From lboucher@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Thu Apr 27 13:54:55 1995 Received: from beauty.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (beauty.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu [128.146.216.26]) by news.cis.ohio-state.edu (8.6.8.1/8.6.4) with ESMTP id NAA21292 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 13:54:54 -0400 Received: by beauty.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (8.6.10/4.940426) id NAA10010; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 13:54:48 -0400 From: Lisa D Boucher Message-Id: <199504271754.NAA10010@beauty.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Subject: why ask why (fwd)--humor To: frank@cis.ohio-state.edu Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 13:54:47 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 4456 Status: RO Hi Frank, Hope you chuckle at this forward. Lisa Forwarded message: > From owner-wisenet@UICVM.BITNET Wed Apr 26 10:02:45 1995 > Message-Id: <199504261328.IAA123763@tigger.cc.uic.edu> > Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 08:18:05 -0500 > Reply-To: Women In Science and Engineering NETwork > Sender: Women In Science and Engineering NETwork > From: Lena Rotenberg > Subject: why ask why (fwd) > X-To: Critical Thinking Discussion List > , > International Baccalaureate Mailing List > To: Multiple recipients of list WISENET > > > > WHY ASK WHY > > > > > > > > > Why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor when you can't > > > drink and drive? > > > > > > Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds? > > > > > > Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? > > > > > > Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of > > > parachutes? > > > > > > Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is > > > prohibited there? > > > > > > Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime? > > > > > > Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations? > > > > > > Who is supposed to read the "Seeing eye dogs only" sign at the > > > post office - the blind person or the dog? > > > > > > How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the > > > mornings? > > > > > > If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there > > > locks on the doors? > > > > > > If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose? > > > > > > If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick > > > to the pan? > > > > > > If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it > > > from a height, what would happen? > > > > > > If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens > > > when you turn on the headlights? > > > > > > You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol > > > if the package says, "Open somewhere else"? > > > > > > Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM? > > > > > > Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways? > > > > > > Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a > > > shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called > > > cargo? > > > > > > You know that little indestructible black box that is used on > > > planes, why can't they make the whole plane out of the same > > > substance? > > > > > > Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, > > > you turn down the volume on the radio? > > > > > > Did you know who in 1923 was: > > > > > > 1. President of the largest steel company? > > > 2. President of the largest gas company? > > > 3. President of the New York Stock Exchange? > > > 4. Greatest wheat speculator? > > > 5. President of the Bank of International Settlement? > > > 6. Great Bear of Wall Street? > > > > > > These men should have been considered some of the world's most > > > successful men. At least they found the secret of making money. > > > Now more than 55 years later, do you know what has become of > > > these men? > > > > > > 1. The President of the largest steel company, Charles Schwab, > > > died a pauper. > > > > > > 2. The President of the largest gas company, Edward Hopson, is > > > insane. > > > > > > 3. The President of the N.Y.S.E., Richard Whitney, was released > > > from prison to die at home. > > > > > > 4. The greatest wheat speculator, Arthur Cooger, died abroad, > > > penniless. > > > > > > 5. The President of the Bank of International Settlement shot > > > himself. > > > > > > 6. The Great Bear of Wall Street, Cosabee Rivermore, died of > > > suicide. > > > > > > The same year, 1923, the winner of the most important golf > > > championship, Gene Sarazan, won the U.S. Open and PGA > > > Tournaments. Today he is still playing golf and is solvent. > > > > > > CONCLUSION: STOP WORRYING ABOUT BUSINESS AND START PLAYING GOLF! > > > >