A Thread For Absurd And Absurdist Questions Of A Questionable Nature

[txdinghysailor]

Why?

[MIKolbe]

this thred needz chezburgerz

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='MIkolbe' date='13 April 2010 - 08:13 AM' timestamp='1271160789' post='2092366']
this thred needz chezburgerz
[/quote]

[txdinghysailor]

If the plural of goose is geese why isn't the plural of mongoose mongeese?

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='txdinghysailor' date='13 April 2010 - 06:18 PM' timestamp='1271200682' post='2092785']
If the plural of goose is geese why isn't the plural of mongoose mongeese?
[/quote]
That's because the word mongoose comes from the Marathi language, which is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India, and therefore has completely different rules from the Germanic languages goose comes from.

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='13 April 2010 - 06:27 PM' timestamp='1271201226' post='2092795']
That's because the word mongoose comes from the Marathi language, which is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India, and therefore has completely different rules from the Germanic languages goose comes from. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif[/img]
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I knew that. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/whistle.gif[/img]

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' date='13 April 2010 - 06:40 PM' timestamp='1271202044' post='2092802']
I knew that. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/whistle.gif[/img]
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That was totally right off the top of my head too.

[jeffpugh]

How do you explain moose and meese?

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='13 April 2010 - 08:32 PM' timestamp='1271208727' post='2092884']
How do you explain moose and meese?
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Mousse is an excellent dessert, especially chocolate mousse.

Ed Meese was Attorney General under the late President Reagan.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='13 April 2010 - 08:32 PM' timestamp='1271208727' post='2092884']
How do you explain moose and meese?
[/quote]
Moose is Algonquin.

[Marie-Therese]

And Moosey is teh awesomez.

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Marie-Therese' date='13 April 2010 - 11:08 PM' timestamp='1271214539' post='2092960']
And Moosey is teh awesomez.
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i tend to agree with this post. ittawtp.

[Laudate_Dominum]

mikolbe may be right that more cheezeberger is needed on this thread. someone ask an absurd, absurdist and highly questionable question pleeze!

[Marie-Therese]

How far is up? Conversely, how far is down?

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Marie-Therese' date='13 April 2010 - 11:17 PM' timestamp='1271215073' post='2092977']
How far is up? Conversely, how far is down?
[/quote]
sweet! I know the answer to this one. basically 'up' is ... [mod]violation of article 94.3 - agent 49[/mod]