Interesting questions which go unanswered

[George 1978]

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Sorry, but I have thought of a few more:

If Conservatives are Conservative Party members, then what political party are "British nationals" members of?

If Plaid Cymru is referred to as "Plaid" (the Welsh word for Party), then why isn't Labour or the Conservatives referred to by just the word "Party"?

Why aren't Kazakh and Kyrgyz seen as racist abbreviations in the same way as Pakistan is when it is abbreviated in exactly the same way?

If JPN is an abbreviation for Japan, then why isn't RSA an abbreviation for Russia? And if RSA is an abbreviation for South Africa, then why isn't RUS an abbreviation for the United States?

Why didn't Katy Perry have exactly the same name as the comedienne Katy Brand when she briefly married Russell Brand? (I know that it is because Perry is her stage name and so therefore it doesn't change when she gets married, but still...)

A local Nottingham one here:

Why isn't the Broxtowe Estate part of Broxtowe Borough Council's area?

[victorbrunswick]

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If vegetarians eat veg, what do humanitarians eat?

[George 1978]

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If the fire brigade puts fires out, then what do the boys' brigade do?

[George 1978]

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Why are doctors said to be practicing? Shouldn't they've already done that in medical school???

Because practice makes perfect.


Thinking about it on the same lines as that and the building question above, if we listen to a tape of something on TV or the radio, we refer to it as a recording, don't we? Even though it has already been recorded.

[victorbrunswick]

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Why are doctors said to be practicing? Shouldn't they've already done that in medical school???

[George 1978]

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Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

Could it be something to do with the fact that when the bottle is tightly closed, any air cannot enter the bottle and so that prevents it from sticking, or the fact that the glue simply cannot stick to the bottle because of what the bottle is made of? I believe that the glue needs to "breathe" so that it can stick to things.

Also:

If the Queen lives to see her 100th birthday, who will send her a card (i.e. the traditional telegram)?

If the Queen has two birthdays in a year, then why didn't she get one on her 50th?

[zabadak]

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Why isn't a building called a "built"?

[tex]

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If man evolved from apes then why do we still have apes?

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

[George 1978]

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And of course The Orange Shop didn't sell oranges either.

I am surprised that the name Superdrug hasn't been a controversial name in that respect.

[zabadak]

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What does the Carphone Warehouse sell these days?

Also, does anyone read the Radio Times (mostly) to check what is on the radio?

[George 1978]

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And as Robin Cooper found out in his second Timewaster Letters book, Magnet sells fitted kitchens and not magnets.

And please don't make me speculate what Virgin Megastores were selling either...

[George 1978]

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Regarding the Boots selling boots thing, I suppose that I used to find it ironic that Sun-Day was the only day of the week that The Sun wasn't published on.

Of course, since February 2012 (and the end of the News of the World the year before), that is now not the case anymore.

[George 1978]

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Also Selfridges DON'T sell fridges !!

I am certain that I read one of Victor Lewis-Smith's columns a few years ago where he said that he rang up a branch of Selfridges and asked if they sold fridges. I believe that he did the stunt with calling up London Zoo and asking if G Raffe and LE Fant was there.

[George 1978]

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At least with a title like the Radio Times we know that they still carry radio station listings - I often get annoyed buying other recent TV listings magazines that no radio schedules are included. The name Radio Times means that there are radio listings inside - Paul Daniels once commented that the magazine is rather out of date.

It's like something historical that gets its original meaning forgotten about as the years and decades go by, and that new generations that eventually come along are not told about why something is so named from people who have been there longer or even remember it being names itself - the Chinese Whispers effect as I often call it.

Quite often some companies, as well as things like TV programmes and the like are named after a founder's name who has been long gone many decades later, and people wonder why it has that name - in that respect, in its early years a person's name meant its founder, whereas many decades later it means a company or something which is that person's legacy and lives on long after their death. For example, would you associate the name Disney with cartoons and Mickey Mouse, or with its founder? The cartoon side of course.

[Zincubus]

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Soooo

Why does Boots sell everything else EXEPT boots !!?!?!?


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Also Selfridges DON'T sell fridges !!


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