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| Thread ID: 79666 | 2007-05-28 03:58:00 | Who's smart and can answer all these questions? | Ninjabear (2948) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 553808 | 2007-05-28 03:58:00 | Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin? Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed? Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? Why is a boxing ring square? Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin? Why is it that rain drops but snow falls? Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour? Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet? Why do they call it a pair of pants, but only 1 bra? Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds? If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn your headlights on, what happens? |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 553809 | 2007-05-28 04:06:00 | Look in Google or Yahoo, or Wikipedia. Cant be bothered typing the answers :D |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 553810 | 2007-05-28 05:07:00 | Why is the sky blue? ...so we know where to stop mowing. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 553811 | 2007-05-28 05:37:00 | Why is the sky blue? ...so we know where to stop mowing. It has something to do with the blue wavelength being the most visible to the naked eye- or it is the longest wave length I think. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 553812 | 2007-05-28 05:57:00 | The sky is blue because blue light is scattered in the atmosphere. The sky is red at sunrise and sunset because the blue light is being scattered away as it passes a large distance through the atmosphere to us. While the sun is high in the sky we see the blue light scattered from sunlight initially traveling towards different points on earth. Our sunset is another person's blue sky. | TGoddard (7263) | ||
| 553813 | 2007-05-28 06:03:00 | Īt depends on where you are standing. From the moon, the sky is black (even during daytime). | Graham L (2) | ||
| 553814 | 2007-05-28 06:24:00 | Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin? Bleach and burns Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed? Facial muscles Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? The bottom has a little piece that is moved upwards Why is a boxing ring square? Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin? To stop smells Why is it that rain drops but snow falls? Snow is lighter than rain Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour? Cos everyone goes at that time to rush to work Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet? Who looks there? Why do they call it a pair of pants, but only 1 bra? I'm male. Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds? If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn your headlights on, what happens? You see the light beams :p |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 553815 | 2007-05-28 06:41:00 | You have to nail the lid down to stop escapes. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 553816 | 2007-05-28 06:47:00 | Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?There is. It is called the dorsal. Why do they call it a pair of pants, but only 1 bra?Way back, pants used to consist of the leggings (2) only tied around the waist, with a loin cloth to cover the bits inbetween. However, you also refer to knickers as a "pair" and the mind boggles at how that worked?! :eek: Bra is only an abbreviation of brassiere. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 553817 | 2007-05-28 07:00:00 | Brassiere is also a singular word. So it doesn't involve a count of the contents. But people talk about a pair of binoculars, which should have four sets of optics. They seem to be able to get monocular right. Have you ever seen a knicker on its own? But "knickers" is just a diminutive form of "knickerbockers" (as "pants" is of "pantaloons") and probably just inherits the "pair of" from pants with as poor a justification. |
Graham L (2) | ||
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