Wednesday, January 12, 2005

You ever wonder about these?

  • Talcum powder is made out of talc but baby powder isn't made out of babies?
  • Fortune cookies have fortunes in them but Girl Scout's cookies don't have Girl Scouts in them?
  • You bathe in a bathroom but don't rest in a restroom?
  • Why the international symbol for a miltary ambulance or military hospital looks like a target?
  • Why the motto of the infantry is "follow me" when they're walking and therefore not likely to get anyplace first?
  • Whether it is significant that the Coast Guard and the Boy Scouts have almost the same motto?
  • Why US Air Force uniforms look disturbingly like Cub Scout uniforms? (Don't laugh - they used to look almost exactly alike. And the Cub Scouts changed theirs...makes you wonder who thought the jokes were less funny...)