h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

some of you may have heard the dirty rumour that australians like to drink,well, rather alot of beer. on one of the rare occasions when we proved that this scurrilous rumour is in fact a fact, several interesting questions arose in the ensuing disjointed and mostly incomprehensible conversation. perhaps some of you with brains less affected by beer consumption can answer these timeless questions. 1. why do you sneeze when you look directly into the sun? 2. does grass think? 3. (and perhaps the most mysterious of all) what's so darn great about george clooney?

Okay, I'll try to answer your questions...
1) you sneeze when you look at the sun because of hypersensitivity - not everybody sneezes when they look at the sun, but some people sneeze when they look at a bright sky, eat dark chocolate, or even rub their noses. It's a pretty good affliction I guess in that it stops you looking at the sun, and if you are allergic to dark chocolate it makes it go all other your hand instead and uh, if you have a nose bleed its a sure way to stop you rubbing your nose because you know what'll happen...
2) no, it lacks the critical neurons which pass impulses along a central nervous system. (ie. grass is spineless as well as stupid).
3) He has enough money to purchase a small country; he doesnt have a receding hairline; he rarely plays any role in which he is portrayed as anything less than an icon; his status symbol image has been perpetrated by an adorning news and media - ie. create a symbol that you show in the newspaper so much that merely showing him in a newspaper will sell that newspaper - chicken and egg sorta thing.

Patria