Posted in ponderments on Mar 17th, 2008
Mat Says: Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things? To find an answer to the question we will break each word down to its basic components. Overlook Over-look Ove-r-look Ove-r-Loo-k Words generally tend to have a root, sometimes Greek, sometimes Latin.
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Posted in ponderments on Mar 10th, 2008
Cassie wrote: Who’s in the Burger King suit? And why doesn’t he ever speak? I can only assume you are talking about the soul of the Burger King. The real suit is that Jack in the Box guy. Literally, the guy is motivated by business and business alone. Don’t let all that talk about the [...]
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Posted in ponderments on Mar 3rd, 2008
Rachelle wrote: So, the scientists that are in the midst of studying quantum physics have found an interesting phenomena. That is; in an effort to get to Point B from Point A, it really doesn’t matter which of your hundreds of options you choose to get to Point B. It is the INTENTION of getting [...]
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Posted in ponderments on Feb 4th, 2008
mark wrote: What is a cougar? Is it just a hot older woman or is it based upon age? For example, would one consider a woman a cougar if the male is 18 and the woman is 24? (the 18 year old male would call this 24 year old woman a cougar?) or does a [...]
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Posted in ponderments on Jan 28th, 2008
mark wrote: Why do nice guys finish last and why do girls like to date assholes? Why are hot girls super bitches and the nice ones usually fat and/or ugly? (obviously this isn’t speaking about everyone, but generally speaking, I do see a pattern. Why? I ponder.) Mark this is a phenomena many have noted [...]
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Posted in ponderments on Jan 21st, 2008
Parker M. says: I have a hard time watching movies while standing. I think its impossible to enjoy movies while doing anything but sitting. I think we can all agree that movies are difficult to watch while standing. Granted, this really only applies to full feature-length movies; commercials and short films don’t count (and their [...]
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Posted in ponderments on Jan 4th, 2008
Natalie wrote: So have you ever felt so alone that you feel like you are the only person in the world that knows how your feeling? Or you’re the only person you can really truly talk to because no one else cares…. or doesn’t get it? I’m not talking about just no one to talk [...]
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Posted in ponderments on Jan 2nd, 2008
unknown Said: What do you think of rich old men marrying such young girls because they have the money? I say more power to them. In general terms, those who attain great power or great wealth, do so at a cost. Among those costs is a disconnection from genuine social interactions; leading to loss of [...]
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Posted in ponderments on Dec 21st, 2007
Paul writes: Why is it that two pieces of flesh pushed together on a woman is called cleavage, but on a plumber is called a crack? Generally speaking, cleavage is considered a good thing. While “plumbers crack” (which is not to be confused with crack cocaine) is considered a bad thing. I don’t want to [...]
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Posted in ponderments on Dec 17th, 2007
Mat Writes: If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill themselves, is it considered a hostage situation or a murder? The answer to this question is fairly simple. You write that the person “threatens”, meaning there has been no killing. Obviously this excludes murder as a possibility. But sometimes hostage situations evolve into murder. You [...]
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