Why Is... 1 + 1 = 5... I Don't Understand?

Question

I Don't Understand?

Answer 1

maybe, 1+1=2  yaaa

Answer 2

1 and 1 must have gotten pregnant with triplets.

Answer 3

Because you need to go back to school

Answer 4

I don't understand either.

Answer 5

It doesn't :L you confuse me lol

Answer 6

it doesnt

Answer 7

Because I said so.

Answer 8

join the club, neither do i

Answer 9

1+1=2

or if its a trick, its 11

btw

:D

Answer 10

because you wrote the 2 backwards.

if you draw a backwards two it's a five.

that took me a while.

Answer 11

Well if my wife is involved it makes sense!

1(credit card) + 1(credit card) = 5 (days b4 we go broke!)

Answer 12

ok, first, you put up one finger, and then another finger. Then, you count the fingers on your hand. TADA! 5! Ain't I a genius??? =)  

Answer 13

what's so confusing 'bout that?

everyone knows 1+1=5 and 5+5=2

Answer 14

Sometimes people say that when they mean they have worked out more than they have meant to.

Like they say, 'I put two and two together and made five.'  It means that they worked out more than the obvious.

Unless you just read your maths book wrong!

Answer 15

Ooo, it's 1 + 1 = 2

Hope I helped.

Answer 16

Who told you that?

It doesn't.

Answer 17

A sarcastic comment. Or when people are talking about someone misinterperating something...

Answer 18

1 + 1 does not equal 5

Answer 19

Seeing beyond the Box~the  1 added to the other 1 plus the equal sign(2 lines horizontal) equates too 5..gottcha!

Answer 20

cuz there are 2 numbers, a plus sign and two dashes for da equal sign...duh...lol

Answer 21

Clearly, you're retarded.

Answer 22

It doesn`t

Who says so?

Answer 23

Maybe you should look back on your maths.

Answer 24

your math is bad everyone knows 1+1=2

Answer 25

1+1 equals whatever depending what are you adding ;)

Answer 26

maybe you mean 1+ 4

its a simple mistake :)

Answer 27

since when? 1 + 1 = 2  when I went to school.

Answer 28

cause when ya high

using your brain doesn't apply.

Answer 29

no you misunderstand

its algebra and its the value l which equals 2.5 its not a 1

Answer 30

could be base 2.5 therefore 1 (2.5) + 1 (2.5) = 5

Answer 31

I really don't get whether this is meant to be funny or not.. :P