Questions that occupy your mind that no-one else seems to ask

The King of Moo · 13-04-2014 10:55PM #1

What questions trouble your mind that don't seem to weigh on the minds of others?

I sometimes wonder if parents of twins (who are too young to know their own names) get them mixed up and can't figure out which is which permanently.
Imagine they're giving them their first bath in the sink or whatever. They take off their clothes, wash them, then suddenly realise that they're left with two identical, naked babies. How would they know which one was little Johnny and which was little Timmy?
But most importantly, would it matter? The babies wouldn't know their names yet, so it wouldn't really affect them. Moreover, could you then basically just raise identical twins for about a year or so and not give a damn about which is which, as it doesn't really matter?

Why does everyone say "liquorish?"

What do wild animals do with their time? I know they hunt and graze and such, but there's still a lot of time left in the day. Do they just stand or sit around all day? That'd be terrible, even if they're not aware of how bored they should be.
I mean, what does a frog do all day? Does it just sit around in the mud staring in front of it, or does it sometimes decide to go for a hop?

Chazz Michael Michaels · 13-04-2014 10:56PM

Am I being selfish?

I'm convinced only a narrow minority ever consider this.

obezyana · 13-04-2014 10:56PM

I always question how they get the fig into the fig roll.

Does that count?

wretcheddomain · 13-04-2014 10:56PM

Why do threads like this pop up on AH?

FairytaleGirl · 13-04-2014 10:59PM

How do they get cars into shopping centres?

Wtf would you do if you got abducted by aliens?Imagine it actually happened- no one would believe you!

humbert · 13-04-2014 10:59PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

What do wild animals do with their time? I know they hunt and graze and such, but there's still a lot of time left in the day. Do they just stand or sit around all day? That'd be terrible, even if they're not aware of how bored they should be.

When someone tells me they spend their evenings watching soaps I look at them in much the same way.

The King of Moo · 13-04-2014 11:00PM

Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »

Am I being selfish?

Yes you are.

obezyana wrote: »

I always question how they get the fig into the fig roll.

Does that count?

I'm not sure you're the only to ask that, I'll have to check.

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Why do threads like this pop up on AH?

Because it's a wretched domain.

kneemos · 13-04-2014 11:01PM

If you can't change destiny could I kill someone who is destined to live a long life?

Firewalkwithme · 13-04-2014 11:01PM

Why are the ads on tv so much louder than the tv show I'm watching?

Banjo String · 13-04-2014 11:02PM

Are those my feet

Chucken · 13-04-2014 11:03PM

Why does everyone say "liquorish?"

'Cos that's how it's pronunced

Something to do with the original French word...I'm too tired to bother looking it up.

Specialun · 13-04-2014 11:04PM

Do my neighbours hear the porn or do i have it at the right level thats its enjoyed and not that its heard outside of these 4 walls and im judged

catallus · 13-04-2014 11:04PM

Sometimes I wonder about that girl and if things were different what could have been. I should have asked her stay. But she's gone away.

kneemos · 13-04-2014 11:06PM

Cartoon_Head wrote: »

Why are the ads on tv so much louder than the tv show I'm watching?

Compression I think they call it,fit as much in as quickly as possible so music,voices etc will all be happening at once.

The King of Moo · 13-04-2014 11:08PM

kneemos wrote: »

Compression I think they call it,fit as much in as quickly as possible so music,voices etc will all be happening at once.

I thought it was just to make sure you heard them and therefore bought the products. It's a pity no-one's ever told BARRY SCOTT!! that ads are louder than programmes.

fleet_admiral · 13-04-2014 11:08PM

Cartoon_Head wrote: »

Why are the ads on tv so much louder than the tv show I'm watching?

to grab your attention

--LOS-- · 13-04-2014 11:09PM

I was in the cinema today and as I was watching all the late-comers shuffle in 10minutes into the film, I was thinking............... why am I always late for everything but I'm never late for the cinema. I just couldn't be late for the cinema, it doesn't happen. And how can I not figure out how to harness this selective punctuality and apply it to other areas in my life

Firewalkwithme · 13-04-2014 11:09PM

I was in Aldi recently. They were selling trolley tokens for 89 cent. They were the size of a 1 euro coin. Aldi trolleys take a 2 euro coin.

Do Aldi want me to shop somewhere else?

Ihatecuddles · 13-04-2014 11:10PM

Cartoon_Head wrote: »

I was in Aldi recently. They were selling trolley tokens for 89 cent. They were the size of a 1 euro coin. Aldi trolleys take a 2 euro coin.

Do Aldi want me to shop somewhere else?

There was a whole thread dedicated to this recently!

Earthhorse · 13-04-2014 11:10PM

If I leave food on the ceiling will it attract flying ants?

sullivlo · 13-04-2014 11:10PM

Cartoon_Head wrote: »

Why are the ads on tv so much louder than the tv show I'm watching?

So you can hear the tv when you go to the kitchen to make a cup of tea

Firewalkwithme · 13-04-2014 11:13PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

to grab your attention

The question I should have asked is why are tv ads allowed to be so much louder than the tv shows.

Just bugs me, girlfriend always complains and I have to keep turning the volume down and then back up.

I try to watch BBC as much as possible as a result. Or just download stuff with the ads removed.

Firewalkwithme · 13-04-2014 11:15PM

mauzo! wrote: »

There was a whole thread dedicated to this recently!

LInk please if you have it?

Pawn · 13-04-2014 11:17PM

I wonder if people who used to live let's say 300 years ago thought of people like us living 300 years from their "now". How they used to portrait us...

Or - if I'm around an old place, like a castle etc. - I wonder who the people who built it were, what were their names, what worries they had, were they happy in relationships, what was their favourite food, how they died...?

stampydmonkey · 13-04-2014 11:17PM

Sometimes wonder is my reality the same as everyone else's. Like is my blue someone elses red. Is the language I use and hear the same as what everyone else hears. Do my eyes see the same things everyone else's see

Do our brains just translate everything into a form only we individually can rationalise. Also why can I never explain this theory better....prob cause its a load of horse****

The King of Moo · 13-04-2014 11:17PM

--LOS-- wrote: »

I was in the cinema today and as I was watching all the late-comers shuffle in 10minutes into the film, I was thinking............... why am I always late for everything but I'm never late for the cinema. I just couldn't be late for the cinema, it doesn't happen. And how can I not figure out how to harness this selective punctuality and apply it to other areas in my life

Why do people arrive late for the cinema at all? They obviously want to see the film as they've paid quite a bit to do so. Why miss the start?
I can't get my head round regular cinemagoers who only arrive at the cinema at the time the film's due to start on a busy weekend night, then buy their tickets and food. It's like every time they go is their first time and they haven't figured out how it works yet.
They're the worst people ever, especially if you're waiting for them to show up to watch a film with them.

orangesoda · 13-04-2014 11:18PM

Why am i sitting with my togs at my ankles whilst worse looking men are having intercourse?

Turquoise Lagoon · 13-04-2014 11:18PM

How does a shepherd count his sheep without falling asleep?
Why is the name of the phobia for the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia? :eek:

john the one · 13-04-2014 11:18PM

What happens to the fart when I hold it in and it disappears, does it get absorbed into the intestine walls or just come out later?

Firewalkwithme · 13-04-2014 11:18PM

Why do Gardai pronounce the word "vehicle" as VE-HIC-UL? Are they trained to do so in Templemore?

FreshKnickers · 13-04-2014 11:19PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Why does everyone say "liquorish?"

Ah, a lot of us wouldn't want a whole liquorice, just a liqourish will do lad.

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