Possibly Unaswerable Questions

[SmoothieX]

"Joey, did you ever wonder why dogs always sniff each other in the..." (Captain Clarence Oveur)

"I think it's odd that we have an animal called the Fly, but not one called the Walk. Seems to me that would have come first." (George Carlin)

"Do ants have uncles and...aunts? Or do they call them 'persons'? Uncles and persons?" (Garrison Keillor)

It is called "Good Friday" because it is the advent of Christ's resurrection, that though Jesus was crucified, he would rise again. The act of his judgment itself is brutal and seems hopeless, but the message of the Gospel is to bring hope to the hopeless, and to emphasize the triumph over death that Jesus was to have accomplished.

Spot on!

And in a very real and literal sense: "Word Up."

I always laugh at your wordplay posts. The crack me up. Also, our Mets are 2-0, so it's a good weekend.

 

[Data Holmes]

how do you keep an idiot in suspense?

Tell ya tomorrow.

 

[Gepard]

Cottleston, cottleston, cottleston pie.

A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly!

With a shake of his poor little head he replied,
Willow, tit willow, tit willow.

 

[Holdfast]

1. Why is it called "Good Friday"?

Back at school, we were told it was a corruption of "God's Friday", but I've never thought to research whether this was just an urban myth or not. Still can't quite muster up the motivation to google it even now...

So, why do fools fall in love?

For the same reason birds sing.

 

[Christopher]

1. Why is it called "Good Friday"?

Back at school, we were told it was a corruption of "God's Friday", but I've never thought to research whether this was just an urban myth or not. Still can't quite muster up the motivation to google it even now...

Well, I already looked it up, and I couldn't find any evidence of that. Sounds like folk etymology to me. Like I said before, the word "good" has been used at times to mean "holy," in contexts like "the Good Book" and "good tide."

The word "good" does come from an Old English word spelled "god," but pronounced with a long O sound (like "goad"), and it's from a different Indo-European root than "god" as in a deity. Still, they're similar enough in sound and associated concepts that people could've been blending them together for many centuries.

 

[Holdfast]

Thanks for checking it out, Christopher!

I always like new information, even more so when someone else has done the research.

 

[Data Holmes]

Thanks for checking it out, Christopher!

I always like new information, even more so when someone else has done the research.

Lazy.

 

[Lonemagpie]

1. Why is it called "Good Friday"?

It should be called Black Friday or Friday: Revenge of the State..

Nah, Black Friday's in November, so that name's already taken

 

[Holdfast]

Thanks for checking it out, Christopher!

I always like new information, even more so when someone else has done the research.

Lazy.

Efficient.

 

[Data Holmes]

Thanks for checking it out, Christopher!

I always like new information, even more so when someone else has done the research.

Lazy.

Efficient.

Touché.

 

[SmoothieX]

Here's a one that's hard to answer - Why did I drink so much vodka yesterday?

 

[DAYoung]

Here's a one that's hard to answer - Why did I drink so much vodka yesterday?

Because of Thor's hammer.

 

[SmoothieX]

Oh no, I went bottom shelf swill.

 

[DAYoung]

Oh no, I went bottom shelf swill.

Thor's Hammer is lower than the bottom shelf. Well, well under the table.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

The back of my eyes are hurting just thinking about it.

 

[B.J.]

Cottleston, cottleston, cottleston pie.

A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly!

With a shake of his poor little head he replied,
Willow, tit willow, tit willow.

Please tell me I'm not the only one that remembers Rowlf and Sam the Eagle performing this on the Muppet Show!

 

[T'Preea]

Why is it called a Honeymoon? Does that mean the moon's made of honey every time someone gets married?

 

[Christopher]

Why is it called a Honeymoon? Does that mean the moon's made of honey every time someone gets married?

According to Dictionary.com and Wikipedia, the etymology is uncertain, but it's believed to be "honey moon" as in "sweet month." The idea is that the first month after getting married is the sweetest, because you're still in the celebratory/mushy phase and reality hasn't set in. At first, the word just referred to that initial happy period before the routine set in (and we still use it in that sense for some things, as a "honeymoon period" for a new job or partnership or whatever), and then in the 19th century the custom of a post-wedding vacation caught on in Great Britain (imported from the noble class in India) and the existing word "honeymoon" got attached to it.

 

[Gepard]

A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly!

With a shake of his poor little head he replied,
Willow, tit willow, tit willow.

Please tell me I'm not the only one that remembers Rowlf and Sam the Eagle performing this on the Muppet Show!

That's actually the only reason I know it. My dad had a Muppet Show soundtrack tape that I listened to a lot a a kid. I don't recall ever seeing the song in context on the show (though I did watch it way back when), but I sure remember it from the tape.

 

[B.J.]

With a shake of his poor little head he replied,
Willow, tit willow, tit willow.

Please tell me I'm not the only one that remembers Rowlf and Sam the Eagle performing this on the Muppet Show!

That's actually the only reason I know it. My dad had a Muppet Show soundtrack tape that I listened to a lot a a kid. I don't recall ever seeing the song in context on the show (though I did watch it way back when), but I sure remember it from the tape.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueuA-9pqRok[/yt]
(I have the first 2 seasons on DVD. My kids love watching it! )