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Old 10-19-2003, 07:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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  • What did you look like before your parents were born?
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Old 10-20-2003, 01:49 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 10-20-2003, 01:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 10-20-2003, 02:30 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 10-20-2003, 03:34 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 10-20-2003, 06:30 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Old 10-20-2003, 08:01 PM   #7 (permalink)
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What do people really think about you.
no question mark, not a question , doesnt count.
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five
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hmmmmm....
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Old 10-20-2003, 08:06 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Old 10-20-2003, 08:56 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Old 10-21-2003, 03:52 AM   #10 (permalink)
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1. The following statement is true.
2. The preceeding statement is false.

Is statement 1 true or false?
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Old 10-21-2003, 05:29 AM   #11 (permalink)
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1. The following statement is true.
2. The preceeding statement is false.

Is statement 1 true or false?
There you go.
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Old 10-21-2003, 06:41 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Whats the meaning of life? Someone had to say it...
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Old 10-21-2003, 09:26 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Old 10-21-2003, 01:34 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Whats the meaning of life? Someone had to say it...
...and if anyone feels that they "have" to incorrectly respond to this question with an incorrect answer which is a certain number which happens to be 6 times 9, I will be highly unimpressed.

There's always some smartass who fails to be funny whenever this question is asked.
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Old 10-21-2003, 01:45 PM   #15 (permalink)
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we're working on that as we speak...
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Old 10-21-2003, 03:39 PM   #16 (permalink)
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...and if anyone feels that they "have" to incorrectly respond to this question with an incorrect answer which is a certain number which happens to be 6 times 9, I will be highly unimpressed.
Well, it was 7 times 6 last time I read the book...
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Old 10-21-2003, 05:33 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Old 10-22-2003, 06:52 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Old 10-22-2003, 11:48 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Well, it was 7 times 6 last time I read the book...
I guess a double refference is too much for people...

...read its sequels.

I always knew that there was something wrong with the universe.
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Old 10-22-2003, 01:15 PM   #20 (permalink)
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I dind't look like anything yet, but some caracteristics off me was stored in the genetic material of my grandparents. (answer to the topic starter)

I there life on another planet?
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Old 10-22-2003, 04:00 PM   #21 (permalink)
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This is a good question to ask a vegetarian. Would you eat a piece of chicken if I threatened to kill another chicken if you didnt?
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Old 10-23-2003, 10:43 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Old 10-23-2003, 11:01 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Old 10-23-2003, 06:35 PM   #24 (permalink)
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If God is all powerful can he make a rock so big that he, himself, cannot lift it?
Badly phrased (for the sake of a joke), but hardly unanswerable.

Omnipotence could be defined as "power without limit", which would suggest that any rock that can be made, can be moved by the omnipotent.

More importantly, what does Blue taste like?
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Old 10-24-2003, 12:00 AM   #25 (permalink)
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then god is not all powerful if he can not create a rock so heavy that even he can not lift
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Old 10-29-2003, 02:40 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Whats the meaning of life? Someone had to say it...
I thought scientists worked it out..... 32!

How big is the universe? What is beyond it?
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Old 10-29-2003, 02:44 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Is no the answer to this question?
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Old 10-29-2003, 09:25 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Yeah I would say got is a pretty unanswerable question.

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Old 10-30-2003, 12:32 AM   #29 (permalink)
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There is an answer...now whether the answer is correct or not is the real question.
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Old 10-30-2003, 06:55 AM   #30 (permalink)
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I thought scientists worked it out..... 32!
I wish upon you, sir, a slow and painful death.
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Old 10-30-2003, 08:34 AM   #31 (permalink)
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To get outa' Texas
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Old 10-30-2003, 08:48 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Old 10-30-2003, 09:00 AM   #33 (permalink)
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what is the last digit of PI?
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Old 10-30-2003, 09:20 AM   #34 (permalink)
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what is the last digit of PI?
Now that's a good one!

Here's mine:
what came first, abstract thinking or mental illness?
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Old 10-30-2003, 10:20 AM   #35 (permalink)
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The answer to everything in the universe is 42, by the way

(Hitch-hikers guide to the universe)

Anyways...

If i dropped a penny, from the empire state bulding, how many chickens would lay eggs as it falls?
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Old 11-01-2003, 01:04 AM   #36 (permalink)
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Old 11-01-2003, 09:46 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Old 11-03-2003, 12:38 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Old 11-03-2003, 12:52 AM   #39 (permalink)
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Now that's a good one!

Here's mine:
what came first, abstract thinking or mental illness?
Mental illness. An organism can have a brain incapable of abstract thought, but can still go haywire (unless you're not equating neurological illness to a mental illness (ie "mental" in the sense of the "mind" as an abstract-thinking-thing)).

In either case, take a peek at Julian Jaynes' "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind," which contends that auditory hallucinations (which would be considered a "mental illness" today, but was supposedly a function of evolutionary advantages sprung from language, negating it's classification as an "illness") preceded and subsequently spawned consciousness. Heavy shit.

But in all cases, your question seems to be very answerable :P
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Old 11-03-2003, 06:01 AM   #40 (permalink)
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