Random questions you've always wanted to ask?

[Hertsblue]

1. Why do wide-screen movies not fit wide-screen TVs?

2. Why does Sellotape always try to stick to itself rather than what you want to stick?

3. Who convinced Dido that she could sing? 

[goat major]

why do i always click the previous/next button on this forum to move to next page when it actually will take me to the next thread..... ? 

[Luddite]

Because there are also a lot of people of faith who are asking why don't others realise that God exists when the obvious questions point to him/her as the answer. 

But, with less tongue in my cheek, you have hit on one of the questions that seem to point to a deity. It makes no sense that civilsed humanity should believe in something that they can't see and, for many, seems to have no effect on their lives yet throughout history and across the globe millions of people have done and still do. Perhaps there is something built into our make-up that needs the existance of someone greater than us. And if that is the case, why is it there? How does that fit in with our evolution?

The Final Proof of the non-Existence of God was proved by a Babel Fish.

Now, it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some have chosen to see it as the final proof of the NON-existence of God. The argument goes something like this:

"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."

"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that You exist, and so therefore, by Your own arguments, You don't. QED"

"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.

"Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing. "

[lentulus]

Why don't we insist on our place of work being run democratically?

Because when it's tried, everyone votes to not work and get paid anyway.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Why is going 'sans scuddies' called 'Going Commando'? 

[Orcs]

Why does bottled water have a use by date? When bys its own admision its thousands of years old. 

[Leon]

Why, when a single light bulb blows in the living room, am I pitched into darkness as the trip switch turns off every light in the entire house?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Where the hell is the ANY key ?

IanS

[Squirrel]

Why, when a single light bulb blows in the living room, am I pitched into darkness as the trip switch turns off every light in the entire house?

That'll be because the trip on your lighting circuit is too sensitive. You need change it to a differently rated one.

Don't ask me how to figure out what you need though

Cheers,

Kev

[Leon]

That'll be because the trip on your lighting circuit is too sensitive. You need change it to a differently rated one.

Don't ask me how to figure out what you need though

Ah right, when Dave had an extension built, the electrician told him it had to be wired like that for Health & Safety reasons?

[Techno]

I think Kev's right....and so was your electrician.
It's just a circuit breaker.....isn't it ?....To stop you potentially electrocuting yourself....FAR more likely if you're using electric hedge cutters/lawnmowers/chainsaws etc and you scythe through the flex.
Very possibly lethal if the ground's damp/wet and the 'box' doesn't instantly kill the current.
Why....when some bulbs blow they trip the circuit breaker...and other times they don't... is a complete mystery to me.

Cheers - Phil

[Leon]

I think I remember him saying it was so that when the light bulb blew, you couldn't electrocute yourself putting a new bulb in, cos the power was out.  My argument was that I'd find it pretty difficult to find the kitchen cupboard, let alone a bulb, when the whole house is in darkness... 

[lentulus]

Ah right, when Dave had an extension built, the electrician told him it had to be wired like that for Health & Safety reasons?

Question is, did he add another circuit to the board or extend an existing one?  Wherever it is, it must be near the limit of it's load.

[Leon]

Question is, did he add another circuit to the board or extend an existing one?  Wherever it is, it must be near the limit of it's load.

Not sure, I'd have to ask Dave about that.  It's the same in my own place though, which has been completely rewired as far as I know.

Odd.

[Techno]

I think I remember him saying it was so that when the light bulb blew, you couldn't electrocute yourself putting a new bulb in, cos the power was out.  My argument was that I'd find it pretty difficult to find the kitchen cupboard, let alone a bulb, when the whole house is in darkness... 

Sorry Leon....Didn't explain that very well..at all....
The only thing I could suggest is that you have a 'plug in' table lamp (of sorts) ready to switch on, if the trip for the 'ceiling' lights knocks those all out, then at least you can switch the table lamp on and have some sort of illumination, rather than being in total darkness.
Or...when the lights go out..do you loose power in the entire house on every circuit ? That shouldn't really be the case.
Cheers - Phil.