Hey A.I.--you're no longer The Answer, skimmdaddy is

During a recent class period at school I was highly entertained by the person in front of me as they took part in YAhoo! Answers. I had no idea what Yahoo! Answers was, and so I darted off to the computer lab to find out for myself.
Here's what I found:
-- You can either ask a question or answer questions.
-- There are various categories (i.e. sports, music, religion) where your question can be posted or where you can seek to answer questions.
-- Your questions can be about absolutely anything.
-- You get points for answering questions and having people pick your's as the best answer. And you get negative points for asking questions. The accumulation of points can bring you to different "levels."
-- The points mean nothing. The levels mean nothing as well. The only thing the points do is make it so you not only ask but answer as well because if you run out of points you cannot ask.


So I decided to test out this "Yahoo! Answers," and see how it could be a benefit to me, and you, the reader.

Here are my questions and answers I received--
1. How awesome are the "Insane Clown Posse?"
--- "Kristonia" said, "Not at all."

---"1970 Mopar Muscle Gal" responded, "I like them, great concert. I'm 50."
Wow. Your 50. Your screename is "1970 Mopar Muscle GAl." You like ICP. And you've seen them in concert. Wow.

Wow.

Is this Scholten's mom?

Scholten secretely likes ICP and is posing as a 50 year old woman?

---"Alejandro r," says "ICP sucks." and his source(you can include a source from which you got your answer to answer the question) was, "ICP sucks." Clever Alejandro, clever.

Conflicting answers here make me question YAhoo! answers, but "1970 Mopar Muscle Gal," seems like somebody I can trust so I will award her with the best answer.



2.Can you buy "Reading Rainbow," on DVD?

---"Kenny W," came through for me here, and told me "Yes," and even gave me the source--- www.amazon.com. --- Only a man with an avatar that has purple glasses would be able to answer this for me. Obviously a Lavar Burton fan.


3. Who will win the Auto Club 500?
--- The only answer I received for this one was also from "Kenny W," who said that it would be Kevin Harvick. This is a lame answer. The only reason he answered this is because Kevin Harvick just won the Daytona 500. I should have known, after seeing that "Kenny W's" avatar was wearing purple glasses, that he wouldn't be able to help me out here. No NASCAR fans would ever wear purple glasses. I wish "1970 Mopar Muscle Gal" would have helped me out. Yahoo! answers has failed me. I expected more repsonses. Maybe most NASCAR fans don't know how to use computers.

4. Does Nick Lachey shave his chest?
---To this I received two responses: "Yes." and "My guess is he has it waxed." Here, it seems that we have contradicting answers. Shaven? or Waxed? What if I really need to know this? What if my life depended on it? Yahoo! Answers has failed me again it seems.


5. What is a "Hulkamaniac"?(I learned after posting this question that you're limited to 5 questions a day.)
---Most answered: A fan of Hulk Hogan. But "skimdaddy" really went to town, and so I awarded him the best answer.
He said: Being a Hulkamaniac is more than being a fan of Hulk Hogan. A true Hulkamaniac must say his prayers, take his vitamins and do what the Hulkster tells him. Also, as his entry song said, "When it comes crashing down and it hurts inside, they gotta feel bad it don't help to hide. If you hurt their friends, then you hurt their pride. They gotta feel bad they can't let it hide. They are the Real Americans, fight for the rights of every man. "Thanks for the stroll down memory lane .


Conclusion: Yahoo! Answers can be fun and informative if you have intelligent people like skimdaddy answering questions. But it can also leave you hanging when you ask important questions about Nick Lachey's chest hair. Overall -- a good time waster.
I give it 3 out of 5 stars.