MC Frontalot, John Hodgman - Question and Answer Time lyrics
[MC Frontalot, John Hodgman - Question and Answer Time lyrics]
So, Mr Hodgman
What?
Why does a mirror reverse left and right
But not up and down?
It's lazy it could do it
It doesn't feel like it
I understand
Next question
Why haven't bats been domesticated?
They have been bats throughout history
Have been trained to
Do simple tasks they carried
Messages from England to
The French resistance during World War
I I that was
Very inefficient only one out of every 5
000 bats actually had a message from
The English and oftentimes the
Message would be destroyed when they
Poached the bats in butter
Sure
Yeah, so, yeah, bats have been domesticated
But they don't make particularly good
Pets due to the screeching
And they give you warts you used to be
Able to order bats through the mail
In the backs of comic books
It was traumatic for a lot of
Kids i mean, at first
You'd get a package of freeze-dried bats
In the mail and you're excited
Sure
But then when you attempt
To rehydrate them yeah
Not a very good toy next question
What is the luckiest plant?
This is like what you call in
The rapping world "freestyling" isn't it?
We are, we are freestyling
I am not a rapper i will
Just do the best I can
To answer your questions as
Usefully as possible
Just honestly and completely
That's all I ask
Exactly um, wheatgrass?
Lucky as the wheatgrass grows?
Lucky as the wheatgrass grows i
Know people say that
All the time I don't know what it means
Of the enduring philosophical questions which
Is the most deserving
Of continued attention and which
Is the least?
That one and the least
"What time is it?" Because
It's very simply answered
It is
It barely counts as a philosophical question
It's kind of amazing
But still, it sneaks in there
It's incredible that it's still up for debate
It's asked dozens of times a day
Yeah, it's like people are still
Searching for the answer
Yeah
Look at a watch!
What?
Why does a mirror reverse left and right
But not up and down?
It's lazy it could do it
It doesn't feel like it
I understand
Next question
Why haven't bats been domesticated?
They have been bats throughout history
Have been trained to
Do simple tasks they carried
Messages from England to
The French resistance during World War
I I that was
Very inefficient only one out of every 5
000 bats actually had a message from
The English and oftentimes the
Message would be destroyed when they
Poached the bats in butter
Sure
Yeah, so, yeah, bats have been domesticated
But they don't make particularly good
Pets due to the screeching
And they give you warts you used to be
Able to order bats through the mail
In the backs of comic books
It was traumatic for a lot of
Kids i mean, at first
You'd get a package of freeze-dried bats
In the mail and you're excited
Sure
But then when you attempt
To rehydrate them yeah
Not a very good toy next question
What is the luckiest plant?
This is like what you call in
The rapping world "freestyling" isn't it?
We are, we are freestyling
I am not a rapper i will
Just do the best I can
To answer your questions as
Usefully as possible
Just honestly and completely
That's all I ask
Exactly um, wheatgrass?
Lucky as the wheatgrass grows?
Lucky as the wheatgrass grows i
Know people say that
All the time I don't know what it means
Of the enduring philosophical questions which
Is the most deserving
Of continued attention and which
Is the least?
That one and the least
"What time is it?" Because
It's very simply answered
It is
It barely counts as a philosophical question
It's kind of amazing
But still, it sneaks in there
It's incredible that it's still up for debate
It's asked dozens of times a day
Yeah, it's like people are still
Searching for the answer
Yeah
Look at a watch!