"Why" questions are the hardest to answer

Gus · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:53 pm

Why did the Flintstones celebrate Christmas?

KelvinS · **Joined:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 pm

Gus wrote:

Why did the Flintstones celebrate Christmas?

Foresight! :wink:

bmenrigh · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:59 pm

I thought for sure this was a thesis on why questions are the hardest to answer but instead it's a non-sequitur question about the Flintstones :lol:

Gus · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:54 pm

Why does a car need a clutch but a steam train doesn't?

bmenrigh · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:59 pm

Gus wrote:

Why does a car need a clutch but a steam train doesn't?

Can't they just bleed off excess pressure by releasing steam? A car doesn't actually need a clutch, a torque converter serves basically the same purpose. Instead of disengaging the engine from the wheels you waste a bunch of energy as heat in the torque converter fluid.

KelvinS · **Joined:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 pm

Why do we fear change when change is the only option?
And why do we worry about the things we can't change?

rline · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:43 pm

And why does menopause happen to women?
And to quote Seinfeld, why did they choose the term "rhinoplasty" for a nose job? :lol:

Gus · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:28 pm

Ah, why did it take so long to get the idea?

Puzzlemad · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:41 am

rline wrote:

And why does menopause happen to women?
And to quote Seinfeld, why did they choose the term "rhinoplasty" for a nose job? :lol:

Menos - Greek for month
Pausis - Greek for cessation
Menopause - cessation of monthly cycle
Every 28 days my ears bleed and the laser stare burns me indiscriminately! :shock:

Rhino - Greek for nose
Plasti - Greek for alteration of shape
Rhinoplasty - nose job!

As token medical officer to the forum, I offer my services! :lol:

KelvinS · **Joined:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 pm

Why do we have different time zones, rather than a universal time system where day and night simply happen at different times around the world?

darryl · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:32 pm

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

-d

Gus · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 3:44 pm

We do the Americans corrupt the English language so? :lol:

eye2eye · **Posted:** Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:30 pm

Gus wrote:

We do the Americans corrupt the English language so? :lol:

Why is irony so funny to see?

BN · **Joined:** Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:35 am

Why does your nose run and your feet smell?

mixer · **Joined:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:33 am **Location:** Belgium

Why are there more questions than answers?

bmenrigh · **Posted:** Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:08 am

mixer wrote:

Why are there more questions than answers?

Because Jeopardy has shown us that having an answer leads us to the question "what is the question?". There are two questions for every answer :wink:

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kastellorizo · **Posted:** Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:33 am

Why is the word "why" spelt with two consonants and a val that is sometimes used as consonant,
instead of using the more accurate spelling of "wai"?

:lol:

Pantazis

Gus · **Posted:** Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:35 am

Why is "ghoti" pronounced "fish"? :wink:

Answer: Take the gh from "rough"+ "o" from women + "ti" from ration = "f i sh"

Konrad · **Posted:** Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:40 am

Gus wrote:

Why is "ghoti" pronounced "fish"? :wink:

...

I know this from an anecdote about Bernard Shaw

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:03 pm

mixer wrote:

Why are there more questions than answers?

Because the amount of questions associated with answers like 'yes', 'no' or 'I don't know' is infinite.

KelvinS · **Joined:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 pm

RubixFreakGreg wrote:

mixer wrote:

Why are there more questions than answers?

Because the amount of questions associated with answers like 'yes', 'no' or 'I don't know' is infinite.

How do you know, did you count them? :lol:

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