# Answer this question without Google (Creative thinkers enter) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 11, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818 "2008-03-11T11:48:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/41 "2008-03-11T12:33:52Z")
allthatshitbyyou.jpg srsly, can I get a self imposed vacation? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/42 "2008-03-11T12:34:09Z")
Have fun ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/43 "2008-03-11T12:35:16Z")
don’t worry I skimmed through it and recognized a few But, 2 buckets:1 cup - are the buckets the same size? ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/44 "2008-03-11T12:35:58Z")
2 buckets:1 cup - are the buckets the same size? ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/45 "2008-03-11T12:38:13Z")
> [@Clean Baldy](#): > > **NEW QUESTION** If humans are 70% water, how do we stay together? Thats a lot of water… 70% water is nothing compared to the volume of “space” in the valence shell of atoms that make up “solid” objects. i.e. every object that you interact with every day has more “nothing” than “something” per unit volume. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/46 "2008-03-11T12:40:07Z")
^very true fact that i enjoy…hope to use that to pick up a girl at a bar sometime soon. thanks for the random fact that i hadn’t thought about. ---
**Author:** ![Griff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Griff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Griff)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/47 "2008-03-11T12:47:08Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#): > > hope to use that to pick up a girl at a bar sometime soon. Ha … lame ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/48 "2008-03-11T12:54:54Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > What causes tides? You know, the shoreline of an ocean moving in and out? This answer is in fact very deep, and has to do with more than just the lunar gravity. Solar gravity has an effect as well. To fully answer this question would require a thesis paper. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/49 "2008-03-11T12:55:14Z")
we all really need to work …at work :gotme: a thread that did not fail: [http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45712](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45712) bring it back ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/50 "2008-03-11T12:57:46Z")
When I have this bowel movement does the water get forced down to the toilet? or does the water level rise. also how far in should i zoom in with my camera on my phone to send the picture to pass mcgrass? ---
**Author:** ![Pass\_McGass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pass_mcgass/32/7616_2.png) [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/51 "2008-03-11T13:07:53Z")
> [@OfficerK](#): > > This answer is in fact very deep, and has to do with more than just the lunar gravity. Solar gravity has an effect as well. To fully answer this question would require a thesis paper. here’s a very basic picture, but it might help some get the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/52 "2008-03-11T13:09:40Z")
> [@OfficerK](#): > > This answer is in fact very deep, and has to do with more than just the lunar gravity. Solar gravity has an effect as well. To fully answer this question would require a thesis paper. “The” followed by “moon” would be sufficient for an internet message board. Even just “moon” would have been acceptable. :picard: ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/53 "2008-03-11T13:11:30Z")
> [@The\_Russian](#): > > Its 70% first of all. 76ish to be exact ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/54 "2008-03-11T13:22:36Z")
> [@66impalass](#): > > ish to be exact when is an “ish” exact? Besides, I can drink 2% by (my) mass water without getting sick depending on thirst. So there is no exact. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/55 "2008-03-11T13:29:09Z")
> [@FormulaLS1](#): > > Riddles > > ``` > * Why is a manhole cover round? > > ``` > > ~So it can’t fall into itself/Its heavy and you can roll it. > > ``` > * How many cars are there in the USA? (A popular variant is "How many gas stations are there in the USA?") > > ``` > > ~A lot? Just as many as needed? > > ``` > * How many manhole covers are there in the USA? > ~The same amount as manholes? Unless they don't sell them in sets? > > ``` > > - You’ve got someone working for you for seven days and a gold bar to pay them. The gold bar is segmented into seven connected pieces. You must give them a piece of gold at the end of every day. If you are only allowed to make two breaks in the gold bar, how do you pay your worker? > ~ Right down the middle? Give him 1/2 a piece each day and the remaining half when he is finished? > > - Imagine a disk spinning like a record player turn table. Half of the disk is black and the other is white. Assume you have an unlimited number of color sensors. How many sensors would you have to place around the disk to determine the direction the disk is spinning? Where would they be placed? > ~Black and white aren’t colors? If they could sense the change, 2. > > - Imagine an analog clock set to 12 o’clock. Note that the hour and minute hands overlap. How many times each day do both the hour and minute hands overlap? How would you determine the exact times of the day that this occurs? > ~It happens once an hour, starting at the hour 12 and increasing by 5 minutes each hour. 12, 1.05, 2.10 etc. > > - The SF Chronicle has a word game where all the letters are scrambled up and you have to figure out what the word is. Imagine that a scrambled word is 5 characters long: > 1. How many possible solutions are there? > 2. What if we know which 5 letters are being used? > 3. Develop an algorithm to solve the word. > ~Cunts, thats 5. > > - There are 4 women who want to cross a bridge. They all begin on the same side. You have 17 minutes to get all of them across to the other side. It is night. There is one flashlight. A maximum of two people can cross at one time. Any party who crosses, either 1 or 2 people, must have the flashlight with them. The flashlight must be walked back and forth, it cannot be thrown, etc. Each woman walks at a different speed. A pair must walk together at the rate of the slower woman’s pace. > > - If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail, how would you measure exactly 4 quarts? > ~Drink 1 quart. > > - If you have two buckets, one with red paint and the other with blue paint, and you take one cup from the blue bucket and poor it into the red bucket. Then you take one cup from the red bucket and poor it into the blue bucket. Which bucket has the highest ratio between red and blue? Prove it mathematically. > ~ The red bucket will always have a higher red to blue ratio, but the blue bucket will be the most pure. Finally that was way too long. Question: How long will it take for American society to collapse due to (Question number 2). I’ll say general stupidity and less then 100 years. Edited for lack of sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Griff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Griff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Griff)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/56 "2008-03-11T13:30:38Z")
:picard: man hole covers are round cause man holes are ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/57 "2008-03-11T13:31:13Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#): > > Finally that was way too long. > > Question: How long will it that the American society to collapse due to (Question number 2). > > I’ll stay general stupidity and less then 100 years. ![http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n71/sczmaster33/Fark%20Pics/DoYouSpeakEnglish.gif](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/2/2/22c98bec827176e95b7c54c4659d74f086230e87.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/58 "2008-03-11T13:32:17Z")
> [@Griff](#): > > :picard: > man hole covers are round cause man holes are are what? Tripping hazards? Prevalent in American society? dangerous? ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/59 "2008-03-11T13:39:27Z")
**Question: Why do we have 10 fingers and toes? Why not 9 or 8 or 11?** ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818/60 "2008-03-11T13:47:33Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > **Question: Why do we have 10 fingers and toes? Why not 9 or 8 or 11?** hand evolution has revolved around the shocker. without 5 fingers (4 fingers, 1 thumb)… the shocker would not be anatomically correct nor as efficient for the “surprise attack” as it is now. as far as toes… you got me [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/answer-this-question-without-google-creative-thinkers-enter/44818.md?page=4)