Wednesday, March 09, 2005

"Do Birds Ever Fly into Eachother?" and Other Ponderings...

For your delectation and amusement, here are some of the life-changing questions that we've been mulling over this week:

  • Do bald people get dandruff?
  • Can a person with no ears wear glasses?
  • Are people who are allergic to nuts allergic to coconuts too?
  • Why is it that when adults have multiple personalities it's schizophrenia, but when a child has imaginary friends it's cute?
  • When people say, "I’m so tired it's not even funny" or "my head hurts so much it's not even funny", why would it even be funny in the first place?
  • If the sky is the limit, then what is space, over the limit?
  • Are children who act in 18 rated movies allowed to see them?
  • Why does the last piece of ice always stick to the bottom of the glass?
  • If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
  • Isn't Disney World just a people trap operated by a mouse?
  • If a fork were made of gold would it still be considered silverware?
  • If heat rises, then shouldn't hell be cold?
  • Which way does a compass point in space?
  • If scientists were ever going to figure out how to travel through time, wouldn’t we now be seeing people from the future?
  • Why is it that if something says "do not eat" on the packaging it becomes extra tempting to eat?
  • Why is there that little space inside strawberries, as if it was meant for a pip, and then the seeds are on the outside?
  • When a boy is named after his dad, he is called 'Junior,' but what do
    you call a girl that is named after her mother?
  • Why do people say PIN number when that truly means Personal Identification Number Number?
  • Why are you IN a movie, but you are ON TV?
  • If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a picture of a thousand words worth?
  • When sign makers go on strike, is anything written on their signs?
  • What does OK actually mean?
  • If you decide that you're indecisive, which one are you?
  • If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth?
  • Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?
  • Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
  • Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp which no decent human being would eat?
  • 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 masochists like to torture themselves, wouldn't they do it best by not torturing themselves? and if so, aren't we all masochist?
  • What if the hokey-cokey really is what it's all about?
  • If you fed a bee nothing but oranges, would it start making marmalade?
  • Why do the Alphabet song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and Baa Baa Black Sheep all have the same tune?
  • Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
  • How come you press harder on a remote control when you know the battery is dead?
  • Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?

Yep, it's been a busy time here at the BrainFarm. Testing these difficult questions in laboratory conditions really takes it out of us. Do you know any of the answers or have any questions of your own? Post a comment below.