Why are roofs on houses slanted? I'd like as many reasons for the slant on roofs instead of having them be completely flat as you people can muster up. Hopefully my unebbing curiosity will be quieted then.
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I like it when Puggy the Squirrel says:
So rain/water can slide off them.
this is the correct answer.
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Puggy the Squirrel's account was hax0red to write:
So rain/water can slide off them.
But if roofs were flat, like no dents in them to hold water or nothing wouldn't the wind push it off the side, maybe into a gutter or just to the ground anyways?
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Mr. Gainsborough wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
But if roofs were flat, like no dents in them to hold water or nothing wouldn't the wind push it off the side, maybe into a gutter or just to the ground anyways?
But wouldnt be more efficient if the water automatically slid off instead of staying up there for days and maybe even causing damage to the roof through decay?
Then it became stylish.
Thinking about your posts
(and billing you for it) since 2001
Why is an igloo shaped the way it is?!
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Mr. Gainsborough had this to say about Robocop:
Ok then, others can keep answering that question with more reasons to the slanted roof...or answer this one!Why is an igloo shaped the way it is?!
Because a dome shape is the strongest structure they can make out of the blocks of ice they have to work with.
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Mr. Gainsborough wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
Ok then, others can keep answering that question with more reasons to the slanted roof...or answer this one!Why is an igloo shaped the way it is?!
The dome keeps pressure on the walls so that it actually stays up. If you made it a box, the roof would collapse.
Why is chocolate so good? ;(
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Mr. Gainsborough obviously shouldn't have said:
Ok then, others can keep answering that question with more reasons to the slanted roof...or answer this one!Why is an igloo shaped the way it is?!
You apparently haven't seen any of those volkswagon commercials.
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A sleep deprived Addy stammered:
I have a better question.Why is chocolate so good? ;(
Don't women get horny off it?
Horny = Good
I get to be smart now!
There, I said it.
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Cool Hand Luke had this to say about Captain Planet:
Chocolate is nasty.There, I said it.
!!!!
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Cool Hand Luke painfully thought these words up:
Chocolate is nasty.There, I said it.
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Everyone wondered WTF when Cool Hand Luke wrote:
Chocolate is nasty.There, I said it.
W?! T?! F?!
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Mr. Gainsborough had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
Don't women get horny off it?Horny = Good
I get to be smart now!
anyone can get horny off it, but not the flaming omg F me now horny.. Chocolate is a natural aphrodesiac. Having said that, it also triggers the release of hormones and such to calm you, reduce anxiety and the like.
[ 08-25-2003: Message edited by: KaLourin ]
edit: it also wont make women horny enough to give you the time of day either, so dont worry.
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Cool Hand Luke was naked while typing this:
Chocolate is nasty.There, I said it.
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Everyone wondered WTF when KaLourin wrote:
edit: it also wont make women horny enough to give you the time of day either, so dont worry.
*rolls eyes* I'll just assume you missed my post about having a girlfriend. Even though we broke up.
And yes. I did miss the post. But since you broke up, its a moot point.
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KaLourin said this about your mom:
Had someone else in mind when I quoted and made the response.
<gasp> Me!?
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So quoth KaLourin:
a moot point.
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This insanity brought to you by Puggy the Squirrel:
Mute?
no moot; moot = Trivial
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KaLourin had this to say about John Romero:
anyone can get horny off it, but not the flaming omg F me now horny
Sez u 
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Razor had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
no moot; moot = Trivial
Wrong.
Moot: without legal significance, through having been previously decided or settled.
At least that is the usage the context suggests. [ 08-25-2003: Message edited by: Gydfather ]
Thinking about your posts
(and billing you for it) since 2001
In case you didn't realize this many places DO have flat rooves.
The reason roofses are steepled is because flat roofes are widely considered unattractive, which is why commercial structures like grocery stores and the like often have false fronts.
A lot of apartment buildings have flat rooves. The aforementioned grocery stores, warehouses, malls, airports, and lots of other places have flat rooves because they're so large a steepled roof would be prohibitively expensive.
2. An ancient English meeting, especially a representative meeting of the freemen of a shire.
Remember the Ent moot from the Lord of the Rings?
Flat roof are usually only seen on Commercial buildings cause of the difference in building material used, Most homes use a wooden support structure, rather than the steal or concrete usually used in commercial buildings. The only homes I have seen with flat roofs tend to be adobe ones, which are pretty much like a house made using concrete construction
