# Ask the guy who misunderstands followup posts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516 "2003-04-23T03:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/21 "2003-04-23T14:55:42Z")
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/22 "2003-04-23T14:56:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ellen Cherry \* > \*\*Why do fools fall in love? \*\* Duh… gravity. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/23 "2003-04-23T14:58:26Z")
What are the three words that end in “gry”? ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/24 "2003-04-23T16:01:09Z")
Can you explain your name to me? No, seriously. I feel so left out… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FairyDust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@FairyDust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyDust)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/25 "2003-04-23T16:05:55Z")
What is the real meaning of athletic shoes tied together by the laces and then hung over power lines? I’ve heard of several theories, but does anyone know the real reason? Is it just to drive people crazy trying to figure out what it means? ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/26 "2003-04-23T16:21:36Z")
It depends on how well you know that individual. You don’t want to risk offending someone by asking such a highly personal question, now would you? Have you ever known that individual to do that? Has he/she bragged about it? Most folks I know wouldn’t be caught dead doing it like that. But I know of at least two persons who toyed with the idea and laughed about it. And one acquaintance did do it. He’ll be out in about three more years. ---
**Author:** ![waddamaroon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@waddamaroon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waddamaroon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/27 "2003-04-23T17:15:03Z")
How do you get gum out of dog’s hair? ---
**Author:** ![waddamaroon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@waddamaroon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waddamaroon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/28 "2003-04-23T17:17:11Z")
I meant “How do you get dog’s hair out of gum?” I wasn’t done with it. (The gum). Yet. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/29 "2003-04-23T23:25:54Z")
**it’sjustme** , waxing your surfboard is an important part of catching a good ride. Apply two to twenty coats for the best results. I don’t know what Wayne uses. **Satisfying Andy Licious** , the Snowdens moved to Dubuque, Idaho. Unless it’s Dubuque, Iowa. Or Indiana. I forget. But I’m sure they moved. Pretty sure. **Flamsterette\_X** , it’s fine, the swelling should go down in three to four weeks. Thanks for asking! Sorry I am not answering everyone here. I’ll get to all of the questions eventually, I swear. I’ll keep trying, and will probably catch up this weekend. But keep asking! ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/30 "2003-04-24T00:03:19Z")
Read **Punoqlllads** upside down and backwards if you don’t understand it. My questions are: Who? What? When? Where? How? Why? And finally, how much? ---
**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/31 "2003-04-24T01:08:58Z")
**FairyDust** , over here in the inner city, it really means that the former owner of the shoes got beat up recently. Shoes are expensive, and if you don’t have the right ones you are an automatic outcast, I’m told. This is all from a sociological point of view, and I’ve only live in the inner city for 2 years of my almost adult life, but many reputable sources have provided this explanation. In my former suburban town, however, the shoes that are tied together and flung over telephone lives was some sort of testament to someone’s Christian faith. They were often spray-painted neon orange. The inner city explanation makes much more sense to me, but kids just don’t get beat up or shunned over shoes in subrubia. My question: What isn’t ginger ale good for? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/32 "2003-04-24T02:59:35Z")
Have you seen that movie with that one guy? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/33 "2003-04-24T03:23:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Read Punoqlllads upside down and backwards if you don’t understand it. Far out!! I am suitably impressed. Is there really always room for Jello? Provide examples. Show your work. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/34 "2003-04-27T07:23:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > **Read Punoqlllads upside down and backwards if you don’t understand it.** Wow… that’s some amazing stuff there! 🙂 Here’s another question from me: How much did it cost to get your bubble tea with pearls? F\_X ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/35 "2003-04-27T12:11:32Z")
Do you know what happened to the pair of reading glasses that fell off my head last fall and spent the winter in the garden but then I found them and washed them off and they were fine and I left them on the kitchen counter but now I can’t find them? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/36 "2003-04-27T15:25:54Z")
When did the Reps last win a seat on the Rochester City Council? ---
**Author:** ![Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caesar_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516/37 "2003-04-27T21:43:40Z")
What is up with that one book that had that one thing in it where the character went ‘oh’? You know? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-misunderstands-followup-posts/170516.md?page=1)