# Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Corn (But Were Afraid To Ask) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491 "2012-04-01T17:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/21 "2012-04-01T21:06:22Z")
How much corn is in Corning, NY? ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/22 "2012-04-01T21:27:52Z")
In your corn cidered opinion what kind of corn makes the bes’ likker? ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/23 "2012-04-01T21:46:52Z")
Is it true that women give the Devil to a young man who won’t grow corn? ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/24 "2012-04-01T21:48:21Z")
When a village of creepy children sacrifice all the adults to the corn, what does the corn do with the sacrifices? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/25 "2012-04-01T22:45:09Z")
Will a cornish hen lay cornish eggs? ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/26 "2012-04-01T23:13:20Z")
How much corn would a corn shucker shuck if a corn shucker could shuck corn? ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/27 "2012-04-01T23:14:58Z")
Why is corn such a fun word to say? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/28 "2012-04-01T23:16:27Z")
What can I do to get hot girls to show me their niblets? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/29 "2012-04-01T23:57:35Z")
Is it true that after childbirth, some women eat the polenta? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/30 "2012-04-01T23:59:02Z")
Can I order corn oleo from Lake Titicaca? ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/31 "2012-04-02T00:20:48Z")
**Corn Whisperer** , you are behind in your homework. There are a lot of us out here waiting for answers. ---
**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, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/32 "2012-04-02T03:27:05Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I crossed corn with tobacco, to make a more addictive product. What’s the best way to market it? > > -Popcorn is the new Kernel Smoke/pop some and waft the aroma at everyone. ---
**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, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/33 "2012-04-02T03:28:56Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > How’s Pop Corn? Your father, I mean? We call him The Colonel. He’s doing fine, thanks. ---
**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, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/34 "2012-04-02T03:30:05Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Jimmy cracked corn… should I care? Well, _I_ don’t. My master’s gone away - yay! ---
**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, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/35 "2012-04-02T03:32:08Z")
> [@R.P.McMurphy](#): > > I asked this in another thread but since you are the expert: > > If you heat up a colonal will he explode into a big white mass? In other words, can you pop a colonel? > > If you stick him into the ground will he start to grow? Yes and no. You can pop a colonel (using a really, REALLY big microwave), but if you stick him in the ground, he wont grow anything but mold. ---
**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, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/36 "2012-04-02T03:34:15Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Is today some special corn day? What am I missing?😕 I’ve decided to come out as being an actual Corn Human. ---
**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, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/37 "2012-04-02T03:35:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Is corned beef an unnatural act? Because it tastes good… Yes. Weirdo. ---
**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, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/38 "2012-04-02T03:36:20Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > How much corn is in Corning, NY? A lot. ---
**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, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/39 "2012-04-02T03:37:22Z")
> [@SpectBrain](#): > > In your corn cidered opinion what kind of corn makes the bes’ likker? Fermented. ---
**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, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491/40 "2012-04-02T03:38:22Z")
> [@cwthree](#): > > Is it true that women give the Devil to a young man who won’t grow corn? Well, I should hope so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-corn-but-were-afraid-to-ask/617491.md?page=3)