# What were you THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5361
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5361 "2025-06-30T12:47:21Z")
A good FQ has a single uncontroversial answer. Period. It may be very obscure, but it’s uncontroversial to the people who know enough to provide it. And it’s those folks’ jobs to explain it at an appropriate level for the questioner, and the rest of us, to understand it. All else is IMHO 😉 an IMHO topic. IMO ... This is a good FQ: > [@What causes a big light to "thunk" when power is turned on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-big-light-to-thunk-when-power-is-turned-on/1020246): > > I’m sure you’ve seen it in a movie-someone turns a switch, and a series of lights make a “thump” noise as they are turned on, sometimes in a sequence in a hallway. What causes that noise, or is it just a movie effect to sound impressive? And this is a terrible FQ: > [@Getting on the plane even after final boarding call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-on-the-plane-even-after-final-boarding-call/1020216): > > I was just barely in time to get on the plane today for the second leg of my US domestic trip. The gate agent was announcing “Final boarding call” as I fast-walked up to the gate, having been delayed by no fewer than three postponements of my earlier flight. Then, just as I’m getting settled into my seat, the captain announces that there’s a maintenance issue that they have to look into. Almost an hour later, we finally leave the terminal and take off. If I’d been five minutes later, ticket … Right now of the last week’s worth of FQ’s, I’d move over half of them to IMHO if I was a Mod. Not based on how the thread developed, but based entirely on the OP. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._