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 Righto that one died.
	Righto that one died.QUESTIONS/ANSWERS
If you could ask one question to someone no longer alive what would it be and to whom would the question be put?
Alt: If you could ask one question to someone currently alive what would it be and to whom would the question be put?
Altalt: If you could know the answer to one single question what would the question be?
Give your reasoning behind any answers.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 9:54, 194 replies, latest was 13 years ago)
 Altalt: my kneejerk repsonse to this was 'what happens when you die?'
	Altalt: my kneejerk repsonse to this was 'what happens when you die?' but in actual fact I am so certain that the answer to this is 'fuck all' that I think that might be a wasted question.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 9:56, Reply)
 I thought these were interesting questions but hey ho fuck all y'all
	I thought these were interesting questions but hey ho fuck all y'all(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:00, Reply)
 i'd ask AA's mum, why AA didn't love her enough to save her
	i'd ask AA's mum, why AA didn't love her enough to save heralt:Tony Blair, did you know that there were no WMDs in iraq? doubleseat
Altalt: who IS the real Rory?
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:00, Reply)
 Apparently he genuinely believed there was, given the information he was handed.
	Apparently he genuinely believed there was, given the information he was handed.The information he was handed was narrow in scope and he didn't bother investigating further because it gave him the answer he wanted. He wanted the answer because the Americans were breathing down his neck.
This is paraphrased from a review about his autobiog.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:03, Reply)
 yeah i know, i just couldn't be bothered to think of anything else?
	yeah i know, i just couldn't be bothered to think of anything else?(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:04, Reply)
 Whatever, you fucking gap year prick.
	Whatever, you fucking gap year prick.Having a gap year. What a Rupert.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:06, Reply)
 did you not have one?
	did you not have one?I bet your well jelly of my entire year of partying and travelling without responsibilities or worries
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:08, Reply)
 That's the thing though Nakers, only a public school Rupert prick would envy another public school Rupert's gap yah.
	That's the thing though Nakers, only a public school Rupert prick would envy another public school Rupert's gap yah.(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:09, Reply)
 Actually, I didn't.
	Actually, I didn't.Because I'm not a GUATAMALAN WELL-DIGGING TARQUIN.
Also, because Mum and Dad wouldn't pay all my fees unless I went straight after Sixth Form.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:10, Reply)
 nope, I did labouring on building sites in the school holidays, worked at Gap and was an excellent barman
	nope, I did labouring on building sites in the school holidays, worked at Gap and was an excellent barmanso fuck you you prejudiced french prick
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:16, Reply)
 wow that looks a little angry
	wow that looks a little angrysorry Piere wuv you really, I'll bring ribs and ornage drink yeah?
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:16, Reply)
 It's Nigel Slaters so it may turn you gay I'm afriad
	It's Nigel Slaters so it may turn you gay I'm afriadwww.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/honey_roast_ribs_with_64823
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:25, Reply)
 you do know you don't actually have to work at GAP for a GAP year, right?
	you do know you don't actually have to work at GAP for a GAP year, right?(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:18, Reply)
 don't forget that most of this lot have such piss-easy 9-5 jobs that they are on permanent gap-years
	don't forget that most of this lot have such piss-easy 9-5 jobs that they are on permanent gap-years(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:17, Reply)
 you know, your sentence "the information he was handed"
	you know, your sentence "the information he was handed"is far more interesting when read as an answer to the question "who is the real rory".
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:09, Reply)
 Just because he used the word 'scope', doesn't mean he was talking about Rory.
	Just because he used the word 'scope', doesn't mean he was talking about Rory.(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:10, Reply)
 I've just been in the board room supporting the CEO and his global directors.
	I've just been in the board room supporting the CEO and his global directors.Unsurprisingly, the CEO was of forceful personality. However, the scariest by far was female. Why are powerful women so draconian? That is the question I would ask to a battery of eminent psychologists, both living and dead, along with the follow up "Am I quivering out of pants-shitting terror or suppressed desire and, since I am a grown man, why?"
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:00, Reply)
 Isn't it because, in order to succeed in male-dominated environments, they over-compensate by being complete ball breaking bitches.
	Isn't it because, in order to succeed in male-dominated environments, they over-compensate by being complete ball breaking bitches.The confusion arises from you finding the fear it invokes within you a massive turn on.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:04, Reply)
 pussy, always remember you can beat the shit out of her in a fight
	pussy, always remember you can beat the shit out of her in a fightunless shes a tubber
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:05, Reply)
 They overdo it because they feel they need to to 'level the playing field' and as such act like massive cunts because inside they lack confidence.
	They overdo it because they feel they need to to 'level the playing field' and as such act like massive cunts because inside they lack confidence.And are blobbing, obv.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:06, Reply)
 Oh, I should have guessed about the blobbing.
	Oh, I should have guessed about the blobbing.You know me, Monts, I'm a natural feminist.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:07, Reply)
 because they have to be
	because they have to beafter a lifetime of men being sexist and using words like "blobbing" and "babybrain"
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:08, Reply)
 She can't hear you over the sound of her biological clock ticking.
	She can't hear you over the sound of her biological clock ticking.(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:10, Reply)
 Swipe's must be banging away like Big Ben's clock, by now.
	Swipe's must be banging away like Big Ben's clock, by now.Poor love.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:14, Reply)
 actually it's st stephen's clock, you ignoramus
	actually it's st stephen's clock, you ignoramusthat's the name of the tower
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:15, Reply)
 Big Ben is the name of the bell, you idiot.
	Big Ben is the name of the bell, you idiot.Therefore, Big Ben's clock is correct. Or, at least, acceptable.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:19, Reply)
 Go easy on her - not only is she likely to be blobbing, but those eggs are in limited supply now.
	Go easy on her - not only is she likely to be blobbing, but those eggs are in limited supply now.Poor thing will probably have a little weep in the bogs later.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:21, Reply)
 She'll have to bake a menopause cake soon
	She'll have to bake a menopause cake soonIt’s a bit dry… why’s there no jam? Did you run out of eggs?
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:23, Reply)
 bring that shit ON
	bring that shit ONi've seen what my brothers' lives are like with kids. one of them has to pretend he is constipated just to get 10 minutes alone in the bathroom. and then his daughter will say wonderingly, "daddy's poos never smell."
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:27, Reply)
 Mine's Helmut, which is lol on two levels
	Mine's Helmut, which is lol on two levelsFirstly "lol nob gag"
Secondly, I'm French and easily dominated by the desires of my German overlords.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:24, Reply)
 I'd ask the virgin Mary...
	I'd ask the virgin Mary...Alt: The duke of Westminster. Can I have your PIN please.
AltAlt: I rather wish to know the answer to this. If I bucked up my ideas and applied myself with gusto, would it make the slightest difference to my life, or will I continue to be a wage slave until I die?
I would have thought the reasons were obvious.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:04, Reply)
 My Mum
	My MumWas Green Day really that bad?
Alt: Part of me would like to ask Breivik why he did what he did, as I simply can't accept the answers he's already given, they just seem...wrong?
AltAlt: What are next weeks lottery numbers? That'd be nice.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:06, Reply)
 Breivik did what he did for the same reason all calculated murders happen,
	Breivik did what he did for the same reason all calculated murders happen,he viewed his victims as sub-human.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:08, Reply)
 Ah no, I dislike humans in general,
	Ah no, I dislike humans in general,but I do so because I don't like certain human traits. Different thing.
I'm more your eugenics sort. Breed it out.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:13, Reply)
 See, I believe people have the right to life.
	See, I believe people have the right to life.It doesn't necessarily follow that they get the right to breed.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:16, Reply)
 It's certainly how I view most people
	It's certainly how I view most peopleNigh on 40 years of dealing with dribbling imbeciles has entrenched this opinion more deeply with each passing day, too.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:13, Reply)
 i would ask hitler what happened to all the nazi gold
	i would ask hitler what happened to all the nazi goldthen i would go and dig it up
alt: i would ask you, what's your problem with QUICHE?
altalt: lottery numbers pls
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:07, Reply)
 From you, I would have hoped for something a little less shallow.
	From you, I would have hoped for something a little less shallow.SHAME ON YOU.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:18, Reply)
 i'd probably ask a celebirty If you could ask one question to someone currently alive what would it be and to whom would the question be put?
	i'd probably ask a celebirty If you could ask one question to someone currently alive what would it be and to whom would the question be put?(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:08, Reply)
 I get all the answers I need by starting the occasional thread here.
	I get all the answers I need by starting the occasional thread here.(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:11, Reply)
 me too
	me toothen i am qualified to tell anybody anything, from the housing market, to investing in shares, to international politics, to football. all without ever leaving my own squat.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:14, Reply)
 Nikola Tesla - where did you hide the blueprints
	Nikola Tesla - where did you hide the blueprintsalt: Kim Jong-un "are you fucking mental?"
altalt: how to generate virtually free limitless clean easily distributable energy for all.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:14, Reply)
 I'd ask Five Star if they ever considered working with Matt Bianco.
	I'd ask Five Star if they ever considered working with Matt Bianco.(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:17, Reply)
 Probably not, they're deeply attached to their own system of pop tunes.
	Probably not, they're deeply attached to their own system of pop tunes.(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:20, Reply)
 I'd ask Martin Luther King why he didn't know that hearing about other people's dreams is really fucking boring, so boring in fact that people might well shoot you just to shut you up
	I'd ask Martin Luther King why he didn't know that hearing about other people's dreams is really fucking boring, so boring in fact that people might well shoot you just to shut you up(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:24, Reply)
 Someone at work today started talking about their dream where they had cancer
	Someone at work today started talking about their dream where they had cancerI stopped them after 5 seconds by informing them that listening to people talk about their dreams is fucking dull and on a scale of talking about things that never fucking happened its lower than talking about Eastenders.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:30, Reply)
 What about if one of them always tells the truth, but the other always lies?
	What about if one of them always tells the truth, but the other always lies?And what about if there's a door behind them and one leads on to the castle of the Goblin King, but the other leads to certain death?
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:34, Reply)
 Well.......
	Well.......The lying door will tell you the truth-telling door will tell you to take the wrong path, not because it is deceiving, but because it is given that it always lies.
The truth-telling door will tell you that the lying door will also tell you the wrong path.
Then, Jennifer Connelly knows which door is the wrong door and must take the opposite.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:40, Reply)
 Was he the one who said disabled people had brought it all on themselves?
	Was he the one who said disabled people had brought it all on themselves?(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:48, Reply)
 he's mistaken the Labyrinth cagharacter "Hoggle" for fundamenatlist christian and ex-England football manager "Glen Hoddle"
	he's mistaken the Labyrinth cagharacter "Hoggle" for fundamenatlist christian and ex-England football manager "Glen Hoddle"who believes disabled people are disabled because of perceived crimes that they enacted in previous lives.
hth xx
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:53, Reply)
 :(
	:(The question she asks is "will he tell me that this is the door that leads to the castle", or somesuch, and he answers yes and then she goes into an explanation that leaves me scratching my head.
I'd so die on that test.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:53, Reply)
 And the knocker says yes.
	And the knocker says yes.This means:
Assuming it's the LYING knocker, then the honest knocker would *not* tell her that was the way to the castle. Therefore, it's not the way to the castle.
Assuming it's the HONEST knocker, then the lying knocker *would* tell her that's the way to the castle, which would obviously be a lie. Therefore, it's not the way to the castle.
That's why she chooses the other door.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:57, Reply)
 So she should take the other door
	So she should take the other doorBecause no matter which one she asks "will he tell me that this is the door that leads to the castle" they will both say yes if its the wrong door.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:58, Reply)
 I wouldn't ask anyone anything cos I already got all the answers I need
	I wouldn't ask anyone anything cos I already got all the answers I need(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:37, Reply)
 so you know why you're such a cunt and yet choose not to do anything about it?
	so you know why you're such a cunt and yet choose not to do anything about it?(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:38, Reply)
 I am an awful cunt but I thought I'd hid it well from you my loving online fans
	I am an awful cunt but I thought I'd hid it well from you my loving online fansOH WELL
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:44, Reply)
 I'm going to be busy all that day, so in a way that's a present of a sort
	I'm going to be busy all that day, so in a way that's a present of a sortYou'll have pretty much zero chance of bumping into me. What a gift
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:52, Reply)
 Yeah man
	Yeah manMight have to be the Sat if that's alright? I'm KNOPFLING on the Thursday and hopefully meeting my mate's fruity mates on the Friday to try and sniff their vaginas
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:56, Reply)
 I want to hear him play some nice guitar notes
	I want to hear him play some nice guitar notesThe guitar notes, they will be so nice
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:09, Reply)
 I *might* be away then so let's see nearer what you lot call 'da toime'
	I *might* be away then so let's see nearer what you lot call 'da toime'(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:04, Reply)
 I'd come out
	I'd come outbut not if you're not going to get me a present on my fucking birthday, you selfish cunt.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:13, Reply)
 Fine I'll bring you summat Irish
	Fine I'll bring you summat IrishLike a potato with a fanny cut into it
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:14, Reply)
 One of my friends did a gap yah in Nepal
	One of my friends did a gap yah in Nepalteaching English to nuns. On the way home she stopped in Calcutta and worked with Mother Theresa's nuns.
Bit of an odd girl, but very lovely.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:43, Reply)
 I wish I'd took one, so what I did instead is I dropped out of uni then had a few gap years on the trot
	I wish I'd took one, so what I did instead is I dropped out of uni then had a few gap years on the trot (, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:45, Reply)
 I'm having mine now.
	I'm having mine now.Though the word 'gap' does imply some sort of activity on the other end...
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:46, Reply)
 A life of leisure is nothing to be sniffed at
	A life of leisure is nothing to be sniffed atJust pretend you're 19th century gentry
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:50, Reply)
 + years plural
	+ years pluralI'm just not convinced by your job seeking efforts beth, it's almost like you don't mind being perma unemployed
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:49, Reply)
 I think most of her efforts have been concentrated on seeking those life insurance policy documents.
	I think most of her efforts have been concentrated on seeking those life insurance policy documents.(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:50, Reply)
 word bruv word. At lot of her type are reluctant to give up the carers allowance that she gets for changing over her husbands catheter once a week
	word bruv word. At lot of her type are reluctant to give up the carers allowance that she gets for changing over her husbands catheter once a weekit's funny how the poles can find a job in WSM and they can't string a sentence together, and yet our bethany is still desperately looking for employment to her suiting
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:54, Reply)
 Hey Rory, I'm long term unemployed and, not being willing to accept jobs that I feel are beneath me
	Hey Rory, I'm long term unemployed and, not being willing to accept jobs that I feel are beneath meor to commute in any way, I haven't found a job yet. No matter how much I whinge about it, this situation doesn't seem to change. What can I do to stop the world being so mean to me?
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:55, Reply)
 Dear Kroney, Beth and Purpledoris
	Dear Kroney, Beth and PurpledorisYou sicken me. Your 'searching' for employment that doesn't exist, because believe it or not you have to travel further than the end of the road, this is the 21st century not the fourteenth, and you are not a landed serf. There's plenty of jobs out there, albeit unskilled perhaps, but you aint landed gentry neither so get your hands a bit dirty.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:02, Reply)
 A lot of those Polish girls are quite attractive, whereas b3th is more your niche fetish type.
	A lot of those Polish girls are quite attractive, whereas b3th is more your niche fetish type.(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:56, Reply)
 she's the classic 'wood nymph' if I remember her wedding photograph correctly
	she's the classic 'wood nymph' if I remember her wedding photograph correctly(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:04, Reply)
 nah there was a terrible athena poster from twenty years ago of a hideous obese woman reclined in the forest with rolls of fat protecting her modesty
	nah there was a terrible athena poster from twenty years ago of a hideous obese woman reclined in the forest with rolls of fat protecting her modesty(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:16, Reply)
 i just bought my team those new big cadburys chocolate bars
	i just bought my team those new big cadburys chocolate barsone has popping candy and jelly inside; one has cookies and nuts. they are both rather fit.
how am i supposed to think kraft buying cadburys is a bad thing now?
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:59, Reply)
 Its a shame B3th stood me up the other day
	Its a shame B3th stood me up the other dayI had prepared a FUCKING HILARIOUS joke where I would ask her to "Mod this pint for me B3th"
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 10:59, Reply)
 except that with your accent she'd have heard
	except that with your accent she'd have heardoohh arrrrrrrr pasty
you can save it for me and vipros in august. that will be fun.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:00, Reply)
 I don't speak like a Bristonian thanks
	I don't speak like a Bristonian thanksAsk B3th, she's heard my voice.
*edit* when in August? I look forward to it!
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:01, Reply)
 HAVE YOU BEEN USING HER UNIQUE SEX SERVICE TELEPHONE LINE AGAIN ??!?!?!?
	HAVE YOU BEEN USING HER UNIQUE SEX SERVICE TELEPHONE LINE AGAIN ??!?!?!?(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:05, Reply)
 My voice is stupidly high pitched and posh.
	My voice is stupidly high pitched and posh.No wonder I had no authority as a teacher.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:11, Reply)
 That wouldn't work, it'd have to be a giant picture of a pint in the front door of the pub.
	That wouldn't work, it'd have to be a giant picture of a pint in the front door of the pub.(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:03, Reply)
 Well I went to the pub and argued
	Well I went to the pub and arguedthat it was a wooden door that allowed the fixing of a picture of a giant pint on to it. But the landlord told me to fuck off and took it down anyway.
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 11:09, Reply)
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