Because they're trying to feed off herds of angry, hungry, grasshoppers. Isn't there a pixar movie about that or something?
Why do owls "hoot?"
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Because it's easier to say than "snort"! (Go owls! Hoot-hoot! )
Is The Lord of the Rings a trilogy?
"Polly knew at once that it was the Cabby's wife, fetched out of our world not by any tiresome magic rings, but quickly, simply and sweetly as a bird flies to its nest."
(The Magician's Nephew, Chapter 11)
Real life daughter to johobbit!
NW niece to ramagut.
NW Hobbit cousin to coracle.
Yes and no. It's usually published as three books because of its length, but it was originally written as one.
Is it possible to eat/drink anything which takes more calories to digest than it gives you?
N-Web sis of stardf, _Rillian_, & jerenda
Proud to be Sirya the Madcap Siren
There are people who claim that it is possible, so if we can trust them, then it is!
Why do people like horse-riding?
(avi artwork by Henning Janssen)
Because whale-riding hasn't been invented yet.
What is on the dark side of the moon?
We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton
The Ark, that Sentinel Prime piloted from Cybertron in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
What does 24FPS mean?
The Value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity. C.S. Lewis
24 frames per second - which is the way cinema movies always have been shot.
Until they started shooting them faster (Peter Jackson changed it for The Hobbit, possibly the first release of such a movie).
What is the advantage of shooting movies faster than 24FPS?
(avi artwork by Henning Janssen)
It supposedly makes it more realistic looking... I can't recall any I've seen that allow me to verify this...
If a fan starts squeaking is it dangerous?
"The mountains are calling and I must go, and I will work on while I can, studying incessantly." -John Muir
"Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed." -Richard Adams, Watership Down
This would depend on how loud the squeak is... and how severely it wobbles...
What country produces the best chocolate?
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AROOOOOOO!!!
Everybody knows that the best chocolate is produced from a secret island owned by a man named Willy Wonka. He works incognito now with the whole Charlie and the Chocolate Factory fame, but I know... oops, now you all know, too.
Where would you go to find lots of entertainment?
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On a cold July day in NSW the best place to go to get lots of entertainment is to celebrate with others at a Christmas in July dinner in the Blue Mountains.
Where would you go for the best Christmas dinners?
I went for Chinese once . . .
What is the best comic series ever?
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Why, the one I'm writing, of course! In all seriousness, I would say Batman, just because he's a character you can explore in so many different ways--and who has had a plethora of interesting stories in his run.
How many varieties of butterflies are there in North America?
N-Web sis of stardf, _Rillian_, & jerenda
Proud to be Sirya the Madcap Siren
The currently recognized number is 725 but you never know...you could find a new one in your backyard!
When will the next blue moon occur?
We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton
When the sun will turn blue and the moon will refelct it's blue light.
Why are elephants afraid of mice?
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