# Ask Q.E.D. anything! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606 "2008-02-06T23:53:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/41 "2008-02-07T17:06:51Z")
How is a raven like a writing desk? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/42 "2008-02-07T17:28:08Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] if you had to sacrifice any living North American to prevent one or more of the Old Ones from returning and destroying us all, who would it be, and why? [/QUOTE] Congress. Why should be self-evident. **GFactor** : Help yourself. But, don’t ever eat more than three a day. Don’t ask why, just don’t. Trust me. **Flander** : No, but I can get you Jamie’s email address. Close enough? **RNATB** : I’m not at liberty to say. Glork…errr, I mean, sorry. **Barking Dog** : You betcha. Put beer in your gas tank and see how fast you go. **Solfy** : I have it on good authority that this question has been misquoted all these years; it’s actually “how DOES a raven like a writing desk.” The answer, of course, is that ravens don’t write, silly. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/43 "2008-02-07T18:23:47Z")
If you could be a tree, would you punch Barbara Walters in the face given the chance? ---
**Author:** ![Aioua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@Aioua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aioua)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/44 "2008-02-07T21:29:29Z")
What is the average tempature of the sun, measured by volume, including the heliosphere? _In Réaumur degrees_. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/45 "2008-02-07T21:35:28Z")
What is the average wing speed velocity of the unladen swallow? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/46 "2008-02-07T21:54:09Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] What is the average wing speed velocity of the unladen swallow? [/QUOTE] African AND European. ---
**Author:** ![Aioua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@Aioua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aioua)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/47 "2008-02-07T22:31:57Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] African AND European. [/QUOTE] Hybrid. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/48 "2008-02-08T01:59:48Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] If you could be a tree, would you punch Barbara Walters in the face given the chance? [/QUOTE] Of course not. Now, Barbara Streisand, on the other hand… > [@Aioua](#): > > What is the average tempature of the sun, measured by volume, including the heliosphere? > In Réaumur degrees. Somewhere between 6 and 1.375 x 10[sup]8[/sup], give or take an order of magnitude or four. > [@anyrose](#): > > What is the average wing speed velocity of the unladen swallow? > > > [@Really Not All That Bright](#): > > > > African AND European. > > > > > [@Aioua](#): > > > > > > Hybrid. Exactly _c_ / 2, when falling into a black hole. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/49 "2008-02-08T02:37:20Z")
Suppose you were driving down a dark, foggy highway, late at night. Just over the top of a hill, you see in one lane a six pack of beer, and in the other lane, my mother in-law. What do you use to get the blood off the chrome? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/50 "2008-02-08T02:42:55Z")
[QUOTE=MrFantsyPants] Suppose you were driving down a dark, foggy highway, late at night. Just over the top of a hill, you see in one lane a six pack of beer, and in the other lane, my mother in-law. What do you use to get the blood off the chrome? [/QUOTE] What’s the first thing you do after consuming a 6-pack of beer? There’s your answer: pee. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/51 "2008-02-08T03:44:55Z")
If I fart at the event horizon of a black hole will it smell? ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/52 "2008-02-08T04:04:12Z")
[QUOTE=MrFantsyPants] Suppose you were driving down a dark, foggy highway, late at night. Just over the top of a hill, you see in one lane a six pack of beer, and in the other lane, my mother in-law. What do you use to get the blood off the chrome? [/QUOTE] But what if your son was trapped in a burning car on the side of the road adjacent to the beer and the mother-in-law who just _happened_ to have a gun. Then what would you do? Or, in other words how large is your bladder? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/53 "2008-02-08T12:26:45Z")
Q.E.D., why does a biscotti containing anise oil turn green when dipped into red wine? No, really. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/54 "2008-02-08T18:47:39Z")
Where you been the last 16 hours? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/55 "2008-02-08T19:52:20Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] If I fart at the event horizon of a black hole will it smell? [/QUOTE] No, black holes don’t have noses. > [@brujaja](#): > > Q.E.D., why does a biscotti containing anise oil turn green when dipped into red wine? Good question. I don’t really know, but some brief research suggests a reaction of some sort between the acidity of the wine and star anise oil. I’ll try to dig up something concrete this weekend. In the meantime, I think this would make a great GQ. > [@anyrose](#): > > Where you been the last 16 hours? Working and/or sleeping. Busy, busy! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/56 "2008-02-08T20:44:17Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Good question. I don’t really know, but… [/QUOTE] This… cannot… be. This may not be. There is no question to which **Q.E.D.** does not know the answer. Is there? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/57 "2008-02-08T20:51:49Z")
Is it safe? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/58 "2008-02-08T23:34:42Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Good question. I don’t really know, but some brief research suggests a reaction of some sort between the acidity of the wine and star anise oil. I’ll try to dig up something concrete this weekend. In the meantime, I think this would make a great GQ. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] This… cannot… be. This may not be. There is no question to which **Q.E.D.** does not know the answer. Is there? [/QUOTE] Oh fine, if he won’t answer this then I will! [QUOTE=brujaja] Q.E.D., why does a biscotti containing anise oil turn green when dipped into red wine? [/QUOTE] Thetans. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/59 "2008-02-08T23:54:51Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Is it safe? [/QUOTE] No. It is never safe. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606/60 "2008-02-09T07:32:11Z")
**Q.E.D.** (really there needs to be some sort of honorific here IMO), what is the one true science? That is, which arm of science validates the rest? Physics, chemistry, math, # of friends on myspace, or just “science”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-q-e-d-anything/436606.md?page=4)