Answerless questions..

[Kia210]

So i thought it would be fun to ask all those questions that just really don't have answers.. I will start.

From the old song " someones in the kitchen with Dina"....... Who was in the kitchen with her and what were they doing???!?!

or

Are zebras black with white stripes, or white with black stripes?

[MasterMischief]

If go back in time and kill yourself, can you go back in time and kill yourself?

[MasterMischief]

What is the square root of negative one?

[MasterMischief]

If you were traveling at the speed of light in a car and turned on the headlights, what would happen?

[MasterMischief]

If a bus stops a bus station and a train stops a trains station, what happens at a work station?

[MasterMischief]

How much wood, would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

[MasterMischief]

Why are we here?

[MasterMischief]

How do you synthesize a methylated alkaloid?

[MasterMischief]

Is the glass half empty, or half full?

[Beguile's Mistress]

Is the glass half empty, or half full?

Too Big

[BigBadWolf]

What is the square root of negative one?

It's i. The imaginarius (Im) part of a complex number. :)

[Beguile's Mistress]

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

[Kaiten]

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

That's an old zen saying!

What is an upside down circle?

[MasterMischief]

It's i. The imaginarius (Im) part of a complex number. :)

Prove it and show your work.

[Full Metal]

Prove it and show your work.

He doesn't have to prove it... it just IS, by definition. 
You don't need to prove definitions, that is why they are definitions.

How many roads must a man walk down, before he can call himself a man?

[HairyHeretic]

How many roads must a man walk down, before he can call himself a man?

42, according to the mice.


Would holding up a crucifix have any effect on a jewish vampire?

[Skye]

Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!

[Kaiten]

Would holding up a crucifix have any effect on a jewish vampire?

Yes, usually anything considered sacred, in any religion, can effect a vampire. Besides I really doubt many vampires would care about religion (Except in rare cases ^^)

My Question:

How do you find the other side of a Mobius?

[BigBadWolf]

He doesn't have to prove it... it just IS, by definition. 
You don't need to prove definitions, that is why they are definitions.

Yes Full Metal is right it's a definition.

[monkeymana]

why are some things bigger inside then they are outside

[Wolfy]

If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

[Kaiten]

If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Yes....

[monkeymana]

why are people so cruel sometimes

[Kaiten]

why are people so cruel sometimes

Human nature. With all the possible personalities situated throughout the world, and taking into account, environment, experiences, genetics, and general outlook on life. We can deduce that in a society, species, or world, it is statistically accurate that some personalities may fall under, or be perceived by another person, taking into account their own environment, experiences, genetics, and general outlook on life, against the other person's environment, experiences, genetics, and general outlook on life, as cruel.

To make a long story short, they are because they can be.

[Cyra]

I'm here to ruin the day with answers to unanswerable questions.

How do you synthesize a methylated alkaloid?

Alkaloid is a nitrogen containing compound produced by plants. Extraction of the alkaloid can be done by using an acid/ase extraction.

How much wood, would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

That depends upon the day and the individual woodchuck. According to New York State wildlife expert Richard Thomas, a woodchuck could chuck around 35 cubic feet of dirt in the course of digging a burrow. He then reasoned that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he would chuck an amount equal to 700 pounds.

Is the glass half empty, or half full?

The answer to that depends on if your a pessimist or optimist.

Why are people so cruel sometimes

Because there are people in this world who don't love themselves or appreciate the fact that other people have feelings that can be hurt.  They insist on hurting others so that they can feel good about themselves.  It's a messed up world we live in.

[Viriato70]

C'mon Cyra how do you know so much?
Can you explain why you are not in my barrack tonight?

[cirdanf]

Cyra is a cool investigative lady :)


Cyra, what about this:

Why do humans like fighting, if nature has given them the thinking ability?

[Viriato70]

Cirdanf, to that I can answer.
Humans do not like to fight! Surprisingly is their thinking ability that makes them fight (fear of loosing their freedom, the sense of injustice, the respect of their ancestor's history...).

[Endorphin]

Dare I say it...

Is there a God?

[DiverseDesires]

IMO - If you find God in your heart then there is a God.  If you feel he is not there, then he isn't.


"There is a grandeur in this view of life with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved." -- DARWIN


Our clocks have just gone back, so my question is why to watches tick and only clocks tock?

[Cyra]

C'mon Cyra how do you know so much?
Can you explain why you are not in my barrack tonight?

I know so much because I read almost everything I get my hands on...plus I'm a mom and a legal student.
Explanation to why I'm not in your barrack is because I'm in Minnesota.

Cyra, what about this:
Why do humans like fighting, if nature has given them the thinking ability?

Cirdanf~Most humans don't like to fight.  It's a natural fight or flight instinct that we are born with so that we survive.

[Skye]

Why? WHY?

[oraphi]

How come Pine apples don't grow on pine trees?

[tuckers02]

voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?

[TheLegionary]

Pas ce soir, pas jamais!

What is the number pi?

[Archior]

3,14 and a lot more numbers following.

Why can't I make up a question?

[TheLegionary]

I knew that! The point is your answer was incomplete! LOL

Why can't I make up a question?

Isn`t this a question?

Btw, nice to meet you Archior! Welcome to the games!

My new question is the following: when will the rise and fall of gender game be over?

[Archior]

Thanks! ;D

Isn`t this a question?

And yeah, that was a poser. :P

The game will be over when the world ends.

If you where the last human on earth, what would you do?

[Oniya]

Isn't this the 'Answerless Questions' thread?  ;)

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

[Archior]

Isn't this the 'Answerless Questions' thread?  ;)

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Right, forgot about that, sorry :P

Am I really sorry?

[Lah]

Why do we park on a driveway but drive on a parkway?

[Villain]

It was opposite day when they named them?

Will there be a time when science is considered hocus pocus?

[Oniya]

If a tree falls in a forest and lands on a mime, does anybody care?

[Endorphin]

If a wife is yammering away and the husband has gone completely deaf and doesn't hear a single word she says, is he still wrong?

Yes. He is wrong. He is always wrong. No 'ifs', no 'buts'. That's the way it is. Just accept it! :P

Given our instincts, is world peace actually achievable?

[Sweet Trouble]

Who decided the rule I before E except after C?

[Oniya]

My weird neighbor with the caffeine addiction, who weighs one-eighty-eight.

How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?

[Sweet Trouble]

Who decided the rule I before E except after C?

My weird neighbor with the caffeine addiction, who weighs one-eighty-eight.

How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?

LOL Oniya

[Villain]

If Jesus could walk on water how did he take a bath?

[Lady Cathleen]

We put in our two cents, but only get a penny for our thoughts. Who gets the extra penny dammit.

[Cyra]

We put in our two cents, but only get a penny for our thoughts. Who gets the extra penny dammit.

Due to the current economic situation, the government has decided to take that extra penny for interest and not tell you anything about it  ;)

[lollipop]

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

[TheLegionary]

When will the world be over?

[Remiel]

Why the platypus?

(And no, there's not a word missing at the end of the question there.  Seriously, what's the reason for the platypus?)

[Oniya]

Why the platypus?

(And no, there's not a word missing at the end of the question there.  Seriously, what's the reason for the platypus?)

I've heard two reasons, both equally irreverent.

1) 'Daddy!  Look what I made!'  'That's nice, Son - here, I'll go put it over here in Australia, right next to the echidna You made yesterday.'
2) Third day:  God creates plants, fruit-bearing trees and *ahem* grass.  Sixth day: 'Duuuuude... I think I'll call it a platypus...'

[Lithos]

What is the sound of one-handed clap?

[Jaromir]

How do you know whether a building is burning up, or burning down?

[Oniya]

What's the difference between 'fat chance' and 'slim chance'?

[Fae Brin]

How do you describe sound to a deaf person?

[Oniya]

I've actually seen that done - it typically involves making the vibrations tangible (hand on the back end of a piano or speakers) or visible (dust on top of the instrument).

[Fae Brin]

But-- that is only the basic concept. The idea.

Like love.

But-- I mean the actual-- sound.

[KikuLei]

Unawnserable question: Why is Paula Deen not dead from all that butter?  :-\

[Fae Brin]

Is something lost if you never think to look for it?

[Anithinum]

That's an old zen saying!

What is an upside down circle?

A downside up circle???

does the universe end?

[LordVetinari]

How do you make a square circle?

What is the number one? Yes it's a number, but what is it?

[Fae Brin]

Who am I, if I am not myself today?

[TheLegionary]

I have heard some cinemas have special sessions for deaf people. I am not sure how it works, but it seems to be described in the subtitles.

But-- that is only the basic concept. The idea.

Like love.

But-- I mean the actual-- sound.

[Oniya]

There used to be a cable channel that catered to the blind or deaf (didn't work too well for blind and deaf).  To manage a movie for the blind, they used the second audio program to have both the spoken dialog and a voiceover that described the scene.  Closed captioning described major sounds (thunderclap, car crash, whispering, crowd noise, dramatic music and so forth), but you couldn't really get anything better than that.

[TheLegionary]

Is it possible to travel above the light speed?

[Oniya]

Only if you start out that fast, and then it's harder and harder to slow down.

Since a cat always lands on its feet, and buttered toast always lands butter-side down, can you create perpetual motion by strapping buttered toast to the back of a cat?

[Underneath]

ok, I've had this particular question on my mind for years:

Why is breast milk sour?

[Ryven]

If it's a cured ham, what disease did it have?

[Underneath]

If God created Life, who created God?

[Oniya]

ok, I've had this particular question on my mind for years:

Why is breast milk sour?

Um - individual body chemistry?  And I'm saying that because mine wasn't. (Sorry, if that's TMI.)

[Underneath]

Um - individual body chemistry?  And I'm saying that because mine wasn't. (Sorry, if that's TMI.)

Not too much info at all :P  Even more curious now!

Why isn't there gravity on any other planet but Earth?

[Fae Brin]

This isn't quite an answerless question, but it's something to ponder for about three seconds.

Barring the Joker, is it possible to have too much laughter in your life?

[despickable]

If a Convenience Store is open 24/7 why is there a lock on their doors?

Why is it that Superman could bounce the bullets off his chest, but when they threw the gun at him, he ducked?

[gaggedLouise]

Is it true that the present king of France is bald, or is it a false statement?

(after Bertrand Russell; post 1848 there is no "present king of France")

[Hemingway]

If a tree falls in the forest, and there's a man there, but the tree crushes him and he dies, does the man dying make a sound?

Ahh, shamelessly stole that one from clever Canadian Jon LaJoie.

What is the sound of me stealing jokes?

Is it possible to make coffee so dark not even black holes can escape it?

[gaggedLouise]

My aunt would sometimes confuse Peter Townsend, the RAF officer whom princess Margaret of Britain fell in love with, but whom she couldn't marry because he was an "ordinary man", with Pete Townshend of The Who (she was a lot more familiar with UK royalty than with The Who). Which would make it hard to give a sensible answer to the question "Did Peter Townshend really feel so pissed over the affair that he had to smash his guitar again and again?"  ;D

[Belle33]

Why is it that driver's licenses expire, but marriage licenses do not?

[RP7466]

why is bra singular, and panties plural?

[Belle33]

Why 7Up why not 7Down?

[gaggedLouise]

If you state to a music mag reporter that "We don't believe in tape recorders" as the first line of the interview, isn't it a bit cryptic that your band has got any records out at all?

(line spoken by someone in The Replacements to Cameron Crowe in the 1980s)

[Phoenixrisen]

Why does it require a license to get married, but not to have children?

[RP7466]

why do we park on driveways, and drive on parkways?

[gaggedLouise]

Is the idea of having  a "women's exclusive parking lot" with slightly broader spaces than in an ordinary parking a service or an insult to the ladies? (we've all heard about women and edging into a streetside parking slot)

[Oniya]

I think those are supposed to be for expectant mothers, and/or mothers with small children, where a few extra inches can help with strollers/bellies, and the spaces are usually closer to deal with mobility issues.  I saw them when I was expecting (and afterwards), but never felt the need to use them.

[despickable]

Why is it that you can have disgruntled staff meaning unhappy, but can't say you have gruntled staff, when they're happy?

[TheLegionary]

Why are there girls who never give up?

[Phoenixrisen]

Why are there guys that don't take "no" for an answer?

[Anesa]

Why do we have a tailbone when humans never had tails?

[Hiding In Emotions]

Why is it called a tv set if there is only one?

[Oniya]

Why do we have a tailbone when humans never had tails?

It's the same reason that horses have residual toe bones.

[Hiding In Emotions]

If you accidentally ate your own tongue, what would it taste like?

[Anesa]

If you accidentally ate your own tongue, what would it taste like?

Sweet!  :D

[Hiding In Emotions]

If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

[Bloody Rose]

Would you like to give me that?, yes that thing, no the thing besides it, are you blind? That thing!!!!!

[gaggedLouise]

How come when the boss of the state authority running railroad tracks, car roads and airports steps down in protest because of insufficient allocations for upkeep of the traffic hardware they're supposed to keep going, the same afternoon the electricity at the central railway station of the capital just dies?  ???

(this authentically happened in Sweden last week)

[AllAboutDetail]

Why is the word abbreviation so long?

[gaggedLouise]

How come the word "antediluvian" means something that belongs to an extremely distant past, when Queensland was subjected to "Biblical floods" only three months ago?

[AllAboutDetail]

What is another word for Thesaurus?

[gaggedLouise]

What is another word for Thesaurus?

Onomasticon or encyclopaedia, perhaps?  :-)

What do you find at the end of intergalactic space?

[Beguile's Mistress]

Why do people answer their phones when they're "busy" in bed with someone?

I was calling to set up an appoint for a job interview with a client.

[TheLegionary]

How much can a girl spend on credit card in two hours?

[AllAboutDetail]

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

[gaggedLouise]

Is "hello it's Nikki, I can't answer because I'm dead" the coolest answerphone message ever? (Nikki Sixx loaded it just after he had clinically died and been revived, as he himself tells the story in The Heroin Diaries - and I think he went straight to bed sports within hours after)

[AllAboutDetail]

What do you do when an endangered animal eats an endangered plant?

[Phoenixrisen]

If you've never seen something, then does it really exist?

Also:

"Is Schrodinger's cat really dead if we don't know that it is?

[AllAboutDetail]

Why is what doctors do called a practice?

[Phoenixrisen]

Why is what doctors do called a practice?

That is a little disturbing when you think about it isn't it?

[AllAboutDetail]

Yea just a little. :P

If a turtle loses it's shell is it naked or homeless?

[Event Horizon]

Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten, and hot dog buns come in packages of eight?

[AllAboutDetail]

If you shoot a mime, should you use a silencer?

[gaggedLouise]

How can a radio channel have a traditional Christmas pantomime? (this one has a sensible answer to Brits, but not to anyone else)

[AllAboutDetail]

Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

[gaggedLouise]

Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

LMAO, brilliant one!

And why do bike helmets (for ordinary bikers) have to look like swollen mushrooms? (I don't use one)

[AllAboutDetail]

That is a good point!

Why do they sterilize the needle before a lethal injection?

[Elturel]

 If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and
apes?

[AllAboutDetail]

Why isn't there mouse flavored cat food?

[Elturel]

 If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain
silent?

[AllAboutDetail]

If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill themselves, is it a hostage situation?

[Elturel]

If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane
crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff?

[Oniya]

If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain
silent?

I actually saw this one.  They did.  In mime.

World's Wildest Mime Prank

[Elturel]

Well so much for answerless Huh..lol thank you..

If Wile E. Coyote has enough money to buy all that stuff from ACME, why doesn't he just buy himself dinner?

[AllAboutDetail]

When sign makers go on strike, do they write anything on their signs?

[Elturel]

If a deaf person goes to court, do they call it a hearing?

[AllAboutDetail]

If a mute swears does his/her mother wash his/her hands?

[lollipop]

 Is there another word for synonym?

[derek]

What's the antonym for alimony?

[lollipop]

Why are hemorrhoids called "hemorrhoids" instead of "asteroids"?

[derek]

Why is there air?

[lollipop]

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown too?

[derek]

LOL... XD

When the sky falls...how would anyone know?

[lollipop]

 If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

[SinClaire]

What are you supposed to do when your mother tells you "shut up and answer me"?

Can you be spontaneous when someone tells you "be spontaneous"?

[lollipop]

Why are square meals served on round plates?

[SinClaire]

Why are most kitchen-related containers round if fridges are square/rectangular?

[lollipop]

Can a guy named Nick have a 'nick 'name?

[Oniya]

Why is there air?

"Every phys ed major knows why there's air.  There's air to blow up volleyballs, blow up basketballs..."
-Bill Cosby, "$75 Car"

[lollipop]

How can you hear yourself think?

[despickable]

Why is abbreviated such a long word?

and what part of a dilemma do you find the horns? On the horns of a dilemma

[Anesa]

Why do our ears never stop growing?

Have you ever noticed older folk have really BIG earlobes?  :P

[Oniya]

If The Miz got into a mixed tag-team match with Layla, would they be known as Lay Miz?  (say it out loud.  Oniya is functioning on sleep-dep and Broadway soundtracks)

[Tamhansen]

When sign makers go on strike, do they write anything on their signs?

yes. at least the french ones did 2 years ago

How can you hear yourself think?

because bones are hollow, and the bones in your hearing channel conduct air both in and out. The reason most people don't actually hear themself think is that there are too many outside stimuli

Why are most kitchen-related containers round if fridges are square/rectangular?

Marketing. round forms are nostalgic and therefor more attractive to consumers

Well so much for answerless Huh..lol thank you..

If Wile E. Coyote has enough money to buy all that stuff from ACME, why doesn't he just buy himself dinner?

Maybe his credit line is only valid at Acme. Have you ever seen him pay for any of those things. One day his creditors will catch up with him.


why do hotdogs come in packages of eight, and hotdog buns in packages of ten?

[Belle33]

Does killing time damage eternity?

[Tambit]

How is a Raven like a Writing Desk?

[Tamhansen]

If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane
crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff?

cause that stuff is heavy. planes would be 3 to 4 times heavier.

How is a Raven like a Writing Desk?

Dunno, maybe ask raven, saw them on here a while back

[Belle33]

How is a Raven like a Writing Desk?

Because Edgar Allen Poe wrote on both.

Why are there never any "guilty" bystanders?

[Tambit]

Why do juries pronounce someone "guilty" or "not guilty" but never "innocent"?

[gaggedLouise]

Because Edgar Allen Poe wrote on both.

Why are there never any "guilty" bystanders?

because those are cops? ;)

[Tamhansen]

Because Edgar Allen Poe wrote on both.

Why are there never any "guilty" bystanders?

Nice idea.
You know this was actually a joke originally, there was no answers. But Lewis Caroll was so fed up with stupid people who kept asking him for the answer, he eventually wrote one.

qoute lewis Caroll
"'Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in front!' This, however, is merely an afterthought; the Riddle, as originally invented, had no answer at all."

[Tambit]

How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?

[Belle33]

How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?

58:  Novices
29:  Experts
1: Biters

Why do flamingos stand only on one leg?

[Tambit]

58:  Novices
29:  Experts
1: Biters

3: Owls

[Oniya]

Why do flamingos stand only on one leg?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm

[Belle33]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm

Interesting reading, and I learned a new word...unipedal.

Why do pigs have curly tails?

[Tamhansen]

This was bred in by the chinese during the Hang dynasty. Originally Swine or hogs had straight tails, but the chinese prefered their bred pigs to have curly tails. Today most domesticated pigs are of this stock

[octaviath]

What would happen if Pinocchio said 'My nose will now grow!'? It only grows if he's telling a lie, but if it doesn't grow like he said it would it would be a lie, thus the nose would grow. However, if it grew, that means he was telling the truth and therefore his nose couldn't grow....so, what would really happen?

[Oniya]

His nose would burst into flame as a result of friction from the rapid, but almost imperceptible lengthening and shortening as he tried to work out the paradox.

[gaggedLouise]

What were the names - in the language spoken at that time and place - of the animals so vividly captured on the walls of ice age caves in France and Spain?

[octaviath]

Easy...'Thing with horns', 'Thing with bigger horns', 'thing with long nose', 'thing with claws'.

What was the name of the very first, fully evolved Homo Sapien Sapien?