Things You'd Like to Know

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
A. Only the ones you determine are diseased.

Q. What are the primary components of long term friendships?

A. Speaking personally, I would say 'shared childhood experiences.' Have had many friends pass through my life, but all my long term friendships were established in the process of surviving childhood.

Q. Is it okay to diplomatically ditch a long term friend that has changed over time and is now someone who's company you no longer enjoy?

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
A. Speaking personally, I would say 'shared childhood experiences.' Have had many friends pass through my life, but all my long term friendships were established in the process of surviving childhood.

Q. Is it okay to diplomatically ditch a long term friend that has changed over time and is now someone who's company you no longer enjoy?

A. Absolutely. We all change over time. The other person may feel the same.

Q. Does a mother dog recognise her puppies if they meet after a few years apart?

Originally posted by radioactive69
A. Absolutely. We all change over time. The other person may feel the same.

Q. Does a mother dog recognise her puppies if they meet after a few years apart?

A. It would seem that after giving birth her maternal protective instinct would imprint memories of "her puppies" so that she'd recognize them years later.

Q. What will be the epitaph a family member or close friend will place on your tombstone or on the urn if you've specified cremation?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
A. It would seem that after giving birth her maternal protective instinct would imprint memories of "her puppies" so that she'd recognize them years later.

Q. What will be the epitaph a family member or close friend will place on your tombstone or on the urn if you've specified cremation?

A: "I told him/her this time would come."

Q: Why is it easier for dogs to remove burs from their hair than for us (humans)?

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A: Yes.

Q: When will the "misery" end in Paris?

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A: No but I think it might allow rapid and precipitous changes in direction.

Q: Can you still declare things to be 'Acts of War' a year after the war has clearly started?

Originally posted by FMF
A: No but I think it might allow rapid and precipitous changes in direction.

Q: Can you still declare things to be 'Acts of War' a year after the war has clearly started?

A: On the surface, no.

Q: Does a "necklace of garlic" really ward off vampires?

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Q: Does a "necklace of garlic" really ward off vampires?

A: Wearing it around the clock has worked for me although my wife and I have had no more children since I took this important step.

Q: What exactly is so wrong with a One World Government and the black helicopters?

Originally posted by FMF
A: Wearing it around the clock has worked for me although my wife and I have had no more children since I took this important step.

Q: What exactly is so wrong with a One World Government and the black helicopters?

A: One World Government would be, pretty much an impossible, to get to...no consensus would be likely and as for the black helicopters ya can't see them at night.
Q: Where did the French authorities get a sample of the "Paris Ringleaders" DNA to compare bits they found at the latest carnage?

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Q: Where did the French authorities get a sample of the "Paris Ringleaders" DNA to compare bits they found at the latest carnage?

A: Perhaps from the plot line of a US TV police forensic investigation procedural that has made such story points normal to many millions of its audiences.

Q: What is the evolutionary purpose of parents once their children have learnt how to take care of themselves and of their own children?

Originally posted by FMF
A: Perhaps from the plot line of a US TV police forensic investigation procedural that has made such story points normal to many millions of its audiences.

Q: What is the evolutionary purpose of parents once their children have learnt how to take care of themselves and of their own children?

A: To continue to infuse money into the government coffers so as to be able to meet the governments social responsibilities currently and in the future.

Q: If you're following the American Republican parties leadership candidates, do you or perhaps more importantly they, seriously think that, with the people they have to choose from, they have a chance of winning the election?