# Ask Qadgop's Kid! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044 "2004-05-01T21:59:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/41 "2004-05-02T13:43:17Z")
> [@Rabid\_Squirrel](#): > > Ever asked for a second opinon on medical issues? Not that I can remember. He’s pretty good about trusting other doctors to deal with family, possibly because they’re all friends of his. I know other offspring of doctors that have had problems, though, including ones that wanted a second opinion but were afraid (with good cause) that they’d be punished if they asked for one. > [@Rabid\_Squirrel](#): > > As a result of your father being a doctor, did it encourage/discourage you from going into medicine? I was interested in being a doctor for a while, but I discovered that humans are way too messily organic. When you take a computer apart, it doesn’t bleed all over everything. > [@Rabid\_Squirrel](#): > > Have you ever ‘accidently’ looked through medical books for the gross pictures? Accidentally? _Accidentally_? No, I haven’t done it accidentally… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/42 "2004-05-02T13:56:04Z")
> [@Great Dave](#): > > How’s the vegemite going down? I tried it years before he did, actually. Can’t stand the stuff, though it’s ok in sauces. > [@Loopydude](#): > > What the hell does Qadgop the Mercotan mean, anyway? Ain’t tellin’. > [@astroboy14](#): > > When you greet your dad, do you ever say “What’s up, Doc?” and mime chewing on a carrot (ala Bugs Bunny)? Nah. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/43 "2004-05-02T14:15:52Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > Ain’t tellin’. Well, since we’re so secretive, I’ll assume it means something _dirty_. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/44 "2004-05-02T14:38:43Z")
> [@Osip](#): > > Does he have a yellow Harley Davidson in the garage he loves but the rest of the family secretly want to sell out from under him? … I’m missing some kind of pop culture reference here, aren’t I? > [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Yeah, what’s the deal with the vegemite and cheese fixation, anyway? He’s a good Wisconsonian! His dad was BORN in a cheese factory! Can’t explain the Vegemite, though. > [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > Oh! And when are he and Momgop going to come visit Bawlmer, so we can meet you all? They were actually here for their spring break in March… I’m afraid that Straight Dope-related pursuits slipped all of our minds, though. > [@KidCharlemagne](#): > > Will you search on a usual basis for threads he has particpated in or started? Do either of you want a measure of privacy? I’ll search for stuff he’s posted. Don’t know what he does. We have a sort of mutual non-embarassment pact going, though, so we try to avoid saying things we wouldn’t want the other to read. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/45 "2004-05-02T14:57:59Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > I was interested in being a doctor for a while, but I discovered that humans are way too messily organic. When you take a computer apart, it doesn’t bleed all over everything. You’re just using the wrong casemod. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/46 "2004-05-02T16:53:29Z")
Are Loopydude and I the only ones who don’t know what the name “Qadgop the Mercotan” means? Why won’t you explain it? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/47 "2004-05-02T17:05:45Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > Not that I can remember. He’s pretty good about trusting other doctors to deal with family, possibly because they’re all friends of his. No, I trust them because I was the chairman of the Peer Review committee for years at our old organization, and I know which of my colleagues are doing good work, and which ones I don’t want treating my family. And **RatatoskK**? Yes, yes you are. Carry on! ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/48 "2004-05-02T17:54:39Z")
I was afraid you’d say that! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/49 "2004-05-02T18:17:34Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > So, he crashed a plane, and you don’t fly as well, huh? > Think I will keep out from under any flying Mercotans.Tris. Band Name !!! **Low-Flying Mercotans** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/50 "2004-05-02T18:40:47Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > I was standing in the kitchen a couple of years ago, talking with **Qadgop** as he dug around in the open refrigerator for something. Probably a small evening snack. As I talked, he removed a small bottle of lime juice from one of the shelves. He inspected it for a moment, then carefully placed it on top of his head. He turned, looked at me, and solemnly declared, “I’m _sublime_!” Well, _of course_ he used lime juice. If he had used juice from a small yellow fruit he would have been _sublemonal_ and, other than a vague and subtle sense of amusement, you wouldn’t have noticed his antics at all. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/51 "2004-05-02T18:47:19Z")
_shudder_ I somehow got the impression that you were his _girlfriend_! It must have been the subtle references to living with him. Well, now I know better. I feel dirty. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/52 "2004-05-02T18:57:54Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > I somehow got the impression that you were his _girlfriend_! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Excuse me, I need to go SCRUB MY EYEBALLS NOW. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/53 "2004-05-02T19:11:03Z")
Would you pit your father? Or rather have you ever pitted your father? You get into an argument, and one of you says: _“Right, I’m going on the boards and pitting you!”_ ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/54 "2004-05-02T20:55:41Z")
Boxers or Breifs? Quenya or Sindarin? ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/55 "2004-05-02T21:39:58Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > No, I trust them because I was the chairman of the Peer Review committee for years at our old organization, and I know which of my colleagues are doing good work, and which ones I don’t want treating my family. Well, that too. > [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Would you pit your father? Or rather have you ever pitted your father? Oh GOD no. That would be terrible. “I’m angry, so I’m going to air our disagreement in front of several thousand mutual acquantances!!” Ick. > [@emekthian](#): > > Boxers or Breifs? Briefs. Specifically, white briefs. I think there’s a maroon pair that he will wear when laundry hasn’t been done in a long time, but only after much sighing and muttering, at least according to Mom. I once found a gift that would have combined his hatred of boxers with his one fear, but resisted buying it for him. Too bad, really. > [@emekthian](#): > > Quenya or Sindarin? Damned if I know. We don’t actually have elvish-only days, you know. (see above!) But he did write notes to my mom in high school in dwarven runes. ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044/56 "2004-05-03T00:55:16Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > … I’m missing some kind of pop culture reference here, aren’t I? Actually, a long while back **AmyC** tried to peddle her fathers motorcycle (as a jest) out from under him. He of course was a wonderful valuble member of the these boards, much like your father. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-qadgops-kid/243044.md?page=2)