The Dumb Question Thread

[SANDY FROST]

Why is the sky blue?
Sandy Frost

[wolf_Q]

What is Miracle Whip?

It's a white creaming dressing, similar to Mayonaise...used on sandwhiches and in things like potato salad, etc. It's tangy and sweeter then Mayonaise. Good stuff.

Why is the abbreviation for pound Lb. ?

Why is the word "nuclear" so hard to pronounce? lol...

Why are sweet pickles called "bread and butter" pickles?

[zippy-kat]

Originally posted by SANDY FROST
Why is the sky blue?
Sandy Frost

oh oh oh! I know this one!!

Answer: Diffraction of light!
(yay for me -- i remembered something from HS physics! lol)

[zippy-kat]

Originally posted by wolfsoul
I have a question; Why is it that Draino is so incredibly corrosive that it can wipe out all that is clogging your drain, and yet it manages to stay in the thin plastic bottle?

chemistry! Cincy's Mom might be able to verify this but here's my stab at an answer:

When Draino interacts with the water, a chemical change occurs -- it "melts" (maybe attacks/loosens is a better word) the goop and the water flushes it away. I remember creating a version of draino in chemistry but darned if I can remember what ingredients were used-- dish soap was one.

[bluekat]

Been wondering about this for awhile now,
how old does a puppy have to be to leave his mother? I don't know much about dogs. Before, my sister's friend got a new dog, 5 weeks old. I thought of a kitty, who could only leave the mother when they reach at least 8 weeks.
So how old does a puppy have to be?

[Cheshirekatt]

Eight to ten weeks is best. They can leave earlier, but it's not good for them. It's best if they can have at least one of their shots first before they leave. Gives them a little extra protection.


Here's my dumb question:

Why will dogs refuse to eat perfectly good dog food, but will gladly graze out of the litter box for kitty rocca?

[Andie]

Originally posted by Cheshirekatt
Here's my dumb question:

Why will dogs refuse to eat perfectly good dog food, but will gladly graze out of the litter box for kitty rocca?

Vet told me that cat food has nurtients that dog food doesn't, the cat's body doesn't use all of these nutrients so some of it ummm comes out the other end. Presto, mini buffet for the puppers.

My question though: How do the dogs know that the nutrients are in there and that they don't get them in their food?

[Cheshirekatt]

Originally posted by Andie
Vet told me that cat food has nurtients that dog food doesn't, the cat's body doesn't use all of these nutrients so some of it ummm comes out the other end. Presto, mini buffet for the puppers.

My question though: How do the dogs know that the nutrients are in there and that they don't get them in their food?

ROFL I particularly enjoy when the entire end of their nose is caked in litter. Hehe. And they act like they haven't been in trouble at all and there's the evidence right there on the end of their nose.......

[NYCbabi 13002]

Here's one:
How long has 'Pet Talk' been around? Just a stupid question...lol

[Karen]

Originally posted by NYCbabi 13002
Here's one:
How long has 'Pet Talk' been around? Just a stupid question...lol

That's not a stupid question - it's been around since June 24, 2000.

[primabella]

Here's one my Religion teacher showed us. Actually he's not a Religion teacher but a Ethics and Moral Ed teacher but whatever . Maybe you guys have seen this one before--

What do you read here?
GODISNOWHERE

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If you see GOD IS NOWHERE (like most people do), it shows how man tend to lok at things the more negative way. What you show have read was GOD IS NOW HERE.

Just a stupid thing

[Karen]

I read GOD IS NOW HERE then GOD I SNOW HERE!

[micki76]

Originally posted by Fuzzy317
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a "Tootsie Roll" candy ?

A one, a two, three, CCCRUNCH!!! The world may never know...

[Nomilynn]

Originally posted by primabella
Here's one my Religion teacher showed us. Actually he's not a Religion teacher but a Ethics and Moral Ed teacher but whatever . Maybe you guys have seen this one before--

What do you read here?
GODISNOWHERE

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If you see GOD IS NOWHERE (like most people do), it shows how man tend to lok at things the more negative way. What you show have read was GOD IS NOW HERE.

Just a stupid thing

Actually, it isn't just a stupid thing When the Bible was first written, the Hebrew it was written in had no spaces between any of the words. People translating the Bible had to figure out where the spaces should have been. Therefore, it's pretty good evidence that the Bible is interpreted. Because it was never originally written in English, no one can really say for sure what the original meanings were, because there aren't specific translations from Hebrew to English, and sometimes the "closest match" isn't necessarily the correct meaning. I learned this in my University course about the Bible and it's literature.

[Rhiannon]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by anna_66
Mind you, I'm a waitress so I get asked alot of dumb questions


Here's one for you, Anna. This is not my story. This actually happened to Gillian Anderson once. A patron ordered the mixed fish stew. When Gillian brought it out, the lady kind of poked at it a bit with her fork while making the kind of face people make when they smell something bad.

The lady said, "Oh, I didn't realize there was FISH in this."

Gillian said she turned beet red and replied through clenched teeth, "MIXED. . .FISH. . .STEW. Which one of these three words didn't you get??"

As for me, I work at an electronics store. Yet one more place that gets flooded with stupid questions every day, like when people want us to test their cordless phones, we need the entire phone, including the power supply. People will bring in just the handset, or just the base. Or everything but the power supply.

We tell them, "We will need the power supply, so we can test that too and see if that's the problem."

Standard response: "What's a power supply?"

Me: "The thing that plugs the phone into the electrical outlet."

Them: "You mean this?" And they proceed to show me the telephone cord.

Me: (sighing softly) "No. That's the telephone cord. I need the power supply, also called the power adapter. The thing that plugs into the electrical outlet."

Them: "Uh. . .I don't get it."

*sigh* At this point, I usually shake my head in disbelief and try again. The same exchange is then repeated several times until the customer gets it, if at all.