# Some of the best of Yahoo Answers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-the-best-of-yahoo-answers/611431>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 1, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-the-best-of-yahoo-answers/611431 "2012-02-01T16:30:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-the-best-of-yahoo-answers/611431/1 "2012-02-01T16:30:57Z")

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The Washington Post’s humor columnist poked around for a while on Yahoo Answers, which, as we here know, is one of the largest collections of dumbth anywhere on the Web. His [article](http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-yahoo-big-whoop/2011/12/23/gIQAFavVtP_story.html), however, found some doozies.

If you have found any similar howlers there, I invite you to share them.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-the-best-of-yahoo-answers/611431/2 "2012-02-01T16:36:24Z")

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For jaw-dropping dumbth and knee-slapping snark I challenge anyone to find a better example than [How is babby formed?](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080820174408AAZkbcG)

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**Author:** ![tazmin98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@tazmin98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tazmin98)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-the-best-of-yahoo-answers/611431/3 "2012-02-01T19:28:47Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> For jaw-dropping dumbth and knee-slapping snark I challenge anyone to find a better example than [How is babby formed?](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080820174408AAZkbcG)

Question:  
Can I tell by the smell of my husband’s gas if he has been cheating?[URL=“[Yahoo Search - Web Search](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100108211437AAcWDgA)”]?

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-the-best-of-yahoo-answers/611431/4 "2012-02-01T19:56:25Z")

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Saw [this one](http://school.failblog.org/2012/01/31/homework-class-test-busted-ta-homework-yahoo-answers/) earlier today, made me laugh.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-the-best-of-yahoo-answers/611431/5 "2012-02-01T20:44:05Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> For jaw-dropping dumbth and knee-slapping snark I challenge anyone to find a better example than [How is babby formed?](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080820174408AAZkbcG)

I think that one is “fake,” in that both the Q and A are recreations of the original. The date seemed too new to me. Original poster was “kavya”

[Now in dramatic video form](http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf).