Answers I liked

[Eirene]

Answers I Liked Writing:

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73694/

I didn't realize that I really kind of enjoy doing math. It was strangely interesting to answer this question, and I don't really care if no one else reads it. I just had fun writing it.

I read your answer! And I have to ask--do you really spend 15 seconds per fart?! In terms of one-mississippi-s, I feel like even a one-second long fart would be long enough to be really memorable and kind of freaky.

[Tally M.]

I probably completely overestimated that. *shrugs* That's including the so-called "moment of silence and quiet meditation," I guess.

[chillygator]

Answers I Liked Writing:

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73694/

I didn't realize that I really kind of enjoy doing math. It was strangely interesting to answer this question, and I don't really care if no one else reads it. I just had fun writing it.

I read your answer! And I have to ask--do you really spend 15 seconds per fart?! In terms of one-mississippi-s, I feel like even a one-second long fart would be long enough to be really memorable and kind of freaky.

I was wondering about that, too, since I recently read Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal which has a few (literally three) chapters on flatulence. And her gastroenterologist, Michael Levitt (http://goodmenproject.com/featured-cont ... -the-wind/)* (who has the distinguished honor of being "the world’s leading authority on flatulence") estimates the average is about 100 milliliters over two seconds. Which seemed more reasonable time-wise to me.

Also interesting, he has, according to the author (http://www.salon.com/2013/04/07/passing ... c_history/), "scientifically proven (by Levitt) [the fact that]: 'the flatus of women has a significantly greater concentration of hydrogen sulfide and was deemed to have a significantly worse odour by both judges.' (However, this is likely balanced out by the male’s 'greater volume of gas per passage.')" I spent way too long concerned over how one would come to that scientific discovery.

In conclusion, bodies are kind of weird.

*I couldn't get the URL to work and quickly decided I didn't care enough to figure out why (o:

[Portia]

The URL works fine. It's in preview mode.

[Squirrel]

Coming back? Does this mean you are here, Squirrel?

No, I'm still at home. I'm just itching to be back myself.

[SmurfBlueSnuggie]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73658/

I want to thank MSJ and Anne for their really great answers. I'm enjoying reading through the quotes and will be making a poster or something of my favorites when I move out at the end of the month. Thanks very much, ladies!

[Katya]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73664/

I like this because Squirrel's answer is very funny, but also because Tally M. answered the question seriously by looking things up in the Proper Sources and sometimes that kind of work doesn't get enough recognition.

Someone thinks I'm funny! Success!
And I feel mildly ashamed for stealing Tally's thunder. I mean, she answered it perfectly, and it's always a little disheartening to come up with a dead end, even though it's the right answer.

That's the downside of "thumbs," and I think you just have to take it with a grain of salt. (The most thumbs I got during Alumni Week was just making a cheap joke off of something Tangerine said, while the answer that took me about 6 hours to research got something like 1/3 as many.)

And yes, you are funny.

[Owlet]

https://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73727/

First, apology to the world: I didn’t have a chance to read Yellow’s answer before it posted, or I would’ve deleted mine. Oops. Sometimes I get so excited about finding anything relevant, I don’t look at other things. This has happened more than once, and it’s kind of sad. #hubris

But anyway, it’s a really interesting question and I really, really want to ride a couch now. Has anyone else seen these around?

[UffishThought]

I saw one going to and from one of the rooftop concerts. I'm not as in love with them as others seem to be. It's an amusing thing to do, I guess, but I don't have any desire to participate.

[Katya]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73747/

I sighed on the inside when I saw the Online Etymology Dictionary cited and then I cheered on the inside when I saw the Oxford English Dictionary was also cited. (I assume that people like the Online Etymology Dictionary because it isn't behind a paywall, but if you're affiliated with BYU or another major university, you have access to the online OED, and it's the premiere reference source for English etymology.)

[S.A.M.]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73728/

Anne, Certainly gives an excellent answer. The quote, as pointed out in the comment, comes from Jenkin Lloyd Jones work, who was quoted by President Hinkley. What would have made the statement more clear that the quote by Hinkley was actually the words of someone else?

[S.A.M.]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73722/

Onward, Art Vandelay! I wish you happiness in whatever you do, and wherever you go. Thanks for the podcasts!

[Eirene]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73779/
About surviving on eggs and potatoes

Just wanted to say that I give this answer my Accurate and Complete Nutrition Information Seal of Approval. Well done, Concorde!

[Concorde]

Thank you so much! I was neurotic about getting everything correct. It took me forever, but it was really fun (and fascinating) to research.

[Tally M.]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73779/
About surviving on eggs and potatoes

Just wanted to say that I give this answer my Accurate and Complete Nutrition Information Seal of Approval. Well done, Concorde!

I'm also gonna say I really super liked that answer!

[Portia]

Found it mind-blowing that over 7 billion of the 106 billion people who have ever lived are alive right now.

That's over 6 out of every 100. Exponential growth is crazy.

[Portia]

So yeah, 7/106 is actually very easy mental math. Unless you worked nearly 10 hours and it's nearly midnight.

But like, think of all the stories written in all the books. Think of all the civilizations, world wars, dead grandmas, and artifacts. And think that nearly 1/10 is not history, tens of thousands of years, but the present. We might meet more people in a month than our ancestors did in a lifetime. I've probably traveled more than 99% of people who have ever lived, and I've only been to three countries.

[Emiliana]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73813/

Depression during the semester. This is a really tough situation to be in and I think Anonymous and her/his friend handled it well and with sensitivity.

[Portia]

Biracial marriage choices. Rating Pending nailed it.

I believe the Pew Research Center is trustworthy, and I immediately thought of this stat when I saw this question:

For example, white/Asian newlyweds of 2008 through 2010 have significantly higher median combined annual earnings ($70,952) than do any other pairing, including both white/white ($60,000) and Asian/Asian ($62,000). When it comes to educational characteristics, more than half of white newlyweds who marry Asians have a college degree, compared with roughly a third of white newlyweds who married whites.

Food for thought.

Also, the question of endogamy/exogamy is fraught in the black community in ways which I think are difficult for others to grasp. Here is one of many "fluff" pieces which raises the point about acceptance of President Obama from the black community perhaps being contingent upon his having married a black woman.

I'd especially like to hear Imogen's viewpoint on this.

[Giovanni Schwartz]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73875/

Apocrypha:

Thanks Stegosaurus! That was my question. It was just on my phone during Sunday School, so I didn't sign anything and kind of rushed it.