The INDEPENDENT, April 21, 2005
Ever wonder why?
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the
batteries are getting weak?
Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they
know there is not enough?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four
billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why doesn’t glue stick to the bottle?
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks
when you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bub-
bles are always white?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes
that something new to eat will have materialized?
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 one more chance?
Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end you first try?
Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that’s
falling off the table you always manage to knock something else
over?
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in
summer when we complained about the heat?
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If you want to lift
yourself up, lift up
someone else.
BOOKER T.
WASHINGTON
American educator
(1856-1915)
OREGON TRIVIA
1. Why is the island in the
lower Columbia River now
called Sauvie Island rather
than Sauvie’s Island?
2. What 1973 movie sup-
posedly set in the Himalayas
and based on a novel by
James Hilton was filmed on
Mt. Hood and in other locales
in the western United
States?
3. When did the nation’s
first pollution control laws go
into effect?
4. Why does Portland
have few buildings built prior
to 1872?
5. What was Dale
Thomas’ career coaching
record when he retired in
1990 after 33 years as
Oregon State University’s
wrestling coach?
6. How many Swainson’s
hawks are there?
Answers on page 26
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