# Ask the surrealist! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639 "2004-01-09T14:09:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ReBusEniGma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ReBusEniGma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReBusEniGma)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/21 "2004-01-10T06:47:12Z")
Yes, I must no; How can you feel secure about nostrils when they won’t even fit your budget? Could it be prudent to oxidize one’s bereavment perchance your nuptials are calorie reduced? If you come, will it really be built? ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/22 "2004-01-10T06:59:26Z")
This is not a post. ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/23 "2004-01-10T09:26:10Z")
I burning you dog! ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/24 "2004-01-10T12:17:08Z")
[Interrogative word][verb][noun][adverb][verb][noun]? ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/25 "2004-01-10T13:08:28Z")
Does “surreal” really mean “random stuff that makes no sense”? That’s the only message I’m getting from this thread. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/26 "2004-01-10T14:02:01Z")
No. Quite the contrary, it means random stuff that makes no sense. ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/27 "2004-01-10T14:13:13Z")
I installed new jersey today? ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/28 "2004-01-10T14:33:22Z")
What is it that has two pairs of pants, lives in Philadelphia, and it never rains but it pours? ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/29 "2004-01-10T15:31:00Z")
On the impending eve of the salvation of the dogbodies, what is your salacious intent? ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/30 "2004-01-10T15:36:54Z")
**scr4** , according to [m-w.com](http://m-w.com): \*\*surreal- \*\*having the intense irrational reality of a dream My impression\* is that surrealist works do not make sense, but that they have a emotive or cognitive coherence, as opposed to Dadaism, which is intentional gibberish. \*I know, wrong school. Shoot me. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/31 "2004-01-10T15:39:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ReBusEniGma \* > **Could it be prudent to oxidize one’s bereavment perchance your nuptials are calorie reduced?** Forever. Dark hounds bring worlds with sanatation. ---
**Author:** ![Scarf-Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Scarf-Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarf-Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/32 "2004-01-10T16:32:45Z")
Quite. Ruffled fondant speaks volumes, alternately linoleum. > [@](#): > > ``` > quote:Originally posted by ReBusEniGma > Could it be prudent to oxidize one's bereavment perchance your nuptials are calorie reduced? > > ``` > > Forever. Dark hounds bring worlds with sanatation. Quizzicaly deduced! Forlorn gallery beast beats rapturously on top of sideways. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/33 "2004-01-10T18:45:09Z")
Now lemme see. Has four pair of pants, lives in Philadelphia. Is it male or female? ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/34 "2004-01-10T19:36:10Z")
if you extrapolated a frog what the answer be? ---
**Author:** ![Scarf-Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Scarf-Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarf-Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/35 "2004-01-10T20:11:04Z")
Blip! ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/36 "2004-01-10T20:35:49Z")
If you pulled down your pants and there was a moon, sun, stars, planets, comets, and large brown telephone. how would that affect the width of the verbs? ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/37 "2004-01-11T01:42:17Z")
This thunder is a white of Ted. Eye pantaloupe widdle pee putt dog sound. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/38 "2004-01-11T01:50:14Z")
Underpants. It’s what’s for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/39 "2004-01-11T02:15:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by netscape 6 \* > \*\*if you extrapolated a frog what the answer be? \*\* It would depend on the type of frog. The larger the frog, the bigger the cheese required. And you have to control for the stinkyness of the cheese. The bigger question is where do fish go when they take off their pants at night? ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-surrealist/223639/40 "2004-01-11T02:43:59Z")
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