# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/21 "2011-10-26T19:10:41Z")
Even weirder, this is the second attempt at this thread. The first one was locked when the OP claimed it was supposed to be a poll. This one still isn’t a poll. Quack. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/22 "2011-10-26T19:13:32Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Why a duck? Because ducks are made out of wood. ---
**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, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/23 "2011-10-26T19:13:38Z")
Why is a poll when it spins? ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/24 "2011-10-26T19:15:28Z")
Oy. Forty two. ---
**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, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/25 "2011-10-26T19:16:13Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Even weirder, this is the second attempt at this thread. The first one was locked when the OP claimed it was supposed to be a poll. This one still isn’t a poll. > > Quack. I also vote “quack”. However, the sound on the Tittabawassee River may make claims to Saginaw that will not spin any mice at all. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/26 "2011-10-26T19:17:36Z")
What made pistachio nuts? a. AoxomoxoA. 3. _Esquivons les ecchymoses des Esquimaux aux mots exquis._ 71/8. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. F#. She turned on the radio. With a savage snarl, the radio turned on her. ---
**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, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/27 "2011-10-26T19:30:24Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > a. AoxomoxoA. > 3. _Esquivons les ecchymoses des Esquimaux aux mots exquis._ > 71/8. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. > F#. She turned on the radio. With a savage snarl, the radio turned on her. Ө. Some of the above. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/28 "2011-10-26T19:32:45Z")
There is a distinct lack of fatty acid salts useful for removing hydrophobic molecules, but rather there exists electromagnetic radiation in the range below 300 GigiHertz! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/29 "2011-10-26T19:34:09Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Because ducks are made out of wood. You do realize that wood floats on water? ---
**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, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/30 "2011-10-26T19:35:53Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Ө. Some of the above. No, the sum of the above is a + 3 + 71/8 + F#, which when added to the poll idea is the same as the number of the poster who referred to the “porridge bird”, unless its the absolute value or why not? ---
**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, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/31 "2011-10-26T19:37:45Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Is it further to Boston or to fly? Aardvark. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/32 "2011-10-26T19:49:02Z")
If you were flying over a lake in a canoe, and one of the wheels fell off, how many pancakes would it take to shingle a doghouse? It’s a trick question - ice cream doesn’t have any bones. Regards, Shodan ---
**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, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/33 "2011-10-26T19:52:56Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > If you were flying over a lake in a canoe, and one of the wheels fell off, how many pancakes would it take to shingle a doghouse? > > It’s a trick question - ice cream doesn’t have any bones. > > Regards, > Shodan But mice DO have bones. Ice cream IS spinned if you count it as the churning! That’s the question we are trying to answer and a poll is not to do the trick! ---
**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, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/34 "2011-10-26T19:55:48Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Even weirder, this is the second attempt at this thread. The first one was locked when the OP claimed it was supposed to be a poll. This one still isn’t a poll. > > Quack. OK, I’ll confess. I wanted it to be a poll with one option, “Other”. But you have to specify at least two options and I decided it wasn’t worth it. But of course, before you discover that fact, you have to submit the post, so… there you go. And wherever you go, there you are. And it’s not over till it’s over. But when it’s over… it’s OVER. Over easy. Easy to be hard. ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/35 "2011-10-26T20:01:51Z")
With a side of pancakes. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/36 "2011-10-26T20:04:53Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I want to know! Jokey answers aside, some of us are the parents of toddlers and are therefore well-equipped to answer this sort of question. Here’s the actual answer: Because when a mouse is not, it cannot spin. ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/37 "2011-10-26T20:09:12Z")
Truth…or colorless green idea? ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/38 "2011-10-26T20:10:13Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > \*\*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. So if we found a live cat, the mouse would be dead? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/39 "2011-10-26T20:10:23Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Oh to see the less coherent version. That was my thought as well! ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/40 "2011-10-26T20:14:56Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > You do realize that wood floats on water? Mine doesn’t. I named it Natalie. Oh, look! A bunny! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884.md?page=3)