If you could ask one question and get the absolute truth..

Where does the phrase “the whole nine yards” come from?

I used to think I would ask “On what date will I die?” Since the answer would be the absolute truth, I would effectively become invincible until that date. Then I realized that not being dead is a low standard. I could become completely incapacitated without dying. I’m guessing that any being that had the power to answer my question would also have the sense of humor to have me hit by a bus and fall into a coma immediately after giving me the answer.

So now I would ask “What can I do to make my wife horny on demand?”

so, what is 14 k of g in a fpd or whatever the hell it was

Do any big Govornments (UK,USA) knowingly persue a policy of maintaining fear in the people in order to keep some control over them?

Who is my biological father?

I suppose I should ask a very deep philosophical or religious question, but having just read a book on the subject, the first question which sprang to mind was “Who killed JonBenet Ramsey?” I have a gut feeling it was not the parents, but everything about the case is so baffling.

I think my brain is probably too small to contain or comprehend the answer, but my question would be: What, exactly, is the universe?

What do I have to do to get a drink around here?

My real father was married about six times. I am the result of the fourth marriage as best we can tell (the marriage, not that I am his daughter, that’s not in doubt).

Apparently a son was born five years before me. My bio dad always claimed the son was not his. Knowing far more about my father (to his detriment), I have always wondered.

So my question would be two part: Was that son my father’s child? And if the answer is yes, where is he?

I’ve always wondered . . . he would be about 53 now.

How long is a piece of string?

Is a hole a thing?

GOD: That depends on what the definition of “is”, is.

A: Why not you? :wink:

Who put the bomp in the bomp-ba-bomp-ba-bomp?

What’s the average IQ of the SDMB. :wink:

-gry

14 kilos of grass in a Ford parked downtown.

Happy?

My question would be:

Where is that fucker OBL?

I would ask “What can I do to end the fantastic, unimaginable levels of corruption in government (mainly local) without endangering myself or my family?”

ah, the backdoor to financial gain… :wink:

‘‘Am I a good person?’’

How do you solve a problem like Maria?