Questions that boggle the mind

[Freebasser]

Post questions that you're not sure if there's an answer to and let's see if other boardmembers can answer them for you. I'll start us off.

If Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble had to run around every time they wanted to "drive" anywhere, then why were they so fucking fat?

[monkey]

dinosaur ribs are really high in calories and fat. duh.

[Freebasser]

Yes but they run around ALL THE TIME.

[monkey]

they go to that drivethru with the ribs every episode too. im telling you, they eats like shit.

[b i o n i c]

they've got hot wives, i wanna know how those two fat guys bagged wilma and betty.

[Guy Incognito]

they've got hot wives, i wanna know how those two fat guys bagged wilma and betty.

for a start how do you know they were fat when they bagged them, plus they were quite funny guys and that might have been the attraction, plus how do we know that bam bam and pebbles didnt do a marty mcfly style love matching by going back to the future bc style and get them hooked up.

[paul jones]

why do birds suddenly appear,every time you are near?

[monkey]

paul: they long to be close to meeeeeeee.

oh i'm good today.

[ms.peachy]

OK here's one: Years ago I flew to Dublin. It was a Ryanair flight so you know you don't get to walk up the sleeve thing, you walk down the stairs from the plane, across the tarmac into the airport building. So I go into the airport and as soon as you go in, there is an escalator up to the next level, where you go to passport control and whatever. At the bottom of the escalator, there is a sign that says "Persons unfamiliar with moving staircases should use the lift." Now, you would only be in this part of the airport if you have just come off of an airplane. So my question is, where the fuck would a person be coming in from, that they are 'familiar' with international fucking air travel, but not a goddamn escalator?

[paul jones]

OK here's one: Years ago I flew to Dublin. It was a Ryanair flight so you know you don't get to walk up the sleeve thing, you walk down the stairs from the plane, across the tarmac into the airport building. So I go into the airport and as soon as you go in, there is an escalator up to the next level, where you go to passport control and whatever. At the bottom of the escalator, there is a sign that says "Persons unfamiliar with moving staircases should use the lift." Now, you would only be in this part of the airport if you have just come off of an airplane. So my question is, where the fuck would a person be coming in from, that they are 'familiar' with international fucking air travel, but not a goddamn escalator?

so that if any one tries to sue them because they had a misfortunate visitor in their pants the airport is covered by signs and small print but that might not be true.they may also be wearing a skirt.

[funk63]

What is love?

[roosta]

OK here's one: Years ago I flew to Dublin. It was a Ryanair flight so you know you don't get to walk up the sleeve thing, you walk down the stairs from the plane, across the tarmac into the airport building. So I go into the airport and as soon as you go in, there is an escalator up to the next level, where you go to passport control and whatever. At the bottom of the escalator, there is a sign that says "Persons unfamiliar with moving staircases should use the lift." Now, you would only be in this part of the airport if you have just come off of an airplane. So my question is, where the fuck would a person be coming in from, that they are 'familiar' with international fucking air travel, but not a goddamn escalator?

an irish man can grasp the concept of flight, but a moving escalator? that's the devils work right there.

[-T-]

How much wood could a woochuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Seriously?

[QueenAdrock]

450 kilos

Can God make a boulder so heavy that he himself cannot lift it?

[Bob]

yeah, he can

[QueenAdrock]

But shouldn't he be able to lift it? I mean, he is god and stuff

[Bob]

no, he can lift it too. he can do both, he's god

[monkey]

i believe god can disturb the laws of physics. especially in the bermuda triangle. i dont know if this answers any particular question, i just had to throw it out there.

[Bob]

exactly. god can create a boulder so big that he "couldn't" "lift" "it" but then he can change the rules so that he can lift that thing he just created. he's god, he doesn't follow your "rules". now stop asking questions and fondle these beads or you're going to hell

[Pres Zount]

Are nuts made of wood?

[roosta]

the ultimate question (http://beastieboys.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=78045)

[ms.peachy]

an irish man can grasp the concept of flight, but a moving escalator? that's the devils work right there.

Apparently. On the same trip, on the return journey, we were again at the airport and suddenly there was an giant almighty crash. So of course everyone gasped and then went silent. Turns out it was some numpty who decided to try to go up the escalator with one of those luggage trolleys loaded with suitcases, and of course it flipped over on him halfway up.

So I guess my question has already been answered, I suppose.

[russhie]

How is Mischa Barton still considered relevant?

[Myu-to]

Short skirts.

[rirv]

What is love?

Baby, don't hurt me.
Don't hurt me no more.

[mikizee]

Why does 'intelligent design' still carry weight today? With all the vast, vast (vast!) evidence we have at hand.

If god is the designer, who designed the designer? (Since God is so complex, and presumably irreducibly so).

[rirv]

Why does 'intelligent design' still carry weight today? With all the vast, vast (vast!) evidence we have at hand.

If god is the designer, who designed the designer? (Since God is so complex, and presumably irreducibly so).
Because there is no other answer for where everything started from. We can rewind all the way back to the big bang, but before that? Where did the little dense clump of molecules that kicked off the last few billion years come from? That is really mind boggling. Thinking about how something could come from nothing... :eek:

[mikizee]

So if science doesn't know the answer yet, it MUST be god. The default answer. That's lazy and defeatist.

[rirv]

Personally I'm not sure about a god, but at the moment there is no other way to adequately explain how everything became. My mind literally can't imagine how the universe started.

Things like this will always be subject to argument because in all likelyhood there will never be a concrete answer. I could say that there are giant space bananas that have their own moons. You can't actually prove me wrong unless you go around every bit of space and find out for yourself. Although common sense and astrophysics suggests that giant space bananas do not exist.

[mikizee]

Many years ago there were no ways to explain the fact that the earth wasn't flat.

[rirv]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_mythology

Things you're referring to are entirely physical phenomena that with enough research or thought can be figured out because we can see these things, touch these things or see the effect these things have on other people. When you start going back in time 14 billion years and working out how matter came to exist we're talking metaphysics and speculation. Maybe the Large Hadron Collider will confound us all but my guess is that it will just waste a lot of electricity.

[camo]

If nobody is buy new cars anymore where are the next-to-new second hand ones coming from?

[roosta]

So if science doesn't know the answer yet, it MUST be god. The default answer. That's lazy and defeatist.

i'm obsessed with things about physics and space and the nature of reality, but it completely boggles my mind.

now, i'm no fan of richard dawkins, but he did a great speech at TED a few years ago explaining why humans can't (and might never be able) to comprehend quantum physics etc. etc. he thinks its evolutionary, in that our brains have developed to understand the universe at "our level" as that's what we need to get buy. if we could travel at the speed of light or whatever we could comprehend the universe at that level.

it really opened my mind, i've heard many quantum scientists say things along the lines of "i study it, but i really don't understand it" and "if you think you understand quantum mechanics you really don't" etc. and dawkins gives a plausible explanation for why this may be.

anyways, here's the link if anyones interested. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1APOxsp1VFw)

[Myu-to]

How can I be so much more incredibly awesome than everyone else, and yet so humble?

[Guy Incognito]

^ What is it with deluded people?:p

[Guy Incognito]

why isnt there another word for thesaurus?

[rirv]

why isnt there another word for thesaurus?

Main Entry: thesaurus

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: dictionary of synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms: glossary, language reference book, lexicon, onomasticon, reference book, sourcebook, storehouse of words, terminology, treasury of words, vocabulary, word list

Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2008 by the Philip Lief Group.

[Guy Incognito]

Main Entry: thesaurus

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: dictionary of synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms: glossary, language reference book, lexicon, onomasticon, reference book, sourcebook, storehouse of words, terminology, treasury of words, vocabulary, word list

Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2008 by the Philip Lief Group.

nice one - i could think of two word phrases but i hadnt thought about lexicon or onomasticon.(y)

[rirv]

onomasticon sounds like a dinosaurus not a thesaurus.

[mikizee]

Good link.

[b i o n i c]

if mosquitos are smart enough to flee smoke, why am i still dumb enough to puff on cigarettes?

[roosta]

if mosquitos are smart enough to flee smoke, why am i still dumb enough to puff on cigarettes?

easy one, you are less intelligent than a mosquito.

[b i o n i c]

yeahaHAhaHAhahaHAHAHhaHahAhAha... heheheh.. heheh.. heh


i wanna know why the hell people are always puttin raw steaks on their faces in old cartoons. ive always wanted to put a raw steak over a black eye. badass

[BangkokB]

Opera's: Seriously does anyone like that shite? Or is that where uppity people go so they can be miserable together. Kinda like Southerners and Church

You have Racquetball, Baseball, Football, Foosball, Basketball and then Tennis. How did that happen?

[marsdaddy]

How many licks to the center of of a tootsie roll pop?

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

[na§tee]

when g-mile is not g-mile, who is g-mile?

[Lyman Zerga]

when g-mile is not g-mile, who is g-mile?

g-auton

[Freebasser]

How did this thread get to 2 pages?

[marsdaddy]

How did this thread get to 2 pages?And why did it take so long?!

[roosta]

when g-mile is not g-mile, who is g-mile?

the ultimate question (http://beastieboys.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=78045)

:cool:

[mikizee]

why am I so god damn hungover

oh thats right

[Bob]

how do i wear a scarf?

[mikizee]

scarves are for scarf wearers, and you dont want to be one of those.

[Pres Zount]

You sort of do if you have a cold neck.

[mikizee]

I'd rather have a cold neck than be a scarf wearer

[Pres Zount]

That's easy to say when it's probably around 35c+ wherer you are right now. Wearing a scarf where Bob lives is probably like wearing a t-shirt where we live - he needs to fit in.