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message 251: by Dennis (new)

Dennis Because they reproduce exponentially. Though, ironically, the synonym "Slut's Wool" has a completely different etymology.

Why is Gary, Indiana the smelliest place in America?


message 252: by Anne (new)

Anne | 624 comments Have you ever seen Gary use soap? Ever?

Why do all the tastiest things have to have so many calories?


message 253: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) Because even the calories love yummy food and gravitate toward them! Grrr...

Why do people insist on remaking movies that are already perfectly wonderful?


message 254: by [deleted user] (last edited Mar 01, 2009 09:13PM) (new)

Well, movies can't remake themselves...however wonderful.

Why are the most ignorant always eager to give advice?


message 255: by Apokripos (new)

Apokripos (apokalypse) Because they are ignorant of what kind of advice they are giving and don't mention the fact that they are indifferent,too...


What in the world am I doing here...?


message 256: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments Because we're not somewhere else.

How do they really get our voices through the phones?


message 257: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) Well... I could give you a technical answer about waves and how your ear interprets them... and that makes sense for phones with cords... But cell phones? It's magic, I'm pretty sure.

Why can't I seem to lose much weight, even though I'm exercising an hour a day?


message 258: by Stella (new)

Stella (stella_exlibris) | 458 comments Because your weight is very much attached to you and it would break its heart if you lost it.

Why are we always hungry?


message 259: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) Because B stands for "BAD", and no one wants a BAD battery! (But really, there used to be B batteries, but no one uses them anymore... kinda like C batteries.... I googled it.)

Why do most pens only come in black, blue, and red? Why not brown, green, and purple?


message 260: by Allison (new)

Allison (inconceivably) Because purple and black broke up and everyone took sides...and Black's team won. Very sad story, really.

Why didn't purple's team win?


message 261: by Apokripos (new)

Apokripos (apokalypse) Because the Black Team cheated in tag-of-war portion of the ompetition....


If there's a legal paper, is there also an illegal one?


message 262: by Glenn (new)

Glenn Yes. Illegal paper is used for writing hold-up notes and poison pen letters.

If you had a universal solvent, what would you keep it in?


message 263: by Squiggles{Kelly} (new)

Squiggles{Kelly} (squiggles) | 61 comments my brother's head. it's that hard and thick.

Why is it impossible to be perfect?




message 264: by [deleted user] (new)

Because everybody else is.

Why does it not rain when you remember to carry your umbrella?


message 265: by Stella (new)

Stella (stella_exlibris) | 458 comments Because the universe's sole reason for rain is to screw your day and soak you through when you have nothing to protect you with.

why is there fog?


message 266: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) Because sometimes the earth likes to make things "interesting" by impeding your vision. (Kinda like how the universe screws you over...)

Why do you sometimes NOT get what you pay for? (My $350 prescription sunglasses just snapped in half yesterday!)


message 267: by Stella (new)

Stella (stella_exlibris) | 458 comments I would have to say that it's another way of the universe to screw you. Or should I try to find a non-recycled answer to this? Then, why are you surprised that you don't get what you pay for, when usually you don't even get what you deserve?

that was more a question than an answer.. duh.. anyway..

Why are women considered the fairer sex?




message 268: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) That IS strange. We should just be called the "fair" sex, because when are men ever fair about anything? ;)

Why do people drink beer when it tastes like butt?


message 269: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments Because the people who drink beer were dogs in a former life, and you know dogs love the smell of butt!

Why did they make letters in the alphabet that make more than one sound?


message 270: by Squiggles{Kelly} (new)

Squiggles{Kelly} (squiggles) | 61 comments so that first graders can learn to hate school right away. It saves time.

Why do people go into such detail on voice mail?!


message 271: by Apokripos (new)

Apokripos (apokalypse) So that they will have their money's worth for a 30 minute voice mail...


Whose line is it anyway?


message 272: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) So you can make a completely educated decision whether to call them back or not.

Why am I completely unmotivated at life lately?


message 273: by Leanne (new)

Leanne (Leanne1986) | 500 comments Because they are scared that it might be the last time anyone ever hears there voice!

How do you help someone who is suffering from a serious bout of self pity?


message 274: by [deleted user] (new)

I had one too "Because thats one place where no one will interrupt them"

But to continue the thread.

301: Don't know both cancer and capricorn are fighting over it.
302: maybe because you forgot to stimulate/excite life first.
303: make it less serious by telling silly jokes.

Why do all the important phone calls come when you are in the shower?


message 275: by Stella (last edited Mar 04, 2009 04:02AM) (new)

Stella (stella_exlibris) | 458 comments Because people like challenges, and they want to screw with you, so what's the sense in calling you when you are sitting next to the phone and can easily reach it? there's nothing complicated or fun in that.. however, if you run out of the shower, dripping wet butt naked and trying not to fall on your face while trying to raech the phone before they hang up, then that's entertaining!

Why do we speak so many languages and not just a universal one?


message 276: by [deleted user] (new)

We do speak the same language, it is however spelt differently.

Why is it never over 'until the fat lady sings'?


message 277: by Apokripos (new)

Apokripos (apokalypse) Because people always anticipate her operatic voice....

Why is it now or never...?


message 278: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) Because humans haven't invented time travel. Once that happens, never won't exist anymore. It will be "now or whenever?"

Will you come to my house and do my dishes?


message 279: by Stella (new)

Stella (stella_exlibris) | 458 comments Sure, if you pay the costs of my travel, the hotel room and everything I eat on the way there and home and while staying there (I think maybe paying a housekeeper would be financially more advantageous.. :-D)

why do pretty/beautiful girls have ugly boyfriends?


message 280: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) I think you're asking the wrong question... I think the right question is why to beautiful girls have ugly boyfriends, but gorgeous guys never have ugly girlfriends... ;) It's because women can see what's UNDERNEATH a guy's face. Either that, or the woman is in a constant state of inebriation. One of the two, for sure.

Why do bad things have to happen in the mornings and ruin your entire day?


message 281: by [deleted user] (new)

Because bad things need a head start to change your mood, good things don't have to work that hard at it.
Or its because bad things just can't wait to happen.

Why is the globe getting warmer?


message 282: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments It's just like anything you hold - the longer you hold it the warmer it gets. And God has been holding it a long time!

Why can't teenagers be as easy to satisfy as little kids?


message 283: by Mosca (new)

Mosca | 828 comments Teenagers are about three times the size of little kids.

Howcome my neighbor has such a noisy motorbike?


message 284: by Apokripos (new)

Apokripos (apokalypse) Because s/he is an exhibitionist...and a maniac! LOL!!!


Why does it take two to tango?


message 285: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments Because with 3 it becomes a t(ri)ang(le)!

Why do we say Blind as a bat? Bats aren't blind.


message 286: by Mosca (new)

Mosca | 828 comments Baseball bats are blind.

If God is love; and love is blind; and Ray Charles is blind--what does this prove?


message 287: by [deleted user] (new)

That Ray Charles's middle name is God.

Where can I find pin drop silence?


message 288: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) In the grave.

What would you say to someone who was afraid of revolving doors?


message 289: by Anne (new)

Anne | 624 comments Just give a little whistle.

Why did Mama say there'd be days like this?


message 290: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) She didn't. The Shirelles did. But seriously, because it was totally true. Turns out your mom is a pretty smart cookie!

When will someone invent a food replicator like on Star Trek so I'll be able to have any food I want any time I want?


message 291: by [deleted user] (new)

As soon as they invent the 'stay thin forever' magic pill that you can pop in and stay thin no matter what you eat whenever!

if a rose is a rose is a rose, what is a lilly?


message 292: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments a pad

If a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, what do you call roses without any smell?


message 293: by Catamorandi (new)

Catamorandi (wwwgoodreadscomprofilerandi) | 1045 comments Because they aren't purple.

How many sea shells did Susie sell?


message 294: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments Susie sold seven hundred seventy seven sea shells at the seashore.

Who can chuck more wood, chuck Norris or Chuck Barry?


message 295: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) Chuck Norris, obviously.

Why does my cat act like a dog and my dog act like a cat?


message 296: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments They have species confusion.

If a cat always lands on its feet, and toast always lands butter side down, what happens if you strap the toast butter side up to the cat and drop it?


message 297: by Apokripos (new)

Apokripos (apokalypse) Then you will a have a battered/buttered cat...


what makes you tick?


message 298: by Jensownzoo (new)

Jensownzoo | 338 comments Did I swallow a pocketwatch? Again?!?

Why can't people be as graceful in their element as fish are in theirs?


message 299: by Anne (new)

Anne | 624 comments Fish are always fishing for compliments, whereas we people are uber-secure in our klutziness. Long live klutzes!

Why do fools fall in love?


message 300: by [deleted user] (new)

Only the smart ones can rise in love..

Why do doughnuts turn into love handles?


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