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Dumb questions that you're afraid to ask

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Another Brother, Sep 23, 2004.

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  1. Another Brother

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    If the ball gets away from the catcher on strike 3, the batter can advance to first...but it's still called a strikeout.:confused:
     
  2. Gutter Snipe

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    Well, according to an article I read by a teaching pro, one would put the left arm left of the left breast, and the right arm on top of the right breast.

    Maybe I need to post a picture?:D
     
  3. pariah

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    Is there a company out there that knows that I'm infatuated with big breasted all natural brunettes, even though I erase my cookies nightly? Will that Company ever tell my wife?
     
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  4. AMS

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    but it doesnt count as an out against the team right? so its like a wild throw except its called an out for the pitcher instead of a walk?
     
  5. DanHiggsBeard

    DanHiggsBeard Member

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    another brother: the broadcasters can tell what the pitch is because they're watching the game on video monitors. In addition to seeing the action overhead, they're seeing the exact same thing you do at home on their monitors.

    it has zero to do with being former ballplayers.
     
  6. droxford

    droxford Member

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    some really tough questions:

    Why do the best women fall for the worst guys?

    Why do mosquitos have to drink blood instead of nectar?

    Why do objects with mass emit gravitational fields?

    Why are the best tasting foods bad for you?

    Why do the foods that are good for you taste like crap?

    Who decides that "ain't" can't be a word, and who gave them that power?

    Why is is a woman's cl!toris outside the vagina instead of inside?

    Should I fear death?

    If there are a bazillian people in this world who live in tribes, shacks, or huts who spend 99.9% percent of their time outdoors in the sunlight, why do I need to wear sunblock to prevent skin cancer?

    -- droxford
     
  7. thegary

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    water absorbs and scatters some of the light within the towel and thus it emits less light and appears darker.
     
  8. Mulder

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    Oh so that's why. It reminds me of when my wife and I went to the John Mayer concert this summer and it was unGodly humid.
    John was wearing a dark pink shirt and he said, "Wow it is HOT! By the end of this concert this shirt is going to be a darker shade of... (looks down at shirt) GAY."
     
  9. michecon

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    You have 1/4 life left. 1/2 is taken the first time, and 1/2 is taken off the remaining 1/2 the second time.
     
  10. Manny Ramirez

    Manny Ramirez The Music Man

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    A strikeout with a passed ball.

    And ima, don't make me pull out the balk rule and post it in all of its pride and glory!!:D

    Ah, what the hell, here you go:

    8.05 If there is a runner, or runners, it is a balk when-

    (a) The pitcher, while touching his plate, makes any motion naturally associated with his pitch and fails to make such delivery; If a lefthanded or righthanded pitcher swings his free foot past the back edge of the pitcher's rubber, he is required to pitch to the batter except to throw to second base on a pick off play.

    (b) The pitcher, while touching his plate, feints a throw to first base and fails to complete the throw;

    (c) The pitcher, while touching his plate, fails to step directly toward a base before throwing to that base; Requires the pitcher, while touching his plate, to step directly toward a base before throwing to that base. If a pitcher turns or spins off of his free foot without actually stepping or if he turns his body and throws before stepping, it is a balk. A pitcher is to step directly toward a base before throwing to that base but does not require him to throw (except to first base only) because he steps. It is possible, with runners on first and third, for the pitcher to step toward third and not throw, merely to bluff the runner back to third; then seeing the runner on first start for second, turn and step toward and throw to first base. This is legal. However, if, with runners on first and third, the pitcher, while in contact with the rubber, steps toward third and then immediately and in practically the same motion "wheels" and throws to first base, it is obviously an attempt to deceive the runner at first base, and in such a move it is practically impossible to step directly toward first base before the throw to first base, and such a move shall be called a balk. Of course, if the pitcher steps off the rubber and then makes such a move, it is not a balk.

    (d) The pitcher, while touching his plate, throws, or feints a throw to an unoccupied base, except for the purpose of making a play;

    (e) The pitcher makes an illegal pitch; A quick pitch is an illegal pitch. Umpires will judge a quick pitch as one delivered before the batter is reasonably set in the batter's box. With runners on base the penalty is a balk; with no runners on base, it is a ball. The quick pitch is dangerous and should not be permitted.

    (f) The pitcher delivers the ball to the batter while he is not facing the batter;

    (g) The pitcher makes any motion naturally associated with his pitch while he is not touching the pitcher's plate;

    (h) The pitcher unnecessarily delays the game;

    (i) The pitcher, without having the ball, stands on or astride the pitcher's plate or while off the plate, he feints a pitch;

    (j) The pitcher, after coming to a legal pitching position, removes one hand from the ball other than in an actual pitch, or in throwing to a base;

    (k) The pitcher, while touching his plate, accidentally or intentionally drops the ball;

    (l) The pitcher, while giving an intentional base on balls, pitches when the catcher is not in the catcher's box;

    (m)The pitcher delivers the pitch from Set Position without coming to a stop.

    PENALTY: The ball is dead, and each runner shall advance one base without liability to be put out, unless the batter reaches first on a hit, an error, a base on balls, a hit batter, or otherwise, and all other runners advance at least one base, in which case the play proceeds without reference to the balk.

    Clear as mud, right??:p



    I have some questions:

    1) What is the meaning of life?
    2) Why is the sky blue?
    3) What does a philosophy degree enable you to do other than teach at a college or university?
    4) Why in "The Shining" did Halloran (Scatman Crothers' character) not "see" Jack hiding to try to kill him? I mean the dude has psychic powers; you would think that he could tell ahead of time when someone was getting ready to kill him.
     
  11. droxford

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    sunlight striking air molecules is scattered in all directions. The blue portion of sunlight is scattered with greater intensity than other wavelengths. Since scattered light is the only reason the sky is illuminated at all (the airless lunar sky, as you no doubt recall, is black), what you see is blue.
    Write books. And sound pompous during intoxicated, deep conversations.
    He can't see the future. He has a unique ability to see what is shown to him by some unknown spiritual forces.

    -- droxford
     
  12. Another Brother

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    When did my thread deteriorate to this...

    and this

    oh, this too

    Dumb questions, not smart answers! :mad:

    :confused:WTF
     
  13. pariah

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    My wife's that she's asked before:

    How come when you drink tequila shots, you wake up happy? But when I drink tequila shots I wake up with a sore a$$ and find out that the cash that was in my wallet last night is now gone.
     
  14. Pipe

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    If a man speaks in the woods, and there is no woman there to listen to him, would he still be wrong? :confused:
     
  15. mr_gootan

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    Why don't people consider putting trash in the bed of their truck, hoping it flies out while driving, littering?
     
  16. m_cable

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    Hey. I posted that a couple of weeks ago. What are you, some kind of re-poster. :mad: ;)
     
  17. Another Brother

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    NICE goot, that's what I'm talking about. ;)
     
  18. m_cable

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    Why does Another Brother feel the need to adjust the natural progression of this thread?

    Is that dumb enough for you? ;)
     
  19. bnb

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    Why do science and math geeks post on a basketball bbs in the off-season??:p
     
  20. xcharged

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    Dumb Question I'm afraid to hear the answer to

    "Do you know why I pulled you over?"
     

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