A farmer had three daughters, all young and very pretty. He guarded them with a shotgu...

A farmer had three daughters, all young and very pretty. He guarded them with a shotgun. Friday night came and he heard a knock at the door. The farmer answered with his gun. A young man in su…

Top stories for Long   Mike DeLand, former Microwave and Satcom Technical Instructor at U.S. Army (1974-1984) • Posted Mar 30, 2023 A farmer had three daughters, all young and very pretty. He guarded them with a shotgun. Friday night came and he heard a knock at the door. The farmer answered with his gun. A young man in suit and... Read more » 868 53   My husband likes that I have gotten fit and toned after losing 50lbs, but I want to be single and focus on enjoying life now. Should I stay married or file for divorce so we both don't waste each other's time? Sonya Johnson, Fmr model, Stanford alum, Fulbright, writer, translator • Updated Thu I've been fit and toned all my life. I'm almost 63 years old now. The first picture below is of me in college, the other two are from last Christmas. That's FIFTY YEARS of b... Read more » 10.1K 1.1K   Where did electricity come from to power the telegraph in the Wild West and early 1800's? Dan O Brien, former Retired Scientist / Chartered Engineer • Answered October 3 Very good and serious question .. the Telegraph was a point to point connection ..with a set of wires connecting a sending station with a receiving station ..and then when ... Read more » 621 76   Why do I smell bad even though I have good hygiene? Marjorie Sferra, former HR Director at Benchmark Hospitality International (2002-2011) • Answered May 20, 2017 I used to work with a gentleman that bathed every day, wore clean pressed shirts, pants, ties, etc and still smelled bad. Bad enough that coworkers complained about the sme... Read more » 11.1K 923   Do fathers and daughters have children? Steve S., studied Politics & Philosophy • Answered September 17 I grew up in the 60's-70's and had a second cousin, Larry, we saw at family functions or visiting his grandparents. Even to a child it was obvious something was way "off" a... Read more » 3K 407   What makes the Boeing B-52 so hard to shoot down? Why doesn't it just get smacked out of the air? Dave Presuhn, lives in The United States of America (1991-present) • Answered September 27 The B-52 is a big ol' lumbering plane with 8 engines putting out a lot of hot exhaust. The North Vietnamese found out in the 1960s how easy they were to shoot down and did ... Read more » 4.1K 234   Does marijuana use have to be chronic or all the time to have long lasting effects on addiction? Bruno Ronaldinho, Party Time Doctor (2009-present) • Answered October 8 I am currently 68 years of age and began using marijuana when I was 20. I can truthfully say that every bad choice I ever made, money I ever lost, relationships I ever lost... Read more » 539 353   If Tony Stark died while inside his Iron man suit, how will the suit respond? Asked in MarvelHolics • Answered by Matt Ferreira • July 8 We saw this in Endgame. After Tony made his sacrifice with the snap he was borderline unresponsive. When Pepper asked F.R.I.D.A.Y. about his status and she replied "life fu... Read more » 1.5K 67   Can I raise my child without him knowing what sugar is? Murali Tumahai, worked at Professional Cleaners • Updated December 8, 2021 My mom did that. No sugar, only honey. No white flour, only whole wheat. My two sisters and I were like Nicole's friend, with monumental junk food/candy stashes. We couldn'... Read more » 3.9K 136   At what age do men begin to lose their looks? Thomas Cayne, Writer, painter, thinker, madman. • Answered August 9 I teach almost 1000 students per academic year, and I can tell you: it's absolutely stunning to see how many of my male students look so much older than they really are. Fat... Read more » 2.6K 494   Did Hitler use piano wire to execute people during World War II? Alex Colby, read hundreds of books about World War II history • Posted Oct 7 This historical section is highly upsetting. Some of the executions during the war were carried out using the thin wire commonly referred to as piano wires by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. It was not ... Read more » 382 27   Why was William Shatner so unpleasant to work with during the making of Star Trek: The Original Series? David Levenstam, Professor Accounting, Economics, History, Rhetoric • Answered September 28 Shatner and Nimoy interviewed each other in 2001 in what they call Mind Meld. Nimoy asked Shatner about complaints by Takei and Nichols about how he was aloof on the set of ... Read more » 4.5K 226 Read more in your feed

Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go.

Missing out on Quora emails? Be sure to add us to your primary inbox. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe. https://www.quora.com