# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 8
**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 17, 2004, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/141 "2004-01-17T09:15:12Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > What happens to the white when the snow melts? Moves to Vermont and joins the governor’s cabinet. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/142 "2004-01-17T13:57:11Z")
Am I _ever_ going to win the lottery? ---
**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 17, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/143 "2004-01-17T16:29:57Z")
When a biker wins the lottery, does he hire a hogwasher? 🆒 Are we going to Mars to drill for oil? ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/144 "2004-01-17T18:48:11Z")
So why do they call it chicken of the sea? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/145 "2004-01-17T19:56:04Z")
What is the answer to this question? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/146 "2004-01-17T21:01:59Z")
How many stars are there in the solar system? (Somebody actually asked me that, once.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/147 "2004-01-17T21:10:45Z")
Is Dennis Finch of “Just Shoot Me” the grandson of Atticus Finch of “To Kill A Mockingbird”? ---
**Author:** ![Fjodor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@Fjodor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fjodor)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/148 "2004-01-18T01:09:42Z")
> [@Steve Wright](#): > > How many stars are there in the solar system? > > (Somebody actually asked me that, once.) Oh, my goodness! Ranks right up there with “Do foreign people call the earth ‘Earth’ too?” 🙂 My credo is in German, even though I am from Denmark, but it applies wonderfully to being asked questions of this kind: “Mann muss sich wundern” It would translate to “You have to wonder” 🙂 ---
**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 18, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/149 "2004-01-18T01:28:03Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > What is the answer to this question? How do I fix my brain? ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/150 "2004-01-18T03:55:26Z")
Is it true that cannibals refuse to eat clowns because they taste funny? ---
**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 18, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/151 "2004-01-18T06:25:31Z")
How long is yours? ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/152 "2004-01-18T06:41:35Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > How long is yours? Do you want a factual answer? ---
**Author:** ![ReBusEniGma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ReBusEniGma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReBusEniGma)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/153 "2004-01-18T06:52:28Z")
I can’t find what I’m looking for on Google. I think I may have an old version of the internet. Could someone please email me the latest? ---
**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 18, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/154 "2004-01-18T06:58:32Z")
(that reminded me of something I remember seeing) Can someone e-mail the internet to me? ---
**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 18, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/155 "2004-01-18T06:59:35Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > (that reminded me of something I remember seeing) > > Can someone e-mail the internet to me? Shut up. **ReBusEniGma** just said that you idiot! ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/156 "2004-01-18T07:07:52Z")
What’s this I hear about Q-tips can damage your eardrums? ---
**Author:** ![ReBusEniGma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ReBusEniGma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReBusEniGma)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/157 "2004-01-18T07:08:16Z")
You’re reminding me of Monty Python **Lobsang** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![xayoz306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xayoz306](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xayoz306)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769/158 "2004-01-18T08:38:39Z")
Do people who have multiple personalities have the right to more than one vote? Does everyone in Canada own an igloo and dog sled (Heard this one many times) Why are there 13 doughnuts in a baker’s dozen? What does xayoz mean? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-general-questions-forever/223769.md?page=7)