Banging my forehead on the keyboard for fun & entertainment

Trolling through WikiAnswers again and having a field day with the incoherence of both the questions and answers. I landed there by accident today (for a change) while looking for something else. This caught my eye: What is the culture of Canada? Intriqued, I clicked on the link. Here’s the answer: Canadian people mostly eat [...]

A lingering question that haunts me

As you already know, I like to troll places like Wiki Answers and Yahoo Answers for questions that baffle me. Some questions are so badly written or so weird, I feel like I’m watching a mental train wreck. This one is a bit of both: Syphilis: Why has its popularity declined in recent years? I [...]

I have a cunning plan

I have been thinking a lot this month. No, no.. don’t scurry away! You have nothing to fear, I think. You see, I want a scooter. Not just any scooter, but a beautiful Vespa. Since the first time I saw one in a film in the 1980′s I’ve coveted the Vespa. Well, I’ve hatched a [...]

Oh yea, this is something to brag about!

Today, Common Sense and Personal Pride died. They both crawled away into a dark corner and died of embarrassment. DespiteĀ  fighting a long and difficult battle against people who never understood the concept of “too much information” and “bad sharing”, they were ambushed by a rear guard of “what do you mean this should be [...]

Okay so I lied to you – here’s another silly answer

I stumbled across this tortured answer to a question about what the duties of a Medieval Nun were. Of course I had to share it with you. My agony is your agony. I added the paragraph breaks so it would be a bit easier to read. Everything else is exactly as the writer typed it: [...]

A coherent thought would be lovely right about now

I harbour, deep in my little furry heart, this faint hope that by the time a student begins to read Shakespeare, they are capable of writing a fairly coherent sentence. This extends to being able to ask a question that is understandable. Clearly this ability eludes the person who wrote this: Why was the last [...]

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