BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Nov 04 - 09:47 AM

Being from "over there", my wife is always correcting me on my English. She insists that the word "schedule" is properly pronounced as "shedule." She also reminds me that in the "proper" English alphabet, the letter Z is spoken as "Zed." So, here are some stupid questions:

Why isn't "school" pronounced "shool"?

And why is it "scheme" and not "sheme"?

Why is zebra not "zedebra", or "zoo" "zedoo"?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 17 Nov 04 - 08:35 AM

Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bed post overnight?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 17 Nov 04 - 08:22 AM

Are things quiet at work today?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: GUEST,noddy ?
Date: 17 Nov 04 - 08:21 AM

what happened to my other posting?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 17 Nov 04 - 08:20 AM

Is there life after mudcat?

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From: GUEST,John O'Lennaine
Date: 17 Nov 04 - 07:33 AM

To what do I owe this unexpected pleasure?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 16 Nov 04 - 07:40 PM

Perhaps you should start your own?

Why don't you leave the United Nations out of this?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Bill D
Date: 16 Nov 04 - 02:22 PM

where's the UN-official Stupid Questions thread? I don't want to get involved with the bureaucracy.

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: ToulouseCruise
Date: 16 Nov 04 - 02:03 PM

If it takes an hour to dig a hole, how long does it take to dig half a hole... even though the half hole's a whole half-hole, is it also a whole whole?

so, I shall digress...
If you stick a stock of liquor in your locker
It is slick to stick a lock upon your stock.
Or some joker (who is quicker)
Is gonna trick you of your liquor
If you fail to lock your liquor with a lock

Oops, that wasn't music...
"A tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
Said the two to their tutor,
"Is it tougher to toot, or
To tutor two tooters to toot?"

there, better.

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 16 Nov 04 - 08:24 AM

Why don't I like Barber Shop style?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Juan P-B
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 08:09 PM

How does a luminous watch know when it's dark??

How does the snow-plough driver get to work ?

How does Teflon stick to the pan in the first place?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: jonm
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 09:57 AM

Why is it that the general term for most animals refers to the female,
cow (bull)
cat (tom)
sheep (ram)

... but it's dog, not bitch?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 09:20 AM

Whaaat ?

eric

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: GUEST,CrazyEddie
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 07:25 AM




Because it is easier & cheaper to manufacture one type of keypad (with Braille) than to manufacture two types (with & without).
It also simplifies stockkeeping.

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 06:39 AM

Is this The Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 27 Aug 04 - 05:22 AM

I don't feckin know, I last track ages ago.

eric the confused

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: LilyFestre
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 02:31 PM

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

And why do drive through ATM's have braille letters on the keypad?!?!?!?!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: GUEST,mick
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 10:18 AM

When Meatloaf sings "I will do anything for love but I won't do that" what exactly is the "that" he is referring to ? Is it something dirty?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 08:35 AM

Was that meant to be a question eric?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 06:28 AM

It's all bollocks anyway.

eric

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 26 Aug 04 - 01:11 AM

Why is it that Add Three Words Only is (are?) Four Words?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Blackcatter
Date: 07 Aug 04 - 09:48 PM

The mother of inbred royalty, for one.

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Bert
Date: 07 Aug 04 - 09:06 PM

John O'Lennaine, here's what the stars REALLY are.

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 07 Aug 04 - 08:33 PM

"All that can be said is the England is a real mother."

The Mother Of All What?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: rick-APX4a
Date: 07 Aug 04 - 08:50 AM

Depends how thin you slice them!

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Blackcatter
Date: 07 Aug 04 - 02:04 AM

All that can be said is the England is a real mother.


By the way - would you like some toothbrushes and floss over in England? Or is it too late?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 06 Aug 04 - 09:33 PM

"Why, Daddy?"

"Because!"

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 06 Aug 04 - 09:22 AM

I've just heard that Tony Blair is in negotiations with GW Bush to have Great Britain become a US Territory. Hawaii did that, only to be invaded and turned into the 50th State.


Just kidding....I think.

..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Peace
Date: 06 Aug 04 - 02:12 AM

Canada is going to split away from England, too. Or maybe we did that with the Halibut Treaty. Hey, you Canadians out there: Are we part of England?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 05 Aug 04 - 10:46 PM

"Why, Daddy?"

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 05 Aug 04 - 07:27 PM

Are the Americans and Irish still completely happy with their somewhat impetuous decision to split away from the mother country?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 05 Aug 04 - 04:28 PM

Noreen: Your comment about memory pills reminded me of a joke, so I posted it here.

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Peace
Date: 05 Aug 04 - 12:20 AM

Yes it is! It means easily fooled or duped.

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Blackcatter
Date: 04 Aug 04 - 10:03 PM

Let me look that up!




























wait a minute . . .

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From: Noreen
Date: 04 Aug 04 - 09:33 PM

Jim, I happened to see a US daytime TV show where a pair of separated conjoined twins were being interviewed.
One of the audience really did ask them "Are you identical twins?"
They were very polite in their answer...


I've been recmmended sage tablets to improve my memory. How can I remember to take them?

Why, when you can't get online, does the ISP's phone helpline advise you to visit the website to check your account??

Did you know that the word gullible isn't in the Oxford English Dictionary?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Peace
Date: 04 Aug 04 - 08:08 PM

"Can we have another in August please?"

1) Who's we?
2) Another what?
3) Who's August?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Cluin
Date: 04 Aug 04 - 01:13 PM

So when is the next official Steak and Blowjob Night. I've read where it's March 20th and also where it's March 14th. Locally, it was March 17th, which was a drag since I was away from home playing a St. Paddy's gig that night. Can we have another in August please?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Terry Allan Hall
Date: 04 Aug 04 - 09:47 AM

Why is there air?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 04 Aug 04 - 08:04 AM

Is that not a stupid question, but just a silly answer?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Cluin
Date: 04 Aug 04 - 01:17 AM

For some reason, they all end up in a ball in the pocket of my jeans when they come out of the wash.

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 04 Aug 04 - 12:55 AM

Why did the spam I got about "35 Year old computer geek gets more action then his 25 year old body building roommate! HOW? Because the mind is the key to winning with women. Find out all his dirty little tricks here" point to only a single small page?

And since some of the Mudcat Silly Questions (and their silly answers) are spilling out of the thread...

Where do old threads go?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Blackcatter
Date: 04 Aug 04 - 12:46 AM

Where is Farty Gibberish?

I would appreciate it if you left my ex-wife out of this discussion.

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 03 Aug 04 - 11:30 PM

This thread has become too serious.

What happened to the stupid questions, like Where is Farty Gibberish?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Peace
Date: 03 Aug 04 - 09:53 PM

Good for you, BC. Sex education has to be more about emotions and feelings and less about this goes here and that's what happens. Kinda like the difference between knowing how gears work and how to drive the car properly. I was reading on the 'cat a while back that some kids were involved with what has come to be called 'oral sex', and they didn't see it as being sex at all. Blew me away--pardon the expression. When I was a kid it was referred to as CSing and CLing. Times has changed. What I find that kids need to be told is that the act of sex is very emotional, and one of my arguments with kids is that people are generally not prepared for the emotions involved until they are much more mature than many are when they first get involved with someone. (That sentence didn't make a helluva lotta sense.) Basically, I'm up front with the kids and I say that 14 is too young. I don't suggest that there is a magic age, but I think many people will understand what I'm saying.

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Blackcatter
Date: 03 Aug 04 - 09:29 PM

I am a traind instructor for both teen and adult sex-education within the Unitarian Universalist Church. In our Sunday school classes, we offer versions of sexual education as early as the classes for 6 & 7 years olds. It is a program called Our Whole Lives and is quite remarkable.

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Peace
Date: 03 Aug 04 - 08:00 PM

LOL

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From: Georgiansilver
Date: 03 Aug 04 - 07:37 PM

Hey Brucie...you stated. "Schools have their hands tied to do with sex ed"...I didn't know they were teaching bondage in schools now...
Best wishes......

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 03 Aug 04 - 07:15 PM

Speaking of sex education, it wasn't until my son was born and my wife was breast-feeding him, that I learned some things about breasts and nipples. For one thing, I had always believed the breast milk came out of one tiny hole in the center of the nipple, just like on a plastic baby-bottle nipple. But no, it comes out of several tiny holes (I still don't know how many—6? 8?) around the perimeter of the nipple. The center is just a knob for the baby to hang onto, I guess. (Plus...well, we won't go into that.) Also, nipples turn brown during pregnancy, and then gradually fade to pink again afterwards. Who knew?

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Blackcatter
Date: 03 Aug 04 - 06:40 PM

Yep, You ain't pregnant until the "little one" officially connects with mommy.

Subject: RE: BS: Official Mudcat Stupid Question Thread
From: Peace
Date: 03 Aug 04 - 06:01 PM

It was a surprise to me too.

Conception: sperm fertilizes the egg.

Pregnancy: The zygote (fertilized egg) attaches itself to the wall of the womb. That's pregnancy.