Thursday, January 26, 2006

Where does dust come from?

Sunday, January 15, 2006

Are the lifeguards for clothing optional beaches also . . . clothing optional?

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

What's "agog"?

Friday, January 06, 2006

Another reenactor question:

How do the women get those enormous hoops inside the narrow Port-O-Potties?

Monday, January 02, 2006

A question for reenactors:

How do you know when you're dead?

Monday, December 26, 2005

This time of year I get a lot of solicitations for donations. Why is no one soliciting donations to free eight tiny reindeer forced to pull an obese man in sled crammed with consumer goods for an entire night with no food, no water and no rest except for very brief stops on rooftops?

Saturday, December 24, 2005

I found myself using the expression "More (noun) than you can shake a stick at". Why would anyone want to shake a stick at something?

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Why do people rush out to buy snow shovels before every snowstorm? What happened to the snow shovels they purchased prior to previous snowstorms?

Sunday, December 11, 2005

I saw a great bumper sticker today:

It's called Tourist Season, why can't we shoot 'em?

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Why is it that despite the fact that I vacuum my house regularly, I still find needles from the Christmas tree until the following July?

Saturday, December 03, 2005

Why are they called flea markets? Do they sell fleas there? Who buys them?

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Over on AOL, Cooking Light magazine, a magazine about healthy cooking is sponsoring "A Month of Cookies". You can get a cookie recipe via email each day of December until Christmas. Does anyone else find the juxtaposition of healthy cooking and cookies deeply disturbing?

Thursday, November 24, 2005

If the turkey had been designated the national bird as Ben Franklin wanted, does that mean we would all be eating eagle for Thanksgiving?

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Why do companies invariably announce layoffs right before Christmas/Hannukah when it will hurt the employees involved the most?

Saturday, November 19, 2005

ONE HUNDREDTH POST SPECIAL EDITION!

Why do bloggers get so excited about their 100th post?

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

The controversial annual bear hunt in NJ is on! Which leads to my annual question:

Why do people build houses in bear habitat and then get upset when bears wander the streets looking for food?

Saturday, November 12, 2005

Why do people think that pushing the button more than once will make the elevator come faster or the doors close sooner?

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

As per Astrid's request . . .

New Category: Civil Unrest

Why do rioters destroy their own neighborhoods?

Sunday, November 06, 2005

It's that time of year again when everyone plants decorative cabbages after the frost has killed all the flowers. Why do people think that planting veggies in their front yards is attractive?

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

I keep seeing the phrase "going gangbusters". What are gangbusters?