well...
I think of questions to ask 118118 (but never send them), such as:
where is bin laden hiding?
why?
were the moon landings faked?
how much are you paid?
what is the meaning of life?
if I were to set off now from london, would I get to barcelona quicker by train, bike, car, helicopter, fleet of turtles or plane?
why don't chickens that eat smarties lay rubik's eggs?
what number am I thinking of?
when is hammer time?
what is the square root of -9?
can a snake eat itself?
how can I train a poodle to fly?
how many planes have flown across papua new guinea since 1900?
yeah, I'm kinda mad.
(venort apparently exists, Wed 19 Nov 2008, 20:01, 3 replies)

ask these
you must enrich all our lives with answers. But here's my attempt:

- Behind the curtains. Hide-and-seek is the national sport of Afghanistan.

- Why not?

- Yes. That's no moon.

- Not a living wage.

- 42.

- It depends which is moving the fastest (has the greatest mean velocity, assuming equal routes, synchronised departures, and an absence of relativistic phenomena). A slow train will beat a stationary plane.

- Because no-one asked them to.

- Probably 118.

- An hour later in BST.

- 3i

- Only ouroborous-type serpents.

- Get it recruited into al-Qaida. They'll do the leg-work for you.

- None. Planes tend to fly *over* the land, and in any case it's only 21:29 so the overnight to Uruguay hasn't departed yet.

Hope this helps!
(The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Wed 19 Nov 2008, 21:13, closed)

The square root of -9
3i or 3j, depending who you ask.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 19 Nov 2008, 22:25, closed)

That sounds like a pretty good job
But I do wonder how thorough they are required to be.

Because I quite like the idea of racing to Barcelona on a fleet of turtles, against the other methods listed.

And being paid for it.
( Thinker, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 14:59, closed)