Questions unanswered

why is it that after a person goes food shopping and you get hungry…is there never anything “good” to eat?

why 10-4 as a closing and not 12-3?

why can’t I get the 4 clocks in my kitchen to show the same time?

who thought Jamie Foxx being a singer was a good idea?

why do groups of newborn kittens/puppies, catbox gravel and trash on the highway all go by the name litter?

who invented “the skeleton” as a sport?did some gravedigger discover how “fun” it was to strap some old bones to his chest and slide down a snowy hill face first?

Random Facts: First Installment

I was sitting here trying to think of what great inspiring knowledge I should share with you.  Many things crossed my mind: a yummy new recipe, a kitten story, how I love lazy Sundays. But no, I am going to go a different route tonight.  You see, I have been known to know a little about a lot of things and I am always good for a random tidbit of information. So tonight, here are the random facts that I have learned in the last 24 hours, seriously!

Even though they make up .1 of 1% of the prison population, the Aryan Brotherhood is responsible for 20% of murders. (uplifting, right?)

My mother was born without an appendix

Kittens may know to “go” in the litter box, but not all know to keep their tail out of the way

There is no reason for David Copperfield to be on the Country Music Awards…NONE

Elephants can’t jump. Every other mammal can

I know, that was quite a selection….I’m sure there will be many more to come.  Let me know any randomness that you have encountered!

They are deaf…not stupid

Earlier this evening I was on the treadmill doing my speed walking thing and watching Cash Cab while listening to my iPod. Yes I am a multitasker, but that’s another story.  So Cash Cab is on with closed captioning and Ben Bailey is being his wise ass self in the outro.  (The situation will take a little bit to set up so bear with me)

In case you don’t know about Cash Cab, it’s basically Jeopardy! in a taxi with the last question being a video bonus.  You can double your money if you win or leave with nothing if you’re wrong.  It was about a monkey that his long arms and legs that it almost never needs to touch the ground (as you can tell, I wasn’t paying complete attention.).  Two Jerry Garcia wannabes outfitted in stoner gear guessed Gibbon. WRONG meaning no cash for you!  The answer was spider monkey. OK now to the point of this post.

So Ben is making his wise ass outro by saying: “Sometimes it is gibbon, and sometimes it is taken away.” What a clever twist of words, right.  If I’m a deaf person, I’m guessing I would get the joke since no other part of the captions contained horrendous mistakes.  But no, the closed captioning people don’t give the deaf much credit.  They caption it as: “Sometimes it is gibbon [given], and sometimes it is taken away.” Way to take ALL the fun out of wordplay…geniuses.  Was it really necessary to spell out the joke, literally? The only reason I can think to justify it is that the captioners didn’t get the joke, were extremely confused and thought that everyone else would be as well.  WRONG AGAIN!

I swear, if I needed to write out all the meanings of my sarcastic comments, the [ ] buttons would be the most used on my keyboard!  I don’t….do I?