Random questions

[jayswin]

I think it's time we have a thread dedicated to any random questions people may have. No matter how simple or hard, or how important or silly they may be.

I'll start; When people die away from their home city, or someone wants a family member's funeral in another city, how do they transport the body? Is there special flights for that, or do they just put the body in the cargo with regular commercial flights, or what?

[flylock shox]

How does MSG work? Is it like that miracle fruit that makes everything taste better? Does it open up taste buds? Why does it make stuff taste good without, as far as I can tell, tasting like anything itself? It just doesn't make sense.

Also, are sperms alive?

[BuzzardsWife]

Originally Posted by flylock shox

How does MSG work? Is it like that miracle fruit that makes everything taste better? Does it open up taste buds? Why does it make stuff taste good without, as far as I can tell, tasting like anything itself? It just doesn't make sense.

Also, are sperms alive?

If you put MSG in your dogs food he won't eat his poop, that's all I know about it

[Flamesoholic]

Why is it that when you get the hiccups, but then get rid of them, you can end up getting them off and on for the whole rest of the day?

[icarus]

Well I'm no expert but I'll take a stab off the top of my head:

1. No idea. That's a good one. Makes me think of Little Miss Sunshine.
2. MSG or monosodium glutamate is essentially a neurotransmitter (glutamic acid), so probably gets your taste buds firing off more readily than would otherwise occur.
3. I tend to consider something to be alive if it can make accurate copies of itself (for mitotic cells) or in union with complementary gametes (for meiotic cells), so fresh sperm cells would be alive so long as they are fresh enough to penetrate an ovum and release their haploid DNA.
4. Hiccups I believe are caused by pockets of unreleased gas buildup within the stomach that can stimulate an autonomic response. I guess if you get rid of your hiccups but you've still got something in your stomach that is allowing gas to be built up then you might still be at risk to have them return.

Do vets treat fish? Is fish treatment something that's taught in vet school?

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Bodies of the deceased are transported with cargo, a buddy of mine does cargo booking for United Airlines, and he says that deceased body transportation is way more complicated than you'd imagine.

The rest I have no idea. I'd assume vets treat fish, I believe the top prescription for fish is tartar sauce

[awildermode]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

Bodies of the deceased are transported with cargo, a buddy of mine does cargo booking for United Airlines, and he says that deceased body transportation is way more complicated than you'd imagine.

The rest I have no idea. I'd assume vets treat fish, I believe the top prescription for fish is tartar sauce

do you pick up the cargo on the conveyor belt thing?

[LChoy]

Air Canada transports bodies in the cargo hold. There was a big ruckus last year, when AC somehow lost a body

Hiccups are sporatic and uncontrolled spasm of the diaphargm and can be caused by many things.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by Lchoy

Hiccups are sporatic and uncontrolled spasm of the diaphargm and can be caused by many things.

Wikipedia concurs and goes on to say:

Digital rectal massage has been recommended as a remedy that causes immediate cessation of hiccups and which should be tried before resorting to drugs.

[chid]

1. West Jet transports remains as well, if you fly bereavement for a funeral our computer system by default places guests on the left side of the plane to avoid a guest from seeing our guys loading such remains.

[LChoy]

^^

[Boblobla]

How does Enzyte work? Isn't it just a blood flow thing that dictates size? I wonder that ever time I see those stupid commercials.

[Yeah_Baby]

What is the meaning of life?

[mykalberta]

Originally Posted by chid

1. West Jet transports remains as well, if you fly bereavement for a funeral our computer system by default places guests on the left side of the plane to avoid a guest from seeing our guys loading such remains.

A cascet can be loaded in the belly of a 737 - I wouldnt have thought the doors big enough for that.

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by yeah_baby

what is the meaning of life?

42

[burn_this_city]

Why do stupid people breed so easily?

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

42

Nope, that's the answer to the ultimate question.
If the ultimate question was "What's the meaning of life" we wouldn't need the earth would we?

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

Nope, that's the answer to the ultimate question.
If the ultimate question was "What's the meaning of life" we wouldn't need the earth would we?

What are you, a mouse?

[Rathji]

The question is (spoiler in white below)

"What is six times seven?"

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by Rathji

The question is (spoiler in white below)

"What is six times seven?"

Yup, at least that was good enough for the talk show circuit for a couple philosopher mice.