{"id":254,"date":"2008-02-11T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2008-02-11T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.AchieveMax.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/11\/even-more-obvious-questions\/"},"modified":"2012-11-07T14:02:53","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T19:02:53","slug":"even-more-obvious-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achievemax.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/11\/even-more-obvious-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Even More Obvious Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are far too many questions out there in our everyday routines that need to be asked. I&#8217;m not talking about questions that will end wars, abolish poverty, cure all diseases, or eliminate the world&#8217;s problems. I&#8217;m talking about the questions that drive us crazy due to their simplicity and the questions that absolutely no one seems to be able to answer. It seems like there&#8217;s no end to these questions as I discover new ones constantly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What if there were no hypothetical questions?<\/li>\n<li>Why is it that when you&#8217;re driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?<\/li>\n<li>If\u00a0they wanted us to eat it, then why\u00a0would they name it succotash?<\/li>\n<li>Why is it if there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers?<\/li>\n<li>What don&#8217;t we have a constitutional amendment that declares anything said in a campaign commercial to be under oath?<\/li>\n<li>Why does a friend or family member say &#8220;Yuck! This is awful!!&#8221; and then tell you to try some?<\/li>\n<li>Why is it that the chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpeting\/rug?<\/li>\n<li>What was the best thing before sliced bread?<\/li>\n<li>Why do we say something is out of whack? What&#8217;s a whack?<\/li>\n<li>When you open a bag of cotton balls, is the top one meant to be thrown away?<\/li>\n<li>Why don&#8217;t sheep shrink when it rains?<\/li>\n<li>If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are far too many questions out there in our everyday routines that need to be asked. I&#8217;m not talking about questions that will end wars, abolish poverty, cure all diseases, or eliminate the world&#8217;s problems. 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