The list for July 24, 1997
The Top 15 Least Popular Philosophical Questions
(Part I)
(Part I)
- Given an infinite number of geeks in an infinite number of Star-Trek conventions, would there be at least one with a life?
- Why is Pauly Shore so successful, while a deserving and talented actor like Tom Arnold is still struggling?
- Ask not for whom the bell tolls. Ask why Bell charges so much for toll calls.
- Can God make Marlon Brando so big that even He can’t move him?
- If you could go back in time, would you give Hitler a wedgie?
- The sky’s just BLUE, dammit! Get over it!
- If you sell a video explaining how you didn’t kill your ex-wife and her male friend and no one buys it, does it make a sound?
- What will I have for lunch today — chicken salad or egg salad?
- How much cheese could Chuck E. Cheese chuck if Chuck E. Cheese could chuck cheese?
- Yeah, where the hell *is* Waldo?
- If a monk, living in a monastery, takes a vow of silence, then talks in his sleep, has he broken his vow of silence? If so, who is going to tell on him?
- If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?
- If a thing of beauty is a joy forever, why does ugly seem to last so much longer?
- How many angels can writhe in tortured agony skewered on the pointy end of a pin?
And the Number 1 Least Popular Philosophical Question…
- If Mike Tyson bites off Jesus’ ear in a fight, is it a foul or a sacrament?
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CREDITS
Selected from 130 submissions from 51 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Hank Weilevy, Fairless Hills, PA — 1 (3rd #1)
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 2
- Debbie Lander, Las Vegas, NV — 3
- Greg Sadosuk, Fairfax, VA — 4
- Jim Key, Garland, TX — 5
- Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 6
- Lee Oeth, San Diego, CA — 6
- Kim Moser, New York, NY — 7
- Peg Warner, Derry, NH — 8
- Tony Hill, Minneapolis, MN — 9
- Stephen Pace, Houston, TX — 10, 12
- Jesse Garon, San Francisco, CA — 11
- Sterling Smith, Houston, TX — 12, 15
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 13
- David Hyatt, New York, NY — 14
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — Banner tag
- David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — Topic
- Chris White, New York, NY — List owner/editor
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