Another good “ever wonder”.

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don’t they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!

Now, I do have an engineering degree, so please don’t waste both our time explaining the physics behind this one.

I know this guy.

He went to Harvard, but only squeaked by with a D+ average. He dropped out of law school. He dropped out of divinity school. He has no formal education in any scientific field. He has made numerous grand and self-exalting claims, all of which have proven untrue.

So what could a guy like that amount to? Not much, right? Well, actually he’s Nobel Prize winner and former Vice President of the United States.

“I took the initiative in creating the internet.”
– Al Gore

Only in America.

P.S. I was looking for a good synonym to “braggart” to describe Mr. Gore but the best word thesaurus.com offered is a bit too PG-13 for this blog. I’ll give you a hint. It has to do with the male bovine digestive system.

This weeks white board quip is piping fresh. I just read it today. (Most white board quips you see come from a database I have. There are around 300 quips waiting for their week in the sun.)

This would be funnier if it weren’t so true.

MySpace: It’s like Wal-Mart for pedophiles.

In the spirit of the holidays, this week’s white board quip is about capital punishment*.

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

* For those of you who “don’t get it”, that wasn’t supposed to make any sense. It’s humor, see? Ha ha, and all that.

Continuing my “have you ever wondered” theme…

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor and dish washing liquid made with real lemons?

Intercepting my dad’s comment: Better living through chemistry!

So many of the things we accept as normal, when you think about them, just don’t make any sense.

Why do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage?

And then, “we” (not me) pay another couple hundred bucks for a car alarm that only goes off during thunderstorms at two in the morning.

Ever wonder…

Why do banks leave their doors wide open and then chain the pens to the counters?

At long last fall has arrived in North Texas. As the cold rain falls outside, wearing my first warm sweatshirt of the year, I ponder…

Why don’t sheep shrink in the rain?

When I practice juggling, I frequently drop the ball. When I practice playing the guitar, I frequently strike the wrong chord. I pretty much think of practices as screwing up something in the hope that you’ll gain experience from the screw-up and learn how to avoid screwing up again later.

With that in mind, here’s this week’s white board quip:

Doesn’t it bother you that doctors call what they do “practice”?

Hmm.

Seems like nutrition is going to be a common topic for the foreseeable future here at SYNS.

Why would someone order a double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke?