Why is a raven like a writing desk?
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
When would when never happen?
Why are some words the same but different?
When can importance be irrelevant?
At what point does new become old?
How, when it’s warm, can you feel cold?
How, when time flies, can it stand still?
Can it be easy to roll uphill?
Do night and day exist at once?
Can there be truth in utter nonsense?
Who’s more artistic, the painter or dancer?
And what is the question that has no answer?
*****
The main question is: what is this all about? Well, I’ll tell you! It’s a response to Sideview’s Weekend Theme this week: The Question.
I started to research the history of the word question, which I discovered was first used around the year 1300. This instantly brought to mind the question what word did they use before then? Incidentally, the word ‘query’, when used in reference to a question, was first 
used around 1630. The early Seventeenth Century had to make an appearance in here somewhere!
There’s no town, anywhere on the planet, named Question (unless you know otherwise!), although my research did inform me that there’s a place called Why, and another called Whynot.
And the way to spot the constellation Leo is to look for a backward question mark in the skies… which brings in the old faithful lion again… and another question…
Would you like to leave a comment?