# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/41 "2011-10-26T20:21:26Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > 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. Dang. You’re good. ---
**Author:** ![qbadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/fbc32d/32.png) [@qbadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qbadger)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/42 "2011-10-26T23:07:28Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > 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. But how then do you explain: When not a mouse is not, it can knot but not? Spin its head will knot! ---
**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, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/43 "2011-10-26T23:40:23Z")
> [@qbadger](#): > > But how then do you explain: > When not a mouse is not, it can knot but not? Spin its head will knot! Mama Plant always told me, “Because God planned it that way.” ---
**Author:** ![Cryptic\_C62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/44 "2011-10-27T00:22:14Z")
How many boards would the mongrels hoard if the mongrel hordes got bored? Answer: All of it. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/45 "2011-10-27T11:53:02Z")
> [@qbadger](#): > > But how then do you explain: > When not a mouse is not, it can knot but not? Spin its head will knot! I’m afraid not, if it’s a frayed knot. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/46 "2011-10-27T12:03:57Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Why a duck? Why not a chicken? ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/47 "2011-10-27T12:17:04Z")
Help, my hoversphere is bleeding diamonds. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/48 "2011-10-27T12:50:50Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > Help, my hoversphere is bleeding diamonds. Well then pass the ketchup already! ---
**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 27, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/49 "2011-10-27T13:28:39Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Well then pass the ketchup already! Enough with the false dichotomies! The question is of the mouse, and can it poll other than the spin? Please people. ---
**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 27, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/50 "2011-10-27T13:30:59Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Enough with the false dichotomies! The question is of the mouse, and can it poll other than the spin? Please people. Batman, if he is prepared. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/51 "2011-10-27T13:41:58Z")
I like the Wizard of Oz. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/52 "2011-10-27T13:47:49Z")
What’s green, wet, hangs on the wall, and whistles? ---
**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 27, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/53 "2011-10-27T13:48:24Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Batman, if he is prepared. Another misconception is that a bat is the mouse who has wings. And cannot Wonder Women be the spinner?. As she often does, I might add! ---
**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:** [October 27, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/54 "2011-10-27T13:49:18Z")
I heard it this way: Q. Why a mouse when it spins? A. The higher the farther! ---
**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 27, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/55 "2011-10-27T13:51:11Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Another misconception is that a bat is the mouse who has wings. dammit. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/56 "2011-10-27T13:52:20Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > What’s green, wet, hangs on the wall, and whistles? A frog. Nailed to a wall. Whistling. ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/57 "2011-10-27T13:54:53Z")
> [@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. Did I hear an echo? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/58 "2011-10-27T13:56:54Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I want to know! Because when it stands still it’s only a Computer-Aided Display Control. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/59 "2011-10-27T13:59:27Z")
What happens when an unstoppable hair curler meets an unpermable object? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884/60 "2011-10-27T14:01:56Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > What happens when an unstoppable hair curler meets an unpermable object? Frogs die, man. They DIE. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884.md?page=4)