# This is a stupid question... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2000, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943 "2000-08-11T09:29:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/1 "2000-08-11T09:29:16Z")
…and I demand a stupid answer. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/2 "2000-08-11T09:30:41Z")
Winnebago. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/3 "2000-08-11T09:31:18Z")
douuhhhhhh ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/4 "2000-08-11T09:31:42Z")
On a stick. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/5 "2000-08-11T09:35:53Z")
42 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/6 "2000-08-11T09:49:03Z")
-Because I’m your mother and I said so. -Because God works in mysterious ways. -Why? -“I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” -Can you repeat the question? ---
**Author:** ![astrangefish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@astrangefish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astrangefish)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/7 "2000-08-11T09:53:45Z")
Can I phone a friend? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/8 "2000-08-11T10:01:05Z")
Because I’m Silver\_Fire and I said so, damn it! ---
**Author:** ![astrangefish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@astrangefish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astrangefish)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/9 "2000-08-11T10:08:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Because I’m Silver\_Fire and I said so, damn it! Ya know, I was gonna say that, but then I’m not you so…er… oh, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/10 "2000-08-11T10:45:38Z")
Well, it has to do with the curvature of non-Euclidean space-time. What? Stupid? Oh, sorry… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/11 "2000-08-11T10:50:28Z")
\ Bah! ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/12 "2000-08-11T10:51:00Z")
I’m shaving! ---
**Author:** ![Amthystre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Amthystre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amthystre)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/13 "2000-08-11T11:22:50Z")
Because Charlie King Cat of all bears says so darn it. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/14 "2000-08-11T11:31:12Z")
I have a headache. ---
**Author:** ![realidad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@realidad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/realidad)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/15 "2000-08-11T11:41:38Z")
Bananas!! Sheesh, you’d think you’d know by now. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2000, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/16 "2000-08-11T12:19:02Z")
HUH? ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/17 "2000-08-11T12:23:04Z")
1. Shoebox. 2. Yellow. 3. Because. 4. That depends what your definition of “is” is. ---
**Author:** ![Tisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tisme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tisme)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/18 "2000-08-11T12:30:27Z")
Just because, OK ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/19 "2000-08-11T12:50:08Z")
It’s supposed to look like that! ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943/20 "2000-08-11T12:50:59Z")
Eleventy six…think about it…sheeeesh [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-stupid-question/28943.md?page=2)