Monday, January 9, 2012

Questions for a New Year

Why ill in kill, but laughter in slaughter?

Is men in women there deliberately?

Do all interesting women have problematic relationships with their mothers?

If the child is the father of the man, then he’s sleeping with… ? Never mind.

Which Republican presidential candidate would you feel most at ease with in a bar, sharing a pitcher of hemlock?

When a priest pennstates a choirboy, is the end-product sancta santorum?

If Immanuel Kant but the Vatican, should we even complete the sentence?

Are you better off in life crying in a Bentley or laughing on a Vespa?

Is Sumatra comfortable?

Why do Americans pretend there’s an “r” in Goethe?

If your spouse gets raptured, do you have to quit your swingers’ club?

Can you get acne from Facebook?

Is your guiding principle WWYYMD?*

Why does Texas exist?

Did Jimmy Carter really say, “I came, I saw, Iran”?

Is one man’s Mede another man’s Persian?

Do you pronounce Cretan and cretin the same way? Why? What have you got against Greeks?

If you were a drone, would you enjoy the flight?

Can you have an atrocity in the countryside?

Have you heard the one about Orthodox Jews refraining from having sex while standing up because it might be construed as dancing?

Who was Kim Kardashian’s equivalent in Classical Antiquity?

Do you agree with the following syllogism: “Socrates is a man; all men are mortal; therefore Socrates is a homosexual”?

Does it get better? Really?


*What Would Yo-Yo Ma Do?

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