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a lot of these are George Carlin, hehe so good
"why do you park in a driveway but drive in a parkway"
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Number 10, Yes you can, it is an expression meaning that you don't have anywhere to escape to... So yes if there are 5 guys in front of you and you cant move then yes.
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i can anwer the OK one
back in WW2, when an enemy attack was unsucessful and there was none alied killed, allies write in a big board 0 KILLED, so that planes (i think) could be happy o the their team winning
and abrevation of that is 0.k and o.k and ok and k
.D hope I helped
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woo i learned something 
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04.If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff? (very good thinking).
Because the material is too damn heavy.
15.If a person suffered from amnesia and then was cured would they remember that they forgot?
Of course.
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15 depends on the type of amnesia, and what you define "cure" to mean. I'm a grad student in cognitive psych so this is kinda my thing 
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Speed of darkness = speed of light.
darkness is anywhere without light, so if light is moving away, darkness is following at exactly the same speed.
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18. Yes you would hear the radio because the radio is in the vehicle you are in and therefore is moving at the same speed you are. Since the sound from the radio is contained inside the vehicle the speed that the vehicle is moving is irrelevant. If the sound was coming from outside the vehicle then this could be different.
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19.If you're traveling at the speed of light and you turn your headlights on, what happens? (I didn't had a chance to try).
I am pretty sure speed of light is the limit of speed in this universe if I recall correctly from last year's physics. Can someone verify?
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1. Debt is purchased by private investors. The most prominent examples of these are bond funds and pension plans. All governments borrow from private markets.
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On June 24 2010 13:57 Airsick wrote:
Speed of darkness = speed of light.
darkness is anywhere without light, so if light is moving away, darkness is following at exactly the same speed.
Darkness doesn't move though, its always there. The only thing moving are light particles.
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On June 24 2010 14:02 textbook wrote:
19.If you're traveling at the speed of light and you turn your headlights on, what happens? (I didn't had a chance to try).
I am pretty sure speed of light is the limit of speed in this universe if I recall correctly from last year's physics. Can someone verify?
Speed of light is the indeed the limit of speed
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On June 24 2010 13:39 mOnion wrote:
a lot of these are George Carlin, hehe so good
"why do you park in a driveway but drive in a parkway"
I never actually thought this was a contradiction, might sound corny but I laughed. :D
Guess we just go with whatever works.
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19. Your headlights would have disintegrated travelling at the speed of light
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are these all rhetorical joke questions? Cause I'll attempt to answer them.
01.If all the nations in the world are in debt(i am not joking. Even US has got debts), where did all the money go? (weird).
Select groups or people are hoarding it, controlling it for power ofc.
02.When dog food is new with improved tasting, who tests it? (to be given a thought).
just bullshit advertisement, there is probably some minor testing where they see what food makes the dog happier or something asinine.
03.What is the speed of darkness? (absurd).
It's the same speed as light, since all darkness is is the absence of light, it gets dark just as fast as it take the photons to pass by.
04.If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff? (very good thinking).
On June 24 2010 13:51 fabiano wrote:
Because the material is too damn heavy.
this, airplanes are made from mostly aluminum
05.Who copyrighted the copyright symbol? (who knows).
Probably the creators? It only makes sense.
06.Can you cry under water? (let me try).
The definition of crying needs to be specified here. If you just mean water coming out of the eye ducts then yes. There is some people who can blow bubbles out of their eyes under water, so they could surely blow water out or something.
07.Why do people say, "you've been working like a dog" when dogs just sit around all day? (I think they meant something else).
Probably because dogs were originally used for business instead of pleasure? (Think dog sled racing, hunting/police dogs) They are hard working loyal animals who don't give up.
08.Why are the numbers on a calculator and a phone reversed? (God knows.)
Poor design. Shit happens. Actually think of rotary phones when calculators were first invented. They probably line up better.
09.Do fish ever get thirsty? (let me ask and tell).
Dunno this one, I would guess not. But perhaps when they get thirsty they are instantly unthirsty considering their habitat.
10.Can you get cornered in a round room? (by ones eyes).
On June 24 2010 13:39 GreEny K wrote:
Number 10, Yes you can, it is an expression meaning that you don't have anywhere to escape to... So yes if there are 5 guys in front of you and you cant move then yes.
this
11.What does OK actually mean?.
Yea this word is a bitch, it has lots of meanings.
12.Why do birds not fall out of trees when they sleep? (tonight I will stay and watch).
They evolved to sleep standing and startle easily? Lots of animals stand their whole lives and rarely lay or kneel.
13.What came first, the fruit or the color orange? (seed).
This question is philisophical one. Like "the tree fell in the forest could you hear it" thing.
The color was obviously here before the plant evolved on earth. OR it's like the idea/word of the orange versus it's color. That I'm not sure about.
14.What should one call a male ladybird? (No comments).
Same thing, it's a stupid name.
15.If a person suffered from amnesia and then was cured would they remember that they forgot? (can somebody help).
This is situational. Totally depends on the extent of the damage in the brain. Think of it like this, you wipe a magnet across your HDD, and then you have tools to search for the missing data and try and piece it back together. Sometiimes you might be able to recollect all the data, but probably more often you're going to have holes and corrupt data (incomplete memories).
16.Can you blow a balloon up under water? (yes you can).
ofc, but if it's too deep the pressure might effect this and make it impossible for a human (or even a machine) to do so.
17.Why is it called a "building" when it is already built? (strange isn't it).
Not sure about this one, probably because back in the day it took like 30 years to make large structures?
Also, it's more or less a sort of slang word.
18.If you were traveling at the speed of sound and you turned on your radio would you be able to hear it? (got to think scientifically).
Well ofc, radiowaves travel faster than sound. But the sound that comes out of it might be distorted or muffled due to sonic boom or whatever. Jet fighters don't have their cockpits open but they can hear inside ofc.
19.If you're traveling at the speed of light and you turn your headlights on, what happens? (I didn't had a chance to try).
This is unknown ofc, I've read theories about it and people just assume that you'd be able to see the light spreading around in the directions not going forward along with you.
20.Why is it called a TV set when theres only one? (very nice).
Same for a pair of pants/shorts/scissors/ etc. It's just the way it came into speech. Maybe it has something to do with the rabbit ears antenna on top?
21.If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth? (this is nice?).
No, pretty sure there is specifics on this in US Laws etc. (You only own down to X feet deep or something)
22.Why do most cars have speedometers that go up to at least 130 when you legally can't go that fast on any road? (stupid, break the law).
Because laws only dictate how we can drive and they are subject to change. It would be retarded to have it stop at 65mph or whatever. Plus you can take your car to a racetrack or the autobond or whatever.
This question is pretty stupid.
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On June 24 2010 14:16 CharlieMurphy wrote:
are these all rhetorical joke questions? Cause I'll attempt to answer them.
01.If all the nations in the world are in debt(i am not joking. Even US has got debts), where did all the money go? (weird).
Select groups or people are hoarding it, controlling it for power ofc.
they're meant as jokes but i want to see them answered 
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