# I wonder if... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2000, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/15840 "2000-04-12T00:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/15840/1 "2000-04-12T00:58:00Z")
I wonder if… When there is a mystery to be solved at the Electricity Company, do they send in Sherlock Ohms and Dr Wattage? * * * [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - **Shadow of the Pigeon** - Weirdo of the Night ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/48db29/32.png) [@Harvey\_Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_Wilson)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/15840/2 "2000-04-12T01:08:00Z")
I wonder if… Stephen King has a brother named Wayne. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/15840/3 "2000-04-12T01:16:00Z")
This question would be _amply_ explained if you read the whole _series_ of _Volt_aire’s theses. Hey! Stop throwing produce! ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/15840/4 "2000-04-12T01:27:00Z")
I’m shocked you can even ask that. ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/15840/5 "2000-04-12T03:30:00Z")
Socket to me. * * * A committee is a lifeform with six or more legs and no brain. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/15840/6 "2000-04-12T04:19:00Z")
The current direction of this thread is so tempting… Must resist… Have to switch it off… ::Meditates:: OHM! OHM! Ah, that’s better, I see the light now. * * * _Eschew Obfuscation_ ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/15840/7 "2000-04-12T04:20:00Z")
What are you wired on, Guano? Get current and conduct yourself ac cord ingly. You’re con fused. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/15840/8 "2000-04-12T15:32:00Z")
Oh jeez… Just pull the plug on this thread, okay? _**I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR: Three days, 13 hours, 32 minutes and 42 seconds. 142 cigarettes not smoked, saving $17.82. Life saved: 11 hours, 50 minutes.**_ * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/15840/9 "2000-04-12T15:36:00Z")
What a re **volt** ing thread! Definition of a shock absorber: A stupid electrician. * * * VB I’ve performed a complete diagnosis of your car. It’s broken. - A Wally original! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/15840/10 "2000-04-12T15:39:00Z")
**Oh m** y God, this is lame. If there’s one thing this Guano lacks, it’s **Amp** le humour. Ah well. **Sock et**. ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/15840/11 "2000-04-12T16:35:00Z")
Well, it amperes as if we’re all beating a dead horse here. Ohm the other hand, maybe we should all just coulomb out and take a volt on whether this tomfoolery should continue, before we’re all laughing so hard it hertz. * * * I’m your only friend I’m not your only friend But I’m a little glowing friend But really I’m not actually your friend But I am