Deep Questions About Life?

Are there Seeing Eye humans for blind dogs? If knees were backward, what would chairs look like? If an orange is orange, why isn't a lime called a green or a lemon called a yellow? Why does your nose run & your feet smell? How much deeper would the ocean be if there were no sponges in it? Did Washington flash a quarter when asked for ID? 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 do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing? Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations? How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?
Originally published November 14, 2002.