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What would you ask for On the Street?
Asked at Checkers, 2300 La. on February 15, 2012
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Gandalf (anonymous) says…
1. What is your definition of a man?
2. What is your definition of a woman?
Did_I_say_that (DIST) says…
Would you do my work for me if it only involved creating and asking one question per day?
;-)
/s
labmonkey (anonymous) says…
Where are all the redheads?
Loki (anonymous) says…
Two hands clap and sound is heard. What is the sound of one hand?
milkman_dan (anonymous) replies…
That would be the sound of loneliness.
jackpot (anonymous) replies…
The same as two hands. I know for a fact.
thuja (anonymous) replies…
Hit the floor with your hand.
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
One hand does not make a sound. Instead it presents a visual, and the gesture that is displayed sometimes means the exact opposite of applause.
misterlee (anonymous) says…
What's your favorite Lawrence band, past or present?
thuja (anonymous) replies…
Neither.
H_Lecter (anonymous) says…
Are you worried about the depletion of helium on our planet?
Should we ban the non-essential use of helium?
What are you afraid of?
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
Actually, the use of helium for simple amusement is certainly not wise in the long run.
There are many scientific experiments that require the use of it, and the supply of it is finite. Very few outside of the scientific community seem to be aware of that.
So what do we do with a lot of the helium that we do have, instead of reserving it for research? Fill balloons with it for amusement.
But on the bright side, if it ever costs over $500 to full a small balloon with helium, which it might, I think that particular use of it will decline a great deal.
Gandalf (anonymous) replies…
Err Ron,what happens to the helium in a balloon when it pops?
H_Lecter (anonymous) replies…
The known supply of Helium is estimated to last 25 years. Currently, it is extracted from inside the Earth with other gases. To extract it from the atmosphere is prohibitively expensive.
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
Hydrogen could be used for children's balloons. It was good enough for the Hindenburg, so it should be fine for the kids.
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) says…
What would I "ask for On the Street?"
Safety.
tange (anonymous) says…
How many fingers am I holding up?
tange (anonymous) replies…
^ This article appears to be a stub.
RoeDapple (anonymous) says…
Well . . . a massage would be nice. Depending on the masseuse.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…
Really?
RoeDapple (anonymous) says…
Or maybe a little help with my tranny. Having some trouble getting all the parts to fit.
RoeDapple (anonymous) says…
Oh . . . .
I may have misunderstood the question.
Anything but about sports. Nobody likes sports, nobody . . .
jimjones (anonymous) replies…
Au contraire, We need some sports integrated questions since we have teams at such interesting points on the spectrum. KU's athletic dept has provided wonderful fodder for discussion. Who could have planned the twists of the last four years.
vertigo (Jesse Crittenden) says…
An air puck of mass 0.028 kg is tied to a string and allowed to revolve in a circle of radius 1.1m on a frictionless horizontal surface. The other end of the string passes through a hole in the center of the surface, and a mass of 1.9kg is tied to it. The suspended mass remains in equilibrium while the puck revolves on the surface. The acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s2 .
What is the magnitude of the force that maintains circular motion acting on the puck?
Answer in units of N.
RoeDapple (anonymous) replies…
I think a blood vessel just burst in my left brain . . .
autie (anonymous) replies…
zero. It would take no force to maintain on a frictionless surface.
Aiko (anonymous) replies…
Details:
air puck mass = .028kg
radius of centripetal motion = 1.1m
suspended mass = 1.9kg
acceleration = 9.81 m/s^2
Equations:
Centripetal Froce = mass * velocity ^2 / radius of circular motion = mv^2 / r
Magnitude of Force = mass * gravity = mg
Solving:
Magnitude of Force: (1.9kg)(9.81m/s^2) = 18.64 kgm/s^2 = 18.64N
Since the magnitude of force can be set equal to the centripetal force, we can also find the velocity of the puck
mg = mv^2/r
18.64N = mv^2/r --> (solve for v^2)
18.64N (r) = mv^2
[18.64N (r)] / m] = v^2 --> (solve for v)
square root {[18.64N (r)] / m]} = v
v = square root {18.64 * 1.1m} / 0.028kg
v = 27.1 m/s
vertigo (Jesse Crittenden) replies…
To bad you weren't at Checkers. You could have had your picture in the paper. Are you a redhead?
Aiko (anonymous) replies…
LOL
RoeDapple (anonymous) says…
"What business would you like to see downtown?"
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
'There's No Business Like Show Business' (1954)
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor and Donald O'Connor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzctTc...
snap_pop_no_crackle (anonymous) says…
Who the hell goes to Cornwall? Seriously! Who does that?
autie (anonymous) says…
Why do the rules always change and no one tells us about it until it is too late?
thuja (anonymous) replies…
Oil and helium are both finite resources. You heard it now.
rockchalker52 (anonymous) says…
Who is the craftier dude, Bugs Bunny or Foghorn Leghorn?
Who is the scarier bad guy(s), Black Pete or the Beagle Boys?
Favorite chipmunks, Chip & Dale or Mac & Tosh?
Ad Astra or Copperhead?
Who has more money, Richie Rich or Unca $crooge?
What is rara doing?
Do you think the Acme company comps all that stuff to Wile E. for the free advertising?
Will my $300 season football ticket be any better than the $99 one that they said they didn't have & now have again?
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
I usually ask for handshake drugs on the street.
BABBOY (anonymous) says…
Well the age old question: Who would you want more: Ginger or Mary Ann?
labmonkey (anonymous) replies…
See my above question... who do you think???
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
I would go for Mary Ann. She likes it here in Kansas, and she's probably a good cook.
Ginger is high maintenance, which I know all about, and the first chance she gets she's going to run away to Hollywood. But by then you'll probably be happy to get rid of her anyway.
labmonkey (anonymous) says…
Why are there so many plot holes in time-travel movies? For example. in Back to the Future, Marty's mom has the hots for him in 1955, not knowing he is her son. When Marty gets his parents back together and goes back to 1985, wouldn't he find George and Loraine divorced? Wouldn't George be just a little suspicious when his third kid looks strikingly like the guy Loraine had the hots for in high school and accuse her of cheating? Also... Doc invented a time machine from a DeLorian, yet cannot refine some oil into gasoline in 1885? Also, how did Doc build a time machine from a train using 1890's technology? He would have to dig up and make plutonium useful himself for the nuclear reaction needed for the flux capacitor..
autie (anonymous) says…
Ginger. No doubt.
labmonkey (anonymous) says…
Why are redheads either strikingly beautiful, or butt-ugly and there is no in-between?
thuja (anonymous) replies…
Neko Case
Sarah McLaughlan
Both in-between, both Canadian, and the music of both at one time or another I've either loved or despised.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…
One, a seductive sex goddess type. The other... a healthy girl-next-door-type with a nice butt.
The eternal Madonna or the whore question...
Pekingese?
Agnostick (anonymous) replies…
"Hey, you got a joint, man?"
trinity (anonymous) replies…
it'd be a lot cooler if you did, hahaahahahaaaaaaa
thuja (anonymous) replies…
No way, eh.
We want our lungs to be pink when they fry us.
rockchalker52 (anonymous) says…
wher cuzins iz from mary anns iz a dime a dozen.
Andini (anonymous) says…
Will the print edition of the LJWorld ever go back to its bigger size?
My answer is no and I'm leaning to ending my subscription after 25 plus years.
merrill (anonymous) says…
Why won't the City/County commissions and the USD 497 BOE permit taxpaying voters to have more say in how are tax dollars are spent. Taxpayers work hard to provide tax dollars to the cookie jars therefore it stands to reason that the providers should have a ton more influence.
How?
By placing new housing projects,retail projects,street projects and warehouse projects to the voters for approval?
Will the USD 497 BOE forbid bypassing the USD 497 taxpayers on big spending projects such as the PLAY investment,closing of schools etc etc etc.
Do we live in a Democracy or not? After all I seriously doubt that 75% of voters trust local elected officials to make decisions free of special interest group influence. It seems local elected officials have little respect for the majority.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…
"Do we live in a Democracy or not?" - merrill
Actually no.
We live in a Constitutional republic.
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
"Actually no.
We live in a Constitutional republic." RI
You just won the most words ever read on a Merrill post.
Gandalf (anonymous) says…
In the movies of King Kong. Why build a wall big enough to keep King Kong out and then build a gate big enough to let him in?
RoeDapple (anonymous) says…
You read a merrill post?? Jeez, what next? A smitty post?
CWGOKU (anonymous) says…
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
Airspeed Velocity of a Swallow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2R3Fv...
snap_pop_no_crackle (anonymous) says…
How many people were arrested for nekkid gardening in Lawrence last year?
My_Life (anonymous) says…
Are you ready for Jesus?
Rara_Avis (anonymous) says…
Indyan......Is that a racial slur? I think it is. Typical.
Rara_Avis (anonymous) says…
"I usually ask for handshake drugs on the street."- BoB
Careful, BoB. You'll end up with a baggie of oregano.
FlintlockRifle (anonymous) says…
Will I every get to drive on the east half of south bypass??????
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
No, because you will be too old to drive by then.
Rara_Avis (anonymous) says…
Whole do think is older; Madonna or Cleopatra?
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
Cleopatra VII Philopator (69 BC – August 12, 30 BC) died in 30 BC at the age of 39.
http://www.touregypt.net/cleopatr.htm
Madonna (August 16, 1958 - present) is 53. She will be 54 in August.
Therefore, Madonna is obviously older.
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
(Assuming that aging stops at death.)
Rara_Avis (anonymous) says…
Who keeps putting ice cubes in Rick Santorum'a pants?
Rara_Avis (anonymous) says…
Why do early 70's films always have loud shoe noises? See "The French Connection". I missed it. the noisy shoe sounds were too distracting.
My_Life (anonymous) says…
His full name is Indyan Lovestone and rocks love everyone unconditionally.
Your playing the race card is a cheap shot meant to provoke.
You should be banned from this board.
Indyan will pray for you.
Rara_Avis (anonymous) replies…
Who says I was talking to you, Nelly?
CWGOKU (anonymous) says…
Breast or bottle feed?
Agnostick (anonymous) says…
What would you ask for.... in my pants?
Rara_Avis (anonymous) says…
Which is the cheerier band, Tool or Alice in Chains?
booyalab (anonymous) replies…
Considering the average age of OTSers the answers would probably range from "who?" to "I only think about musical quality in terms of how drunk I have to be to dance to it"?
booyalab (anonymous) says…
what about the children?
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
"Which is the cheerier band, Tool or Alice in Chains?"
46 & 2 just got finished on my Pandora station.
Anyhow, outside of Staley, who was eaten by his cat (seriously), I'd have to AIC is cheerier. Cantrell is a pretty funny guy. I have no clue with Tool as those guys don't talk to the media much.
Rara_Avis (anonymous) says…
I would think that would have killed that cat, but I'm pretty sure Jerry took it in and took care of it. The least he could do after propping sickly Layne up with a stick those last few years.
Rara_Avis (anonymous) says…
Who will be 2012's Person(pc) of the Year? I vote for Captain Coward of the Italian Love Boat.
somedude20 (anonymous) says…
what is the frequency kenneth?
If we’re closer to death every day of our lives, is time really on our side?
Doesn’t expecting the unexpected make the unexpected become the expected?
How come you never read about a psychic winning the lottery?
Why is bra singular and panties plural?
How did James Bond know if his martini was shaken and not stirred?
What is Satan's last name?
How far east can you go before you're heading west?
prospector (anonymous) says…
The worst Canadian artist. Anne Murray or The DeFranco Family?
labmonkey (anonymous) replies…
Nickelback.
g_rock (anonymous) says…
Has there ever been an OTS hookup?
Andini (anonymous) says…
When is the last Ots going to be asked?
g_rock (anonymous) says…
Do you like my new shoes?
thuja (anonymous) replies…
You should have bought boots.
What is up with all the boots?
That would be my question.
Andini (anonymous) says…
When will disappeared posters be allowed to return?
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
"The worst Canadian artist. Anne Murray or The DeFranco Family?"
Nickleback
trinity (anonymous) says…
sock sock shoe shoe sock shoe sock shoe?
g_rock (anonymous) says…
Who let the Woo out?
Rara_Avis (anonymous) says…
"The worst Canadian artist. Anne Murray or The DeFranco Family?"- prospector
Just ask Tony Defranco. He's in the LJW today.
http://www.lawrence.com/photos/2009/m...
I'd say BoB has a good point. Pickledick is pretty rank.
CWGOKU (anonymous) says…
Boxers or briefs?
boxers_or_briefs (anonymous) replies…
Dunno.
oldvet (anonymous) replies…
or commando?
labmonkey (anonymous) says…
Rava-
Although not a cheery song, Aenima does make be very happy. If only this song was prophetic and actually happens.
g_rock (anonymous) says…
Seafood....raw or steamed?
tange (anonymous) says…
I'd just hand passersby a microphone and motion toward a video camera.
HelenaBertinelli (anonymous) says…
What lies in the shadow of the statue?
What did one snowman say to the other?
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
I had to look up the answers to those questions because I didn't know what they were.
What lies in the shadow of the statue?
"Ille qui nos omnes servabit."
What did one snowman say to the other?
"Smells like carrots."
riverdrifter (anonymous) says…
"Are you a lucky little lady in The City of Light?
Or just another lost angel in the City of Night?"
Rara_Avis (anonymous) says…
Absolutley, lab! Aenima totally sold me on Tool.
Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.
labmonkey (anonymous) says…
Dave Mustaine endorsed Santorum today. Guess he better pick out a Megadeth song for his theme.
Rara_Avis (anonymous) says…
What exactly is a total eclipse of the heart?
rockchalker52 (anonymous) says…
Does anybody know how to gag those dirty phishing so & so's who keep calling with "an urgent & final notice from card member services?"
oh, and if there was a million dollar reward on your head, would you turn yourself in for the money?
Antonym (anonymous) says…
What do you think of people who post mindless dribble and stupid links all day long, every day, day after day, night after night, year after year, under multiple usernames with multiple personalities on the LJW comment boards? Should posters be made to register with a valid ID and be accountable for their nonsense that runs rampant and unchecked?
rockchalker52 (anonymous) says…
Do posts of rampant nonsense:
A) irritate you?
B) fascinate you?
C) entertain you?
4) two of the above
E) all of the above
6) none of the above
LadyJ (anonymous) replies…
Are you talking about merrill's or smitty's posts?
RoeDapple (anonymous) says…
6)
tange (anonymous) says…
11) some of the above, but not others
beatrice (anonymous) says…
Should moderators be better trained to eliminate zombies?
vertigo (Jesse Crittenden) replies…
http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival...
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
"Should moderators be better trained to eliminate zombies?"
They've been getting rid of Shewmon on a fairly regular basis.
tange (anonymous) replies…
Your average zombie can be taken out with hit to the brain/-stem.
Zombies arising from humans in which these had but a vestigial presence pose a greater challenge, as it's no more clear what propels them in living death than what drove them in life.
beatrice (anonymous) replies…
We know what propels them -- a love of party over country.
tange (anonymous) replies…
Love? It's not like there's a heart to target.
No doubt something somewhat less noble.
beatrice (anonymous) replies…
Heart? Not that kind of love. Just go for the part of the brain that activates motor function. The portion providing rational thought is already zapped.
pace (anonymous) says…
What intersection do you think is the most dangerous in the city or county. My answer is the the Lecompton turnpike road exit onto highway 40.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…
I would ask for an end to threaded comments.
tange (anonymous) replies…
Well, then, that would just leave the needle.
,;-)
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
"I would ask for an end to threaded comments."
Threaded comments are Satan's afterbirth.
tange (anonymous) replies…
Actually, it ought to be pretty easy to provide both. A simple interface toggle could unwrap comments into strictly sequential order or roll them back into nested threads. Users could choose. The only problem would surround the interpretation of unreferenced comments separated from their contexts, a minor price to pay for such flexibility.
AlexParker (Alex Parker) replies…
I'm told improvements to threaded comments are on the way.
Andini (anonymous) says…
Chevy or Ford?
Andini (anonymous) says…
Paper or plastic?
tange (anonymous) replies…
Wrestlin' or Wrasslin'?
rockchalker52 (anonymous) says…
On an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini, which is yellow, the bikini or the polka dots?
tange (anonymous) replies…
Yes.
thuja (anonymous) replies…
Good form.
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
I did a bit of research on the "itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini" subject. In every case the bikini was yellow, and except for one, the polka dots were white. In the sole exception, they were brown.
Brian Kontini
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OecQhp...
Sims 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLHsdl...
brian hyland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuLa-t...
Brian Hyland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXVUh0...
In this case, the bikini was still yellow, but the polka dots are brown.
This has the best dance accompaniment:
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
- Bombalurina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR98gR...
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
"Actually, it ought to be pretty easy to provide both. A simple interface toggle could unwrap comments into strictly sequential order or roll them back into nested threads. Users could choose. The only problem would surround the interpretation of unreferenced comments separated from their contexts, a minor price to pay for such flexibility."
Satan's afterbirth, Tange.
tange (anonymous) replies…
At least once a year I get to be Santa's afterbirth.
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
"the interpretation of unreferenced comments separated from their contexts" is a major problem, I would think. If you haven't defined what you're talking about, nothing would make any sense!
I fail to see any advantage of seeing comments in strictly sequential order. There would be nothing to reference what a posting is alluding to.
For instance, consider any speech ever given. If one were to separate every sentence and then present them all in a random order there would be no logical thread, and none of it would make any sense.
tange (anonymous) says…
And YES, I must answer every post!
tange (anonymous) replies…
hmm... looks like I lost my pace, back up the page, there.
rockchalker52 (anonymous) says…
Can you name six dead game show hosts in less than thirty seconds?
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
"And YES, I must answer every post!" Tange
There is nothing wrong with that. Just don't do it in a thread.
"hmm... looks like I lost my pace, back up the page, there." Tange
I'm converting you. It is obvious.
/Death to Threads!
thuja (anonymous) replies…
Why? Your fascination with threads is fascinating. Just don't answer here....
thebcman (anonymous) says…
Who do you think we are
Special forces in an armoured car
Who do you think we are
We don't care, we don't care
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…
Is Arby's trying to get the jump on Lent?
jimjones (anonymous) says…
I've already answered this:
http://www2.ljworld.com/onthestreet/2...
http://www2.ljworld.com/onthestreet/2...
What cartoon character would you be?
Can you name all 57 states.
Could Sports Illustrated have done better this year?
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
The only one of those that I can answer is to name the 57 states. Everyone has heard of the first 50. The other seven are:
1) The District of Columbia
2) Puerto Rico
3) The Philippines
4) Korea
5) Vietnam
6) Afghanistan
7) Iraq
Newell_Post (anonymous) says…
Does sir dress to the left or to the right?
Newell_Post (anonymous) says…
Will the world end on 12/21/12 with the end of the Mayan calendar?
thebcman (anonymous) replies…
http://naturalflow.biz/wp-content/upl...
RonHolzwarth (Ron Holzwarth) replies…
Yes, the world will end on December 12, 2012 with the end of the Mayan calendar, exactly the way it did on December 31, 2011.
So get ready.
tange (anonymous) says…
Justice.
/ or just ice, as the season warrants
thuja (anonymous) says…
Well, how did I get here?
tange (anonymous) replies…
How do I work this?
thuja (anonymous) replies…
Where is that large automobile?
tange (anonymous) replies…
Where does that highway go to?
thuja (anonymous) replies…
Am I right? Am I wrong?
tange (anonymous) replies…
My God! What have I done?
rantor (anonymous) says…
one post per day, per user...as someone else put it, "make it count."
tange (anonymous) replies…
Seems it wouldn't count very high.
tange (anonymous) replies…
/ and it's not as if I'm likely to get a reply...
thuja (anonymous) replies…
Do our unused daily posts 'roll over' or are they gone once a new day starts?
mikekt (anonymous) says…
I would want to ask if the Brownback folks are deliberately putting out low state projected income figures, in order to justify cutting state programs & services for the poor while also justifying an unneeded tax increase on the poorest of Kansans?
All that one has to do, to further a legislative agenda against the poor, is to create projected state incomes that are lower than realistically will occur and you have an excuse to do as you please to the poor on the assumption that we can not afford to help them because there are no funds for such.
The currant excess in state income is not the first of these excesses since Brownback took office & yet SRS offices are targeted & tax increases on the poor / cuts in benefits for the poor are sought by Brownback.
mikekt (anonymous) says…
Ditto for not being able to afford state arts funding.
All that they need to do is to underestimate the Ks. States' income, to justify doing anything and everything to any group.
How convenient is that one!!!!