Why Is It...?

Discussion in 'Philosophy & Psychology' started by Beth Gallagher, Jan 31, 2024.

  1. Beth Gallagher

    Beth Gallagher Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 11, 2018
    Messages:
    22,051
    Likes Received:
    47,052
    Why is it... that waiters are hovering and waiting on you to take a big bite so they can ask "How is everything??"
     
    #61
  2. John Brunner

    John Brunner Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    May 29, 2020
    Messages:
    25,230
    Likes Received:
    37,042
    So you can thank them for not saying "How's that tastin' to ya?"
     
    #62
    Bobby Cole likes this.
  3. Denise Evans

    Denise Evans Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Sep 26, 2015
    Messages:
    7,004
    Likes Received:
    8,777
    I used to catch people with their mouthful and I'd smile and say, I'll check back, lol! It seems it happened to me at least one time every time I was ever in a restaurant ;)

    Maybe some ask because they don't really want to hear it??
     
    #63
    John Brunner likes this.
  4. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    56,522
    Likes Received:
    24,137
    Why is it that the phone rings every time I sit on the toilet just as I sit?
     
    #64
  5. Denise Evans

    Denise Evans Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Sep 26, 2015
    Messages:
    7,004
    Likes Received:
    8,777
    LOL, that's what happens to me Shirley, my phone dings when I get chat messages from my sister, and it rings of course for phone-calls, but never until I get up from my desk and walk away to do anything :D I asked my sister last time is she had a hidden camera so she could bug me when I walked away from my phone ;)
     
    #65
  6. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    56,522
    Likes Received:
    24,137
    Why is it that the "News" media always shows pictures like this when they show Trump supporters?

    MAGA freak.jpg
     
    #66
  7. John Brunner

    John Brunner Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    May 29, 2020
    Messages:
    25,230
    Likes Received:
    37,042
    There is a huge annual gun show in Northern Virginia that began in the 1990s. I used to work the booth there for a group I'm with. The very first show, the media were there trying to find people like in your picture. One man walked out looking like he came in from the mountains...overalls, ZZ Top beard, the whole 9 yards. The reporter thought she had found her iconic hillbilly, and went up & spoke with him. The man was intelligent and well-versed in this nation and in our rights. She tried to play "gotcha" with him, but he knew what he was talking about. After a couple of iterations of that, they packed up and went home. Not one of those interviews with intelligent well-read Americans made the news.

    We all know "why it is."
     
    #67
  8. Don Alaska

    Don Alaska Supreme Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Mar 6, 2018
    Messages:
    12,883
    Likes Received:
    24,165
    This guy always dressed to upset the PETA folks. He usually had polar bear skin boots on as well.

    [​IMG]
     
    #68
    John Brunner likes this.
  9. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    56,522
    Likes Received:
    24,137
    Why is it that even when the weather forecasters give people a weeks' worth of warning that there will be a blizzard that will make roads impassable, people still get stranded in their cars in the blizzard?
     
    #69
  10. Celia Jenkins

    Celia Jenkins Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 20, 2024
    Messages:
    161
    Likes Received:
    432
    The animals were here first. Having said that of course, humans are animals too, but we live very unnatural lives. If we lived in harmony with nature, there wouldn't be so much of a problem.
     
    #70
    John Brunner likes this.
  11. Jacob Petersheim

    Jacob Petersheim Very Well-Known Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 17, 2024
    Messages:
    797
    Likes Received:
    1,554
    I'm hearing the theme to "Jeremiah Johnson" playing softly in the distance. :D
     
    #71
  12. John Brunner

    John Brunner Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    May 29, 2020
    Messages:
    25,230
    Likes Received:
    37,042
    The problem is that nature ain't very harmonious. The things that keep stuff in balance are very brutal.
     
    #72
  13. Von Jones

    Von Jones Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2015
    Messages:
    6,821
    Likes Received:
    9,767
    You are entitled to your opinion but I would like to understand how humans live very unnatural lives though. My thought with living in harmony with nature does not include raccoons.
     
    #73
  14. Ken Anderson

    Ken Anderson Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    25,486
    Likes Received:
    45,664
    Human beings do things that make them feel good about themselves, provide food, shelter, sex, or whatever else they think they need. Animals do the same thing.
     
    #74
  15. Ken Anderson

    Ken Anderson Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    25,486
    Likes Received:
    45,664
    Unless you believe that we're alien to this planet, there's nothing unnatural about human beings.
     
    #75
    Beth Gallagher and Von Jones like this.

Share This Page