Impossible questions???

[andrea81]

Apart from the 'Meaning of life', what are other questions that are impossible to answer?

Cheers all?

[chamois]

You do realise andrea81 that by asking this question, we're probably heading for the longest thread ever on AB?

OK, I'll start off: What came first, the chicken or the egg?

[crazy legs]

The egg, it came from an alien!

[hairygrape]

What time is it at the North Pole?

[THECORBYLOON]

Why does the BBC keep broadcasting Last Of The Summer Wine?

[4candles]

Why do fewer socks come out of a washing machine than went in?

[wildwood]

How long is a piece of string?

[andrea81]

I always like 'how long is a piece of string' but I hadn't thought of the time at the North pole, I do like that!

Keep them comming!

[samsong7]

To Wildwood
A piece of string is 1.75 metre, cos I've got one !!

[DONNA1458]

if anyone says to me how long is a piece of string i always reply ... twice as long as half of it.

[DottyH]

When will Coronation Street cease to be?

[Trevilino]

Why is there only one Monopolies Commission?

[Whickerman]

The meaning of life is 42

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Lif e,_the_Universe,_and_Everything

Next!

[brachiopod]

The Chicken / egg is not an 'impossible' question. The egg came first, and that's indisputable. (start another thread if you really need the answer explained)


But, more importantly - who put the 'bom' in the bom-bo-bomp-bom-bomp, and who put the 'ram' in the rama-lama-ding-dong?

And if Birds' put the turd in custurd, who put the sh*t in number 10?

[chadad]

How long is a piece of string?. Easy,
"From one end to the other".

[mibn2cweus]

The 'Meaning of life' is not a question, it is a tautology encompassing two codependent terms. Without life a dictionary full of words would be meaningless and a life without meaning has no definitive value.

As for �questions that are �impossible� to answer?� some interesting answers have already been given. Here are some more questionable answers???

Is it possible to give an answer for which there can be no question?
What is something you have completely forgotten about?
What is the last thing you did, after you did it?
How do you think about nothing at all?
Is it ethical for a man to marry his widow�s sister?

A few more that can be found here are:
What was the best thing before sliced bread?
Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
How is it possible to have a civil war?
If God dropped acid, would he see people?
If you try to fail, and succeed, which is it?

Finally, a question I have been pondering ever since the first time I posted an answer on �ab� . . .

. . . mibn2cweus?

[andrea81]

It's only a bit of fun.... I guess I thought about it as my father uses impossible questions and odd saying all the time for example...

He calles a 'hammer' a 'hammer-for'. I guess its to get a reaction of "what's a hammer-for?" to which he replies "To knock nails in!"

He also says the obvious 'how long is a piece of string'.

But another I remembered is "Where was the man when he jumped off the cliff?" No matter what you say i.e. in the air etc... the answer would be "No.. that was after he jumped or before he jumped etc...

I do think that 'the meaning of life is a question though.... maybe I should have put 'WHAT IS the meaning of life?..'

I hate that question anyway, even if you could answer it, it would mean a different thing to everyone!

[johnlambert]

The speed of light can be explaned in the E=MC2 theory. but what i want to know is, what is the speed of darkness?

[OBonio]

johnlambert, it's 40mph round our way due to all the roadworks!

[kujawski]

how many kilos are there in a mile?

[PhilLew]

How can Pete Docherty always find a policeman when nobody else can!