# Ask The Governor **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540 "2005-02-11T04:33:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/1 "2005-02-11T04:33:46Z")
With this post, I shall have reached the milestone of 3,000 posts. In honor of the occasion, I have an open invitation to all Dopers: Go ahead and ask me a question, about anything under the sun. Feel free to ask whatever you want, except that which is prohibited under board rules. All right, begin! ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/2 "2005-02-11T06:45:10Z")
What are the three words ending in gr…oh wait, can’t ask that. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/3 "2005-02-11T06:47:42Z")
what do you intend for your 3,001 post? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/4 "2005-02-11T07:03:47Z")
What will next week’s Powerball numbers be? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/5 "2005-02-11T08:03:09Z")
Who is Keyser Soze? ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/6 "2005-02-11T11:43:48Z")
You shot who in the what now? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/7 "2005-02-11T17:56:43Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > what do you intend for your 3,001 post? Respond to your post. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/8 "2005-02-11T17:57:55Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > What will next week’s Powerball numbers be? If I tell you, how much of a percentage will I get? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/9 "2005-02-11T17:59:03Z")
What is ‘under’ the sun exactly? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/10 "2005-02-11T17:59:07Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Who is Keyser Soze? Kevin Spacey. Doesn’t everyone know that by now? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/11 "2005-02-11T18:03:31Z")
**clayton\_e** - I will tell you, but only if given immunity from prosecution. **glee** - More than you’d want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/12 "2005-02-11T18:44:29Z")
1. Why are you named after a long-forgotten Governor of Hawaii? 2. Are you related to Quinn the Eskimo, Quinn Buckner, or Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/13 "2005-02-11T18:49:11Z")
> [@Freddy the Pig](#): > > 1. Why are you named after a long-forgotten Governor of Hawaii? > 2. Are you related to Quinn the Eskimo, Quinn Buckner, or Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman? 1. I originally used this screen name on a Hawaiian messageboard. 2. Not that I know of. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/14 "2005-02-11T18:51:29Z")
Why do you have 3,000 posts from Feb 2003 and I have 2,500 + from July 2004??? (When I actually started posting and not lurking.) ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/15 "2005-02-11T19:08:38Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Why do you have 3,000 posts from Feb 2003 and I have 2,500 + from July 2004??? (When I actually started posting and not lurking.) Because I tend to post at a much slower rate than you, of course, largely due to 1) time issues, and 2) interests in posting at a certain time. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/16 "2005-02-11T19:16:45Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > Because I tend to post at a much slower rate than you, of course, largely due to 1) time issues, and 2) interests in posting at a certain time. Perhaps my question should have been: why am i on here so much?? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Survey1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/17 "2005-02-11T21:06:33Z")
Q. What advice would you give Wile E. Coyote\* concerning the catching of the Road Runner? - Super Genius. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/18 "2005-02-11T21:17:05Z")
Do people take you seriously yet? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/19 "2005-02-11T23:49:23Z")
Who is your lieutenant governor? I hear it’s a figurehead position with good pay; can I run for it? ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540/20 "2005-02-12T00:44:25Z")
What is better than honor? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-governor/289540.md?page=2)