# Things that Q.E.D. knows nothing about **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2005, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016 "2005-01-16T11:10:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/21 "2005-01-16T19:39:20Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > **’Punha** , smile when you say that, pardner. 😛 Hey, just be glad I haven’t run nekkid. Here. Yet;) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/22 "2005-01-16T19:45:57Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Hey, just be glad I haven’t run nekkid. Better you than me. It’s _cold_ here today! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/23 "2005-01-16T19:46:34Z")
**QED** doesn’t know how many fingers I’m holding up. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/24 "2005-01-16T19:47:15Z")
That cute, knowledgeable rat-bastard, **Q.E.D.** , doesn’t know the number I’m thinking about that’s between 1 and 10. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/25 "2005-01-16T19:50:45Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > **QED** doesn’t know how many fingers I’m holding up. One. Hey, that’s not a very nice finger! > [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > That cute, knowledgeable rat-bastard, Q.E.D., doesn’t know the number I’m thinking about that’s between 1 and 10. Pi [sup].[/sup] e + i[sup]2[/sup]. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/26 "2005-01-16T19:51:15Z")
I’m betting **Q.E.D.** does not know how to play the hurdy-gurdy. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/27 "2005-01-16T19:57:29Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Better you than me. It’s _cold_ here today! That would be why I am inside and have the heat on. [sub]11K posts in one year … I just noticed that. Holy fuck, dude. That’s 1K/mo.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/28 "2005-01-16T20:05:23Z")
Hey, indecisive1! Did anything in particular prompt this thread, or did it just come to you? Either way, it’s kinda cool. I’m betting Q.E.D. doesn’t know how to build a backyard biogas digester to power a barbeque. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/29 "2005-01-16T20:07:28Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > I’m betting **Q.E.D.** does not know how to play the hurdy-gurdy. What on earth is the hurdy-gurdy? Bonus points to QED if he answers this. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/30 "2005-01-16T20:11:37Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > 11K posts in one year … I just noticed that. Holy fuck, dude. That’s 1K/mo. **Q.E.D.** surely does not know everything. I imagine, however, that he knows how to subtract 3 from 5, which apparently gives him an edge over ' **punha** here. [sub]I keed, I keed…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/31 "2005-01-16T20:12:07Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > [sub]11K posts in one year … I just noticed that. Holy fuck, dude. That’s 1K/mo.[/sub] Two years, silly man. It’s January, 2005 now. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/32 "2005-01-16T20:16:49Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Hey, indecisive1! Did anything in particular prompt this thread, or did it just come to you? Either way, it’s kinda cool. > > I’m betting Q.E.D. doesn’t know how to build a backyard biogas digester to power a barbeque. He just seems to know so much about well, so much. A recent thread about how nitrogen is used on phone lines had me smacking my head wondering what the guy doesn’t know about, and so here’s the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/33 "2005-01-16T20:22:38Z")
> [@indecisive1](#): > > What on earth is the hurdy-gurdy? It’s a weird stringed/keyboard instrument, powered by a hand crank. The crank turns a wheel, coated with rosin, the same way the bows of the violin family are. The wheel rubs the strings and the melody is played on a keyboard. It sounds like a strange cross between a bagpipe and a violin, and was often used by street performers in the 19th century. And no, other than turning the crank, I don’t know how to play one. I bet I could make some interesting sounds come out of it, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/34 "2005-01-16T20:24:57Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Two years, silly man. It’s January, 2005 now. 😛 Ah, that’s right. Otherwise, that’d put you at a steady 30 ppd average, which no amount of Googling could support…15 a day is still a lot, though. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/35 "2005-01-16T20:31:52Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Otherwise, that’d put you at a steady 30 ppd average, which no amount of Googling could support…15 a day is still a lot, though. The first few months I was here, I _was_ close to 30 ppd. My average is down to about 15, but I’d say the last 6-8 months or so I’ve been closer to the 5-10 ppd range. My fingers got tired from all that typing! ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/36 "2005-01-16T20:38:45Z")
I bet QED knows nothing of how Madonna altered her concert on Spetember 15th, 2001, to reflect the events of 4 days before. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/37 "2005-01-16T21:10:24Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > The first few months I was here, I _was_ close to 30 ppd. My average is down to about 15, but I’d say the last 6-8 months or so I’ve been closer to the 5-10 ppd range. > > My fingers got tired from all that typing! I’ve done my share of 30-post days. Hell, I’ve had more than one 100-post day. However, I don’t envision another 100-post day any time soon. Hell, it’s damn difficult to get 30 in a day! ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/38 "2005-01-16T22:01:39Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Pi [sup].[/sup] e + i[sup]2[/sup]. Dammit! Okay… **Q.E.D.** does not know how many jellybeans are in the jar on my desk. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/39 "2005-01-16T22:26:15Z")
> [@indecisive1](#): > > It’s a poll! Jeesh! Is _not_! Sheesh! Okay, well, maybe sorta. But a poll of an unusually fluffy, personal kind. Do NOT question the decisions of the Great And Omnipotent One, pesky varlet! (Ignore any bumblings behind that curtain too.) BTW, I have it on excellent authority that QED knows diddly-squat about the aerodynamic qualities of African swallows. Veb - Yes, I am joking. Just seemed especially apt in a thread started by “indecisive”. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/40 "2005-01-16T22:56:47Z")
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