# Top Ten GQs You Wish Would Never Appear Again **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 1, 2001, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266 "2001-06-01T22:50:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/1 "2001-06-01T22:50:43Z")
1. Does hot water freeze faster than cold? 2. Automobile oil changing questions. 3. The origin of “POSH”. 4. In the song “Hotel California”, what does (insert anything) mean? 5. Why can’t we put nuclear waste into the sun? 6. What happens when I turn my headlights on at 0.999 of light speed? 7. What is better - turning on my car A/C or rolling the windows down? 8. Anything about California and Energy. 9. Do black belts have to register their hands as lethal weapons? 10. What does “3) Hi Opal!” mean? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/2 "2001-06-01T22:56:39Z")
anything about music filesharing programs: How does it work How do they make money What are the best What do you think because all of them turn into battles akin to Less Filling Tastes Great. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/3 "2001-06-01T23:00:05Z")
1. Does a duck’s quack echo? 2. Where the Moon landings a hoax? 3. Any requests for identification of song names/movie titles etc. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/4 "2001-06-01T23:13:54Z")
“Does hair grow back thicker after it’s cut?” ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/5 "2001-06-01T23:42:03Z")
1 through 10. Any thread with “soda” (sorry Soda, nothing personal) and “carbonation” in it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/6 "2001-06-02T00:51:18Z")
“Is sex less pleasurable for circumcised men?” :ducks to avoid the inevitable hail of tomatoes, bricks, etc.: ---
**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:** [June 2, 2001, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/7 "2001-06-02T13:12:06Z")
What three words end…no, I better not 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/8 "2001-06-02T14:31:55Z")
What does “All your base belong to us” mean? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/9 "2001-06-02T14:42:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > **What does “All your base belong to us” mean?** Damn, I missed that one. Good call. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/10 "2001-06-03T02:36:09Z")
How come you park in the driveway and drive on the parkway? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/11 "2001-06-03T03:21:15Z")
“Synchronicity” - More Than Deja Vu? Snowplows on aircraft carriers 99 Red Balloons: A Recipe for Armageddon Why Public Libraries? Do Website Directories Exist?? Marijuana Photo speed traps & getting the ticket in the mail - Unconstitutional? Frat naming typo mna Police Raids v. Your Rights Parachutes Some questions about those silly Bohemians! Do hillbillies still exist? Question about washing clothes made of Rayon “Points” on a mortgage loan - A Farce? I can’t close my Windows Public TV and Cheesy Magnetron as a Weapon of Mass Destruction What’s so bad about the Joizey Pine Barrens? Win 98 help needed - my briefcase - how to get 'Net litter When do they do autopsies? Suicide and organ donation Lighten your hair with Lemon?? Dual Earth Unwritten rules of sports Move the Earth! Not allowed therapy after a child’s murder Painless and pleasurable bombs: Why not raw eggs…risky to ingest What’s the best way to get, or fix, credit in this situation toe curling Submarine Aircraft HTML help an easier way to have a baby ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/12 "2001-06-03T03:49:28Z")
Hey SPOOFE – What’s the best flavor of toothpaste to use? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/13 "2001-06-03T03:54:06Z")
[ol] [li]what’s the third word that ends in - **gry**?[/li][li]what’s the third word that ends in - **gry**?[/li][li]what’s the third word that ends in - **gry**?[/li][li]what’s the third word that ends in - **gry**?[/li][li]what’s the third word that ends in - **gry**?[/li][li]what’s the third word that ends in - **gry**?[/li][li]what’s the third word that ends in - **gry**?[/li][li]what’s the third word that ends in - **gry**?[/li][li]what’s the third word that ends in - **gry**?[/li]what’s the third word that ends in - **gry**?[/ol] ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/14 "2001-06-03T03:57:57Z")
Why do we need a hot water heater? If it’s hot it doesn’t need to be heated. How can we have jumbo shrimp? Why isn’t phonetic spelled the way it sounds? Why do our noses run and our feet smell? Why does quicksand work slowly? Why are boxing rings square? Why, when lights are out, they are invisible, but when the stars are out, they are visible? Why do we call them apartments when they are all together? If cows laughed, would milk come out of their noses? Why does Denny’s have locks on the door if it’s open 24 hours? Why do ships carry cargoes and cars carry shipments? When will a building actually become a built? If it’s tourist season why can’t we shoot them? When companies ship styrofoam what do they pack it in? Would a fly without wings be called a walk? When it rains why don’t sheep shrink? Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift? If a book about failures doesn’t sell, is it a success? What do you do when you discover an endangered animal that eats only endangered plants? What is another word for thesaurus? Do radioactive cats have 18 half lives? What was the best thing before sliced bread?’ If the cops arrest a mime do they tell her she has the right to remain silent? If a stealth bomber crashes in a forest will it make a sound? If the funeral procession is at night do folks drive with their headlights off? Why do they sterilize the needles for a lethal injection? Why is there an expiration date on sour cream? Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets? Is it true cannibals don’t eat clowns because they taste funny? There are three words in the english language ending with -gry. They are angry, hungry, and what is the third one? Why do we park on driveways and drive in parkways? What did Barney Rubble, from the Flintstones, do for a living? If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong? If a deaf person swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap? If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation? Is there another word for synonym? Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do “practice?” When sign makers go on strike, is anything written on their signs? Where do forest rangers go to “get away from it all?” Why isn’t there mouse-flavored cat food? If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them? If a turtle doesn’t have a shell, is he homeless or naked? Can vegetarians eat animal crackers? Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines? How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign? To be fair, I didn’t actually compile this list. It’s [http://www.teemingmillions.com/idiots.html](http://www.teemingmillions.com/idiots.html) ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/15 "2001-06-03T04:03:24Z")
-Why do we say alarm clocks “go off” when they START to ring? -Soup ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/16 "2001-06-03T11:01:12Z")
Anything involving Alex Chiu. One that we won’t see any more (I trust): Whether or not it would be constitutional for Bill Clinton to run as vice president with an eye to possibly becoming president again (if the President is incapicitated), thus circumventing the two term limit. Remember when we had that question asked multiple times and ways? At least in this particular version: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=33709](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=33709) **BobT** got off a great line quoting Henry II. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/17 "2001-06-03T17:13:42Z")
Not so much the questions as the way they’re asked: 1. HOW _can_ they get **AWAY** with this?_ **?** _!?!!? 2. Why isn’t the liberal/conservative media reporting this? 3. Why hasn’t xxxxx been arrested/impeached/shot yet? 4. Is xxxxx completely corrupt or just an idiot? 5. How can they justify charging so much for xxxx? Just because you used a question mark, that doesn’t make it a GQ, kids. And another favorite: 1. Identify my rash! –sublight. Are you a turtle? ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/18 "2001-06-03T17:28:53Z")
[ul] [li]Any kind of tech support question.[/li][li]Any kind of “who was in this movie” question that could easily be answered at [http://www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com)[/li][li]Any kind of question that could be easily answered with the use of a search engine like [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com)[/li][/ul] I really think GQ should be split into two forums: _Interesting Questions with Actual Answers That Make You Think_ and _Mundane Questions with Actual Answers That No One Except the OP Really Cares About_. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/19 "2001-06-03T17:35:25Z")
The nights who say GRY! “How can I break this law?” “My leg fell off. What type of bandaid should I use?” Any question that could have been a cut and paste of a subject posted two days before. Any thread that belongs in another forum. GQ mods burn out fast enough without our contributing to their grief. Any thread that contains some insignificant detail that I read when I’m dead tired and which compels me to obsessively yammer on in a reply to the benefit of no one when I would probably just ignore the whole thing if I slept on it. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-gqs-you-wish-would-never-appear-again/67266/20 "2001-06-03T19:51:52Z")
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