Those White Canes with the Red Tips... - Straight Dope
2005年3月4日 · A white cane is a device used by many people who are blind or visually impaired. A white cane primarily allows its user to scan their surroundings for obstacles or orientation marks, but is also helpful for onlookers in identifying the user as blind or visually impaired and taking appropriate care. The latter is the reason for the cane's white ...
What is this room in the White House? - Straight Dope
HeyHomie October 12, 2024, 10:04pm 1. Here. Obviously a dining room, but not THE dining room – I’ve seen pictures of THE White House dining room and that ain’t it. Almost certainly not the POTUS’ private dining room in his quarters, because no civilian is going to get anywhere near there. Best I can figure, it’s like a canteen for the ...
What are these white splotches on my pillow? (TMI?)
2014年1月27日 · For the last couple of months I’ve noticed some white splotches on my pillow in the morning. It’s obviously from drooling while I sleep, but what is it? At first I theorized it was left over residue from toothpaste. But I did an experiment and for a week I did not use toothpaste before I went to bed (rinsed and flossed, but no toothpaste. I did brush in the morning and afternoon, however ...
When did ghosts start rattling chains and moaning?
2005年10月5日 · It’s surprising how far back the ghost story tropes go, including the moaning and groaning, usually associated with a violent death. The chain rattling goes back even further to ghost stories in Ancient Roman literature. Pliny the Younger wrote a haunted story, circa A.D. 102, with a chain rattling ghost. The ghost’s corpse is found in chains.
submarines and planes: hull creaking and popping - Straight Dope
robby April 4, 2005, 4:15am 4. Regarding pressure differentials, what RealityChuck said. Yes, submarines make popping and creaking noises when changing depths. Submarine hulls are welded now, though, so no rivets pop out dramatically nowadays like in Das Boot. A related effect is hull compression due to sea pressure.
14CV88 banned as racially offensive - Straight Dope Message Board
2010年4月26日 · Posts: 56,438. 14CV88 banned as racially offensive. So this Washington Post story relates that the owner of a truck sought and obtained a personalized license plate from Virginia. The plate had the Confederate flag on it; Virginia issues such plates for an additional fee to any member of the "Sons of Confederate Veterans" group.
What's the best way to type a sigh? - Straight Dope
GuanoLad August 12, 2005, 6:19am 4. When I emote online I always use asterisks. That way it won’t accidentally be parsed as some kind of code, like if I had used one of the various brackets available. Back when I used to write by hand, I used little lines, kind of like a combination of these: =sigh= and >sigh<.
Boeing 747 with no markings - Factual Questions - Straight Dope
2006年7月28日 · February 7, 2020. Airplane paint. Factual Questions. 12. 1156. July 7, 2000. This morning I saw a pure white 747 with no markings of any kind land at the Atlanta airport. No colors, no airline livery, nothing except a small black patch near the cockpit which might have been an FAA number. What c…
Does anyone else find having a TV constantly on unsettling?
2014年11月15日 · We’re gearing up for our annual holiday time visit to my wife’s parents and as usual, I find myself dreading the trips. I’m always completely stressed out by the end of the trip. One of the reasons is the tv is always on. At home, we tend to use the TV as a data transmission device. We sit down to watch a particular show and when it’s over, we turn it …
What are the "traditional" lyrics to "Here Comes the Bride"?
2005年7月21日 · When I was growing up, I learned “the” lyrics to Here Comes the Bride at summer camp: “Here Comes the Bride All fat and wide; Where is the groom? He’s in the dressing room. Why is he there? He lost his underwear. Da da da DAAAA da da da, da da dah.” (Nobody ever accused summer camp kids of being sensitive to the feelings of people with weight problems – or of knowing how hard it is ...