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I wasnt sure where it should go, its funny like a joke but I wanted to share it more than just be in the joke section. Does that make sense? Mods, move it if you HAVE to but its just so funny!


Questions that really need answers...

1. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"

2. Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's butt."

3. Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

4. If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

5. Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?

6. Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

7. Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?

8. Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!

9. If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?

10. If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

11. If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

12. If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

13. Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

14. Stop singing and read on..........

15. Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

16. Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

17. Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?

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

LIVE WELL...LAUGH OFTEN

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I just had to have answers, so I Googled them. Here’s what I came up with:


If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

Jimmy Crack Corn was an abolitionist song, and that "blue-tail fly" referred to federal troops in their blue uniforms overthrowing the slave owners. So it was important to a large group of people.


Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

The alphabet was first set to this tune in 1834, but the tune itself is older and nobody knows who came up with it. Also known as ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ and ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’ in the United States and ‘Ist das nicht ein Schnitzelbank?’ in Germany, the melody was used for an early country song in France. According to The Book of World Famous Music by James J. Fund, it first appeared without words as ‘Ah! Vous Dirai-Je, Maman’ (‘Shall I tell you, Mother?’) in Les Amusements d'une Heure et Demy by M. Bouin in Paris in 1761. The earliest known lyrics to be attached to this melody appeared around 1765 as ‘Le Faux Pas,’ as ‘La Confidence-Naïve’ in 1774, and then in Paris around 1780 as ‘Les Amours de Silvandre’.

See also Uncle Cecil’s input on the matter.





So—is everybody happy now? :mrgreen:

I know just what you’re all thinking… :gives:
 
Levonian said:
I just had to have answers, so I Googled them. Here’s what I came up with:


If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

Jimmy Crack Corn was an abolitionist song, and that "blue-tail fly" referred to federal troops in their blue uniforms overthrowing the slave owners. So it was important to a large group of people.


Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

The alphabet was first set to this tune in 1834, but the tune itself is older and nobody knows who came up with it. Also known as ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ and ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’ in the United States and ‘Ist das nicht ein Schnitzelbank?’ in Germany, the melody was used for an early country song in France. According to The Book of World Famous Music by James J. Fund, it first appeared without words as ‘Ah! Vous Dirai-Je, Maman’ (‘Shall I tell you, Mother?’) in Les Amusements d'une Heure et Demy by M. Bouin in Paris in 1761. The earliest known lyrics to be attached to this melody appeared around 1765 as ‘Le Faux Pas,’ as ‘La Confidence-Naïve’ in 1774, and then in Paris around 1780 as ‘Les Amours de Silvandre’.

See also Uncle Cecil’s input on the matter.



So—is everybody happy now? :mrgreen:

I know just what you’re all thinking… :gives:
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No, actually thats kind of cool information. Learning is good :thumb:
 
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