pool for stumped questions

October 2, 2006 6:47 PM

I got skunked! Since questions sometime slip off the front page within hours, how about a feature in which skunked questions are pooled somewhere until they get an answer? The skunkpool. Would that not be awesome?
posted by _sirmissalot_ to Feature Requests at 6:47 PM (22 comments total)

I added a stumped tag to it. Maybe we can do that somehow automagically for questions that go off the main page with zero answers, or that have zero answers after 24 hours or something. Then people can read the stumped feed (population: 16 currently) and see if they can help out.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:53 PM on October 2, 2006

Haha. Nobody listens to you, either.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 6:59 PM on October 2, 2006

If nobody has answered this question, that would have been awesome.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:59 PM on October 2, 2006 [1 favorite]

If nobody has answered this question, that would have been awesome.

I actually hesitated a moment before posting this with exactly that fear giving me pause.

Jessamyn, that's a good idea, though it appears some people use the "stumped" tag without actually having been stumped. The bastards.
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 7:08 PM on October 2, 2006

a note to future question-askers:

do not end your query with the sentence "I don't want to risk the new caulk job failing."
posted by carsonb at 7:55 PM on October 2, 2006

No longer skunked. Deskunked.
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 9:23 PM on October 2, 2006

Caulk, sucker. Did you use enough?
posted by Eideteker at 9:29 PM on October 2, 2006

Well, just because a question has answers posted to it doesn't mean it has been answered. A question with zero replies is no more valuable than a question that remains unanswered.
posted by geekyguy at 9:39 PM on October 2, 2006

I caulked the shit out of that tub today and it looks awesome.
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 9:52 PM on October 2, 2006

It's good to keep handy a collection of varied caulking materials -- a bucket of caulks, if you will.
posted by brain_drain at 9:57 PM on October 2, 2006 [1 favorite]

Mmm, delicious caulk.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:14 PM on October 2, 2006

I don't pop my caulk for every guy I see
posted by bunglin jones at 10:16 PM on October 2, 2006

The problem I have is those tiny little slits that need filling. I poke, I prod, I try to find the right angle, but I just can't fit the caulk in.
posted by Schlimmbesserung at 11:03 PM on October 2, 2006

Well, it would be full of thousands of question, which would stick around forever.

I hardly post on ask anymore, way to much volume.
posted by delmoi at 11:34 PM on October 2, 2006

The problem I have is those tiny little slits that need filling

You need an older tub. Those 2 and 3 year old ones aren't meant to be caulked.
posted by dersins at 12:03 AM on October 3, 2006

Schlimmbesserung, use your hand to guide the caulk. Most everyone does.
posted by maxwelton at 12:34 AM on October 3, 2006

I'm sure if I sit here long enough, I'll think of a witty gag involving Macaulay Caulkin and a hot tub.
posted by triv at 2:05 AM on October 3, 2006

Go choke on a bucket of caulking.
posted by louigi at 5:04 AM on October 3, 2006

Next time add that a long distance relationship hangs in the balance and you would also appreciate songs about caulking for a mix tape to Win Her Back!!!
posted by Marnie at 5:39 AM on October 3, 2006

This idea stinks!

*can't believe no one made that joke yet*
posted by sciurus at 7:17 AM on October 3, 2006

Ouch! I've been caulkblocked!
posted by Schlimmbesserung at 9:25 AM on October 3, 2006

posted by StrasbourgSecaucus at 9:42 AM on October 3, 2006