# Ask the guy who is not particularly bright about most things, but is in certain ways suprisingly so. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952 "2014-11-07T04:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/21 "2014-11-07T20:31:54Z")
Thank you for your service to the Queen and Country. Have you seen any examples of cannibalism aboard HMS _Irruncible_? ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/22 "2014-11-07T21:03:10Z")
What \*\*really \*\*happened with the Kennedy Assassination? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/23 "2014-11-07T21:32:28Z")
Is it ok to pre-empt future large doses of awkwardness by forcing small doses of awkwardness in the present on an unsuspecting friend? ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/24 "2014-11-07T23:13:21Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Is it ok to pre-empt future large doses of awkwardness by forcing small doses of awkwardness in the present on an unsuspecting friend? Yes, if the awkwardness is unavoidable, and the unsuspecting friend is in fact the one who will be experiencing the future awkwardness. Do not force awkwardness on some random person just so you can work up to being awkward around some other person. ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/25 "2014-11-07T23:29:25Z")
Oh, I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh… Who wrote the Book Of Love? Tell me, tell me, tell me Oh, who wrote the Book Of Love I’ve got to know the answer Was it someone from above? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/26 "2014-11-07T23:40:08Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > How many inches in a light year? A light-nanosecond is a foot, so therefore a light-second is 12,000,000,000 inches. A year is… well, 365_86,400 seconds. I can’t do that in my head but I can fudge the numbers to 300_100,000, or 30,000,000 seconds. Therefore there are 360,000,000,000,000,000 inches in a light-year.[/spoiler][spoiler]Google says 3.724x10[sup]17[/sup], so I was less than 4% off. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/27 "2014-11-08T02:30:14Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > What is your name? What is your quest? What is the wing speed of a laden sparrow? What do you mean? An African or European swallow…& what’s it’s lade? ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/28 "2014-11-08T02:51:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thank you for your service to the Queen and Country. Have you seen any examples of cannibalism aboard HMS _Irruncible_? Nothing that sensational; just rum, sodomy, and the lash. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/29 "2014-11-08T04:14:14Z")
Is masturbation still a sin if I let people watch? And charge them money? ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/30 "2014-11-08T04:47:21Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Is masturbation still a sin if I let people watch? And charge them money? No. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/31 "2014-11-08T04:54:51Z")
nm double post ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/32 "2014-11-09T02:41:46Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Nothing that sensational; just rum, sodomy, and the lash. That’s not what I hear: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DlN4Sh06po](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DlN4Sh06po) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952/33 "2014-11-09T03:30:24Z")
What’s the difference between “surprisingly” and “suprisingly”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-not-particularly-bright-about-most-things-but-is-in-certain-ways-suprisingly-so/703952.md?page=1)