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If you can’t hum the tune, is it music?
Yes. Absolutely. But then, I suspect I’m more open minded than most. This was one of the points John Cage was trying to make when he made music from silence. There’s a statement that it is not...
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Should I dye my hair red again?
Depends how much you want me to fall in love with you. Possibly not the only deciding factor, but I totally instantly fancy just about anyone with an unrealistic shade of hair colour, particularly if...
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Would this question be better if I asked it in Norwegian?
Let’s try it: ‘Ville dette spørsmålet være bedre om jeg spurte den på norsk?’ Mmmmm. I enjoyed that. How about you? I lust the sound of foreign languages, and the Scandic ones are some of my...
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Would you like a cup of tea?
I think that’s a little bit cruel. I write this every day, pretty much first thing after I wake up (okay, so I drift around on the internet for a patch first, letting the question sink in with web...
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In a multiverse where I hadn’t agreed to ask this week’s questions, what...
Okay, first up, I think you either mean ‘in a universe’ or ‘in a part of a multiverse’. A multiverse would have to cover the totality of options available, made up of separate universe for everything...
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Is there such a thing as an Unstruck question which is impossible to illustrate?
Surely we would’ve found it by now? I’m pretty sure that certain individuals (ahem) are trying to upend the format as much as possible when they get in the questionseat. Some people like to make...
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Malcolm Reynolds, would you? (It should be noted the questioner is unaware of...
My first instinct was to concoct some kind of fake accidental misconstrual whereby I assume you’re calling me Malcolm Reynolds, and then act confused about what you’re asking me if I would do or not....
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What is the most selfless thing that someone can do?
I’m not certain where I stand on the whole ‘no such thing as altruism’ debate. Actually, I’m fairly sure. I find it annoying but probably largely true. But that largely thing is actually very...
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Living on the edge, why the hell not?
Erm, because you might fall in? And frankly, if you’re going to go in, you should probably dive instead of falling, in which case you’re better off starting with a firm footing in the first place. Of...
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Have Karen and Kat had a nice week in Devon?
A question from the past, asking what the questioners, who I am not, are feeling. I guess this is a test for my ‘seeing things from other people’s perspective is the most important skill you can have’...
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