If a turtle were to lose his shell would he be homeless or just naked? And would his friends laugh?
This reminds David of a story: "The tortoise and the hairless
rabbit."
Ahem. There was once a tortoise and a hairless rabbit and they both
liked the same lady bug. So, they decided to have a race to decide
who could court her. So, they set off on their race early one
morning and, of course, the tortoise was slow and the rabbit was
fast. So, the tortoise said: "It's this flubbajig shell that's
holding me back." (The tortoise was not particularly proficient at
swearing.) So, the tortoise threw off the shell that hindered and
took off after the rabbit, gaining rapidly. So rapidly in fact that
he did not hear the loud "crack!" as his shell was crushed by the
road paving crew behind him!
So, the tortoise pulled even with the rabbit and even began to pull
away. So, the rabbit flagged a passing police officer and demanded
that he cite the tortoise for indecent exposure. So, the police
officer did, but could not help but notice that the rabbit was also
quite naked. So, the officer hand-cuffed them together and led them
back to the police station. So funny was the sight of a naked
tortoise hand-cuffed to a hairless rabbit that all the people in the
town laughed and laughed as they passed, even the lady bug. So, the
moral of the story is: "The early bird gets the worm."
David likes stories.
Does water really swirl counter-clockwise when a toilet is flushed in Australia?
When you flush a toilet in Australia you should expect the water to swirl clockwise. The only exception is to be found in the American embassy. (Whistling: "Oo-oh say can you see...")
Is David the only person who submits questions to this thing?
No. People other than David submit questions to this thing.
Although many readers may suspect that this question is an
impassioned plea for help (sent by David himself along with all the
other questions), they are mistaken. If only they knew just how wrong
they are!!!
Will there ever be another you [David] ?
David responds: "Don't hold your breath." However, David also notes that he is not a trained medical professional and really is not qualified to give medical advice.
[Insert standard disclaimer here.]