Those of you who have spent any sort of quality time with me know that my thoughts can be random and seemingly unconnected. I will participate in a conversation and all of a sudden pop off with a question that is off topic. I feel like a humming bird with the way my brain goes from one thing to the next. In these moments of scatter brained-ness I think of some pretty awesome questions. Ones that I intend to research everyday, but end up forgetting in the long run. My dad can tell you some funny stories about my youth and the questions I ask.
>"What country does Spanish come from? And is Spain Spanish and Mexico Spanish different?" To me this was a valid question. Americans don't speak the same kind of English that the British do, some of our slang and spelling are different. My dad only remembers the first part of the question though. :-)
>"Where is the steel?" (While inspecting my older brother's steel toe boot.) Again, I thought it was a valid question! I have seen steel toed boots with the steel on the outside, but I didn't see that on these boots, so I reached my hand inside(at my own peril) and I couldn't feel the cold steel, so I was wondering where it was. I now know that it was placed between the two layers of leather. I was you, give me some credit!
Those are the zingers my dad often told to strangers and potential boyfriends.
Now a days my questions are a bit more philosophical.
>If the Aryan Nation hates all Jews, how can they worship Jesus?
>If worshiping another idol is blasphemy, why do I see bumper stickers saying "Lord is God" or "Jesus is God". As far as I am concerned they are two separate entities. I understand praying to Jesus, and he would deliver the message to God (after all, hasn't he been our middle man for centuries?)
I am not trying to alienate people, or make fun of beliefs, it is an honest question out of curiosity, not derision.
>Who honestly thinks being as orange as an Orangutan is beautiful? Other than on monkey of course. But really, those who's spray tan is so horrible you want to adjust the hue and saturation on your TV, I honestly don't get it. In my very diluted mixed race status, my skin turns a copper color when I tan. I have compared my skin to a brand new penny, and it was hard to tell the difference. I even had a friend my freshman year suggest I use a new tanning lotion because mine looked fake. I have never used tanning lotion. My point is, I am naturally an awkward color, why would you want to do that intentionally? ugh.
>Is the world really getting dumber? Or are we just noticing it more because the idiots now have a public, world wide forum to post their genius on?
>How can someone be educated and close minded? Did they just wake up one day and decide "That's it, no more new ideas for this guy (or girl). Nope. My brain has closed down shop. Any more new information is wrong and made up by the (Democrats, Republicans, hippies, gays, US government, CIA, nazis, Chinese, illegal immigrants, etc...Insert the hated group here) solely to wreak havoc and cause chaos world wide."
>Who was the first person to look at a cow's udders and thought "I will consume what comes out of THOSE!"
>Why is education so low on the US's priority list? I hope by this point in history, intelligence would be revered and looks would be back. Our youth wants to make money and be rich, but in a consumer culture, they don't have much of a chance. Not saying its impossible, but our consumer culture makes it much more difficult to find a career.
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