Curious Questions?

[jjamesge]

If a woodchuck could chuck wood. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

About the same as:

How many pecks of pickled peppers could Peter Piper pick, if Peter Piper could pick pecks of pickled peppers?

[tech_airman]

If a woodchuck could chuck wood. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

About the same as:

How many pecks of pickled peppers could Peter Piper pick, if Peter Piper could pick pecks of pickled peppers?

jjamesge,

0. The peppers were already picked off the pepper plant before the pickling process. It is pointless to pick pickled peppers off a pickled pepper plant because pickled pepper plants do not exist, however pepper plants do exist. Ponder promptly of picking peppers that were previously picked.

[tech_airman]

If a woodchuck could chuck wood. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

The question we need to answer first is if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Then we can work on how much later.

[tech_airman]

Basic English grammar for a sentence is [subject] [verb] [object]. So let's compose a sentence.

I am tech_airman.

subject = 'I'
verb = "am"
object = "tech_airman"

Is the subject the same as the object in the above sentence?

[spaldo1973]

If you wanna really get basic, all you need for a basic English sentence is a noun and a verb, such as "Jesus wept".

Now, to get a little more technical, the sentence you came up w/ is:
I = [subjective personal pronoun]
am = [simple present tense]
tech_airman = [proper noun}

[tech_airman]

How come vending machines don't charge sales tax?

[jjamesge]

How come vending machines don't charge sales tax?

Depends on the state. Sales tax is basically built into the price if the vendor pays tax on the sales.

[tech_airman]

Why is it called shipping when a package travels on land?

[spaldo1973]

Why do you park in the driveway and drive on the parkway?

[jjamesge]

How come you can tune a piano, but can't tunafish?

[tech_airman]

What exactly does "moderation" mean with respect to consuming food and drink?

[tech_airman]

What is a person?

[jjamesge]

If I were to say that the next thing I'm going to say is true but the last thing I said was a lie, would you believe me?

is/was



or even more

If I were to say the next thing Im going to say is true, but the last thing I said I gniht tsal eht tub eurt si yas ot gniog m'I gniht thing I"m going to say is true but the last thing I said....

[darenmatthews]

Nurse! Come quickly!