A few perplexing thoughts
to keep you awake at night
By Anita Wright, Staff Writer
Some impossible questions . . .
1. Why is South Dakota in the north, North Carolina in the south, West Virginia is in the east, and New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire are three of the oldest states?
2. What would chairs look like if our knees hinged the other way?
3. Are there atheist praying mantises and to whom do they pray?
And this one from my my sainted mother:
4. The other night I noticed some tiny ants congregating on my dresser, having heard that I have a secret chocolate stash in my undies drawer. Disgusted, I ran to the kitchen and grabbed a small bottle of poison and sprinkled a few drops on their meeting. When I returned about an hour later, they were all dead, lying in little puddles of pismire gore. I went to the kitchen to get a wet cloth to clean up the carnage and got distracted, not returning for about another hour. When I reached to clean up the massacre, there was no indication that ants had ever been there at all. Now here's my ethical quandary: if ants are civilized enough to bury their dead, have we any right to kill them?
Your thoughts, please!
Send them, along with any questions that are keeping you on the edge of your seat, to our content editor, Becky Lyn. Simply fill out the form below and share with your new friends.
2. What would chairs look like if our knees hinged the other way?
3. Are there atheist praying mantises and to whom do they pray?
And this one from my my sainted mother:
4. The other night I noticed some tiny ants congregating on my dresser, having heard that I have a secret chocolate stash in my undies drawer. Disgusted, I ran to the kitchen and grabbed a small bottle of poison and sprinkled a few drops on their meeting. When I returned about an hour later, they were all dead, lying in little puddles of pismire gore. I went to the kitchen to get a wet cloth to clean up the carnage and got distracted, not returning for about another hour. When I reached to clean up the massacre, there was no indication that ants had ever been there at all. Now here's my ethical quandary: if ants are civilized enough to bury their dead, have we any right to kill them?
Your thoughts, please!
Send them, along with any questions that are keeping you on the edge of your seat, to our content editor, Becky Lyn. Simply fill out the form below and share with your new friends.