Food For Thought

[sam i am]

Why, Why, Why


Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?

Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, "That hurt, you idiot?"

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

And my FAVORITE The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.

[QueenAdrock]

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?


Because 4 billion stars is something that normal people without a degree in astronomy can't figure out for themselves. They have to take the word of accredited scientists. Any idiot can say the paint is still wet, but it may not be.

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Because they branched off. There are apes all over the world. To believe that every single ape would have evolved the same way, even though they all have different environmental situations would be silly.


However, I didn't see "If 7-11 is open 24 hours, why are there locks on the doors?" That's always bothered me.

[sam i am]

Because 4 billion stars is something that normal people without a degree in astronomy can't figure out for themselves. They have to take the word of accredited scientists. Any idiot can say the paint is still wet, but it may not be.



Because they branched off. There are apes all over the world. To believe that every single ape would have evolved the same way, even though they all have different environmental situations would be silly.


However, I didn't see "If 7-11 is open 24 hours, why are there locks on the doors?" That's always bothered me.

The questions were mainly for fun.

I like your query, though.

[greedygretchen]

It's actually a widely perpetuated misconception that we "evolved" from apes. We have a common ancestor with apes- but we didn't evolve from them. Gee, I did learn something in college. Thanks Mr. Anthropology class teacher whose name I don't remember.

Oh yeah and why do we drive on parkways and park in driveways...and why is there Braille on drive-up ATMs...and why are conservatives against abortion but for the death penalty and war...and why do Christians preach love but practice hate...just wonderin' :p

[100% ILL]

Why is there braile on the drive up atm?

Why is the place you drive your car called a parkway, and the place where you park your car called a driveway?

Why do people say something is Completely destroyed, when just saying it's destroyed will suffice?

*presses remote harder*

[greedygretchen]

and why did 100% ILL just copy my initial post? :D

[100% ILL]

and why did 100% ILL just copy my initial post? :D

*Presses remote even harder* :o

[QueenAdrock]

and why is there Braille on drive-up ATMs

We had a blind speaker in my Special Education course. They said that even regular ATM's had braille on them, which was pretty damn stupid. She said it was useless, because it doesn't have some sort of speaker that reads your options to you, or any kind of braille machine that "writes" what's on the screen.

If you think about it, it's true. It usually says "What's your pin" and "How much money do you want," etc. How the hell are they supposed to know it says any of that? Even if they memorized what it said, what if they made a mistake? They couldn't tell.

God, it would suck so badly to be blind. I'd much rather be deaf.

[100% ILL]

This food isn't very satisfying

[Friis gal]

"How do you know if a tree in the woods make's a sound whenn it's falling, if there is no one in the woods to hear it?"

[100% ILL]

"How do you know if a tree in the woods make's a sound whenn it's falling, if there is no one in the woods to hear it?"

In order for there to be "sound" three things are necessary. A transmitter, A medium, and a reciever. If no one "hears" there is no reciever and thus no sound.

[synch]

In order for there to be "sound" three things are necessary. A transmitter, A medium, and a reciever. If no one "hears" there is no reciever and thus no sound.
Eh?

[100% ILL]

Eh?

Yeah It's like a deaf guy playing a guitar in a room by himself. It's pointless.

[synch]

That doesn't mean the sound isn't there.

[Friis gal]

That's true, but how do you know if the sound is there?

[synch]

There are no less soundwaves because there is no ear involved.

Put a microphone and a recorder of some kind in a forest and you'll know that there was a sound.

It's arrogant to assume that if you didn't hear it, it didn't happen ;)

[WhoMoi?]

We had a blind speaker in my Special Education course. They said that even regular ATM's had braille on them, which was pretty damn stupid. She said it was useless, because it doesn't have some sort of speaker that reads your options to you, or any kind of braille machine that "writes" what's on the screen.

If you think about it, it's true. It usually says "What's your pin" and "How much money do you want," etc. How the hell are they supposed to know it says any of that? Even if they memorized what it said, what if they made a mistake? They couldn't tell.

God, it would suck so badly to be blind. I'd much rather be deaf.

It's not totally pointless. A blind person who was being helped by someone who could read the screen for them could still enter their PIN confidentially using the braille, theoretically. That's probably the idea behind the braille being there at all, just for purposes of keeping the PIN private. I agree with you that there should be some audio directions though, so that blind people could access it independently. Better accommodations do need to be made for blind people in general; it is really silly when you see braille on random signs and stuff, as if they'll just stumble upon it without any help.

[100% ILL]

There are no less soundwaves because there is no ear involved.

Put a microphone and a recorder of some kind in a forest and you'll know that there was a sound.

It's arrogant to assume that if you didn't hear it, it didn't happen ;)

This is very simular to "If everyone believes the truth is a lie does it make it any less the truth?"

[Medellia]

*Presses remote even harder* :o
Hun, I think you need to press the actual buttons, not the remote itself.

Why is this thread in this forum?

[BangkokB]

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

What the difference bw inlaws and outlaws?



Outlaws are wanted!....I believe that's father in law inclusive

[sam i am]

Hun, I think you need to press the actual buttons, not the remote itself.

Why is this thread in this forum?

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[Ali]

"How do you know if a tree in the woods make's a sound whenn it's falling, if there is no one in the woods to hear it?"If a bear takes a shit in the woods and nobody smells it, does it still stink?