# Ask a silly question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321 "2024-11-16T15:31:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/41 "2024-11-17T03:16:24Z")
Live long and prosper.đź–– ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/42 "2024-11-17T03:54:43Z")
Why is Abbott a common surname? Think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/43 "2024-11-17T04:09:27Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Why is Abbott a common surname? Sounds like a job for a detective. Maybe Adrian Monk. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/44 "2024-11-17T06:18:43Z")
Hey Abbott! ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/45 "2024-11-17T07:00:03Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BAaoHX9KiWY/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGUgWihLMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAkAQcjNSE_vJ1GNeRGRiSMhWBJ4g "Pee Wee Big Adventure - I Lost my temper I took a knife and I") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAaoHX9KiWY) ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/46 "2024-11-17T14:17:27Z")
I was sitting in a shotgun shack yesterday, finding myself in another part of the world. Then I drove behind the wheel of a large automobile, to get to my beautiful house and my beautiful wife. And I asked myself, “Well, how did I get here?” So I sat down this morning at the computer to type this, and I asked, “How do I work this? Where is that large automobile?” Tripler Maybe I’ll just let today go by . . . ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/47 "2024-11-17T14:24:33Z")
Same as it ever was? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/48 "2024-11-17T14:53:26Z")
If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make foghorns out of? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/49 "2024-11-17T17:12:21Z")
And how many babies must be processed to make a bottle of baby oil? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/50 "2024-11-17T17:20:38Z")
What’s the difference between a duck? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/51 "2024-11-17T18:01:09Z")
Why a duck? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/52 "2024-11-17T20:04:52Z")
So the Romans can get their Water! ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/53 "2024-11-17T20:15:18Z")
Why do things look smaller when they’re further away? ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/54 "2024-11-17T20:40:02Z")
Ants are found on every continent except one. What is the one continent that does not have ants? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/55 "2024-11-17T20:43:46Z")
Incontinent? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/56 "2024-11-17T21:16:20Z")
The continent’s name is a variation of ante- or anti- Arctic (i.e., the opposite of the North Pole). > [@teelabrown](#): > > Why do things look smaller when they’re further away? The long answer involves quaternions; the short answer is “a wizard did it”. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/57 "2024-11-18T03:52:41Z")
Are you my Mommy? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/58 "2024-11-18T03:53:13Z")
Whats a silly question? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/59 "2024-11-18T08:18:48Z")
Not much, what’s a silly question with you? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321/60 "2024-11-18T10:25:35Z")
Yeah, why don’t they make the whole plane out of Teflon ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-silly-question/1010321.md?page=4)