The Straight Dope 10/25/2002

The Straight Dope -- By Cecil Adams
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THE STRAIGHT DOPE 10/25/2002

Dear Cecil:

I'm not asking this out of prurient interest, as lame as that may sound. I'm 
curious about the physiology involved with the small percentage of women who 
experience ejaculation of fluid during orgasm. I won't go into it, but I have 
personal knowledge that the fluid is not urine or a lubricating secretion. 
What exactly is the fluid, and from what part of the female anatomy does it 
emanate? --Bill B.

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Cecil replies:

The problem you have discussing a topic like this is that people's responses 
generally break down as follows: 

10 percent say the ejaculate is urine. 

10 percent say it's something else. 

80 percent  stick their fingers in their ears and sing, "OH BEAUTIFUL FOR 
SPACIOUS SKIES,  FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN. . . . " 

Well, too bad. This is a legitimate question, and I'm going to do my best to 
get to the bottom of it if I have to gross out everyone on the planet.

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STAFF REPORT

Dear Straight Dope:

Why did the Beatles break up? --Kevin 

SDSTAFF John Corrado replies:

Brace yourselves, friends--this may well be the first discussion of the 
Beatles' break-up that doesn't include a cheap Yoko Ono joke. 

Really, the answer is simple. They broke up for the same reason they were 
successful--they were all extremely talented musicians interested in trying 
new things. We can argue about whether that describes Ringo or not, but I 
think in general it's true. 

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http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbeatlesbreakup.html


STRAIGHT DOPE CLASSIC - 02171984

Dear Cecil: 

In these winter months when I go to open the car door and sit on the vinyl 
seats, I can feel the cold right down to my bones. Yet when I grab the 
wooden-handled snow shovel or sit on velour seats it's not so cold. When 
touched against the skin, why do metal objects feel colder than wooden 
objects of the same temperature? -- L.F., Guadalajara, Mexico

Dear L.:  You're asking me this from Guadalajara? What are you worried about, 
getting frostbite from your next daiquiri? 

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