Foo - I wonder who/what/when/where/why/how?

I was wondering about something the other day and that took me on a mind trip and wound up somewhere else. ;)

There must be something you have been wondering about and never thought to ask so now is your chance.

Example.

I wonder why manhole covers are round? Hmmmm

Someone else answers. So the lid doesn't fall down the hole.

So what do you wonder about? Make this a free-for-all. :rolleyes:

I wonder why threads like this get started.

How far is up?

It's round because of heat expansion, cold contraction. If it was square the hole it is covering would crack at the corners.

Speaking of such shapes, can anyone tell me which is better (and why) - to dig a round hole while transplanting a plant or is it better to dig a square hole? (I already know the answer, just wondering who else knows).

Round, because the inverse of the ratio of poo fits better.

It's round because of heat expansion, cold contraction. If it was square the hole it is covering would crack at the corners.

Speaking of such shapes, can anyone tell me which is better (and why) - to dig a round hole while transplanting a plant or is it better to dig a square hole? (I already know the answer, just wondering who else knows).
dodecahedron. But it has to be a perfect dodecahedron.

Speaking of geometric shapes, do all cats get chubby in their later years?

Oh, and the reason the manhole covers are round is truely because that is the shape that won't allow the lid to fall into the hole. Any other shape and you can lose the lid down the hole.

In San Fran they're "Personholes".

Let's not get sidetracked about peopleholes, keep on track here. :)

Do they call people "blueblood" becaue of the color of their blood?

Let's not get sidetracked about peopleholes, keep on track here. :)

Do they call people "blueblood" becaue of the color of their blood?
From http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-blu1.htm


It’s a direct translation of the Spanish sangre azul. Many of the oldest and proudest families of Castile used to boast that they were pure bred, having no link with the Moors who had for so long controlled the country, or indeed any other group. As a mark of this, they pointed to their veins, which seemed bluer in colour than those of such foreigners. This was simply because their blue-tinted veins showed up more prominently in their lighter skin, but they took it to be a mark of their pure breeding.

There has to be a question that can't be found on the internet, can you come up with one. :)

How many two cent stamps in a dozen?

there has to be a question that can't be found on the internet, can you come up with one. :)

how many two cent stamps in a dozen?12?

Why? Thats my question, why?

12 be right, your turn. You're supposed to ask a question, thems the rules. :)

If it takes an hour to dig a hole how long does it take to dig half a hole?

I feel so childish.

12 be right, your turn. You're supposed to ask a question, thems the rules. :)

If it takes an hour to dig a hole how long does it take to dig half a hole?

I feel so childish.Is it harvest season up there?

If a fly didn't have wings would it still be called a fly?

Harvest season is months off but school is close to getting out for the summer and I must be giddy with delight.

Who can name the FOUR sides of the fire triangle?

Who can name the FOUR sides of the fire triangle?

Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz8z39oCU98&feature=related) :rolleyes:

how did the term "upper crust" come about?

because the old ovens quite often overcooked(burnt) the bottom crust therefore the "elite" took the top(upper) crust of the bread to eat and the peasants got the bottom.waste not,want not.

Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz8z39oCU98&feature=related) :rolleyes:

Uhhhh, no. :innocent:

Why do people act like people?

lim_(c->+-infinity) 1/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2) = 1

lim_(v->+-infinity) 1/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2) = 0

What is this equation pair used for?

Who can name the FOUR sides of the fire triangle?

Fuel, oxygen, heat, and a sustained chemical reaction, thus making it a tetrahedron. "Fire triangle" is so second grade.

I wonder why these ginger crisps I'm eating have to explode into over 9000 pieces when I drop them onto the floor...

lim_(c->+-infinity) 1/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2) = 1

lim_(v->+-infinity) 1/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2) = 0

What is this equation pair used for?

To decide once and for all which is better, Coke or Pepsi.
http://www.bernielabarge.com/upload/mensa.jpg-image.png
I wonder why Wonder bread is referred to as bread.

[QUOTE=flamekiller;8990207]Fuel, oxygen, heat, and a sustained chemical reaction, thus making it a tetrahedron. "Fire triangle" is so second grade.



Ouch, that hurts. Sorry to keep it simple. :):D

Good answer though.


What is the eastern most state of the USA?

....What is the eastern most state of the USA?

As the world is a sphere, there is no answer.

If an orange is an orange because it's orange, why isn't a banana a yellow?

Which are worse, black flies or skeeters? I've never experienced the former.

As the world is a sphere, there is no answer.

If an orange is an orange because it's orange, why isn't a banana a yellow?

OK. :o

But this time try using the common usage of lattitude and longitude including the International date line.

And a yellow is still a yellow, you could call an orange a yellow but it won't come. :)