In 1956 Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers asked Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Any new ideas?
Precisely because they are fools. More intriguingly, why do those who are not fools fall in love? Or could it be that ...
Greg McCarry, Sydney, Australia
• If you mean with each other, probably through natural selection. Who knows what effect this might be having on the evolution of human intelligence?
Lawrie Bradly, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia
• Because they are only human.
R De Braganza, Kilifi, Kenya
• Ask Stupid Cupid.
Jane Perry, Wellington, New Zealand
• Love is not an intelligence test. So no new news.
David Isaacs, Sydney, Australia
• Because (The Beatles, 1969).
Tijne Schols, The Hague, The Netherlands
• Try not to mind being a fool. Love is risky: nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Donna Samoyloff, Toronto, Canada
• Fools are fallible.
David Tucker, Halle, Germany
She would make mistakes
What if God was one of us?
She’d have the charisma of all wise women through history. Glass ceilings would be shattered, gender representation would be 50-50 in all agencies, departments and institutions while destruction and competition would be replaced by peace and kindness.
Ursula Nixon, Bodalla, NSW, Australia
• We would drop the capital G.
Jennifer Horat, Lengwil, Switzerland
• She would probably make all the same mistakes we do.
Gillian Shenfield, Sydney, Australia
• What if God was all of us?
Tom Edmonds, Cowansville, Quebec, Canada
• She would be underwhelmed.
Art Campbell, Ottawa, Canada
• She would be a refugee.
Neil Johnson, Birmingham, UK
It’s fingers in ears time
If someone or something goes viral, what is the antidote?
A dash of disinterested disdain, leavened with intelligent discrimination.
Rusty Hanna, Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia
• The “Power Off” function on your electronic device.
Bill Britton, Vero Beach, Florida, US
• Putting your fingers in your ears and going LALALALALA until it stops pestering you.
Cassandra Bahr, Wellington, New Zealand
• Pulling the plug.
Gabor Lovei, Slagelse, Denmark
• Pen, paper and postal box.
Mac Bradden, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
Be sure to get some drinks
A dinner party is set to start at “six-ish”. How big is an “ish”?
As long as the aperitifs hold out.
Joan Dawson, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• If you live in Melanesia, a time “ish” is at least an hour. For those who are not as informal and relaxed, and more accepting of the etiquette of good time-keeping, it would be more like half an hour – at least.
William Hughes, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
• I will aim for 10 minutes or so past the appointed hour, but if I have a collision with a bear, deer or owl – all of which have happened here – then I get there when I get there, if at all. Someone may tell me the time to arrive, but life has its own clock.
Doreen Forney, Pownal, Vermont, US
Any answers?
Why does professional sport attract so many spectators?
Gerry Cartmel, Bridgetown, Western Australia
Can being devious be all bad?
E Slack, L’Isle Jourdain, France
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