From the monthly archives: December 2009
How is babby formed? [3587C]
[written in answer space: They need to do way instill mother > because babbys cant fright back it was on the news this morning.]
Let’s not imitate the semi-literate yahoos.
How to bloc your boyfriend from other hottie?! [3587A]
If you trust your boyfriend so little that you need to obstruct his communication with other women, your relationship is doomed.
Answer Person, thanks for your hard work. Why does it seem, reading the archives, that the University was mysterious and glorious as recently as 1995? Was it so? [3573A]
If it was mysterious and glorious as recently as 1995, it’s surely because people didn’t spend their free time reading the Answer Person Archives back 15 [...]
How do you get straight A’s at Duke? [3571A]
[written in answer space: cheat like crazy]
Never sell yourself short. Make sure your study space is ship shape and stay on the straight and narrow. Hit the books, then buckle down and keep your nose to the grindstone. And finally and most importantly, when writing [...]
Happy Holidays and Winter Break, Answer Person! The Duke community values your hard work (and that of the rest of the library staff)!
Why do leftovers taste better? [3586A]
[written in answer space: scarcity principle]
Good guess, Secret Scribbler, but I don’t think so. The correct answer is gristle. That’s right: gristle, that crusty, crunchy, delicious stuff that bakes around the edges of leftovers (especially those with cheese). Oh, yeah!
Do you recommend skinny dipping in a pond in the Duke Gardens? [3574B]
[written in answer space: No. There are frogs in that pond. You'll get warts.]
No, Secret Scribbler, you won’t get warts from the frogs. But what is that pond, like six inches deep? No, I prefer larger bodies of water for my [...]
Why am I so skinny? No curves. No hot body, just bones. [3575A]
[written in answer space: Eat food (esp. protein and natural fats). Work out (45-60 min of the heaviest, fastest you can 3 times weekly)]
Hey, some people are really in to bones!
What is the coolest fraternity at Duke? and hottest sorority? [3577A]
Why is there always so much interest in the coolest and hottest? If I could do it all over again, I’d pledge Tepid Tepid Tepid! I was, in fact, an unofficial member of Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta, the mascot so [...]
When will the bleeding stop? It’s been 20 minutes. [3578C]
[written in answer space: Depends on the debit. You have circa 5 liters. By the time all of it has gone on the ground, you should be done. However, loss of consciousness may occur before, so please make sure that a friend times the whole [...]
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