Human beings are curious by nature and we do not cease to be amazed by what surrounds us . This desire to know and to know leads us to ask questions.

However, there are questions that are absurd and meaningless. Either because they are asked in an ironic or sarcastic tone or because their answer seems too obvious to even ask such a question.

A list of absurd questions

Below you can find a list of absurd and nonsensical questions.

Why do they call our planet “Earth” when it is three-quarters water?

This question may seem absurd, but it really isn’t . The origin of this name is because there was a time, when this name was accepted, when humanity did not yet know that the Earth was a planet. In most languages the name of the planet means the ground beneath your feet.

2. Why is it that if you blow a dog’s nose it gets angry and if we take it as a passenger in the car with the window down it sticks its head out into the wind?

Interestingly, dogs usually stick their heads out of the car window , probably looking for a cool place or to sniff out various things.

3. Why is it that when a person is right, they must be given it? If he’s already right. In that case you should give it to him when he doesn’t have it, right?

A reflection that doesn’t make any sense. But when they agree with us, they make us feel good.

4. Why do we run fast in the rain, if it’s raining ahead too?

We usually run when it rains to avoid getting wet. Actually running is a good idea, since the time we spend exposed to the rain is reduced.

5. Why is Goofy able to walk on his two feet and Pluto goes on all fours? Aren’t they both dogs?

An absurd reflection on these Disney characters.

6. How do I know how many lives my cat has left?

Cats, like human beings, only have one life. What happens is that there is a popular saying that states, symbolically, that they have seven lives. This is said because cats are very agile and can jump and fall from great heights.

7. Why is there no cat food that tastes like a mouse?

It’s a rather absurd question, but perhaps you’d like it.

Where is the other half of the Middle East?

A name that refers to your location, it’s not called that because there’s another half.

9. Why does Tarzan have a mane but has not grown a beard in all his years lost in the jungle?

Actually, there is some truth to this question. Although it could also be barbilampire.

10. Do infants enjoy childhood as much as adults enjoy adultery?

A question that makes no sense, but plays with words.

Why did the Flintstones celebrate Christmas if they lived before Christ?

Because they’re cartoons. Mind you, there’s not much point in them celebrating Christmas.

12. Why do we have to get around the dangers? But if people don’t even want them as gifts…

Drawing can mean two things: dodging or raffling . This question changes the meaning of the word to make it funny.

13. Why do we press the buttons on the TV remote control so hard when we know the battery has run out?

Surely the answer to this question lies in the very frustration of the remote control not working.

14. Why do we call a drink “beverage” even before we drink it?

For the same reason we call food “food” before we even eat it.

15. If ordinary is synonymous with vulgar, why doesn’t extraordinary mean very vulgar?

A fancy way of looking for connections between words.

16. If a lawyer goes crazy, does he lose the trial?

An ironic phrase that can be funny because lawyers defend their clients’ rights in court.

17. How far do bald people wash their faces?

In other words, where is the limit of the face if there is no hair to differentiate it.

18. Why is no one able to tell that Clark Kent is Superman? Can a pair of glasses and a curl change a person so much?

It’s funny that, after Superman puts on a pair of glasses, no one finds the resemblance or suspects they’re related.

19. Why is “separate” written all together and “all together” written separately?

The language sometimes has some curiosities like the one in this question.

20. If the champagne is liquid, how can it be dry?

The term “dry” in champagne has to do with the amount of sugar added in the process . It is simply a type of champagne.

21. Where do farm workers go when, tired of their work, they decide to “get away from it all”?

People who live in the city usually go to relax in the country. But when a peasant is stressed, he will hardly go to the city.

22. The black box on airplanes is indestructible… so why don’t they make the whole plane out of that same material?

If a plane was made of the same material as the black box, it would weigh too much.

23. If the water is colorless, why is the part of a towel that has been immersed in water darker than the dry part?

Because its darkness is not because it is stained, but because it is wet. When it dries it returns to its normal color.

24. Why can you find anything but gloves in the glove compartment of your car?

Because the first cars had a boiler, so to touch that area you had to wear gloves.

25. Why is it that when a person is lying down and gets scared. He tucks everything in… is it because the sheet is steel or something?

It’s a protective instinct. Logically, the sheet the sheet is not a steel armor.

26. Why do they usually close the toilets at gas stations? Are they afraid someone will come in to clean them?

To be used only by people who are customers.

27. Why do we have rooster’s eyes in our feet and crow’s feet in our eyes?

Because the name has nothing to do with the location, but with the shape they have.

28. Is it true that divers work under pressure?

In reference to the high pressure that divers endure in terms of breathing.

29. If love is blind… why is lingerie so popular?

Some irony comes from these words in relation to the quote “love is blind”.

30. What do sheep count in order to sleep? Do they count human beings?

Of course not. Sheep don’t count for sleep.

31. Why is it that making a woman happy is well regarded, but making many women happy is not?

Socially and culturally it is not well considered to give oneself to more than one woman.

32. If you were a masochist in life, wouldn’t it be a reward to go to hell and a punishment to go to heaven?

Masochism refers to the practice in which a person gets pleasure from being dominated. Obviously, if hell existed, it would have nothing to do with masochism.

33. If the wool shrinks when it gets wet… why don’t the sheep shrink when it rains?

Absurd is simply the fact of asking this question.

34. If jail and prison are synonymous, why are not jailer and prisoner?

Both roles have to do with the prison system, so the question doesn’t make sense.

35. If I want to buy a new boomerang, how do I get rid of the old one?

When you intentionally throw a boomerang, it goes back to where it was thrown from. That doesn’t mean that if we want to do without it, it comes back continuously.

36. It is said that only ten people in the whole world understood Einstein. If no one understands me, am I a genius?

Einstein had a very advanced vision for the time. One of the greatest scientists of all time.

37. If a person with multiple personalities decides to commit suicide, can he be considered to have taken hostages?

An irony on two very serious issues, as is suicide and multiple personality disorder.

38. Why is it that the only thing that is never free at an open bar party is the bar?

Because he means there’s no payment to be made. That’s why the bar will always be busy.