How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

There are a variety of facetious or pithy questions which have been asked without expectation of answer. The challenge here is to think of some other ones and, if you can be bothered, answer them.

EDEB

PS if you're looking for pointless questions: http://ljhs.sandi.net/faculty/mteachworth/strange-n- mundane/point less-questions.htm

Why do fools fall in love? Why do birds sing so gay? And lovers await the break of day? Why do they fall in love?



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EDEB schrieb:

Of these, some have obvious answers:

* If a 911 operator has a heart attack, whom does he/she call? * Why does a round pizza come in a square box? * Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?

Literary: * How many roads must a man walk down? * What is the answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe, and everything? * Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Classic: * When the fridge door is closed, is the light really out? * If a tree falls in the forest, and noone hears it, does it make a sound? * When will you finally ....?! * Who's who? * Can an omnipotent god create a stone he can't lift?

Original: * If a radio show is a show transmitted by radio, then what's a freak show? * Is an Irish Setter protestant or catholic? * If a football game is a game played with a football, then what is a parlour game? * How came that when you're *in* a hurry, you're *out* of breath?

Cheers

What is the name of this book? - Raymond Smullyan http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/References/Smullyan.html

Grandma: [singing] How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man? Homer: Seven! Lisa: No, Dad, it's a rhetorical question. Homer: Rhetorical, eh? Eight!

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Which instantly points to the following bonus question, regarding amplification in rock music:

You're on ten here...all the way up...all the way up.... all the way up; you're on ten on your guitar...where can you go from there?

culled from various places over the years...

What does cheese say when it has it's photo taken? Do crabs think that we walk side-ways? Is the Hokey-Cokey really what it's all about? If Schrodinger falls in a forest and nobody is around, would he exist both in a state of making a sound and not making a sound? How high is up?

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Speaking of that famous woodchuck, see this rectangle:

HWUH OMCW LUOK HDOI CWAF

By starting in the upper left corner (H), one can, by moving one letter at a time (left, right, up, down, diagonally) spell out:

'How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.'

The rectangle is 4 x 5 or 20 units.

Can you find a smaller rectangle with the same property?

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