Remember how our teachers told us there was so such thing as a dumb question? I think they may have misled us.
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That's a good . . . no it's not
27 Dec 2007 07:32 am
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I thought the question about ceiling lights in hotels was kind of interesting. I'd guess that the answer is, "so the people who clean the rooms can replace bulbs without getting a ladder," though I don't know for sure.
"If an unscrupulous bar owner was to mix diethylene to, say, whiskey, what would the effect be on the consumer?"
I read the last clause as being "would the effect be on the consumer?"
I found this to be hilarious.
Oh well.
"In Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity, he says that Jason Bourne can pack with great economy of space, allowing him to pack much more in a small bag than it would seem. How would one do this, and is it even a real thing?"
I couldn't possibly answer that in this space, so I suggest the questioner join the Marine Corps. In just a few weeks, nice men in funny hats will teach you how to do this, among many other things. You'll never believe how much you can learn in a day until you go through this experience.
;-)
"When a fly lands on a ceiling, does it execute a barrel roll or an inside loop?"
I'd swear my father had asked that question, if he had any concept of how to use a computer. It's just the sort of thing he would think about.
Actually, only a few stupid questions in that list. I'd like to know the answers to quite a few of them myself.
For the next week, I'll be pondering the question of whether a fly executes a barrel roll or an inside loop to land on a ceiling - and the closest insects are close to a thousand miles away, so no chance of observing one any time soon.
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There was one that struck me as a reasonable question with an easy answer. The question was: 'Would it be possible to "shoot" someone with "lightning"? Like, a Taser with no electrodes.' The answer is yes. Several systems to do this sort of thing are being worked on, but most are still in the labs.
Posted by Glen Raphael | December 27, 2007 11:55 AM