# Ask the Guy Who Doesn't Like to Answer Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 9, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720 "2002-09-09T22:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/1 "2002-09-09T22:04:28Z")
I’m the guy who doesn’t like to answer questions. So, go ahead. Ask me anything. I’ll try my best not to answer at all. Or, if for some strange reason, I do decide to actually post an answer to a question, I’ll also try my best to make it as useless and unhelpful as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/2 "2002-09-09T22:23:14Z")
Dear Mr. The Guy Who Doesn’t Like To Answer Questions Guy, It has become obvious to me that I am drifting through my life without any real ambition or purpose. Tell me, Mr. The Guy Who Doesn’t Like To Answer Questions Guy, does fate have something in store for me? What path should I take to arrive at my destiny? Should I be a firefighter or a ballerina when I grow up? Also, can you tell me how to get my whites whiter, and my brights brighter? ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/3 "2002-09-09T22:33:04Z")
\*\* Myrnalene\*\*, as far as the path to take, do as Boz Scaggs advised: “Down Two, Then Left”. I sincerely hope this wasn’t helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/4 "2002-09-09T22:43:56Z")
Dear The Guy Who Doesn’t Like To Answer Questions, I don’t like asking questions. What should I do? -Bewildered in Brentwood ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/5 "2002-09-09T22:49:45Z")
Sir, I do applaud your artistry. Thank you for not helping me. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/6 "2002-09-09T23:06:08Z")
Why? I thank you in advance for your answer. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/7 "2002-09-09T23:16:20Z")
Dear Mr. TGWDLTAQG What is the meaning of life? ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/8 "2002-09-10T00:20:13Z")
I have a question that hasn’t been bothering me, and to which I desperately need no answer. Considering that U.S. Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday in November, how many jockeys in full body casts would it take to fill the volume of the Goodyear blimp? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/9 "2002-09-10T14:10:37Z")
How could someone “not like to answer questions?” ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/10 "2002-09-10T14:41:12Z")
If you don’t like to answer questions, why are you starting a thread? Huh? Answer me that. ---
**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/11 "2002-09-10T15:36:32Z")
Dear Mr GWDLTAQ, Do you prefer to _ask_ questions? Which is the best question you’ve ever asked? Who did you ask it of? What did they say? ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/12 "2002-09-10T19:35:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jpeg Jones \* > \*\*Dear The Guy Who Doesn’t Like To Answer Questions, > > I don’t like asking questions. What should I do? > \*\* Start a thread, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/13 "2002-09-10T20:01:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hey you! \* > \*\*If you don’t like to answer questions, why are you starting a thread? > > Huh? > \*\* See sentence four of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/14 "2002-09-10T20:14:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silver Fire \* > \*\*Why? > > I thank you in advance for your answer. \*\* That may be the case, but your thanks, are, or course, worthless. Because, as any intelligent being might surmise from the thread title, the answer to your question is: ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingwithChickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@SwimmingwithChickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingwithChickens)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/15 "2002-09-10T20:38:27Z")
Dear Mr. The Guy Who Doesn’t Like To Answer Questions Guy, Recently I’ve noticed that it burns when I pee… what does this mean? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/16 "2002-09-10T20:39:13Z")
Yes or no? ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/17 "2002-09-10T21:57:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SwimmingwithChickens \* > \*\*Dear Mr. The Guy Who Doesn’t Like To Answer Questions Guy, > > Recently I’ve noticed that it burns when I pee… what does this mean? \*\* You’re standing too close to the fire. [sub]Sorry to muscle in on your thread, **notcynical** , but that one was too good to pass up.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/18 "2002-09-10T23:12:38Z")
Dear Guy Who Doesn’t Like To Answer Questions, Do you know what happened to my blue headband I use for jogging? I really miss it. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/19 "2002-09-11T00:33:51Z")
Dear Guy who doesn’t like to answer questions, is this my pen? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720/20 "2002-09-11T04:37:30Z")
Dear Guy Who Doesn’t Like to Answer Questions, So like, um, hey, how’s it going? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-doesnt-like-to-answer-questions/127720.md?page=2)