# Ask the Royal We **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 2, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467 "2002-04-02T21:30:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/21 "2002-04-02T22:22:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\* > > Huh? Should I have asked, “Is we suffering from a blow to the head”? \*\* No. It should have asked “What’s it like not to wipe one’s own ass?”. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/22 "2002-04-02T22:40:01Z")
Is the fine line between genius and insanity porous? ---
**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 2, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/23 "2002-04-02T22:49:13Z")
Being all haughty and _de rigeur_, now are you? you probably go around with your nose stuck up in the air like those old aristocrats, too! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/24 "2002-04-02T22:52:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Is the fine line between genius and insanity porous? \*\* Its witty quip has left us oscitant. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/25 "2002-04-02T22:54:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\*Being all haughty and _de rigeur_, now are you? you probably go around with your nose stuck up in the air like those old aristocrats, too! \*\* One must forgive Canadians, we suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/26 "2002-04-02T23:05:51Z")
OG! OG! OG! OG! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/27 "2002-04-02T23:44:23Z")
So, do you, like, forgive all Canadians, or just the west coast nutcakes? ---
**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 2, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/28 "2002-04-02T23:46:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by featherlou \* > \*\*So, do you, like, forgive all Canadians, or just the west coast nutcakes? \*\* That’s what I’d like to know! ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/29 "2002-04-03T00:09:43Z")
Underpants. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/30 "2002-04-03T00:11:48Z")
I was going to ask why we drive on the parkway, but I’d settle for knowing where one can purchase a beef, bean and cheese burrito. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/31 "2002-04-03T01:44:02Z")
What have I got in my pocket? Also, if I rip Wednesday and Thursday off the calendar tonight, will it be Friday when I wake up tomorrow morning? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/32 "2002-04-03T05:35:01Z")
Feck! Arse! Drink! Gobshite! ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/33 "2002-04-03T06:04:09Z")
Bet I’m prettier than you! _::flicks hair over should and blows kiss to Libertarian before leaving::_ ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/34 "2002-04-03T06:33:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leechbabe \* > \*\*Bet I’m prettier than you! > > _::flicks hair over should and blows kiss to Libertarian before leaving::_ \*\* Would you like to shoot him now or wait 'til you get home? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/35 "2002-04-03T07:30:47Z")
You’ve been watching _Silence of the Lambs_ again, haven’t you? Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/36 "2002-04-03T07:36:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\*You’ve been watching _Silence of the Lambs_ again, haven’t you? > > Esprix \*\* Chuck Jones cartoons actually, but the effect is much the same…except it isn’t remotely similar. Smoke that! ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/37 "2002-04-03T10:48:40Z")
Ah, good to see you back **Lib**. I have a question: Describe the general insurance pricing cycle, explain what features of the insurance industry cause such cycles to occur regularly and suggest ways in which a general insurance company may mitigate the effects that pricing cycles have on its financial performance. 17 marks (ie you’d better raise at least 50 distinct points). You have 30 minutes. What? Why yes I **do** have my GI exam next week. Why do you ask? pan ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/38 "2002-04-03T10:56:38Z")
Why is **kabbes** having a gastrointestinal examination, and what does this have to do with insurance pricing cycles? (Or am I missing something?) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/39 "2002-04-03T11:29:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robb \* > \*\*OG! OG! OG! OG! \*\* Clearly, our magnanimity knows no bounds. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467/40 "2002-04-03T11:34:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by featherlou \* > \*\*So, do you, like, forgive all Canadians, or just the west coast nutcakes? \*\* We forgive all Canadians, excepting Jim Carrey. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-royal-we/101467.md?page=3)