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jumpjet · 11-04-2003, 10:48 PM

Before you finish this sentence will end.

tecoyah · 11-07-2003, 05:47 AM

three people check into 3 seperate hotel rooms
each room is ten dollars
they give the desk thirty dollars
the manager remembers todays special after they go to the rooms...five dollars off when renting three rooms
he gives the bellhop five dollars to return to the customers
the bellhop decides to make it easy on himself and give them each one dollar back, keeping two
each customer has now paid nine dollars per room
the bellhop has two dollars

9+9+9=27
27+2=29

where is the other dollar?

Devilchild · 11-07-2003, 07:04 AM

What was i just thinking of just now?

Devilchild · 11-07-2003, 07:06 AM

also, can we be sure of colours?

i see red as red, but if you could look thru my eyes and see red, you might see red through your eyes as green, or purple.

colours look that way to you but it might look TOTALY different to anybody else.

maddemon802 · 11-07-2003, 07:43 AM

The sound of one hand clapping is "hello"

Do you walk to school, or carry your lunch?

CSflim · 11-07-2003, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tecoyah
three people check into 3 seperate hotel rooms
each room is ten dollars
they give the desk thirty dollars
the manager remembers todays special after they go to the rooms...five dollars off when renting three rooms
he gives the bellhop five dollars to return to the customers
the bellhop decides to make it easy on himself and give them each one dollar back, keeping two
each customer has now paid nine dollars per room
the bellhop has two dollars

9+9+9=27
27+2=29

where is the other dollar?

not very unanswerable!
You don't add on the two the bellhop still has, you subtract it, to see how much the hotel recieves.
They paid: 9+9+9=27.
Bellhop kept $2 of this 27 for himself.
27-2=25
hotel manager gets $25.

jumpjet · 11-07-2003, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CSflim
hotel manager gets $25.

pwnt.

VitaminH · 11-07-2003, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by analog
What are the unused portions of our brains really for, if they're never used?

The problem with that is, there aren't any unused portions

That crap circulating a few years back about humans only using like 2% or whatever of their brains was extaly that, crap.

Functions have been attributed to every cm of brain tissue

krwlz · 11-07-2003, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lasereth
Are they really questions if they don't have an answer?

-Lasereth

I can answer that one! YES!! Didn't you see the "?" at the end?

John Henry · 11-08-2003, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MacGnG
no question mark, not a question , doesnt count.
<hr>

ok thats nonsense
<hr>

hmmmmm....

No it isn't nonsense, it's more zen, or perhaps more accurately, nonsense-zen. Anyway, any fool knows that the difference between a duck is that neither of its legs are both the same.

Here's my question:

%!£$^ %^*%^&* £$%& *)&*:@}{_ ~+ ';,.] []=-#=-?

CSflim · 11-08-2003, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by John Henry
No it isn't nonsense, it's more zen, or perhaps more accurately, nonsense-zen. Anyway, any fool knows that the difference between a duck is that neither of its legs are both the same.

Here's my question:

%!£$^ %^*%^&* £$%& *)&*:@}{_ ~+ ';,.] []=-#=-?

Flawed logic there John!
MacGnG's stated that:
All questions end in a question mark.

He did NOT say:
Everything that ends in a question mark is a question.

Shpoop · 11-08-2003, 12:44 PM

how would you describe colors to someone blind since birth?

would he dream in color? (not really unanswerable, but i want to know the answer)

forseti-6 · 11-08-2003, 02:14 PM

How do we know we're alive?

nirol · 11-08-2003, 10:05 PM

If you turn on the lights fast enough, can you see the dark?

John Henry · 11-09-2003, 02:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by CSflim
Flawed logic there John!
MacGnG's stated that:
All questions end in a question mark.

He did NOT say:
Everything that ends in a question mark is a question.

Oh the irony. I didn't actually see that MacGnG had said that, therefore I had not made the logical error you refer to ( I believe it's called 'asserting the antecedent' for future reference). If I had made such an error, I would have made that post, but making the post does not mean that I made the error. Ergo, you have in fact asserted the antecedent in accusing me of doing so.

My question was not the small-minded bit of pedantry you assumed it to be, but in fact an attempt to post an unanswerable question which was not one of the tediously predictable reams of 'this statement is false' variations which this thread seems to have provoked. It was supposed to illustrate the importance of form and the requirement for information to be communicated in order that it be requested. The question with no meaning is a member of the set of questions with no answer and therefore a valid response to the thread title.

John Henry · 11-09-2003, 02:41 AM

ahem. Just saw the post of mine that you were replying to CS and your error was completely understandable. Ergo I am an ass

Nefir · 11-10-2003, 05:18 PM

So, how much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Hurry! We've got controlled chucking trials going on in the lab at this very moment, and we'll have the answer shortly... until then, its most certainly unanswerable

Tophat665 · 11-10-2003, 06:19 PM

Which is worse, insatiable penguin lust or mockery of the queen of geckos?

(saw that on alt.humor.oracle back 5 years or so ago)

Journeyman · 11-10-2003, 06:30 PM

Nefir: He could cut a quart of conifer if you gave him a quarter for every quart he cut.

jumpjet · 11-11-2003, 07:04 PM

How many boards would the mongols hoard if the mongol hoardes got bored?

-calvin

hy_ · 11-12-2003, 02:50 PM

When exactly am I going to die?

CSflim · 11-12-2003, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hy_
When exactly am I going to die?

http://www.deathclock.com/

Shpoop · 11-13-2003, 07:35 PM

a woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood

spived2 · 11-13-2003, 07:45 PM

If nothing is impossible, wouldn't it be impossible for something to be impossible?

SirGoreaxe · 11-15-2003, 11:55 PM

If there are alien out there, what would they look like?

GakFace · 11-16-2003, 01:23 PM

I don't think I saw it stated... if I'm wrong let me know...

But I can answer EVERY question with "Q"... just.. Q..

.. You never said the unanswerable question with the correct answer.. just unanswerable... I answer every question now with

Q!

QuasiMojo · 11-16-2003, 02:36 PM

imagine a color outside of the prism of human imagination.
what does it look like?

______________________

quien es?

orange monkeyee · 11-16-2003, 07:18 PM

because the dick had a bush around it and the colon was just a pain?

HoChiMinh · 11-21-2003, 08:50 AM

What is the correct way to write the spoken sentence "There are three too's in the english language"?

QuasiMojo · 11-23-2003, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by HoChiMinh
What is the correct way to write the spoken sentence "There are three too's in the english language"?

help yourself to a three toed tree toad

arael · 11-24-2003, 09:11 PM

Are there odd perfect numbers? Are there infinite perfect numbers?

Jonsgirl · 11-25-2003, 09:06 PM

WHY???

Sho Nuff · 11-26-2003, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dilbert1234567
then god is not all powerful if he can not create a rock so heavy that even he can not lift

If God is allpowerful then he can create a rock that he cannot lift. Then being allpowerful he can make himself stronger to lift it.

My question: Since all i do is goof off on the computer all day, why havent i been fired?

Craven Morehead · 11-26-2003, 01:05 PM

Why is Celine Dion popular?

thebpem · 12-17-2003, 12:59 AM

where are my pants?

timalkin · 12-20-2003, 02:06 PM

dude, where's my car?

losthellhound · 12-20-2003, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by QuasiMojo
imagine a color outside of the prism of human imagination.
what does it look like?

Isn't that flawed? How can we imagine something outside our imagination?

Koans make my head hurt

-Ever- · 12-20-2003, 09:23 PM

who dropped the last donkey?

QuasiMojo · 12-20-2003, 10:06 PM

I don't Know.....
but here comes the cow...

QuasiMojo · 12-20-2003, 10:08 PM

>>><<<<mmmmmMMMMMOVEANYMOUNTAINNNNNNN>>>>>>>>>

11-04-2003, 10:48 PM	#41 (permalink)
jumpjet Upright Location: chi-town.	Before you finish this sentence will end. __________________ sup.

11-07-2003, 05:47 AM	#42 (permalink)
tecoyah Illusionary	30 bucks three people check into 3 seperate hotel rooms each room is ten dollars they give the desk thirty dollars the manager remembers todays special after they go to the rooms...five dollars off when renting three rooms he gives the bellhop five dollars to return to the customers the bellhop decides to make it easy on himself and give them each one dollar back, keeping two each customer has now paid nine dollars per room the bellhop has two dollars 9+9+9=27 27+2=29 where is the other dollar? __________________ Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha

11-07-2003, 07:43 AM	#45 (permalink)
maddemon802 Addict Location: SouthEast	The sound of one hand clapping is "hello" Do you walk to school, or carry your lunch? __________________ don't worry, I'm not lookin at you Last edited by maddemon802; 11-08-2003 at 06:18 AM..

11-08-2003, 02:14 PM	#53 (permalink)
forseti-6 Existentialist Location: New York City	How do we know we're alive? __________________ "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss

11-08-2003, 10:05 PM	#54 (permalink)
nirol Crazy Location: South East US	If you turn on the lights fast enough, can you see the dark? __________________ 'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

11-07-2003, 07:04 AM	#43 (permalink)
Devilchild Crazy	What was i just thinking of just now?

11-07-2003, 07:06 AM	#44 (permalink)
Devilchild Crazy	also, can we be sure of colours? i see red as red, but if you could look thru my eyes and see red, you might see red through your eyes as green, or purple. colours look that way to you but it might look TOTALY different to anybody else.

11-08-2003, 12:44 PM	#52 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	how would you describe colors to someone blind since birth? would he dream in color? (not really unanswerable, but i want to know the answer)

11-09-2003, 02:41 AM	#56 (permalink)
John Henry Addict Location: Grey Britain	ahem. Just saw the post of mine that you were replying to CS and your error was completely understandable. Ergo I am an ass __________________ "No one was behaving from very Buddhist motives. Then, thought Pigsy, he was hardly a Buddha, nor was he a monkey. Presently, he was a pig spirit changed into a little girl pretending to be a little boy to be offered to a water monster. It was all very simple to a pig spirit."

11-10-2003, 05:18 PM	#57 (permalink)
Nefir Junkie Location: Louisville, KY	So, how much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Hurry! We've got controlled chucking trials going on in the lab at this very moment, and we'll have the answer shortly... until then, its most certainly unanswerable __________________ You do not use a Macintosh, instead you use a Tandy Kompressor break your glowstick, Kompressor eat your candy Kompressor open jaws, Kompressor release ants Kompressor watch you scream, Because Kompressor does not dance Last edited by MSD; 11-15-2003 at 11:44 PM..

11-10-2003, 06:19 PM	#58 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Which is worse, insatiable penguin lust or mockery of the queen of geckos? (saw that on alt.humor.oracle back 5 years or so ago) __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

11-10-2003, 06:30 PM	#59 (permalink)
Journeyman Like John Goodman, but not. Location: SFBA, California	Nefir: He could cut a quart of conifer if you gave him a quarter for every quart he cut.

11-11-2003, 07:04 PM	#60 (permalink)
jumpjet Upright Location: chi-town.	How many boards would the mongols hoard if the mongol hoardes got bored? -calvin

11-12-2003, 02:50 PM	#61 (permalink)
hy_ Crazy	When exactly am I going to die?

11-13-2003, 07:35 PM	#63 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	a woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood

11-13-2003, 07:45 PM	#64 (permalink)
spived2 Desert Rat Location: Arizona	If nothing is impossible, wouldn't it be impossible for something to be impossible? __________________ "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." - V

11-15-2003, 11:55 PM	#65 (permalink)
SirGoreaxe Tilted Location: Bremerton, WA	If there are alien out there, what would they look like? __________________ (;þ "You can't change what has happened, but you can make the best of it, and make better decisions from the past." (Unless there is a quick edit button.)

11-16-2003, 01:23 PM	#66 (permalink)
GakFace Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!! Location: IN, USA	I don't think I saw it stated... if I'm wrong let me know... But I can answer EVERY question with "Q"... just.. Q.. .. You never said the unanswerable question with the correct answer.. just unanswerable... I answer every question now with Q! __________________ RoboBlaster: Welcome to the club! Not that I'm in the club. And there really isn'a a club in the first place. But if there was a club and if I was in it, I would definitely welcome you to it.

11-16-2003, 02:36 PM	#67 (permalink)
QuasiMojo King Knave Location: Lancaster	imagine a color outside of the prism of human imagination. what does it look like? ______________________ quien es? __________________ AzAbOv ZoBeLoE

11-16-2003, 07:18 PM	#68 (permalink)
orange monkeyee Banned	because the dick had a bush around it and the colon was just a pain?

11-21-2003, 08:50 AM	#69 (permalink)
HoChiMinh Upright Location: Austin, Tx	What is the correct way to write the spoken sentence "There are three too's in the english language"?

11-24-2003, 09:11 PM	#71 (permalink)
arael Banned	Are there odd perfect numbers? Are there infinite perfect numbers?

11-25-2003, 09:06 PM	#72 (permalink)
Jonsgirl Semi-Atomic Location: Home.	WHY??? __________________ Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you.

11-26-2003, 01:05 PM	#74 (permalink)
Craven Morehead Custom User Title	Why is Celine Dion popular?

12-17-2003, 12:59 AM	#75 (permalink)
thebpem Upright	where are my pants?

12-20-2003, 02:06 PM	#76 (permalink)
timalkin Addict Location: watching from the treeline	dude, where's my car?

12-20-2003, 09:23 PM	#78 (permalink)
-Ever- Junkie Location: San Francisco	who dropped the last donkey? __________________ Embracing the goddess energy within yourselves will bring all of you to a new understanding and valuing of life. A vision that inspires you to live and love on planet Earth. Like a priceless jewel buried in dark layers of soil and stone, Earth radiates her brilliant beauty into the caverns of space and time. Perhaps you are aware of those who watch over your home And experience of this place to visit and play with reality. You are becoming aware of yourself as a gamemaster... --Acknowledge your weaknesses--

12-20-2003, 10:06 PM	#79 (permalink)
QuasiMojo King Knave Location: Lancaster	I don't Know..... but here comes the cow... __________________ AzAbOv ZoBeLoE

12-20-2003, 10:08 PM	#80 (permalink)
QuasiMojo King Knave Location: Lancaster	>>><<<<mmmmmMMMMMOVEANYMOUNTAINNNNNNN>>>>>>>>> __________________ AzAbOv ZoBeLoE Last edited by QuasiMojo; 12-20-2003 at 10:11 PM..