Huwebes, Pebrero 27, 2014

HAPPY THOUGHTS and GREAT DEBATES (Imponderables)





To gain wisdom, it's not enough that you experience life. What is important is that you crystallize the richness of your experience. It is necessary that you reflect on everything that is happening to you in order to gain the lessons that life wants you to have.

But what if you come across questions in life where no answers seem to fit?

Here's a compilation of imponderables I came across the net. You might want to spare some time thinking of possible answers for these questions (or you might just end up saying that there is no point in answering these).
So here it goes, ENJOY :) 




im·pon·der·a·ble.
adjective \(ˌ)im-ˈpän-d(ə-)rə-bəl\ : not able to be measured or judged exactly


  • If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times does he become disoriented? 
  • If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes? 
  • Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? 
  • If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
  • If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
  • Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker? 
  • When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say? 
  • If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it followthat electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?
  • What hair colour do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men? 
  • If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
  • You know how most packages say "Open here". What happens if you open it somewhere else?
  • Why isn't "palindrome" spelled the same way backwards? (Palindromes are words or phrases that read the same in both directions, e.g. EYE,or RACECAR)
  • Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?
  • You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes, why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance?
  • If someone invented instant water, what would they mix it with?
  • Why does your nose run and your feet smell?
  • Why is it called a "building" when it is already built?
  • Why do they call them "apartments" when they are all stuck together?
  • If you keep trying to prove Murphy's Law, will something keep going wrong? (Murphy's law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.)
  • Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"
  • Why is the word "abbreviate" so long?
  • Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
  • Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?
  • If you can't drink and drive, why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor, and why do bars have parking lots?
  • If a cow laughed real hard, would milk come out her nose?
  • What is another word for "thesaurus"?
  • When they ship Styrofoam, what do they pack it in?
  • Why doesn't "onomatopoeia" sound like what it is? (Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to
  • Does a fish get cramps after eating?
  • Why is it when two planes almost hit each other it is called a "near miss"? Shouldn't it be called a "near hit"
  • How can there be "self help GROUPS"?
  • Why are we afraid of falling? Shouldn't we be afraid of the sudden stop?
  • Why is it called 'after dark', when it is really after light


Martes, Pebrero 25, 2014

Questions. Questions. Questions




"Truth doesn't win in court. Whoever wins in court establishes the truth."

I stumbled upon this quote while reading reviews about the movie "Miracle in Cell No. 7." The movie is basically about inmates sneaking in a little girl just so she'd see her mentally challenged father who was wrongly accused of molesting the child of the Commissioner. The plot might sound simple yet it is a heartwarming movie that not only showcases a father's great love for her child amidst circumstances but at the same time makes you think that eventhough "the truth sets us free," it is not always the truth that prevails.

And so I ask, "How does one achieve justice?" Is it rightfully punishing a culprit or is it achieved merely by making sure that someone takes the blame for a certain crime?

In a world where justice seems to be elusive and in a world where it is alleged that justice only favors those who are in power, "How does one achieve justice?"

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It is of no wonder that most of us are quite fascinated with superheroes. It creates an image wherein the good guys always beat the bad guys and that at the end of every story, the one who wins are those who play fair. But is it really always like that? Are those projected in films the same as to what happens in reality or is it simply an image of how we wish society to be? 

This leads me to ask questions that challenge our very own justice system. How many are imprisoned by circumstances and have been convicted for crimes they have not commited? And how many criminals are roaming around the streets, aware or unaware that someone's taking the blame for the crimes they have made.

And so I am led to more questions. How calloused could a man's heart get? How far can man's selfishness lead him?