Shmoop Filter: My boyfriend always sings me this Harry Belefonte song while changing the words to "Yes, Lorena, my sweetheart from California." I'm trying to figure out what songs work with the name "Claude" swapped in. [more inside]
posted by Juliet Banana on Jun 23, 2009 - 22 answers

I feel that I have terrible fashion sense but I am attached to a habitual wardrobe of jeans and untucked colorful-stripey-patterned cotton button-up shirts. Is it conventionally [_] okay or [_] not okay to wear some kind of necktie with this sort of shirt? If so, what tie parameters should I look for? [more inside]
posted by mindsound on May 7, 2009 - 23 answers

How do I get files from my modern PC onto an ancient Macintosh? [more inside]
posted by Sys Rq on Apr 28, 2009 - 19 answers

With things falling out of the sky with a little more regularity then usual lately, and what with me being a bit of a flybaby, I was hoping some of the Metifilter geniuses could help reassure me with some science... [more inside]
posted by monkey!knife!fight! on Feb 16, 2009 - 14 answers

What's the difference between a geek, a nerd and a dork? [more inside]
posted by feelinglistless on May 15, 2008 - 43 answers

Kinda like the anonymous question a little bit ago, but looking for the geeky gay guys in Phoenix. [more inside]
posted by kzin602 on Mar 30, 2008 - 9 answers

Help us enjoy a They Might Be Giants concert and not stand out like dorks [more inside]
posted by fijiwriter on Feb 13, 2008 - 47 answers

Should I start playing World of Warcraft? [more inside]
posted by Doublewhiskeycokenoice on Nov 29, 2006 - 57 answers

Help me find collaborative hex-mapping software. [more inside]
posted by jammer on Sep 29, 2006 - 1 answer

Help me find an obscure R.A. Lafferty quote. [more inside]
posted by rwhe on Aug 28, 2006 - 0 answers

Does everyone yell "here kitty kitty" in a comically high-pitched voice when calling to a cat? My family did when I was a child, and I do now. But while doing so, I always feel like a total dork. Why the voice modulation? Why the same pattern of "here kitty-kitty-kitty-kitty"? Surely if the cat knows your voice, he'd respond to "Fluffers! Come here now!" in a regular voice. Or are cats taught at an early age to listen for this vocal affront to dignity? Do they secretly enjoy it? Is this regional, or universal? Thanks.
posted by Bud Dickman on Jul 26, 2006 - 46 answers