# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aahala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@aahala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aahala)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/41 "2002-11-03T17:05:59Z")
Question on your comprehensive exam: Describe the universe and give two examples. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/42 "2002-11-04T13:54:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by //\etalhea|) \* > \*\*Never mind that, I’ve always wanted to know how they wipe their ass?!?! \*\* This thread might be tailor-made for you then…😉 [Just here…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45072&highlight=blind+wipe+toilet) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/43 "2002-11-04T16:27:30Z")
Why are the Navy’s Blue Angels a bigger draw than the Air Force’s Thunderbirds? Does any nationality fart with an accent? Why aren’t car bumpers made out of rubber? ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/44 "2002-11-04T16:47:19Z")
Why do we have toes…? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/45 "2002-11-04T16:59:06Z")
If cats always land on their feet, and bread always lands butter side down, what would happen if you strapped bread to the back of a cat butter side up? ---
**Author:** ![LumberJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@LumberJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LumberJack)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/46 "2002-11-04T17:08:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\* > What is the sound of one hand clapping? > \*\* CL… > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dirty Earthworm \* > \*\*Why? \*\* Because ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/47 "2002-11-04T21:39:06Z")
Why isn’t brown in the color spectrum? If a man is in the forest and makes a statement, and no woman is around to hear him, is he still wrong? Can a prism pull radio waves out of light? ---
**Author:** ![jujuju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jujuju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujuju)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/48 "2002-11-05T07:50:48Z")
why do we call a parkway a parkway and a driveway a driveway? seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/49 "2002-11-05T08:59:11Z")
What? Where? How often? Will humanity ever rise to the level of the cockroach? Finally, the Ultimate Question of All Time: _Dude!_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/50 "2002-11-05T14:07:39Z")
If there were a color darker than black, and you did an entire room in it, and then put a black object in the room, would it brighten it up? ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/51 "2002-11-05T15:03:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beeblebrox \* > \*\*If cats always land on their feet, and bread always lands butter side down, what would happen if you strapped bread to the back of a cat butter side up? \*\* Give him a good spin and I think you have some kind of quantum motor. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/52 "2002-11-06T02:17:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by //\etalhea|) \* > \*\* > > Never mind that, I’ve always wanted to know how they wipe their ass?!?! \*\* I don’t know about you (and I don’t want to know) but **I** don’t _see_ my ass as I wipe it. What are you from that Circe de Solie or something? ---
**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 7, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741/53 "2002-11-07T02:51:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*If there were a color darker than black, and you did an entire room in it, and then put a black object in the room, would it brighten it up? \*\* [Steven Wright] “If I was in a vehicle and I was travelling at the speed of light, and then I turned the lights on, would they do anything?” [/Steven Wright] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-good-question/134741.md?page=2)