# Ask me a loaded question... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544 "2001-06-12T15:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/1 "2001-06-12T15:02:34Z")
“Have you stopped beating your wife?” “Do you **enjoy** torturing puppies?” Go ahead. I can take it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/2 "2001-06-12T15:30:15Z")
Baby seal clubbing is both fun **and** profitable? ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/3 "2001-06-12T16:28:03Z")
What part of **‘No’** don’t you understand? ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/4 "2001-06-12T16:31:42Z")
have you used cocaine within the last week? are you married or happy? do you smoke crack just for fun? or is it a habit? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/5 "2001-06-12T16:36:49Z")
So, who’s your plastic surgeon? ---
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/6 "2001-06-12T16:37:01Z")
Have you stopped stealing silverware? (I love this one. I can almost always ask my kid brother this question in public and get him furious. And he’s 24). ---
**Author:** ![Nausicaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@Nausicaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nausicaa)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/7 "2001-06-12T17:16:30Z")
So, do you did the rehab worked this time? ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/8 "2001-06-12T17:51:38Z")
> [@](#): > > So, do you did the rehab worked this time? This is too easy. [li]So, how do you like the work release program?[/li](I ask this out loud to my father in restaurants.) or [li]How do you think your parole hearing is going to go?[/li] Do you think the charges will stick? ---
**Author:** ![Nausicaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@Nausicaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nausicaa)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/9 "2001-06-12T18:14:47Z")
You know I actually proofread it several times before posting - I was sure I didn’t make a mistake. \ One more time… So, do you think the rehab worked this time? Sheesh - I’m such a newbie! ---
**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/10 "2001-06-12T19:38:36Z")
Are you still planning to come out to your family at the reunion? Do these pants make my butt look big? How pregnant would you say I look in _this_ dress? You can get some salve for that rash, right? For this party, do I need to put on makeup or can I go looking like a hippie? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/11 "2001-06-12T21:41:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by missdavis102 \* > Do these pants make my butt look big? Surely this one is easy. The male replies **immediately** ‘No, dear.’ Hesitation is bad. ‘Yes’ is worse. To end the relationship, use ‘No, you look fat in anything.’ ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/12 "2001-06-12T22:38:31Z")
_What do you think she’d say if she knew?_ ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/13 "2001-06-12T22:40:43Z")
You rang? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/14 "2001-06-12T22:52:57Z")
Did you have sexual relations with **that** woman? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/15 "2001-06-12T23:03:08Z")
Give me a one-word answer to this question: “Have you stopped beating your wife yet?” Non-English words are allowed. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/16 "2001-06-14T12:16:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > \*\*Give me a one-word answer to this question: > “Have you stopped beating your wife yet?” > Non-English words are allowed. Good luck. \*\* [Monty Python] Splunge. [/Monty Python] ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/17 "2001-06-14T15:45:30Z")
So is the medication working yet? Have you figured out who gave it to you? ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/18 "2001-06-14T16:12:04Z")
Did you pet the kittens before you ran them over with the lawnmower? ---
**Author:** ![Chilly\_Willy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@Chilly\_Willy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chilly_Willy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/19 "2001-06-14T17:03:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > \*\*Give me a one-word answer to this question: > “Have you stopped beating your wife yet?” > Non-English words are allowed. Good luck. \*\* Single _pointing at self_ ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544/20 "2001-06-14T22:11:23Z")
Interesting attempts. To break the tension, I’ll give the answer I was looking for: [mu](http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=mu). The URL points to a FOLDOC article. No, the answer is not “The country code of Mauritius.” Look to definition 2. Hofstadter and the Discordians are operating on the same frequency on this one, and if that doesn’t freak out the normals nothing will. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-loaded-question/68544.md?page=2)