# Question and Answer thread **URL:** \ **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:** 58
**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, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1141 "2003-09-20T20:38:29Z")
Q: What is the proper way to signal a librarian in the Reserve Reading Room? A: Waldo was last seen boarding the 3:15 bus to Houston. ---
**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, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1142 "2003-09-20T20:42:38Z")
Q: Would you please explain why that crowd of 800 people, all wearing Stetson’s, is attempting to board that one small bus? A: The scoops are coming!!! The scoops are coming!!! ---
**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, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1143 "2003-09-20T21:00:53Z")
Q: Why are you running, and why do all those men behind you look like “Scoop” Jackson? A: Any state that would elect a Senator named “Scoop” is pathetic. ---
**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, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1144 "2003-09-20T21:41:45Z")
Q: So, who lost the coin toss? A: A pair of concrete rabbits, sitting on the back fence. ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1145 "2003-09-20T21:55:03Z")
Q: **quilty** , yer paw got drunk agin … sed he’d be ahuntin’ rabbits. Whur in tarnation we got rabbits 'round these parts? A: Uhh … actually, she found a flashlight in it. ---
**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, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1146 "2003-09-20T22:01:38Z")
Q: Why did your wife just board the Mothership? A: Grandmaster Holmes and Doctor W Ride Again… ---
**Author:** ![CasperQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@CasperQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CasperQ)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1147 "2003-09-20T22:02:39Z")
Q: Why did she look strangely at the pooper-scooper? A: Green, fuzzy, and melon-scented. ---
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1148 "2003-09-20T22:04:37Z")
Q: Why is there a strange glow, coming out of the compost pile? A: Soups on, so I’ll be saying goodbye for now. ---
**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, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1149 "2003-09-20T22:11:14Z")
Having been forgotten: Q: You’re in the middle of a broadcast; where can you be going? A: Grandmaster Holmes and Doctor W Ride Again… ---
**Author:** ![CasperQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@CasperQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CasperQ)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1150 "2003-09-20T22:16:11Z")
Q: When I win the lotto, that’s when we’ll see… A: It must’ve been the butler. ---
**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, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1151 "2003-09-20T22:18:50Z")
Q: So, why is the maid missing her head? A: Bruce is lecturing in Adelaide today, and he’ll be back at the University of Wollamaroo tomorrow. ---
**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, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1152 "2003-09-20T22:22:16Z")
Q: Yo! You really want to cooperate with Papa Gamboni, y’see. Don’t wanna piss 'im off. So where is Bruce? A: A jackhammer, a chocolate bar, and a black bra. Go figure. ---
**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, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1153 "2003-09-20T22:55:54Z")
Q: Was it the andler, the orler or the norler? A:Pangea ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1154 "2003-09-21T00:34:24Z")
Q: Who was Angea’s twin sister whose name no one could figure out? A: Badgers, fruitcake, and a box of stale cannoli. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1155 "2003-09-21T00:39:07Z")
Q: Damn! That stinks! What on earth did you put in the microwave?!? A: Parachute pants. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1156 "2003-09-21T02:27:58Z")
Q: What was your boyfriend’s nickname in college? A: Tic Tac Toe ---
**Author:** ![Amberlei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1157 "2003-09-21T04:15:07Z")
Q: What was that new flavor of breath mints that came out last week? A: Either Marvin the Martian or the Ghost of Christmas Past. ---
**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 21, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1158 "2003-09-21T04:23:00Z")
Q: Who broke the lamp? A: It appears that the city of Los Angeles is steadly sinking, and that we’re all doomed. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1159 "2003-09-21T04:24:03Z")
Q: Which costume will be met with a large “KABOOM?” There has to be a large KABOOM! A: The weasels have knitted excess fur into a sturdy rope approximately 224 metres long. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722/1160 "2003-09-21T06:42:00Z")
> [@](#): > > A: It appears that the city of Los Angeles is steadly sinking, and that we’re all doomed. Q: Why are my feet wet? > [@](#): > > A: The weasels have knitted excess fur into a sturdy rope approximately 224 metres long. Q: How will we ever escape the doomed sinking city?! A: No thanks, I’m drunk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-and-answer-thread/168722.md?page=59)