# Unanswerable questions and eternal mysteries of pop culture (SPOILERS). **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453 "2005-12-13T19:04:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453/181 "2005-12-20T17:35:41Z")
> [@Love Rhombus](#): > > What’s Superman’s middle name? > > Is Nightmare 2 about homosexuality and did the director intend it? > If he didn’t, then it’s very odd. > > Who killed Mr. Boddy? Superman’s middle name is “-” Whoever killed Mr. Boddy may have been the same person(s) who killed Mr Moonlight. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453/182 "2005-12-20T18:35:34Z")
> [@Sgt Schwartz](#): > > In 1985 the Cramps asked, “Can you pussy do the dog?” I’ve never got an answer I think that’s something you can only find out on a case by case basis (me? I’ll tell you be you have to buy me dinner first). ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453/183 "2005-12-20T19:04:39Z")
From the television show _The Pretender_: what was Miss Parker’s first name? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453/184 "2005-12-20T19:12:38Z")
\ [Darcy](http://www.strangersinparadise.com/characters/darcy.html)? \ p.s. googling it reveals that the actress who played her was named Andrea Parker. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453/185 "2005-12-20T19:39:39Z")
> [@Love Rhombus](#): > > Who killed Mr. Boddy? Oh, please, that’s easy. Mr. Green. In the Hall. With the Revolver. And now, I’m going home to sleep with _my wife!_ ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453/186 "2005-12-20T19:52:32Z")
Re: Fish Police and Pink Lady and Jeff. What the hell were the people who put these shows on thinking? Really!!! ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453/187 "2005-12-20T22:13:35Z")
Another **Lord of the Rings** : _Was it really the Ring Wraiths who stabbed the beds in Bree?_ Is it Ring Wraith-like to lurk about at an inn, in a village, and let themselves get fooled by pillows under a blanket?, and where do the author imply that they ever did? Great scene in both movies though. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453/188 "2005-12-21T00:05:54Z")
Who are [The Residents](http://www.theresidents.co.uk/)? I say, who are [The Residents](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Residents)? ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453/189 "2005-12-21T00:09:49Z")
Who is [Cecil Adams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Adams)? ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453/190 "2005-12-21T00:38:42Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Why, in a cartoon, gravity doesn’t work unless you first look down. It is a reference to the Tarot trump card no. 0, ‘The Fool’–which is both the beginning and the end of the ‘Book of Thoth’–showing the state of naive grace in which we all start and end our lives and which, through great effort, we can achieve at other times. It illustrates the writers’ belief that reality is not the concrete thing that most of us imagine, but rather a flexible construct of our collective unconcious. Believing that the painting of a tunnel on a rock wall is in fact a tunnel gives the innocent believer the ability to traverse the tunnel in the same way that believing a placebo will cure your illness can cause actual improvement in your health. Either that or it’s just funnier that way. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453/191 "2005-12-21T04:29:55Z")
Why does Kif have 3 nipples? Heck, why does he even have nipples? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453/192 "2005-12-21T05:47:03Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Why does Kif have 3 nipples? Heck, why does he even have nipples? In that manner, how did Zapp Branigan ever get a command? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-and-eternal-mysteries-of-pop-culture-spoilers/335453.md?page=9)