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  • What is the correct term for a homosexual male?

    "Homosexual", refers to both genders. "Gay", refers to both genders. "Lesbian", refers only to females. So I'm wondering, what term refers to male homosexuals only? Or is this to be determined at a later date?

  • Women, when you are home alone, do you?

    eat food over the sink? Or is that just a bachelor thing?

    14 AnswersGender & Women's Studies1 decade ago
  • Toilet paper. Does size really matter?

    While sitting in my favourite reading room, I happened to notice that the size of toilet paper sheets is actually written on the toilet paper wrapper. Apparently each sheet is 9.9cm x 10.1cm. This made me wonder, why did they decide to use those dimensions? Why not just 10cm x 10cm?

    2 AnswersTrivia1 decade ago
  • Where/why did the term "Oops a daisy" originate?

    Where/why did the term "Oops a daisy" or "Whoops a daisy" originate? Even if we accept the Oops part, what about the daisy part?

    5 AnswersWords & Wordplay1 decade ago
  • In the (old) Peter, Paul and Mary song "Michael Row The Boat Ashore", who are "Michael" and "Sister"?

    I suppose their is some religious connection, but i don't know what it is. Here are the lyrics:

    Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah

    Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah

    Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah

    Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah

    Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah

    Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah

    River Jordan is chilly and cold, hallelujah

    Chills the body but not the soul, hallelujah

    Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah

    Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah

    Jordan river is deep and is wide, hallelujah

    I've got a home on the other side, hallelujah

    Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah

    Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah

    Michael's Boat is a music boat , hallelujah

    Michael's Boat is a music boat , hallelujah

    14Michael row the boat, the boat ashore, hallelujah16

    15Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah17

    3 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade ago
  • Do all houseflies have red blood?

    It seems to me that when I swat houseflies some of their crushed bodies show signs of red blood and, though all are smashed to much the same degree, others show signs of only a whitish coloured substance. What's going on?

    1 AnswerBiology1 decade ago
  • Where do fruit flies actually come from?

    Are their eggs secretly embedded in banana shins etc.? They seem to appear from nowhere, whenever banana skins or fruit peals are present. Then there are those blue flies. They appear from nowhere as soon as an animal dies, be it shot or road kill.

    1 AnswerZoology1 decade ago
  • Who decided what size a can of soup (etc.) should be?

    And what did they base their decision on, besides making lots of money for little product?

    5 AnswersTrivia1 decade ago
  • How could masturbation make you go blind?

    Was this some religious threat?

    15 AnswersReligion & Spirituality1 decade ago
  • Alright, why would an educated man use the term "all y'all"?

    I'm assuming that Oprah's buddy Dr. Phil is educated and yet I've heard him use the term, more than once, on TV and I don't even watch that show.

    8 AnswersLanguages1 decade ago
  • Could this rule be considered entrapment?

    We've all heard that "No means no!", but in reality, so does everything else except "Yes". A female can call rape at any time and under any circumstances, for that matter, even if she has said "Yes". I mean, how often are there witnesses?

    2 AnswersPsychology1 decade ago
  • If South Africa gets the 2020 Olympics, should the vuvuzelas be banned?

    That is the most annoying demonstration of sporting interference I have ever witnessed.

    2 AnswersOlympics1 decade ago
  • Shouldn't Americans actually say, "I told you what."?

    Americans (and my easily misled idiot of a Canadian father-in-law, after spending the summer in the USA) are often heard using the phrase, "I'll tell you what." This consistently comes AFTER they have already told us what. In Canada and, I suspect, most other English speaking countries, that phrase is used before the transfer of information.

    Examples:

    Canadian - I'll tell you what. We can play tomorrow.

    American - We can play tomorrow. I'll - tell - you - what.

    (The American version is spoken in a longer, drawn out speech, "I'll - tell - you - what.". A point not missed by my in-law.)

    9 AnswersLanguages1 decade ago
  • What do we Canadians Have to be Proud of? Besides these.?

    1. Smarties (not in the USA)

    2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp (not in the USA)

    3. The size of our footballs fields, one less down, and bigger balls.

    4. Baseball is Canadian - 1st game June 4, 1838 - Ingersoll, ON

    5. Lacrosse is Canadian

    6. Hockey is Canadian

    7. Basketball is Canadian

    8. Apple pie is Canadian

    9. Mr. Dress-up beats Mr. Rogers

    10. Tim Hortons beats Dunkin' Donuts

    11. In the war of 1812, started by America , Canadians pushed the Americans back past their White House. Then we burned it, and most of Washington ... We got bored because they ran away. Then, we came home and partied..... Go figure.

    12. Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany.

    13. We have the largest English population that never Ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone,anywhere. EVER! (We got clobbered in the odd battle but prevailed in ALL the wars)

    14. Our civil war was fought in a bar and lasted a little over an hour.

    15. The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American mercenary, he slept in and missed the whole thing. He showed up just in time to get caught.

    16. A Canadian invented Standard Time.

    17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the world's oldest company.

    18. The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human in under 3 minutes. (That's more information than I need!)

    19. We know what to do with the parts of a buffalo.

    20. We don't marry our kin-folk...

    21. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, Velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin and the telephone. Also short wave radios which save countless lives each year.

    22. We have ALL frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell about it.

    23. A Canadian invented Superman.

    24. We have coloured money.

    25. Our beer advertisements kick *** (Incidently... so does our beer!)

    BUT MOST IMPORTANT !

    The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands in with mitts on.

    OOOoohhhhh..... Canada !!

    Oh yeah... And our elections only take one day!

    4 AnswersOther - Cultures & Groups1 decade ago
  • So I was wondering, how do fish breathe?

    When a fish breathes does it take the Oxygen from the H2O, leaving just the Hydrogen? If they are getting Oxygen from other sources underwater, why does it not bubble to the surface before the fish can get it?

    5 AnswersFish1 decade ago
  • What would Sharon Osbourne have been without Ozzy?

    I don't see any skills, arts or abilities in that bag of bones.

    7 AnswersCelebrities1 decade ago
  • Ladies, is there a difference between a clitoral orgasm and a G-spot orgasm?

    If both were being stimulated and an orgasm occurred, would you be able to determine if it were caused by one or the other? Are the orgasms different? How so?

    I've asked some of my close female friends, but their answers seems to be divided down the middle as to whether there is a difference. I need a larger test group.

    9 AnswersWomen's Health1 decade ago
  • Wouldn't you expect "awful" to mean full of awe?

    Beautiful, wonderful, shameful and careful all mean full of their root word, why doesn't "awful" mean full of awe, reverential?

    4 AnswersWords & Wordplay1 decade ago
  • Can anyone please remind me, what is Raquel Welch's claim to fame?

    The first time I heard of her, it was because of her breast augmentation operation (which she denies, but her autopsy will tell) and now she does commercials for Foster Grant's glasses. So who, or what, is she? Why is she considered a celebrity?

    4 AnswersCelebrities1 decade ago
  • Do you bother to wash your potatoes before you peel them?

    I generally wash mine afterwards.

    8 AnswersOther - Food & Drink1 decade ago