# RAQ: Rarely Asked Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 6, 2015, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954 "2015-02-06T07:18:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/21 "2015-02-10T10:20:22Z")
Why don’t we hear more about Kim Kardashian? ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/22 "2015-02-10T10:25:34Z")
What is it about neckbeards that make them so, so sexy? If you can’t even, does that make you odd? Why is the cassowary? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/23 "2015-02-10T12:39:05Z")
Which genital-animal insult combo is better – cockmonkey or cunthippo? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/24 "2015-02-10T14:57:45Z")
Do I get paid too much? Am I watching too little television? Do I spend too much time with my kids? Is my son good enough for his girlfriend? ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/25 "2015-02-11T04:12:07Z")
[Why are my bones so small?](http://xkcd.com/1018/) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/26 "2015-02-11T20:57:22Z")
How do you spell IRS? ---
**Author:** ![BlindTyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/46a35a/32.png) [@BlindTyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlindTyger)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/27 "2015-02-14T20:01:51Z")
“How do you spell CIA?” ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/28 "2015-02-15T19:18:38Z")
“What’s the number for 911?” ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/29 "2015-02-17T21:12:44Z")
How come stuff gets smaller when you walk away from it? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/30 "2015-02-17T22:14:45Z")
“Some more bacon-wrapped shrimp, Mr. Netanyahu?” ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/31 "2015-02-17T22:27:48Z")
> [@campp](#): > > Does England have a Fourth of July? Well of COURSE we do. It’s on the 5th of November, durrrr. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/32 "2015-03-22T04:57:15Z")
How do I bump an old thread? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/33 "2015-03-22T05:02:07Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > How come stuff gets smaller when you walk away from it? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dS12p0Zqlt0/hqdefault.jpg "Fr. Ted: Small, Far Away") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS12p0Zqlt0) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/36 "2015-04-14T23:40:04Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Do they have alphabet soup in China? One alphabet fills 15 cases of soup. How naked do you WANT me, ladies? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/37 "2015-04-25T17:07:57Z")
Can I pull your finger, again? [holding nose smiley] ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/38 "2015-04-26T15:35:51Z")
Does this bus go to The Loop? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/39 "2015-05-07T16:44:00Z")
Honey, is it OK if I go shopping for shoes with you? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/40 "2015-05-13T16:17:50Z")
Is our children learning? ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/41 "2015-05-16T03:13:55Z")
Bitte, wo ist die Einbahnstraße? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954/42 "2015-05-16T22:43:37Z")
My parents like to tell of when I was little girl and was asking all kinds of questions and got carried away…and held up my hand and said “Is this my hand?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raq-rarely-asked-questions/711954.md?page=3)