LIFE'S IMPONDERABLES

The definition of "imponderable" is "cannot be estimated or assessed in any definite way" or "something difficult or impossible to assess".

Not all those listed on this site fall strictly into this category if given enough thought. For example - "Why do shops have signs saying ' Guide dogs only' when dogs can't read? Obviously the sign is meant for (non guide) dog owners who can read.

Nevertheless they do give something to think about!

How come they never tell stories about Jesus Christ when he was a teenager?

How do the cell phone companies choose your cell phone number and will the companies one day run out of numbers to issue?

How come we don't pronounce the year 2000 as twenty hundred - like 1900 and 2007 as twenty o seven?

What does the back of the tongue look like?

In the movies or TV shows what exactly do "extras" talk about in the background? Do they just move their mouths or pretend they are talking about something interesting?

If Walmart is lowering prices every day, how come nothing in the store is free yet?
If something "goes without saying", why do people still say it?

If olive oil comes from olives, why doesn't baby oil come from babies?

If a cow laughs hard, does milk come out it's nose?

Why is it in Walmarts, there is a sign that says this exit is not an entrance? Isn't that implied it is not an entrance when it is called an exit?

Why do they put the yield signs in front of train tracks? Do people really think they have the right of way over the train?

If a police officer is on a way to the crime, and he sees another one on the way to the original one, does he stop? or does he go where he is called?

Why is it police officers do not wear their seat belts when we get fined if we don't? Are they not able to be thrown from the car?

Why do we call it a near-miss? If we avoided an accident, shouldn't it be called a "near-hit".

When a car is on an ad on tv and the car is moving forward why are the wheels turning backward?

Why do men have nipples?

Why are submarines fitted with screen doors?

Where does your lap go when you stand up?

Why as an open door called ajar?

Why can't you keep your eyes open whilst you sneeze?

Why can you never find anywhere to hang a skyhook?

more next time.

The balance

Mum says “The more knowledge one gains, the more humble they should get”. It’s a beautiful thought. I pondered on it. Here's what came about: What’s always needed is a balance. It’s amazing how the beautiful principle works itself in different ways.

Life needs to find a balance in order to keep running smoothly. And if you let that sway to either side, then there are bound to be repercussions. Let’s take a phenomenal financial expert for example. Let’s says that he always has the right investment advice and is a complete sensation at his subject. He loves his wife dearly, who generally likes to devote all her time to her household and is probably not the kind of financial wizard he could have an ‘intellectual’ discussion with. There could be times he finds something gone amiss in his relationship as he cannot come back home one fine evening and share with his wife, the positive impact his decision had on a major business plan. It’s definitely something that would affect him adversely in the long run, as he would feel that the thing that’s closest to his life is something that his life partner finds difficult to appreciate. This might be a situation one needs to look a little more deeply at. I mentioned earlier that life needs to find a balance. In the higher realm of things, everything places itself the way it does because of that same balance. If you take the example of the investment advisor: He might have a really close friend who is in a similar career and encourages and applauds him on all his successes. Or tomorrow he might have a daughter who grows up to be a financial genius and discusses and appreciates all those market insights with her dad.

And you’l see these if you look around and reflect on it a little. I have personally seen people who have lost their loved ones and find that they get that kind of love and support from other people who probably play a different role in your life. A girl who loses her father might find a guide in a friend or life-partner who is a father-figure. A woman who lost her dear sister finds that she shares that intimate bonding with a friend now.

I heard a friend saying, that if an IIT pass out woman wants to choose a life partner, she needs to find a man who is at least an IIT graduate or a student of some college ranked higher than that. And the reason she felt that way was because the men end up having ego issues with a woman who is intellectually superior to them. I understand and admire the IIT’ians for the way they are a class apart and also agree that they are intellectually sound and extremely hardworking people. To the women, - do you really want to make that decision behind a brand name that is attached to you. If you brought in modesty and humbleness along with the peaks of your career achievements, there is every way that you can have a harmonious and fulfilling relationship with your husband. To the men, I know that there are those fragile egos and other people’s words that can fire you up. But do you want your self-respect to be affected by anyone else. If you are self-assured and contented, nothing will really touch you.

If you are the most intelligent thinker, or the most proficient person, there’s every effort you should make to be the most self-effacing person as well. Knowledge is power and that knowledge includes this awareness and letting go of the ego, the “I”, too. If you can be the best at the job you have taken up, why not be the best at being humblest as well. True awareness comes from striking that ‘balance’.

There are people who let themselves be affected by the society’s definition of successful, rich, intelligent and talented in that they feel they cannot have beautiful interactions with certain people because they either do not share the same wave length with them or they do not have common interests. It helps to understand that every person who comes your way is there because you and he/she are to share some messages between each other and whether you find someone who complements your thoughts or is a negation to all your convictions, there will something you will take back from them anyway. So bless everything that comes your way and trust the process of life and the universe to bring you everything that’s best for you.

help me

well I am sat here all by myself, wi no-one to talk too, all by my lonesome, pls some-one stop by my blog page, it gets awful lonely here.

WELCOME

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to my world.

This is the first time I have ever blogged but enjoy reading other people's,

So any help would gratefully be received.

So I will start my blog with a bit of fun.

Zoo Job

One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him and drags him into his office. The zoo keeper explains to the mime that the zoo's most popular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off.

He offers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until they can get another one. The mime accepts. So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He discovers that it's a great job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime. However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires of just swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the top to the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious, but the crowd loves it.

At the end of the day the zoo keeper comes and gives the mime a raise for being such a good attraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps taunting the lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps going up. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over the furious lion he slips and falls. The mime is terrified.

The lion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and round the cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime starts screaming and yelling, "Help me, help me!", but the lion is quick and pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, "Shut up you idiot! Do you want to get us both fired?"