Dumb questions

[zorcarepublic]

Okay, here is where you can post any question you like. The only requirement is that it's got to be dumb.

For example...

If an agnostic dies, does he go to the great perhaps?

Fire away

[dwndrgn]

For the Americans in the group (stolen from Gallagher)


Why do they call it a driveway when it is where you park?
Why do they call it a parkway when it is where you drive?
Why isn't a restaurant called a dinner store?

[polymorphikos]

If someone can be described as having a gormless expression, then what on earth is a gorm?
If a werewolf bit a vampire, then what would happen to both the vampire and the werewolf? Would the vampire become some strange quasi-wolfish nosferatu?

Likewise, would a vampire be immune to zombie bites because it is already dead, or would it turn into a mindless zombie-vampire because the zombie effect is viral-based?

I think agnostics just get laughed at and made to wash the dishes for six milleniums.

[AmonRa]

(this has nothing to do with the topic)

but...polymorphikos, is ur avatar that of tank girl?

[polymorphikos]

Yes. Yes it is.

[zorcarepublic]

Why do we say somethings out of whack? Whats a whack?

[AmonRa]

tank girl rox the sox tbh

[Neon]

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?

If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

[Lament Du Lamia]

i derive much enjoyment from those questions.

Originally Posted by polymorphikos

If someone can be described as having a gormless expression, then what on earth is a gorm?
If a werewolf bit a vampire, then what would happen to both the vampire and the werewolf? Would the vampire become some strange quasi-wolfish nosferatu?

Likewise, would a vampire be immune to zombie bites because it is already dead, or would it turn into a mindless zombie-vampire because the zombie effect is viral-based?

I think agnostics just get laughed at and made to wash the dishes for six milleniums.

[Circus Cranium]

(tank girl rox the sox tbh)

Indeed, agreed!

[Space Monkey]

hehehe Go Tank Girl

These weren't mine, but thought I'd share anyway... (some of the egg-samples are already featured here)

Lets face it - English is a terrible language!!

There is no egg in the eggplant,
no ham in the hamburger and
neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England,
French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted.
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly,
boxing rings are square and
a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth.
If the teacher taught, why didn't the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play, yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and drive on parkways.

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
where a house can burn up as it burns down
and in which you fill in a form by filling it out.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the
creativity of the human race (which of course isn't a race at all).
That is why when the stars are out they are visible,
but when the lights are out they are invisible.
And why it is that when I wind up my watch it starts
but when I wind up this story it ends?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist,
but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?
Why are wise men and wise guys opposites?
Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
If horrific means to make horrible, does terrific mean to make terrible?
Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one?

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow
that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged,
models deposed, tree surgeons debarked and dry cleaners depressed?

Why is it that if someone tells you that there are 1 billion stars
in the universe you will believe them, but if they tell you a wall has wet
paint you will have to touch it to be sure?

If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times,
does he become disoriented?

[Seth God Of Chaos]

If con is the opposite of pro then is congress the opposite of progress

[Animaiden]

How do you tell if you are out of invisible ink?

What happens if you get scared to death twice?

[AmonRa]

why is terrific the oposite of horrific and terrible?

[imkatsman]

If vegetarians eat vegetables what do you think humanitarians eat??