# Unanswerable Questions (in songs) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140 "2003-06-11T16:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/21 "2003-06-11T18:33:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Faerie Nuff \* > \*\*Sorry, but I really wanna know who let those damn dogs out. I want to find them and hurt them. \*\* Apparently [Katya Brodowski of Stafford, Virginia](http://www.worth1000.com/view.asp?entry=39409&display=text). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/22 "2003-06-11T18:35:32Z")
Who dat man? Now who’s happy? How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man? Why do fools fall in love? Could you please, please, _please_ make it a cheesburger? What makes your big head so hard ? Ain’t that just like a woman? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/23 "2003-06-11T18:54:30Z")
“Tommy, can you hear me?” Okay, so the answer is no. ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/24 "2003-06-11T18:58:50Z")
What you gonna give me for that piece of corn bread? Who’s making love to your old lady while you were out making love? Dream baby, how long must I dream? Does anybody really know what time it is? If I don’t stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze? Will she remember my old voice while I fight the tears? Is there life on Mars? Do you remember Dick Tracy? Do you remember Shane? _¿Quién es ese negro?_ ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/25 "2003-06-11T19:04:27Z")
Donde esta, Santa Claus? ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/26 "2003-06-11T19:04:27Z")
Donde esta, Santa Claus? ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/27 "2003-06-11T19:45:54Z")
## If paradise is half as nice As heaven that you take me to, Who needs paradise? (amen corner- remember them?) (of course, on the other hand, if paradise is better, then forget it) ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/28 "2003-06-11T20:15:25Z")
DO you know the way to San JOse? ---
**Author:** ![SeGate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SeGate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeGate)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/29 "2003-06-11T20:27:59Z")
Why don’t we do it in the road? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/30 "2003-06-11T20:32:56Z")
Where have all the cowboys gone? Why don’t you tell me your name? Hey Joe, where are you going with that gun in your hand? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/31 "2003-06-11T20:41:50Z")
Can you help me to find Nevada, California? Should I try to write some more, at 25 or 6 to 4? * * * Fagjunk Theology: Not just for sodomite propagandists anymore. ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/32 "2003-06-11T20:43:32Z")
What’s love got to do with it? And why, Georgia? Why? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/33 "2003-06-11T22:06:49Z")
When will you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut? If you’re so clever, why do you sleep alone tonight? How do you afford your rock n roll lifestyle? Who’s that girl? ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/34 "2003-06-11T23:27:18Z")
Do you take sugar? One lump or two? ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/35 "2003-06-11T23:31:00Z")
What’s so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/36 "2003-06-12T00:20:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SeGate \* > \*\*Why don’t we do it in the road? \*\* Too much traffic. Why don’t you do right, like the other men do? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/37 "2003-06-12T00:28:39Z")
Who are you? Who? Who? Who? Who? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/38 "2003-06-12T00:35:42Z")
Edwin Starr asked “WAR !!! What is it good for?” The Yardbirds asked “Over, Under, Sideways, Down, Backward, Forward, Square and Round… When Willl It End?” ---
**Author:** ![Celaeno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Celaeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celaeno)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/39 "2003-06-12T00:40:47Z")
Why does it always rain on me? Is it because I lied when I was seventeen? ---
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/40 "2003-06-12T00:41:36Z")
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