I spent my career dealing with fundamental questions: Why is there something rather than nothing? Why are things the way they are and not some other way? What is the meaning of life? Do we really have free will? Is there a God? Etc.
But in my old age I have come to see that there are questions even more ultimate than these? Some examples of the superultimate:
1. Why do people of all ages throw snowballs at each other?
2. Will anybody in the package industry involving plastic ever get into heaven?
3. Not that I would ever notice such a thing, but Fox News and MSNBC News seem to be in a contest to see which can expose within legal limits more of the female leg on their shows, leaving CNN far behind? But why?
4. Why when I am late for church do I get nearly all red lights and when I leave early, I get mostly green lights?
5. What is it that we don't drive on the driveway or park on the parkway but drive on the parkway and park on the driveway?
6.Why do antidepressants that make you feel good reduce your sexual ability, which makes you feel bad?
7. Reliable reports indicate that three Republicans have been admitted to heaven since the McKinley era. How can this be if God is infinitely wise?
8. Why is there an inverse relationship between what we like to eat and what we ought to eat?
9. Why is that many scientists (and TV journalists) feel they can speak authoritatively about religion, faith, and theology (and routinely confuse the three) in total ignorance of their ignorance about the topics?
10. Why is it that conductors of symphony orchestras always look like they are in a state of perpetual orgasm?
11. How can someone or something show up missing?
12. If you want to make it cooler, do you turn the air conditioning up or down?
13. What is the difference between an enhanced sponsor acknowledgement on PBS and a commerical on for-profit tevevision?
14. Is it possible that anyone claiming to like -- I mean really like -- the taste of a martini can be telling the truth?
15. Will people who leave their grocery carts in the parking lot instead of the designated places have any chance at all of getting into heaven?
16. Will anybody who has more than 15 of these questions have any readers or friends left?
16. Are people who say per se necessarily weird per se?
But in my old age I have come to see that there are questions even more ultimate than these? Some examples of the superultimate:
1. Why do people of all ages throw snowballs at each other?
2. Will anybody in the package industry involving plastic ever get into heaven?
3. Not that I would ever notice such a thing, but Fox News and MSNBC News seem to be in a contest to see which can expose within legal limits more of the female leg on their shows, leaving CNN far behind? But why?
4. Why when I am late for church do I get nearly all red lights and when I leave early, I get mostly green lights?
5. What is it that we don't drive on the driveway or park on the parkway but drive on the parkway and park on the driveway?
6.Why do antidepressants that make you feel good reduce your sexual ability, which makes you feel bad?
7. Reliable reports indicate that three Republicans have been admitted to heaven since the McKinley era. How can this be if God is infinitely wise?
8. Why is there an inverse relationship between what we like to eat and what we ought to eat?
9. Why is that many scientists (and TV journalists) feel they can speak authoritatively about religion, faith, and theology (and routinely confuse the three) in total ignorance of their ignorance about the topics?
10. Why is it that conductors of symphony orchestras always look like they are in a state of perpetual orgasm?
11. How can someone or something show up missing?
12. If you want to make it cooler, do you turn the air conditioning up or down?
13. What is the difference between an enhanced sponsor acknowledgement on PBS and a commerical on for-profit tevevision?
14. Is it possible that anyone claiming to like -- I mean really like -- the taste of a martini can be telling the truth?
15. Will people who leave their grocery carts in the parking lot instead of the designated places have any chance at all of getting into heaven?
16. Will anybody who has more than 15 of these questions have any readers or friends left?
16. Are people who say per se necessarily weird per se?
1 comment:
Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.
Mary Hirsch
many thanks
Casey
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