Ask A Silly Question - Just For Fun

[Ken4155]

We've all probably asked stupid questions from time to time but can you think of the silliest question to ask?
Your question should make some sort of sense, ie; can you burn your hand on a hot-plate even when it's switched off?

I'll begin;

When watching tv, if i close my eyes and put my fingers in my ears when the adverts are on, am i saving electric?

Questions please:-)

[Ken4155]

No takers? Lack of interest or lack of imagination. Which is it folks :-)

Here's another of mine.

Both my next-door neighbour and myself bought identical laptops a few years back. Both came with a mouse, so is it true to say that we have mice?

[sandyRoe]

Is it true that there are some foods than need more energy to digest than they contain in calories?

[Buenchico]

Q1. Why do the majority of traditional English tea shops close at tea time?
[It's true. Most seem to close at around 3pm or 3.30pm, which is before what most people would regard as 'tea time']

Q2. Why are communication companies always the hardest to communicate with?
[Anyone who's ever tried to get some information out of BT, without going round and round in circles with "Press 1 for this and 2 for that" will understand that question!]

Q3. How is it that we can land a man on the moon but we can't design a tea pot that doesn't dribble?

Q4. Why are badges with 'Customer Service' on them only ever worn by people who've got absolutely no understanding of what those words mean?

Q5. Why is going on strike, and doing nothing all day, referred to as 'industrial action'? Shouldn't it be 'industrial inaction?'

Q6. With over two billon children in the world, all of whom seem to have totally limitless energy, why have we got an energy crisis?

Q7. How is that, irrespective of the colour of clothing worn by a person, navel fluff is always grey?

Q8. Why is it that, however hard you shake it, the last drop always goes down your leg?

[webbo3]

Why is there no ham in hamburger or pine in pineapple?

why are French fries called French when they were not invented in France?

Why are boxing rings square?

If vegetarians eat vegetables what do humanitarians eat.?

Why are wise men and wise guys opposites?

If horrific means to make horrible why doesn't terrific mean to make terrible.?

If people from Poland are called poles why aren't people from Holland called holes?

Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?

If lawyers can be disbarred and clergymen defrocked can electricians be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked and dry cleaners depressed.???????

[jno]

webbo, in WW1 American GIs first encountered French fries while serving in Europe. They thought they were in France because that was where they were first sent, and it being wartime there were no such things as borders any more. They didn't know they were in Belgium.

[webbo3]

lol, tnx ^

[jno]

some silly questions have actual answers...

[DTCwordfan]

jno - may-o? why do Belgies and the Northern French drench their frites in the stuff - having said this, I've just enjoyed a burger with frites and mayo.....

[Canary42]

If an Empire is ruled by an Emperor, and a Kingdom by a king, why isn't a Country ruled by a Count.

[tiggerblue10]

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

[Canary42]

If you leave an electric socket switched on, what happens to the electricity if you pull the plug out - does it leak out into the room.

[Hopkirk]

It was 32 degrees here the other day. That's twice the temperature of a 16 degree day, isn't it?

[DTCwordfan]

why did the 100 Years War last 116 years?

[tiggerblue10]

Do millions of fish die when lightning strikes the ocean?

[SIRandyraven]

While in the USA years ago.
In a lift so trapped and a yank heard me speak.
‘Hey you guys from England.’
Yes.
‘Is it true you drive on the left side of road?’
Yep
‘How do you cope with that?’
I replied it takes getting used to…and lift door opened …escape from further conversation…..

[webbo3]

tiggerblue @19:58
\\What came first, the chicken or the egg?//

I've just ordered one of each on Amazon, I'll let you know.

[tiggerblue10]

Ta muchly!

[THECORBYLOON]

WEBBO, the original meaning of "terrific" was "causing terror" but that morphed into meaning, "great or immense" about a century later and then into the modern meaning a century after that.

[piggynose]

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

[Ken4155]

If the plural of mouse is mice, and the plural of louse is lice, how come we don't all live in hice?