Y do people say how long is a peace of string?
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because there is no paticular answer to that question an example how longs that repair man going to take and i would say how longs a peice of string meaning theres no time scale on it
because there's no real answer
That's a different bucket of bolts.
Yes, its a good ole saying and still alive and kicking and will be for "well how longs a piece of string".
It means that the question can't be answered. The string could be any lenght
A piece of string could be any length. There is, therefore, no single correct answer to the question. So whenever there is another question to which there is no one coreect answer people will say "How long is a piece of string?" to show that they feel that there is no one right answer to the question
because it is an open question, but the answer is that it is twice its length from the centre
it's probably a zen thing, like what's the sound of one hand clapping. there is no right answer.
because they don't know the answer
Because you cannot answer this question because a piece of string could be any length. In other words they don't know the answer to the question you are asking.
how long is a piece of string is an answer to a quesstion,such as," how long are you going to be in the loo?" you clearly have no idea, so to signify this you reply ...
Cos they dont know how long, its a way of sayin fer ever, wi'out actually sayin it.
Don't know but I am in favour of PEACE!
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