# Imponderable questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094 "2013-08-13T01:02:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [August 13, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/21 "2013-08-13T15:30:05Z")
How many angels can dance on the head of atheist before he notices them? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/22 "2013-08-13T16:22:00Z")
How much cow bell is just enough? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/23 "2013-08-13T16:44:09Z")
How many roads must a man walk down? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/24 "2013-08-13T16:56:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > How many angels can dance on the head of atheist before he notices them? Infinitely many. The atheist will never notice the angels, even as he wonders where that great dance music is coming from 😉 ---
**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:** [August 13, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/25 "2013-08-13T17:07:35Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > How many roads must a man walk down? I had the answer here just a minute ago. Now where did it go? Hold on a sec, I need to shut the window. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/26 "2013-08-13T17:11:33Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Infinitely many. The atheist will never notice the angels, even as he wonders where that great dance music is coming from 😉 An infinite number of angels would have an infinite number of eyes, yes? All quantities are equal to themselves. That’s axiomatic. Therefore, infinity equals infinity. That means the number of angels is equal to the number of eyes. Conclusion: Angels only have one eye apiece. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/27 "2013-08-13T17:15:15Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > What would Jesus do? What would Jesus’ name have been if he had been born in [Tennessee](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=699247)? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/28 "2013-08-13T17:16:30Z")
If he had been born south of Tennessee the answer is obvious. Jesus Bob ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/29 "2013-08-13T20:36:56Z")
Where does your lap go when you stand up? ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/30 "2013-08-13T20:40:39Z")
> [@Marine\_One](#): > > Where does your lap go when you stand up? [Lapland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland)? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/31 "2013-08-13T20:42:34Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Why did Solomon Grundy get married at the age of three days? oops. nm ---
**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:** [August 13, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/32 "2013-08-13T21:46:01Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Why did Solomon Grundy get married at the age of three days? He had to. He got his girlfriend pregnant at his Christening party. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/33 "2013-08-15T03:10:19Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Why are there no midgets on Death Row? Back in the day, they wouldn’t reach the electrodes unless you put them in a [booster chair](http://visual.merriam-webster.com/house/house-furniture/childrens-furniture/booster-seat.php) which was just…really, really disturbing. Nowadays, with lethal injection, it’s not a problem. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/34 "2013-08-15T03:15:30Z")
(See [here](http://www.thecomicstrips.com/store/add_strip.php?iid=83705) for a graphic illustration of the problem.) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/35 "2013-08-15T03:15:32Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > What would Jesus do? What would Jesus do for a Klondike bar? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/36 "2013-08-15T04:03:01Z")
If a train leaves Chicago at 8:00, and heads east at 58 mph; and another train leaves New York at 9:00, and heads west at 62 mph; then when does the Honolulu flight leave from San Francisco? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/37 "2013-08-15T06:36:21Z")
How much wood could a…Ahh nevermind. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/38 "2013-08-15T10:03:03Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > If a train leaves Chicago at 8:00, and heads east at 58 mph; and another train leaves New York at 9:00, and heads west at 62 mph; then when does the Honolulu flight leave from San Francisco? Yes. Yes it does. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/39 "2013-08-15T15:41:16Z")
When is a rose just a rose? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imponderable-questions/666094/40 "2013-08-15T17:09:43Z")
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