By Staff
It was a copacetic fall day. The trees were just beginning to turn color. The air was fragrant with the familiar autumnal scents. I had just picked up the 3-year-old (the one who cheats at Old Maid) from daycare; the car windows were rolled down and we were having a wonderful ride home.
Suddenly, from out of nowhere (from her car seat in the back), she exclaimed, "Papa, you have a hole in your hair!"
Indeed, I do have a "hole in my hair," but she needed to understand the concept of "bald."
I explained it to her. I thought she understood and had some compassion. But she just couldn't get the "bald" bit. Then she pronounced, "Well, fix it!" Fix it? How I would love to fix it!
The logic of 3-year-olds!
Then I remembered some other conundrums that we simply overlook every day.
I wish I could take credit for them, but alas, they are all over the Internet. So, here are some of my favorites:
Consider all the lint you get in your dryer. If you kept drying your clothes would they eventually just disappear?
How come we never hear father-in-law jokes?
If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
When companies ship Styrofoam, what do they pack it in?
Why can't women put on mascara with their mouths closed?
Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum another chance?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
Why is it necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?
Why isn't there a mouse-flavored cat food?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
Why do you have to "put your two cents in" but it's only a penny for your thoughts?
Is it true that the only difference between a yard sale and a trash pickup is how close to the road the stuff is placed?
If at first you don't succeed, shouldn't you try doing it like your wife told you to do it?
Stress is when you wake up screaming and then you realize that you haven't fallen asleep yet.
Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press "Ctrl Alt Delete" and start all over?
So, "Why do you have a hole in your hair, Papa?"
It's because I scratch my head at all the questions above, saying, "I don't know!"