John Pennypacker was asked if he wanted to share any sage wisdom on the occasion of his birthday (April 10). This is what was received in response:
Only in this stupid world
- do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
- do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a diet coke.
- do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
- do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
- do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
Ever wonder
- why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
- why you don't ever see a headline "Psychic Wins Lottery?"
- why "abbreviated" is such a long word?
- why is it that Doctors call what they do "practice?"
- why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor, but dishwashing detergent is made with real lemons?
- why the man who invests all your money is called a "broker?"
- why the time of day with the slowest traffic is called "rush hour?"
- why there is no mouse-flavored cat food?
- why Noah didn't swat those two mosquitoes?
- why they sterilize the needles used for lethal injections?
- why they don't make the entire planes out of that stuff used to make the "indestructible black box?"
- why sheep don't shrink when it rains?
- why they are called "apartments" when they are all stuck together?
- if con is the opposite of pro, is congress the opposite of progress?
- if flying is so safe, why is the airport called the terminal?