# Unanswered questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 17, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350 "2004-11-17T21:50:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/1 "2004-11-17T21:50:55Z")

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Who threw the overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s chowder?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/2 "2004-11-17T22:04:20Z")

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Who wrote the book of love?

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/3 "2004-11-17T22:07:38Z")

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Why do the birds go on singing?

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/4 "2004-11-17T22:11:28Z")

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Why do fools fall in love?

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/5 "2004-11-17T22:18:25Z")

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Why me lord?

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**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/6 "2004-11-17T22:22:09Z")

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Does this look infected to you?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/7 "2004-11-17T22:22:45Z")

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What is the answer to this question?

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**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:** [November 17, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/8 "2004-11-17T22:25:01Z")

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Where do butterflies go when it rains?  
Who goes around and tucks in the trains?  
Why does a teddy bear like to sleep?  
Why do we make promises we can’t keep?

– from “A Simple Man,” by Lobo, early 1970s.

Why do songs seem to supply most of the unanswered questions?

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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/9 "2004-11-17T22:36:58Z")

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Who put the tribbles in the quadrotriticale?

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/10 "2004-11-17T22:43:39Z")

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Who left the toilet seat up?

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/11 "2004-11-17T22:59:51Z")

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Who are you? Who who? Who who?

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/12 "2004-11-17T23:02:20Z")

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> [@dangermom](#):
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> Who put the tribbles in the quadrotriticale?

Uhura. Not directly but she is ultimately to blame.

…what?

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/13 "2004-11-17T23:04:47Z")

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Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

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**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/14 "2004-11-17T23:10:24Z")

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Why?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/15 "2004-11-17T23:11:06Z")

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how sock did your cup uncle?

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/16 "2004-11-17T23:12:04Z")

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Who put that bullet hole in Peggy’s kitchen wall?

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/17 "2004-11-17T23:19:31Z")

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Who put the bop in the bop- she-bop-she-bop?

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/18 "2004-11-17T23:29:04Z")

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[What the hell is that?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258660)

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**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/19 "2004-11-17T23:57:57Z")

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What if the sun refused to shine?

How do we sleep when the beds are burning?

Where do you go, my love?

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions/275350/20 "2004-11-18T00:07:18Z")

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How many roads must a man walk before you call him a man?

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