Feb 10 2021 - So You Want Answers

 

There are some very funny questions that have been inspired by the great unanswerable questions: How far east can you go before you’re heading west? If a bunch of cats jump on top of each other, is it still called a dog pile? If a doctor suddenly had a heart attack while doing surgery, would the other doctors work on the doctor or the patient? If a baby refuses to sleep during nap time, would it be guilty of resisting a rest? If a pack of gum says that each piece is 10 calories, is that amount just chewing the gum, or also for swallowing it? If the sky is the limit, then what is space - over the limit? If you dug a hole through the center of the dearth, and jumped in, would you stay at the center because of gravity? If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done? If you are driving a federally owned car, and you run a stop sign, is it considered a felony? In libraries, do they put the bible in the fiction or non-fiction section? Is there a time limit on fortune cookie predictions? What happens to an irresistible force when it hits an immovable object? When does it stop being partly cloudy and start being partly sunny? That last one might be today's question. Here's an answer for it:  For starters, “partly sunny” is a daytime term and “partly cloudy” can be used either during the day or at night. ... “Partly cloudy” refers to cloud coverage from two through five tenths; “mostly cloudy” is used in reference to six through nine tenths cloud coverage; and “cloudy” to a complete or nearly complete overcast.   Purchase at: FAA - marilyncornwellart.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca

There's a Prequel and Sequel to Valentine's Day

Did you know that there's a valentine for each day leading up to the BIG DAY Feb 14th?     Did you know that Valentines week is followed by an Anti-Valentine week from the 15th to the 21st?  I didn't know about this at all.  Here are the days.     Huffington Post has 33 Anti-Valentine's Day Gifts for People Who Despise Valentine's Day.  Oh dear.  Such  spiteful sentiments being expressed.  How did it get to being this way? One is able to retrieve many entries for Valentine's Day battlefield. Of course, a number of these are titles - songs, books, games - lots of games. Here's a definition from cuepoint.com on the notion of the discordancy of Valentine's Day. "Valentine's Day is frequently a battlefield—not just for single people, but for people in general. If you're unpartnered, Valentine's Day is like some Noah's Ark-style party you're barred from attending; but if you're dating someone, it's all too often a compulsory party that fills you with a nameless dread. Having to prove your romantic devotion on an arbitrarily selected day can seriously backfire (ask any of your server friends about the carnage they witness while waiting tables on Valentine’s Day)." Here's our picture to match today's battleground story - a tarnished, worn and weathered boat.