Questions that stump people

[Fitseries3]

have you ever been asked a question, or thought of a question that stumped yourself or someone else?

let me know what you have.

here's mine....



How would you style jesus's hair?

[FordGT90Concept]

Like a Jew (curly, short, and black), not Leonardo Da Vinci's version (straight, long, and brown). Or die it red, grease it up, and shape it like demon horns as seen in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 2. :D


Can a black hole really exist?

[WhiteLotus]

Like a Jew (curly, short, and black), not Leonardo Da Vinci's version (straight, long, and brown). Or die it red, grease it up, and shape it like demon horns as seen in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 2. :D


Can a black hole really exist?

Agree with this, da vinci missed something there, he was an arab jew after all


And yes black holes can and do exist.

What would happen if you disproved the theory of gravity?

[mlee49]

What would happen if you disproved the theory of gravity?

O-Shi....


What would happen if you divided by Zero?

[FordGT90Concept]

You'd get zero (unless you're a computer, in which case you bitch and moan because zero is unworthy for you :D ).

Do gnomes exist?

[WhiteLotus]

Of course the exist, how can they not!

erm what really is out there? We are like one algae cell in a the ocean. Must be one other algae cell out there...

[3991v]

Not sure what's out there, but I'm sure there are other species in the universe....

What would this world be like without music?

[Fitseries3]

how loud is it possible to fart before injuring yourself?

[FordGT90Concept]

Not loud enough. Not farting is more damaging.

[Wile E]

Why is it that only one sock of a pair disappears at a time?

I say it's the dryer gnomes, thus answering ford's earlier question. :D

[Fitseries3]

haha...

every time i buy a pack of socks i end up with only 1-2 pair after a week or so. idk wtf happens to them. someone has to be stealing them.

[MRCL]

Why is it when you are in a rush, everybody on the road drives insanely slow, but when you have enough time, you seem to be the one driving the slowest?

[Fitseries3]

why is it when you dont need something its in the way but when you finally need it its no where to be found?

[FordGT90Concept]

I say it's the dryer gnomes, thus answering ford's earlier question. :D
So that's where they live! :eek:


Why is it when you are in a rush, everybody on the road drives insanely slow, but when you have enough time, you seem to be the one driving the slowest?
Relativity. Your biological clock is running faster which gives the sense that everyone/everything around you is moving slower.


why is it when you dont need something its in the way but when you finally need it its no where to be found?
The gnomes want to chew on it. :D

[MRCL]

Relativity. Your biological clock is running faster which gives the sense that everyone/everything around you is moving slower.

But they are! 70km/h on an 80km/h road thats just unfair.

[JC316]

Why do they call the most crowed time of day "Rush hour"? To me, everyone would be breaking the speed limit in a rush to get where they are going.

Why do people stop to look at a wreck? It's a car wreck, so what, keep moving in an orderly fashion.

Why is reckless driving bad? Seems like Wreck-less would mean that you drive without wrecks....

[FordGT90Concept]

Why do people stop to look at a wreck? It's a car wreck, so what, keep moving in an orderly fashion.
Same reason why people watch NASCAR...just to see the death and destruction. People are drawn to it. I'm not sure why.

[Cuzza]

You'd get zero (unless you're a computer, in which case you bitch and moan because zero is unworthy for you :D ).



Disagree. Don't matter if you're a computer or not, dividing by zero is undefined in all mathematics.

[Wile E]

Why do they call the most crowed time of day "Rush hour"? To me, everyone would be breaking the speed limit in a rush to get where they are going.

Why do people stop to look at a wreck? It's a car wreck, so what, keep moving in an orderly fashion.

Why is reckless driving bad? Seems like Wreck-less would mean that you drive without wrecks....

And along those lines, why do we drive on parkways, and park on driveways?

[Cuzza]

And why, when you send something on a boat, it's called cargo, but send something by road it's a shipment?

[DanTheBanjoman]

And why, when you send something on a boat, it's called cargo, but send something by road it's a shipment?

Both are interchangeable in both situations?

[Cuzza]

Yes Dan, they are, but strangely used more often in the less-sensical manner.

If a centipede a pint and a quadruped a quart, how much would a precipice?

[Wile E]

If a centipede a pint and a quadruped a quart, how much would a precipice?

I don't know, but you have to wait for the ice cream to melt first.

If you're going down the road in your canoe and the wheel pops off, how many pancakes does it take to fill the hole?

[FordGT90Concept]

Disagree. Don't matter if you're a computer or not, dividing by zero is undefined in all mathematics.
99% of situations, n/0=0 works. The only situations it doesn't work are algebraic where n is not a real number.


And along those lines, why do we drive on parkways, and park on driveways?
Irony or an oxymoron (a dull, sharp). English is a broken language. ;)


And why, when you send something on a boat, it's called cargo, but send something by road it's a shipment?
I don't think I've ever heard of it being called a shipment. Trucks, aircraft, boats, trains, etc. it is usually called "freight" (general) or a "load" (specifically something on it). It could be your locale?


If you're going down the road in your canoe and the wheel pops off, how many pancakes does it take to fill the hole?
Why are you going down the road in a canoe? I assume the canoe is on a trailer and the wheels popped off the trailer. What hole is there to fill? I say zero. :D

[Spd Frk]

If a snail is at the bottom of a well 50ft deep and every day it crawls up 3ft and at night it slides back down 2ft.How many days does it take for it to get out?

[Wile E]

Why are you going down the road in a canoe? I assume the canoe is on a trailer and the wheels popped off the trailer. What hole is there to fill? I say zero. :D
No trailer. But at anyrate, the answer depends on when the prisoners get their milk.

[FordGT90Concept]

That doesn't make any sense either. *insert laugh smily here*


If a snail is at the bottom of a well 50ft deep and every day it crawls up 3ft and at night it slides back down 2ft.How many days does it take for it to get out?
50? I'm going to guess it is a trick question...where's the trick? XD

[Wile E]

if a snail is at the bottom of a well 50ft deep and every day it crawls up 3ft and at night it slides back down 2ft.how many days does it take for it to get out?

48

[LittleLizard]

Which have sex more times a day, a rabbit or you?

[Namslas90]

If a snail is at the bottom of a well 50ft deep and every day it crawls up 3ft and at night it slides back down 2ft.How many days does it take for it to get out?

...50? I'm going to guess it is a trick question...where's the trick? XD

Yes, when the snail gets to the top, a crow eats it.:D

[FordGT90Concept]

Yes, when the snail gets to the top, a crow eats it.:D
LMAO! I knew it! :D


Which have sex more times a day, a rabbit or you?
A rabbit. :(

[Spd Frk]

48
Correct .Now can you say toy boats ten times real fast.

[FordGT90Concept]

Nope, stumbled on the fourth. :(

[Cuzza]

i got to 3. shit!

[Fitseries3]

how do you make the color brown by mixing common colors of paint?

how do you make the color brown by mixing common colors of light?

you'll find the answer is VERY different to both of them.

[Wile E]

For paint, you mix the colors that are opposite on the color wheel. So, for example, yellow and purple, red and green, or blue and orange.

For light, I have no damn idea. lol.

[FordGT90Concept]

Light is red, green, blue. Brown is:
-150 red, 75 green, 0 blue
-two parts red, one part green, and no blue

Colors are red, yellow, blue. Brown is made from mixing the following colors:
-blue, green, orange, yellow

[Wile E]

Light is red, green, blue. Brown is:
-150 red, 75 green, 0 blue
-two parts red, one part green, and no blue

Colors are red, yellow, blue. Brown is made from mixing the following colors:
-blue, green, orange, yellow

Nope, in paint it's definitely what I described. http://painting.about.com/b/2006/02/09/color-mixing-the-easiest-way-to-mix-brown.htm

What you described was the overly complicated way of doing it. lol.

[FordGT90Concept]

My bad. The colors I listed are actually complementary, triad, and analogous to brown.

[ManDown]

Why is reckless driving bad? Seems like Wreck-less would mean that you drive without wrecks....

I tried to tell a cop that, but he told me to shut up and stay put. Oh but then everything was just peachy when he came back with the ticket.

My question, How is it that when you get drunk, you play games incredibly well, get head shots and everything, yet you can't actually shoot a gun accurately? or stand well for that matter.

[Deusxmachina]

It's not actually a question, but one of my first thoughts on this topic went to a couple of the old Star Trek episodes where Kirk overloads a computer. Here's one:

I shall sterilize.
You must sterilize in case of error?
Error is inconsistent with my prime functions.
Sterilization is correction.
Everything that is in error must be sterilized.
There are no exceptions.
Nomad ...
I made an error in creating you.
The creation of perfection is no error.
I did not create perfection.
I created ... error.
Your data is faulty.
I am Nomad. I am perfect.
I am the Kirk, the creator?
You are the creator.
You are wrong!
Jackson Roykirk your creator is dead.
You have mistaken me for him.
You are in error.
You did not discover your mistake.
You have made two errors.
You are flawed and imperfect
and have not corrected by sterilization.
You have made three errors.
Error.
Error.
Error.
Examine.
You are flawed and imperfect!
Execute your prime function!
I shall analyze error.
Analyze ... error ...
Now! Get those antigravs on.
Examine ...
error.
Error.
Get rid of it now.
Scotty, the transporter room.
Analyze error ...
Error ...
Scotty, set the controls for deep space --
Faulty!
Nomad ...
you are imperfect!
Error.
Error.
Exercise your prime function.
Faulty!
Faulty!
Must ... sterilize.
Sterilize ...
Now!
Energizing.
My congratulations, Captain.
A dazzling display of logic.
You didn't think I had it in me?
No, sir.

[FordGT90Concept]

My question, How is it that when you get drunk, you play games incredibly well, get head shots and everything, yet you can't actually shoot a gun accurately? or stand well for that matter.
Are you sure someone else near you isn't making all those shots and you just think they're yours?


How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

[Deusxmachina]

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

337. Yes, I'm serious.

[twilyth]

What would happen if you disproved the theory of gravity?
I can't defend this position, but I don't believe that some weaselly construct like space time is necessary to explain gravity, gravitational lensing, the precession of Mercury, etc. I think the construct just happens to be an imperfect mirror of what is really going on. For example, despite the humongous LIGO project, we have yet to find even a hint of gravity waves.

Also, if space-time really is absolutely essential for gravity to work correctly, then why do we need a Higgs boson to give matter mass? Relativity says mass distorts space-time, but why? Ooooo, that's a secret. OK, so since we're making shit up, just say that matter warps space-time and if you happen to find what causes gravity great, but you don't actually need it. Mass and matter are the same thing. The only difference is whether or not you have a Higgs field, and at this point, the existence of the field is still debatable. It's the consensus view, but it's not established fact AFAIK.

O-Shi....What would happen if you divided by Zero?
I think that would be a good way to establish an outer conceptual boundary for infinity. As recently as 15 years ago, Calc profs were saying that an infinity is an infinity and you can't measure them. But guess what, you can and some infinities are now recognized as being bigger than others. can't remember where I read it but it shouldn't be too hard to track down.

dividing by 0 would have to give you the biggest possible infinity with a rate of increase that is beyond massively exponential. It would be perfectly vertical.


every time i buy a pack of socks i end up with only 1-2 pair after a week or so. idk wtf happens to them. someone has to be stealing them.
Topologically, socks are closed tubes. These have very special properties that are not understood. Vacuum energy in the vicinity of such a structure is disrupted and that causes aberrations in the expansion of space-time. In other words, it's like warp drive but on a smaller scale. The other socks will turn up eventually in an area determined by the thermal energy of the structure and the third integral of the Wisk wave function.

[momentomoir]

Do gremlins exist?

[FordGT90Concept]

I'm a gremlin so yes. :D


Why is Pepsi so damn good?

[momentomoir]

I'm a gremlin so yes. :D


Why is Pepsi so damn good?

its not:p
the real question is
Why is Bawls sooo good?

[3991v]

its not:p
the real question is
Why is Bawls sooo good?

Because everyone loves Bawls :)

[daniha]

I'm a gremlin so yes. :D


Why is Pepsi so damn good?

'cuz it's carbonated

[DaMulta]

If someone installed Nukes on the moon could they control the Earth?

[FordGT90Concept]

Why would you put nukes on the moon? An artifical satellite serving as nuclear platform would be more effective as a weapon (less time between launch and impact; steerable to be anywhere it needs to be within a few hours).

Would they control Earth? No more than nations with ICBMs already.

[dcf-joe]

I found this joke on the Mensa site and I do not understand it. :(

"A guy walked into a bar with a lizard sitting on his shoulder. He said to the bartender, "A double whiskey for me and," pointing to the lizard, "a half-pint of Guiness for Tiny here."

"Why do you call him Tiny?" asked the bartender.

"Obviously," the man answered, "because he's my newt."

[El Fiendo]

Because he's minute. (Pronounced mynewt)

mi·nute 2 (m-nt, -nyt, m-)

1. Exceptionally small; tiny.

[dcf-joe]

WWWWW OOOOOO WWWWWW :o

I did not see that. I was thinking about a newt as a lizard, and I did not get the play on words.

[El Fiendo]

Me too, it took me a minute or two before I snapped to it. Its a case of overthinking that hides the simple answer, which struck me once I said it aloud to myself.


US citizens might not know this one as I believe the terms 'silverware' or 'tableware' are used extensively. However in many other countries everything is referred to as just cutlery. Why do they term everything (forks and spoons as well as knives) to be cutlery when only 1 utensil cuts?

[FordGT90Concept]

Because they can't be arsed to learn more than one word for an eating utensil. :D

[-MaGNeTiC-]

Lolwut ?
^^ Best question yet.

[Rothbardian]

"Is that a flashlight in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

Who carries a flashlight in their pocket?

[WhiteLotus]

"Is that a flashlight in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

Who carries a flashlight in their pocket?

The original is:

"is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

Reply - "little of both, this is rape"

[DrPepper]

Ask them if they're gay, If they pause for more than 2 seconds say Damn I knew it :p can't remember the film I saw that in.