Things that have bothered you for a long time.

[Ming the Merciless]

Why does gravel gather in the middle of lane ?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Grass clearly has seeds as you see it growing in all sorts of places. But grass never flowers so what’s the mechanism for seed distribution?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Why do we have four fingers and a thumb and not three or five fingers?

 

[classic33]

Why does gravel gather in the middle of lane ?

Pushed out of the way either side, by wheeled traffic. You'll also find it in the verges on either side.

 

[gavroche]

When contestants on a game show try to guess the answer, get it wrong and the host says: " good guess though".
How can it be a good guess if it is wrong?

 

[guitarpete247]

Are these 2 long lost brothers?

 

[Poacher]

Why do we have four fingers and a thumb and not three or five fingers?

Have you never been to Norfolk?

 

[mistyoptic]

Have you never been to Norfolk?

Anywhere east of Whittlesey, surely?

 

[Hover Fly]

Grass clearly has seeds as you see it growing in all sorts of places. But grass never flowers so what’s the mechanism for seed distribution?

Grass does have flowers, just not very pretty ones.

 

[oldwheels]

Grass clearly has seeds as you see it growing in all sorts of places. But grass never flowers so what’s the mechanism for seed distribution?

Grass does have flowers but they are very small. I did 2 years agricultural botany at uni 65 years ago.

 

[Hover Fly]

Grass does have flowers but they are very small. I did 2 years agricultural botany at uni 65 years ago.

I looked at some grass in a field once.

 

[oldwheels]

I looked at some grass in a field once.

Problem there is that all grass is not the same. Umpteen different varieties for different purposes.

 

[classic33]

Problem there is that all grass is not the same. Umpteen different varieties for different purposes.

Silage!

 

[oldwheels]

Silage!

In my day they were still experimenting with silage. The worse the smell to humans the better the cattle liked it. In the degree course we did not get hands on but the diploma students were. After one experimental batch some students from Auchencruive college were ejected from a bus back to their digs as the rest of the passengers objected to the smell.
I quite liked the smell or rather did not find it too bad and in any case in my farm labouring days we had worse to contend with.
Silage is only one use and the grass crop can be tailored to suit the livestock to be on the land.

 

[mustang1]

If you are sent to spy for your country and need to keep a low profile, should you drive an inconspicuous vehicle such as an old Ford Fiesta rather than an Aston Martin?

Well, if you're visiting the casino of Paris where the punters drive those sorts of cars, turning up in a Fiesta will really make you stand out.