Some people's ears pop in an airplane. My coworker bursts blood vessels. Why? [more inside]
posted by harperpitt on Apr 8, 2009 - 5 answers

What is the "man-overboard" or "we just spotted a stick-thin and hairy Tom Hanks on a makeshift raft" scenario for very large and heavy ships, like container ships? It's not practical to stop them and it can't be done in any reasonable amount of time or distance, and I assume they don't keep a helicopter on board. Do they drop a speedboat to go and pick the guy up, which then catches up with the ship? [more inside]
posted by George_Spiggott on Oct 31, 2007 - 22 answers

So recently I've been having a lot of "vigorous" heterosexual, um, sex. Yay me; yay my partner. However, my penis is now sporting a little more backbone than usual. Of course there's...-> [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 28, 2006 - 7 answers