What have you always wanted to know?

[PurleaseSqueeze]

I was wondering today whether GPs see other GPs if they are ill? Can anyone tell me? I'm assuming yes as they wouldn't be allowed to prescribe medications for themselves?

What other random things have you always wondered/wanted to know?

I've always wanted to know why empty shops have their windows smeared with grease or covered in newspaper. Why do they need to stop people seeing inside if they're empty?

How computers work. How anyone thought to and managed to invent the first one. I suppose the same goes for a lot of clever inventions.

If you get pulled over by the police on the motorway are you supposed to pull over immediately to the hard shoulder or take the next junction and stop. Not sure why I don't know this but it worries me every time I drive on the motorway (not often )

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How computers work. How anyone thought to and managed to invent the first one. I suppose the same goes for a lot of clever inventions.

Just like TV. How did anybody think to come up with sending light down a cable (I think this is how it works!) and then that light rearranges into a picture on the screen?!?! I know somebody who firmly believes there are aliens amongst us, and it's things like this that do make me wonder at times!!

Also, who thought it would be a good idea to eat something that appeared to come out of a chicken's bum?

Language. Who decided "we'll call this a table" and everyone in the country agreed??

@HamSandwichKiller

If you get pulled over by the police on the motorway are you supposed to pull over immediately to the hard shoulder or take the next junction and stop. Not sure why I don't know this but it worries me every time I drive on the motorway (not often )

I think it's the hard shoulder, at least I've seen people pulled over on the hard shoulder. Never seen it actually happening though, just seen them all pulled over with boot open. I would be so scared.

@Doxie8 l would describe myself as an extrovert (although also very happy in my own company).
Would literally chat to anyone of any age or background-but the trick is to see their reaction and if they seem like they want to talk back to you. If they don't then l would back off.

@Advic3Pl3as3

1. You grab the string by the side of your finger as opposed to the tip of the finger.

1. Not A&E, but I went in for a long surgery a few years ago & was reassured that if I was on my period at the time of the surgery, there would be no issue with having the pad changed during surgery & in recovery if necessary. Basically they use the medical pads, a bit like the maternity pads. Just no tampons. I would assume if you're conscious when brought to A&E but unable to do it yourself, nursing staff would assist? I would think if you were unconscious but had been cleared of abdominal injuries, medics would deduce that the patient was on her period once a tampon/pad had been soaked through.

@CuriousaboutSamphire

Why SILs DM introduced my husband to the priest who was going to be officiating at her (SILs) wedding "And here is XX, the brother she should be marrying"

Nobody said a bloody word, my jaw dropped, the priest blushed!!!

But that's probably not the kind of thing you meant

My eyebrows just shot through my hairline.

If you get pulled over by the police on the motorway are you supposed to pull over immediately to the hard shoulder or take the next junction and stop. Not sure why I don't know this but it worries me every time I drive on the motorway (not often grin)

You should pull over on the hard shoulder, but if you are close to (like within a minute or so) a junction or a service station where you know you can stop safely then pull off and pull over. But signal to them that you've seen them following.

@giftswap2020

If a woman is taken ill/unconscious and is rushed to hospital, and they are on their period and have a tampon in, does someone check if they are on your period/tampon in, so they could change it for them?

If you’re unconscious they will be putting in a urinary catheter to monitor your urine output and renal function so would realise pretty quickly you had a tampon in. They won’t put a fresh tampon in but will use pads, most likely incontinence pads rather than sanitary pads.

@JesusInTheCabbageVan

Stork theory is correct. I saw it on Dumbo, the stork brought babies for all the animals.

But then who brings the baby storks?

Language. Who decided "we'll call this a table" and everyone in the country agreed??

Just discussed this one with OH. He thought maybe the first person who made one, called it that. But then I said, ok but what about flowers, or grass, or chickens?

And that got me thinking. Do chickens in spain make the same sound as chickens in the UK? I mean, we speak a different language, have animal sounds evolved differently too?

Also, who thought it would be a good idea to eat something that appeared to come out of a chicken's bum?

Or looked under a cow and thought "mmm, what comes out of there is worth drinking"

@PurleaseSqueeze

I was wondering today whether GPs see other GPs if they are ill? Can anyone tell me? I'm assuming yes as they wouldn't be allowed to prescribe medications for themselves?

What other random things have you always wondered/wanted to know?

I’m not a GP but am a hospital consultant. I have my own GP and I don’t prescribe for myself. I’m not in the UK so it’s not that it’s illegal to prescribe for myself here but it’s not considered best practice.

What irks me is that my GP and any consultant to whom I’ve been referred always assume I’ve a certain level of knowledge about the issue. Now obviously I’d know more than Joe Public but at the same time I work in a fairly niche specialty and have been in it for eons- it’s a long long time since I graduated and had a broad general knowledge, and what I do recall is largely out of date now. So I find it awkward when they’re talking to me as if I know as much as them about the issue.

@giftswap2020

If a woman is taken ill/unconscious and is rushed to hospital, and they are on their period and have a tampon in, does someone check if they are on your period/tampon in, so they could change it for them?

I've always wondered this!

@Doxie8
I think I would class myself as an extrovert. I think partly it's a natural need/urge to talk, to be inquisitive and excited about meeting new people.
I've always been chatty even as a child and would often get told off at school for talking.

Sometimes most of the time it's done instinctively as a reaction to being around people and for me it serves 2 purposes and used to serve 1 other
A. I hate akward silence
B. The feeling I get from talking with others( regardless if I know them) is pleasant/uplifting
C. Which no longer applies- I was a people pleaser, so I wanted to be liked and scared of being disliked so showing my vibrant and chatty personality was my attempt to get people to like me (which can actually be off putting for some people).

I have suffered with social anxiety because sometimes I worried about wether I dominated the conversation, came across too brash etc..and this made me feel so depressed.

But tbh, often, it's a case of fake it till you make it. So even though I might internally be anxious about talking to certain people or in certain situations, my pride would never let me show it.
And once the ice is broken people are generally very nice and quite interesting.
I think it helps to be non-judgemental of others, to be interested and open to hearing other's pov, to be empathic and in tune to peoples body language so you know where their boundaries are, to have a sense of humour and to not take everything personally - a lesson learned the hard way.

@Thewolvesarerunningagain

Ooh, and what happened in the Dyatlov pass incident. That still intrigues me

Avalanche, apparently.

What happened to MH370

Who picks up a guide dogs poo? Are they trained to poo in the garden? Do they pick up their own poo, they're certainly clever enough ;)

Or is it just left?

I always remember when DS was tiny and he dropped a sweet on the bus floor near a guide dog. The guide dog's wee tongue was desperately trying to get it, but just out of his reach. But he did move closer? Did he hell. What brilliant training.

Friend is a nurse on ICU. Every woman is checked for tampons or if menstruating when admitted if unconscious. Long term patients can still get periods so they are dealt with on behalf of the patients so pads changed regularly.

I've never understood how a fax machine works.

@TheSuezCanalTugBoat
The males job is to protect the pride, a pride without a male is vulnerable to attack from other males who will kill the cubs. Part of being big with a big mane is "you don't want to fuck with me" aswell. For a lot of animals, looking fierce is half the point, you don't want to fight so you want the other guy to think you're too big for him.

Although, when we were in Tanzania, the only time we saw any lion actually moving was when two had sex then laid back down, they're not particularly active, during the day at least.

Is it strictly no cats or no pets unless you get permission from the freeholder? Ours (freehold too) has a rule that says no dogs but you can get specific permission from freeholders association for one.

Don't you mean leasehold? If you own freehold, you own outright. There is nobody who can tell you what you can do on your own property.