# Ask the guy who knows everything about everything. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429 "2010-02-25T19:34:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/1 "2010-02-25T19:34:13Z")
I already know what you’re going to ask, but I wouldn’t want to ruin your fun. G’head, ask. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/2 "2010-02-25T19:36:46Z")
Who is going to win the NCAA national championship in men’s basketball this year? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/3 "2010-02-25T19:36:57Z")
What would the correct ignition timing be for a 1955 Chev Bel Air, with a 327 cubic inch engine and a four barrel carburator? ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/4 "2010-02-25T19:43:01Z")
Well I guess now we all know who Cecil Adams is. ---
**Author:** ![Vorpal\_Blade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9de0a6/32.png) [@Vorpal\_Blade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vorpal_Blade)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/5 "2010-02-25T19:44:17Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > I already know what you’re going to ask, but I wouldn’t want to ruin your fun. G’head, ask. How high is up? Are we there yet? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/6 "2010-02-25T19:45:22Z")
[QUOTE=Wilbo523] Who is going to win the NCAA national championship in men’s basketball this year? [/QUOTE] If I tell you, will you split your winngs with me? > [@Shagnasty](#): > > What would the correct ignition timing be for a 1955 Chev Bel Air, with a 327 cubic inch engine and a four barrel carburator? The 327 in³ didn’t come out until 1962. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/7 "2010-02-25T19:47:14Z")
What’s the square root of zero? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/8 "2010-02-25T19:47:47Z")
This week’s winning Euro Millions lottery numbers, please. (You can PM them to me; I don’t want to share with thousands of riff raff.) ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/9 "2010-02-25T19:48:45Z")
> [@Vorpal\_Blade](#): > > How high is up? Technically, 3.16 km, but that’s our little secret. > [@](#): > > Are we there yet? Not quite. Almost. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/10 "2010-02-25T19:58:59Z")
What 1993 concept album am I thinking about at this very moment? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/11 "2010-02-25T20:00:24Z")
> [@Todderbob](#): > > What’s the square root of zero? Zero. [QUOTE=ivan astikov] This week’s winning Euro Millions lottery numbers, please. (You can PM them to me; I don’t want to share with thousands of riff raff.) [/QUOTE] **ivan** , I can tell you, but on your way to buy your ticket, you run into the postman, causing him to drop his post everywhere. He will retrieve all but two pieces of post. The first is inconsequential, but the second contains a work authorization for the lottery randomizer to be used tonight. Repairs are being delayed until the technician receives the authorization. He will eventually get bored and just fix the damn thing, but only after the carpenter finishes his shoddy work of laying cheap floorboards in the room. While working on the machine, the technician inadvertently drops a screw which rolls between the floorboards into the electrical works. The screw shorts out the power on the entire block, causing a full alert by the police and fire authorities, pulling the policeman who was meant to be walking the beat in your neighborhood into that fray. You will be mugged of the money you meant to buy lottery tickets with, but no policeman will be found. Better to just stay home. Glad I could save you the trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/12 "2010-02-25T20:01:14Z")
Why is it that whenever I wear a white blouse, I slop my lunch on it? ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/13 "2010-02-25T20:06:47Z")
Where’s Waldo? ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/14 "2010-02-25T20:13:08Z")
What the hell is going on? ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/15 "2010-02-25T20:17:41Z")
Would I be better off in Dallas, Houston, or Pittsburgh? When will AT&T get around to installing UVerse in my neighborhood? ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/16 "2010-02-25T20:26:17Z")
?? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/17 "2010-02-25T22:52:06Z")
Who wrote the book of love? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/18 "2010-02-25T22:55:05Z")
If “Love” is the answer, what was the question? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/19 "2010-02-25T22:56:57Z")
Wait a minute, _you’re_ not Curtis LeMay! ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429/20 "2010-02-25T22:58:21Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > **ivan** \< SNIP \> > > Better to just stay home. Glad I could save you the trouble. He’s actually PMed them to me like I asked. HA! So long you suckers, I’ll be able to buy my own internets on Saturday morning and rule them with an iron fist… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-everything-about-everything/530429.md?page=2)