# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![jehan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@jehan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jehan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/101 "2003-06-13T02:15:36Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by pravnik \* [ Where have all the flowers gone? Well this one is obvious- Young girls have picked them, every one. And no, I DON’T know when they will ever learn ! ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/102 "2003-06-13T18:21:00Z")
\*\* criminalcatalog\*\* has suggested that many of these questions are indeed answerable, and I have to agree. **Why didn’t that guy in the desert just name the damn horse already?** He was too busy looking at plants and birds and rocks and things, **Who wrote the book of love?** A brief Google and an [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) search indicate that “The Book of Love” has not yet been written. **Teen Angel, can you hear me?** No, she’s dead. \*\* Can you hear me Major Tom?\*\* No, he’s dead. **Who put the bomp in the bomp-da-bomp-da-bomp?** Jerry Lee Lewis. **Does your chewing gum lose it’s flavor on the bedpost overnight?** Yes. **Do you know the way to San Jose?** > **[Official MapQuest - Maps, Driving Directions, Live Traffic](https://www.mapquest.com/)** > > Official MapQuest website, find driving directions, maps, live traffic updates and road conditions. Find nearby businesses, restaurants and hotels. Explore! **…is there life on Mars?** This is still being investigated. **Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?** It’s real life. Deal with it. **When the truth is found to be lies, And all the joy within you dies, Don’t you want Somebody To Love?** Yes. **What makes the world go around?** [http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/q1758.html](http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/q1758.html) **What is love?** [Dopers on love.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=190115) Anyone else got answers? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/103 "2003-06-13T18:33:45Z")
Can you see, by the dawn’s early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? Does that star-spangled banner yet wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Do you know the way to San Jose? ---
**Author:** ![waits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@waits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waits)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/104 "2003-06-13T20:36:08Z")
How many cabs in New York City? How many angels on a pin? How many notes in a saxophone? How many tears in a bottle of gin? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/105 "2003-06-14T00:26:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoCoolUserName \* > **Walking teeth. Now I’ve seen everything. I suppose next we’ll have the cow, Tennance, on our crowded hills. :eek:** The worst part of this is that I’ll now get a serious case of the giggles every time I sing this. [sub]_Bring me my bowl of Carling Cold, bring me my annals of design…[/sub]_ ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/106 "2003-06-14T02:11:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Red Dress, Don’t Leave Much to Guess, Guess Who’s Gonna Get Ya Tonight? Ruby Red-Dress? * * * Do you you throw out you gold teeth? Do you see how they roll? ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/107 "2003-06-14T02:13:09Z")
that’s YOUR gold teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/108 "2003-06-14T13:30:54Z")
Why do fools fall in holes? ---
**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/109 "2003-06-14T17:54:40Z")
Have you seen her? ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/110 "2003-06-14T19:49:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*The worst part of this is that I’ll now get a serious case of the giggles every time I sing this. > > [sub]_Bring me my bowl of Carling Cold, bring me my annals of design…[/sub]_ \*\* Thank you **jr8** , I was starting to think no one would notice. ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/111 "2003-06-14T20:04:44Z")
Q: Have you seen the little piggies, in their starched white shirts? A: No, but I have seen them churning up the dirt. * * * Q: Do you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain? A: _head explodes_ * * * Q: Sylvia, how do you call your loverboy? A: Come _here_, loverboy… * * * Q: Where do you go, my lovely? A: Where you can’t find me. Stalker creep. * * * Q: Are you gonna’ go my way? A: Depends. What do you drive? ---
**Author:** ![TwungTister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/112 "2003-06-14T20:11:51Z")
Do you believe in life after love? ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/113 "2003-06-15T16:02:26Z")
**You never even call me, I wonder why you don’t call me, why don’t you ever call me by my name?** The person asking this question is dating the guy who’s riding his horse in the desert. The guy may be showing early signs of Alzheimer’s. It’s also possible that this is a gimmick song, and it’s the horse asking the question. **Where the party at?** Biggirl’s house. **Where’s your head at?** Last time I saw it, it was in the mirror. **Hello, is it me you’re looking for?** No, I’m looking for my head. **Are you going to Scarborough fair?** Why, do you think it might be there? **What shall we use to fill the empty spaces where we used to talk?** Sex. **What do I have to do to prove my love to you?** This answer to this can be found in the song [Tuff Enuff](http://www.twin-music.com/azlyrics/f_file/thunderbirds.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Tambo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Mr\_Tambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Tambo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/114 "2003-06-15T16:37:05Z")
I would be glad if someone could inform me if this is what you wanted; to live in a house that is haunted by the ghosts of you and me? They certainly don’t sound like very comfortable living quarters to me. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/115 "2003-06-15T19:51:44Z")
Why do you come here when you know it makes things hard for me, when you know, why do you come? If you had one shot, one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted, would you capture it or just let it slip? Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? Tell me where is the love in what your prophet has said? ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/116 "2003-06-15T20:03:52Z")
\*\*How many notes on a saxophone - \*\* 51, 52 if using a bari sax with a low “A” key Does anyone really know what time it is? Are you ready, ready for the race, are you ready? \ (this is a song from DDR…) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/117 "2003-06-15T20:57:53Z")
Are you gonna stay with the one who loves you? Or are you going back to the one you love? What are you crazy, how in the hell can you say what you just said? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/118 "2003-06-15T21:03:11Z")
How many more years am I gonna have to let you dog me around? ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/119 "2003-06-16T15:43:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bibliophile \* > \*\*Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? > \*\* Around here, just tune to channel 6 (PBS) around 9 AM. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140/120 "2003-06-17T03:07:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr Tambo \* > **I would be glad if someone could inform me if this is what you wanted; to live in a house that is haunted by the ghosts of you and me?** Or, for that matter… Why don’t you come on back to the war? Who by fire? Who by water? Who in the sunshine? Who in the nighttime? Who by high ordeal? Who by common trial? Who in your merry, merry month of May? Who by very slow decay? And who shall I say is calling? Why don’t you try to do without him? Why don’t you try to live alone? Ol’ Laughin’ Lenny has **lots** of questions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswerable-questions-in-songs/181140.md?page=7)