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Mystery Hour

About Me

Life's little condundra perplexing you? Mystery Hour started when I wondered where dead pigeons go. Why are we not repeatedly clonked on the head by bird corpses dropping out of the sky? Maxie's always got a theory 'cos he's proper educated, but I digress. I want to know what you think.It's not about who or when, it's about how and why.Go on and ask. Somewhere in the network someone will know the answer!Send me your mysteries by message or comment and I will post what Maxie and I think by blog. If you think you know the answer please respond by comment.Also let us know how you're qualified to go definitive.I'll bulletin you with each new question blog, it would be good if you subcribed.

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Snakes and Worms

Gillfriday has asked one of the best questions I've heard on the show.  To paraphrase, why are worms slow when snakes are so fast.  Let's face it, they're both challenged in the leg departme...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:13:00 GMT

Timetables

Peter the ex train driver (didn't you want to be one as a child) wants to know why train timetables are set by people stuck in an office rather than the drivers or users.  Doesn't that apply to s...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:09:00 GMT

News

Mucky Sarah from White City, do I know her, does she ring me?  Has asked a question which is either very clever, or very very stupid.  Why is there news on at 7pm, when there's been news on ...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:20:00 GMT

Menthol

Lovely Lindy from Chipstead has come up with an interesting one.  Why does menthol feel cold, in other words - why when you suck a mint does it feel icy on your tongue?  I seem to remember s...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:51:00 GMT

Spiders

Louise from Barnsley (or Barnsworth to some) has posed a great starter.  Why don't spiders drown when you flush them down the plug.  Now, my first thought was how does she know, once they're...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:21:00 GMT