# Why?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 27, 2000, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579 "2000-01-27T09:05:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/1 "2000-01-27T09:05:00Z")
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Yer pal,
Satan
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### Author:  [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/2 "2000-01-27T09:08:00Z")
Because I said so, young man!
Don’t look at me in that tone of voice!
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### Author:  [@Zulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulu)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/3 "2000-01-27T09:26:00Z")
Why not?
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### Author:  [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/4 "2000-01-27T10:09:00Z")
Yes, but how?
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/5 "2000-01-27T11:52:00Z")
Zee?
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/6 "2000-01-27T12:14:00Z")
Because “it’s there” man !
or maybe . . .
Hey, after half a bottle of Cuervo it made sense.
or maybe . . .
Ours is not to question “why”, ours is but to live and die.
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“Solos Dios basta” . . . but a little pizza won’t hurt.
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### Author:  [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/7 "2000-01-27T12:39:00Z")
Shit, I used to know this one…
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### Author:  [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/8 "2000-01-27T13:16:00Z")
I think you meant “Gry?”
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Thin_Skin)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/9 "2000-01-27T13:38:00Z")
It’s Satan’s work. Man’s desire to understand the workings of the world can only undermine faith. Children naturally ask why because they are still under Satan’s spell from their original sin. It is only when they are beaten down by the staff of conformity do they shed these evil ways.
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### Author:  [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/10 "2000-01-27T13:55:00Z")
Because we are drawn into the illusory physical world by desire and fear. Acting on desire and fear, we create ever stronger chains of kharma which bind us ever more tightly to the world of illusion. To break free, one must practice Dharma to achieve Nirvana and get off the life/death wheel of kharma. Are there any more questions? Remember, this is going to be on the final.
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/11 "2000-01-27T14:05:00Z")
Why? … because we like you.
[singing] M-O-U-S-E. [/singing]
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### Author:  [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/12 "2000-01-27T14:05:00Z")
:::the sound of one-handed applause:::
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/13 "2000-01-27T14:21:00Z")
Only satan can start a topic like this and make it interesting!
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### Author:  [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/14 "2000-01-27T14:24:00Z")
Because that’s the way we’ve always done it here.
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### Author:  [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/15 "2000-01-27T14:52:00Z")
Being somewhat more practical, I would rather know, “How?”
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/16 "2000-01-27T15:02:00Z")
Well, that **is** the mother of all general questions. And the mother of all general answers would be, “Cuz.”
Obviously posted by a snowed in guy with a bad case of cabin fever.
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### Author:  [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/17 "2000-01-27T17:18:00Z")
because it’s always the last question
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### Author:  [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/18 "2000-01-27T17:20:00Z")
For the money, of course.
And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those darned kids and that stupid dog.
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Livin’ on Tums, vitamin E and Rogaine
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### Author:  [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/19 "2000-01-27T17:21:00Z")
Why?
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### Author:  [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/6579/20 "2000-01-27T17:35:00Z")
Because, because, because, because, becaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuse…
Because of the wonderful things he does!
(Do do do do do do do de do…)
We’re off to see the Wizard! The wonderful Wizard of Oz!
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