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Deep Questions :
1 Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?
2 Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?
3 Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
4 Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
5 Why do they use sterilised needles for death by lethal injection?
6 Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
7 Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a gun at him?
8 Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
9 Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?
10 What is the speed of darkness?
11 Are there specially reserved parking spaces for non-disabled people at The Special Olympics?
12 If you send someone 'Styrofoam', how do you pack it?
13 If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?
14 If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
15 If it's true that we are here to help others, what are the others doing here?
16 Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?
17 If someone with a split personality threatens to commit suicide, is it a hostage situation?
1 Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?
2 Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?
3 Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
4 Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
5 Why do they use sterilised needles for death by lethal injection?
6 Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
7 Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a gun at him?
8 Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
9 Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?
10 What is the speed of darkness?
11 Are there specially reserved parking spaces for non-disabled people at The Special Olympics?
12 If you send someone 'Styrofoam', how do you pack it?
13 If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?
14 If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
15 If it's true that we are here to help others, what are the others doing here?
16 Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?
17 If someone with a split personality threatens to commit suicide, is it a hostage situation?
18 Can you cry under water?
19 What level of importance must a person have, before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
20 If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
21 Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
22 How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on bigger suitcases?
23 Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up, like, every two hours?
24 If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
25 Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
26 Why do doctors, when they ask you to strip, leave the room or close the cubicle curtain while you change? ............ they're still going to see you naked anyway.
19 What level of importance must a person have, before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
20 If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
21 Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
22 How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on bigger suitcases?
23 Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up, like, every two hours?
24 If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
25 Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
26 Why do doctors, when they ask you to strip, leave the room or close the cubicle curtain while you change? ............ they're still going to see you naked anyway.
MKGriff said:
Deep Questions :
1 Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?
....because we're stupid
2 Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?
....because they're stupid
3 Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
....because he/she is stupid
I can pedantically answer a few 
>> Edited by scorp on Friday 5th August 14:13
MKGriff said:
Deep Questions :
4 Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
It does stick to the bottle, it lacks the air to needed dry.
5 Why do they use sterilised needles for death by lethal injection?
You can't buy dirty needles.
10 What is the speed of darkness?
Same as light.
14 If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Divergence, the apes of today are not necessarily the same apes we evolved from, they have also probably evolved.
>> Edited by scorp on Friday 5th August 14:13
scorp said:Wouldn't this one be:
I can pedantically answer a few
MKGriff said:
Deep Questions :
4 Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
It does stick to the bottle, it lacks the air to needed dry.
5 Why do they use sterilised needles for death by lethal injection?
You can't buy dirty needles.
10 What is the speed of darkness?
Same as light.
14 If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Divergence, the apes of today are not necessarily the same apes we evolved from, they have also probably evolved.
>> Edited by scorp on Friday 5th August 14:13
10 What is the speed of darkness?
There is no such "thing" as darkness, just an absence of light. Much like there is not such thing as "cold"... just an absence of heat.
chim_knee said:
10 What is the speed of darkness?
There is no such "thing" as darkness, just an absence of light. Much like there is not such thing as "cold"... just an absence of heat.
It still has a speed as darkness can be observed and measured, you will be measuring the speed of light in doing so (e.g. the speed at which photons leaves an area, such as a light bulb being turned off, can be measured and seen as a 'speed of darkness').
>> Edited by scorp on Friday 5th August 14:21
There's some good questions there. I can answer number 14. Apes evolved to different surroundings and finally turned into different species one of which is humans. The species that we all share a common ancestory no longer lives. To answer your question, There are still loads of species of apes around today as there was then, we just happen to be one of them. Hope that makes sense.
scorp said:
It still has a speed as darkness can be observed and measured, you will be measuring the speed of light in doing so (e.g. the speed at which photons leaves an area, such as a light bulb being turned off, can be measured and seen as a 'speed of darkness').
>> Edited by scorp on Friday 5th August 14:21
Isn't it more like the speed of shadow - hence it is the speed of the object that is blocking the light; be it the rotation of the planet, orbital object or pehaps my shadow bunny.
MKGriff said:
Of all the ways you expect a topic to evolve, this was way down the list. It's turning into an educational.
BTW, if you melt dry ice, can you swim without getting wet?
Usually dy ice sublimates directly to a gas, missing out the liquid phase, so you don't get wet, but you can't swim.
scorp said:I think I see what you mean... as in "how quickly something gets dark"?
10 What is the speed of darkness?
There is no such "thing" as darkness, just an absence of light. Much like there is not such thing as "cold"... just an absence of heat.
It still has a speed as darkness can be observed and measured, you will be measuring the speed of light in doing so (e.g. the speed at which photons leaves an area, such as a light bulb being turned off, can be measured and seen as a 'speed of darkness').
>> Edited by scorp on Friday 5th August 14:21
In which case, as the polio victim said to the actress, I stand corrected.
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