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Can you think of some unanswered questions?

Here are a few examples:
Why do they call it a pair of pants, when you only get one?
Whatever happened to Roebuck?
Why is it that Barbie is popular, yet you have to buy her friends?



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21Yes, here they are______________.
14No, I can't
2I have something else to say

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mandy
posted 22-May-2003 6:41pm  
Why isn't there any ham in a hamburger?
Iseult Survey Central Subscriber Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 22-May-2003 7:07pm  
Actually, there is one of Jap koens, but I answered it:

If a man is hanging from a tree by his mouth, and a person approaches him, asking him what he's doing, how shall he respond? Well, if he says something, he'll fall down the tree and die, and it's very rude not to answer.

My answer: we were all taught by Buddhism that silence is golden.
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 22-May-2003 7:18pm  
I'm kind of tired of most of these "questions," honestly.
Hans
posted 22-May-2003 7:32pm  
Are they infinitely many prime number twins? Is every even number greater than 2 the sum of two prime numbers? (And more of these.)
juliw
posted 22-May-2003 7:42pm  
What happened to Preparation A-G?
Why do they call night time after dark?
What happened to 6 UP?
Why do we park in the driveway, and drive on the parkway?
juliw
(reply to mandy) posted 22-May-2003 7:44pm  
Good one!
juliw
(reply to Enheduanna) posted 22-May-2003 7:45pm  
sorry
ihatespiders
posted 22-May-2003 7:48pm  
I like that Buddist question. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around does it make a sound?
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
(reply to juliw) posted 22-May-2003 8:30pm  
Not your fault!
lily333
posted 22-May-2003 9:51pm  
Is a frog's ass watertight? Does a bear crap in the woods?
juliw
(reply to Enheduanna) posted 22-May-2003 10:17pm  
 * smile * (But it IS my survey)
anoddoblivion
posted 22-May-2003 11:11pm  
Why do you get a life vest (instead of a parachute) on an airplane?

Here's a weird one:
What happens if an unstoppable object hits an unmovable/unbreakble wall?
Strider Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Qualifier
(reply to juliw) posted 22-May-2003 11:11pm  
ware are you from?
toronto by any chance?
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 22-May-2003 11:14pm  
If the pen is mightier than the sword, shouldn't he who lives by the sword die by the pen?
darkshadowsseeker
posted 22-May-2003 11:23pm  
Why do they say a pair of eyeglasses when it's only one?
Dino
posted 23-May-2003 4:11am  
Is there a God?
Biggles Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 23-May-2003 6:13am  
Just the other day I was thinking, I wonder what kaleb's first name is? I don't know if that's what you mean though......

Possible suggestions:

Bob, Melvin, Kevin, Dwayne, Kelly, Marvin, Alvin, Graham..... * raspberry *
dab Survey Central Subscriber Gold Qualifier This user is on the site NOW (10 minutes ago)
posted 23-May-2003 8:07am  
Why are they called buildings when they're finished? Why aren't they called builts?

Why do we drive on parkways and park in driveways?
Kristal_Rose Survey Central Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 23-May-2003 8:27am  
yes
jettles Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Qualifier This user is on the site NOW (5 minutes ago)
posted 23-May-2003 8:40am  
i was actually thinking of unanswered questions of more depth like, is there a god? (which i guess some feel is answered and others don't) and what is the meaning of life?
TeddyMiller Survey Central Gold Subscriber This user is on the site NOW (2 minutes ago)
posted 23-May-2003 9:07am  
Here's one answer:
What happens if an unstoppable object hits an unmovable/unbreakable wall? You find out whether it's 'unstoppable' or 'unmovable/unbreakable' that was not correct. One of those adjectives has to be a mistake, logically they can't both be correct, and pitting the two things against each other tells you which. It's like having two fighters, each of whom claims to be the best fighter in the world. Obviously, one of them is wrong, and you find out which if they fight each other.
Wicksy
posted 23-May-2003 9:07am  
Is the Richard Gere Gerbil story true
Who came third in World War 2
did Sooty sleep with Sue,

What are the holes in biro's for
which one's which in the Corrs
did Geff Hurst really score,

Does God ever get it wrong
Where has Gary Barlow gone
Why is Christmas Day so long
It just goes on and on... and on,

Why is there ketchup on my sleeve
Do you think Adam fancied Eve
What if Eve could not conceve
And he had to breed with Steve,
We'd all be gay....
ROCKMAN
posted 23-May-2003 9:21am  
Yes, why do you drive on parkways and park on driveways?
ROCKMAN
posted 23-May-2003 9:28am  
Why is there Brail on the keypad at the drive-up ATM machine?
southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 23-May-2003 12:29pm  
yes, but they are all pretty stupid and corney like the ones above. i think that gallagher made a few of them. they werent that funny, but he made up for them though.

btw: smashing a watermellon wasnt that hilarious either, the first time it was kinda funny, but it got old very quickly.
southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to anoddoblivion) posted 23-May-2003 12:39pm  
hym, let me see what i remember from physics.

light can behave like a particle or a wave. but then again, so does every paricle. if what you are saying is the case, then the uunstopable object will pass though the wall, and at a fraction of a moment, the wall and the unstopable object will become one large mass. this is how waves behave, at least i think. maybe i should email my physics professor.
southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to Hans) posted 23-May-2003 12:42pm  
damn it, i hate those things. is there a mathematical proof for that. i had to prove that one by exahustion (from 40 to 52 only)
southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to Iseult) posted 23-May-2003 12:46pm  
not much of a dilima really. your manners or your life. but in america, we dont exactly value politeness either, especially under great amounts of stress. if this actually ever happens to me, and some moron actually asks me that, the last thing on my mind would be to be nice to him. id probably use my free hand to flick him the bird and hope that moron either helps me or fudges off.
Iseult Survey Central Subscriber Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to southernyankee) posted 23-May-2003 3:29pm  
Yeah, same here.

I never understood their Easter ways of being polite.
Biggles Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 23-May-2003 4:25pm  
Why is it that when your bladder is entirely empty and you dip your feet in warm water you have an urge to wee? I have veruccas  * frown * at the moment (communal showers and two swimming-pool lifeguards on my corridor *sigh*) so I'm having to soak my feet and it's something I just noticed....
ElvisFan67 Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 23-May-2003 5:11pm  
Why do people drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?

Why do baseball players spit?

What's the difference between partly cloudy and partly sunny?

(The last two I heard as part of a comedy sketch on a TV variety show.)
juliw
(reply to Strider) posted 23-May-2003 5:41pm  
No, I am from Akron, Ohio USA.
Are you from Toronto?
southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to Iseult) posted 23-May-2003 5:58pm  
yeah, i mean some people are more polite than others, but this is to the extreme. i guess i am too egocentric to get that joke.
mandy
posted 23-May-2003 6:40pm  
Why do I like bois and gurls?
Pomeranian
(reply to mandy) posted 23-May-2003 8:16pm  
A friend once said to me, "The really important question is, why am I not attracted to rocks".
Iseult Survey Central Subscriber Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to southernyankee) posted 23-May-2003 9:05pm  
Heh, same here (even though I hate admitting it).
mandy
(reply to Pomeranian) posted 23-May-2003 9:57pm  
the sick thing is baby...I kinda am
anoddoblivion
(reply to southernyankee) posted 24-May-2003 12:09am  
I guess this could be true...sounds like Star Trek or something to me. But of course, they have come up with some (little) of that type of technology, so who nows?

Pretty interesting stuff.
Strider Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Qualifier
(reply to juliw) posted 24-May-2003 12:09am  
yes.
Just your coment about parking on a drive way anddriving on a parkway made me ask. We have a highway/freeway called the Don Vally Parkway but it sometimes gets refered to as the Don Vally Parkinglot (esspecially during rush hour).
juliw
(reply to Strider) posted 24-May-2003 11:43am  
 * laughing out loud * That's what we should call our Memorial Parkway! I have been to Toronto once, and loved it. Go Bluejays!
Strider Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Qualifier
(reply to juliw) posted 24-May-2003 11:38pm  
Yeah maybe the'll go all the way this year.
juliw
(reply to Strider) posted 25-May-2003 11:12am  
 * smile * That would be great!
southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to Iseult) posted 26-May-2003 2:58pm  
yeah, the philosopjy behind it is pretty interesting too. technicly, theres no such thing as an imovabel object casue of the 3rd law. but then again, what is movement anyway. even if you stay in one place, the earth is still moving. and even if you stay in one absolute zero place, everything else around you moves, so really you still are not not moving. unstopable? thats a whole other can of worms.
horselover
posted 26-May-2003 3:13pm  
"When do we get to go to heaven?"
Biggles Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 26-May-2003 4:45pm  
The answer to my question came to me in a blinding flash of light. Kaleb's first name must be Norman!!!
lyd81
posted 26-May-2003 4:52pm  
what is the meaning of life?
EnzoFerrari88
posted 26-May-2003 5:37pm  
If god really created the universe, what was here before then? was it white, nothingness, but white is a color, so it is something. who created god? and who created that person/thing? is god male or female, or is he even human?
Jody
(reply to EnzoFerrari88) posted 27-May-2003 8:50am  
As for my .02, before the universe all was dark and empty, according to the Bible. God is referred to by the male pronoun, but I believe He is beyond gender, and that's just a convenience. He is certainly not human. As for who created God, I think the theory is that He was always there.
Hans
(reply to southernyankee) posted 27-May-2003 1:13pm  
Both are famous open problems! (The second is the so-called Goldbach conjecture: Most people seem to think the answer is "yes", but no proof has been found to this day.)
southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to Hans) posted 27-May-2003 1:33pm  
well, movable is relative, and so is speed, so there really is no objective answer to this one.

ok, i got one for you, is god able to create a rock that is so heavy that not even he himself is strong enough to lift (assume that god can do anything and is invincible.)
southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to anoddoblivion) posted 27-May-2003 1:34pm  
yeah, i guess it is interesting stuff.

ok, i got one for you, is god able to create a rock that is so heavy that not even he himself is strong enough to lift.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
(reply to ihatespiders) posted 27-May-2003 3:14pm  
I think i figured that one out. It doesn't make noise (noise being the receiving end) because there's no one to receive it, but it makes sound, because the sound waves are still there, bouncing off of things.
titch1221
posted 27-May-2003 11:12pm  
I can answer the second question. He left the business in the late 1800's because Mr.Sears was so backed up with his orders and he was disorganized. Sears started out as a mail order company because it was the easiest way to reach its largest market people who lived in small towns or rual areas.
Cleo
posted 28-May-2003 12:44am  
Again.... Why do men have nipples?
Cleo
(reply to LindaH) posted 28-May-2003 12:51am  
 * laughing out loud * That's a good one!
TeddyMiller Survey Central Gold Subscriber This user is on the site NOW (2 minutes ago)
(reply to ElvisFan67) posted 28-May-2003 10:02am  
Judging from these sites with weather terms
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tulsa/forecast_terms.html
http://weather.gfc.state.ga.us/Info/WXexp.htm
"partly cloudy" and "partly sunny" both refer to 3/10 to 6/10 cloud cover, but "partly sunny" would only be applicable to daytime, while "partly cloudy" can be used at night.
EnzoFerrari88
(reply to Jody) posted 28-May-2003 5:59pm  
how could he always be there? everything was created. right? and before god created the universe and it was dark that would mean that someone would have made it that way
ihatespiders
(reply to LindaH) posted 29-May-2003 1:08am  
Thats the best answer Ive heard on that one.
anoddoblivion
(reply to southernyankee) posted 29-May-2003 9:19pm  
I could only give a churchy answer for that one.
southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
(reply to anoddoblivion) posted 29-May-2003 9:32pm  
oh yeah, you the one who posted all the christian stuff on forum.

um, well, uhm. just give us the churchy answer then.
bond_girl
posted 2-Jun-2003 12:55pm  
Why do men always treat me like an accessory?
bond_girl
(reply to anonymous) posted 2-Jun-2003 3:59pm  
Yes however I am still a human being. My comment refers to how I'm treated when I'm not at work.
bill Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator
posted 4-Jun-2003 10:36am  
Why are people cruel to each other?
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