Tell us a minor mystery of life.

[qnr]

Here's one:

How come, if I don't check my spelling, I end up having typos, yet I have never had to make a correction when I use the "Check Spelling" option?

[Callalily]

1. Why doesn't

glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

[qnr]

15. Or how do they get Teflon to stick to the pans?

I "know" both of these, in a way, but they're still fun questions.

[KamaAina]

2. Hot dogs come in packages of ten, yet

hot dog buns come in packages of eight.

Perhaps this is where the Discordian edict of No Hot Dog Buns originated. :tinfoilhat:

[qnr]

16. heheh

:hi:

[EstimatedProphet]

3. Why does weather stop at the US border?

Look at the Weather Channel if you don't believe me.

[KamaAina]

6. I think it has something to do with Homeland Security

:eyes:

[EstimatedProphet]

7. Yes, that would explain it

[LisaM]

4. Whenever I learn a new word, I start hearing it everywhere

I have never figured out if everyone learned the word at the same time, or if it was always floating out there and I just started noticing it, or if I started noticing it because I now recognize it. Which makes me wonder if I tune out words I don't know.

I know that big northern block on the Weather Channel! It doesn't have a name, but is the source of "cold Canadian air."

[EstimatedProphet]

9. The word's probably out there and you just notice it

That's not the case for invented technical words of course. Things like that get added to the language sometimes, and they might make it to everyone's vocabulary at the same time.

[Shine]

5. How come whenever I'm running late, I always get red lights

or stuck behind bad drivers....but when I'm on time, everything runs really smoothly???

:eyes:

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. It's not just that

When you're going someplace you really don't want to be — say, the dentist — and you've got plenty of time, you always hit all greens.

:wtf:

[Shine]

12. I've had that exact thing happen. Crazy.

:rofl:

[DemoTex]

10. Heaven is hotter than hell.

Check the scripture. Heaven shall be seven times seven days the radiance of the sun. A physics professor of mine figured out that specific heat. Hell shall be a lake of fire and brimstone. For the lake, the professor took the total estimated volume of fresh water on earth and figured the specific heat of that volume of liquid sulfur (brimstone). Heaven was a hell of a lot hotter than hell.

[qnr]

14. I've seen that one. Hell sounds downright pleasant, relatively speaking.

:hi:

[Redstone]

11. How come, when I park my car all the way out in the parking lot,

with sixteen spaces on each side of it, half the time when I come out of the store, some asshole is parked right next to me!

What, does he think my car is lonely?

(This happens to Mrs R too, so it's not just me.)

Redstone

[qnr]

13. You're being used as an auxiliary bumper, in case someone loses their

brakes?