Interesting questions which go unanswered

[Zincubus]

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Haha - named after the founder, Mr. Boot, but you knew that...

I actually had no idea




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[Richard1978]

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My Dad can remember when he was young his parents rented a radio until the could afford to buy one. Radio Rentals started up in the 1930s & started to rent TVs when they came along, which became their main business.

I did wonder why the BBC kept their listings magazine as the Radio Times after television started to become more popular. When ITV started they were quick to claim TV Times for their magazine.

[George 1978]

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Ironically enough I saw a Boots Christmas catalogue from a couple of years ago and they did have some boots (or shoes at least) featuring on one of their pages - they might have been novelty slippers however. John Boot was the founder of Boots in Nottingham (says someone who is obviously local to the area itself). I thought that it was Jesse Boot who did the honours, although he has a local Primary School named after him rather than the big High Street chemist.

It's in the same vein that Currys don't sell curry, Birds the confectioners don't sell bird food etc. It's like an edition of That's Life! where Esther Rantzen pondered why Radio Rentals didn't rent radios anymore.

[zabadak]

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Soooo

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


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Haha - named after the founder, Mr. Boot, but you knew that...

[Zincubus]

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Soooo

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


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[George 1978]

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Some of my favourites:

Why do we have an Ace instead of a 1 in a pack of cards? Offhand, I have assumed that the answer is that it is because an Ace is higher than a King rather than lower than a 2 (as Play Your Cards Right has educated us), but am I correct regarding this? The Ace certainly represents a 1, as it has just 1 diamond or spade on it.

Why do we call the slices of bread that we dip into boiled eggs "soldiers"? Is it something historic (perhaps royalty) that it comes from?

Why do we have the Red Sea and the Black Sea when the seas are obviously not that colour?

And also...

Why does the first word of this question sounds and is actually pronounced exactly like penultimate letter of the alphabet?

Why-oh-why does the first three words sound like one and a half yoyos?

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There must be loads but here's a couple........

Why do you never see a baby pidgeon? maybe you have, if so prey tell.

Why do you never see a chinese tramp?....as above.............