Sorry wrong address. Should be
http://www.straightdope.com/
"freak" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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I'm a sad man for doing this.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Indigo Moon Man" <indigomoon@bonbon.net>
Newsgroups: alt.support.depression
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 3:21 PM
Subject: Ponderings
How come you press harder on a remote-control when you know the battery
is
almost dead?
First of all, how do you know the battery is almost dead ? Because you are
beginning to have failed attempts to change the channel.
Of course you will have experienced failed attempts to change the channel
in
the past due to not pressing the button fully, dodgy worn old buttons, or
sunlight shining directly on the IR receiver on the TV set.
Now ..when you suspect the battery is failing, you will want to eleminate
any other possible causes so that you don't go to the trouble of changing
the batteries unnecessarily.
In order to establish that the batterys are indeed wearing out and it is
not
some other factor, you will point the remote more accurately at the TV
while
pressing the buttons harder and possibly approach the TV set while doing
so.
Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds fee" when they already
know
you don't have any money in your account?
This makes me mad ...perhaps i should get a job.
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
No ...never tried until you asked. Each time i try my thought process
collapses due to the paradoxical nature of the question and i have to read
the question again.
Why are they called apartments, when they're all stuck together?
Profound, A connection separates and a separation connects.
Why do people without a watch look at their wrist when you ask them what
time it is?
Perhaps...
In order to illustrate politely that they don't have a watch. We have all
heard the phrase - "I wouldn't give him the time of the day".
However next time this happens slap them on the head ask them to read the
time off their mobile phone.
Why do you ask someone without a watch what time it is?
Perhaps you would like to know that person better ? Perhaps so your
accomplice has a better chance of stealing some of that person's
belongings
undetected.
Why is it that the guy who comes up behind you while you're waiting for
an
elevator presses the already lit "up"
button -- as though he somehow has magical powers that you didn't when
you
pressed it the first time?
I don't know. Because the person isn't familiar with elevator operations
and
you have managed to project the air of someone who doesn't know what they
are doing.
Does the reverse side also have a reverse side?
Yes, both sides you refer to are both reverses of each other. Reverse is a
relative concept.
Consider a coin:
One side of a coin is the reverse of the other side.. so both sides are
reverses but only in relation to each other.
A reverse side is only reverse in relation to something else.
Nothing can be absolutely reverse, just relatively reverse.
Why is the alphabet in that order?
I don't know. http://www.thestraightdope.com
What would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?
If you mean mankind when you say "your" then i don't think mankind would
have survived long enough to develop and build chairs. Making and
designing
chairs would be the least of our worries.
Other wise i don't know
Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?
Hmm interesting, i think carrots would have been more widely available in
the english speaking world before oranges. So why don't we use the word
carrot to describe the color ?
Ask http://www.thestraightdope.com
Do fish get cramps after eating?
don't know, don't care. They *do* accumulate toxins.
How come abbreviated is such a long word?
Perhaps to reenforce the need for the use of abbreviations. Although i've
never seen the word "abbreviated" itself abbreviated.
Why are there 5 syllables in the word "monosyllabic"?
That called by any other name would have has many syllables ..hold on
maybe
it
wouldn't.
Why do scientists call it "re"search when looking for something new?
When scientists do research they often refer to and use existing proven
data
to produce new findings. When you research something you have to "look
again", or you have to look again at existing phenomona to measure and
produce new data.
--
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1
What kind of God would WANT to be worshipped ?
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