Which mystery do you want solved.? Very very lighthearted..

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What sort of half - wit designs /manufactures pale cream ddog beds?
Trawling the aisles of a popular pet store for aged creaky ddog-willing to spend as she isn't comfortable in current one (my sofa /chair) Majority have cream interiors.. The bit ddog will put her dirty paws and bumhole on!!

I want to know if elephants really look at humans the way we do at dogs and think we're cute & want to play with us 🥹 if it's true I'll be forever happy 🤗

Also why is an aeroplanes BLACK box ORANGE?

I want to know who ate the square of bittersweet chocolate from the family fridge 50 or so years ago. I have always been blamed, and it wasn't me!

Other than that, I guess I would like to know what the tooth fairy does with all those teeth she collects.

Why Tampax and Cadburys didn’t team up to offer a 10p discount on a chocolate bar when you buy tampons/sanitary towels

We have a laundry basket where all the odd socks go into. It’s almost full and gives me great joy when I match even one pair.

I've always thought this too. Richard had no motive. Henry did.

I need this for my desk

But my top priority mystery is why we never have enough cubicles in women toilets???

I know the answer to this @pizzaHeart . It's because the buildings that house these women's spaces are predominantly designed by men who don't need lots of cubicles in their toilets

I often think this too. In reality, I think it's maybe 25% that it was a long time ago so the people involved feel kind of fictionalised. The other 75% (or maybe more), is that his victims were all prostitutes (I'm pretty sure that's correct) and therefore "less than" victims. After all, prostitutes aren't "real" people and basically deserved it for putting themselves at risk (sarcasm).

You still see it in reporting today, when a victim is a "less than" person (a sliding scale with straight, white and virtuous at the top) the reporting is much less outraged and much less sympathetic. And that's in supposedly enlightened present times.

Maybe I'm just a cynic, but that's my take!

Dyatlov pass has been solved, it was a slab avalanche combined with paradoxical undressing. The ship is Mary Celeste, not Marie Celeste!😁

Laundry room??

I didn’t mention Mary Celeste?

Sorry, that was intended for an earlier post which referred to Marie Celeste instead of Mary Celeste.

I have long thought that ministerial positions are handed out on the premise of whoever put their hand up first
It's the only explanation.

Always “struck me” as odd too.

If the earth was scorched by the meteor blast, and all the plants died because of the five year darkness, how did the dinosaurs which evolved into birds survive? (And the little ratty mammal ancestors)- had they built a special Dino shelter? Did the rats have lots of stores in the burrows….

I know a bit about this. Firstly it wasn't five years - probably less, and it would have gradually got lighter. Plants weren't completely eliminated (or we wouldn't have them now) - some trees would have survived, as well as dormant seeds and nuts. There was enough food for smaller animals (though they would have been competing for it and a lot of smaller species did die out too, as well as populations falling) - but bigger animals tended to suffer more because they need more food.

Dinos had already evolved into birds by this point - in fact long before. Lots of birds died out but a few mainly ground-dwellers/burrowers survivedto become today's birds. The other dinosaurs (that hadn't evolved into birds already) dies out.

There's some debate about why smaller dinosaurs died out too but it could be to do with them being reptiles and cold-blooded (if they were cold-blooded) bu there are other theories.

Burrows were a big advantage as they protected small burrowers from starving desperate predators, helped with staying warm, could store food etc.

After the dinosaurs/other giant reptiles died out and life recovered, there was a niche empty for bigger animals, so that's why we got big mammals like rhinos and whales.

And all the while he’s telling you to suck it up :)

I always get peelers with red handles now for just this reason

Beautifull!
I’m on my second and planing to jump overboard with the bewildering denial that there won’t be a third!

my heart goes out to you.

Why are therapists so un-therapeutic?

They probably felt a bit flat.

Mmmm, because Richard just declared them illegitimate, usurped the throne from the rightful king Edward V and removed the next in line, and they would have remained a rallying point for opponents to his illegal rule if they were still alive? As motives go, that’s as high as you can get! I reiterate, Henry and his supporters had no access to the children. They were kept under lock and key in the grip of Henry’s opponents. There were attempts to rescue them but they were so closely guarded that they failed. Edward was fully expecting to die and was preparing for his death. Henry may have ultimately benefited in 1485 as the victor but he was not to know this two years earlier in 1483 when they were murdered. Richard set himself up as their protector; they were killed on his watch.

On another topic, the biggest mystery is the price of greetings cards. How shops get away with charging £5 for essentially a mass printed piece of card and an envelope is beyond me.

I want to know why every time I try to make poached eggs they turn out rubbish, even when I buy the gadget that promises they’ll be perfect!

@EnterFunnyNameHere They weren't all prostitutes. A couple were/may have been, but there is no evidence that the first two were ever prostitutes. The book has been mentioned previously but I highly recommend to everyone The Five by Hallie Rubenhold. She's done fantastic work looking into the lives of the women murdered by Jack the Ripper. It's really interesting and eye opening.

Why do we put trust in those who have form for being untrustworthy?
How can we get to 52 ime and still get fooled?

Thanks @RumNotRun

I was mostly going from hazy memories so happy to be corrected, and the book sounds worth a read.

That said, I stand by my basic point, as I think if he'd killed upstanding middle class men it probably wouldn't be treated as such an "entertainment opportunity" (for want of a better phrase!).

🙂

Who was The Man in the Iron Mask?