We need a thread that gets us to use our brains

[Midniteoyl]

Originally Posted by She and I

OK Try this,

Three travelers register at a hotel and are told that their rooms will cost $10 each so they pay $30. Later the clerk realizes that he made a mistake and should have only charged them $25. He gives a bellboy $5 to return to them but the bellboy is dishonest and gives them each only $1, keeping $2 for himself. So the men actually spent $27 and the bellboy kept $2. What happened to the other dollar of the original $30?

25+3=28 , not 27... math in the question is flawed.



Can you cry under water?

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it is called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it is called cargo?

When a cow laughs, does milk come out of its nose?

[LadyFitz...]

Originally Posted by Midniteoyl

25+3=28 , not 27... math in the question is flawed.



Can you cry under water? Yes.

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? Because the system was designed to provide landing strips for the military in times of war. Also, the construction of major Federal highways in all States is under the same administration.

How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings? He drives the snowplow home.

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it is called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it is called cargo? Good question.

When a cow laughs, does milk come out of its nose? No.

See above.

[Ed-Sommers]

As to the original post on getting a post that requires thought, I submit that it is, for the majority of people, impossible, The majority of people have not the capacity of original thought, and respond to everything from purely emotional reaction.

Politicians, and other people of power have known this for a long, long, time!

Ed

[Possum]

Originally Posted by Ed-Sommers

As to the original post on getting a post that requires thought, I submit that it is, for the majority of people, impossible, The majority of people have not the capacity of original thought, and respond to everything from purely emotional reaction.

Politicians, and other people of power have known this for a long, long, time!

Ed

I think they are teaching that in school now. No recent high school graduate I know has an inkling of an idea of what the actual thought process involves let alone what it is used for.

[Midniteoyl]

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? Because the system was designed to provide landing strips for the military in times of war. Also, the construction of major Federal highways in all States is under the same administration.

Still not 'interstate'

[Midniteoyl]

Originally Posted by Ed-Sommers

As to the original post on getting a post that requires thought, I submit that it is, for the majority of people, impossible, The majority of people have not the capacity of original thought, and respond to everything from purely emotional reaction.

Politicians, and other people of power have known this for a long, long, time!

Ed

I was reading an article where management is getting upset at the new spat of workers. Seems they tend to cry if given even the slightest bit of criticism. First it was the 'cant read, cant spell' grads, now its the 'dont yell at me!' no competition wussies...

[Francesca]

Originally Posted by hondo122

I'm really sorry for the thread, I was hoping for some serious thought not trivia, my fault. I remember some of the serious questions discussed in the past. As always your humble servant, Hondo

Don't be too hard on us, Mike...
You posted an awfully general subject: "We Need a Thread that Gets Us To Use Our Brains".
The only possible "on-topic", non-trivia responses to the thread are:
1): Yes! We do!
and
2)No! We don't!

You might try narrowing it down some...
If you're looking for a serious discussion, start a thread on a specific topic that provokes one!

Francesca

[hamguy]

Originally Posted by hondo122

We need a couple of discussions that cause us to use our brains, so they don't atrophy. Aren't we getting bored with threads that provoke no brain waves. We have had some great thought provoking conversations on this board. Lets solve the mysteries of life.

How about the newly found particle that seems to shatter Einstein's theory that nothing can go faster than the speed of light. Is it real or a slipped decimal?

[Midniteoyl]

Originally Posted by hamguy

How about the newly found particle that seems to shatter Einstein's theory that nothing can go faster than the speed of light. Is it real or a slipped decimal?

Its neither here nor there..

[Eric_H_E]

ok here is one to think about.
if the earth were to sudenly stop spinning, whitch wall would we go spalt aginst?

[Afubar]

Originally Posted by Eric_H_E

ok here is one to think about.
if the earth were to sudenly stop spinning, whitch wall would we go spalt aginst?

The ceiling, the spinning produces gravity.

[DFR]

Best question I can come up with...Why on earth do I winter in the snow?

[Francesca]

Originally Posted by DFR

Best question I can come up with...Why on earth do I winter in the snow?

Because there's no snow in the Summer?

Francesca

[okgc]

Originally Posted by LadyFitz...

Here's one. Is global warming man made?

Not entirely man made.
Think about this. If there was no global warming I could not live in Michigan or fish the Great Lakes. They would still be a block of ice