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Intellectual Odds & Ends

Borrowing an idea from my fellow blogger Cynewolf, I’ve decided to post something a little lighter and less ponderous than my usual fare. Think of this as a nice sherbet to cleanse the intellectual palate between courses. Of course, I will gladly welcome any thoughts of this nature you wish to add. Enjoy.

Why do Asian teenagers, largely an intelligent, hardworking and successful group, seem to prefer rap music? Why do the rapper’s cries of injustice and oppression attract a group whose lifestyle and values are at complete odds with this message?

Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Why do the wonderful ideas touted by the elites always have to be coerced by the government (i.e. at gunpoint)?

Why do they swab your arm with alcohol prior to administering a lethal injection?

When you go to a donut shop, they pick up your donuts with a piece of wax paper so they don’t touch the donuts with their hands. So why do they put that tainted piece of waxed paper into the bag with your donuts?

Why are there Braille pads on drive-up ATM’s?

Good news is worthless; bad news is actionable. If you hear all is well, what do you do? If a customer complains the coffee isn’t hot, you check the coffee pot!

When given the task to clean up forty tables, most will immediately plan everything necessary to clean them. An exceptional few will first ask why the tables need to be cleaned.

Why are the keys on phones different from the number pads on computers?

Why can I calculate a mortgage with my old Hewitt-Packard calculator, turn it off, and when I turn it on a month later the mortgage calculation is still there, instantly; but it takes my computer ten minutes just to get started every morning?

Can an all powerful God make something so big he can’t lift it? Think about it.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Always asked, but never answered.

Why does a hamburger and a coke cost the same as a hamburger, coke and fries?

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