Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
A. An albatross sir, ridding a bicycle.

Q. Could you ride a unicycle if you were given 2 weeks to learn and incentivized with a cheque for 12 hundred pounds?

A. Yes, probably.

Q. What the a is (or is not, if you use the Babylonian number system)?

Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
A. Yes, probably.

Q. What the a is (or is not, if you use the Babylonian number system)?

A: that depends on the number of spokes.

Q: Why do forks have 4 tines? Not 3, not 5, but 4.

Originally posted by sonhouse
A: that depends on the number of spokes.

Q: Why do forks have 4 tines? Not 3, not 5, but 4.

A. 3 tines is a trident and 5 is a rake.

Q. Why isn't the word "oblong" taught in schools anymore?

Originally posted by wolfgang59
A. 3 tines is a trident and 5 is a rake.

Q. Why isn't the word "oblong" taught in schools anymore?

A. It's the result of a New Labour conspiracy.

Q. What do you think of Aida?

Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
Q. What do you think of Aida?

A: I make it a matter of personal policy not to comment on German supermarket chains.

Q: If the Conservative Party in the UK splits over the issue of Europe, which faction will retain the current party name, and what might the other (new) party be called?

Originally posted by FMF
A: I make it a matter of personal policy not to comment on German supermarket chains.

Q: If the Conservative Party in the UK splits over the issue of Europe, which faction will retain the current party name, and what might the other (new) party be called?

A. I make it a matter of personal policy not to comment on German supermarket chains.

Q. Why don't pianos make cartoon 'boing' sounds when you strike the keys?

Originally posted by FMF
A: So that the duck egg blue paint on the bottom of Spitfires and Hurricanes render them stealthy when people look up and try to see them as they protect England form the European Union.

Q: Why did the British Prime Minister take a holiday in Lanzarote not longer after urging British people to take their holidays in Britain?

A. Haven't a clue.

Q. Is it possible that some people are able to communicate through an invisible telepathic lens across the pond?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Q. Is it possible that some people are able to communicate through an invisible telepathic lens across the pond?

A: I'm inclined to doubt it until there is proof otherwise.

Q: What Abrahamic religion (for the most part) did the believers who became Muslims practise or subscribe to during the 600 years between Jesus' execution at the hands of the Romans and Muhammad's lifetime?

Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
Q. Why don't pianos make cartoon 'boing' sounds when you strike the keys?

A: Because of the efforts of tiny hammer makers who are cleverer and more ingenious than you or I.

Q: At what point in the approx. 2,000,000 years of human history was the straw man logical fallacy invented?

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Q. Why isn't the word "oblong" taught in schools anymore?

A: I'll answer this with a question: how would YOU like to be described as an "oblong"?

Q: Have you ever used a television as your computer monitor?

Originally posted by FMF
A: I'll answer this with a question: how would YOU like to be described as an "oblong"?

Q: Have you ever used a television as your computer monitor?

A: Easy peasy...nope.

Q: Have you ever been called oblique?

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
A: Easy peasy...nope.

Q: Have you ever been called oblique?

A: No, but been called transparent.

Q: Why do tricycles only have three wheels?

Originally posted by sonhouse
Q: Why do tricycles only have three wheels?

A: It's a matter of compliance.

Q: Is Bretton Woods a nice place to visit?

Originally posted by FMF
A: It's a matter of compliance.

Q: Is Bretton Woods a nice place to visit?

A. Brett certainly thought so.

Q. Why does death metal music exist?

Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
Q. Why does death metal music exist?

A: Because stuff by Steve Reich and Phillip Glass didn't manage to push ALL the buttons.

Q: What aspects of your life most come under the jurisdiction of Murphy's Law?