Ponderables

Why do...

drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a diet Coke?

banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters?

we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless unk in the garage?

why hot dogs come in packages of ten and buns come in packages of eight?

we use the word politics? It works so well. Poli is Latin for many and tics is English for a bloodsucking insect.

they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering


Do you ever wonder...

why the sun lightens hair and darkens skin?

why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?

why the headlines never say "Psychic Wins Lottery"?

why abbreviated is such a long word?

why doctors call what they do practice?

why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor and dish soap uses real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

why there isn't mouse flavored cat food?

why Noah didn't swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

why apartments are so close together?

if con is the opposite of pro is congress the opposite of progress?

if flying is so safe why is the airport called the terminal?