Pondering the Imponderable

©2008 By LeeZard

Not that I’m losing any sleep over these but, I wonder:

* Why do people insist on driving 55-60 MPH in the left freeway (PASSING) lane?
* Why are potato chips so deadly when they taste so great?
* Why aren’t more people questioning John McCain about his “100 years war” comment vis a vis Iraq?
* Why can’t we pay our teachers at least as much as we pay journeyman carpenters?
* Who did put the bop in the bop-shoo-bop-shoo-bop?
* Along those same lines, why do fools fall in love?
* Whatever happened to the search for Osama Bin Laden?
* Why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways?
* Are voters lying to pollsters about their support for Barack Obama because they’re afraid to reveal their bigotry?
* Re: Kosovo’s declaration of independence, are they done dividing up the old Yugoslavia?
* Which reminds me, did Tito finally die?
* Which reminds me, what’s a used Yugo with low mileage worth (OK, so the miles are low ‘cause the thing never ran)?
* Why is my stockbroker still employed?
* If Billary gets the Democratic nomination and wins in November, what will we call him? The First Husband? The First Gentleman? Mr. Bill? Mr. President.2?
* Why isn’t Doonesbury funny anymore?
* Why are there no British food restaurants?
* If you've been to the UK, why bother answering the above question?
* What is “light” about light rail?
* Why can’t they (whoever ‘they’ are) leave Britney Spears alone?
* Ditto Linsday Lohan – let ‘em get better in private.
* Which reminds me, when is Paris Hilton’s 15 minutes of fame up?
* What does Generation “X” (or “Y” for that matter) really mean?
* What happens after Generation “Z?”
* What is Bruce Springsteen “The Boss” of?
* Why can’t I end a sentence with a preposition? What’s the penalty?
* Am I the only one thinking that maybe Pete Rose isn’t looking so bad anymore?


If you have any answers (or your own questions) please post them as a comment.

Comments

Anonymous said…
From one of my oldest friends, Dale in FL:
LeeZard,

You’re really a funny guy when you are not being a communist. Why aren’t you on the radio? Today you would come off as a proper elder statesman compared to the trash talking, brainless conversation on sports radio, conservative talk radio, and communist talk radio.

Tito died from cancer on May 4, 1980 as timely confirmed in the NYT 2/12/08

For bonus points, Tito Puente died 2/18/08.

For additional bonus points, Slobodan Milosevic was found dead in jail March 11, 2006 from a heart attack (under suspicious conditions).

I do not know who put the bop in the bop-shoo-bop-shoo-bop but Eileen Pollack sure put a hurt on me.

Hope all is well.

Dale
February 18, 2008 at 1:22 PM
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