# So what!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [August 31, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996 "2006-08-31T22:34:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mandy1975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mandy1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mandy1975)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/1 "2006-08-31T22:34:07Z")
Cecil, You do waffle a bit about this subject…but we have to say that we do agree…we do not know for a fact if it can be ralated to an egg white because we are wasted…but well done for that very convincng explanation…we are now about to conduct an experiment…my boyfriends a lucky guy!!! live long and prosper and if you slag me off I will beam you up!!! engage…xx ---
**Author:** ![Mandy1975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mandy1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mandy1975)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/2 "2006-08-31T22:45:31Z")
dont be so serious Cecil, you could do with a holiday in a nudist camp!! freedom of speech and all that stuff aka crap maybe sometimes all your subscribers are looking for is a light hearted answer…to a light hearted question…science baffles anyone…but is it all shit??? so anyway from one light hearted person to another how many calories in a shot of SPUNK!!! Enthrall us with your views…but dont bore us this time!!! cheers Cecil… ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/3 "2006-08-31T22:49:44Z")
I take _two_ hits of whatever she’s taking. ---
**Author:** ![Mandy1975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mandy1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mandy1975)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/4 "2006-08-31T23:07:33Z")
[QUOTE=Nic2004] I take _two_ hits of whatever she’s taking. [/QUOTE] We’re taking a new form of attack which is called “on one”…which means fun fun fun…Cecils not taking enough of what we’ve had…and maybe if he did he’d enjoy the sperm without the calories topic…I am glad I have a boyfrind who doesnt take it seriously…happy shagging!!! fuck the calories!!! my bloke says hi…xx ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/5 "2006-09-01T00:33:09Z")
pics? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/6 "2006-09-01T01:32:56Z")
[Barry Manilow]Oh Mandy You Came and you gave without citin’ So they sent you away Oh Mandy You Posted and Started to frighten So they said “What they Hey?” Ohhhhhh yeah [/Barry Manilow] ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/7 "2006-09-01T17:55:13Z")
[My best guess at the column the OP was talking about](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_054.html). ---
**Author:** ![Kairos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kairos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kairos)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/8 "2006-09-01T19:22:36Z")
Who shot who in the what now? (Heh…punny…) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/9 "2006-09-01T22:29:08Z")
Though several rock bands are named after semen, I know of only two named after the ejacuation’s **volume.** One is 10cc and the other is The Lovin’ Spoonful. After a little checking, I found that a US teaspoonful is a little under 5 cc, the high end of Cecil’s 3 to 5 range. The lads in 10 cc, though, claim twice that! :eek: Buck Turgidson would be alarmed to see that, I’m sure. I never looked up the metric conversion before, so I never knew the 2 to 1 ratio between the two bands. The things you learn on the SDMB! We are all about fighting ignorance, even trivial ignorance. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/10 "2006-09-02T23:57:06Z")
Wait - The Lovin’ Spoonful is named after that blues song: [quote=] I’ve got to go to Memphis, bring her back to Leland I wanna see my baby ‘bout a lovin’ spoonful, my lovin’ spoonful Well, I’m just got to have my lovin’ [/quote] Mississippi John Hurt, I belive. ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/11 "2006-09-03T00:33:15Z")
Hmmm… songs… ok. > [@](#): > > Well I’ll cite a queen, > I’ll cite punks, > I’ll even cite an old man’s spunk. > So what. > So what. > > And egg-white this, > Egg-white that, > Does it really make you fat? > So what. > So what. > So what, so what, you light-hearted slag. I’m sorry. I’ll leave now. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/12 "2006-09-03T05:10:35Z")
[QUOTE=Kairos] Who shot who in the what now? [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > I shot the sheriff > but I did not shoot the deputy. I mean, DUH! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/13 "2006-09-03T16:19:31Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] Wait - The Lovin’ Spoonful is named after that blues song: Mississippi John Hurt, I belive. [/QUOTE] I didn’t know that, but I think we’re still talking about ejaculated semen. In Willie Dixon’s _Spoonful,_ (later covered by Cream) I’m inclined to think Willie was singing about heroin instead. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/14 "2006-09-03T18:11:40Z")
You mean this one? [quote=] It could be a spoonful of diamonds Could be a spoonful of gold Just a little spoon of your precious love Satisfy my soul [/quote] (I like Howlin’ Wolf’s version) I have wondered about that, myself; perhaps this _is_ the spoonful mentioned in both songs. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/15 "2006-09-03T18:56:35Z")
\*\* Mandy1975\*\*~~slow down, relax, & take a minute to compose your post. After all, we’re a Message Board, not a Real Time chatroom. And…welcome to the SDMB! 🙂 We hope you stay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what/370996/16 "2006-09-08T15:23:27Z")
I think the real question is whether the thing is an energy-positive game. Anyone know the caloric consumption rate of head bobbing?