Pondering the imponderables

[Tabea]

Why do people scream blue murder? Can they scream yellow murder if they don't like blue?

 

[graceanne]

I'll make each question a seperate post so it will be easier to reply and give comment on.

Can you cry underwater?

I can cry without having tears. *shrugs*

Do the alphabet and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

Duh.

 

[celticsunspiral]

Why doesn't the hair on your arms grow as fast as the hair on your head?

Because it is a diffent type of folicle and that hair only grows so long.

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

The glue bottle is sealed from oxygen which dries glue. When some glue turns hard it is when the bottle is not closed and the glue that turns is closest to the opening.

 

[graceanne]

Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

To make you ask questions - and it worked.

If corn oil is made from corn and vegatble oil is made from vegatalbes - what is baby oil made of?

Baby oil is made of mineral oil.

Why can Goofy stand erect and Pluto is on all fours when they are both dogs?

Goofy isn't a dog, he's a cow.

Why doesn't the hair on your arms grow as fast as the hair on your head?

Speak for yourself.

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

Cause it's still wet. It doesn't work until it's dry. Leave a bottle of glue without a lid for awhile and it'll stick ot the insides just fine.

When bald people work in kitchens, are they supposed to wear hair nets?

No.

Why do people say "slept like a baby" when babies wake up every 2 hours?

Whoever said that obviously never had a baby.

This question has already been addressed by Jeff Foxworthy.

 

[graceanne]

What I am supposed to do with my cake if I can't eat it?

Give it to me. duh

If you flog with a flogger why shouldn't you cane with a caner?

And whip with a whipper... and if it snaps, then you're a whippersnapper, but why is that term used for young'uns when folks that wield whips are usually older?

You two have too much time on your hands.

Also, if the world is getting smaller, why does the price of stamps keep going up?

They're getting rich off your cents.

I like the one about why does Mickey Mouse have pants and no shirt, and Donald Duck have a shirt and no pants....

Pondered that one for a while.

Whoever drew donald duck had a thing for ducks and like the idea of him walking around half naked.

Either that, or they couldn't find a place for his tail fathers.

 

[celticsunspiral]

Why do people scream blue murder? Can they scream yellow murder if they don't like blue?

I thought people screamed "bloody murder"?

Shows what I know.

 

[lilsubangel]

I thought people screamed "bloody murder"?

Shows what I know.

This is what I grew up hearing.

 

[Breaker_Morant]

I thought people screamed "bloody murder"?

Shows what I know.

I think it is a German think that doesn't translate very well.

 

[Tabea]

I think it is a German think that doesn't translate very well.

It's not. Germans don't scream blue murder. They scream "wie am Spieß" (as if they were on a spit/skewer) which makes some sense as this would obviously be painful.

It might be more of a British thing though. My British host mother said it a lot because this was the favourite occupation of her children.

The dictionaries know it as well.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/8/messages/575.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/scream+blue+murder.html
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/scream+blue+murder

I've looked for the origin of this idiom but apparently people can't agree.
One theory is that is an euphemism of bloody, another one is that it describes people screaming until they turn blue in the face and then there is the idea it might somehow derive from a French expression.

 

[nh23]

C you have entirely too much time on your hands..lol

 

[Breaker_Morant]

C you have entirely too much time on your hands..lol

What is wrong with the creative thought process?

 

[nh23]

Thinking creatively.

uh-huh