# Ask me anything.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 30, 2005, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175 "2005-09-30T09:29:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/21 "2005-09-30T17:12:16Z")

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Can you loan me $1,000? I promise I’ll pay it back next month.

E.

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**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/22 "2005-09-30T17:13:56Z")

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Wtf?

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/23 "2005-09-30T17:21:03Z")

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> [@Casey1505](#):
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> Where is **[CynicalGabe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6638739#post6638739)**’s checkbook? If you’re right, I’ll split the reward with you.

You beat me to it. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/24 "2005-09-30T17:22:08Z")

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> [@Scott Plaid](#):
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> Why is Six afraid of Seven?

Because seven eight nine!

> [@Casey1505](#):
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> Where is CynicalGabe’s checkbook? If you’re right, I’ll split the reward with you.

Between the car seats.

> [@Elza B.](#):
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> Can you loan me $1,000? I promise I’ll pay it back next month

Nope, sorry. (WOW! That was the easiest question yet! 🙂 More like that, please.)

> [@Hung Mung](#):
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> wtf?

omg! idk! :eek:  
:d & r:

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/25 "2005-09-30T17:23:32Z")

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Is Cecil Adams for real?

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/26 "2005-09-30T17:36:13Z")

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> [@Idle Thoughts](#):
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> Because seven eight nine!

Holy crap! He did? Man, we’ve got to get out of here before he tries anything!

_Scott runs away, trips, gets back up again, and keeps running_

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**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/27 "2005-09-30T17:47:56Z")

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Who?  
What?  
When?  
Where?  
Why?  
How?

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/28 "2005-09-30T17:57:02Z")

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Where can I find experienced injury attorneys handling injury cases?

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**Author:** ![Mdr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mdr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdr)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/29 "2005-09-30T17:59:44Z")

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why does it hurt when I poop?

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/30 "2005-09-30T18:01:44Z")

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How do I get blood stains out of carpet?

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/31 "2005-09-30T18:05:38Z")

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> [@Ghanima](#):
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> Who?  
> What?  
> When?  
> Where?  
> Why?  
> How?

If I remeber correctly, the answer to these is [The flowing of blood from the cage of memory](http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/utena/rguwwww.htm)🙂

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/32 "2005-09-30T18:10:47Z")

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Are **Mdr** and **Zebra’s** questions related?

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**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/33 "2005-09-30T18:16:51Z")

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Who shot the deputy?  
What’s the frequency, Kenneth?  
Where were you on the night of June 23rd, 1987?  
When will I be loved?  
Why do fools fall in love?  
How can you mend a broken heart?

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**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/34 "2005-09-30T18:25:21Z")

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> [@Idle Thoughts](#):
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> Nope, sorry. (WOW! That was the easiest question yet! 🙂 More like that, please.)

How about a tenner?

C’mon, man, I promise I’ll pay you back.

Oh - how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

E.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/35 "2005-09-30T18:40:54Z")

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> [@Idle Thoughts](#):
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> To that great Sock Heaven in the sky. But only the left ones. The right ones all hide in various parts of your home. You’ll find a couple: One under the box under your bed, one in the confines of that couch with the pillows on it, one behind the toliet, and one, of all places, under your car seat.

My socks are L/R interchangable, where do you get “handed” socks? No wait… where do you get left/right specific socks… 😃

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/36 "2005-09-30T18:41:13Z")

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> [@Kythereia](#):
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> Is Cecil Adams for real?

Yes, Virginia, there really is a Cecil Adams.

Ha…but seriously, my real thought? I think there was once. I don’t think he’s still around or alive, though. I think the Cecil that makes the rare post on here is just someone else on that name…because I think that the name Cecil Adams is a regestered and copywritten tradmark name.

So I don’t think he really exists anymore, however, if he does, I’m in a heap of trouble…cause nothing is worse than not believing in Cecil and having him turn out to be real and then having HIM not believe in YOU.

> [@Ghanima](#):
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> Who?  
> What?  
> When?  
> Where?  
> Why?  
> How?

Me  
Am answering your questions  
Just right now  
On the SDMB  
Well, er…because I said I would!  
With my fingers…but yes, with my toes WOULD me more interesting.

> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> Where can I find experienced injury attorneys handling injury cases?

On the back of your yellow pages.

> [@Mdr](#):
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> why does it hurt when I poop?

It was that corn cob you accidently swallowed last night.

> [@Zebra](#):
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> How do I get blood stains out of carpet?

Peroxcide, Windex, Dishsoap. (Hey, I understand, Happens to me all the

> [@lieu](#):
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> Are Mdr and Zebra’s questions related?

If they happen to live together I’d say the percentage of their questions being related at 62 percent.

> [@YaWanna](#):
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> Who shot the deputy?  
> What’s the frequency, Kenneth?  
> Where were you on the night of June 23rd, 1987?  
> When will I be loved?  
> Why do fools fall in love?  
> How can you mend a broken heart?

It was the sheriff before I shot HIM.

Sorry, this is questions for me, not Kennith

I was in New York!

You already are.

I doubt they do very much. I think that love sometimes makes fools out of them.

I have no idea. Now if you had asked me how to stop the rain from coming down…I could have told you.  
Gee, why didn’t you ask me who wrote the book of love?

> [@Elza B.](#):
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> How about a tenner?
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> C’mon, man, I promise I’ll pay you back.

If I could, I would.

> [@](#):
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> Oh - how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

It depends on who you ask…answers vary from 3 to…well, the world may never know. Me, however, I can do it in one. Top THAT.

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/37 "2005-09-30T18:49:44Z")

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> [@picunurse](#):
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> My socks are L/R interchangable, where do you get “handed” socks? No wait… where do you get left/right specific socks… 😃

Well, it always seems to be the left one! You put on your right sock and there you are wondering where the left one went to.  
But for a serious answer…I think you actually CAN get socks that are rights and lefts…I mean, I could have sworn I’ve seen them, had them before. Isn’t it having to do with where the seam is?

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/38 "2005-09-30T18:57:48Z")

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> [@Idle Thoughts](#):
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> Peroxcide, Windex, Dishsoap. (Hey, I understand, Happens to me all the

Hmmm, it ate the rest of my sentence. I think the FBI may be on to us… :eek:

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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/39 "2005-09-30T19:04:54Z")

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> [@Scuba\_Ben](#):
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> This one’s been bugging me for ages…
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> Why is a cook’s bedpan like an overwound clock?

Both of them let you stay in bed longer in the morning.

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-anything/324175/40 "2005-09-30T19:07:17Z")

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