# Deep thoughts and ponderings. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582 "2013-10-18T15:23:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/1 "2013-10-18T15:23:11Z")
So I woke up this morning thinking that if Descartes got into a brawl with fencing swords, it would likely be called a Rene epee melee. Do any of you have this sort of meaningful dialog with yourselves? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/2 "2013-10-18T15:34:56Z")
I woke up this morning wondering if Bruce Lee would stand a chance against the current day MMA professionals in his weight category. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/3 "2013-10-18T15:38:53Z")
Did the great actor hide the newest corpses in the bushes out in the wasteland? In other words: Did Barrymore bury more in the berry moor? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/4 "2013-10-18T15:41:20Z")
I also thought that if a Star Wars star brokered a peace treaty on edged weapons, it would likely be called a Ford Sword Accord. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/5 "2013-10-18T15:51:14Z")
Oh, I get it! If fuzzy wuzzy was a bear and fuzzy wuzzy had no hair, then did fuzzy wuzzy have alopecia? …I don’t get it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/6 "2013-10-18T15:56:18Z")
I woke up this morning wondering why I was intent on getting up this morning… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/7 "2013-10-18T15:56:47Z")
If William Shatner continuously badgered Miley Cyrus to dance for him, and she refused him each time, would she shirk Kirk’s twerk quirk? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/8 "2013-10-18T16:16:30Z")
In High School Journalism class (circa 1968), we had a practice assignment to re-write any well-known fairy-tale in the form of a news story. I did Cinderella. The headline was: > [@](#): > > **Prince To Wed Commoner; Tells Troth As Foot Fits** ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/9 "2013-10-18T16:17:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > If William Shatner continuously badgered Miley Cyrus to dance for him, and she refused him each time, would she shirk Kirk’s twerk quirk? You’re a deep one, aren’t you Pfefferblinken? ---
**Author:** ![Hoss\_N.Feffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90db22/32.png) [@Hoss\_N.Feffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoss_N.Feffa)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/10 "2013-10-18T16:52:07Z")
If I receive a set of two fixed-up skinless fruit from my German friend, did I get Per’s pair of repaired pared pears? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/11 "2013-10-18T16:55:34Z")
> [@Hoss\_N.Feffa](#): > > If I receive a set of two fixed-up skinless fruit from my German friend, did I get Per’s pair of repaired pared pears? Apparently. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/12 "2013-10-18T17:15:56Z")
I never understood why we drive on a parkway, but park on a driveway…oh wait, now I do. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/13 "2013-10-18T18:42:50Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > I never understood why we drive on a parkway, but park on a driveway…oh wait, now I do. Never mind. Or why generals eat in a private mess and privates eat in a general mess? It’s all very mysterious. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/14 "2013-10-18T18:50:30Z")
> [@Hoss\_N.Feffa](#): > > If I receive a set of two fixed-up skinless fruit from my German friend, did I get Per’s pair of repaired pared pears? Is Per the payer, per se, or is it Per’s perishing parish? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/15 "2013-10-18T19:00:43Z")
Are the people who police what’s considered allowable in polite society the _apropos po-po_? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/16 "2013-10-18T19:16:02Z")
How many homilies on hominy have you in your hymnal? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thoughts-and-ponderings/671582/17 "2013-10-18T20:48:21Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Are the people who police what’s considered allowable in polite society the _apropos po-po_? Ever have the fuzz buzz your cuz?