Thursday, July 01, 2010

Thursday Thirteen

I am one of those people who often ask the odd questions; my mother called me a "why" child, because once I learned the word I never stopped wondering. Here are few odd things that have crossed my mind lately:

1. If a mouse is on a train, does he experience any sensation of traveling while he's roaming around down at my feet? Could he get motion sickness?

2. Do animals favor a paw? As in, are they left-hooved or left-pawed? Does mother deer tell Bambi, "Now, son, step out with your right hoof, not your left."?


 (Mother deer with suckling fawn!)


3. If I only read a book half way, or maybe just don't read the last page, does that mean that for me the story never ends?

4. If a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound - I say yes, even if a human isn't around. Because the noise exists whether I hear it or not. But I cannot prove this.

5. How does Teflon stick to my new loaf bread pans?

6. Why do they call it a #2 pencil?

7. How come I can never see the light turn into darkness when I am sitting outside watching the sunset?



8. Why do fireflies remind me of fairies every time I see them?

9. Why does well water keep my vegetable plants alive, but rain makes them thrive?

10. Why must I always question everything? Why? Why? Why?

11. If I have already fulfilled my purpose in life, how would I know it?

12. If I am wasting time, who's definition matters? If I enjoy reading a book, or playing a video game, or surfing the Internet, why is that wasting time? Shouldn't I get to define it?

13. Where is the soul, what is it, how does one see it, feel it, know it is there?

There you go. I have a busy, zany mind; welcome to a small piece of my world.

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7 comments:

  1. Great list! All are worthy "why's". My mom and I just commented on the fact of #9 this week.

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  2. Re the #2 pencil: This will tell you more than you want to know:
    http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2107/how-come-you-see-2-pencils-but-no-1-pencils

    Re animal handedness (pawedness?) I've noticed some of my critters prefer using one paw over the other. And horses have a preference for either the left or right lead (determined by which hoof they use to begin a canter or gallop).

    Re the soul: It's "weight" has been measured:
    http://www.snopes.com/religion/soulweight.asp

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  3. Sorry to not comment for a while---Benjamin's been in the hospital with a fractured vertebra and Ariel's been quite sick with mono.

    Great list, Anita. I think that a busy mind is a wonderful thing. All the most interesting people I've known have had curious and inquisitive natures. After all, an idle mind is the devil's workshop. :-)

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  4. I used to go nuts if I didn't finish reading a book all the way to the end because for me the story really didn't end. Then I read enough to see where bad books went and could easily supply the end myself. Now I only finish reading about two thirds of what I pick up. Much of the rest never even gets through the first chapter.

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  5. I don't know about deer, but dogs and cats are definitely either right or left pawwed. My cat was a lefty.

    Happy 4th, Anita!

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  6. Life would be so dull if no one asked why. We'd still be living in caves and eating cold berries.

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  7. From one Why girl to another, I love your Whys and it's just part of the curious and curiouser folk that we are, my friend. I have driven myself crazy w/ my whys periodically to the extent that in my last home, I stenciled on the wall "Let the Mystery Be" (a song title by Iris DeMent). Once in awhile, I let the mystery be, but usually I want to know the answer! Keep asking..keep wonderin'!

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