# Questions too stupid for GQ III **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580 "2010-09-30T07:23:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/1 "2010-09-30T07:23:26Z")
Remember these threads? [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=395682&highlight=questions), and [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=447663&highlight=questions). They were fun. Let’s ask more questions to stupid to warrant an entire GQ thread. To kick things off: Can I microwave coins? If that’s bad, would putting them in a mug of water make it less or more of a bad idea? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/2 "2010-09-30T07:40:45Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Can I microwave coins? If that’s bad, would putting them in a mug of water make it less or more of a bad idea? It’ll make it a much better idea. With any luck, you’ll get a steam explosion and lightning! Always cool. I just found a plutonium core in an old lost bomb while scuba diving. Can I keep it? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/3 "2010-09-30T08:05:52Z")
That would depend on where you found it, and where you want to keep it. Same jurisdictional issues apply to salvage rights. I can state with absolute authority that you will be fired if you cause a fellow worker at what used to be Ontario Hydro to drink non-irradiated heavy water. Can I bill telemarketers for the time they spend calling me? ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/4 "2010-09-30T08:08:45Z")
What the hell is going on when you swallow “incorrectly” and get a pain in your throat/chest for a dozen or so seconds? This happens to me every few weeks or months. It is like I have strained an internal muscle or swallowed a huge bubble or air. Does this have a name? What is actually going on? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/5 "2010-09-30T08:33:42Z")
Do astronauts change their clocks when they move over different time zones in space? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/6 "2010-09-30T09:46:21Z")
And does the IRS discount their taxes due to the relativistic effect that has them aged less than the rest of us when they return? ---
**Author:** ![Ninja\_Lauren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@Ninja\_Lauren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ninja_Lauren)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/7 "2010-09-30T13:01:37Z")
If your a U.S. citizen, could you do something to be kicked out of the country? Like exile? Or would they just throw you in prison/execute you? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/8 "2010-09-30T13:24:49Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Can I bill telemarketers for the time they spend calling me? Yes. They will, in turn, have their accountants bill you for time spent on the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/9 "2010-09-30T13:44:15Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > That would depend on where you found it, and where you want to keep it. Same jurisdictional issues apply to salvage rights. I can state with absolute authority that you will be fired if you cause a fellow worker at what used to be Ontario Hydro to **drink non-irradiated heavy water**. > > Can I bill telemarketers for the time they spend calling me? From the coffee pot. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/10 "2010-09-30T15:00:53Z")
Assuming you’re a basically healthy person with no significant medical issues. You have access to good nutrition, medical supervision and electrolyte supplements as needed. Short of rupturing the stomach by wrapping your lips around a firehose nozzle, is it even possible to consume too much water? What are the effects of excess water intake? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/11 "2010-09-30T15:04:04Z")
If you hold your breath long enough to die, what is that? ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/12 "2010-09-30T15:10:35Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > Assuming you’re a basically healthy person with no significant medical issues. You have access to good nutrition, medical supervision and electrolyte supplements as needed. Short of rupturing the stomach by wrapping your lips around a firehose nozzle, is it even possible to consume too much water? What are the effects of excess water intake? By adding “medical supervision” you’ve negated the question; of course, no doctor or nurse is going to watch you kill yourself via [water intoxification.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication) But such a death is indeed possible under less supervised circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/13 "2010-09-30T15:15:48Z")
Why is it that you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/14 "2010-10-01T02:26:17Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Can I microwave coins? If that’s bad, would putting them in a mug of water make it less or more of a bad idea? I don’t think there is any significant hazard to microwaving coins with or without water. I suppose you could get some arcing if they were stacked funny. I’d guess that your safer in water, but I’m not certain. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/15 "2010-10-01T04:04:36Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > I don’t think there is any significant hazard to microwaving coins with or without water. I suppose you could get some arcing if they were stacked funny. I’d guess that your safer in water, but I’m not certain. Microwaving metal will start a fire in your oven. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/16 "2010-10-01T05:42:46Z")
Are we supposed to answer the questions that might be real? > [@Manwich](#): > > What the hell is going on when you swallow “incorrectly” and get a pain in your throat/chest for a dozen or so seconds? This happens to me every few weeks or months. It is like I have strained an internal muscle or swallowed a huge bubble or air. Does this have a name? What is actually going on? Trouble swallowing is dysphagia, if you want to start googling. I had a strange constricted feeling like I could not swallow occasionally. It left like food was stuck about 1/3 of the way down. It became frequent enough I went to the doctor. She made me get an upper-endoscopy to rule out cancer, and then told me it was because there’s something wrong with the valve on my stomach, and the acid splashing up was causing the muscles along my esophagus to freak out. I took some heavy-duty antacids for a while and it went away. There’s a name for what I had/have, Laryngopharyngeal reflux. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/17 "2010-10-01T05:45:03Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > > [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > > > Assuming you’re a basically healthy person with no significant medical issues. You have access to good nutrition, medical supervision and electrolyte supplements as needed. Short of rupturing the stomach by wrapping your lips around a firehose nozzle, is it even possible to consume too much water? What are the effects of excess water intake? > > By adding “medical supervision” you’ve negated the question; of course, no doctor or nurse is going to watch you kill yourself via [water intoxification.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication) But such a death is indeed possible under less supervised circumstances. [Like a woman trying to win an Ipod from a radio station.](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/18/national/main2369761.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Kilmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@Kilmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilmore)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/18 "2010-10-01T05:47:26Z")
Is is possible to overdose on cough drops? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/19 "2010-10-01T08:24:20Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > If you hold your breath long enough to die, what is that? If you could do that I’d turn blue with envy. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580/20 "2010-10-01T13:54:38Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > > [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > > > I don’t think there is any significant hazard to microwaving coins with or without water. I suppose you could get some arcing if they were stacked funny. I’d guess that your safer in water, but I’m not certain. > > Microwaving metal will start a fire in your oven. Then why doesn’t the metal rack in my microwave spark? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-too-stupid-for-gq-iii/555580.md?page=2)