In an apparent attempt to be funny, a friend e-mailed me a list of "unanswerable" questions that have been going around. They're variously attributed to Jerry Seinfeld, Steven Wright, and others. I didn't care who wrote them when they rolled in;
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The first Unanswerable Questions list had my answers to supposedly impossible-to-answer questions. I just saw a "new" list* (some of the questions were repeats), so now I'll answer those, too. With luck, people will realize that just because someone says a question is "unanswerable" doesn't mean it is!
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A silly list of questions and thoughts to ponder ... If he did, ... In some books, why do they have blank pages at the very end? Why can't donuts be square? Why put a towel in the dirty clothes basket if when you get out of the shower you are clean? What happens to an irrisitable force when it hits an immovable object?
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Do witches run spell checkers? ... If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? ... Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift?
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Every day our inbox fills with hundreds of questions that range from the routine to the extraordinary, the mundane to the fantastic. While we're honored that our readers think to turn to us with these head-scratchers, many of their queries are too obscure or complicated for us to answer.
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Fourteen unanswerable questions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The phrase fourteen unanswerable questions , in Buddhism, refers to fourteen common philosophical questions that Buddha refused to answer, according to Buddhist Sanskrit texts. Pali texts give only ...
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Torture's Unanswerable Questions ... It is further complicated by questions about its efficacy: Does it sometimes work? Does it never work? Is it always immoral? What about torture that saves lives? What if it saves many lives? What if one of those lives is your child's?
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geoboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think these questions are considered "unanswerable" because the answers aren't worth anyone's time. "how much would a penguin egg cost to buy and ship to texas email me as soon as you get the answer to this question bcuz i would like to buy a penguin egg so please email me asap!!!";
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