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Why do we park on driveways-and drive on parkways?

When you close the refrigerator door, does the light stay on?

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around, does it make a noise?

Whats the REAL reason the chicken crossed the road?

Of course most of us know the answers to these but ive always wonered about the 1st one and i thought it would be a fun topic, and to see all the minds here at work....

let's see...
1) you drive on parkways cause they were originally made to drive around parks (i think)...
and you park on driveways, cause you are using them wrongly... they were supposed to be used to drive to your garage, front door, etc

2) Nope, cause i'm very certain that the door hits the light off switch

3) yep, want me to explain air vibrations and how sound is just our describtion for it, etc?

4) so that persons have a source for a lot of stupid jokes?

Hope this was usefull

Starmax wrote:Why do we park on driveways-and drive on parkways?

Fnord makes us park on driveways-and drive on parkways. Simple as that.

Why do you never see baby pigeons?

What is a parkway?

Jop wrote:Why do you never see baby pigeons?

lol, cos you dont go look at them? :p

Ever wonder which comes first..

the chicken.. or the egg?

thesaint wrote:the chicken.. or the egg?

The egg since reptiles laid eggs a long time before a species called "chicken" existed.

Ultimate questions? These are trivial at best

Meaning of life etc..

JaMaHa wrote:

thesaint wrote:the chicken.. or the egg?

The egg since reptiles laid eggs a long time before a species called "chicken" existed.

i'd say the chicken since it's the chicken ( or the chickesaurus or what-ever-the-species-before-it ) that actually adapted to the environment and evolved into the chicken. The egg, on the other hand, just lay there (or wait to get laid by the chicks ).

Samppa wrote:Ultimate questions? These are trivial at best

Meaning of life etc..

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proof
(read it on reddit the other day)

here's one more: if a fat kid falls in the forest, and nobody's around, do the trees laugh ? [/url]

It was actually the egg, but I can't be arsed to explain it. Google it.


Something about species not being able to spontaneosly grow feathers and a beak in the manner you suggested.

I figured this topic would spark some interest.

Tim: sorry, a parkway is another name for highway or freeway or roadway here in the U.S.

Samppa: I i know these are obviously NOT the ultimate questions, the topic was meant as a fun topic (as stated at the end of it). There is no need to insult someones intelligents on almost every post!!

The chicken or the egg?--- Ill give a fun answer: The egg begot chicken, the chicken begot egg, and the circle of life goes on..

Strictly speaking, I don't insult, I challenge what someone's said with a hint of arrogance.

i'm fairly certain that technically, the chicken egg came before the chicken, as mutations, that lead from one species to the other happen almost exclusively when offsping is created...
so, there was a proto-chicken, and while it was producing an egg, there were mutations and POOF, we have a chicken egg that hatches into a chicken...
hm, i think that's pretty much was sammpa was trying to say

and about "the answer to life the universe and everything" on google, you can even do maths with it... as google for the squareroot of the 2 * answer to life the universe and everything -3 or something and you will be answered

haha honestly, I don't even know the answer. A kid asked me that question though and I was like ahh... uhmmm duh would it really matter?

so dumb dumb me