settled-law/amp): People like what they like. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332/42 "2023-06-12T18:45:16Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > - Toilet paper - over or under? > - Hot dogs - mustard or ketchup? > - Corn on the cob - across or around? 1. Over 2. Mustard 3. Across, I think. Did I miss a Great Debate over the years? I’ve never really thought about this and I don’t think I care much. I tend to cook corn on the cob in the husk on the coals of my grill, so there are sometimes little lines or spots that get a little caramelized, so I feel like I start there and then make a decision as to whether I eat the toasted spots all at once, or move in a direction (some might say a heretical or scandalous sort of pattern) that alternates sweet steamed fresh corn with sticky savory spots. Generally though – damn, I don’t know. Is this like a captcha or a Turing test of some kind? Am I just an LLM or a robot? Do I exist? What is even happening. This is like failing the Voight-Kampf… ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332/43 "2023-06-12T23:17:43Z")
_Who robbed cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night?_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332/44 "2023-06-13T00:44:36Z")
Oh wow, I remember your name, and I went to KC Dopefests. I was on Skip’s board too! Good to see you back. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332/45 "2023-06-13T00:46:25Z")
I think I still have some pictures from one of those Dopefests. Not sure where, though… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332/46 "2023-06-13T00:47:40Z")
So I am incriminated somewhere still? ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332/47 "2023-06-13T00:49:35Z")
I think you’ll find my blackmail amounts very competitive: at or slightly below market rates. Plus a 1.3% discount if you pay for a full year in advance. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332/48 "2023-06-13T01:20:08Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > Did you throw out all my old comic books??? Yeah, mom did. She noted that some of them were still in the original wrapper and hadn’t been opened or read, so she knew you weren’t interested in them. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332/49 "2023-06-13T01:25:15Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > KC Dopefests If anybody has an inclination to revive this soiree, count me in. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332/50 "2023-06-13T01:30:16Z")
Yes, yes, I’m retired now so I can come much more easily. Or in Lawrence, or Topeka. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332/51 "2023-06-13T01:31:50Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Or in Lawrence, or Topeka. I’m in, no matter the location. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332.md?page=2)