# Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=238 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 239 --- ## [Why do Eskimos stay there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-eskimos-stay-there/125255)
**Author:** [@Twin\_Tattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twin_Tattoo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-eskimos-stay-there/125255 "2002-08-24T15:56:56Z")
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_091.html Having been on a number of Indian reservations, having an uncle that works with Indian tribes, and a brother that works with Eskimos in Alaska, the reason Eskimos stay th… --- ## [Is it possible to make an undetectab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-make-an-undetectab/125153)
**Author:** [@poughboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poughboy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-make-an-undetectab/125153 "2002-08-24T04:14:53Z")
cecil responded to a qurrie about a non-metalic gun (like the one in In the Line of Fire, and he gave some verry good answres, however he overlooked the nature of the question, the guy was asking if a projectile weapon … --- ## [re: Bugs Falling from Heights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-bugs-falling-from-heights/121095)
**Author:** [@mvsmith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mvsmith)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-bugs-falling-from-heights/121095 "2002-08-23T18:41:05Z")
Also true? There’s also the factoid that the energy in the collision is proportional to 1/2 \* m \* v^2 where m=mass and v=velocity slow speed (in particular) and small mass =\> small damage forces? --- ## [Did Armstrong REALLY walk on the moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-armstrong-really-walk-on-the-moon/120890)
**Author:** [@Gillianssj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gillianssj2)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-armstrong-really-walk-on-the-moon/120890 "2002-08-23T16:07:35Z")
I have heard rumors about how Mr. Neil Armstrong never walked on the moon and that the U.S of A made it look like he did just to make it seem like they beat the Russians. I he could have but I would like to hear the rea… --- ## [Mulligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mulligan/124027)
**Author:** [@Rhapsody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhapsody)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mulligan/124027 "2002-08-22T21:14:39Z")
\[/QUOTE\] Original Staff Report This from a pretty good article about many of Golfs terms from Golfweb.com :slight\_smile: --- ## [The 'F' word reveled in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-f-word-reveled-in/367)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-f-word-reveled-in/367 "2002-08-22T17:13:06Z")
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_268b.html Now THAT is a great column! Ooops, there I go, euphamising for that with which a man fucks… :wink: --- ## [Spain and gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spain-and-gold/124818)
**Author:** [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spain-and-gold/124818 "2002-08-22T16:12:00Z")
In this column: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_437.html Cecil neglects one pertinent fact: from 1519 to 1659, Hapsburg Spain was almost constantly at war – with France, with the Netherlands, with the Ottoman T… --- ## [Bed of Nails/ rope trick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-of-nails-rope-trick/125040)
**Author:** [@jshsitar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshsitar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-of-nails-rope-trick/125040 "2002-08-22T05:28:24Z")
I agree with the logic of the Bed of Nails act but find the the Rope Trick is inadequately researched. Re: Indian Rope Trick Here are some links. Truth about the rope trick … Ibn Batuta, who started the “rope trick” … --- ## [What abot Ahoj ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-abot-ahoj/124875)
**Author:** [@jezzaOZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jezzaOZ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-abot-ahoj/124875 "2002-08-21T23:01:14Z")
Ahoj is a Czech (and Slovak & some Polish) friendly greeting. It is pronounced Ahoy. It has been around for yonks, and was/is used by Danube boatmen. It seems more than likely it is related to ahoy and may have been t… --- ## [Heinz 57 varieties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinz-57-varieties/123231)
**Author:** [@Nicicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicicle)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2002, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinz-57-varieties/123231 "2002-08-21T12:49:48Z")
Hey, Cecil! Heinz has more than three varieties of ketchup. Are you so bogged down with our stupid questions/comments that you don’t watch T.V. anymore? Don’t you do your own grocery shopping? You really must get out… --- ## [Folding Paper Debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folding-paper-debate/455)
**Author:** [@Jai\_Pey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jai_Pey)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folding-paper-debate/455 "2002-08-21T12:18:24Z")
I’d bet someone has already said this, but I’m not going to dig through the database. Why can’t I fold the regular sheet of newsprint more than X number of times? (I thought it was 8) Elementary, Watson… add up the numb… --- ## [Steering motorcycles (countersteering)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steering-motorcycles-countersteering/117354)
**Author:** [@salex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salex)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steering-motorcycles-countersteering/117354 "2002-08-20T15:40:53Z")
While I don’t find Prof. Klein’s papers available online, but the summary Karen Lingel gives make intuitive sense. Taking this one step further, when I learned to ride a motorcycle, I was taught to initiate a turn by “c… --- ## [Falling coconuts vs. falling durians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falling-coconuts-vs-falling-durians/120446)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falling-coconuts-vs-falling-durians/120446 "2002-08-18T00:41:04Z")
In Southeast Asia, they regard the durian fruit’s design as a sort of miracle of safety. The size and shape of a football, the durian is covered all over with big, huge, very sharp thorns (the name durian means ‘thorny’… --- ## [How many times does your heart beat per year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-does-your-heart-beat-per-year/123873)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2002, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-does-your-heart-beat-per-year/123873 "2002-08-17T09:50:28Z")
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_088a.html My only question: Why does Slug’s cartoon feature a rooster drinking a martini? I fear that I am not yet so great in wisdom. --- ## ["Earth" in other languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-in-other-languages/123577)
**Author:** [@pavel\_lishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pavel_lishin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-in-other-languages/123577 "2002-08-17T01:16:52Z")
\[ http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mearth.html \] A quick correction… “Earth” in Russian is not “zeml”, as the article states. There are actually two words for “Earth”. Earth translates to zemlya, and it means both P… --- ## [Indian Summer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-summer/124128)
**Author:** [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-summer/124128 "2002-08-16T21:19:04Z")
In this report: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmulligan.html Sam claims “Indian Summer” is “an ethnic slur.” But in this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85989 some obnoxious… --- ## [Time Travel - My Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-my-thoughts/123493)
**Author:** [@Hogulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogulus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-my-thoughts/123493 "2002-08-16T20:55:10Z")
I’m a huge fan of your column, Cecil, and I thought I’d add something on your time travel column - an alternate, but equally impossible, method of going through time. According to Einstein, as you go faster, time passes… --- ## [Rosetta stoned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosetta-stoned/124181)
**Author:** [@Shifty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shifty)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosetta-stoned/124181 "2002-08-16T18:09:49Z")
While the Rosetta stone has saved a key bit of data for about 2000 years, it is not necessarily superior to CD’s, tape, or other modern equipment. The Stone represents an example of one succesful strategy–a single indes… --- ## [These people had sex in an MRI tube!! Wah!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233)
**Author:** [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-people-had-sex-in-an-mri-tube-wah/123233 "2002-08-16T16:52:26Z")
Re Is it possible to get “bruised ovaries” during sex? I strongly recommend that everyone go look at the “what sex looks like under Magnetic Resonance Imaging” link in Cecil’s column, even if it IS a PDF file, 'cause it… --- ## [Re: Why don't magnets stick to aluminum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-why-dont-magnets-stick-to-aluminum/124211)
**Author:** [@mahershalal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mahershalal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-why-dont-magnets-stick-to-aluminum/124211 "2002-08-16T15:50:20Z")
Quoth Cecil: “The difference is that in the big magnets the tiny magnets are organized, i.e., they’re all lined up with their north poles in one direction and their south poles in the opposite direction. In an ordinary … --- ## [legs falling asleep: worse than you think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legs-falling-asleep-worse-than-you-think/123706)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legs-falling-asleep-worse-than-you-think/123706 "2002-08-16T15:26:38Z")
After a heavy night of drinking I awoke one morning with absolutely no feeling whatsoever in my right wrist/hand. I also had no control over that hand, it was completely paralyzed (effect was similar to palsey). I went… --- ## [Query re laundry G forces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/query-re-laundry-g-forces/123314)
**Author:** [@Ian\_Orchard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_Orchard)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/query-re-laundry-g-forces/123314 "2002-08-14T17:30:15Z")
A wee alarm bell is ringing re your figures in calculating the G forces applicable during the spin cycle. Mass doesn’t come into the equation as we are calculating the force applied to any mass present in the drum. I di… --- ## [Channel One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channel-one/123757)
**Author:** [@RandiLynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandiLynn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channel-one/123757 "2002-08-13T23:33:15Z")
I just wanted to say, that, there is a channel one. It just doesn’t appear on regular television. It comes in at my school, and it came (and still does) in at the middle school i went to. We were forced to watch Channel … --- ## [Trivial Pursuit and sleepy legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-and-sleepy-legs/123615)
**Author:** [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-and-sleepy-legs/123615 "2002-08-13T20:21:19Z")
I chuckled as I read the column on legs falling asleep, especially when I noticed the date of February 10, 1984, during Trivial Pursuit’s heyday. --- ## [legs falling asleep: worse than you think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legs-falling-asleep-worse-than-you-think/123704)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legs-falling-asleep-worse-than-you-think/123704 "2002-08-13T15:36:53Z")
After a heavy night of drinking I awoke one morning with absolutely no feeling whatsoever in my right wrist/hand. I also had no control over that hand, it was completely paralyzed (effect was similar to palsey). I went… --- ## [Cecil missed the copyright expiration date for "Happy Birthday" by 20 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-missed-the-copyright-expiration-date-for-happy-birthday-by-20-years/123701)
**Author:** [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-missed-the-copyright-expiration-date-for-happy-birthday-by-20-years/123701 "2002-08-13T15:26:03Z")
In his July 28, 200 column, Are blue jays not really blue? Plus: has the copyright on “Happy Birthday” expired yet? Cecil incorrectly stated that the U.S. opyright to the perenial “Happy Birthday to You” was slated to ex… --- ## [Lawyers' use of "Esquire"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-use-of-esquire/120655)
**Author:** [@jiHymas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jiHymas)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-use-of-esquire/120655 "2002-08-13T12:29:46Z")
I’ve just received a communication (addressed to me personally, not a circular) from an American lawyer who has signed himself with the honourific “esquire”. According to SDSTAFF Dianne (Esq.) in www.straightdope.com/ma… --- ## [Akira and Wish You Were Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akira-and-wish-you-were-here/123609)
**Author:** [@catmandu42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catmandu42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2002, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akira-and-wish-you-were-here/123609 "2002-08-13T12:04:42Z")
Okay, I was just in the archives and was re-reading the one about Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon synching up with the movie The Wizard of Oz. Having had a lot of time on my hands during college, I can verify that th… --- ## [Why water doesn't burn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-water-doesnt-burn/121605)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-water-doesnt-burn/121605 "2002-08-12T03:50:45Z")
And furthermore, why fire isn’t wet. Long, long ago, I was shown a parlor trick related, distantly, to this ghostly OP. A paper cup, filled with water, was tilted at roughly 45 degrees. A flame from a butane lighter was … --- ## [Question about "Bruised Uterus" column...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-bruised-uterus-column/123217)
**Author:** [@PeppermintPatty85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeppermintPatty85)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-bruised-uterus-column/123217 "2002-08-10T03:07:13Z")
Well I found this article to be most amusing… mostly because it uses all these medical terms and then says “Hung like a Porn Star.” that was beautiful. Anywho, about the article, it says that women with “fallen bladders”… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=239)