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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink what ever comes out"?

    If a Man is talking in the forest and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?

    Can blind people see their dreams?

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Why is it, if you are on a moving train and you jump, you land in the same place??

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by wayaay bird
    If a Man is talking in the forest and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?

    Quote Originally Posted by wayaay bird
    Can blind people see their dreams?
    Yes, provided they weren't born blind - eg lost their sight in a car accident in their teens.

    Quote Originally Posted by wayaay bird
    Why is it, if you are on a moving train and you jump, you land in the same place??
    Careful - there's lots of scientists around who can answer that (it's all relative )

    A more fun version to torque with their minds is this:
    A train is travelling North at 50mph. A wasp is travelling South at 1mph. The wasp collides with the front of the train (splat!).

    The wasp was travelling South at 1mph. It's remains are now travelling North at 50mph. That means it's changed direction and so at the point this happened it must have been stationary. The point at which this happened is when it collided with the train. If the wasp is stationary and in contact with the train, then the train must also be stationary. So when a wasp collides with a train it causes it to come to an immediate stop for a moment before it accelerates at an insane rate back to it's original speed.



    Take care
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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost
    If the wasp is stationary and in contact with the train, then the train must also be stationary.
    ?why? any moving object can hit a stationary one with ease

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by Gadget
    ?why? any moving object can hit a stationary one with ease
    If two objects are in contact and one is stationary then the other must also be stationary, otherwise the first object would be moving

    Be Well,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost
    Why are migraine tablet bottles nearly imposible to get into normally, let alone with a migraine (unless you've got a large kitchen knife )
    And why can kids get into child proof medicine bottles no problem, while adults have to resort to using knifes to get their pills out?

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    When you snap your fingers, does the sound occur when your middle finger releases from your thumb, or when your middle finger hits the palm of your hand?

    Why is it that when we are humming and then we plug our nose, our humming stops? Do people really hum through their nose, or their mouths?

    Why can’t a baby cry while it’s inside its mother?

    How do "do not walk on grass" signs get there?

    Why do people say 'can i ask you a question' didnt give them much choice really.

    (sorry i'm getting addicted to this thread)

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by wayaay bird
    When you snap your fingers, does the sound occur when your middle finger releases from your thumb, or when your middle finger hits the palm of your hand?
    Tried this just now, a slight flicky sound when released from thumb, main noise comes from the palm contact

    Quote Originally Posted by wayaay bird
    Why is it that when we are humming and then we plug our nose, our humming stops? Do people really hum through their nose, or their mouths?
    Yup, looks like through the nose (sad enough to try again) try a light contact on the nose and you can feel the vibration


    Quote Originally Posted by wayaay bird
    Why can’t a baby cry while it’s inside its mother?
    Maybe it does, and the sound gets drowned out with all that fluid (try shouting help! under water)


    Quote Originally Posted by wayaay bird
    Why do people say 'can i ask you a question' didnt give them much choice really.?
    You simply say, yes, of course you can and you did

    As to the grass - I will leave that up to others..............

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Why when you meet some and say "How do you do ?" do you never answer the question or even understand the question


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    That date is recognized as her official birthday.

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by Minnie M
    Why when you meet some and say "How do you do ?" do you never answer the question or even understand the question
    Um... I do... I usually say, "well - thank you" or something similar (sorry Minnie)

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by Martin
    As to the grass - I will leave that up to others..............
    Put the sign up before you plant the grass

    Be Well,
    Christopher

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by wayaay bird
    Why is it that when we are humming and then we plug our nose, our humming stops? Do people really hum through their nose, or their mouths?
    Nose - by experiment.

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by David Franklin
    Actually, I'm sure it must be Yorkshire...

    Yorkshireman1: The youth of today - I ask you!
    Yorkshireman2: Aye, t'other day, this whippersnapper was telling me about this new band Gotan Project.
    Yorkshireman3: Gotan Project? I was playin' Gotan Project years ago!
    Yorkshireman4: That's nothing - I was playing it when you could only get it on vinyl!
    Yorkshireman1: We never had vinyl - we had to get a lump of clay and make all t'grooves ourselves, and listen wit' needle attached to ear trumpet.
    Yorkshireman2: We used t'dream of 'avin a needle! We used to have to chew a brick until we broke a tooth off with a sharp end, and use that.
    Yorkshireman3: You had bricks?
    Yorkshireman2: Well, actually, it was one of the loose stones in the hut we lived in - but we called them bricks.
    Yorkshireman4: Ah, but it's easy when you've got stones. We had to make do with cowpats left to dry in the sun. And it's hard chewing a cowpat until your teeth fall out.
    Yorkshireman1: But we were happy!
    Yorkshireman2: That we were. But if y'tell the youth of today that, they won't believe you!
    Chorus: Aye, Aye.
    yer lived in t'hut -pure luxury
    we had t make do wi' hole in road

    Monty Python - but youth of t'day only know bout that bald git that gets pushed round in t'wheelchair on BBc3, we used to watch 3 channels on t'black and white tv that had coin machine on t'back of it, and ad no coins to put in it so had to stand outside telly shop trying to imagine what everyone ws saying on telly in t'window

    thewacko (yorkshire born and bread - well crumbs actually that we used to nick off pidgeons from next doors back yard, cos we were too poor to eat)

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by philsmove
    How do you know the light in the refrigerator goes out when you close the door?
    New Scientist has more than one answer to this one - see here and here.
    Love dance, will travel

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by wayaay bird
    Why is it that when we are humming and then we plug our nose, our humming stops? Do people really hum through their nose, or their mouths?
    I think humming is strictly done with the mouth closed, but the mouth still has an effect on the resonance of the sound - try humming and moving your jaw up and down, or moving your tongue around in your mouth, and you should hear the sound change slightly.

    When you hum you're still breathing out to make noise (because air goes through the vocal chords). Since your mouth is closed the air has to escape through your nose. If you block your nose, then the air stops, the air stops moving through the vocal chords, and the sound stops...
    Love dance, will travel

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by Gojive
    Who was the first person to discover that you can get milk from a cow?
    Quote Originally Posted by wayaay bird
    Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink what ever comes out"?
    Probably someone who'd watched calves drinking the milk from their mothers.
    Love dance, will travel

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost
    A more fun version to torque with their minds is this:
    A train is travelling North at 50mph. A wasp is travelling South at 1mph. The wasp collides with the front of the train (splat!).

    The wasp was travelling South at 1mph. It's remains are now travelling North at 50mph. That means it's changed direction and so at the point this happened it must have been stationary. The point at which this happened is when it collided with the train. If the wasp is stationary and in contact with the train, then the train must also be stationary. So when a wasp collides with a train it causes it to come to an immediate stop for a moment before it accelerates at an insane rate back to it's original speed.
    I don't know this one - but here's my best guess..

    Trains aren't entirely solid unyeilding blocks- the windows or metal bodywork will tend to have a little "give" in them. Suppose the wasp hits the window. The window will deflect ever so slightly relative to the rest of the train and then bounce back. The rest of the train wil continue unaffected.
    Love dance, will travel

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    David Y

    Trying singlehandedly to answer all the silly questions on this thread

    Is David Y attempting to tease the "ORACLE" crown off of David B.

    Keep going David Y!! good luck in your quest

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Why does the moon seem bigger near the horizon

    Than when its higher in the sky

    And no goggling

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    Re: Silly Questions? Sensible Answers!

    Quote Originally Posted by philsmove
    Why does the moon seem bigger near the horizon

    Than when its higher in the sky

    And no goggling
    Its not just the moon, the sun also looks bigger.

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