# Questions that make you go "huh?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-make-you-go-huh/268240 "2004-10-08T18:34:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-make-you-go-huh/268240/41 "2004-10-11T16:25:04Z")
A coworker and I were discussing Bill Clinton’s recent heart bypass surgery. Somewhere I mentioned how the surgeon would need to spread the ribs to work on the heart. Coworker: There are ribs up there? Me: Yeah… Coworker: But I thought your ribs were here (pats stomach). Me: … Coworker: I thought up here (indicating the chest area) was just all boobs ‘n’ lungs ‘n’ stuff! Me: … :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-make-you-go-huh/268240/42 "2004-10-12T07:30:12Z")
well, I checked the oven last night, and where is the model number? Opposite the door? No… it’s on the damn doorjam! Hidden under the seal down the bottom behind the hinge-brace. So why did I ask the girl at the suppliers where it was? So I wouldn’t spend needless time searching for it. She was right. It wasn’t on the wall… :wally ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-make-you-go-huh/268240/43 "2004-10-12T08:09:11Z")
I had a very attractive female friend of mine tell me once (and I shit you not) Her: “I went to the dentist today (for the first time ever, she’s 27) did you know you’re supposed to brush in the _inside_ of your teeth as well.” Me: “Um, yeah…” Her: “Why are you laughing? What’s so funny?” It just amazed me how some one 27yo can have such a pretty smile and still never (apparently) have brushed the inside of her teeth. _yuck_ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-make-you-go-huh/268240/44 "2004-10-12T18:25:54Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > An old BF called his steel 6 string his basic guitar. He also had a Dobro, a classical, and a 12 string. > That said, I’m guessing DAK was refering to a classical and was, well… a dumb ass-kid. The :wally. It was so long ago, I don’t quite remember, but I think I asked him if he meant non-electric and said “No, _basic_ guitar!” But maybe you’re right. My only other guess was that a lot of people learned using a lesson book called _Alfred’s Basic Guitar Method_. Maybe he thought that was a style. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-make-you-go-huh/268240/45 "2004-10-12T19:28:09Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > The one that our parish secretary (and I imagine every other Catholic parish secretary in the world) gets every year at Christmas: > > _What time is midnight mass?_ > > I assume the questioner actually means to ask - is there a mass at midnight? Our campus catholic center has midnight mass at 10pm and Midnight to accomodate all the worshippers. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-make-you-go-huh/268240/46 "2004-10-12T20:15:05Z")
I was talking to a particularly ditzy co-worker once, and the conversation shifted to where we were from. I told her that I was from Plattsburgh, New York, about an hour south of Montreal. Coworker: “Montreal? Where’s that?” **Roland** : “Quebec, Canada.” C: “Oooh, you’ve been to Canada?” **R** : “Yeah, plenty of times, it makes for a fun day trip. And I get to practice my Fren…” C: “But how did you get there? Did you drive?” **R** : “Yeah.” C: “You can _drive_ to Canada?” **R** : “…yes…?” C: “Like, where?” **R** : “Well, um, the entire northern border of the continental U.S.” C: “So, like, North Dakota?” Yes. Yes, that one road in North Dakota. It’s a pretty busy road, ya know, handling 100% of the U.S./Canada traffic. Tends to get backed up a lot. You must have misheard; it’s not that you _can’t_ drive to Canada, just that you probably don’t _want_ to, since the customs agents get kinda irate after their 600,000th inspection that day. And yeah, it’s a bit hard to get to North Dakota from Upstate New York and back for a day trip, but it’s worth it. After all, then you can say you’ve left the continent. I know students in the U.S. suck at geography. I know other countries have been laughing at us for years. I just never thought it was that big of a deal. I mean, not knowing the capital of Guatemala is one thing. Not knowing that freaking CANADA is accessible from the U.S. via automobile is another. Of course, I don’t know if that question made me go “Huh?” as much as it made me want to scream, but it’s close enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-make-you-go-huh/268240.md?page=2)