# The accumulated advice thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 11, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725 "2005-04-11T01:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/141 "2005-04-15T00:50:30Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Only if you are willing to pay. A lot. > > What was I gonna ask again? You were going to ask if you can buy axes online. I think you can, but you have to be willing to pay, a lot. 😃 Why do I watch the same reruns over and over and over again when there are other things on? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/142 "2005-04-15T01:02:01Z")
Because it’s always the same tired formulaic crap anyway, so what does it matter? What’s the best cure for procrastination? ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/143 "2005-04-15T01:16:17Z")
> [@picker](#): > > Because it’s always the same tired formulaic crap anyway, so what does it matter? > > What’s the best cure for procrastination? Wait for a pill to come out How am I to get myself a glass or milk when I hav eno cups? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/144 "2005-04-15T03:38:09Z")
> [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > Wait for a pill to come out > > How am I to get myself a glass or milk when I hav eno cups? Pour the milk into the album cover and wait for the fizzing to stop. How can I get these mice out of my apartment? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/145 "2005-04-15T03:41:31Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > How can I get these mice out of my apartment? Surrender to the mice. Resistence is futile. What shall I do with five tons of commodity-grade peanut butter? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/146 "2005-04-15T03:56:30Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > Surrender to the mice. Resistence is futile. > > What shall I do with five tons of commodity-grade peanut butter? Fill in all those potholes on Dundas Street. How can my bank account run out of money when I still have cheques? ---
**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:** [April 15, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/147 "2005-04-15T11:44:19Z")
It’s obviously stupidity on the part of the bank. Switch banks now. What’s that horrible squeaky noise I hear outside my bedroom window? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/148 "2005-04-15T11:48:03Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > How can my bank account run out of money when I still have cheques? It can’t. Spend freely, my friend. When will the cramping stop? ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/149 "2005-04-15T14:05:03Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > What’s that horrible squeaky noise I hear outside my bedroom window? **Daithi Lacha** > [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > When will the cramping stop? When you ask **swampy** to loosen the bindings he put you in to stomp the horrible squeaky noise. Where can I get $10,000,000.0 discretionary income to by pictures online? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/150 "2005-04-15T14:15:22Z")
It depends on the pictures. Will I _ever_ be able to afford a car? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/151 "2005-04-15T15:40:35Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Will I _ever_ be able to afford a car? Sure you will. The quality , on the other hand, is questionable. How do I stop a man from following me in public? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/152 "2005-04-15T16:02:53Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > Sure you will. The quality , on the other hand, is questionable. > > How do I stop a man from following me in public? Move to a private location. He will be able to follow you without difficulty there. Why does helium have so _many_ superfluid states? ---
**Author:** ![mailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@mailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mailman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/153 "2005-04-15T16:08:38Z")
“The superfluidity of liquid helium is apparently due to the weakness of the attractive force between two helium atoms and to the small atomic mass, which according to laws of quantum mechanics make the atoms difficult to \*localize. One interesting difference between helium-4 and helium-3 is that the helium-4 atom, with two protons, two neutrons, two electrons, and an \*intrinsic spin of 0, is subject to \*Bose-Einstein statistics, while the helium-3 atom, with two protons, one neutron, two electrons, and an intrinsic spin of 1/2, is subject to \*Fermi-Dirac statistics.” I think. What’s your favorite pick-up line? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/154 "2005-04-15T16:11:56Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Why does helium have so _many_ superfluid states? Being the simplest nobel gas, if it didn’t have many superfluid states it would be just too boring to exist. What should I do with the bodies of the dead FBI agents? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/155 "2005-04-15T16:13:56Z")
> [@mailman](#): > > What’s your favorite pick-up line? “Do you want a sweety?” What should I do with the dead FBI agents, they are starting to go off? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/156 "2005-04-15T16:21:21Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > “Do you want a sweety?” > What should I do with the dead FBI agents, they are starting to go off? Pack them in a soundproof box. That way you won’t be able to hear the alarms. It’s spring here in Toronto. How can I best lose weight so I can impress the female beach volleyball players at Ashbridge’s Bay in August? ---
**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:** [April 15, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/157 "2005-04-15T16:25:02Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > It’s spring here in Toronto. How can I best lose weight so I can impress the female beach volleyball players at Ashbridge’s Bay in August? No matter what you do all the women will point and laugh. Give up and wear long pants and long sleeves all year round. How many miles (or kilometers) can I get on a tank of gas? ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/158 "2005-04-15T16:31:26Z")
None, and it tastes terrible. Your car probably gets about 20. How can I make sure my weigh-in goes well tomorrow? ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/159 "2005-04-15T16:34:13Z")
Measure the miles (or kilometer’s ) arses, divide into the the area of the tank that the gas is in. I leave the math to the student as an exercise. How do I keep ants out of the kitchen? ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725/160 "2005-04-15T16:36:36Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > How can I make sure my weigh-in goes well tomorrow? Hold 500 helium balloons when you step on the scale. Again, how do I keep ants out of my kitchen? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accumulated-advice-thread/298725.md?page=9)