Wrong Answer Game

Q: Why would a chicken cross the road if it had no reason to?

A: Probably on a dare or an act of bravado, especially on a high-traffic road.
The ones that to try to cross the road are dead, but the ones that don't take the challenge are chickens. Thus the word, chicken, which in this context has a positive connotation

Q: Why doesn't an airplane flying upside down crash because of its negative lift?

Q: coluber2001 - Why doesn't an airplane flying upside down crash because of its negative lift?

A: They are all fitted with invisible sky hooks

Q: Was putting Moses in the basket a rush job?

Q: Was putting Moses in the basket a rush job?

A: According to the legend, Papyrus was used to make the baskets. I don't think Papyrus floats, so it had to be sealed with some kind of a messy material. Rushes have hollow stems and would have been a better, floatable material, but maybe they weren't available. In this case, a rush job might have been better. And it would have been quicker to.

Q: Speaking of boats, what happens if a hydrofoil "wing" hits a rock or other obstacle?

Q: coluber2001 - Speaking of boats, what happens if a hydrofoil "wing" hits a rock or other obstacle?

A: The 'wings' fly off

Q: Why do some insects in the instar stage have 8 legs?

Q: Why do some insects in the instar stage have 8 legs?

A: They're not insects, they're arachnids.

Q: Why are insects so small?

Q: coluber2001 - Why are insects so small?

A: So that they can crawl into the smallest of human orifices

Q: Is there a good explanation as to why an octopus is called a sucker?

A: Octopuses are gullible because if you sell them an elastic band for 300 000$, they will accept it.

Q: Why do we sleep in a bed?

Q: Why do we sleep in a bed?

A: So we can wake up surrounded by flowers.
Seriously though, if you sleep on the floor, your wife might step on your sensitive parts coming to bed in the dark.

Q: Can a cow jump over a moon? (Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon;)

Q: coluber2001 - Can a cow jump over a moon? (Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon;)

A: Not only can, but will, if not properly restrained - they are wilful, disobedient beasts, and play on us humans milk of human kindness

Q: What is the appropriate season to plant an idea in someone's mind?

That depends on whether it is a fertile mind.

Why do pigs wallow?

Q: Why do pigs wallow?

A: It's a habit they've picked up from watching people, or maybe they both have that behavior in common because of strong, unconscious womb memories. Both people and pigs, when near a body of water, mud puddle or damp spot, have a strong urge to throw themselves down in it and feel the weightlessness. People have spent vast sums of money building concrete-lined puddles and even water-filled bladders to sleep on, but pigs, being more economical and less fussy, make do with any wet spot.

Q: Do pigs make better pets than dogs?

Q: coluber2001 - Do pigs make better pets than dogs?

A: Yes! They are friendly creatures, and are wonderful recyclers! They are known to consume the dung of other pigs, and the refined output makes wonderful garden compost! But the most important part of any relationship between humans and pigs comes in the hard times... dog bacon is terrible!

Q: With reference to this line from a song...

♪ ♫ ♪ When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along... ♪ ♫ ♪

Does this mean the Robin owns a sewing machine?

Sigh. Of course not. Robin is a professional apple bobber. How did you forget Robin won 6 gold medals in the past two Olympics?

What are we actually celebrating Memorial Day for?

Q: tsarstepan - What are we actually celebrating Memorial Day for?

A: Those words (Memorial Day) are a mnemonic, and their purpose is to remind us to do all those things we said we would do, and haven't... Memorial Day is the day of 'memories of things not done' and gives us the opportunity to return the neighbours lawn mower, or pay back that $50 that a certain friend loaned us at the race track the day our 'certainty' fell over at the start, and suchlike

Q: What happens to the centre of doughnuts? Who gets to snack on them? Why are they never put out on sale? This is a poser that has aggravated me for years!

Q: What happens to the centre of doughnuts? Who gets to snack on them? Why are they never put out on sale? This is a poser that has aggravated me for years!

A: Many people deny that there is a center or soul. Others say that there is a center that survives death and goes to heaven. So we must admit the possibility that there is a donut hole heaven. But if there is a police heaven and the two ever meet, the donut hole heaven is in trouble.

Q: What happens to your lap when you stand up?

Q: coluber2001 - What happens to your lap when you stand up?

A: The same thing that happens to your tennis elbow if you don't play tennis

Q: Why are trousers called 'a pair of trousers' when there is only one item of clothing?

Q: Why are trousers called 'a pair of trousers' when there is only one item of clothing?

A: It's a retailer's trick to make you think you're getting two for the price of one. Or maybe we were once hexapods with four legs and two arms, but that's doubtful, and since we're being realistic here, I'll go with the first answer.

Q: Since we're on the subject of insects, can they ever evolve into creatures with human-like intelligence?

Q: coluber2001 - Since we're on the subject of insects, can they ever evolve into creatures with human-like intelligence?

A: Have you never seen the movie 'The Fly'?

Q: When and why did humankind decide to shave off facial hair?

Q: When and why did humankind decide to shave off facial hair?

A: it was n old military thing. The soldier's beards kept on getting on fire from the matchlocks. So off goes the hair.


Q: Did Johnny Come Marching Home Again, or did he run like hell?

Q: coluber2001 - Did Johnny Come Marching Home Again, or did he run like hell?

A: It all depends on where Frankie was... when drunk, Johnny would march home, but should he be sober and aware that Frankie was up and about, he would run like hell to get home before her... they had a tempestuous relationship

Q: Why is a pineapple so called? They have no relationship whatsoever to the genus Pinus and they aren't anything like an apple!