# Questions You've Always Been Wanting To Ask **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877 "2001-05-19T02:56:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/41 "2001-05-19T20:48:26Z")
Lol. Yeah, very glad I know now. I can laugh when my friends make fun of me now, and actually know what they are saying…_sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/42 "2001-05-19T20:58:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \*\*\* > Well, we have the capability to…um…shake it dry… > \*\* > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Bad News Baboon_\*\* > say I dipped my hand in something foul…toilet water or what have you. I can shake that off, too. > > but man, that’s still pretty gross to be walking around like that! > > I wouldn’t want to have to wait a few hours before I could wash off! > LOL! \*\* First of all, BNB, males don’t sit when they take a piss, so there is no danger of them dippng their hand in toilet water. But if you dipped your hand in toilet water, and you sound like you talk from experience, hey, by all means, wash up. Second, public male restrooms have urinals and there is no provision for a toilet paper role next to them, so even if they wiped their dick at home they really couldn’t at public restroom. Third, Hi **Opal** ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/43 "2001-05-19T21:07:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bad News Baboon \* > \*\* > I mean, > say I dipped my hand in something foul…toilet water or what have you. I can shake that off, too. > > but man, that’s still pretty gross to be walking around like that! > > I wouldn’t want to have to wait a few hours before I could wash off! > > LOL! \*\* Well, you’re not, like, eating or shaking hands with your, um, vulva, right? 😃 We’re also not doing things like that with our penises (penes? penii?). It’s tucked away in our undies, safe and secure and separated from the rest of the world and our food by at least two layers of textiles (for most people, anyway). I don’t see any reason, other than some extreme obsessive/compulsive behavior, to get upset about a little tiny film of urine that will be washed off by the time we go to bed. YMMV, though…the only reason I can see a woman being grossed out by it is if she’s picturing her boyfriend/husband/lover getting intimate while he still has urine molecules on his parts. I’d just say to tell him to shower first… jayjay ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/44 "2001-05-20T01:55:16Z")
Nonononono…The All your base are belong to us is from a video game called Zero Wing that was in arcades and ported to the Genesis. ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/45 "2001-05-20T01:58:15Z")
whoops, missed the other reply with this on it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/46 "2001-05-20T02:04:10Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by jayjay:_ > I **think** (and if I’m wrong I’ll have my membership in the Great Gay Conspiracy revoked) that the blue square with the yellow equals sign is the logo for the [Human Rights Campaign](http://www.hrc.org/). > > jayjay \*\* Yep, you’re exactly right…it looks like an equals-sign because it IS an equals-sign. You know, equality, g/l/b/t etc. rights…that kind of thing. I get one in the mail about every other month if you want one. 😃 (Oh yeah…yes, that IS the HRCF.) ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/47 "2001-05-20T02:15:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by quasar \* > \*\*Basketball, actually. But if you want to enlighten me as to the peculiarities of the flying wedge, I assure you I won’t mind. \*\* Well, in football, the ‘flying wedge’ I was referring to was once a popular formation that has since been banned. In the good ‘ol days, back when things that were fun weren’t legislated to death by pansy-assed do-gooders, the formation involved utilizing four or more players and having them interlock their arms together –forming a large ‘V’ or ‘wedge’- and running like mad down the field, decapitating anyone in their way. Nestled within this ‘V’ or wedge, is the ball carrier, relatively protected. All in all it’s a pretty cool play, if you ask me. And pretty effective, if you ask the unlucky few that happened to be killed as a result of it. And that, unfortunately, was the reason the NFL decided to ban the maneuver- too many dead guys as a result of being close-lined and/or otherwise trampled to death. Today, you can still run a ‘wedge’ type play, or a screen that resembles a wedge, but you can’t interlock your arms together, forming the infamous ‘flying wedge’ formation. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/48 "2001-05-20T02:24:24Z")
Damn it all… That should be clothes-lined up there. :: Preview Chris. Preview :: ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/49 "2001-05-20T02:24:26Z")
What does YMMV mean? I’m really bad at acronyms. It took me forever and a day to figure out LOL. _shakes head sadly_ I feel like such a throwback. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/50 "2001-05-20T02:27:06Z")
**malkavia** - YMMV and more! [\](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32636) ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/51 "2001-05-20T02:40:41Z")
Who is Jack Chick and why will people call certain posters the “Jack Chick of [subject]”? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/52 "2001-05-20T02:53:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FireUnderpantsBoobs \* > \*\*Who is Jack Chick and why will people call certain posters the “Jack Chick of [subject]”? \*\* Jack Chick is the person behind such enlightenling tracts as [this one](http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5002/5002_01.asp), which deals with evolution. In almost all of the tracts, you’re going to hell unless you see things his way. The person being talked to will suddenly renounce his/her sins in a matter of seconds after hearing just one Bible story and convert to Christianity. Check out these threads for more: [It’s evolution or it’s Jesus Janet](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=61703) And [the most current thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=71305), in which Jack Chick explains why there’s so much turmoil in the middle east. Farther down that thread, you’ll find links to other Jack Chick _bon mots_, from the evils of being homosexual to Rock and Roll (even Christian rock) being a tool of the Devil. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/53 "2001-05-20T03:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FireUnderpantsBoobs \* > \*\*Who is Jack Chick and why will people call certain posters the “Jack Chick of [subject]”? \*\* He publishes books and comic strips for Christians (of the fundamentalist Protestant variety). They are generally so filled with lies and ignorance that anyone who speaks in a likewise tone (heavy on the ignorance and self-righteousness) is labeled the “Jack Chick of [subject].” [http://www.chick.com/](http://www.chick.com/) ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/54 "2001-05-20T08:10:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fogglethorpe \* > **Why the hell do you people keep electing Ted Kennedy to the Senate?** I don’t live in Massachusetts, but if I did, I might rather see him spend his time in Washington than driving off local bridges. [sub]Sorry, I’m not really that political. Though the Art Buchwald column “What to Say about Watergate”, with every fifth response being “What About Chappaquiddick?” was hilarious.[/sub] > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > \*\*shake it dry… > shake it dry… > Shaking it dry \*\* Isn’t this a bit personal to request? [sub]Great, as if seeing sexual “dry spells” and “dry humping” wasn’t bad enough[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![sulawesi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@sulawesi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sulawesi)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/55 "2001-05-20T21:54:12Z")
I know pretty much what SOL means, but I’ve never figured out what it stands for. [sub]Anyone?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/56 "2001-05-20T22:00:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vengeance and dust \* > \*\*I know pretty much what SOL means, but I’ve never figured out what it stands for. > > [sub]Anyone?[/sub] \*\* Satellite of Love…oh, wait…you mean the meaning among normal people… Shit Out of Luck. And for those of you confused by culinary acronyms, SOS means Shit On a Shingle (creamed chipped/ground beef on toast). jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/57 "2001-05-20T22:02:39Z")
SOL is, I believe, Soldier Out of Luck, which means basically “oh well, tough luck”. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/58 "2001-05-20T22:04:10Z")
Ah, **jayjay** , I learn something every day! ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/59 "2001-05-20T23:23:47Z")
This “eh” i keep seeing being attributed to Canadians… what is it? Is it a question thing? I mean, is it pronounced with a rising tone, as in a question… eh? Or is it a random sound tacked on to the end of the sentence? Forgive my simple English ways. Fran ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877/60 "2001-05-21T01:15:28Z")
If the sentence was a quesiton, then kinda. It’s just a word, and it is actually pronouced ‘ay’, err, I can’t think of a better way to pronounce it. But just watch This Hour has 22 Minutes and you should hear it a couple times. Or Royal Canadian Airforce, for that matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-youve-always-been-wanting-to-ask/65877.md?page=4)