Thursday, January 10, 2008

#35 Just Some Questions

How did the phrase 'the wee hours of the morning' come about? Those hours are not any smaller than the rest of the hours of the day! My theory is that some Grandpa met a grandchild on the way to the bathroom about 3am one night and explained the time as the result of his having too much coffee before bed and the tyke's having too many glasses of water!
Why is it that commercials that want to sell products by sexual attractiveness have a good looking woman without glasses hawking whatever it is, but those that want to make you think their product is for smart people put glasses on her? What's near or far-sightedness got to do with intelligence?
Howcome light skinned people of the various races look down on darker skinned people of their own race? I've seen this among Koreans, Chinese, Africans and Afro-Americans, Caucasians, Indians, and read about it in regard to Native Americans and South/Central American peoples. The only exception to the rule is that all Caucasians of whatever complexion seem to look down on albino folks, I guess because of lack of pigmentation.
Why is a 'fetus' murdered when both the pregnant mother and child are killed by someone, but it is only the recipient of a 'medical procedure' when the mother wants it removed from her?
I guess whoever decided that the two most common elements of the universe are hydrogen and stupidity was right!
Got heart of darkness?

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