Dear Matt: I'm moving into a new gated community. What I want to know is, how will the fire department get in if there's a fire? Do they have keys to every gated community? To …
February 16, 2006
Straight from the Hip
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Yelling Fire! in a Gated Community
The Fem-inal
Hey, Matt: Has there ever been any version of a urinal for women? If so, maybe the Spanos family can cut down on the lines at any future Chargers stadium by installing some of these. …
February 15, 2006
Welcome to the Hotel San Diego
Hey, Matt!! What's up with the Hotel San Diego sign? I saw it today, relatively intact but slowly rusting away, put to pasture on the grass near the corner of Rosecrans and Dewey, inside the …
February 15, 2006
Sweaty science
Matt: Is there a difference in the chemical composition of sweat produced by nervousness and dread and that of sweat produced by good honest exercise? My friend says he can smell the difference. I think …
February 9, 2006
How high is up?
Dear Matt: How high up over a country is international air space considered to begin? Sea-bound countries claim a certain distance from their shores as their property. Many countries also consider the air over their …
February 9, 2006
Nose holes
Matt: I can understand why we have two eyes (judge distance) and two ears (locate sound), but why two nostrils? -- J.R., Cardiff Stereolfaction doesn't make much sense, unless it has something to do with …
February 9, 2006
Today's special: Fleas!
Matt: How did swap meets a flea markets get named? I've ever seen any swapping at a swap meet, and I've never seem fleas at a flea market. -- Nola from North Park Well, for …
February 2, 2006
If You Get My Continental Drift
Your Mattness: Who decides what are continents? Why is Greenland not a continent? It is bigger than the island/continent of Australia and has more people than Antarctica. How can Europe and Asia be one continent? …
February 2, 2006
Wonderweed
Heymatt: So, I was digging your column on schizophrenia, but when I read the last paragraph, I heard my own loud voice and it boomed, "Dios mio!" Matt, my buddy, in a town like San …
February 2, 2006
Egg-zactly Wrong
Hey: My friends and I were talking the other day and the subject came around to the one day of the year that you can balance an egg on its end. My friend says that …
January 26, 2006
Stupid Cat Tricks
Heymatt: You seem to be a expert on the subject of domestic house cats, so here's another one for you. Why is it they love to sit and lie on newspapers? And why is it …
January 26, 2006