Thread: Questions that puzzle you

why is abbreviation such a long word?
is there another word for thesaurus?

Why is it when you put something in a safe place - you can never find it again?

why is there only one monopolies commission?

Why don't they make aeroplanes out of they same stuff they make the black boxes out of?

My 1st puzzling question: Why do tornadoes in America attack trailer parks? You might argue that their flimsy construction just makes it appear they are more impacted. But they truly seem to get far more than their fair share.
A 2nd puzzling question: What is the normative rule in Thailand for which side of a busy sidewalk a person should walk on? Is it left-side or right? (and if there is no rule, why not?)
And yet a 3rd puzzling question: Why don't Middle Easterners on holiday in Thailand ever smile in public? It is kind of a fun place, you know.

Originally Posted by Sir Burr

I think being an Oncologist has to be the strangest. You usually can't cure them and spend most of your time telling people that they're going to die.

Morbid and foul, but well remunerated!

Who has to mop and wipe down the stalls at the 25-cent peep-show booths, or vacuum the backrooms at the Eden Club, or do the laundry at the short-time hotel

Originally Posted by floorpotato

My 1st puzzling question: Why do tornadoes in America attack trailer parks? You might argue that their flimsy construction just makes it appear they are more impacted. But they truly seem to get far more than their fair share.

Because Tornado Alley runs in broad a northwest-southeast swipe though from the Mid-West down into Florida and Texas and that's where you'll find some of America's poorest citizens.

Originally Posted by floorpotato

A 2nd puzzling question: What is the normative rule in Thailand for which side of a busy sidewalk a person should walk on? Is it left-side or right? (and if there is no rule, why not?)

There's no rule for modern technology like "sidewalks" in Thailand because the culture is so old and it wasn't properly colonised

Originally Posted by floorpotato

And yet a 3rd puzzling question: Why don't Middle Easterners on holiday in Thailand ever smile in public? It is kind of a fun place, you know.

Perhaps they're not having fun

Free Trade

Go and get a pint

How come at least twice in my life, I have spoken fluent Spanish in my sleep when I don't know any?

Errrrrm......how would you know that it was fluent Spanish?

On packets of food in supermarkets, what does "Country Style" actually mean?
That it has dirt in it?

how come I can never understand any post by either blackgang or TGS?

why is it that a piar of socks go in the washing machine, but only one ever seems to come out? And if that's the case, why does my washing machine not get clogged up?

Why do we drive on Parkways and park on driveways?

why have a 2B (Baht) coin when no vending machine will accept it?

Originally Posted by Sir Burr

On packets of food in supermarkets, what does "Country Style" actually mean?
That it has dirt in it?

It means that some large food conglomerate has loaded the product with artificial substances and is trying to fool you. For example, read the ingredients on a well-known American product called 'Country Style Lemonade'.

Originally Posted by Hootad Binky

Originally Posted by floorpotato

And yet a 3rd puzzling question: Why don't Middle Easterners on holiday in Thailand ever smile in public? It is kind of a fun place, you know.

Perhaps they're not having fun

Which leads to a more intriguing question: How can an entire culture on holiday in a country known for fun with all of its shopping, beaches, entertainment venues, excellent food, etc... not be having fun?