Questions you'd like answering, regardless of how trivial they may seem

[AndyRM]

Are Mumford and Sons totally derivative and boring?
Or am I missing something much deeper?
Every song is just the same. And they are all over my radio at the moment.
I would rather listen to Coldplay or U2 than this rubbish!

I saw an interview with the main guy who basically said "I heard Old Crow Medicine Show and copied them", so yeah, I'd say they're pretty derivative. They have a new album out which is very popular so I reckon that's why they're everywhere just now.

I suppose that leads me to my own question, because I'm pretty sure the interview was on The One Show; why on earth does that exist? On the very rare occasion I've seen bits of it I struggle to see what it's actually for. My favourite snippet was when Ice Cube was on it and he looked utterly bemused as well.

 

[VinSumRox]

Steady on now!

Yeah , maybe not that bad.

 

[PhotoNic69]

Why when trying to break a Jacobs Cracker in half, it seems to work better in one orientation rather than the other. It's almost like it had a "grain".
Why is this??...

 

[DaveReading]

They aren't quite square, either ...

 

[Tail End Charlie]

When you're taking a slice of butter, why does it curl up and round?

 

[grldtnr]

When you're taking a slice of butter, why does it curl up and round?

That would be a question of physics, of which I am unqualified to answer, depends on several different parameters, temperature of butter, the implements used weather a cutting action or scrapping action or even methodology.
So many variables to which it needs to be quantified to give a response.
A bit like asking ' Why does a brown cow give white milk when it only eats green grass?'

Which is like answering a question with another.....

 

[lazybloke]

Curly butter is like shavings from woodworking tools; smoothing planes and so on. Not sure why, but i like those shapes.

Milk is white because of the absorption spectra of the compounds it contains....

 

[grldtnr]

Curly butter is like shavings from woodworking tools; smoothing planes and so on. Not sure why, but i like those shapes.

Milk is white because of the absorption spectra of the compounds it contains....

I thought it might because Cows haven't learnt to 'blush'with embarrassment ...
Woodwork shavings could be explained by the grain direction of the workpiece, the action of shaving a sliver of will promote the curl, or perhaps like certain brands of proprietary undergarments, the sharp cutting edge, 'lifts and separates' the parts that other supportive hands can't reach

 

[Accy cyclist]

Is Ken (must be approaching his 90's now) Barlow still living on Coronation Street? 🤔

 

[Accy cyclist]

Is Ken (must be approaching his 90's now) Barlow still living on Coronation Street? 🤔

I've just looked it up. He's now 93 , born a month after my dad who passed away going on for 24 years ago.

 

[MontyVeda]

why don't any of the burger bars have any burger relish? I like hot chilli sauce on a burger but every now and then i just want relish and none of then have it. Seems a bit weird when its readily available in seemingly every food shop.

 

[stephec]

Why is it that whilst I'm at work I think of questions that I'd like to ask here, but by the time I get home I can't remember any of them?

 

[Webbo2]

Why is it that whilst I'm at work I think of questions that I'd like to ask here, but by the time I get home I can't remember any of them?

Is the main question have I booked that memory test.😉

 

[Chris S]

Does honey rot bears' teeth like it rots human ones?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Why is it that whilst I'm at work I think of questions that I'd like to ask here, but by the time I get home I can't remember any of them?

It’s called “The Doorway Effect” (or sometimes “The Location Updating Effect”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorway_effect