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I just have to ask....
Does anyone have any really totally random stupid type questions that they are just dying to know the answer to? Because I do and it has bothered me for the longest (this really tells you that I need to get a life!):
Okay, some TV shows have a theme song that is sometimes extended...for example, Golden Girls has their theme song that is usually played with just a verse. Well sometimes it has this whole middle verse added in...and I just gotta ask.....WHAT DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT THEY PLAY THE WHOLE SONG? Now is this a totally random question or what?! If you remember that show "Greatest American Hero" -- the song was a *real* song they played on the radio too (Believe it or not it's just me) -- they did it on there too. And there's a whole bunch more -- but I just wanted to open the door for the world's most random question and *hopefully* there will be more randomness out there to suport me http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif! |
they lengthen/shorten the theme song to make up for any advertising space over sold/not sold or a longer/shorter show that week.
Also, know all those NBC promos you see on NBC, that is ad space that did not sell to a paying advertiser. Amy |
I LOVE this thread!! Ok, I have a book, it's called Lifes Imponderables, by David Feldman. It has a TON of these types of questions in it. Like why do clocks run clockwise, stuff like that. It is the BOMB!! Oh, I am with you, I love randomness!! I wish I had the book with me at work, I would post some of the questions. Ooh, maybe I'll do it when I get home, if I remember! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif
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Amycat -- THANK YOU SO MUCH! Now I can have peace in my mind...hahaha! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif I always thought NBC had a ton of promo's!
Ideal -- PLEASE POST SOME! That sounds so funny! Kind of like the old "Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?" type questions! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif |
I have one! Ok, if a singer is some one whos sings, is a finger some one who fings?
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okay, well these are really dumb, but my dad made them up. He is so corny sometimes, but we all laugh at them. Hopefully you guys will too.....
"If you take the wings off of a fly do you call it a walk ?" "Can a vegetarian eat animal crackers?" He thinks they are really good questions, but as you can tell they are sooo dumb. He loves thinking of things like that! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif |
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This is soo silly, I am forced to post http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif
Why do we drive on a parkway, and park in a driveway? That is all. LOL ________________________________________ Get the best in greek gear! Log on! www.greekuniversity.com |
[QUOTE]Originally posted by soror6:
[b]This is soo silly, I am forced to post http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif Why do we drive on a parkway, and park in a driveway? That is all. LOL [QUOTE] I had the pleasure of seeing Pete Seeger this past weekend. He has this song, "English is Crazy"...in which he ponders that question and others. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif |
If all the world is a stage, then where's the audience sitting?!?!?!
LOL http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif |
I have one. WHO DETERMINES THE RADIO PLAY LISTS AT THEIR RESPECTIVE STATIONS?? The local DC radio stations SUCK AZZ and I want to get into their stations, put some REAL music on and start to wake people up!!! I mean, why do they play the SAME songs OVER AND OVER?? Also, why do stations only play certain songs from an artist's album? Is it a legal agreement? Also, when will GRUNGE be PUT TO BED!? I mean, you cannot miss music if it WON'T GO AWAY!!!
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Is anyone else amazed by the post office? I know it sounds weird, but think about ALLLLLLLLLLLL of the mail that is sent everyday!! Then think about how they seperate it all and get it to the right place almost 99% of the time. I find that amazing.
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sigmagrrl - it's called CORPORATE ROCK. Advertisers are much more involved in playlists now and they usually pick the "safest" songs from an album. Plus (stupid deregulation) the laws that used to prevent a company from owning more than one station in a market are gone so one company can own 5 stations. Booo!! I could rant at length about this but it's too early in the AM!
My imponderable: do we call an orange an orange because it's orange, or is the color orange called orange because of the orange? Another imponderable: why do the morning DJ's I listen to insist on talking over the beginning of "Monkey Man" by the Rolling Stones when that's the best part of the song??? This is happening as I type. GRRRRR! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif |
Here are a few imponderables from the book:
Why is the telephone touch-tone key pad arranged differently from the calculator key pad? Ivory Soap advertises its product as 99 and 44/100 percent pure--99 and 44/100 percent what? Washington D.C. streets are named alphabetically. Why is there no J street? Why can't they make newspapers that don't smudge? And one of my favorites: Why don't you ever see really tall old people? ** The answers are in the book!! ** http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif |
Why are most babies born with dark blue eyes then change color as they turn older? Just curious. Lisa
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If you are a George Carlin fan, then I STRONGLY advise you to get the book "Brain Droppings". It asks thousands of "silly questions like the ones you all are asking.
But there is also a book (several as a matter of fact), that actually has answers to a lot of these questions, entitled "Why Things Are", Vol. I & II by Joel Achenbach (pronounced OCK-N-BOCK). He is a nationally syndicated columnist that answers one or two questions weekly in a lot of newspaper markets, and is billed as Mr. Know It All. Hope this helps. RM |
What about Intercourse, Pennsylvania? LOL One time when I went up there with my parents we were talking of getting shirts from there. One night when we were having dinner there I told them about getting lost on the roads there looking for Intercourse. Kind of a long story. But it was really funny when we started talking about getting t-shirts. Guess you'd have to be there. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif
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I also have to add in this -- why do hotels go to all the trouble of skipping the number 13 on their floors -- when the 13th floor will be there, regardless. In other words, just because you call the 13th floor the 14th floor, doesn't mean its still not physically the 13th floor!! See stuff like this just drives me insane. About the tall old people -- isn't it true that the life expectancy of tall/bigger things is shorter than "average" things? Like you always hear about big dogs only living 8 to 10 years, but a small or medium size dog can live 16-18 years. That's what I've always heard anyway. I dunno.... Glad everyone can appreciate the total randomness of this whole post http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif! Oh - I hate the radio...I only listen to talk shows in the mornings, and books on tape or CD's at night. I got WAY too sick of hearing the same stuff repeated. Especially when that "Give Me One Reason" song came out -- my alarm would go off at 6:10 am everyday, and that song would be playing!!! Sheesh - I felt like I was stuck in "Groundhog Day" or something. Geez, my new nickname should be the next big Kenny Rogers hit...."The Rambler" |
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I am sure everyone has heard, "If 7-11 or Circle K or Denny's or whatever is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, why do they have locks on their door?" awesome thread! |
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Try Dildo, Newfoundland.... |
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I know that one isn't too bad, but I say a church van from there once, and this is what it said: Climax Baptist Church. Come and Be Moved. I seriously thought it was a joke, until a bunch of children poured out of the van. Then I knew it wasn't a joke. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif And laughed so hard I cried! <Allie pick her mind out of the gutter, dusts it off, and stuffs it back through her ear.> Why do all radio stations go to commercials at the same time? Why do grocery stores play Muzak? It doesn't help me shop! Why do polls have someone or somethings at 1% with a +/-4% error rate? Allie |
Ooooo - one more thing!
When someone asks "Can you hold?" what would happen if you said "No"??? I really wish I had the cajones to do that! |
How about when people say, "ew, this tastes horrible...here, taste it!" and we always take them up on the offer. Why do I taste something that I know will be awful...morbid curiosity, I guess!
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Siobhan and Allie_XO:
I almost died when I saw those posts. LOL I took a Statistics course once where the 4 percent rule was explained me. I just understand it to mean that polls have a margin of error of 4 percent. Meaning they could go either way. Maybe theres more to it. The why part of it I'm not sure. Kevin [This message has been edited by Miami1839 (edited March 07, 2001).] [This message has been edited by Miami1839 (edited March 07, 2001).] [This message has been edited by Miami1839 (edited March 07, 2001).] |
here's a real question for any of you who have ever worked retail. Do you hate it when people ask, "are there any more in the back?" Maybe it's just my friends and family, but they're always asking salespeople that question and we always get the same answer, "No, everything we have is out here." So, I wonder, is there even really a "back" or is it all a myth? Or maybe it's just me...
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I worked for the limited, and express in college and we did have a small amount of stock in the back.
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I worked at Banana Republic for a long while, and they definitely had lots in the back. It was about a quarter of the size of the store which was quite large. Every one i have been in was similar. Unfortunately, if a customer asked if something was in the back, sometimes the sales associates would pretend to look or say it definitely wasn't back there(usually they were very helpful, but even the best get tired). Someone from my highschool came in and after getting this runaround from my manager, asked me, and I found at least fifteen leather coats in the back. They were just difficult to reach, and she didn't want to make an effort. Now there's this cool system that lets you scan the ticket and look up on the register if there are any in the back and how many. It doesn't account for today's sales, though. I think every BR can do this not just our store. Here's something that sucks though. I doubt I got credit for selling that guy from my school a jacket. The managers who worked the register consistently sold thousands more dollars in merchandise than the sales associates who were actually selling the merchandise. It made me very mad. Grrr. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif
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DYING DYING DYING LAUGHING especially at CLIMAX, GEORGIA and the CHURCH VAN!!!
Anywho i have been thinking about this since the announcement of Tom and Nicole divorcing: IS ROSIE GOING TO GET HER CHANCE NOW?!?!!?! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif You all know she loves her TOMMY. Will they get together now????? I feel everyone on the radio BEEFS, that is my pet peeve, especially everyone taking a commercial break at the same time. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif |
I used to work at Bath and Body works and we always had a TON of stock in the back. Although, most people wouldnt ever ask that since we stocked lotions, shower gels, etc. constantly. We stocked in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening and in closing. Working there SUCKED!! I didnt get paid nearly enough as much as i was working. I hated when i had to go around the store with my rolly cart full of that stuff to stock up on the shelf. What's worse is that since im a shorty, i had to also carry around a ladder so i could reach the high shelves. That store wasnt big enough for both of us! Boy was i excited when i would be the cashier, i LOVED that! anyway, as far as B&BW goes, they always have a ton of stock in back (except some times during christmas) so if you ever go in there and cant find what you are looking for, i urge you to ask them to look in the back. Although its true, some people will lie to you just because they are too lazy to actually go in there and look- and i can also sympathize with them because if they did nearly as much work as i did, then they are pooped out!
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About Tom and Rosie -- actually the latest gossip columns have it that the Church of Scientology is really hoping their 2 biggest stars will hook up -- of course Tom is one and the other....Lisa Marie http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif!! Whatever!! Besides that -- I have heard for the longest that Rosie is a lesbian -- I mean I hear this from "reputable" media people, not just the usual crackpot stuff http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif -- I just have always thought it was true....but then again, if I were a lesbian, I'd "change" for Tom!! (Totally kidding about the change thing for those really uptight PC fanatics - its a joke!) I hate the radio -- same songs, same time for commericals, and WHAT THE HELL is up with some of these completely stupid promos?! One station here is having some kind of contest so they made ONE (YES ONLY ONE!) promo for it and they play it NON-STOP!! I'm like...if you have enough money to be jetting people off to tropical islands, then PLEASE use some of it for a new ad!! |
Heres one. If the center of our solar system is called the sun, and any others solar system's central star is called its' sun, why doesnt ours have a name? Also, why is the moon just called the moon? Why doesnt it have a name? All the other moons have names, even asteroids. It's not fair. And finally, who named the earth? What, did they have a contest or something?
Why is it trailer trash chicks insist on having that koosh ball hair puff thing on the front of their heads? i wonder about these things and more. |
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I have a few that really worry me.
Like, if it's illegal to drive over say 75 mph in most states, why do cars go up to say 180mph +? Why is there braille on the drive-thru ATM? Not a question but a thought, these stores that are open 24 hours... I get tired thinking of the thought that the lights never get turned off and someone's always there for the life of the store. It's never really empty... Dayum, I've got issues. Too much thought and no where to put it. |
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