Weird questions

[Mary Kay]

I have a rather cluttered brain! Like I was saying in another thread, I have a whole warehouse of useless trivia up there. It's a lot like an overstuffed attic in need of a garage sale!
Maybe you can help me tag and bag it so I can go out and get more!
Here is are some questions that need answers. And so I don't overwhelm you..I'll stick to only a couple of subjects.

When a song is in another language (other then English) Does it rhyme?

If so how come when they translate it, it rhymes in English?

If you live somewhere like China and your keyboard has Chinese characters on it..how do you type in English? I can't type in Chinese.

Why do ankles swell when you retain water but not wrists or knees..or shoulders for that matter? They are joints too. I know ankles are at the bottom..but they do it even if you keep your feet 'Up".

Why are the letters on the keyboard all mixed up? I can't see how this makes typing easier! I always have to look for the Xand Q! This had to be some guys idea!

Why does the keyboard say enter when it's really return!

How does it know the difference between return and enter when you click on a hyperlink?

Why do some sites give you things like click Alt F3 when they want you to do things like delete or move to another box? (just an example, I have no clue what alt F3 does and I don't want to try or I may lose my post)

What is ~ suppose to be? ~o> besides a mouse tail? And how do you ask the computer when you don't know what it's called?

Why are there{} if there are ()? {this looks dumb}

In Florida we don't have basements..they would be indoor pools in about 6 seconds. But why don't we have real attics? Not just crawlspaces?

If you get SADD (depressed because of the shortage of sunlight) then why isn't every Northern home equipted with those sunlight boxes or lamps?

Why when you are falling asleep do you hear a voice..clear as a bell, mostly they say my name, but I swear they are right next to me..it could be Mike or mom, sometimes it's one of the kids or grands. I have heard of it happening to other people too. I just don't know why. (and no they don't tell me to do things..lol)

I am stopping now because my brain filing clerk is getting mad..she has stuff filed by some alien logic known only to her. I have pulled out too many files.

In case you think I am kidding..
If I want to think of one certain singer, I have to think of Edie Gorme who is married to Steve Lawrence, That reminds me of Carol Lawrence who at one time was married to Robert Goulet!!! Yeah..that's him the late great Robert Goulet!
I cannot short cut From Edie Gorme to Robert Goulet...my file clerk has him under Carol Lawrence. It takes all 4 steps!
There is probably some long drawn out name for this problem..I just blame my demented file clerk..who thinks all i's follow e's. and all kids have the same name!

 

[Kelly79]

I have a rather cluttered brain! Like I was saying in another thread, I have a whole warehouse of useless trivia up there. It's a lot like an overstuffed attic in need of a garage sale!
Maybe you can help me tag and bag it so I can go out and get more!
Here is are some questions that need answers. And so I don't overwhelm you..I'll stick to only a couple of subjects.

In case you think I am kidding..
If I want to think of one certain singer, I have to think of Edie Gorme who is married to Steve Lawrence, That reminds me of Carol Lawrence who at one time was married to Robert Goulet!!! Yeah..that's him the late great Robert Goulet!
I cannot short cut From Edie Gorme to Robert Goulet...my file clerk has him under Carol Lawrence. It takes all 4 steps!
There is probably some long drawn out name for this problem..I just blame my demented file clerk..who thinks all i's follow e's. and all kids have the same name!

Hey trivia is my thing and I actually have some answers for you...

When a song is in another language (other then English) Does it rhyme?Yes

If so how come when they translate it, it rhymes in English?because it's a loose translation and they worry more about it rhyming correctly than the words being the same (they do the same when translating english songs into other languages

Why do ankles swell when you retain water but not wrists or knees..or shoulders for that matter? They are joints too. I know ankles are at the bottom..but they do it even if you keep your feet 'Up". ankles and legs swell because they are the extremities most affected by gravity. the reason that they swel even when you elevate them is because they are not elevated high enough (to help they actually need to be elevated above the heart, most people only elevate them to the level of the waist

Why are the letters on the keyboard all mixed up? I can't see how this makes typing easier! I always have to look for the Xand Q! This had to be some guys idea! because the typebars (the part with the letters that the the paper) on early type-writers would get stuck together because of fast typing on the original alphabetic layout. To correct this the qwerty layout was invented because it is inefficient and clumsy and caused the typists to slow down enought hat the typebars didn't get stuck. and yes it was a mans idea, a man named Sholes, the inventor of the original type-writer.

Why does the keyboard say enter when it's really return! Return referred to the carriage of the typewriter 'returning' to the left side to start a new sentence, they changed it to enter on computers because it's function is often to essentially submit information, to 'enter' it into the comp.

If you get SADD (depressed because of the shortage of sunlight) then why isn't every Northern home equipted with those sunlight boxes or lamps? because they are prohibitively expensive, the new florescent full spectrum daylight bulbs make it more practical to replace some of the bulbs in the home with them, but seeing as they are relatively new thing I don't think that's gonna catch on for awhile (btw I have SADD it sucks esp in Alaska in winter)

Any more?? I love trivia!

 

[Mary Kay]

Are you kidding? I am stuffed to the giles with this nonsense..I think about it when I try to fall asleep..it makes it worse!
You asked for it!

Why do women worry about losing their looks , but men don't seem to care? And if they do care they do stuff like comb overs or horrible hair plugs!

What are the pieces in a chess set meant to be.. was it always medievel?

Why do we call some streets avenues, boulevards and ways?

What is a dangling participal and why did we ever think it mattered in the 3rd grade?

What is the point in having 30 different forks, knives and spoons at a fancy dinner?

Why do people think oysters 'taste good"? I worked as an oyster shucker at an oyster bar and caught them along with scallops when you could eat stuff from Tampa Bay..I still think they taste like a runny goober! (hey I was a kid at one time!)

Is there really a reason why you have to change your oil so often in your car? (I think it's a ploy to get you to use the car place's vending machines)

What does Boolean mean..I know what a boolean seach does..but why that name?

How does a hospital get the flavor OUT of food. (I am serious)

Why does a hospital take all the flavor out of food? I have cooked green beans using JUST water and no salt or bacon fat and mine didn't taste like bright green cardboard!

Is there a reason why MC and Mac that preceed Irish and Scottish names are spelled differently? They both mean "son of". (I come from a Scotts/Irish family)

What does once removed and twice removed mean in geneology? When referring to cousins?

I am stopping now..I think I can sleep. Tiptoing to bed before the file clerk sees the mess!

I'll do more tomorrow if you like this stuff! Anyone else with odd questions or answers..jump in!

 

[Poldara]

This was a nicely set trap MaryKay. Couldn't resist joining Women's Room and answering some of those questions.

Why are there{} if there are ()? {this looks dumb}
Math and coding.

What is ~ suppose to be? ~o> besides a mouse tail? And how do you ask the computer when you don't know what it's called?
It's called tilde. Now you can google it if you really want to know more.

What is the point in having 30 different forks, knives and spoons at a fancy dinner?
To confuse customers in an expensive restaurant so they won't notice how little they actually get to eat.

Why does a hospital take all the flavor out of food? I have cooked green beans using JUST water and no salt or bacon fat and mine didn't taste like bright green cardboard!
To get patients out of overcrowded hospitals faster. I can't think of any other reason for it.

What does once removed and twice removed mean in geneology? When referring to cousins?
This one got me interested so I googled it. Wikipedia had a nice explanation. Once removed is one generation away from your cousin (parents and kids) and twice removed grandparents and grandkids if I got it right. You silly english speaking people I don't think we have a term for that in finnish.


So, I'm a new member (from Finland) on the forums who is going to start vaping. I'll find a proper place to introduce myself and write something about myself if my daughter lets me. Until I get that done: Hey everyone!

 

[Stephaniems]

Why when you are falling asleep do you hear a voice..clear as a bell, mostly they say my name, but I swear they are right next to me..it could be Mike or mom, sometimes it's one of the kids or grands. I have heard of it happening to other people too. I just don't know why. (and no they don't tell me to do things..lol)



I don't know, but I've had it happen to me alot, esp when I'm really tired and most the time it freaks me out! Shhhhhh no one talks about the voices in their head unless they wanna be seen as crazier then they are!8-o

 

[SudokuGal]

OMG! I must be a very, very, very simple person, lol. Most of these questions would never, ever cross my mind. Just reading the questions and then the answers gave me a headache.8-oI

Is it scary to live with such minds?

 

[Kelly79]

Why do women worry about losing their looks , but men don't seem to care? And if they do care they do stuff like comb overs or horrible hair plugs! men don't worry about losing their looks because we will love them anyways, women care about losing their looks because men have mid-life crisis' and go find themselves some hot young chick to...uh...run around with.

What are the pieces in a chess set meant to be.. was it always medievel?The pieces are meant to symbolize an army pawns=infantry horses=knights/calvary different countries the queen and king are obvious, and the other pieces vary by country but in European versions bishops are clergy, rooks are castle towers and yes since it's ancestors originated in 600-700 AD or so maybe earlier and it was always a war simulation.

Why do we call some streets avenues, boulevards and ways? the naming has to do with construction style and function at the time of naming.

What is a dangling participal and why did we ever think it mattered in the 3rd grade?"In grammar, a dangling modifier (or dangling participle) attaches itself to a word different from the one the writer apparently intended. The writer may have meant to modify the subject, but word order makes the modifier seem to modify an object instead. i.e. As president of the kennel club, my poodle must be well groomed. First ever poodle president, way to go poodle!

What is the point in having 30 different forks, knives and spoons at a fancy dinner? pure snobbery, no point in it anymore it dates back to a time of many more dinner courses which were significantly more elaborate and served by slaves or servants (I could with some thought tell you what each is for, but I don't feel like dredging it up out of my minds filing system, it's waaaay back there)

Why do people think oysters 'taste good"? I worked as an oyster shucker at an oyster bar and caught them along with scallops when you could eat stuff from Tampa Bay..I still think they taste like a runny goober! (hey I was a kid at one time!)I don't know, I like clams muscles and scallops, but not oysters. My husband loves them though but I've never asked him why.

Is there really a reason why you have to change your oil so often in your car? (I think it's a ploy to get you to use the car place's vending machines)Well you don't have to change the oil in newer model cars as often as older ones, but the oil will collect dirt and get thick and gunky which makes it ineffective as a lubricant for your engine, hmm change the oil, replace the engine, yeah change the oil.

What does Boolean mean..I know what a boolean seach does..but why that name?it is a word derived from the name of George Boole who derived a system of algebra on which the Boolean search is based.

How does a hospital get the flavor OUT of food. (I am serious)For hospitals with flavorless food they typically boil most of it, they also add little to no salt or spices. And thins that are obviously not boiled are often severely overcooked. I have to admit that I have had some VERY good hospital food at the hospital I my home down, delicious.

Why does a hospital take all the flavor out of food? I have cooked green beans using JUST water and no salt or bacon fat and mine didn't taste like bright green cardboard!It's not intention it's carelessness. They often are cooking in bulk, which means lots more water and a higher likelihood that all the flavor will leach out.

Is there a reason why MC and Mac that preceed Irish and Scottish names are spelled differently? They both mean "son of". (I come from a Scotts/Irish family)No, Mc is quite simply a shortened version of Mac. Both the Scotts and Irish derive from the same ancestors, there was just a tad bit of a language shift since they developed on different islands.

What does once removed and twice removed mean in geneology? When referring to cousins? it's referring to generations and applies to more than just cousins. Cousins are once removed because they are one generation apart (my cousins kids as well as my mothers cousins would be cousins once removed. my cousin's children's children as well as my mother's cousin's parent's are twice removed. Believe you me it can get very very complicated. Greats replaced the removal system for aunts, uncles, grandparents, nephews and nieces. Whether cousins or geneology it refers to distance in generations.

I almost lost all my answers to my laptop overheating phew thak goodness for browser autosaves.

 

[Kelly79]

OMG! I must be a very, very, very simple person, lol. Most of these questions would never, ever cross my mind. Just reading the questions and then the answers gave me a headache.8-oI

Is it scary to live with such minds?

Believe you me it's not always pleasant to have all this random information crammed inside my head, funny thing is that my memory is actually faulty when it comes to day to day life. I remember pretty darn near EVERYTHING I read though, and I've read over 1500 novels and at least 300-400 non-fiction books in my life that's not even including magazines (I have 6 subscriptions at least), newspapers (get it daily), and internet research, oh and school too. However most of the time if someone asks me something out loud my mind locks all the file cabinets and I have trouble even talking much less answering. There are occasionally instances where my mind shines through brilliantly and I amaze all listeners, did this at a party my dh's Capitan threw once it was all Chiefs, Captains, Admirals, Doctors and such, I had them mesmerized lol.

 

[Mary Kay]

I love Smart Women! They really shine when put to a test! The rest of us get to learn a bit..

Poldara, Why thank you! I tried to bait the trap with Chocolate, but it doesn't get you all..new traps needed to be set!
Welcome to The Women's Room! gee, you are far from us..but then this is a British board so maybe we are the ones who are far far away!
What I know about Finland would fit in a teacup! The Golden Eagle is native to Finland, a guy invented something (kernal I think) for Linux and Cruise ships are built there. I once had a friend from Finland..but it was many many moons ago. His family were farmers and I can't pronouce the name of the place..let alone spell it!

I love the answers! Some were really funny, some very informative!
I do think of this stuff..It doesn't do much good if you don't know the answers though. I do look up a lot of stuff..just for fun!

tilde is used to change the sound of a letter or word! Also known as a squiggly!
I love to learn something new..Tilde is my new thing for the ~day~!!!
Want more questions..anyone else have some? To think is to Question, to Question is to learn, to learn is to Think!

 

[jen28f]

Here is a fun one. Ask anyone around you right now "What is a spiral staircase". For some reason, every single person I have ever asked (I know what it is, this is just a social experiment) ALWAYS uses their index finger in a circular motion to show you as they describe/define it to you. For some reason, they simply cannot explain it without that movement as well. Try asking people. It's a mystery why everyone does that!

 

[Mary Kay]

Stephaniems, I should worry about hearing voices? Shoot that's the least of my problems! Everyone already knows I am nuts!

jen28f, My finger was moving before I even finished the question! That's neat!!!!

 

[Kelly79]

Here is a fun one. Ask anyone around you right now "What is a spiral staircase". For some reason, every single person I have ever asked (I know what it is, this is just a social experiment) ALWAYS uses their index finger in a circular motion to show you as they describe/define it to you. For some reason, they simply cannot explain it without that movement as well. Try asking people. It's a mystery why everyone does that!

No one around me could answer the question at all. One of the people around me is 9 and has never seen a spiral staircase; the other is 1 and even had she seen one, can't talk; the other is a puppy person, and if he has ever seen a spiral staircase I'm sure he'd be able to describe it to me, we just haven't broken that pesky language barrier yet.

 

[JennFL5366]

haha dis this with hubs and mil he said it she did the finger thing ...lol

Here is a fun one. Ask anyone around you right now "What is a spiral staircase". For some reason, every single person I have ever asked (I know what it is, this is just a social experiment) ALWAYS uses their index finger in a circular motion to show you as they describe/define it to you. For some reason, they simply cannot explain it without that movement as well. Try asking people. It's a mystery why everyone does that!

 

[Mary Kay]

here's a question or two:
Why don't they make a fiber that stays cool for pillows? I looked at those chillows..but they aren't really a fiber, they are an insert that's chilled in the fridge.

How do printers know what color to print? Is there some imbedded thingy or code?

Why do dogs turn around when they lay down, but cats just flop down?

Speaking of dogs...why are they so facinated by moving things? Bikes, cars ect.?

Why is the elastic in P.J. bottoms nice and soft but the elastic in pants are not? Oh for a comfortable elastic in jeans! I can't wear zip up jeans since I had my gallbladder out, too much scar tissue inside.

Why does some awful music stick in your brain, but something you like you can't hum?

Why don't they sell 3D glasses you can keep, instead of those cardboard things? When renting a movie that's 3D..you don't get glasses!

Why do dishes come in sets of 4,8 or 12?

When buying shoes, why don't they group matching purses with them?

Why can't we get carts in colors? Why are they all black or horrid orange?

Why don't the makers of E-cigs sell filler precut?

Why don't wall plug phones have headsets? I don't like speaker phones they sound like you are down a well!

Why is Velveeta cheese never anywhere near block cheese?

Why can't men replace a toilet paper roll?

 

[Kelly79]

How do printers know what color to print? Is there some imbedded thingy or code? there is a strip of circuitry where they connect to the printer

Why do dogs turn around when they lay down, but cats just flop down? I don't know why dogs do it but I've known lots of cats who do it too. from what I've been able to find, nobody knows for sure.

Speaking of dogs...why are they so facinated by moving things? Bikes, cars ect.? Prey instinct pure and simple, the higher the prey drive the more likely they will chase moving things, they can't help it.

Why does some awful music stick in your brain, but something you like you can't hum? I dunno, I don't have that problem (well the awful music sticking yes, but I can pretty much recall most any music I've heard a couple of times and sometimes even just once)

Why don't they sell 3D glasses you can keep, instead of those cardboard things? When renting a movie that's 3D..you don't get glasses! They do, look on oriental trading company. The Digital 3-D glasses are plastic non-dispose ones but I don't know if digital 3-D works on TVs.

Why do dishes come in sets of 4,8 or 12? To match common table sizes??

When buying shoes, why don't they group matching purses with them? There are matching purses?!?

Why can't we get carts in colors? Why are they all black or horrid orange?I ask myself the same question all the time, why not white carts, pink carts?? Blue carts? I know that one of the disposables has green cartomizers though.

Why don't the makers of E-cigs sell filler precut? because they want us to buy new carts, there hoping we're to lazy to fill them ourselves.

Why don't wall plug phones have headsets? I don't like speaker phones they sound like you are down a well! Some do, mostly the cordless ones though, I believe (it's been awhile since I had a landline) that they use the same size jack as cell phones

Why is Velveeta cheese never anywhere near block cheese?because it's not cheese, it's a cheese by product. it's made from the whey that is removed from the cheese combined with stabilizers.

Why can't men replace a toilet paper roll? Mine does, it's all about the training, mine had a single mom, he's very well trained, puts the seat down too. It's harder to train them once ya take them away from the mom though, best to make sure that she trained them well ahead of time lol.

 

[Mary Kay]

Cool Answers! You missed Cool pillows and elastic waist bands..

 

[medic23]

Ok I have a few,

If seedless grapes are really seedless how do they grow more seedless grapes? (I know the answer because I asked my teacher in high school and he made me look it up)

If you are traveling in a car at the speed of light and you turn your headlights on would you be able to see them? (Steve Wright lol)

 

[Kelly79]

Cool Answers! You missed Cool pillows and elastic waist bands..

not missed just skipped cause I got nada clues on those.

 

[Poldara]

I love Smart Women! They really shine when put to a test! The rest of us get to learn a bit..

Poldara, Why thank you! I tried to bait the trap with Chocolate, but it doesn't get you all..new traps needed to be set!
Welcome to The Women's Room! gee, you are far from us..but then this is a British board so maybe we are the ones who are far far away!
What I know about Finland would fit in a teacup! The Golden Eagle is native to Finland, a guy invented something (kernal I think) for Linux and Cruise ships are built there. I once had a friend from Finland..but it was many many moons ago. His family were farmers and I can't pronouce the name of the place..let alone spell it!

I love the answers! Some were really funny, some very informative!
I do think of this stuff..It doesn't do much good if you don't know the answers though. I do look up a lot of stuff..just for fun!

tilde is used to change the sound of a letter or word! Also known as a squiggly!
I love to learn something new..Tilde is my new thing for the ~day~!!!
Want more questions..anyone else have some? To think is to Question, to Question is to learn, to learn is to Think!

Looking up stuff is fun. And when I see something like the once removed thing with cousins and have no idea what it means I just have to find out. My grandfather has said that wisdom isn't knowing everything but knowing where to look to find out.

Things that people usually know about Finland is that the polar bears are walking here on the streets and stuff. You knew more than that! Since you like random information here's something:

Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finland-Swedish software engineer best known for having initiated the development of the Linux kernel. He later became the chief architect of the Linux kernel, and now acts as the project's coordinator.

Nokia is from Finland.

Finland was the first in Europe (second in the whole world, New Zealalnd was first) to allow women to vote. The world's first female members of parliament were also in Finland.

We have penguins too, not just polar bears.

Santa Claus lives in Finland and many people from around the world come to visit him.

There's 187,888 lakes in Finland.


There you go, some totally random information about Finland!

 

[Poldara]

Oh and Kelly, you know a lot!