# Question and Answer thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 14, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722 "2003-04-14T20:17:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 57

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**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1121 "2003-09-20T00:59:24Z")

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Q: Well, since we’re getting fired anyway, _I’m_ finishing off the bosses liquor and peeing in his desk drawer. What are you doing?

A: Mix a jar of pickled okra, some M&Ms, soda, a dash of ice cream, some cilantro, and two bottles of Pepto. Puree briefly then pour over ice. Drink up!

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1122 "2003-09-20T02:07:51Z")

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Q: Got a recipe for something really disgusting to drink, so that I’ll become nauseated and throw up, I know a guy who’s getting fired, and I believe he can put it to good use?

A: Hephaestus, Thor,Jupiter, and Fred.

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**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1123 "2003-09-20T02:15:11Z")

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Q: I know I must’ve gotten _this_ from his sister … just who all did she sleep with yesterday?

A: Skunk casserole.

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1124 "2003-09-20T02:34:38Z")

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Q: Your choice, skunk casserole OR skunk casserole, left out in the sun for 3 days, crawling with bugs, AND the neighbor’s dogs having whizzed in it repeatedly?

A: I’m driving as fast as I can, can’t you stop it?

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**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1125 "2003-09-20T02:41:27Z")

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Q: HURRY UP!!! The _ **Giant Turd Burglar** _ is right on our tail!!! Can’t this piece o’ shite go any faster?!?!

A: The **Giant Turd Burglar**. Saw it with my own three eyes. I swear.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1126 "2003-09-20T02:48:13Z")

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Q: Why did you suddenly yell, “HURRY UP!!! The _ **Giant Turd Burglar** _ is right on our tail!!! Can’t this piece of shite go any faster?!?!”? It doesn’t take three eyes to see that it’s really the _ **Giant Bird Tirgler** _.

A: _l’Actualité_ and a box of crayons.

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1127 "2003-09-20T02:48:15Z")

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Q: Seeing as a boogieman is chading us, can’t you speed up?

A: The prime ministery of George Clinton fell in 1982 when a group of backbenchers (led by Maceo Parker) opposed the government on a motion of “Do we want the funk?”.

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1128 "2003-09-20T02:49:56Z")

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Q: When you where bending over forward and looking through your legs, whatdidja’ see?

A: Nailed to the wall for another year.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1129 "2003-09-20T02:51:39Z")

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Q: What event led to the resignation of Barry Jones as Minister of Da Energy from the Parliament Funkadelic?

A: Polling Day.

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1130 "2003-09-20T02:52:04Z")

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Great, two people posted before me:

Q(for peritrochoid): So, did you spot a monster, Mr. Martian?

Q(for sunspace): What were you arrested for boarding an airplane with this time?

A: The prime ministrey of George Clinton fell in 1982 when a group of backbenchers (led by Maceo Parker) opposed the government on a motion of “Do we want the funk?”.

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1131 "2003-09-20T02:56:29Z")

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Again:

Q(quiltguy): How did they rule on Charles Manson’s parole?

Q(Sunspace): At what did George Clinton lose at only twice in his 30+ years as a Parlimentary leader?

A: See above.

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**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1132 "2003-09-20T03:09:40Z")

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Q: So, tell me, how did Funkytown get its name?

A: Oh, that’s easy! You just chop his arms and legs off and stuff them in the fridge.

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**Author:** ![Svt4Him](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Svt4Him](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svt4Him)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1133 "2003-09-20T03:30:29Z")

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Q. How do you do to possessed gingerbread men?

A. I think that’s the funniest question I’ve ever heard.

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**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1134 "2003-09-20T03:53:29Z")

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Q: You _are_ in love with me, right?

A: You could say that your mother and I were … umm … _very_ close friends.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1135 "2003-09-20T11:16:37Z")

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Q: How come you look so much like my mom and how come you have ascar on your hip in the same place as hers?

A: Damn, that hurt like a bastard.

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1136 "2003-09-20T14:14:55Z")

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Q: Can you make love like you mean it?

A: Crammed full of little bits of paper, and it was moving.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1137 "2003-09-20T20:08:09Z")

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Q: Why the heck did you not like about my cubicle? And why did you run screaming from it?

A: I need a shave.

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1138 "2003-09-20T20:22:21Z")

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Q: Will I ever think of a way to help me lose 20 lbs. by tonight?

A: Limes, and insufficient funds.

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1139 "2003-09-20T20:29:31Z")

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Q: After spending all that money planting trees, what do you have?

A: Another day older and deeper in debt…

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1140 "2003-09-20T20:34:03Z")

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Q: Can you give us a description of a typical day here in debtors’ prison?

A:Ring the bell, close the book and blow out the candle.

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