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July 5, 2005 Several UK folk have written pieces wondering aloud about various topics, and I've enjoyed them all. Here are some things I wonder about... Why is Judy Ramsook the only UK author with a picture in her article? Not that I mind, I generally enjoy her articles, and she looks like an attractive woman. Why is walking around in public in your underwear taboo, when most bathing suits these days are much skimpier? Why are cats so fascinated by paper towel and toilet paper rolls? And why do I keep leaving them within reach? Does the fact that we haven't been contacted by future time traveling humans mean that we will never master this form of travel? If we had been contacted, would I know about it? If abortion becomes illegal again, will the many many Liberals that didn't vote or that saw no difference between Republicans and Democrats feel guilty? Will they at least pay attention next time? What do I tell my 5 year old daughter, that now wants to dig up the backyard looking for unicorns? I told her they were legend, but she's not buying it... Would pot be legal, as Bill Maher suggests, if it killed more people like tobacco and alcohol do? Why are some Nursery Rhymes incredibly clever, while others are incredibly stupid? How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? What's a woodchuck? Why does the music in the new kids TV shows sound so good, and when did techno become acceptable? For that matter, when did Ozzy and other 80's 'taboo music' become kosher for car commercials? Why is chicken so hard to cook on a charcoal grill? Or, why am I such a lousy backyard cook? Why do spiders seem to bother me more and more as I get older? Isn't it usually the other way around? Why do people think Windows is “easy” to use when a Windows based computer is infected in 12 minutes according to a new study? Why am I complaining when most of the support calls I get are Windows related spyware issues? How many other people realize that the egg came before the chicken? Why does Murphy's law seem to be as real as the laws of gravity? Why does it rain only when I want to BBQ? Knowing this and considering we have a mini-drought, should I try to cook outside every night? But knowing that I know, wouldn't the universe work against me and then make it rain when I stay inside? Knowing that I know that I know this, can't I just cook inside to begin with? Will writing this question make it so? It just clouded over, is that a sign? Why do kids always want what they can't have? If there are 5 green balls and one blue ball, why will they fight over the blue ball? Would it be the same if there were 5 blue balls and one green ball? Does this say something profound about human nature and our desire for gold and diamonds? Is anyone else awestruck at the possibility of parallel universes? Does it bother anyone else that Hitler may have won in another reality? Aren't the IMD ratings for movies in various countries extremely interesting? Why would a movie that a 6 year old in Sweden or Germany can watch, be unsuitable for a 12 year old American kid? Why are those movie-rating differences always 'sex-content' related? Is our insatiable appetite for pornography in the US related to the fact that we are outwardly prudish about all things “sex” as compared with Sweden and Germany? What would people that lived 300 years ago think about the fact that we just met up with a comet, slammed a projectile into it, and took pictures of the whole event? Does this woman make you mad or laugh out loud, or, both? She is suing NASA for having “deformed her horoscope”. Should she have been born 300 years ago? ------------ About the author Frederick Smith: I enjoy writing about the positive virtues of humanism - humanists are the good guys. Email: dahlek65@yahoo.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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