Questions That Inevitably Come to Mind…
Why do “Ice” signs always depict icicles hanging from them? Like we don’t get it.
Why is baseball the only major sport in which the manager and coaches wear the uniform of the sport? Can you imagine a football coach standing on the sidelines in shoulder pads and a helmet? Or Pat Riley pacing courtside in basketball shorts? Conversely, how would Joe Torre look going out to the mound in a suit and tie? One of life’s interesting ironies. (A thank you to my friend Gene McKenna for inspiring this one.)
Why do people annoyingly set their fax machines, on a dedicated fax line, to answer after several rings? Why not on the first ring? Does the fax machine need time to get to the phone?
Why, in over half a century, has there been no signifcant improvement in the vacuum cleaner? Is it not still the noisiest, most clumsy appliance you’ve ever used? Why hasn’t anything been done to deal with the inveitable tangle and twists of hoses and electrical wires? Despite phenomenal gains in every other technology, the vacuum cleaner is still an exasperating mess of pipes separating, clunky attachments to constantly put on and take off, an inability to get at the nooks and corners that most need it, and numerous other irritating shortcomings. Somebody, work on this. Please?
(I’ll be adding other questions like these from time to time. Feel free to offer your own.)
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