15 Jun 15
Originally posted by Great Big SteesA: Because they can't open tin cans with paws.
Q: Why are some pets (dogs) so protective of their owners?
Q: At the end of the 1990s, a survey conducted in the UK revealed that 'the world's most dramatic event of the C20th' most often cited was the death of Princess Diana. Can it be argued that they were right?
Originally posted by FMFA: Yes. There are people on this website that argue the earth is only 6,000 years old and that evolution is 'just a bunch of made up crap'. So I think this pretty conclusively demonstrates that people can argue just about anything.
A: Because they can't open tin cans with paws.
Q: At the end of the 1990s, a survey conducted in the UK revealed that 'the world's most dramatic event of the C20th' most often cited was the death of Princess Diana. Can it be argued that they were right?
Q: Why do milk jugs, which have only one raison d'etre, so often pour milk so badly?
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15 Jun 15
Originally posted by Rank outsiderA: Pour design.
A: Yes. There are people on this website that argue the earth is only 6,000 years old and that evolution is 'just a bunch of made up crap'. So I think this pretty conclusively demonstrates that people can argue just about anything.
Q: Why do milk jugs, which have only one raison d'etre, so often pour milk so badly?
Q: Is this life all there is?
16 Jun 15
Originally posted by Great Big SteesA: There's no convincing evidence that there is 'anything else' ~ other than in the imagination, superstition and sincere hopes of billions of people.
Q: Is this life all there is?
Q: Why hasn't anyone made a children's movie where an airliner crashes into a train that's ploughing into the cars colliding on the first bend of a Formula 1 circuit?
16 Jun 15
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Originally posted by FMFA. Lack of awareness of the thrill seeking interests and instant gratification orientation of the younger crowd.
A: There's no convincing evidence that there is 'anything else' ~ other than in the imagination, superstition and sincere hopes of billions of people.
Q: Why hasn't anyone made a children's movie where an airliner crashes into a train that's ploughing into the cars colliding on the first bend of a Formula 1 circuit?
Q. When we die our material beings (bodies) gradually decompose and return to dust but what happens to our immaterial beings
(our memories, our knowledge, our beliefs, our individual personalities and unique selfhood)?
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyA. They cease immediately (sorry).
A. Lack of awareness of the thrill seeking interests and instant gratification orientation of the younger crowd.
Q. When we die our material beings (bodies) gradually decompose and return to dust but what happens to our immaterial beings
(our memories, our knowledge, our beliefs, our individual personalities and unique selfhood)?
Q. How did Easyjet check-in staff think you were supposed to answer the question 'Has anyone put anything in your luggage without your knowledge?'
16 Jun 15
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyA: Yep, sorry, it's all over. Knowledge and impressions of us linger in the minds of those who survive us. There's not a single jot of evidence to the contrary from 2 million years of human history.
Q. When we die our material beings (bodies) gradually decompose and return to dust but what happens to our immaterial beings (our memories, our knowledge, our beliefs, our individual personalities and unique selfhood)?
Q: What is the single most best line/couplet of lyrics in the history of rock and pop (say post 1960)?
16 Jun 15
Originally posted by Rank outsiderA. Superficial criteria embedded in the "Easyjet check-in staff" job description.
A. They cease immediately (sorry).
Q. How did Easyjet check-in staff think you were supposed to answer the question 'Has anyone put anything in your luggage without your knowledge?'
Q. What are your two favorite cuisines?
16 Jun 15
Originally posted by FMFA. Nuns run bald through Vatican halls, pregnant, pleadin' immaculate conception
A: Yep, sorry, it's all over. Knowledge and impressions of us linger in the minds of those who survive us. There's not a single jot of evidence to the contrary from 2 million years of human history.
Q: What is the single most best line/couplet of lyrics in the history of rock and pop (say post 1960)?
Q. If you could attend any historical/political event in the last 40 years, what would it be?
17 Jun 15
Originally posted by Rank outsiderA: The resignation of Soeharto in May 1998.
Q. If you could attend any historical/political event in the last 40 years, what would it be?
Q: For me the film The Choirboys was the worst film (or TV series) adaptation of a novel ever. What is the worst one for you?
18 Jun 15
Originally posted by Rank outsiderA: Their design was delegated to a committee.
Q: Why do milk jugs, which have only one raison d'etre, so often pour milk so badly?
Q: Are the Greek elected officials who are negotiating a solution to the debt crisis, right now, amorally speaking, the most successful politicians in Europe?
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20 Jun 15
Originally posted by FMFA: Possibly but then anything is possible I suppose if given time.
A: Their design was delegated to a committee.
Q: Are the Greek elected officials who are negotiating a solution to the debt crisis, right now, amorally speaking, the most successful politicians in Europe?
Q:Why is it, for the most part, that most news items tend to be about "sad" things?
24 Jun 15
Originally posted by Great Big SteesA: Yes, and it all stems from healthy young men insisting on being paid to play the Beautiful Game.
Q: Is FIFA really corrupt?
Q: Do 'Mohammed cartoons' ~ and the murder and outrage attendant thereto ~ advance or hamper the struggle for the right to free speech in parts of the world where that right is still fragile or imperilled, or culturally 'alien' ?