From what would happen if dinosaurs still existed, to why cats have nine lives, we answer
some of your most burning questions about life.
- What’s going on, folks?
It’s me, Pringle the One and I’m going to be reading out the questions
and answers.
- * - Hello there, puny mortals, you may call
me Paprika.
Here to tickle your mind from my book of Things That Are 100% True.
- Ooooh – cool book!
Do you mind if I take a look?
- No touchy!
- * - Oh, gosh.
That was a close one.
- Eww…
10.
BossMajor 345 What would happen to the world if all humans disappeared?
- Oh, if I could just snap my fingers and make them all disappear, could you imagine?
There would be no one to stop my fun!
The world would be my playground!
- * - Aww… but humans aren’t so bad, right?
- * - Ahahahaha!
If humans suddenly vanished, their creations would begin to break down.
Power stations, oil refineries and other industrial plants would malfunction, causing great destruction.
After several decades nature would overtake cities, and a few centuries later many large
buildings will have partially or fully collapsed.
The good news is that many stone or bronze structures will survive for many thousands
of years.
9.
Chatika Why are some people right handed and others left handed?
- Left handed people are tainted.
I do my best to make things hard for them, like stealing all their left hand gloves!
The look on their faces!
“Oi, where’s me left glove at?” they say.
Priceless.
- Pringle, you have any idea where every single one of my left gloves went?
- * - No idea.
Oh – here’s one!
- * - Huh.
That’s weird.
- * - Very interesting.
- Quick question: is there some kind of glove goblin on my back?
- Hmm.
I think so.
The reason why some people are left handed is an ongoing debate among scientists.
With theories ranging from behaviour that is learned from your environment to genetics.
One theory suggest that the genes responsible for the development of physical asymmetry
could cause some people to favour using their left hand over their right.
8.
Pokelover5 Could a non-carbon based lifeform ever exist?
- * - I don’t know what he’s made of, maybe
cheese?
Or twinkies?
Are you filled with cream, space boy?
- No - actually I can change what I’m made of whenever I -
- *
As far as we currently know Carbon is the only element that life can be based on.
This is due to Carbon being able to form four bonds with other atoms.
Occasionally, some scientists have suggested that life could be based on Silicon, the element
just below Carbon on the periodic table as it too can form four bonds.
This is however, just a theory and as far as we have observed, life can only be based
on Carbon.
7.
How do you throw away a garbage can?
- What!?
Why would you get rid of those amazing things?
They’re perfect for sleeping inside, people always leave leftover food in them – they’re
like portable homes!
- Kinda stinky though.
- No, YOU’RE stinky!
- At least let me empty this full one, c’mon- - Don’t touch Victor!
He looks after me and I love him.
- That’s a trash bin, you crazy cat.
- *hisses crazily at Pringle and stabs him with a fork repeatedly*
There are actually a few ways to throw out a garbage can.
One way is to call your local council and ask them to come pick it up, you can also
put your garbage can upside down and that indicates you want to dispose of it, but that
might not always work.
The best way is to cut your bin into pieces and put it into ANOTHER bin.
6.
He_Needs_Milk What would happen to humans if dinosaurs still existed?
- New servitors to ride on!
Imagine the carnage a T-Rex could unleash!
- * - Ma’am, please pull over to the side of
the road.
- * - Please stop the T-Rex, ma’am!
If Dinosaurs existed today, humans would probably be fine for the most part.
It would be the Dinosaurs that would face problems.
Earth’s atmosphere, climate, flora and fauna has changed a lot in the last 66 million years;
Oxygen levels have fluctuated, temperatures have cooled and even the winds are stronger.
Now I don’t mean to be rude here - but some of these boys were big - and I mean really
big - the vegetation they needed to eat and the habitats they lived in just don’t exist
anymore.
5.
iiShatter Why is blue the color for boys and pink the color for girls?
- Pink!?
Red is the colour for boys and girls!
We’re filled with red!
Like big fat tomatoes!
- Hmm…
Hey Priiiiiiiiingle, can you turn yourself into a tomato for me?
- Of course, that’s easy!
- * - You see?
- Hey - where did you go?
- * - BAAAAAAMMMM!
Hahaha!
I squashed him.
- * - This job’s weird man.
Some say that the concept of blue being for boys and pink being for girls was a result
of marketing campaigns by clothing companies.
However, there is evidence that suggests it could be much deeper.
Studies have found that women are better at differentiating shades of colour and have
a sensitivity to the colour red, pink being a shade lighter than red.
The gene responsible for this is in direct relation to the X chromosome, of which women
have two, compared to men who have one X and one Y chromosome.
4.
Alex 06 How do worms reproduce?
- You just chop them in half and they grow.
Simple!
I wonder if there’s any other creatures that can do the same…
Priiiiiiiiiingle?
- What now you whackjob?
- Can I saw you in half to see if you’ll grow back?
- I mean I will but it’s not going to be pleasant for me.
- * - Man I better be getting paid extra for looking
after this cat.
Earthworms are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both male and female reproductive organs.
When mating, an Earthworm will form a tube of mucous around its body.
This tube is used to transport one worm’s - err - “genetic material” - to the other.
Later, the worm forms another tube of mucous which passes over the sacs containing its
eggs, collecting and fertilizing them.
The tube then travels up the body of the worm and is wriggled off at its head to form a
cocoon.
The eggs will then usually hatch within two to three weeks.
- Disgusting.
- Yeah…
- *
3.
CrustyCrab Who invented the alphabet?
- Well first they invented alphabetti spaghetti and I guess all the dumb dumbs just picked
it up from there.
Then we could finally read all those books that were just lying around.
- I think you’ve got it a little backwards there.
- Excuse me?
Can you even read?
- A little.
But I can become letters.
- Ugh- boring!
We get it, you can shapeshift.
Learn something new, will ya?
- I think I’m learning patience, believe me.
If we are talking about the English alphabet, then no one person invented it.
It developed over time from the mingling of different languages.
The old Anglo-Saxons of Britain communicated using a runic language, that is until the
Latin alphabet was introduced by Christians in the seventh century AD.
Later, in 1066, the Normans would invade and the language would soon begin to reflect their
rule.
It wasn’t until the invention of the printing press and its arrival in Britain during the
mid 15th century that modern English and the alphabet we know today would become standardized.
2.
Chatika Where did the idea of cats having nine lives come from?
- Because cats are just plain better so naturally they get eight more lives than fleshy people.
- Man I always have to be careful around cats, they sit everywhere and I end up stepping
on- - *
- AWWWHHHH!
GRRRRRR!!!
- * - *
- Ah man, I need be more careful.
- *
Well we know that cats are pretty agile and tend to land on their feet so it could be
because of their survivability.
There’s also an old English proverb about a Cat’s nature, which goes: “A cat has
nine lives.
For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays.”
Folklore also claims that the ancient Egyptian God, Bast, who had the head of a cat was said
to have nine lives.
The number nine was also considered a mystic number in some cultures, being the number
that invokes tradition and religion.
1.
Ammonite The SeaWing How did the medicine ball get its name?
- Because it’s filled with medicine, dumbie!
You use them to make sick people feel better.
Say, Pringle, you’re looking a little under the weather.
- I feel fine.
- * - Don’t you feeeeeeeeel better?
- I feel better knowing that the video is almost over.
- Oh don’t worry, I can tell that me and you are going to be fast friends.
We’ll have so much fun together!
Heh-heh-heh!
- *
The word “medicine” used to be more synonymous with “health”.
During the Renaissance, the physician Hieronymus Mercurialis advised people to use what we
now call medicine balls as a form of medicinal gymnastics.
The actual name was unintentionally created in 1889 by a Professor Roberts in an article
from Scientific America who claimed that the ball “invigorates the body” and “preserves
one’s health”.
- * - Priiiiiingle, where are you?
I want to see what other things you can become that I can splatter!
- * - Hey!
What is this!?
- * - Hey Pringle-
- Hey Pecan, I left your cat on the table - can’t stop, got
to head out, see ya!
- * - My cat?
- * - *Sounds of Paprika gnawing the bars of her
cage.* - What are you looking at?
- You’re not a cat…
- … How about you let me out?
- * - No.
- *