Every generation and every individual has and will have questions. “Answers” will vary and “correct answers” will evolve over time. There’s a reason we search for missing objects; and, if we find them, it’s in the last place we looked.
My personal chuckle comes from a staff meeting when we were charged with designing a plan to deal with a list of five anticipated problems. It was then suggested that we should include plans for as many as three “unanticipated problems”.
“There are answered questions. These are questions we’ve answered that we know we’ve answered. There are questions we haven’t answered. That is to say, there are questions that we know we haven’t answered but should answer. But there are also unknown questions. There are things we haven’t asked we don’t know to ask.” With NO apologies to Donald Rumsfeld.
“Why do we never get an answer, when we’re knocking at the door? There’s a thousand-million questions, about hate and death and war…”. — The Moody Blues. “Question”
Concretionist over 4 years ago
To me, unquestioned answers seem more fraught with difficulty.
batmanwithprep over 4 years ago
If you’re watching Jeopardy then it’s the other way around.
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
LOL! Good answer, Frazz!
Sanspareil over 4 years ago
Philosophy is questions that cannot be answered, religion is answers that cannot be questioned.
Old Girl over 4 years ago
Every generation and every individual has and will have questions. “Answers” will vary and “correct answers” will evolve over time. There’s a reason we search for missing objects; and, if we find them, it’s in the last place we looked.
My personal chuckle comes from a staff meeting when we were charged with designing a plan to deal with a list of five anticipated problems. It was then suggested that we should include plans for as many as three “unanticipated problems”.
Dobby53 Premium Member over 4 years ago
“There are answered questions. These are questions we’ve answered that we know we’ve answered. There are questions we haven’t answered. That is to say, there are questions that we know we haven’t answered but should answer. But there are also unknown questions. There are things we haven’t asked we don’t know to ask.” With NO apologies to Donald Rumsfeld.
Uncle Bob over 4 years ago
“Why do we never get an answer, when we’re knocking at the door? There’s a thousand-million questions, about hate and death and war…”. — The Moody Blues. “Question”
Skeptical Meg over 4 years ago
That’s gonna blow a hole in the concept of FAQs
Q: How do I sort the results?
A: Good question. I’ll look into it and then remove the question from the FAQ since it’s no longer a Q.
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 4 years ago
Zen Question of the Day: If you really do expect delays, are they still delays?
Zen Question Left Over from Yesterday: What if life just hands you lemonade to begin with?
Deli Question of the Day: Is bag-el related to Superman?
sandpiper over 4 years ago
So long as the mask rule holds, the summer might look like a cross between Hallowe’en, ‘Stick ’em up,’ and ER
cervelo over 4 years ago
Check out today’s Dilbert, a riot…
COL Crash over 4 years ago
Sure Caufield. We call those FAQs. They will continue to exist as long as there are still people that don’t know the answer.
Cactus-Pete over 4 years ago
Is a question a question? What kind of question is that?
Fido (aka Felix Rex) over 4 years ago
I surprised this hasn’t been posted yet.
Are rhetorical questions really questions?