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Q: What tools do you use to create the EAC web site?
A: I use Nvu to edit
the HTML pages and WS_FTP to add
files to the web site. And I listen to Live365 for creativity…
Q: How do you create the PDF files used on the web site?
A: I use OpenOffice.org.
Q: How do I contact the webmaster?
A: You quietly sneak up behind him and tap him on the shoulder. (Or
email: webmaster@edenathleticclub.org)
Q: Why is the sky blue?
A: Blue light gets scattered (spread) around much more than all the
other colors from the sun, causing the sky to appear blue. (More)
Q: Why does a mirror reverse left-to-right but not top-to-bottom?
A: A mirror doesn't reverse left-to-right; it reverses
front-to-back.
Q: Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?
A: No one is "buried" in Grant's Tomb. Mr. & Mrs. Grant's
sarcophagi lie above ground. (More)
Q: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck
wood?
A: A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a
woodchuck could chuck wood. (Alternate
answer)
Q: If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one there to hear it,
does it make a sound?
A: Ask the squirrel the tree fell on. (Click here for the sound
of a tree falling when no one is around.)
(Left as an exercise for the reader: If a man speaks in a forest and
there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?)
Q: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
A: The world may
never know.
Q: Why do hot dogs come 10 to a pack while buns are 8 to a pack?
A: “Your standard-issue hot dog… comes ten to the
pound.” “[Bakers]
prefer dozens, or more generally, multiples of three and four, notably
four, six, eight, and twelve”. (More)
Q: Will you answer this question negatively?
A: mu
Q: "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"
A: 42
Q: How are you?
A: Fine.
Q: "Why are we here?"
A: "Because we're here. Roll
the bones."
Q: Why can't I?
A: Because I said so.
Q: Can you
hear me now?
A: (Inferred) Yes
Q: Are you serious?
A: No.
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