# Stupid General Questions Forever **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769 "2004-01-10T02:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/121 "2004-01-16T00:48:35Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Hey, Doc! It’s hurt when I do this. What should I do? Don’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/122 "2004-01-16T00:50:08Z")
Why do I have to wait until I"m alone in the house before washing a new pair of jeans? It says, “Wash alone before wearing”. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/123 "2004-01-16T01:13:30Z")
I keep buying stuff at porn sites when I get popups, but I still get popups. Why is that? ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/124 "2004-01-16T02:46:53Z")
Who put the bomp in the bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp? Who put the ram in the ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong? Who was that man? No, really, who the hell _was_ he! ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/125 "2004-01-16T02:51:08Z")
Do Blondes really have more fun? ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/126 "2004-01-16T07:08:44Z")
> [@Blonde](#): > > Do Blondes really have more fun? Tell us, tell us, O blonde one. Do they? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/127 "2004-01-16T07:17:22Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Something weird happened when I microwaved my cat. I may have to steal that for a sig. ---
**Author:** ![Headspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@Headspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headspace)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/128 "2004-01-16T12:25:37Z")
are there counselling groups for yesterday’s heroes? who gets to count how many lives cats have and why is it 9? does time fly economy, business or first class and who pays? > [@](#): > > What’s the plural of Uranus? Ouranus? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/129 "2004-01-16T16:13:56Z")
Can psychic abilities be learned or enhanced with training? > [@](#): > > What’s the plural of Uranus? Y’allranus? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/130 "2004-01-16T16:26:01Z")
I want to make a martini, but I’m out of vermouth. Can I use vermicelli instead? After the war, did Eva Braun make shavers and coffee makers? If I take Beano and Sudafed together, will my farts smell better? My GF says my scrotum looks like Osama bin Laden. Should I dump her? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/131 "2004-01-16T17:46:36Z")
Would I really go to jail if I yanked the tags off of my mattress and pillows? After I flush the toilet when I pee does the pee turn back into water? If it does, then is the water in my faucets just my pee that turned back into water or does it go to one big place where everybody’s pee turns back into water? When we turn on the faucet are we really just drinking everybody else’s recycled pee then? ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/132 "2004-01-16T17:51:27Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > After I flush the toilet when I pee does the pee turn back into water? If it does, then is the water in my faucets just my pee that turned back into water or does it go to one big place where everybody’s pee turns back into water? When we turn on the faucet are we really just drinking everybody else’s recycled pee then? Pretty much. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/133 "2004-01-16T18:08:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Swampbear** _After I flush the toilet when I pee does the pee turn back into water? If it does, then is the water in my faucets just my pee that turned back into water or does it go to one big place where everybody’s pee turns back into water? When we turn on the faucet are we really just drinking everybody else’s recycled pee then?_ > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Shade** _Pretty much._ …and dog ant cat pee, and bear pee, and elephant pee, and monkey pee, and crocodidle pee, and. . . When we say “we’re Number One” we ain’t kidding. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![barrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@barrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barrum)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/134 "2004-01-17T02:45:49Z")
If I can’t get there from here, where should i be starting from? ---
**Author:** ![barrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@barrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barrum)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/135 "2004-01-17T02:50:12Z")
Why can’t I remember to capitalize “i” without MSWord. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/136 "2004-01-17T02:51:48Z")
Why? \*\* . \*\* ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/137 "2004-01-17T02:57:40Z")
What happens to the white when the snow melts? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/138 "2004-01-17T03:15:09Z")
Are we there yet? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/139 "2004-01-17T03:19:31Z")
Can I have vinegar on that please? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/140 "2004-01-17T03:31:14Z")
when the big hand is facing directly up and the yellow light on the phone is flashing how long does it take george to get from Birmingham to 3 oclock if he is travelling at twelve inches. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769.md?page=8)