Those unanswered questions

[Norrin Radd]

Why is it called a ring when it's a square ,re boxing

 

[cliveb]

Why are goods transported by ship called cargo and transported by car called shipment?

 

[Slab]

Why are coffee jars taller than the length of a teaspoon!

 

[Crazyface]

Why are so many words in the English language spelt the same and why does nobody change them?

 

[Voyager EMH]

Why are so many words in the English language spelt the same and why does nobody change them?

To confuse foreigners and to maintain the authority of the spelling police?

 

[Billysboots]

Did the person who coined the phrase “one hit wonder” ever come up with another?

 

[jim8flog]

Why are coffee jars taller than the length of a teaspoon!

First thing I do when opening one is to tip it in to two shorter ones.

 

[Slab]

First thing I do when opening one is to tip it in to two shorter ones.

Yeah you could do that.. or just order a Knickerbocker Glory next time your eating out and have away with the spoon

 

[Crow]

Yeah you could do that.. or just order a Knickerbocker Glory next time your eating out and have away with the spoon

Or you could be an upstanding citizen and just buy one.

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[Robster59]

Well that just begs the question
“ are Robins Round”?

That depends how much you can pump them up before they burst. I've never got further than an oblique spheroid.

 

[jim8flog]

Yeah you could do that.. or just order a Knickerbocker Glory next time your eating out and have away with the spoon

The amount of coffee I drink and the frequency at which I do the washing up I would need 10 Knickerbocker Gloryies

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Why is it called a ring when it's a square ,re boxing

In the bare knuckle days, gamblers would form a ring around the boxers.

 

[clubchamp98]

That depends how much you can pump them up before they burst. I've never got further than an oblique spheroid.

Misspent childhood!

 

[Robster59]

Misspent childhood!

I prefer to think of it as "educational".

 

[KenL]

In the bare knuckle days, gamblers would form a ring around the boxers.

You’ve got an excellent memory Doon.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

That depends how much you can pump them up before they burst. I've never got further than an oblique spheroid.

Is an oblique spheroid the same as an oblate spheroid

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Golf related, but why does a provisional ball always sail 200+ yards straight down the middle?

And you try buying a box of them! Cant get them anywhere.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Why does my wife talk to me from at least two rooms away?

 

[cliveb]

Why does my wife talk to me from at least two rooms away?

And what's more, waits until there's something noisy going on to do so!

 

[clubchamp98]

And you try buying a box of them! Cant get them anywhere.

Everyone’s got provisional balls in their bag.
You just have to find them