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

[LittleMissGerardButlerfan]

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)?

Not due on for a week so I will wait it out. Based on previous months I've not caught, so no reason to expect it this month. Just a pita pmt symptom to develop! Happens t each time in my cycle

oh MN specific question- what does SIOB mean? i've asked this twice aready on the threads ive seen it on but no-one answered.

Oops, a big XPost with my first question. Sorry!

How do people come up with ideas for amazing books, films, plays etc;? How do people think up such great ideas? I am a very jealous!

I'm so disappointed to read that Polly I've been deluding myself I'm a gravelly voiced seductress a la Lauren Bacall for years. Turns out I sound like a child!

"Why was it men who have general,y been religious and social leaders, instead of women, wit some exceptions of course? Is it do with strength, early means of finding food, something else?"

i think it must have been down to strength. i have heard on MN that women/children/elderly were responsible for finding 80% of the food in hunter gatherer people so i dont think it's to do with that. bloody men throwing their weight about again i'm sure

theherring i'm always writing books in my head but haven't the resources or time to actually make anything of any of them.

Its ok Alvis , in my head I sound like a godess, In rl I sound like my mum with a cold

on the subject of books- does anyone else annotate their books as they read them? you know with constructive criticism as if you're going to return it to the author to do again before you publish it?

Do planes have windscreen wipers? And is there any need too have a pilot, or could the plane just be flown by machines? I started discussing this with my friend while we were flying home recently, and an elderly woman sitting behind us asked us to stop as she was feeling a little agitated

ooh thanks lunatic

the best i could come up with was "she is obviously bonkers"

Why are men fascinated with fire?

Barbecues / camp fires / chimineas - they are never happier than when they are stoking a fire.

suckma...I do with non-fiction, but write stuff like 'tell Mum this bit' or 'research if this has further evidence'. I rarely actually do those things though.

Who decides when Easter falls?

What does IYSWIM stand for?

What on earth do I wear to a pregnancy yoga class when Im the size of a house?

I've asked lots of people this but no one has known the answer.

What would happen to us if the whole of the universe lost all gravity? The world wouldn't stay in the solar system surely? What would happen to everything on earth? Could we float off when nothing was pulling us towards anything?

The HerringScreams. Men have been socail and religious reasons, yep, because of the bible again. Going all the way back to Adam and Eve. Adam was made boss of Eve.

re books, films, plays etc.
Can only say a tiny bit about songs. I saw a true film about the singer John Denver, and in the film it said that he would sometimes write songs in literally 15 minutes. That they just came into his head, and he had to get them out. Apparently he wrote one of his best songs, while going up a ski lift!

IYSWIM - if you see what I mean (nice easy one!)

How much weight do I need to lose before someone will notice?

ITSWIM means If You See What I Mean

If the universe is constantly expanding, what is it expanding into?

Fozzie, you can google about easter. Something about the 4th sunday after the 5th...., moon...

When you move to a new area, should you go and introduce yourself to the neighbours, or wait until they come and introduce themselves to you?

Universe questions hurt my brain.