# Why is a mouse when it spins? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884 "2011-10-26T18:11:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/1 "2011-10-26T18:11:22Z")
I want to know! ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/2 "2011-10-26T18:14:16Z")
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/3 "2011-10-26T18:23:31Z")
avian hijack Why does the Porridge Bird lay its egg in the air? I want to know! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/4 "2011-10-26T18:23:38Z")
The further it goes, the much. Sheesh, I learned that back in high school! What is the difference between a duck? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/5 "2011-10-26T18:26:09Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > What is the difference between a duck? A mouse will duck when rides the high horse. What difference then, hey? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/6 "2011-10-26T18:27:30Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > A mouse will duck when rides the high horse. What difference then, hey? That’s what most people guess. But the factual answer is One of its feet are both the same. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/7 "2011-10-26T18:29:36Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I want to know! It depends on whether you walk to work or carry your lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/8 "2011-10-26T18:32:57Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > Last edited by cjepson; Today at 01:12 PM Oh to see the less coherent version. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/9 "2011-10-26T18:33:37Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > That’s what most people guess. But the factual answer is > > One of its feet are both the same. But are the same feet that hides the wing? Do they know? Yet even when does a mouse wing? Not so, says I. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/10 "2011-10-26T18:33:48Z")
\*\*Why is a mouse when it spins? \*\* Because if we knew its location and could measure the spin we would find a dead cat when we opened the box. Probably. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/11 "2011-10-26T18:33:51Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > A mouse will duck when rides the high horse. Why a duck? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/12 "2011-10-26T18:36:33Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > Why is a mouse when it spins? Because it cannot swim. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/13 "2011-10-26T18:38:52Z")
My hovercraft is full of eels and I demand an explanation. However, dandelions do not float on the Tittabawassee River unless hydrogenated. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/14 "2011-10-26T18:45:10Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Why a duck? Because a mouse won’t echo and no won nose Y. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/15 "2011-10-26T18:49:32Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > However, dandelions do not float on the Tittabawassee River unless hydrogenated. Hydrogenated oils in mice may spin, dandelions or no. Can ducks know far as that To claim I know. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/16 "2011-10-26T18:50:52Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Hydrogenated oils in mice may spin, dandelions or no. Can ducks know far as that To claim I know. No. Duh! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/17 "2011-10-26T18:53:38Z")
Is it further to Boston or to fly? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/18 "2011-10-26T18:53:45Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > No. > > Duh! Hey now. To point out the obvious when the obvious still begs to be pointed out may mean that the obvious cannot always be pointed out or not. Only then can obvious claim to say. Begs an understanding, I think. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/19 "2011-10-26T18:56:27Z")
Sure, but what’s in it for the duck? ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/20 "2011-10-26T19:00:11Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Sure, but what’s in it for the duck? Daffylions? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884.md?page=2)