Sunday 19 May 2019

More Questions Than Answers

In life, there are often more questions than answers. And that's what keeps me awake at night. I lie there pondering and wondering the answers to so many questions on my mind. Perhaps you can help me solve some of them.
Why is it when you pour yourself a cup of coffee and stir it sometimes the bubbles of air gather in the middle of the cup, and sometimes they go on the edge of the cup?
When you open the window in your house in winter, does the cold air come in the house, or does the warmth escape outside?
Do fish ever get thirsty and need to drink?
Does the earth rotating round slows down the bigger the world population? Over the years many people have been born, died, and buried. Surely this must add weight to the earth.

(Men only)
Is it better to sleep with your beard above or below the bed covers?
Every time we have the Olympic Games athletes get better and better and break new world records at running. Does this also apply in the animal world? Do animals get faster year on year compared to animals in years gone by?
Do animals and birds have different accents depending on where they are from?
Is the zebra white with black stripes, or black with white stripes?
Do zebras need/have horse shoes?
Domesticated horses are fitted with horse shoes for protection.
How about wild horses? Don't they need protection too?


ABBREVIATION
Why is abbreviation such a long word?




If a tree falls in the forest
and there is no one there
to see it.
Does it still remain upright?
At what time do you have to leave home
to get to the forest
before the trees get there?


Who first thought of,
in video cartoons,
having a character run at speed off a cliff,


hanging there in mid-air for a few seconds,

moving his legs fast, and then,
fall when gravity does its thing?

I've tried this several times
and
ended up with great pain and bruises.


What is the point
of burying a time-capsule
so that future generations might learn about us; 
if it contains a video on Betamax tape?


AND FINALLY


You are on a luxury cruise in the 
Mediterranean.

A passenger falls overboard and
is drowning.

Do you:

A: Make a video with your cell-phone?

OR

B: Take better quality photos with your camera?



Can you please help answer some of these questions?

24 comments:

  1. Great questions!

    "Does the earth rotating round slows down the bigger the world population? Over the years many people have been born, died, and buried. Surely this must add weight to the earth."

    I think we are very tiny, even 7.5 billion of us!

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    1. Yes I agree, Sandi. But I am also counting all the people who over the years have been born and died. They are either buried or cremated, but they never leave the earth. Add to these all the animals from the dinosaurs to now who have died and been buried. Then the number of trees which grow up, become furniture or whatever, and new trees are planted to replace them. Over the years the weight of the earth must be increasing; like the weight of many of us.

      Actually, the earth is slowing down. There is something called the Leap Second. A leap second is a one-second adjustment that is occasionally applied to civil time Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to keep it close to the mean solar time at Greenwich, in spite of the Earth's rotation slowdown and irregularities. Basically, they add an extra second every now and then to compensate for the earth rotation slowing down.

      The time will come that, no matter how many seconds they add to the clock, the earth will physically stop rotating altogether; and one half of the world will be in permanent daylight whilst the other in total darkness. Those in darkness will just watch TV or have sex, whilst the others will work all day.

      God bless.

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  2. These are fantastic questions, Victor, to which I haven't any answers whatsoever. At least you got my brain going this morning, and that's no small feat - lol!
    Blessings, my friend!

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    1. These questions keep me awake all night, Martha. Keep smiling.

      God bless.

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  3. What did you eat for dinner?
    Blessings!

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  4. Wow! Questions like that could keep conversations in the Philosophy Department's coffee room going for generations. :)

    Interestingly, the time capsule Betamax issue is one that's been addressed in more general terms by some folks trying to assemble archives for (very) long term storage.

    We've learned, some of us, from generations of scholars trying with occasional success to decipher records left by nearly-forgotten civilizations. And that's another topic.

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    1. You make a good point Brian. WE may leave written records in a time capsule but how do we know whether the finders, in generations to come, can read English? Come to think of it, how did we decipher hieroglyphics? Did the ancient Egyptians leave a Hieroglyphics to English Dictionary?

      God bless.

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  5. I just come back and you greet me with all of these questions...that I cannot answer by the way :)
    Anyway, it is nice to visit here so I can see what you are up to :)

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    1. Great to see you back. You are always very welcome here, Jan.

      God bless you.

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  6. Love these, Victor. I think #4 might make a good argument for cremation!

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    1. Good point, Mevely. But even cremation leaves ashes which are buried or scattered. They don't leave earth. Perhaps we should catapult dead people out to space. Either that or over the fence to the neighbour's garden.

      God bless.

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  7. These are questions that just don't have an answer. If you ask a bunch of people, each one will have a different answer. You must be exhausted thinking about all these questions.
    Enjoy your evening Victor and give your mind a rest. :)

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    1. I think you're right, Bill. I need a rest. Just got home at 9:00pm and I need a Guinness.

      Good evening and God bless you, Bill.

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  8. Some questions just don't have answers!! : )

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  9. The older I get, the fewer answers I need to claim ...

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    1. You're probably right, Linda. I keep asking myself questions but no one answers.

      God bless.

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  10. Don't you find there are often more questions than answers, it's what makes the world go round :)

    I'm sure there was a Johnny Nash song with this title.

    Enjoy your Sunday evening Victor.

    All the best Jan

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  11. You are right, Jan. Johnny Nash - 1972. Not to be confused with Johnny Cash.

    Happy Sunday and God bless you.

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  12. I'll be pondering your questions all night. Hope I don't lose any sleep over them!

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    1. Let me know if you come up with any answers.

      God bless, Kathy.

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  13. Hmmm...I would hate ti see how you might interpret an ink blot!

    That Earth question has long bothered me.

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    1. The earth question is a serious one, JoeH. I have read that in a few million years from now the earth will in fact stop rotating. What will we do then?

      All ink blots look like two rabbits having sex.

      God bless.

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