The Dumb Question Thread

[wolf_Q]

This is a thread for questions......ANY topic. Just things you've never dared ask, or maybe questions that you didn't think were worthy of their own thread. Not necessarily dumb questions either!

My question of the day:

Somebody just told me this, and I was wondering if it was true. Does wal-mart really only sell edited cds?

[RICHARD]

from what i understand, walmart has taken an anti 'smut; stand too!


from the cerebrally challenged...


why are green olives packed in glass and black olive in cans..
never the other way around??

[Cookiebaker]

Originally posted by RICHARD


from the cerebrally challenged...


why are green olives packed in glass and black olive in cans..
never the other way around??

I guess I'm cerebrally challanged, too, because I have *always* wondered this!!!!! I would love to find out why!!!

Great thread, Amy!! Are you familiar with the book "Imponderables"? Its full of life's mystery questions and answers all kinds of questions like these.

[zippy-kat]

CUTE thread, Amy!!

I wanna know why there are never enough buns in a pkg -- or why there are too many hotdogs/turkeydogs in a pkg.

And why are there 13 in a baker's dozen? For taste-testing purposes?

[Randi]

Originally posted by RICHARD
.... why are green olives packed in glass and black olive in cans... never the other way around??

But they're not!! At least not the Spanish ones with anchovies.

My dump question: What is pkg?

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by Randi
But they're not!! At least not the Spanish ones with anchovies.

My dump question: What is pkg?

I'm guessing pkg = Package.

[Randi]

Kfamr! Thanks, you're probably right.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Randi


My dump question: What is pkg?

psst,
randi, i think you mean dumb!


pkg means

pretty,
kind
gal..............

[zippy-kat]

well, now... if PKG is pretty, kind gal, it sure makes the following an interesting statement....!

Originally posted by zippy-kat
I wanna know why there are never enough buns in a pkg -- or why there are too many hotdogs/turkeydogs in a pkg.

pkg = package! thanks kayann!

ahum, isn't it: " per kilogram" ?

Why do doors in America open the other way than in Belgium? ?
Here you have to "pull", in America, you have to "push"... . In my opinion the American way is the better one!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Lut....here doors are suppose to open out....fire code...so that in an emergency exiting is easier -- particularly in a crowded building!

[Cheshirekatt]

Here's mine:

Why do you drive in a parkway but park in a driveway?

[Randi]

Originally posted by RICHARD
psst,
randi, i think you mean dumb!

Oh dear, oh dear - I DO mean dumb! - I'm only danish.

pkg means

pretty,
kind
gal..............

However, I don't believe the above - you're pulling my leg!!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Originally posted by zippy-kat
And why are there 13 in a baker's dozen?
For taste-testing purposes?

baker's dozen, noun.

Thirteen (instead of twelve).
The term came into use during a period when there were heavy penalties for selling short weight.
Bakers would therefore supply an extra quantity of loaves to avoid the risk of a fine.

Bibliography
1 Ebenezer Brewer and Adrian Room.
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
Cassell & Co, 16th edition, 1999.
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My GranMom always kept a cookie jar full of *Fresh* plain cake donuts in her pantry. If the Baker himself had waited on Grammy, there were ALWAYS 13 in the bag! I once asked if he couldn't *count*? She said "No, that's his way of *thanking* me for being a good customer."
An poor ole #13 never made it into the cookie jar!

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by zippy-kat
well, now... if PKG is pretty, kind gal, it sure makes the following an interesting statement....!

leave it to me.......ain't headed in THAT direction!