Why?

Well this is an excellent question, Strange One. I believe it can best be answered by breaking it down into parts. First, we need to ask ourselves “who’ as this is the easiest to answer. This question can also be posed as “whom” but there are rules to this. It’s completely objective, for example, it should be used instead of ‘who’ as the object of a verb or preposition.

But then this only brings us back to ‘who’.  The Who is a band formed in 1964. They are legendary. For a brief history on the band click here. This fully answers ‘who’ but we are now asking ourselves ‘what’.

‘What’ is far more complicated than ‘who’. ‘What’ inevitably leads to ‘what if’ and this is a vicious cycle. Any ‘what if’ can be summed in parts with ‘because’. So when in doubt, the answer is always ‘because’. ‘Because’ may lead us back to the original question ‘why’ but we’re still not ready to answer this yet. We still have yet to discuss ‘where’.

‘Where’ is a place. It could be a place where everyone knows your name, but it doesn’t always have to be. Nor does it have to be that complicated. The easiest way to complete the question is with the standard ‘over there’ response. This can lead to the next question, ‘when’.

‘When’ refers to time. Time on a grand scale is indefinite. There is a past, a present, and a future, and time refers to all. So pick your favourite based on the mood of the hour. If asked ‘when’ you can respond with things like ‘now’ or ‘later’ or ‘never’ you can’t go wrong here.

‘How’? Well this is difficult. ‘How’ as an adverb usually refers to the extent or amount or degree of something, such as “how many peanuts in the jar?” ‘How’ can also be referring to a manner or means, such as “How did you do that?” An intensive form of ‘how’ is ‘however.’ I like to use this one a lot as it acts as a counter, and a good segue. This, however, leads us away from the original question. It’s a tangent, if you will.

You will need to look at these answers collectively to solve your riddle of ‘why’.
So in summary:
Who: Anyone, but known historically as a band.
What: What If: Because or ‘Meh’ (Slang for ‘whatever’)
Where: Over there
When: Now (or any other time)
How: Tangent

Now that you have your answer, I’d like to pose a question to you, oh Strange One.

To you, I ask ‘Why not’?

• Disclaimer: Jac Star is not a trained or qualified psychiatrist, although she does read a lot of books. The advice given here should not be substituted for professional counseling. Mainly because it’s free. And professional advice usually isn’t. If you have a question you’d like Jac to answer, please email her with the topic “Dear Jac” and she will try her best to offer you her worldly advice. Hopefully.

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