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Originally posted by FMF
A: Any part that gets burnt.

Q: Would life be qualitatively worse in some way if there were no such people as celebrities and we knew absolutely nothing about the private lives of people who were prominent in public life ~ such as artists, entrepreneurs and political leaders?
A: No.

Q: Are you bald/baldish?

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
A: No.

Q: Are you bald/baldish?
A: Quite the contrary. I am, as they say here, gondrong.

Q: Nominate a TV/film actor/actress who ought to be in Game of Thrones, but isn't.

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Originally posted by FMF
A: Quite the contrary. I am, as they say here, gondrong.

Q: Nominate a TV/film actor/actress who ought to be in Game of Thrones, but isn't.
I really don't want to nitpick but that ain't no question.😠

Read a book!

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
I really don't want to nitpick but that ain't no question.😠
Would you please, if you feel so inclined and it isn't too much trouble and you don't mind cooperating for the good of the thread and your fellow posters and mankind in general, nominate a TV/film actor/actress who ought to be in Game of Thrones, but isn't??

On the other hand, don't bother.

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
I really don't want to nitpick but that ain't no question.😠
These kinds of posts can lead to a loss of revenue for Russ, apparently. 😠

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Would you please, if you feel so inclined and it isn't too much trouble and you don't mind cooperating for the good of the thread and your fellow posters and mankind in general, nominate a TV/film actor/actress who ought to be in Game of Thrones, but isn't??

On the other hand, don't bother.
A. I can't stand Neil deGrasse Tyson and I never watch GoT, so, yeah.
Him.

Q. Why do we call dawn and dusk 'sunrise' and 'sunset,' respectively?

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Q. Why do we call dawn and dusk 'sunrise' and 'sunset,' respectively?
A: It's to do with how this old world keeps spinning round and it's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down.

Q: Have you ever continued to buy and collect albums by musicians you stopped liking? If so, who?

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Originally posted by FMF
A: It's to do with how this old world keeps spinning round and it's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down.

Q: Have you ever continued to buy and collect albums by musicians you stopped liking? If so, who?
A. Yes.
Bruce Cockburn.
Although it's nothing personal; he's still very good.
Just kind of outgrew him, but liked the idea of having his stuff in case I ever changed my mind.

Q. Would the world survive if we could all read each other's minds without camouflage?

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Q. Would the world survive if we could all read each other's minds without camouflage?
A: Yes.

Q: What is the chemical formula for H2O that has ostensibly been "oxygen infused" and bottled?

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Originally posted by FMF
A: Yes.

Q: What is the chemical formula for H2O that has ostensibly been "oxygen infused" and bottled?
A: H2O+

Q: What's with the snow "here" in May?

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
A: H2O+

Q: What's with the snow "here" in May?
A. Maybe the Weather Angels' sense of humour.

Q. Why is there something rather than nothing?

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
A. Maybe the Weather Angels' sense of humour.

Q. Why is there something rather than nothing?
A. Because "nothingness" is unstable.

Q. Why isn't "w" called "double v"?.

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
Q. Why isn't "w" called "double v"?.
A: It is in some languages, so the question becomes a wider one: why is English the way it is? And that is too broad a question for me to address here. Sorry.

Q: Do you feel any prejudice against people who refer to headphones as "bins"?

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Originally posted by FMF
A: It is in some languages, so the question becomes a wider one: why is English the way it is? And that is too broad a question for me to address here. Sorry.

Q: Do you feel any prejudice against people who refer to headphones as "bins"?
A. Only an urge to put their head in a bin.

Q. If not now, when?

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
Q. If not now, when?
A; Sooner rather than later.

Q: Have TV talent shows given the hoi polloi the impression that they matter?