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Conference quark::human_relations-v1

Title:	What's all this fuss about 'sax and violins'?
Notice:	Archived V1 - Current conference is QUARK::HUMAN_RELATIONS
Moderator:	ELESYS::JASNIEWSKI

Created:	Fri May 09 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 26 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1327
Total number of notes:	28298

312.0. "The "Eternal Answers" ... now that we know the Questins" by TONTO::EARLY (Bob_the_hiker) Wed May 27 1987 09:00

    In another note, someone suggested that the "questions" be asked
    there ... all sorts of questions about ... everything. It puzzled
   me that there are so many questions, and so few answers to the really
    important questions.
    
    Some people feel that when the correct question is asked, the answer
    is half found.
    
    So then, when the correct answer is given, we then know what question
    need to be asked ? Seems like it could become a very recursive cycle,
    but let me give an answer I've heard many times, and perhaps others
    can share some of the answers THEY've been given, (or even provided).
    
    Nopoint in putting the QUESTIONS here, because all suitable questions
    have already been asked. Now we need some ANSWERS.
    
    Answer #1: "... because I said so !"
    
    .bob.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
312.1	42	BCSE::RYAN	Relatively human	`Wed May 27 1987 12:29`	0
312.2	My standard: "Cuz I'm the 'mommy' thats why!"	TORA::KLEINBERGER	misery IS optional	`Wed May 27 1987 21:08`	1

312.3		VINO::KSTEVENS	I don't believe what I believe in	`Thu May 28 1987 10:50`	2
	No one said that life is fair.
312.4		SPMFG1::SEABURYM		`Thu May 28 1987 16:52`	3
	'Cuz thats how things work around here
312.5		DDMAIL::ANDREWS	Just living a life of illusion	`Thu May 28 1987 21:16`	3
	Re .0,.2,.4 Because is a word, not a reason :-)
312.6		TORA::KLEINBERGER	misery IS optional	`Fri May 29 1987 09:29`	3
	Ah, but "because" is the best reason they get :-) (especially if I'm the mommy! :-).....)
312.7		HARPO::B_HENRY	Bill Henry	`Fri May 29 1987 09:41`	2
	because your not old enough to know any better
312.8	Most Illogical	VAXWRK::CONNOR	Live Free or Pay Up	`Fri May 29 1987 10:52`	1
	No reason - It's just policy.
312.9	I want an explanation	YODA::BARANSKI	1's & 0's, what could be simpler?!	`Fri May 29 1987 12:10`	20
	RE: .* Of the answers so stated: "... because I said so !" "Cuz I'm the 'mommy' thats why!" "No one said that life is fair." "'Cuz thats how things work around here" "because your not old enough to know any better" "No reason - It's just policy." I would be very upset if someone gave me those reasons as answers, and I would not accept them. I certainly would not give them as answers to my children, and I would hope other parents are not. I feel that every person deserves some explanation to their questions, even if they won't understand the explanation fully. Jim.
312.10		QUARK::LIONEL	We all live in a yellow subroutine	`Fri May 29 1987 12:25`	13
	I can't get away with pseudo-answers like these. If I say just "Because" to Tommy, he asks "Why because?" However, I think this is more a subject for PARENTING than H_R. "It's just policy" is one that I hear a lot in the business world, and little infuriates me more. (Well, maybe those signs that start out with "For your convenience..." and then tell you eight things that inconvenience you.) Anyway, I don't know where we can really go with this topic other than some amusement. Steve
312.11	From an old Barney Miller episode	HPSCAD::WALL	I see the middle kingdom...	`Fri May 29 1987 14:29`	9
	For the same reason the sperm whale, one of the largest creatures in existence, has an eyeball the size of a baseball. 'Cause that's the way it is. I find myself confronted by this reality quite frequently. DFW
312.12	From my parochial school days :-)	AKOV68::FRETTS	Shine your Spirit!	`Fri May 29 1987 17:39`	9
	Well, it's a mystery. Carole
312.13	:-(	NOVA::GROFF		`Fri May 29 1987 18:21`	3
	because life sucks, and then you die
312.14	0>-v-<0	GENIE::CLARK	leaves them feathers if they fall	`Mon Jun 01 1987 10:44`	2
	that's the way God planned it
312.15	Because a Smith & Wesson Beats Five Aces	TSG::MCGOVERN	Szechuan Vanilla	`Mon Jun 01 1987 15:35`	1

312.16	Or...	TIPPLE::HANSON	Sittin' on a Lilypad...	`Mon Jun 01 1987 21:12`	6
	Or, as Lily Tomlin once said : "If love is the answer, would somebody please rephrase the question?"
312.17	Good answer! Good answer!	AXEL::FOLEY	Rebel without a clue	`Tue Jun 02 1987 21:57`	11
	"Oh no, I know what you're thinkin'.. `Did he fire 5 or did he fire 6?' Well, in all the confusion I kinda lost track myself. But seeing as how this is a .44 Magnum and it can blow your head CLEAN off, you oughtta be askin' yourself one question. `Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya? PUNK! Clint Eastwood in "Dirty Harry" mike
312.19	Love isn't the answer?	YODA::BARANSKI	1's & 0's, what could be simpler?!	`Mon Jun 08 1987 12:36`	5
	RE: .16 I'd like to hear more of the context that was taken from... Jim.
312.20	Perhaps it is...	TIPPLE::HANSON	Caution: Prone to sudden Fun Attacks...	`Thu Jun 11 1987 10:42`	11
	RE: .19 *** I'd like to hear more of the context that was taken from... Gee, Jim, I believe it was stand-up comedy. [Several years ago, Lily had a one-woman show on Broadway, and during the performance, she would throw out a one-liner viewpoint on life's ironies, pause, and move onto the next observation, sort of in the same fashion as Steven Wright. Ergo, no context, just offered here as a light-hearted smile 8^) ]
312.21	Because that's the way my mother always did it.	OWL::LANGILL	A Transitory Hallucination	`Wed Jun 17 1987 15:10`	1