# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/41 "2005-01-17T00:08:52Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > 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. 😃 Ah, but what about the monkey? Don’t forget the obligatory monkey. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/42 "2005-01-17T00:15:43Z")
**Q.E.D.** doesn’t know the complete list of silent films that survive in one form or another, nor does **Q.E.D.** know the one person that does. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/43 "2005-01-17T00:26:47Z")
**Q.E.D.** probably doesn’t know what they’re serving for dinner in my college cafeteria tonight. Granted, I’m just heading down there and, even once I’m there, I’m probably not going to be able to tell… ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/44 "2005-01-17T02:18:27Z")
**Q.E.D.** doesn’t know who the next post will be. **Q.E.D.** doesn’t know what he’s gotten himself into here. ---
**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 17, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/45 "2005-01-17T02:27:41Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > **Q.E.D.** doesn’t know who the next post will be. Had to jump in quick before **Q.E.D.** sniped the next post and proved you wrong. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/46 "2005-01-17T02:42:59Z")
I believe he knows comparatively little about the Australian Butt-Breathing Turtle. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/47 "2005-01-17T02:46:44Z")
Ah! But, **Colibri** , does he know nothing of it? I’m starting to wonder if I want to know the answer. . . ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/48 "2005-01-17T03:04:02Z")
\*\*Q.E.D. \*\* doesn’t know that I was the hit-and-run driver who knocked into his car… and uhh… ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/49 "2005-01-17T03:14:39Z")
**Q.E.D.** does not know when MDOT will finally get off their lazy drunken asses and patch the 796,567,456,103 potholes that currently infest Michigan roads. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/50 "2005-01-17T03:37:13Z")
**Q.E.D.** doesn’t know if your chewing gum loses its flavor on the bedpost overnight… ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/51 "2005-01-17T04:03:16Z")
**Q.E.D.** doesn’t know [Jack Schitt](http://home.pacbell.net/diana_do/knowjack.htm)! ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/52 "2005-01-17T04:03:28Z")
> [@indecisive1](#): > > 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. Yeah, I had a similar experience a couple days ago after he answered a question about certain colors bleeding on TV’s (ironically, he _may_ know which thread I’m talking about, as I can’t find it)…thought about making a thread kinda like this one, too…_shrugs_ And for my two cents: **Q.E.D.** doesn’t know the [Blood capacity of a penis](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287527)…or if he does, he’s keeping the answer to himself. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/53 "2005-01-17T04:03:52Z")
Niether Q.E.D. nor anyone else outside of my inner circle knows where I hid my 1920’s style death ray. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/54 "2005-01-17T04:10:23Z")
Q.E.D. knows where he’s going, but he doesn’t know where he’s been. He probably doesn’t know why I’m in this particular hotel room, much less why I’m in the hotel. He doesn’t know the way to San Jose from my home. Hell, even Mapquest doesn’t get the first 50 yards of the trip right. ---
**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 17, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/55 "2005-01-17T04:35:38Z")
Geeze, you guys are killing me here! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/56 "2005-01-17T06:25:39Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Geeze, you guys are killing me here! 😃 **Q.E.D.** doesn’t know when to quit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bob\_loblaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@bob\_loblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_loblaw)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/57 "2005-01-17T11:20:12Z")
q.e.d. does not know bo. ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/58 "2005-01-17T11:31:18Z")
> [@bob\_loblaw](#): > > q.e.d. does not know bo. But, Bo knows Q.E.D. Q.E.D. knows nothing about my trips to the bathroom. With all this crap, you guys haven’t convinced me that Q.E.D. knows anything at all. 😃 ---
**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 17, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/59 "2005-01-17T13:43:13Z")
> [@Othersider](#): > > With all this crap, you guys haven’t convinced me that Q.E.D. knows anything at all. 😃 **Q.E.D.** knows how to deal with people like you… ---
**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 17, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016/60 "2005-01-17T15:32:31Z")
**Q.E.D** does not know how many licks it takes to get to the chewy Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-q-e-d-knows-nothing-about/285016.md?page=4)