# Things we just don't know **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017 "2002-12-16T04:20:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ian\_Rey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@Ian\_Rey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_Rey)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/81 "2002-12-21T15:50:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marvel \* > \*\*Why do elevators have up AND down call buttons. I mean, if I’m standing on the second floor of my library, isn’t it unimportant whether I let the elvevator “know” where I’m off to next since it has to pick me up on Floor Number Two first? > \*\* That’s so that if you’re going up, a car with people already in it who are going down won’t stop for you, making you go down to their floors before ascending to yours. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/82 "2002-12-21T19:05:38Z")
**WHERE ARE MY DAMN CAR KEYS??** ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/83 "2002-12-21T22:16:00Z")
What makes a worthwhile life? Going after what I seem to want, or trying not to want, because it is probably not what I really want? What do I want? Sorry, but that one really bugs me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ranwashingt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@ranwashingt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ranwashingt)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/84 "2002-12-22T00:16:22Z")
Why does it always smell like eggs when ya don’t take out the garbage for three weeks?..I don’t even eat eggs! And the worst part is my neighbor smokes pot and has bummed all of my incense. Rand ---
**Author:** ![LittleTigger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@LittleTigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LittleTigger)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/85 "2002-12-22T02:12:04Z")
How come when you get big people don’t play with you anymore and they start doing other things that are no fun, then theyre not your frends anymore because you don’t like beer and sports, just the things you always have before? Why don’t people understand that? Whats so wrong with Pokemon and Rugrats and Legos and Hotwheels? I hate being big. Its no fun anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/86 "2002-12-22T03:17:46Z")
If the best things in life are free why must we pay for our sins? What’s the monetary value of a rat’s ass and how come no one will give one away? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/2acd7d/32.png) [@OtakuKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuKitty)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/87 "2002-12-22T03:42:18Z")
Here’s one… What is the Ultimate Question to Life, the Universe, and Everything? (The answer is forty-two.) ~Nikki ---
**Author:** ![OtakuKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/2acd7d/32.png) [@OtakuKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuKitty)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/88 "2002-12-22T03:45:05Z")
Aaack, I didn’t see those other posts before putting this one. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/89 "2002-12-22T05:39:27Z")
What is the _question_ to life, the universe, and everything? ---
**Author:** ![HighSoci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@HighSoci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HighSoci)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/90 "2002-12-22T05:52:45Z")
Why is it when you sit up or sit down, the result is the same? Why do we park on driveways, but drive on parkways? What happens to your lap when you stand up? Why do they call it a shipment when you haul something by car, but call it a cargo when you haul something by ship? Who would actually win between DC comics and Marvel? and my personal favorite… Why is it when you talk dirty to a woman it is sexual harrasment, but when a woman talks dirty to you, it is $3.99 a minute??? ---
**Author:** ![jacksen9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/91 "2002-12-22T12:21:21Z")
Who buys evaporated milk? Will they ever finish the road construction on Interstate 10? If I continue to trade vehicles while upside down, will I eventually get right side up? Will I see a really good movie this year? How does Sprint stay in business? ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/92 "2002-12-22T13:20:39Z")
Why is it that when you buy something “lemon flavored,” it says that it’s “artificially flavored,” but when you buy lemon dish soap, it contains “real lemon?” Why are so many women such horrible tippers? Why is my boss such a moron? Why do people stop at Yield signs? Why do school zone hours last so long? Why do people ask me to list all the beers we have on tap, and then invariably order a Bud Light? Why do people with ill-behaved children take them everywhere I go? Why do I never run out of cereal and milk at the same time? Why is it that when I ask for “no mayo,” I get extra instead? ---
**Author:** ![ranwashingt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@ranwashingt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ranwashingt)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/93 "2002-12-22T14:10:13Z")
Why does it feel so bad to be all spacey and drooped eyed when you first wake up in the morning? And why do I have to pay so much to feel like that during the day? Rand ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/94 "2002-12-22T16:58:53Z")
“That’s so that if you’re going up, a car with people already in it who are going down won’t stop for you, making you go down to their floors before ascending to yours.” Except we only have ONE elevator! Patty ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/95 "2002-12-22T19:53:27Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by TVGuy \* What is the average flight velocity of a fully laden swallow? what do you mean, an African swallow or a European swallow? ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/96 "2002-12-22T22:37:59Z")
What is the nature of charisma, and how come some people have it and most people don’t? Are some people just luckier than others, and if so, why? ---
**Author:** ![jonpluc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/97 "2002-12-23T01:07:06Z")
When come back…will bring pie?? ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/98 "2002-12-23T04:59:02Z")
> [@](#): > > If seven-eleven is open 24hrs a day, seven days a week…why do they have locks on the doors? Incase an event happens that would warrant the locking of the doors. Like a robbery or something. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/99 "2002-12-23T10:57:33Z")
Why does my 16 year old think her life will not be complete if she doesn’t get a tattoo, a nose ring and purple hair? ---
**Author:** ![\_shaolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/9de053/32.png) [@\_shaolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_shaolin)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017/100 "2002-12-23T12:38:57Z")
Why am I in work today, when the rest of the country are all at home eating Ferrero Rocher and drinking mulled wine? ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-just-dont-know/143017.md?page=6)