The Why Is It Post?

Discussion in 'The Lounge - Off Topic' started by craigie, Feb 10, 2009.

  1. Arroryn

    Arroryn we're all dooooooomed Moderator

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    I don't gesticulate; I'm one of those condescending gits that shakes their head and tuts, hoping you're looking in your mirror or at the back of my head, depending on where I am in traffic!

    My Dad is / was a lorry driver, and quite religiously cussed middle lane drivers when I was young. I kind of got the idea by the age of 5.
     
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  2. twizzle

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    Ok so why is it, that if my bed is pushed against a wall, people still ask did i get up on teh wrong side of teh bed?? I can only get out from one side so it's got to be the right side right???
     
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  3. Suttar

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    Thanks Arroryn, thats the first time someone has made a coherent case about why some words are bad.
    so its not the word as much as the intent.
     
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  4. Mof

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    Why is it I going to need to use something I have thrown away the day before.:rolleyes:
     
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  5. nugget
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    Why is it that you should save up for a rainy day?

    Why not save up for "you've been made redundant, your girlfriend has just walked on you for another woman and you're left holding the bill for the mortgage" kind of days?:twisted:
     
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  6. craigie

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    Why is it that people with facial moles tend to have extraordinarily long hairs sprouting from them?
     
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  7. Pheonicks56

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    Why do men have nipples?
     
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  8. wizard

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    Why is it when you are feeling ill and you look ill, people come up to and say "Are you OK?"
     
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  9. Arroryn

    Arroryn we're all dooooooomed Moderator

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    Because they're concerned about you and it's a pathetic British euphemism for "is there anything I can do to help?"

    The most comprehensive answer is below, and this is covered in one of the New Scientist "Why do..." book series, where they answer random science questions.

    Although the BEST answer was this:

     
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  10. Pheonicks56

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    I actually knew the answer to this, my wife is a lactation consultant and I asked her long ago, which she quickly answered to my amazement, I figured it would be fun to ask. It's still a silly idea to me know how matter how science explains it.
     
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  11. Markyboyt

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    I'm missing the point here Arro so don't flame me, but, why don't you overtake them? I get a lot more annoyed with people who sit in the outside lane when the middle lane is clear or they are driving at the same speed as the middle lane. but if somebody is sat in the middle lane I overtake them in the outside lane. On motorways personally I always use the middle lane or the outside lane but I am always travelling faster than the lane to my left so I feel it is justified, If im in the outside lane at 85 for instance and somebody is approaching me faster than im going then I will try and drop into the middle lane and let them past, if all the lanes are doing 70 and theres 10 cars in front of me then there is no benefit to me letting somebody past however, instead we all have to curse the idiot who is at the front.
     
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  12. loneferret

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    Why is it when babies are teething, they get a rash on their a**?
     
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    why is it that wasps exist?

    why do the have the advantage over the bees? (can sting multiple times, bees die if they do sting).
     
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  14. loneferret

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    Why does Mickey have a bottom but no top, and Donald has a top but no bottom?
     
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  15. Arroryn

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    @Markyboyt I only ever drive 65 - 70 on the motorway (I drive a car that has an engine resembling two hairdryers and a hamster).

    If I'm encountering gits in the middle lane at that speed, I tend to slow down a little to hang just behind them - I've lost count of the number of times I've gone to overtake in the outside lane at 70mph only to have some ass flashing their lights behind me and hanging on my tail (whilst I'm STILL overtaking the car) because I'm not going fast enough for their vicious, commuting, road-ragey asses.

    I've perfected most of the range of recognisable offensive hand gestures.
     
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  16. wizard

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    You need a sign in the back of your car, like the police sign that flips up when they want someone to pull over.

    Instead of "POLICE" it's a big V sign to flip up at the those flashing their headlights :twisted:
     
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  17. BosonMichael
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    Granny. :p Need me to get behind you and push? :twisted:
     
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