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Originally posted by sonhouse
Q: Why do ice cubes crack when you pour hot water on them?
A: Because of differential expansion.

Q: Can you think of a way to use differential expansion as a metaphor or analogy for some aspect of human interaction?

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Originally posted by FMF
A: Because of differential expansion.

Q: Can you think of a way to use differential expansion as a metaphor or analogy for some aspect of human interaction?
A: I'll get back to you.

Q: Is there someone with whom you talk (via telephone) here on RHP on a, somewhat regular basis?

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
Q. Why aren't Wallace & Gromit known internationally? đŸ˜Č
A. But they are.

Q. Have you been peckish during the night?

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Q: Is there someone with whom you talk (via telephone) here on RHP on a, somewhat regular basis?
A: Several.

Q: Any progress on that question about differential expansion's effect on ice as a metaphor?

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
A. But they are.

Q. Have you been peckish during the night?
A: Yes and the daytime too.

Q: Is it true that the price of lobster has "gone through the roof"?

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Q: Is it true that the price of lobster has "gone through the roof"?
A: Sorry, if I translate this question into Bahasa Indonesia, it sounds funny (especially if said with a silly voice and exaggerated gestures) and, thereafter, I just can't take its English version seriously. Sorry once again.

Q: Why do so many music journalists think that their undisguised contempt for Jethro Tull, U2 and Simple Minds can simply go unjustified or unexplained?

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Originally posted by FMF
A: Sorry, if I translate this question into Bahasa Indonesia, it sounds funny (especially if said with a silly voice and exaggerated gestures) and, thereafter, I just can't take its English version seriously. Sorry once again.

Q: Why do so many music journalists think that their undisguised contempt for Jethro Tull, U2 and Simple Minds can simply go unjustified or unexplained?
A: They're stoned.

Q: Why is it that when a frog makes a sound "they" refer to it as croak?

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Q: Why is it that when a frog makes a sound "they" refer to it as croak?
A: I fail to see why frogs need a word to refer to the sound "they" themselves make.

Q: Is 'failing to see something' ever a satisfactory answer to a question?

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Originally posted by FMF
A: I fail to see why frogs need a word to refer to the sound "they" themselves make.

Q: Is 'failing to see something' ever a satisfactory answer to a question?
A: Depends on the lens through which one sees it.

Q: Do all good things really come to an end?

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Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
A. Hai FMF san

Q. Yagi ga suki desu ka?
A: ç§ăŻæ—„ æœŹèȘžă‚’話 すこべは ă§ăăŸă› んが、私はで きăȘいこずに äșșă€…ă‚’è­Šć‘Š するこべが できるべいう äș‹ćźŸăŻă€æ—„æœŹ èȘžă‚’è©±ă™ăȘど æ”æšąă«èĄŒă† ă«ăŻă€ăă‚Œă‚‰ăź ć€šăăŻă€ç§ăŒæ—„æœŹ èȘžă‚’話 すこべができ るこべ ă‚’è€ƒăˆă• ă›ă‚‹ăźă§ă€ćœŒă‚‰ăŻăš ă«ă‹ăæ—„ æœŹèȘžă§ç§ ă«è©±ă—ăŠă ă ă•ă„ïŒ

Q: あăȘăŸă ă‘ă§ăŻă€ă‚°ăƒŒă‚°ăƒ«ăŒçż»èšłă•ă‚ŒăŠă„ăȘă„äœżç”šă—ăŠă„ăŸă—ăŸă—ăŸă‹ïŒŸ

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Q: Do all good things really come to an end?
A: I can see this thread going on forever because it allows people to say almost anything and to do so without any obvious consequences.

Q: Do you hold any 'ideological' viewpoints that do not fit with the rest of your ideology, such as it is, and that surprise your otherwise like-minded friends?

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Originally posted by FMF
A: ç§ăŻæ—„ æœŹèȘžă‚’話 すこべは ă§ăăŸă› んが、私はで きăȘいこずに äșșă€…ă‚’è­Šć‘Š するこべが できるべいう äș‹ćźŸăŻă€æ—„æœŹ èȘžă‚’è©±ă™ăȘど æ”æšąă«èĄŒă† ă«ăŻă€ăă‚Œă‚‰ăź ć€šăăŻă€ç§ăŒæ—„æœŹ èȘžă‚’話 すこべができ るこべ ă‚’è€ƒăˆă• ă›ă‚‹ăźă§ă€ćœŒă‚‰ăŻăš ă«ă‹ăæ—„ æœŹèȘžă§ç§ ă«è©±ă—ăŠă ă ă•ă„ïŒ

Q: あăȘăŸă ă‘ă§ăŻă€ă‚°ăƒŒă‚°ăƒ«ăŒçż»èšłă•ă‚ŒăŠă„ăȘă„äœżç”šă—ăŠă„ăŸă—ăŸă—ăŸă‹ïŒŸ
A: I gotta get hold of my IT guy/gal.

Q: Do interior decorators ever decorate externally?

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Originally posted by FMF
A: I can see this thread going on forever because it allows people to say almost anything and to do so without any obvious consequences.

Q: Do you hold any 'ideological' viewpoints that do not fit with the rest of your ideology, such as it is, and that surprise your otherwise like-minded friends?
A: Often, and that makes for some rather heated discussions, which are good things.

Q: Do you ever agree to disagree or do you go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on...?

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
A: Often, and that makes for some rather heated discussions, which are good things.

Q: Do you ever agree to disagree or do you go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on...?
A: Going on and on and on and on and on is something to do.

Q: You were asking me, weren't you?

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Originally posted by FMF
A: Going on and on and on and on and on is something to do.

Q: You were asking me, weren't you?
A: Well it was put out there for anyone but in a pinch you'll do...I guess.

Q: Do you think that Homeland Security "watches" us?

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