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"Do you know of any undiscovered ruins?" (Tourist at the Mesa Verde National Park)
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Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.
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Sorry. No.
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Posted by Socky on 20 Sep 2009.
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"Why on Earth did they build Windsor Castle on the flight path to Heathrow?" (Tourist - almost certainly American - to tour guide)
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Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.
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History exam Q:"Name a contemporary of Shakespeare."
Genuine answer: "Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote."
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Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009.
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"Wat's so bad about 9/11? all day at school today we had to go to assemblies and marches and a bunch of stupid ****. what is so bad about this particular day? yeah the twin towers fell. that was like 20 years ago. you dont see us celebrating 2pac's death every year after he died. my point is, why do we still care?"
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(From http://answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...)
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Posted by JT on 31 Dec 2009.
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I feel really sorry for this guy. I really do.
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Posted by Socky on 31 Dec 2009.
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"I'd rather be street-wise than know the capital of Rome."
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Posted by JT on 9 Oct 2011.
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"Is the Villaroy Museum named after Rob Fearon?"
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Posted by JT on 28 Aug 2009.
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Yes - and the Fearon Museum is named after Villaroy.
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Posted by JT on 28 Aug 2009.
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"How many people die in the average war?"
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Posted by JT on 14 Sep 2009.
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"How did people listen to music in 1990's?"
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Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.
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Well, if you young 'uns gather round, I'll tell you all about compact discs...
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Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.
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I'm sure it won't be many decades before this is a perfectly sensible question for a youngster to ask.
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Posted by Wrongfellow on 15 Sep 2009.
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notice this asks how did we listen to music, not how we played music...so, with our ears?
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Posted by chegz on 29 Oct 2009.
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"Did you guys know Abraham Lincoln is dead?"
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Posted by JT on 19 Oct 2009.
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Did you guys know John Wilkes Booth escaped, and is still alive on the secret moon base with Hitler and Elvis?
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Posted by Wrongfellow on 19 Oct 2009.
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"Are there windows in the Pyramids?"
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Posted by LucyT on 3 Nov 2009.
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Well, the glass has since long deteriorated or was stolen by tomb robbers, but the holes where the windows used to be are still there.
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Posted by Socky on 3 Nov 2009.
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No, but I found a Mac in Tut's tomb.
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Posted by Tiger on 4 Nov 2009.
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