# More questions you have that you don't want to clutter up GQ with. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610 "2006-06-29T04:42:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/41 "2006-06-30T20:29:25Z")
> [@Grossbottom](#): > > And I always thought Crackle had the look of a Napoleonic Wars-era British sailor. Good point. He also has a blue, brass button jacket. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/42 "2006-06-30T20:38:06Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > A male cat’s penis has dozens of barbs covering it. When he penetrates the queen (female cat) the pain induces her to ovulate. A very efficient way to make kittens. Which is why the females are selective. They don’t want to have to put up with every tom dickin’ hairy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/43 "2006-06-30T20:44:31Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > They don’t want to have to put up with every tom dickin’ hairy. I don’t get that, and I’m glad. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/44 "2006-07-03T15:18:10Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > My question: is there an adjective for “yawning all the time”, besides “yawny” which I don’t even think is a word? Is there an answer to this? ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/45 "2006-07-03T18:02:54Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > What’s the male equivlent to a mistress? I saw this asked once on the New Zealand version of _Hollywood Squares_, and the answer they gave was “lover.” I don’t remember what the joke answer was 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/46 "2006-07-04T00:01:33Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > i must have read that when I was too young to know what was up, because I don’t remember that part. It is in the part of the book where he is trying to tap out questions on his pillow in Morse Code, using his head. The young nurse misunderstands what he wants and thinks he is sexually frustrated. Later some other person realizes it’s code and deciphers what he is trying to say. In the end, trying to communicate leads to his being euthanized. IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/47 "2006-07-04T00:12:34Z")
Mine is a really stupid question, but I have been thinking about it for _years_! If a prune is a dried plum, where does prune juice come from? A dried fruit doesn’t have juice. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/48 "2006-07-04T00:22:00Z")
> [@sneezy5660](#): > > where does prune juice come from? To see better in the dark. No, dammit, that’s “Why do cats have green eyes.” I’ll get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/49 "2006-07-04T00:24:18Z")
> [@sneezy5660](#): > > Mine is a really stupid question, but I have been thinking about it for _years_! If a prune is a dried plum, where does prune juice come from? A dried fruit doesn’t have juice. Plums are only partially dried plums in many cases. That isn’t the important part though. Prune juice is made by simmering prunes in water for 3 hours or so and then straining out the solid part. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/50 "2006-07-05T21:52:00Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > It is in the part of the book where he is trying to tap out questions on his pillow in Morse Code, using his head. The young nurse misunderstands what he wants and thinks he is sexually frustrated. > > Later some other person realizes it’s code and deciphers what he is trying to say. > > In the end, trying to communicate leads to his being euthanized. IIRC. See, I remembered it leading to him getting some notoriety as they were amazed he could find a way to communicate. What about the theory that it’s all a dream of someone dying on the battlefield? I’ve got to back and reread that thing. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/51 "2006-07-06T00:28:05Z")
I had not heard that, **gigi**. I thought I had a copy of the book, but I can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/52 "2006-07-08T22:58:44Z")
How did the word “reactionary” come to mean “conservative”? If I understand correctly, someone who is reactionary, when presented with a new concept, waves it off as a lot of noise and keeps doing and thinking what they’ve always done and thought. I’d call that a **non** -reaction, not a reaction. And I’m still wondering what is meant by a long or short upper lip. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/53 "2006-07-09T06:36:37Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > My question: is there an adjective for “yawning all the time”, besides “yawny” which I don’t even think is a word? Uh, sleepy? ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/54 "2006-07-09T07:15:34Z")
> [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > I’ve always wondered why we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway. Parkways, according to Bill Bryson in his book _Made In America_, were based on the idea that driving should be pleasurable and not necessarily a way to get from A to B- and so Parkways were designed as being pleasant places in which one could “exercise” their car, much like you’d take the dog to the local park for a walk/run around and some exercise. They were originally envisioned as park-like areas in which you could drive your expensive shiny toy and impress the commoners with, from my understanding. Driveway refers to the designated route from the road to one’s garage. In modern cities it’s only a couple of metres long, but in a Country Estate or a house on an a couple of acres, the driveway can be several hundred metres long- even up to several kilometres in some of the ranches, farms, and stations in rural areas. > [@](#): > > And, it costs about a million bucks a mile to build, so why do we call it a freeway? Because it’s free to drive on, unlike a toll road in which you’ve got to pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/55 "2006-07-09T07:25:36Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > How did the word “reactionary” come to mean “conservative”? If I understand correctly, someone who is reactionary, when presented with a new concept, waves it off as a lot of noise and keeps doing and thinking what they’ve always done and thought. I’d call that a **non** -reaction, not a reaction. > > And I’m still wondering what is meant by a long or short upper lip. A reactionary reacts. When presented with a new idea, the reactionary seeks to silence the person from whom he heard the new idea, send their family and friends to a Gulag, obliterate the word from human consciousness, and hunt down and destroy the person who inspired the new thought. Spiro Agnew and Pat Buchanan are examples of reactionaries rather than conservatives. Ann Coulter has the personality of a reactionary, although her adherence to the neo-con system of bad ideas means that she can espouse her own nonsense instead of reacting to the ideas of others. [Margot Kidder](http://www.movie-gazette.com/directory/directory.asp?strsearch=Margot+Kidder) has a long upper lip. I have never heard the expression “short upper lip.” ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/56 "2006-07-09T07:32:38Z")
**Martini Enfield** , good answers on the driveway/parkway, but I’ve gotta say “whooosh.” The driveway/parkway question is the sort of thing that is often handed to Cecil (and others who make their livings answering questions) and it is a bit of an in-joke to drag it up (along with the “third word ending in -gry”) as an example of a truly stupid question whenever these sort of threads get going. The Master answered the question [Why do we drive on the parkway and park on the driveway?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_080.html) just over 19 years ago and it has been a staple of smart-asses ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/57 "2006-07-09T12:51:20Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > **Martini Enfield** , good answers on the driveway/parkway, but I’ve gotta say “whooosh.” > > The driveway/parkway question is the sort of thing that is often handed to Cecil (and others who make their livings answering questions) and it is a bit of an in-joke to drag it up (along with the “third word ending in -gry”) as an example of a truly stupid question whenever these sort of threads get going. The Master answered the question [Why do we drive on the parkway and park on the driveway?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_080.html) just over 19 years ago and it has been a staple of smart-asses ever since. Bugger. You know, I could try and cover up by saying we’ve got an example of a Double Whoosh- ie, someone asking a smart-ass serious question and getting a smart-ass serious answer from someone, but I’d be fibbing. Ah well, can’t win 'em all. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610/58 "2006-07-09T19:03:58Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > A reactionary reacts. When presented with a new idea, the reactionary seeks to silence the person from whom he heard the new idea, send their family and friends to a Gulag, obliterate the word from human consciousness, and hunt down and destroy the person who inspired the new thought. Spiro Agnew and Pat Buchanan are examples of reactionaries rather than conservatives. Ann Coulter has the personality of a reactionary, although her adherence to the neo-con system of bad ideas means that she can espouse her own nonsense instead of reacting to the ideas of others. > > [Margot Kidder](http://www.movie-gazette.com/directory/directory.asp?strsearch=Margot+Kidder) has a long upper lip. I have never heard the expression “short upper lip.” I see. Thank you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-questions-you-have-that-you-dont-want-to-clutter-up-gq-with/362610.md?page=2)