Here are 12 things which puzzle me. Read these over and talk amongst yourselves.
Napkin dispensers - I just watched a guy in our cafeteria pull out about 10 paper napkins from the dispenser. Yes, the napkins are getting smaller and smaller. However, one does not need 10-20 of them. If you are in your 30's and you require so many napkins, you need some occupational therapy.
Paris Hilton - Why is this woman a celebrity? She's not beautiful, or intelligent, or talented. If she weren't rich, she'd be a checkout clerk at a grocery store. Why on earth do people watch her? Same reason they slow down to watch a wreck on the highway, hoping to see decapitated heads rolling around?
Why do people ride motorcycles without helmets? It's simple physics - you hit some rock in the road and lose control, you're body is hitting pavement. Your head isn't iron. My parents watched a terrible motorcycle accident once and described it so graphically I've never ridden on one since. If I were to ever do it, though, you can bet I'd wear a helmet. Probably I'd look like the Michelin Man, actually...
What do people who cannot cook feed their children? - I used to know a female lawyer here who boasted that she couldn't cook anything. She said, "I know my kids get a good lunch at school so at night they just get a sandwich." She thinks school lunches are healthy! If they are healthy in comparison to her kitchen, God help those kids. It astounds me that someone can't feed their child a big salad and open a can of soup, or buy frozen veggies and pre-cooked meat and make a stir fry. Cooking nowadays is so very simple. You can make pretty healthy meals with so little fuss, without even watching the Food Channel. [although I do recommend it]
Why do vegetarians eat fish and chicken? If you don't eat meat for health reasons, that's not confusing. I'm talking now about people who are morally opposed to eating animals. I have seen such folks happily chow down on fish and chicken, and still call themselves vegetarian. Why? Is it because fish and chicken are not cuddly?!
Why do bad guys in World War II movies always have British accents? They play Nazis, Italian fascists, whoever, and there's no attempt to sound German or Italian; they just sound British. I've seen every decent WWII movie made before 1996 [when my dad died] and this has always puzzled me.
Why do we have a crisis in the housing industry? People who took out loans they couldn't afford have suffered already, right, through foreclosure? Terribly sad and disturbing. Aren't we through the crisis yet, though? Can't you think of someone who wants to buy a lovely condo here in Atlanta?!! Hmm?
Why do people love dirt and poop colors in their homes? Long before it was fashionable, I knew a woman who had a completely brown house. She had 3 kids, yes, but they weren't that dirty. They were pretty well behaved, in fact. Yet, she said by making everything brown, dirt would be disguised. Why not just WASH stuff, I wondered, and have nice colors?
Why do politicians always say they won't use negative ads? Both presidential candidates are now using very negative ads. Why bother to say up front they won't do it, when it's such a whopping lie? They always fight dirty. They always go for the jugular. That's why they are called "politicians" and not "philanthropists."
Why do non-christians always assume all people who identify themselves as christians endorse every item on the conservative agenda? I am so puzzled by this. I've lost potential friends who insisted I was horribly conservative, just because I am a christian, despite my protests. I am not conservative. I am not liberal, either. I hate those labels. My political philosophy is pretty much "duck and cover."
Why do celebrities find the freakiest names to give their children? Don't they think being the child of a celebrity is hard enough? I'd have to be really drunk to name my kid "Zuma Nesta Rock" which is what Gwen Stefani named her son, or "Pilot Inspektor" which Jason Lee named his son. How cruel. I hope both boys learn to fight early. I just read an interview with Bruce Willis' daughter Rumer where she said kids in school used to tease her unmercifully. She wanted a "normal" name like her sisters, Tallulah and Scout. Good lord!
Why do people still eat margarine? It's only one molecule away from plastic, folks. Don't eat it!