If there's a wheelchair-bound comedian, is it still stand up comedy?
Yes. There are many audience dictations where a singular person addresses a crowd but we do not explicitly call them stand up speakers, stand up politicians, nor stand up ministers. The phrase originated not because it required the comedian to stand but to directly confront their audience with their material. Standing up being a metaphors for the bravery of their performance rather than a measure of their stature. In fact, many stand up comedians do sit or lean; but it doesn’t detract from the genre any more than a wheelchair bound one would.
Is it legal to name a kid anonymous?
In most countries, yes. However, that doesn’t mean there won’t be legal ramifications or confusion that may result in doing so.
If you dig a hole at the south pole, are you digging up or down?
Same as the biting question. Down into rather than up and away. It is a matter of perspective. The person doing the digging would certainly consider it down.
If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without water?
Yes but… Melted dry ice is gaseous and for it to be a bath you would need a pool of some kind of liquid. If you converted dry ice to liquid, you would have liquid nitrogen; which is not advisable for you to bathe in.
Why is it necessary to nail a lid on a coffin?
There are two answers. Practicality, to make it difficult for the coffin from being disturbed and to preserve the contents inside. Superstitiously, it was also to prevent the dead from rising.
Why is it called The People's Republic of China if it's not a republic?
For it to be a republic, the people must vote for their representatives. As China is a one-party county, it makes elections difficult to occur but the people are still required to vote. So on a technicality it is considered a republic but they still do hold state elections to determine local representatives which are chosen by the people. Usually from two or more individuals from the same party. It is understandable to not consider this a true Republic if their choices are limited. This might not be just from corruption or even fraudulent electorate but rather a cultural interpretation. Though the concern remains prevalent even among the people of the country of a significant lack of or limited accountability.