# "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:** 3
**Author:** ![IThinkNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ce73a5/32.png) [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/41 "2003-03-22T16:19:47Z")
Yeah— but it takes the punch out of it if you answer your question and describe why it’s funny. It ruins the ‘unanswerable question’ factor. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/42 "2003-03-22T19:37:06Z")
If you got a new motorcycle for your girlfriend, how long would it take before you started to miss her? ---
**Author:** ![TwungTister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/43 "2003-03-22T20:03:33Z")
**Ithinknot** I wouldn’t answer my own question. I’m just saying I need to word it somehow so that you don’t know who is “him”. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/44 "2003-03-22T22:13:30Z")
What happens when an irresistable force meets an immovable object? How many beans make five? ---
**Author:** ![IThinkNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ce73a5/32.png) [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/45 "2003-03-22T23:12:39Z")
Ah— okay. I see. You have my apology. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/46 "2003-03-22T23:58:10Z")
In a gay comedy team, which one’s the straight man? ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/47 "2003-03-23T04:16:06Z")
Why is it considered gauche to build a toothpaste factory in a marshy region? ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/48 "2003-03-23T04:37:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pravnik \* > \*\*1. Both have inky quills. > > 1. Because there’s a B in both and an N in neither. \*\* No N in raven? The man’s clearly ravin’! ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/49 "2003-03-23T04:44:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pravnik \* > \*\*2. Because there’s a B in both and an N in neither. \*\* No N in raven? Now, sir, you’re the one who’s ravin’! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/50 "2003-03-23T04:47:58Z")
Crap! Pardon the dual post. It didn’t appear to have gone through the first time.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/51 "2003-03-23T04:58:26Z")
How deep is deep doo-doo? ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/52 "2003-03-24T04:33:48Z")
If a bear shits in the woods, and nobody is there to smell it, does it still stink? Are the voices in my head too loud for you? Does the manufacturing of Molasses hurt the moles at all? ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/53 "2003-03-24T04:35:38Z")
How do matzos reproduce? ---
**Author:** ![TheOtherOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@TheOtherOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOtherOne)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/54 "2003-03-24T06:14:21Z")
What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/55 "2003-03-24T07:31:58Z")
What do you mean? An African or a European swallow? well, _someone_ had to say it… ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/56 "2003-03-24T07:46:22Z")
Do you ever wake up at night and wonder why Sonny shot the pizza? Is Norwegian Herring the cause of the second movement in Mozart’s uterus? Can England be spelled without mocha lemon punch bars? How many miles of soup spoons run perpendicular to Fargo, Montana? ---
**Author:** ![deball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@deball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deball)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/57 "2003-03-24T15:40:52Z")
What does salt taste like? Why is Hitler? Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/58 "2003-03-24T19:42:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Davebear \* > \*\*No N in raven? Now, sir, you’re the one who’s ravin’! 😉 \*\* Yeah, but that’s the joke…there actually is a N in both words and a B in neither word, but there’s a B in the _word_ both and and N in the _word_ neither. See? Funny! Ok, maybe not. ---
**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 24, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/59 "2003-03-24T20:34:11Z")
Ow, my head, **pravnik**. But that is funny. Which do you like better: rhubarb, or not? How many states does Canada have? Where have all the cowboys gone? WHERE, DAMMIT?! ---
**Author:** ![WonTon\_Sean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WonTon\_Sean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WonTon_Sean)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133/60 "2003-03-25T01:50:04Z")
Why do fools fall in love? Everybody knows the moon is not made out of green cheese. But if it were made out of spare ribs, would you eat it? What weighs more, a pound of feathers or the color orange? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thing-to-feed-to-a-corpse-questions-designed-to-disorient/163133.md?page=4)