Things You'd Like to Know

Originally posted by Suzianne
Sorry for the interruption.

I think it's extremely sad that what could have been a good thread idea has been purposefully manipulated by certain forum combatants to: 1) attempt to put down other posters, and when that didn't have the intended effect, then to 2) ignore all answers and new questions from said posters. I haven't participated here because I ...[text shortened]... t nearly as stupid as some people hope they are.

Back to your regularly scheduled thread. 🙂

But isn't it more "fun" to have a thread, like lava, move in unexpected ways rather than be like so many other threads in other forums, just regurgitating the same thing over ad infinitum?

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
But isn't it more "fun" to have a thread, like lava, move in unexpected ways rather than be like so many other threads in other forums, just regurgitating the same thing over ad infinitum?

A: Yes, I agree. This has been a relatively fun thread. There's no need for self-anointed forum police to come in and try to score points with reprimands, declarations of disapproval, or by re-posting the OP. People should embrace the diversity.

Q: What substance is it exactly that makes my cat and her four kittens smell like Korean corn tea?

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A: Don't forget it's "Mother" Nature so maybe it's spite.

Q: Why do we have to wait for 30 minutes after the last bit of lightening before it's "safe" to go outside without the threat of being, maybe, hit by it?

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Q: Why do we have to wait for 30 minutes after the last bit of lightening before it's "safe" to go outside without the threat of being, maybe, hit by it?

A: Good grief. I've never thought about that. I shall add it to my list of terrible things that just might happen to me and that I ought to worry about more.

Q: When the utility of two-ended toothpicks has been established so clearly, why does the market continue to make one-ended toothpicks available and what is the matter with the people who buy them?

Originally posted by FMF
A: Good grief. I've never thought about that. I shall add it to my list of terrible things that just might happen to me and that I ought to worry about more.

Q: When the utility of two-ended toothpicks has been established so clearly, why does the market continue to make one-ended toothpicks available and what is the matter with the people who buy them?

A: Nothing. It's a situation started by the raw material (wood) suppliers of the toothpick industry. Having two ended toothpicks would half their amount of raw material sold this, potentially halving their bottom line.

Q:Why is it that so many zookeepers forget that the animals they tend are often only a generation or two removed from the wild and as such are likely, when they least expect it, to turn on them, and often with deadly results?

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
A: Nothing. It's a situation started by the raw material (wood) suppliers of the toothpick industry. Having two ended toothpicks would half their amount of raw material sold this, potentially halving their bottom line.

Q:Why is it that so many zookeepers forget that the animals they tend are often only a generation or two removed from the wild and as such are likely, when they least expect it, to turn on them, and often with deadly results?

A. Familiarity which in context breeds lack of precautionary safety procedures. (great question which deserves being revisited)

Q. What causes itchy skin on the top of a palm and wrist and do you know of any effective home remedies?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Q. Why do some people get their kicks out of criticizing other people in public? (from 14th February ~ great question which deserves being revisited)

A: Not sure. But maybe you yourself should reflect upon this question.

Q: Why is 'the west' mainly only interested in peculiar and oddball news stories from Japan, a major nation with one of the world's biggest economies.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Q:Why is it that so many zookeepers forget that the animals they tend are often only a generation or two removed from the wild and as such are likely, when they least expect it, to turn on them, and often with deadly results?

A: Maybe the with-animals equivalent of "going native".

Q: Why didn't the USA just cancel the debt the UK rang up fighting fascism shoulder to shoulder with it in WW2?

Originally posted by FMF
A: Not sure. But maybe you yourself should reflect upon this question.

Q: Why is 'the west' mainly only interested in peculiar and oddball news stories from Japan, a major nation with one of the world's biggest economies.

Originally posted by FMF
"Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Q. Why do some people get their kicks out of criticizing other people in public? (from 14th February ~ great question which deserves being revisited."
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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby (OP) <--- Please quote responsibly.
Things You'd Like to Know (answer one and then ask one)

"Q. At what point does social assertiveness become aggression?"

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
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It was the 14th February in Indonesia.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby (OP) [b]<--- Please quote responsibly.[/b]

Where did divegeester quote you incorrectly?