random questions that pop into your head

GoldFour4

Anyone else just have a random question pop into their head out of nowhere. Reading a text a few minutes ago I couldn't help but wonder who came up with the idea of smiley faces. Imagine the confusion to be the first person ever to receive a at the end of a message !

So what random things have you wondered about and did you go and find an answer? ( I was too lazy ! )

starbelgrade

*looks at random person*

Thinks, "Is he Larry Murphy?"

chin_grin

So if we're just energy condensed to a slow vibration and all matter is just atoms vibrating at a differing frequency (hence dense and light vibrations) why can't I walk through walls?

Or why can't I lick my elbow?

Samich

Who the feck decided footballers were worth large wages every week?

Rocky_Dennis

chin_grin wrote: »

So if we're just energy condensed to a slow vibration and all matter is just atoms vibrating at a differing frequency (hence dense and light vibrations) why can't I walk through walls?

Or why can't I lick my elbow?

I just tried to lick my elbow

mike65

Is the Sky blue cos of the seas or are the seas blue cos of the sky?

ItsAWindUp

What would happen if somebody who was blind from birth took acid?

flutterflye

Why is it socially acceptable for babies and young kids to get their ears pierced, but not their eyebrow or lip?

EverEvolving

Where does the .9 come from on petrol prices? Petrol at my local station is €1.49.9 - why not have it at €1.49 or €1.50 - we dont have 2 decimals in current money so why does petrol price itself like that?

OPENROAD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAH6Zt30n58

Chuck Stone

Who was the first person to have a slice of toast with butter on it?

(I've just finished eating 2 slices of self-cut toast with a cuppa tae).

tayto lover

What goes through a sheep's head when he's watching football?

Nadser

Here you go, twas Scott E Fahlman

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/smiley/
http://www.sherv.net/emoticon-history.html

Mickeroo

I wonder do people have random questions pop into their head??

mikemac

Coca Cola had winners with Vanilla Coka and Coke with Lime
And pulled them from the Irish market
I'd like to know why
And I'd like to know which boss in the bottling plant in Louth I can tiger kidnap until they bring it back

And why can't I get red lemonade in England, don't they know what they are missing??

SwarfegaHead

When blind people take a poo, how do they know when they're finished wiping?

Mickeroo

SwarfegaHead wrote: »

When blind people take a poo, how do they know when they're finished wiping?

:eek:

EverEvolving

SwarfegaHead wrote: »

When blind people take a poo, how do they know when they're finished wiping?

They do a finger wipe and taste

Temptamperu

chin_grin wrote: »

So if we're just energy condensed to a slow vibration and all matter is just atoms vibrating at a differing frequency (hence dense and light vibrations) why can't I walk through walls?

Theres your answer

flutterflye

Oh I just remembered, I used to always wonder if blind people were generally less matierialistic due to the fact that what they, others, and random shiny pretty things look like are irrelevant to them.
And would they be less affected by the visual media and our crazy obsessions over looks and weight?

ItsAWindUp

Why is it considered racist to call someone from Pakistan a Paki, but it's fine to call somebody from Afghanistan an Afghan?

Zen65

What if there were no more rhetorical questions?

lemansky

What's a hypotenuse?

Zen65

lemansky wrote: »

What's a hypotenuse?

..use to do what?


(Zen should go to bed now, getting light-headed)

Caraville

What's the difference between "assume" and "presume"?

(And yes, I've looked it up, but the difference never seems clear).

Cill Dara Abu

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Why is it considered racist to call someone from Pakistan a Paki, but it's fine to call somebody from Afghanistan an Afghan?

Because you are supposed to refer to people from Pakistan as a Pakistani.

Caraville

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

Because you are supposed to refer to people from Pakistan as a Pakistani.

Yeah true, but why was "Paki" deemed as racist in the first place? Like you call an Australian an Aussie... why is the shorter word so negative?

brownacid

mikemac wrote: »

Coca Cola had winners with Vanilla Coka and Coke with Lime
And pulled them from the Irish market
I'd like to know why
And I'd like to know which boss in the bottling plant in Louth I can tiger kidnap until they bring it back

And why can't I get red lemonade in England, don't they know what they are missing??

There is no bottling plant in Louth, its bottled for the whole island of Ireland up north, just outside of Lisburn. They got rid of vanilla coke because it was shíte but I suppose if you kicked up enough of a fuss they'd bring it back, they were going to get rid of Tanora (a drink only people in munster like) a few years back, I believe the mayor of cork called them for an explanation and they decided against withdrawing it.

My question: do dogs and other animals have wet dreams?

The Scientician

Caraville wrote: »

Yeah true, but why was "Paki" deemed as racist in the first place? Like you call an Australian an Aussie... why is the shorter word so negative?

Presumably because it was bound up with racial abuse of people of South Asian origin in the UK.

flutterflye

Caraville wrote: »

What's the difference between "assume" and "presume"?

(And yes, I've looked it up, but the difference never seems clear).

The Scientician wrote: »

Presumably because it was bound up with racial abuse of people of South Asian origin in the UK.

Why can't you say assumably?

The Scientician

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

What would happen if somebody who was blind from birth took acid?

Every day or just the once?


I reckon they'd see newspaper taxis that looked fuzzy and oddly shaped.

The Scientician

flutterflye wrote: »

Why can't you say assumably?

Because when you assume you make an ass out of u and me.

castletownman

If you got two perfectly fit thirty year olds, with no ailments, disabilites and with the same physical attributes, blood type etc, and transplanted the brain of a seventy year old in one and the heart of a seventy year old into the other, who would live longer?

Caraville

The Scientician wrote: »

Because when you assume you make an ass out of u and me.

That's what people usually say to me when I want to know the difference between assume and presume... but you shouldn't presume stuff either.

Bah!

Thorella

Do profoundly deaf people sign in their sleep instead of sleep talking?

Adrianno28

When I'm driving to or home from work I think " why is my boss such a wa*ker"- but its like asking, "why does a rabies infested dog wanna bite u"... it just does therefore he just is.:D

paddyandy

How do they manage such a neat job putting sardines in tins? I 've opened many tins but never found a damaged one and i can't find the answer.With all the technology why do guitars still have strings?One for musicians.

robman60

I have been unable to forget that many people say "I had went" instead of "I had gone". I've been wondering why this happens for some weeks now, can't get uit out of my head...

DesperateDan

mikemac wrote: »

And why can't I get red lemonade in England, don't they know what they are missing??

I'm from scotland and everytime I see red lemonade here in Ireland it reminds me of barr's red cola http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Kola , f*ckin delicious. You may have more luck finding that in England!

Cormac2791

Thorella wrote: »

Do profoundly deaf people sign in their sleep instead of sleep talking?

They're deaf, not dumb!

FinnLizzy

If a pro-life activist eats meat, is he/she a hypocrite?

Kojak

If a blind person is wiping there arse after having a dump, how do they know when they are clean?

Seloth

Do Girls pee in the shower as much as guys?

How man people are watching Ghost busters atm?

Irish Guitarist

Did Prince (the musician) invent text speak? I'd never heard of anyone writing 'you' as 'u' or 'for' as '4' until he came out with songs like I Would Die 4 U and Take Me With U.

gungun

mikemac wrote: »

And why can't I get red lemonade in England, don't they know what they are missing??

I heard an ingredient in it can cause cancer and that it's banned in most European countries except Ireland, that's just what I've heard from friends so if anyone could give any more info that'd be great

EDIT: according to wiki anyways

Thorella

cormacharraghy wrote: »

They're deaf, not dumb!

True, but it is a random question that popped into my head! Also I didn't think 'dumb' in that sense was still in use? I thought it was offensive.

flutterflye

Seloth wrote: »

Do Girls pee in the shower as much as guys?

I wonder do the gross people who pee in the shower clean the shower afterwards.

Horseylady

if goldfish only ave a 3 sescond memory does their life flash before their eyes wen they die??

TanG411

Can you be a closet claustrophobic?

Frank Black

What if an elephant ate a grenade with a 20minute delay.
Would he completely explode or would there just be a dull thud and smoke would come out of his mouth/trunk?

paddyandy

How many great stories can't be told because they're too incredible i know a few myself so what's written is a very bland account and the best angles have to be left out.All front line people have them.Police doctors nurses welfare vets wardens and others.Sometimes in grafton street i think there's a 1000 novels here every day ....great stories and i'll never read one of them.The people walking up and down must have some really great yarns.