# Hmmmm. Good question! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741 "2002-10-31T19:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/21 "2002-11-02T05:11:24Z")
[http://www.kerberdairy.com/icecream.htm#Desc](http://www.kerberdairy.com/icecream.htm#Desc) ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/22 "2002-11-02T05:58:14Z")
Do my dogs talk about me when I leave the room? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/23 "2002-11-02T06:22:28Z")
When we see, are we seeing things, or are we seeing light? What is the sound of one hand clapping? What colour is 4? How is it possible for two people in the holodeck to travel further away from each-other than the confines of the holodeck? Is ‘breast inspector’ a real job? Is there a spoon? What do blind people dream of? ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/24 "2002-11-02T07:32:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > **What is the sound of one hand clapping?** [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_049](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_049) ---
**Author:** ![flapcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@flapcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flapcats)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/25 "2002-11-02T08:21:48Z")
Why does the sound of my neighbours’ plastic wind-toy flamingo tapping a leaf - no louder than a busy hard-disk - wake me up when the sirens & train horns do not? Why is plastic wasted on wind-toy flamingos? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/26 "2002-11-02T23:35:29Z")
similar to **flapcats** - why is it that I was watching a film once - and a _loud_ car alarm was going off outside - there were three of us - one eventually said - “does that not bug you?” at which point we (the other two) noticed it for the first time, and realized that for the last 20 minutes we had been sat completely unaware of the loud car alarm outside until our friend pointed it out to us? Isn’t our subconscious supposed to inform us of loud alarming sounds? ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/27 "2002-11-02T23:39:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*What do blind people dream of? \*\* [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_310.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_310.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/28 "2002-11-02T23:42:18Z")
Do hotcakes really sell? ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/29 "2002-11-03T00:57:09Z")
Those little pieces of paper that you pay your bills with - why are they called “checks”? (or “cheques” for those of you across the pond) Has anyone actually ever cried over spilled milk? Why is the first rainstorm of the season only a sprinkle so that my windshield wipers don’t have enough water to work with to really clean off the windshield? ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/30 "2002-11-03T01:06:11Z")
How much muck could a woodchuck upchuck if a woodchuck could upchuck muck? ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/31 "2002-11-03T02:09:27Z")
Why? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/32 "2002-11-03T02:20:54Z")
[hijack] [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_310.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_310.html) > [@](#): > > To some extent, I gather, the lack of visual elements in the dreams of the blind can be counteracted by force of imagination. Helen Keller, who became blind at the age of 19 months, claimed to have “visions of ineffable beauty.” These ran to things like pearls. Being a subscriber to alt.dreams and alt.dreams.lucid I have seen the ‘what do blind people dream of’ and answers that I recall, have been along the same lines of the quote. that is, that blind people do see things, but they don’t see anything recognisable in the ‘real’ world, but rather abstract visual ‘imagery’, swirling patterns etc… [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![\_etalhea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/779978/32.png) [@\_etalhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_etalhea)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/33 "2002-11-03T06:28:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*What do blind people dream of? \*\* Never mind that, I’ve always wanted to know how they wipe their ass?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/34 "2002-11-03T06:43:44Z")
The same two questions plague me every day … [list=1] [li]Where was I going?[/li][li]What the Hell was I supposed to do when I got there?[/li][/list=1] ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/35 "2002-11-03T06:45:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flapcats \* > \*\*Why is plastic wasted on wind-toy flamingos? \*\* What kind of world would this be without wind-toy flamingos? Are toasted sandwiches an under-represented portion of American Society? ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/36 "2002-11-03T06:53:40Z")
If doctors transplanted someone else’s tongue in your mouth, would things taste different? Could we view the remains of the Apollo landers on the moon if we turned the Hubble telescope toward them? And while we’re on the subject: Is it just coincidence that the moon is just the right size and distance to equate the size of the sun in the sky, as seen during eclipses? ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/37 "2002-11-03T07:02:38Z")
Ouch… That last one hurt, **JonScribe**. [sub]Nurse! Take Mr. Gumby to a Brain Specialist.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/38 "2002-11-03T07:33:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\*Do hotcakes really sell? \*\* More importantly, what to they _sell like_??? What was the greatest thing before sliced bread? What is the evolutionary purpose of my lifelong infatuation with Jodie Foster if she continues to insist on having children by someone else? ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/39 "2002-11-03T07:36:32Z")
What DO they sell like…y’know… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/40 "2002-11-03T16:57:19Z")
Why cable television and cable radio but no cable for smells, touch or taste? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741.md?page=3)