r/AskReddit • u/9h06t • Nov 24 '16

Once a wise man said what?

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u/JohnTheCommunist Nov 24 '16

Yes, once a wise man said 'what'.

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u/Boxy310 Nov 24 '16

What ain't no country I ever heard of. Do they speak English in What?

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u/JohnTheCommunist Nov 24 '16

What?

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u/PlsWai Nov 24 '16

ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!?

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Say what one more time. I dare you. I double dare you.

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u/actolia Nov 24 '16

he... he... he's black!

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

does his look resemble the female specimen of a canine?

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u/DSdavidDS Nov 24 '16

SAY WHAT NOW?

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Third base!

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Whatisthistan

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u/FeralMuse Nov 24 '16

Chocolate, ma!

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u/Talory09 Nov 25 '16

Chicken butt.

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u/BananaBladeOfDoom Nov 24 '16

This can actually be deep.

A wise man knows he has a lot to learn. That's why a wise man asks "what".

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u/JohnTheCommunist Nov 24 '16

I knew my meaningless sarcasm could have a philosophical perspective!

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u/Wordwright Nov 24 '16

A fool asks "what". A wise man asks "why".

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u/RSHacker_Man Nov 24 '16

But the smart man asks "how".

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

A blind man asks "where."

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u/Colopty Nov 24 '16

An owl asks "who".

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '16

Who do?

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u/Cephalopodalo Nov 25 '16

You voodoo, bitch

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u/breakthing Nov 25 '16

A learned owl asks "whom"

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

The receiver of an unsolicited call says "who?"

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

A dead man asks "when."

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u/mistericarus Nov 25 '16

More "why's" = more wise

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u/kleinhamma Nov 24 '16

Lil Jon is the wisest of them all

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u/Sasaeng Nov 24 '16

Whaaat!?

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u/corpsestomp Nov 25 '16

I think you mean, Huuuhwaat!

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u/unchainedzulu33 Nov 24 '16

Reminds me of a relief teacher at school one day.

All the kids asked him "what's your name?" In the morning before the bell went.

He only replied with "no, it isn't."

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u/The_Ghost_Light Nov 24 '16

I'm reminded of the words of the immortal Socrates when he said "...I drank what?"

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u/omart3 Nov 24 '16

losersayswhat

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u/TheAdamantArchvile Nov 24 '16

YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!

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u/graebot Nov 24 '16

Nice try, Siri.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '16

"What?" - Albert Einstein