//------------------------------// // Chapter 35- Philosophy Time // Story: Good Morning Equestria // by Quoterific //------------------------------// "Hey guys, I got a mix of casualty dilemmas!" Pinkie announced as she produced a list of questions from her mane. The others looked at her with puzzled looks. "Pinkie, we're not doctors or casualties. Leave that to Nurse Redheart," Gabby said with an unsure tone of where this is going. "No, silly. A list of Casualty Dilemmas. These are questions that have a double meaning and confuse the listener," Pinkie explained, "I got them from Twilight when she was conducting this strange report on thought theory, and she was wondering if we could give it a try," Pinkie explained. "Like what questions?" "What came first: The griffon or the egg?" Pinkie read the first question from the list. The room fell dead silent. Then every creature turned to the only griffon in the room. Gabby looked between them, sweat pouring down her face. "Of course the egg came first!" Gabby threw her talons in exasperation, "Then the griffon that will grow out of the egg will make the egg again. Done! Next question." "If you drop the soap on the bathroom floor, does the floor get clean or does the soap get dirty?" Pinkie read the next question for all to listen. They turned to each other at that odd one, before Autumn gave her view on the question. "I would say both really, because the soap would carry the stains of the floor across and get the floor clean at the same time." The others hummed in agreement. "Nothing like a bit of cleaning," Pinkie hummed in acknowledgement, "Just make sure you get the right remover from Zecora, and not the shampoo or the other way round. Rarity learnt that the hard way." "I think it's best if we don't listen to what happened," Gabby shivered, imagining Rarity's reaction to a nearly bold head. "Which orange came first? The color or the fruit?" Pinkie continued. "That would be the fruit. Ponish didn't have a word for that, until explorers from the three tribes discovered it and introduced it during the joining of all three pony tribes," Silverstream giggled. The others turned to her in confusion. "And where did you learn something like that?" Autumn asked the hippogriff. "I've never seen an orange before! I had to look it up!" Silverstream did another giggle. Marble sighed. Some creature spent too much time underwater. "Who put the alphabet in alphabetical order?" Pinkie Pie read. "That sounds more of a generic question," Gabby said, "It was the great unicorn scholars with their magical skills." "If you get out of the shower clean, then why does your towel get dirty?" "Same with the soap one," Gabby said, "You wipe away the dirty whilst you are cleaning, hence the towel gets dirty. Simple." "These questions are interesting and all, but I have no idea what Twilight was intending to do with them. What really sets Twilight going is when she gets all whacky when she gets a test or creates a checklist," Pinkie threw the list away. "That's way you see her, flying around with a long scroll of things," Silverstream, "She must be the most organised pony ever!" "Correction, she is. Her freak outs prove that. When she gets some big news, she mega freaks-out. She has officially became a verb in the Equestrian Dictionary!" Pinkie said, sounding proud. "Well, I think it's best to let the viewers decide the answer to those questions. I hope they don't cause a debate too long," Gabby sighed. "Well, we are going to take a break from the questions, and let's play DJ PON-3's new song, Hit Me With That Bass!"