Sundown on the Ottawa River

Friday, March 18, 2011

It's Friday and time for some odd thoughts

What's with popcorn? Before it's popped, they're called kernels and after they're popped it's called popcorn. That doesn't seem right. Shouldn't there be a scientific name like popcorn buds or flowerettes or something?

I was wondering why it's impossible to capture daylight in a can then go to a dark room, open it and see that light again. Maybe you can, I just haven't tried it.

I'm kind of glad that Facebook was invented. It would be a lot more difficult trying to identify old friends through a social network called Buttbook.

And what about earwax? It just doesn't seem to make sense. You can make candles out of beeswax but who would be foolish enough to make one out of earwax? Surely that would never work. Does a great job on hardwood furniture however. (Ha only kidding, please don't try this at home)

And finally did you ever wonder why it's called "Doomsday." Well obviously it stems from the word doom. So my guess is it probably sounds a bit stupid calling it "Doomday."

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