# Burning questions of our time **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476 "2014-07-06T14:07:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/1 "2014-07-06T14:07:54Z")
If you have two identical trousers, do you have a set of trousers, or a pair of pair of trousers? If you have a drawer full of odds and ends, and you throw away all but one item, is it an odd or an end? Bugs Bunny often got lost by failing to turn left at Albuquerque. Why is Albuquerque such a major transportation hub for rabbits? Say you need to do a job, and you’re looking for some related pair o’ phernalia. If you can find only one phernalia, can you still do the job? ---
**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:** [July 6, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/2 "2014-07-06T14:21:55Z")
Go ask your mother! (It’s going to be one of those days 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/3 "2014-07-06T20:35:16Z")
Why do women wear a pair of panties, but only one bra? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/4 "2014-07-06T22:55:24Z")
Why do you say “pass the turnip” and “pass the squash” but then say “pass the potatoes”? Shouldn’t it be “pass the potato” (or “pass the turnips” and “pass the squashes”)? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/5 "2014-07-06T23:03:09Z")
This has been around for quite a while and no one has answered it yet. Why do we drive on parkways, but park on driveways? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/6 "2014-07-06T23:16:02Z")
A lot of people channeling George Carlin today… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/7 "2014-07-06T23:23:17Z")
If someone offers you a penny for your thoughts and you give them your two cents’ worth, do they owe you another penny? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/8 "2014-07-07T00:42:19Z")
If absence makes the heart grow fonder, why do we keep things out of sight, out of mind? ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/9 "2014-07-07T00:44:40Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Why do you say “pass the turnip” and “pass the squash” but then say “pass the potatoes”? Shouldn’t it be “pass the potato” (or “pass the turnips” and “pass the squashes”)? Why do we feed dogs and cats dog food and cat food, but for horses, chickens and cows it is feed? I remember asking my daddy that when I was 5 years old. ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/10 "2014-07-07T00:46:08Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Why do women wear a pair of panties, but only one bra? It’s a pair of pants, but when you get mud on one side it is a pant leg. Not a pants leg. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/11 "2014-07-07T01:31:36Z")
Someone asked me why turds seemed to come in twos. I said, cuz it’s plural. Also, if I took Ex-Lax and Immodium at the same time, which would win? ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/12 "2014-07-07T02:22:53Z")
Why do our noses run and our feet smell? ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/13 "2014-07-07T04:30:30Z")
If still water runs deep, how can it run if it’s so still? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/14 "2014-07-07T04:40:39Z")
If two wrongs don’t make a right, how come three lefts do? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/15 "2014-07-07T05:52:09Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > If two wrongs don’t make a right, how come three lefts do? It means that [suicide lanes](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reversible_lane#Passing_lanes) are in effect. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/16 "2014-07-07T06:01:05Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > If someone offers you a penny for your thoughts and you give them your two cents’ worth, do they owe you another penny? We abolished pennies last year specifically to evade that question. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/17 "2014-07-07T07:43:50Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > If you have a drawer full of odds and ends, and you throw away all but one item, is it an odd or an end? Neither. The singular of “odds and ends” is “thingamawatchit”. If you have a few thingamawatchits, then you have odds and ends. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/18 "2014-07-07T07:59:45Z")
If they make olive oil by crushing olives, then how do they make baby oil? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/19 "2014-07-07T08:05:04Z")
While I frequently hear of people being disgruntled, I am yet to come across anyone who is gruntled. Why is that? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476/20 "2014-07-07T08:47:19Z")
If you can only find one piece of your pair o’ phernalia, it’s a phernalium. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-questions-of-our-time/692476.md?page=2)