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A thread for those questions you wouldn't dare ask in real life/normally!

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LittleMissGerardButlerfan · 02/06/2013 17:14

Please feel free to ask questions and if I know the answer I will tell you, also feel free to answer others questions!

My stupid question is

Would I be able to see nits in my sons very short hair if he had them? (He has short brown hair)?

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JoyMachine · 03/06/2013 21:58

methe- I get that... I assume it's glue ear tbh. Sad
My hearing is shit, and I always have sinusitis, or rhinitis.

LoadOBalls · 03/06/2013 21:56

suckmabigtoe you meet people through people. could you take up a new hobby, ask a new friend for coffee, walk a new route, go shopping on a different day. FB/twitter are apparently the places to meet a partner nowadays

kim147 · 03/06/2013 21:47

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Steffanoid · 03/06/2013 21:43

someone really early on asked about moths nor being about in the day if tgey like light so much
now, IIRC, they are about in the day, they spend the day flying towards the Sun because it's a lovely big light, then it goes down and we turn on lots of lovely lights and they try to fly to those, they're really not clever.

someone else asked where the seeds are on carrots, I think if you leave them they will flower and go to seed from there, the seeds aren't on the carrot itself
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LoadOBalls · 03/06/2013 21:39

Euphemia I was thinking about the being in backgrounds of photos today! just a little lookee at FB through friend's pictures revealed about 4 I wasn't tagged in, looking V twattish in the background .. I wonder if anyone around the world sees them and wonders who I am

suckmabigtoe · 03/06/2013 21:38

betsy i think you're right! that sounds familiar.

MrsVamosRAFA · 03/06/2013 21:34

This is a fantastic thread.

I want to know, why, when I do not like summer time or warmer weather, I am much more an autumn/winter person, why, oh why do I find myself waking up earlier and earlier every morning at the moment ? Like, unreasonably early ? Hmm

I am always thinking things I wouldn't dare ask in real life. Typically, now I am on a thread specifically for them, can I think of any more than the above one ?

SuzySheepSmellsNice · 03/06/2013 21:32

Methe...yes :)

Stase · 03/06/2013 21:32

Methe I can, and I get feedback when the wind blows in my ears too. I hate it! Left ear is worse, and the doctor says there's lots of fluid in the bit behind the eardrum, but not worth doing anything about.

Great thread!

wannabedomesticgoddess · 03/06/2013 21:25

Vitamins in big bottles....to make you feel like you are getting value for money maybe.

BetsyBell · 03/06/2013 21:23

suckmabigtoe I think that it's Ghengis Khan we're all meant to be related too. Google says 1 in 200 men are direct descendants - something to do with particular markers on the Y chromosome.

Jidget · 03/06/2013 21:15

I understand LunaticFringe, and you could only find out if you were inside another person's brain/eyes. Blue to you could be like yellow to me, etc.

My hair doesn't get wet in the shower at all. I point it at my body, not my head. In fact I hate washing my hair in the shower, I wash it under the bath taps Smile.

BalloonSlayer · 03/06/2013 21:12

a prolapse is just a term for when something that is supposed to be inside the body comes outside the body.

So a prolapsed rectum can be when part of the rectum protrudes from the anus. A prolapsed uterus is when part of the uterus protrudes down into the vagina (ok not strictly outside the body).

I have another Q - why are vitamin pill bottles so big when companies are otherwise making such a big show of saving on packaging? You buy a bottle of say, 50 multivitamins and the bottle is 3½" tall but the pills only cover the bottom inch of it.

GenghisCanDoHisOwnWashing · 03/06/2013 20:50

iwasyoungonce - you might like this - I think Tim Minchin has something to say on the subject

LoveBeingUpAt4InTheMorning · 03/06/2013 20:41

AnythIng/everything, I've even got dh convinced if we don't know something I can post and someone will know the real answer Grin

wannabedomesticgoddess · 03/06/2013 20:34

Round boxes are probably too expensive to make.

HenriettaPye · 03/06/2013 20:22

No methe- I can't BlushBlush

My question is- why do the put round pizzas in square boxes?

Methe · 03/06/2013 20:06

My question is - can anyone else make a crunching/static noise by tensing a muscle in their ears?

amigababy · 03/06/2013 20:02

we went on a cogwheel railway last week that had it's windscreen wiper on the inside. and it was operated manually by the driver too.

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LittleMissGerardButlerfan · 03/06/2013 19:48

mooface I can tell the difference personally as when I'm tipsy I can still control what I am saying, when I'm drunk I say what's in my head without the filter to stop it :o

It's a fine line to cross and not easy to control!

I find it easier to tell if I'm drinking spirits than if I'm drinking wine :o

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CaptainJamesTKirk · 03/06/2013 19:47

never... I'm going to have to concentrate next time I watch cbeebies, so it could be a grammar thing - that's interesting. The translators are often very expressive as well which may make it hard for a non signer to make out a word? Thank you for answering!

suckmabigtoe · 03/06/2013 19:42

which facts lovebeing?

neverputasockinatoaster · 03/06/2013 19:42

When I sign BSL I 'say' the words silently as well. However the grammar is different.. so My name is.. would be signed Name mine is. I think that affects how we see the lip patterns.

Plus facial expression is important so the lip patterns may be distorted by facial expression?

Please let someone more knowledgeable about BSL come along and put right the muddle I've created!!!

hugoagogo · 03/06/2013 19:37

Someone up thread said why is Auction pronounced 'ocktion' well it isn't (at least not by me) It is pronounced 'orction'