Questions Without Good Answers

[Urban Ranger]

Re: Questions Without Good Answers

Originally posted by SlowwHand
If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?

Cold is not a quantifiable quality, thus, saying "twice as cold" is meaningless.

Originally posted by SlowwHand
If quitters never win, and winners never quit, what fool came up with "Quit while you're ahead"?

Some person who didn't want you to win, obviously.

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Why are they called apartments, when they're all stuck together?

Those that are not are called departments.

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Since Americans throw rice at weddings, do Asians throw hamburgers?

No, we throw Americans.

Originally posted by SlowwHand
What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

Depends on if you have recovered during the interval.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by JohnT
The worst question ever:

"Are you asleep?"

Nah.

"Are you dead?" is probably worse.

[Bosh]

Since Americans throw rice at weddings, do Asians throw hamburgers?

Just chickens

[st_swithin]

I thought Asians threw firecrackers.

[Guynemer]

Who wrote the Book of Love?

Do you know the Muffin Man?

[aaglo]

If two persons in business world meet, why both of them are always "fine" or "terrific"? Don't they have bad days at all?

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Big Crunch


"IS someone there?" problem tops that, especially if you are creeping downstairs to check for a burglar at the time you say it.

It's actually not a bad idea to warn the guy that you're coming down. That way he has time to run for it and you won't have to bump into each other by mistake.

Personally, though, I prefer "I'm coming down and I have a crowbar".

[Urban Ranger]

What, no assault rifle? Not even a shotgun?

[KrazyHorse]

I trust myself with a crowbar more than I do with a firearm. And whoever it is will be just as dead when I swing it. I actually chased off a robber with a crowbar when I was 15 (he wasn't in the house; he was attempting to break into my father's truck, which was filled with 40 000$ worth of Snap-On tools).

[Urban Ranger]

Not in Philly though, I think. Nasty, nasty, place.

[KrazyHorse]

I ain't in Philly. We've got Philly far beat on homicides, shootings and violent crime.

[Theben]

If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?

Switch to either farenheit or celsius and then calculate to find the answer.

If quitters never win, and winners never quit, what fool came up with "Quit while you're ahead"?

A loser.

Why are they called apartments, when they're all stuck together?

They are separable by a chainsaw.

Since Americans throw rice at weddings, do Asians throw hamburgers?

No. The Japanese, for instance, throw shashimi at the bride until she agrees to a nude wrestling match with the maid-of-honor.

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

You die. But only on the inside.

[Dry]

Re: Questions Without Good Answers

Originally posted by SlowwHand
If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?

All depends on where is the zero on the coldness scale of the speaker.
If 'cold' start on, say, 15 degrees, then twice as cold as zero is minus 15.

[aaglo]

I wonder who even would say it's twice as cold? It's ridiculous in itself - it doesn't need the answer for that

And one other (a bit off-topic) thing mentioned some time ago in OT:
- why do people speak about frozen tundra? The word tundra means permafrost ground... so, is it ground frozen twice?

[Theben]

and what about thiose poeple who say "permafrost groundf?" Isn't perma=ground? Talk about redudant.