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Questions too weird to normally ask

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CoquetteRegret · 18/08/2018 21:30

Does anyone else ever have questions pop into their head they would never usually ask someone through fear of looking like a weirdo? I do, all the bloody time.

If you fart in the shower after having washed your bum, do you wash it again? I always do because.. poo particles. Anyone else do the same?

Feel free to ask your own questions, I'll see if I can answer them.

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Ginmakesitallok · 18/08/2018 21:34

No I don't. Farting does not involve poo particles.

Are we the only couple who - one pretends to be dead and either a) after a short period of holding their breath the “dead " one declares" I was DEAD and you didn't care " or the other one sticks a wet finger in the" dead " ones ear, proving they are in fact alive.???

CoquetteRegret · 19/08/2018 03:26

What?? Surely it does involve poo particles? Otherwise my whole life has been a lie.

My partner and I pretend to be dead, the alive one does things the dead one hates until they scream and are brought back to life. Although a wet finger in my ear would land my partner a punch. I hate saliva.

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MrsRubyMonday · 19/08/2018 03:59

Farting definitely involves poo particles. The air has travelled through your digestive system where the poo forms, and out through the anus, where poo exits. It's bound to have picked up microscopic particles along the way. Although I don't worry about it too much, as the next fart will likely be out of the shower and I'm not getting back in to wash again. It's usually the last thing I wash anyway.

Saggital · 19/08/2018 06:46

What was the largest mountain on earth before Everest was discovered?

IDrinkAndISewThings · 19/08/2018 06:48

Everest, just because it hadn't been discovered doesn't mean it wasn't the largest

Saggital · 19/08/2018 06:59

I disagree. It became Everest. Before that it was called Sagamartha.

limitedscreentime · 19/08/2018 07:02

Do joeys poo and pee in their mother’s pouches, and if so, what happens to it? I think they must as they are born too tiny to come out of the pouch.... starting to keep me awake this one

Geillis · 19/08/2018 07:14

Why are grapefruits called grapefruits when there is already a fruit called a grape?

abbsisspartacus · 19/08/2018 07:22

Why is it when I can't sleep turning upside down in my bed helps? Even if I'm sleeping on the same side of my body iyswim? And does anyone else do this

Saggital · 19/08/2018 07:29

Has Bono ever found what he was looking for and what was it?

Vitalogy · 19/08/2018 07:33

Oh jeez, I never thought about any poo particles.

TallSlutNoPantiesthe2nd · 19/08/2018 07:39

limitedscreentime idk about joeys but I just discovered that mother rats lick their babies' bums to stimulate them to poo, then eat the poo as it comes out to keep the nest clean. Grim.

WakeUpFromYourDreamAndScream · 19/08/2018 07:42

@abbsisspartacus yes! I do this! It always helps, and I especially do it if I am ill, always seems to make me feel better. Weird Shock

abbsisspartacus · 19/08/2018 08:43

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abbsisspartacus · 19/08/2018 08:43

Grapefruits are apparently called this because they grow in bunches like grapes

funnyeddie · 19/08/2018 08:45

Why was Sooty called sooty?

MrsSchadenfreude · 19/08/2018 08:48

If there are poo particles in your farts, would there not be little patches of poo dust in your pants when you take them off?

shitwithsugaron · 19/08/2018 08:54

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StorminaTCut · 19/08/2018 08:56

Is the poo troll back?

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Albadross · 19/08/2018 09:07

Why do farts smell worse in water? Like when you're in the shower or bath?

Karmin · 19/08/2018 10:00

“A female kangaroo cleans her pouch by licking it out,” said Colleen McCann, curator of mammals with the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo.

“She is able to push her long snout in to clean it effectively, removing the urine and faeces of the young joey by using her tongue,” Dr. McCann said. “She works her tongue around a young joey that is still attached to the teat, and older joeys are temporarily ejected while she cleans the pouch.”

Gestational periods differ among the dozens of species of kangaroo and wallaby, from 31 to 36 days. Then the young are guided to the safety of the pouch, spending a much longer time continuing to develop.

At first, they are continuously attached to a teat. Eventually, as long as 300 days after birth, they make their first exit, usually by falling out. They return to nurse for some months even after permanent emergence

Karmin · 19/08/2018 10:05

Kangchenjunga ( 8,586 metres (28,169 ft)) was considered to be the highest mountain from 1838 until 1852. Mount Everest, 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). Established as highest in 1852 and officially confirmed in 1856.

Karmin · 19/08/2018 10:06

Underwear and trousers absorb a large part of the gas that's passed in farts. When you fart in the shower, the gas immediately enters the surrounding atmosphere, and hence they smell worse. The warm air may also be a factor as convection currents will cause the gas to rise straight to your nose.

Karmin · 19/08/2018 10:07

Sooty wasn't always called Sooty. Harry was calling it Teddy, and this BBC producer said, “the trouble is your toy teddy puppet is the same as every toy teddy puppet in the shops.” So they hastily got some soot and dirtied his ears to make the ears black and renamed him Sooty

Karmin · 19/08/2018 10:11

Scientific studies of farts show that women's farts have a higher concentration of odour-causing gases than men's farts, but men's farts have a larger volume.