Dumbest sayings or questions that have no purpose
Dumbest sayings or questions that have no purpose
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Here's a list I compiled of stupid jokes and riddles like that.
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Re: Dumbest sayings or questions that have no purpose
I like this question. In fact, when I actually saw a chicken cross a road a few years ago, I called multiple people to tell them how awesome I thought it was.Why did the chicken cross the road??
Lighten up. Sheesh.
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To piss you off, of course.Gravity Defier-So since you have the advantage of an eyewitness account. Why did the chicken cross the road????
Or maybe it was heading to a yard sale; it was an early Saturday morning and there were tons of them happening all over the neighborhood.
Or maybe it was just being a chicken and wandering.
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Re: Dumbest sayings or questions that have no purpose
Philosophers.If a tree falls in a forest, and no ones there to hear it, does it make a sound?? Who would be bored enough to think of such a useless question.
Philosophers. I intended this one to actually be a list, but I couldn't think of anything else to put in it...Who would care or want to know??
And if you think such questions are pointless, you could probably add every single Zen kōan to this list of pointless questions. One of my favorites:
A monk saw a turtle in the garden of Daizui's monastery and asked the teacher, "All beings cover their bones with flesh and skin. Why does this being cover its flesh and skin with bones?" Master Daizui took off one of his sandals and covered the turtle with it.
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replying from the futurenope, pretty sure thats why you ever crossed into this threadTo piss you off, of course.Gravity Defier-So since you have the advantage of an eyewitness account. Why did the chicken cross the road????
Or maybe it was heading to a yard sale; it was an early Saturday morning and there were tons of them happening all over the neighborhood.
Or maybe it was just being a chicken and wandering.
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It's funny to children, in the same way a knock, knock joke is.
Jayelle-Theres nothing funny about those jokes though. Have you ever seriously laughed at a why did the chicken cross the road joke????
Also, I've totally laughed at the "To see the man lay bricks" version of the punchline. So, yes, I've laughed at that joke.
And thirdly, the tree in the forest is a philosophical question, while the chicken and the road is merely a joke.
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Why did the chicken cross the road?
(Hemmingway's answer): To die. In the rain.
(Einstein's answer): Did the chicken cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
(Karl Marx's answer): Because it was a historical inevitability.
(Barack Obama): Because it wanted change.
(Foucault): What is a chicken?
(Tolkien): The chicken is NOT an allegory for anything.
(Joss Whedon): So it could finally live happ... (chicken dies horribly).
(Schrodinger): Until you look at the chicken, it has both crossed the road and remained on this side.
(Heisenberg): It is impossible to determine both which side of the road the chicken is on and whether it is crossing. We can only know one of those.
(Hemmingway's answer): To die. In the rain.
(Einstein's answer): Did the chicken cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
(Karl Marx's answer): Because it was a historical inevitability.
(Barack Obama): Because it wanted change.
(Foucault): What is a chicken?
(Tolkien): The chicken is NOT an allegory for anything.
(Joss Whedon): So it could finally live happ... (chicken dies horribly).
(Schrodinger): Until you look at the chicken, it has both crossed the road and remained on this side.
(Heisenberg): It is impossible to determine both which side of the road the chicken is on and whether it is crossing. We can only know one of those.
It's not "noob" to rhyme with "boob". It's "newbie" to rhyme with "boobie".
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To that, I can only say one thing: LOL! That's nice!Why did the chicken cross the road?
(Hemmingway's answer): To die. In the rain.
(Einstein's answer): Did the chicken cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
(Karl Marx's answer): Because it was a historical inevitability.
(Barack Obama): Because it wanted change.
(Foucault): What is a chicken?
(Tolkien): The chicken is NOT an allegory for anything.
(Joss Whedon): So it could finally live happ... (chicken dies horribly).
(Schrodinger): Until you look at the chicken, it has both crossed the road and remained on this side.
(Heisenberg): It is impossible to determine both which side of the road the chicken is on and whether it is crossing. We can only know one of those.
(btw can anyone please explain the Foucault and Heisenberg ones for me?)
Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault(btw can anyone please explain the Foucault and Heisenberg ones for me?)
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time travel is funIt's funny to children, in the same way a knock, knock joke is.
Jayelle-Theres nothing funny about those jokes though. Have you ever seriously laughed at a why did the chicken cross the road joke????
Also, I've totally laughed at the "To see the man lay bricks" version of the punchline. So, yes, I've laughed at that joke.
And thirdly, the tree in the forest is a philosophical question, while the chicken and the road is merely a joke.
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Fine, let's see if we can get you to stop whining.
A related anectode I just remembered that has nothing to do with my answer: Whe I was about eight or nine I remember being asked if when the door to a room was closed, and nobody was in that room, did the room exist? I tried my best to open the door really quickly to catch the room in a state of non-existence several times. I was a pretty stupid kid.
Why are you expecting children's jokes to be intelligent or funny? Why is this something you have possibly taken so much interest in?I have never that I can remember laughed at those jokes. Their the type that baby comedians use.
Scientifically it depends on how you define sound. Whether it is the frequency the tree makes from falling or it is the way the ear hears that frequency. Philisophically it's about perception, and whether things exist without being perceived, as well as the difference between perception and reality.Yeah I know its a philosophical question. I dont see what can be gleamed from it other than it all depends on how you interpret the word sound or noise or whatever.
A related anectode I just remembered that has nothing to do with my answer: Whe I was about eight or nine I remember being asked if when the door to a room was closed, and nobody was in that room, did the room exist? I tried my best to open the door really quickly to catch the room in a state of non-existence several times. I was a pretty stupid kid.
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no, they're mean. you're a noob, for surely. but that's no reason to attack. rather than analyzing and ripping the thread to shreds, take a dumb pill and play along. like so:
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there, was that so hard?
oughtta keep ya'll on a leash.
a phrase i hate:
git 'r dun (i cringe when i even TYPE that sucker out)
there, was that so hard?
oughtta keep ya'll on a leash.
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oooh the phrase "i don't give a rat's ass" bugs me a bit.
i don't think it is worded correctly.
it should be more like "i wouldn't even give a rat's ass"
doesn't roll off the tongue though.
don't even get me started on the flying rat's ass
i think i would want to keep a flying rat's ass, it'd be special... i'd show it off to all my friends. of COURSE i wouldn't give that! not to anyone.
give it a cape or something.
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i don't think it is worded correctly.
it should be more like "i wouldn't even give a rat's ass"
doesn't roll off the tongue though.
don't even get me started on the flying rat's ass
i think i would want to keep a flying rat's ass, it'd be special... i'd show it off to all my friends. of COURSE i wouldn't give that! not to anyone.
give it a cape or something.
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I can't figure out why people say "I could care less" to indicate that they don't care about something. Now that's a dumb saying.
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Ugh, that bugs me to no end! For a while I thought I was just saying it wrong, but everyone says it the same way!I can't figure out why people say "I could care less" to indicate that they don't care about something. Now that's a dumb saying.
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Get over your hill and see what you find there,
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I can't figure out why people say "I could care less" to indicate that they don't care about something. Now that's a dumb saying.
I've heard it said both ways, and have said it both ways myself. I always interpreted "I couldn't care less" as the nonchalant, light-hearted statement, whereas "I could care less" to me always seemed more biting because of (what I assumed was) the sarcasm.
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
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