Things to Ponder (a non-poem)

Most of these are just questions i picked up through many, many forwards, some are my own. to those who have noticed, this list is where i get the compulsion to put questions into my poetry, because of this one question in particular; Are there ever really any answers???? lol, enjoy If you try to fail and succeed, what have you done? How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire? Why is the time when the traffic is slowest called rush-hour? What's the speed of dark? If physics can predict lottery numbers, why are they still working? If you run backwards will you gain weight? If Barbie is so popular, why do you need to buy her friends? What happens when you get scared half-to-death twice? Can a blind person feel blue? How can a house burn up when it burns down? Are you telling the truth when you lie in bed? If your vacuum cleaner really sucks, is it a bad thing? How do you know when a Smurf suffocates? Despite the cost of living, why does it remain so popular? If a word in a dictionary is misspelled, how would you know? In Chinese why are the words for crisis and opportunity the same? Why does X stand for a kiss? Why does O stand for a hug? Why is the alphabet in that order? How does skating on thin ice get you into hot water? Why are they called stands when there made for sitting? Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected? When cheese gets its picture taken what does it say? Why are they called non-stick pans? Is there a law saying your not allowed to put sticks in them? Why are a wise-man and a wise-guy opposites? If work is so terrific how come they have to pay you to do it? Should crematoriums give discounts for those who died in fires? Is it really possible to have a civil-war? If the #2 pencil the most popular, why is it still #2? Do tea makers have coffee breaks? Can fat people go skinny-dipping? Why do they announce power shortages on TV? Do you need a silencer when you shoot a mime? Why do you press harder on the remote-control when you know the battery is dead? How can batteries die? If its zero degrees tonight, and tomorrow its meant to be twice as cold, how cold will it be? Why are buildings called buildings when there finished? Shouldn't they be called builts? Why is abbreviated such a long word? Why is it that when you tell a man there are 400 billion stars he will believe you, but when you tell him there's wet paint he has to touch it? Who's cruel idea was it to put a 'S' in 'lisp'? Do you find it unnerving that what doctors do is called 'practice'? Would a fly without wings be called a walk? If a turtle doesn't have a shell is it homeless or naked? Can vegetarians eat animal crackers? Why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections?just some of the kooky things i i think about when bored Written January 28th, 2002 © on Jan 28 2002 06:29 AM PST   10 • 0 • 14