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Question: Why does lechon have an apple in the mouth?

Question: Why does lechon have an apple in the mouth?
Answer: Oo nga ano ... bakit nga ba? Hindi yan dekorasyon mga tol. There should be some scientific reasons why they have to do that.

I asked a kolehiyala and she told me: "I guess it has something to do with aesthetics or art. Maybe because the apple reduces the feeling of unpleasantness seeing the pig's mouth yawning. Staring at the pig's ghastly open mouth is repulsive ... and disgusting. Yuck".

But taking the answer from a guy who spent his whole life roasting pigs ... he said: "The apple is keeping the pig's mouth open to allow hot air to circulate the pig's insides. Not doing that puts us at risk of eating raw pigs or undercooked lechons. It does make sense di ba?

Other people believe ... it is just following a Hawaiian motif just like the image here? Kailangan ba talaga may "lei" to follow the ambiance? And to be served in a "luau" to further the tone, the character, and the atmosphere of being Hawaiian? May mga pilosopo na nagtatanong: "Di ba mga Filipino tayo ... hindi tayo Hawaiian (FYI ... there are a lot of Pinoys in Hawaii.) Ngayon kung sa Pilipinas tayo pwede na walang lei basta may mansanas. Intiendes?

At may follow up question pa ang mga hinayupaks: "Kailangan ba talaga apple ... hindi ba pwede ang pineapple to make it even more Hawaiian? How about banana ... mango ... or papaya?

Ah basta! Kuliiiiiit!

Questions You Thought Don't Have Answers

Filipinos love a good riddle and answering crossword puzzles. Our desire to answer all the questions and completely finish the job gives us some kind of titillation, the need to continue and persevere until we accomplish the task. It tickles our brain cells, and we feel mighty proud once the cryptogram is decoded.

People ask why everybody loves Jessica Fletcher of Murder She Wrote? Or Ben Matlock or Jake and the Fatman.  Well,  they always solve mysteries.

Too bad, there are a lot of questions and mysteries out there that we may never learn the answers to their intriguing nature. The universe is far-reaching and its mysteries limitless, and there are many things that even geniuses have their arms raised upwards because they don't have answers to some of these queries. 

Let’s explore some of the questions that seem to have no answers ... but they have.

Question: Nalulunod din ba ang mga isda?  This is a tricky question ... kaya ikaw tol...  intiendihin mo muna ang tanong bago mo sagotin. Wag kang pasikat. Okey?

In the first place ... lahat ng isda ay marunong lumangoy ... so bakit sila malulunod aber?

Ang taong nalulunod ... may dahilan. Siguro pinulikat siya ... or lasing siya ... at gusto niyang magpakalunod sa alak ... at sa dagat. Kaya ayon ... nalunod nga.

Sa isda meron ding dahilan. If you check your aquarium ... you will notice a fish that spend a lot of their time at the bottom of the tank. Alamin mo muna ... baka namamahinga lang ... or natutulog. Or baka sila yong mga isdang "bottom feeders" ... yon bang sa bottom sila ... yon ang paborito nilang hang-out. Maganda daw ang ambience.

Pero makikita mo rin agad ang mga isda that has a buoyancy problem - they are those fish swimming frantically with no direction ... and crashing at the bottom of the tank. If he keeps rubbing himself on the rocks and gravel ... and if he is floating looking tired and listless at the bottom ... may dahilan ... this can be attributed to excess air or constipation due to over-eating or eating too quickly (as in bondat na bondat). Kaya YES ... nalulunod din ang mga isda.

Or they may have a "swim bladder disease" - where the fish develop an enlarged stomach or intestine ... para din silang tao ... may flatulence at hindi mautot.  This is caused by poor water quality ... sudden temperature changes ... or overeating. Naimpatso sila. Distended stomachs in fish make them look like they can't swim ... hindi sila makahinga at kailangan nila ang oxygen . Kung wala ang O2 ... para din silang mga tao ... pwede silang matigok.

Do All Fish Swim?

                                                     Red lip Batfish - may bigoti na ... nakalip-stick pa

Question: Lahat ba ng isda lumalangoy?

Answer: Lahat naman di ba? But planet Earth makes it a point that there is always an exemption to the rule. For instance, a carabao usually has four legs, and it blows us away and it becomes an anomaly when a baby carabao comes out with three legs. 

In the same vein ... all carabaos are colored black. It is a freak of nature and is considered abnormal to see a white carabao. But when an "albino" carabao is born ... it breaks the standard and goes against the rules of nature. This world is a freak show ... and no matter how abnormal it looks... all you can do is sit back and accept things as they are.

The red-lipped batfish is a case in point. Just because this creature is a fish ... we can't always assume that it can swim. These guys would rather “walk” instead of swim with their pectoral fins across the ocean floor. 

If this fish does not swim (or they lack swimming skills) ... if that is not weird enough ... tell! 

Another weird thing is ... when the batfish matures ... its dorsal fin grows into a horn on its head  ... making it look like a unicorn.

And there are more oddities. Although the fish is capable of swimming ... the batfish fins can double like pseudo-legs so it can walk unsteadily on the ocean seabeds when they are hunting for food. The batfish walk on these fins ... and like a bird, they use them to perch on while they inspect and size up the environment. 

Other people observed ... their fins spread outward like batwings. That is why they are called batfish.

And the most outrageous of all is their red lips. Where can you find a fish fully made up and had Revlon or Maybelline lipstick on? The red-lipped batfish flaunts its outrageous scarlet pout with all the charisma of Ivana Alawi. No one knows exactly why the batfish sports its signature look, but it may help them to attract possible dashing batfish Romeo's at spawning sites.

They are friendly and curious too ... divers can attest that juvenile batfish tend to lead solitary lives ... but adult batfish are sociable ... they can form a school of batfish and they can even live side by side with other fish  ... they follow and play with divers as they survey the bottom of the sea.

Question Of The Day

Filipinos love a good riddle ... and answering crossword puzzles. Our desire to answer all the questions and completely finish the job gives us some kind of fulfillment, the need to continue and persevere until we accomplish the task. It tickles our brain cells, and we feel mighty proud once the cryptogram is decoded.

People ask why everybody loves Jessica Fletcher of Murder She Wrote? Or Ben Matlock or Jake and the Fatman.  Well,  they always solve mysteries.

Too bad, there are a lot of questions and mysteries out there that we may never learn the answers to their intriguing nature. The universe is far-reaching and its mysteries limitless, and there are many things that even geniuses have their arms raised upwards because they don't have answers to some of these queries. 

Let’s explore some of the questions that there are no answers to. Some of them have answers though ... like this one.

In Miss Universe 1969 Preliminary interview ... Gloria Diaz Miss Universe 1069 was asked:

Judge: Is it true that you Filipinos use your hands when you eat?

Gloria Diaz: Why do you use your feet?

Klap ... klap ... klap.  The answer is short, concise, and direct to the point. Para siyang si Kris Aquino sa pagiging taklesa ... siya siguro ang Q and A coach ni Gloria Diaz noon ... eh kung pabara-bara lang naman ang tanong bakit ka mahiya na pabara-bara din ang sagot na ibibigay mo. Tit for tat.

This will eventually cut the interview short. The judge who was given a dose of her own medicine .... gaganahan pa bang magtanong? I think not ... whatever follow-up questions she has was nip in the bud.

That was 1969 ... it may have worked at that time pero I doubt if it will work in this day and age when Miss Universe has spread its wings in the name of inclusivity - pwede na ang mga gurang ... ang mga may asawa ... ang mga tomboy  ... and mga plus-sized candidate ... and transgendered women. Parang circus na nga ang Miss Universe.

Maybe if that's the way you answer the questions today ... baka kukuyugin ka ng mga judges. 

Q and A

Question: Bakit maalat ang dagat? 

My neighbor's 7 year old kid answered: "Para hindi masira ang mga isda tulad ng ginagawa ng Nanay sa bangus?

Actually, the answer to that question is when rain falls they run over the land and break up rocks and transport them to the sea. When the runoff water reaches the ocean sodium and chloride, the main constituents of the type of salt used in cooking, make up over 90% of all the ions found in seawater.

 Salt in the sea, or ocean salinity, is mainly caused by rain washing mineral ions from the land into water.

Questions That Have Answers

 

Two baffling questions:

1. Why do people feign poverty ... or pretend they are poor even though they are self-sufficient?

2. And why do poor people pretend to be rich? What are their motivations?

It is not uncommon to feel envious of other people's wealth and money. It is the lowest of all feelings as jealousy eats you alive and how you resent your neighbor even a family member who was quite successful in their work.

In a materialistic society such as ours, having a lot of moolah is synonymous with high social and economic standing. It has become more like a status symbol. In a commercial society, having money or wealth and things that can be bought by wealth, such as cars, houses, or fine clothing are considered status symbols.

Poor people pretend to be rich ... and by doing so ... he is feeding a rescue mission to his hungry and fast-slipping self-worth.  His fantasies are a self-employed defense mechanism to satisfy his needs and wants ... giving him a place in the world even though it is just temporary.

People pretending to be rich are sometimes called the pseudo-rich ... the faux richer, a social gatecrasher, or worse a social climber.

On the other hand ... at the other end of the spectrum are the mooch - people with money pretending to be poor. The word's original definition, "pretend poverty," might stem from the Middle English word mucchen which means "to be stingy," or literally, "to keep coins in one's nightcap." 

I have a better term for them - FREELOADERS.

A mooch personality and a freeloader exploit the generosity of others. If one cheats his drinking buddies by writing them a check to avoid paying because he doesn't have cash, when one has the habit of getting a lift or hitchhiking his way to work to avoid bus fares, when one borrows cigarettes and asks for food or money in the streets or when one uses some people's cellphones in the name of saving because he doesn't want to buy a load ... or when one frequent his nocturnal visits in your house because he is always welcome to dine in with you -  moochers and a freeloader can push the limits of friendship by making a habit of manipulating others to avoid paying their fair share.

Question Of The Day

Zombies are all around us. Not the Walking Dead but the ones walking around with heads and minds buried in their cellphones. They wander the streets and the shopping malls ignoring the potential dangers that can happen to them.

They are either on their Facebook pages updating their post, watching a video on YouTube, or running after a scam bag whose unsolicited comments never fail to give her early morning frayed nerves.

Maiba tayo para matuwa ka naman.

Question: Ano ba ang national anthem ng mga Smartphone Zombies?

Answer: Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Questions That Have Answers

Question: Is there any word in the English dictionary ... that when it is pronounced RIGHT ... it will be WRONG. And when pronounced WRONG ... is RIGHT?

Answer: WRONG ... come and think of it!

Question Of The Day

 

Di ba tama lang naman? Ang taong gutom ay hindi makapag-isip ... and is incapable of making love or showing love.

Question Of The Day

I believe in this.  You don't need REVENGE to get EVEN. Just sit back and relax and fasten your seatbelt. All you need is to wait ... stretch that leg and have some popcorn.

Those who hurt you deeply will goof and mess up, and if all systems go, KARMA will place you in the front seat so you can watch what is he going through firsthand.

Tell Us The Difference

Question:  Aside from color ... what is the difference?

Answer.  The green one ay para sa "tinola".  And the orange one ay "panghimagas."

Easter Eggs

What does an egg symbolize on Easter Sunday?

The egg has always held particular symbolic significance, partly because it is a visual shorthand for new life or rebirth and resurrection. The egg brings hope and purity. It is a symbol of fertility and the circle of life. 

From the outside, eggs appear stone cold, yet inside they nurture young life. Just as a grave keeps life locked in, eggs stood for the tomb in Jerusalem, from which Christ rose from death like a bird hatching an egg.

The egg itself became a symbol of the Resurrection. Just as Jesus rose from the tomb, the egg symbolized new life emerging from the eggshell. In the Orthodox tradition, eggs are painted red to symbolize the blood that Jesus shed on the cross. The egg-coloring tradition has continued even in modern secular nations. 

Questions You Thought Don't Have Answers

Question:  Is New York Time Square really a square? 

Answer: Time Square functions as a town square, but is not geometrically a square.  It is closer in shape to a bowtie, with two triangles emanating roughly north and south from 45th Street, where Seventh Avenue intersects Broadway. The area is bounded by West 42nd street, West 47th street, 7th Avenue, and Broadway.

Questions You Thought Don't Have Answers

 Filipinos love a good riddle and answering crossword puzzles. Our desire to answer all the questions and completely finish the job gives us some kind of titillation, the need to continue and persevere until we accomplish the task. It tickles our brain cells, and we feel mighty proud once the cryptogram is decoded.

People ask why everybody loves Jessica Fletcher of Murder She Wrote? Or Ben Matlock or Jake and the Fatman.  Well,  they always solve mysteries.

Too bad, there are a lot of questions and mysteries out there that we may never learn the answers to their intriguing nature. The universe is far-reaching and its mysteries limitless, and there are many things that even geniuses have their arms raised upwards because they don't have answers to some of these queries. 

Let’s explore some of the questions that there are no answers to.

Question: Do caterpillars know that they're going to be butterflies or do they build the cocoon not knowing what will happen?

Answer: I am not really sure if this is the right answer, but caterpillars don’t anticipate or understand what the future has in store for them. They don’t have enough reasoning ability to think about the why's of their life.

I think we tend to assume animals understand why they do things just because humans do. There is no “knowing “ or awareness of what they are doing. They are following what seemed like some kind of genetic programming, or instincts, and probably evolution.

They are not “conscious” of themselves or why they go about doing what they do. Everything that they do is driven by some kind of blueprint acquired over millions of years of evolution. And it is this blueprint that determines, how, when and what they do thru out their entire lifespan.

Homo Sapiens is the only known species on Earth that considers the “why” of anything.

Questions You Thought Don;t Have Answers

Filipinos love a good riddle and answering crossword puzzles. Our desire to answer all the questions and completely finish the job gives us some kind of titillation, the need to continue and persevere until we accomplish the task. It tickles our brain cells, and we feel mighty proud once the cryptogram is decoded.

People ask why everybody loves Jessica Fletcher of Murder She Wrote? Or Ben Matlock or Jake and the Fatman.  Well,  they always solve mysteries.

Too bad, there are a lot of questions and mysteries out there that we may never learn the answers to their intriguing nature. The universe is far-reaching and its mysteries limitless, and there are many things that even geniuses have their arms raised upwards because they don't have answers to some of these queries. 

Let’s explore some of the questions that there are no answers  to. 

Question: Do caterpillars know that they're going to be butterflies or do they build the cocoon not knowing what will happen?

Answer: I am not really sure if this is the right answer, but caterpillars don’t anticipate or understand what the future has in store for them. They don’t have enough reasoning ability to think about the why's of their life.

I think we tend to assume animals understand why they do things just because humans do. There is no “knowing “ or awareness of what they are doing. They are following what seemed like some kind of genetic programming, or instincts, and probably evolution.

They are not “conscious” of themselves or why they go about doing what they do. Everything that they do is driven by some kind of blueprint acquired over millions of years of evolution. And it is this blueprint that determines, how, when and what they do thru out their entire lifespan.

Homo Sapiens is the only known species on Earth that considers the “why” of anything.

Questions You Thought Don't Have Answers

Filipinos love a good riddle and answering crossword puzzles. Our desire to answer all the questions and completely finish the job gives us some kind of titillation, the need to continue and persevere until we accomplish the task. It tickles our brain cells, and we feel mighty proud once the cryptogram is decoded.

People ask why everybody loves Jessica Fletcher of Murder She Wrote? Or Ben Matlock or Jake and the Fatman.  Well,  they always solve mysteries.

Too bad, there are a lot of questions and mysteries out there that we may never learn the answers to their intriguing nature. The universe is far-reaching and its mysteries limitless, and there are many things that even geniuses have their arms raised upwards because they don't have answers to some of these queries. 

Let’s explore some of the questions that there are no answers to. Some of them have answers though ... like this one.

Question: Can bald men have dandruff?

Answer: You can still get dandruff even though you are bald. It is just like getting a zit when you are already past your fifty summers. It doesn’t seem possible, but it is — whether you’ve lost that hair willingly or unwillingly. Some people deal with dandruff throughout their entire adult life, whether they are a skinhead, genetically hair-impoverished, or clean-shaven doesn't make the slightest difference.”

The reason the bald can suffer from dandruff is simply that they still have scalp - dandruff is made up of skin flaking from the scalp, not skin flaking because of the hair or its roots.

Questions You Thought Don't Have Answers

Filipinos love a good riddle and answering crossword puzzles. Our desire to answer all the questions and completely finish the job gives us some kind of titillation, the need to continue and persevere until we accomplish the task. It tickles our brain cells, and we feel mighty proud once the cryptogram is decoded.

People ask why everybody loves Jessica Fletcher of Murder She Wrote? Or Ben Matlock or Jake and the Fatman.  Well,  they always solve mysteries.

Too bad, there are a lot of questions and mysteries out there that we may never learn the answers to their intriguing nature. The universe is far-reaching and its mysteries limitless, and there are many things that even geniuses have their arms raised upwards because they don't have answers to some of these queries. 

Let’s explore some of the questions that there are no answers to.

Question: Why pizza boxes are square when the shape of the pizza is round?

Answer: When it arrives at the door, the large, cumbersome box begs the question: Why are pizza boxes square, when the pie inside is round? The answer is actually quite simple: Square boxes are easier and less expensive to produce because they can be made only from one sheet of cardboard. Making a round box tells a different story.

Square boxes are also much easier to store since they can remain flat until needed.

The Golden Gate Is Not Gold

 Filipinos love a good riddle and answering crossword puzzles. Our desire to answer all the questions and completely finish the job gives us some kind of titillation, the need to continue and persevere until we accomplish the task. It tickles our brain cells, and we feel mighty proud once the cryptogram is decoded.

People ask why everybody loves Jessica Fletcher of Murder She Wrote? Or Ben Matlock or Jake and the Fatman.  Well,  they always solve mysteries.

Too bad, there are a lot of questions and mysteries out there that we may never learn the answers to their intriguing nature. The universe is far-reaching and its mysteries limitless, and there are many things that even geniuses have their arms raised upwards because they don't have answers to some of these queries. 

Let’s explore some of the questions that there are no answers to.

Question: Why is it called Golden Gate Bridge if it is not gold?

Answer: The name has nothing to do with the color.

While it's obvious today that the name isn't related to its color, many tourists assume that it was once gold. In fact, according to the website, “The term Golden Gate refers to the Golden Gate Strait which is the entrance to San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.

The question has an answer obviously. 

Questions You Thought Don't Have Answers

 Filipinos love a good riddle and answering crossword puzzles. Our desire to answer all the questions and completely finish the job gives us some kind of titillation, the need to continue and persevere until we accomplish the task. It tickles our brain cells, and we feel mighty proud once the cryptogram is decoded.

People ask why everybody loves Jessica Fletcher of Murder She Wrote? Or Ben Matlock or Jake and the Fatman.  Well,  they always solve mysteries.

Too bad, there are a lot of questions and mysteries out there that we may never learn the answers to their intriguing nature. The universe is far-reaching and its mysteries limitless, and there are many things that even geniuses have their arms raised upwards because they don't have answers to some of these queries. 

Let’s explore some of the questions that there are no answers to.

Question:  Can you yawn when you are asleep?

Answer: Yawning is always associated with when you are tired or bored.

Are you tired or bored when you are asleep? NO. But yawning can occur after waking up, before bedtime, when you are half asleep and yes there are recorded incidents when you can yawn when you are asleep.

Questions You Thought Don't Have Answers

 Filipinos love a good riddle and answering crossword puzzles. Our desire to answer all the questions and completely finish the job gives us some kind of titillation, the need to continue and persevere until we accomplish the task. It tickles our brain cells, and we feel mighty proud once the cryptogram is decoded.

People ask why everybody loves Jessica Fletcher of Murder She Wrote? Or Ben Matlock or Jake and the Fatman.  Well,  they always solve mysteries.

Too bad, there are a lot of questions and mysteries out there that we may never learn the answers to their intriguing nature. The universe is far-reaching and its mysteries limitless, and there are many things that even geniuses have their arms raised upwards because they don't have answers to some of these queries. 

Let’s explore some of the questions that there are no answers to.

Question: Can you have a daydream at night time? How is it called ... nightdreaming?

Answer: Or was it called Midsummer's Night Dream? Joke.  Seriously daydreaming is a concept rather than a time-of-the-day thing. So you can daydream at night, it doesn't have to be daytime to daydream, nor do you have to coin a new word just in case the reverie happens in the night. 

There ... I have an answer!