Ask the next Person a Question - Page 175

Spiced_Rum · 10-08-13, 02:37 PM

A. Have you seen those Roman and Greek buildings, thousands of years old and still not finished.

Q. Why are they called 'light-house' instead of a more accurate description of 'light-tower'?

Jimbuna · 10-08-13, 04:02 PM

Because the lighthouse keeper lives there.

Have you got a light boy?

Tango589 · 10-09-13, 04:12 PM

In my other trousers.

Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes?

Jimbuna · 10-10-13, 06:12 AM

That depends on whether their travelling left to right or right to left.

Precisely who or what was the definitive sinker of the Bismarck?

TarJak · 10-10-13, 06:17 AM

An explosion.

How many explosions caused the sinking of the Bismarck?

Jimbuna · 10-10-13, 06:38 AM

The last one.

Can you name the highest ranking survivor?

TarJak · 10-10-13, 06:40 AM

Yes.

Can you?

Jimbuna · 10-10-13, 06:59 AM

Of course...Burkard von Müllenheim-Rechberg

Now can you name the next highest in rank?

TarJak · 10-10-13, 07:26 AM

Not without looking it up. And he wasn't the same rank as Admiral Tovey who also survived the engagement.

Can you be more specific about which side's survivor's you mean next time.

Tango589 · 10-11-13, 05:48 PM

Only if you ask nicely.

Can you unscrew the inscrutable or eff at the ineffable?

Jimbuna · 10-12-13, 08:00 AM

Of course, everyone can.

Why do the signs that say "slow children" have a picture of a running child?

Fubar2Niner · 10-12-13, 09:32 AM

Because they know you're coming!

Why is it such a pain to get a printer networked between a 32 and 64 bit OS on a home LAN?

Tango589 · 10-12-13, 12:18 PM

Because the printer's jammed full of paperclips.

If 2's a company and 3's a crowd why do threesomes work?

Jimbuna · 10-12-13, 03:06 PM

Because variety is the spice of life.

Why is it called a TV "set" when you only get one?

Tango589 · 10-12-13, 03:28 PM

Because John Logie Baird originally envisioned people having three televisions side-by-side, making a 'set', each with a very slightly different image. When viewed through specially designed glasses, they would have given what he termed 'tri-scopic' vision, which was due to be the biggest breakthrough in TV since the TV was invented (by him). Unfortunately the whole idea was dropped when JLB realised people would need three eyes for it to work.

Can anyone lend me a fiver?

10-08-13, 02:37 PM	#2611
Spiced_Rum Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2013 Location: Enjoying a run ashore Posts: 1,129 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	A. Have you seen those Roman and Greek buildings, thousands of years old and still not finished. Q. Why are they called 'light-house' instead of a more accurate description of 'light-tower'? __________________ Spiced_Rum "The only rocks I want to see are in my glass, and covered with lashings of Spicey and Coke"

10-08-13, 04:02 PM	#2612
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Because the lighthouse keeper lives there. Have you got a light boy? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-09-13, 04:12 PM	#2613
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	In my other trousers. Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes? __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

10-10-13, 06:12 AM	#2614
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	That depends on whether their travelling left to right or right to left. Precisely who or what was the definitive sinker of the Bismarck? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-10-13, 06:38 AM	#2616
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The last one. Can you name the highest ranking survivor? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-10-13, 06:17 AM	#2615
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	An explosion. How many explosions caused the sinking of the Bismarck?

10-10-13, 06:40 AM	#2617
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Yes. Can you?

10-10-13, 06:59 AM	#2618
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Of course...Burkard von Müllenheim-Rechberg Now can you name the next highest in rank? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-10-13, 07:26 AM	#2619
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Not without looking it up. And he wasn't the same rank as Admiral Tovey who also survived the engagement. Can you be more specific about which side's survivor's you mean next time.

10-11-13, 05:48 PM	#2620
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	Only if you ask nicely. Can you unscrew the inscrutable or eff at the ineffable? __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

10-12-13, 08:00 AM	#2621
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Of course, everyone can. Why do the signs that say "slow children" have a picture of a running child? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-12-13, 09:32 AM	#2622
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,175 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	Because they know you're coming! Why is it such a pain to get a printer networked between a 32 and 64 bit OS on a home LAN?

10-12-13, 12:18 PM	#2623
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	Because the printer's jammed full of paperclips. If 2's a company and 3's a crowd why do threesomes work? __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

10-12-13, 03:06 PM	#2624
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Because variety is the spice of life. Why is it called a TV "set" when you only get one? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-12-13, 03:28 PM	#2625
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	Because John Logie Baird originally envisioned people having three televisions side-by-side, making a 'set', each with a very slightly different image. When viewed through specially designed glasses, they would have given what he termed 'tri-scopic' vision, which was due to be the biggest breakthrough in TV since the TV was invented (by him). Unfortunately the whole idea was dropped when JLB realised people would need three eyes for it to work. Can anyone lend me a fiver? __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...