What are some good, somewhat dirty jokes suitable for telling to my Grandma?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by sciurus at 2:52 PM on June 26, 2007 (52 comments)

I drive a Subaru. I'd like to have digital access to its internal state in a format and on a bus that I can read with something like a linux PC, in real time. I'd like to know RPM, speed, sensor readings, etc (essentially everything that this can display). Can I buy or build a doohickey that will do this?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Netzapper at 4:06 PM on February 24, 2007 (8 comments)

Mathematicians in the 1940s became curious about Fair Division, thus birthing an entire branch of mathematics concerned with cutting cakes. Recently, this man came up with a new method, purported to be the most fair yet. Hard to disbelieve, coming from the topologist who has mastered shoelaces, although arguably he's missing the point.
posted to MetaFilter by eparchos at 4:09 AM on January 15, 2007 (28 comments)

I'm about to buy a house that has a workbench in it and I'd like to learn some woodworking. Can anyone point me to some resources for learning the basics? I mean I know measure twice, cut once, but beyond that, I'm lost.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by sholdens12 at 2:28 PM on November 3, 2006 (15 comments)

What is your favorite and most colorful expression or phrase? Speaking about two idiots that we work with, my coworker said that they looked like 'Two monkey's f*cking a football', which led me to say 'They couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery', and as a final touch, which made me laugh, my coworker states 'They're about as handy as a bear cub with a toothpick'. I would love to write a book or create a website with colorful phrases from around the world. What are some of your favorite idioms that you use or have overhead in the boardroom, bar, or barnyard?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jasondigitized at 7:42 AM on October 31, 2006 (191 comments)