# How to, by the numbers **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 18, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891 "2008-04-18T14:35:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/41 "2008-04-20T12:26:33Z")
How do you remind someone to leave the next challenge? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/42 "2008-04-20T17:00:22Z")
Repeated whacking with a clue by four. That should work. How do you make your bed? ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/43 "2008-04-20T17:08:49Z")
[QUOTE=Darth Sensitive] How do you make your bed? [/QUOTE] Pretend not to hear wife, exasperated wife makes the bed 😃 How can _Wile E._ finally get the _Roadrunner_? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/44 "2008-04-20T17:11:28Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Pretend not to hear wife, exasperated wife makes the bed 😃 How can _Wile E._ finally get the _Roadrunner_? [/QUOTE] Whatever it is, it’ll involve the space-time continuum and Acme. How do you re-fold a map? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/45 "2008-04-20T18:05:51Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Whatever it is, it’ll involve the space-time continuum and Acme. How do you re-fold a map? [/QUOTE] Like this. No, like that. The other way. Fuck it. How do you entertain a three-year-old? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/46 "2008-04-20T18:24:42Z")
Like this. No, like that. The other way. Fuck it. :eek: How do you stay up for an all nighter studying? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/47 "2008-04-20T19:17:32Z")
Nap first. Then too much coffee. Take breaks. More coffee. How do you make a cat happy? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/48 "2008-04-20T19:38:35Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] [QUOTE=Oredigger77] How to get a girlfriend 😃 [/QUOTE] Check orientation; shower, shave, spray on Axe; deliver clever line. [/QUOTE] I tried this, but it didn’t work. ☹ I think it had something to do with being alone in the bathroom when I delivered the line. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/49 "2008-04-20T19:41:19Z")
_Making a cat happy:_ Supply food, water, treats, toys, comfortable bed; and leave alone. How do you drive a car? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/50 "2008-04-20T19:44:12Z")
Walk until you’re 39. Then, learn to ride a bike. 😃 (I still don’t know how to drive a car.) ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/51 "2008-04-20T19:53:15Z")
**brujaja** , see posts #41 and #42, please. Your cluebat is waiting. 😉 How do you weed a garden? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/52 "2008-04-20T20:22:34Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Walk until you’re 39. Then, learn to ride a bike. 😃 (I still don’t know how to drive a car.) [/QUOTE] Do you know how to leave the next suggestion yet? 😉 [QUOTE=OtakuLoki] **brujaja** , see posts #41 and #42, please. Your cluebat is waiting. 😉 How do you weed a garden? [/QUOTE] Rise early, don workclothes, stretch, pay kid to do it. How do you pin the tail on the donkey (from inside the mask). ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/53 "2008-04-21T01:43:21Z")
Walk forward, move tack around until they stop laughing, insert. How do you maintain your focus with two different TVs playing loud 24/7? (that’s my story, & I’m sticking to it!) ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/54 "2008-04-21T01:47:06Z")
Buy industrial supply of [ear plugs](http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/4T147). Use religiously. Plot revenge. How do you steathily destroy two TVs? ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/55 "2008-04-21T02:17:46Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] How do you steathily destroy two TVs? [/QUOTE] Open electrical panel, locate appropriate circuit breakers, loosen neutrals How do you play Hockey? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/56 "2008-04-21T02:22:09Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Open electrical panel, locate appropriate circuit breakers, loosen neutrals How do you play Hockey? [/QUOTE] Smack the puck. Smack a player. Body check. Penalty box. How do you write a love poem? ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/57 "2008-04-21T02:36:28Z")
Get quill, parchment. Drink wine. Cry. Scrawl. Revise when sober. How do you change a baby’s diaper? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/58 "2008-04-21T03:23:25Z")
[QUOTE=as\_u\_wish] How do you change a baby’s diaper? [/QUOTE] Take old diaper off. Wipe. Powder. Put new diaper on. How can a sailor get kicked out of a bar in Tijuana? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/59 "2008-04-21T04:18:18Z")
[Break bottle on head of drunk who grabs your boobs.](http://www.humboldt.edu/~travel/2004/stories/tijuana.htm) (14th paragraph) Well, they didn’t say they _weren’t_ sailors! How do you solve a problem like Maria? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/60 "2008-04-21T04:54:36Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] [Break bottle on head of drunk who grabs your boobs.](http://www.humboldt.edu/~travel/2004/stories/tijuana.htm) (14th paragraph) Well, they didn’t say they _weren’t_ sailors! How do you solve a problem like Maria? [/QUOTE] Make her a governess and send her to Von Trapp’s. How do you kill time in the supermarket checkout line? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891.md?page=4)