Why? In the face of stupidity, it always seems to be the logical question.
It sums up the quirks and follies and often the brilliance and remarkable interaction of mankind.

Or as Dave McGee quite succinctly pointed out in an e-mail: It just gives us something to laugh about.

My personal favourites — go figure — have to deal with this funny and often contradictory use of the written word.

Why is abbreviated such a long word? Why is phonetic not spelled the way it sounds?

And the list most certainly went on.
Mr. McGee sent the following Web gems:
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?

Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough money?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an “S” in the word “lisp”?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?


Why is it that no matter what colour bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

Why are there no seniors discounts at funeral homes?

Why don’t fish that swim in salt water have high blood pressure?

Why does 7-11 have locks on the door if it’s open 24 hours?
Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that’s falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
Why, in winter, do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
Why do you never hear father-in-law jokes?

And Dave’s favourite:
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your co-workers — if they’re okay, then it’s you.
I close by looking across the room at Darren Graham, Stephanie Ehr and Angie Kaye, hmmm... they all seem fine.