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Probably the same reason they never win the lottery.

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. - Jules de Gaultier




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So that the doctor doesnt get a disease.

Don't you think hard work must have killed someone?
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Probably, at lest severely injured them.


If a tree falls in the forest and noone is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?
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Of course, how else would the rabbits know when the world was ending?

Why can't you be barefoot and shirtless in a restaurant?
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You can. Only it's got to be an awfully sleazy restaurant.



Why do fencers wear all white - when you can't get blood stains out such a [lack of] colour to save your life?
ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem

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They like the way it breaks the ice at parties. "How did you get the blood stain on there good sir?" Great conversation starter.

Why are emo kids so sad?
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Because they miscostrued the meaning of the word 'emotional' to mean down-in-the-dumps depressed, and they have to fit their label. It's circular, apparently, and so without a doubt, fallacious.


Why do things with beginnings have to have ends?
ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem

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If they didn't end there'd be no sequels. And god forbid that Hollywood not have sequels!

Why are clowns so creepy?
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Because they paint smiles on tragic faces. It's grotesque incongruity.



Why are angels imaged as always beautiful, and winged?
ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem

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Because angels go under deep cosmetic surgery to all become alike. A little known secret, they're actually hideous.

Why do books need words?
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They don't. But without words, they wouldn't be stories.



Why do rather round people insist on wearing terribly tight jeans?
ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem

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They like to think the jeans will hide their fat. So much for that theory.

Is reality television really reality?
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Really, if reality were defined by mere perception and numbers tallied up on viewers gave a good impression of how many perceived it favourably, then reality would be reality TV.


Why do people have this rather odd inclination to breathe?
ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem

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It seems to just be a trend that never died. Like
being a dog owner.

Why do birds fly?
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Because if they didn't, they'd fall.


Why do people grow up, when Peter Pan didn't?
ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem

"There is adventure in simply being among those we love, and among the things we love -- and beauty, too."
-Lloyd Alexander



You are in the wrong land even if the roosters recognize you.
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