# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/81 "2008-04-23T16:44:44Z")
Like this. No, like that. The other way. Fuck it! How do you get your dang room clean? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/82 "2008-04-23T16:51:48Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Like this. No, like that. The other way. Fuck it! How do you get your dang room clean? [/QUOTE] Put down book, turn off TV. Do a llittle everyday. How do you decide when a book isn’t worth it and you give up? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/83 "2008-04-23T19:02:11Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Put down book, turn off TV. Do a llittle everyday. How do you decide when a book isn’t worth it and you give up? [/QUOTE] Put it down. Try to pick it back up. Decide. How do you cut a dog’s toenails? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/84 "2008-04-23T19:53:44Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] Put it down. Try to pick it back up. Decide. How do you cut a dog’s toenails? [/QUOTE] Take dog to vet. Anesthetize dog. Let them cut, too. How do you retrain a cat to being an indoor cat? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/85 "2008-04-23T23:58:24Z")
Fresh roasted chicken. Spray lion piss around thresholds and windows? (my kitteh stays inside \*all day \* when we roast chicken.) How do you alphabetize your start menu? ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/86 "2008-04-24T00:19:57Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] How do you alphabetize your start menu? [/QUOTE] Right-click item in menu, select sort by name How do you get there from here? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/87 "2008-04-24T00:25:21Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Right-click item in menu, select sort by name How do you get there from here? [/QUOTE] Remember how you got to here from there; reverse directions. Who’s watching Big Brother? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/88 "2008-04-24T00:31:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Who’s watching Big Brother? Big Daddy. How do you stuff a wild bikini? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/89 "2008-04-24T00:40:54Z")
I apologize that my post was not a “how to” question and commend **blondebear** for taking it on. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/90 "2008-04-24T04:07:34Z")
[hijack] [QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Right-click item in menu, select sort by name [/QUOTE] You rock! Thank you! [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/91 "2008-04-24T15:44:46Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] How do you stuff a wild bikini? [/QUOTE] Join Navy, visit Tahiti, hire witch doctor, make crappy movie ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bbr7o1_pbGI/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/bbr7o1_pbGI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque How do you conquer the world? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/92 "2008-04-24T16:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Join Navy, visit Tahiti, hire witch doctor, make crappy movie ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bbr7o1_pbGI/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/bbr7o1_pbGI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque How do you conquer the world? [/QUOTE] Think: “Moo. We are a cow. Take us to China.” How do you overcome the heartbreak of psoriasis? ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/93 "2008-04-25T03:48:57Z")
Use proper haircare product, which will bring much sex. Well, that’s what the ads imply. How do we achieve peace in the Middle East? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/94 "2008-04-25T03:58:45Z")
Follow Mongol’s example: Make a desert and call it peace. How do you irrigate a desert? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/95 "2008-04-25T03:59:05Z")
[QUOTE=Civil Guy] How do we achieve peace in the Middle East? [/QUOTE] Bring much sex. Proper haircare product if necessary. How can we prove or disprove the [Collatz conjecture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collatz_conjecture)? ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/96 "2008-04-25T04:29:25Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] How do you irrigate a desert? [/QUOTE] Locate unused iceberg. …???. PROFIT! How can we prove or disprove the Collatz conjecture? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/97 "2008-04-25T13:04:20Z")
[QUOTE=Civil Guy] How can we prove or disprove the Collatz conjecture? [/QUOTE] Like this. No, like that. The other way. Fuck it! How do you make a French braid? ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/98 "2008-04-25T13:25:41Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] How do you make a French braid? [/QUOTE] Comb, separate, cross, cross, cross, cross, cross, cross, cross, cross How do you get an astronaut to Mars? ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/99 "2008-04-25T15:02:25Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Comb, separate, cross, cross, cross, cross, cross, cross, cross, cross How do you get an astronaut to Mars? [/QUOTE] Get rocket. Install idiot. Fire rocket. Hope you remembered food. How do you keep your self from getting prostate cancer? ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891/100 "2008-04-25T16:05:41Z")
[QUOTE=Oredigger77] How do you keep your self from getting prostate cancer? [/QUOTE] Yank it like a monkey in a Mango Tree [BBC NEWS | Health | Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3072021.stm) How do you mend a broken heart? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891.md?page=6)