# "What is the best thing to feed to a corpse?" Questions designed to disorient... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 21, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133 "2003-03-21T16:13:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/1 "2003-03-21T16:13:31Z")
In another thread, someone (I forget who it was, but you know who you are) mentioned the possibility of bombarding Fred Phelps with stupid unanswerable questions (IIRC “why is it hard to juggle pianos?” was one of the suggestions). I quite like this idea - not that I’ll ever be likely to meet Phelps, but it would be nice to have a few of these up my sleeve for random idiots; any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![brainfizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brainfizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainfizz)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/2 "2003-03-21T16:20:39Z")
(Personally, I feed my corpses new Pal with marrowbone jelly. It gives their coat a more shiny luster) how many limbs does the man in the moon have? ---
**Author:** ![Severian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/3 "2003-03-21T16:29:33Z")
Supposedly money doesn’t grow on trees. What does money grow on? ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/4 "2003-03-21T17:11:17Z")
How many angels can you fit on the tip of a needle? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/5 "2003-03-21T17:19:19Z")
How come if you buy a bed-in-a-bag you get sheets, pillow cases, and a comforter, but no bed? Is it too hard to fit into a bag? ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/6 "2003-03-21T17:24:51Z")
Why is the ocean so near to the shore? Just exactly who _did_ put the “bop” in the “bop-sha-bop”? ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/7 "2003-03-21T17:26:02Z")
What, isn’t anyone going to ask about the 3rd -gry word? Well, I’m sure not going to. Do catamarans carry rabies? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/8 "2003-03-21T17:29:46Z")
[Paul Merton] How come you can have irony, but there’s no such thing as “sardony”? [/Paul Merton] How long does it take for the sun to revolve around the planet Jupiter? How sharp is a rollerblade? ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/9 "2003-03-21T17:38:54Z")
Oh, shoot - now I can’t stop… If cats always land on their feet, can a cat with no legs defy gravity? Blueberries are blue, blackberries are black - so shouldn’t strawberries be sort of beige (straw-colored)? Do dogs, wolves and foxes all speak the same language? ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/10 "2003-03-21T17:57:18Z")
If you tie a cat to a piece of buttered toast, have you invented a perpetual motion machine? ---
**Author:** ![TwungTister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/11 "2003-03-21T18:04:21Z")
Can you touch a purple gorilla? Why not? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/12 "2003-03-21T18:09:50Z")
If you were flying over a lake in a canoe, and one of the wheels fell off, how many pancakes would it take to shingle a doghouse? Regards, Shodan If Phelps asks you this one, the reply is “Thirteen - ice cream doesn’t have any bones.” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/13 "2003-03-21T18:17:00Z")
What’s the difference between an orange? ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_kilii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lynne\_kilii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynne_kilii)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/14 "2003-03-21T18:33:32Z")
**Kn\*ckers** , what color is Ras? ---
**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:** [March 21, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/15 "2003-03-21T19:19:38Z")
Why is a mouse when it spins? Is is further to Boston than to fly? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/16 "2003-03-21T19:33:07Z")
Do you drive to work or take your lunch? Is it colder in February than it is in Alberta? ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/17 "2003-03-21T19:33:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynne\_kilii \* > \ ***_Kn_ckers** , what color is Ras? \*\* It’s a shade of red, of course, just like Cran. How many lightbulbs does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Why can’t I get closed captioning on my radio? ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/18 "2003-03-21T19:42:39Z")
Shouldn’t I get to pay half price if I only buy one pant out of a pair? If we’re not supposed to eat animals, how come they’re made of meat? If I can’t _prove_ that a tree has dreams, how can I be sure that it never does? ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/19 "2003-03-21T19:49:02Z")
Why are you Fred Phelps, and not the Governor of Delaware? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/20 "2003-03-21T20:27:59Z")
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