How do I request something from the Freedom of Information Act. I’m looking for statistics from the state of California that could be politically embarassing but it is important that I have them in order to highlight an important issue. I hope they comply with my request!

Cheers.

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: FOIA is a federal [...]

If you’re capable of giving a serious answer, I would like to ask you why only 297 questions are listed here when over 10000 questions have been asked? I got the impression that questions and answers were copied from the book, but perhaps not?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: The “over 10,000″ refers to the questions and [...]

Dear Answer Person,

With the recent papal transition,I was wondering how they chose names such as John Paul and Benedict to substitute their originial names, and why do they bother to change the names in the first place?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: In the New Catholic Encyclopedia in Perkins Reference (282.03 N535 2003), vol. 11, pp. [...]

If you’ve been following the news recently (i.e. the past two weeks), you would have read/seen/heard that Deep Throat finally revealed his identity. Now, Felt is pretty old. I was wondering if you become as old as he is (which may be a long time from now or very soon), could you divulge your identity [...]

AP, despite what the press is saying, are you Deep Throat?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: I’ll tell you if you’ll meet me at midnight in the lowest level of the Bryan Center parking garage. I’ll be wearing a long trenchcoat and a battered fedora pulled down over my face.

AP- (a.k.a carmen sandiego…where in the world did they ever get that lame name)

i want to take my flame on vacation somewhere on the mediterranean-like the amalfi coast. can you name a place that’s somewhat secluded but has a night life that also comes alive?

oh, and i’d like to knock the girls socks [...]

I remember back in the day, chat rooms were all the rage. It was why most people got internet in the first place. Are there actually any good chat rooms? How about web forums?

I’m one of those sophisticated types who discuss films, not ‘movies’ and read books, not pulp fiction from the best sellers [...]

hey my girlfriend recently got on the pill and things have changed. we used to have sex several times in a row and if we didn’t it wasn’t her fault, you know. now that she’s on the pill though, we can pretty much only do it once a day. Does the pill make a woman [...]

Now that it’s summer and I have fewer textbooks to read, I’m looking for some fun reading. I loved all the Dan Brown books (eg. DaVinci Code) because they were highly entertaining but at the same time somewhat intelligent (I’m a science geek!). Any suggestions for similar books that I could read? Thanks!

ANSWER PERSON [...]

If the duos were to get into a duel, who do you think would win and why? Also it would be interesting to consider different combinations (e.g. Itchy and Jerry vs. Tom and Scratchy).

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: I think Itchy is by far the most ruthless and brutal of these cute, cuddly creatures, so I&S [...]