# Questions where the answer is obvious. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073 "2008-02-18T06:01:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/1 "2008-02-18T06:01:34Z")
[QUOTE=The Clash] Should I stay or should I go? If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double So come on and let me know [/QUOTE] What’s the problem here? You’ve done a cost-benefit analysis and determined that the amount of trouble you will have if you stay will be 200% of the amount you will have if you go. Therefore, you should clearly go. Jeez. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/2 "2008-02-18T06:05:27Z")
_Is she really going out with him?_ Uh, duh. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/3 "2008-02-18T06:15:36Z")
[QUOTE=Peak Banana] What’s the problem here? You’ve done a cost-benefit analysis and determined that the amount of trouble you will have if you stay will be 200% of the amount you will have if you go. Therefore, you should clearly go. Jeez. [/QUOTE] To the contrary, he’s only telling us about the ‘cost’ side of the analysis. I assume he’s asking what the ‘benefits’ of staying might be so that he can then do said Analysis and make a decision. Also, he’s only told us relative costs. If his ‘go trouble’ is going to be 0.01TroubleUnits then doubling that is not so much trouble. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/4 "2008-02-18T06:25:09Z")
EEEEEEeeeeeeyaaaaah! Fuckfuckfuckfuck…[**CRASH!]** goddamfuckshitChristalmightythat_hurts_…motherFUCK, that hurts!.. Are you ok? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/5 "2008-02-18T08:55:46Z")
100lb wet, 12 of them in bulging belly, wears a waist-at-boobs dress with a motif of pastel bows and elephants, complains about swollen feet and hurting back… “oh my, are you pregnant?” (no, woman, it’s a 9-month hernia) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/6 "2008-02-18T09:07:08Z")
Not really a question, just a really obvious statement of fact:- When you’re in love with a beautiful woman, it’s hard :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/7 "2008-02-18T17:21:54Z")
Am I ever gonna see your face again? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPFVlLfDxeA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPFVlLfDxeA) (link broken - NSFW) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/8 "2008-02-18T17:25:44Z")
Looks at clock sees it’s 12 noon. “Heavens, is that the time?” Stumbles into pub piss wet through “Oh, is it raining?” No you dumb fuck, I’ve just been for a dip in the canal ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/9 "2008-02-18T17:30:13Z")
[QUOTE=Peak Banana] What’s the problem here? You’ve done a cost-benefit analysis and determined that the amount of trouble you will have if you stay will be 200% of the amount you will have if you go. [/QUOTE] That’s 100 percent, not 200 percent. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/10 "2008-02-18T17:41:19Z")
Not quite a question, but there is some stupid pop song that just drives me nuts. The guy sings, “I don’t know why/I can’t keep my eyes off of you”. Uh, probably cause you wanna taste her sweetmeats, buddy. Yeah, erections can be so confusing! ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/11 "2008-02-18T18:37:44Z")
Most of the obvious questions seem to come from my kids. Q: “Are we there yet?” A: “We passed it 30 minutes ago. I just decided that I didn’t want to stop.” Q: “Can we go now?” A: “Sure, you go tell Grandma that you’re bored and don’t want to stay for the rest of her mother’s funeral. I’m sure she’ll be fine with that.” Q: “Are you sleeping?” A: “Nope. I was just laying in this dark bedroom with my eyes closed and thinking just how wonderful it would be if a child would pry my eyelids open. Thank you!” ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/12 "2008-02-18T19:33:28Z")
After stepping in something smushy, and warm. “Is that what I think it is?” No, you just found the cake I baked for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/13 "2008-02-19T02:57:13Z")
It’s pretty rare when someone asks, “What are you doing?” when it isn’t painfully obvious what I’m doing. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/14 "2008-02-19T03:10:06Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] That’s 100 percent, not 200 percent. [/QUOTE] How many percent of 2 is 4? ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/15 "2008-02-19T03:12:24Z")
“Can I ask you a question”… sigh… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/16 "2008-02-19T03:40:45Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] How many percent of 2 is 4? [/QUOTE] Thank you…I was very much having a “is it him or is it me?” moment there… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/17 "2008-02-19T03:44:27Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Thank you…I was very much having a “is it him or is it me?” moment there… [/QUOTE] I think **Marley** was confusing percent increase with percent of. 4 is, indeed, a 100% increase over 2. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/18 "2008-02-19T05:16:55Z")
Does my butt look fat in these pants? ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/19 "2008-02-19T05:20:13Z")
“Do these jeans make my ass look big?” ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073/20 "2008-02-19T05:26:26Z")
“You’re home?” as they meet me at the door. “No, this is a premonition- I’ll be home later.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-where-the-answer-is-obvious/438073.md?page=2)