Perhaps because there is no god...
Things that frustrate us all
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Perhaps because there is no god...
" I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going."
The three kinds of people as mentioned in Team America: World Police.
I have clear nights only in winter, too. Plus, I have high houses surrounding mine, so that my field of vision is zenith + 15° to 2 sides, 25° to the third, 5° to the fourth. Add to it that the sighting telescope's lense is chipped so that I have to aim manually. Frustrating!
Still, it's perfectly suitable to watch the moon and the larger planets which I do about 20 nights per year.
Mine weighs only about 40 lbs, though. It's a rather basic reflector telescope with a 6" mirror and a total length of about 4 feet. My dad bought it in the 70s and never used it.
2 or 3 years ago we had a total lunar ecclipse on New Years Eve, so I took the telescope home and dad and I spent half the night on the terrace with the instrument, warm blankets and a thermos of hot punch. The most fun we've had ever since we made the roadtrip always going in the opposite direction the satnav told us to
Why do slices of bread always fall on the side that's been smeared with butter and jam? Did you notice when you eat your breakfast and are wearing your best tie for an important meeting then the only particle of food that will ever be projected from your plate will go right on the tie.
BART won't go to the airport today so I had to get a damn cab. 
No, I've never noticed doing that as known of my jobs have I ever been required to wear a tie and if I am needing to look smarter than usual, I'll just get dressed after eating breakfast.
Say what?
^ He probably meant "none"
Indeed I did.
Touché, although I asked a "what now" not "say what", so it's only half a touché really.
So you go to the dining room in your underwear??
ROTF Sojourner, that's a great ad!
The buttered toast problem has been investigated some 15 years ago and iirc was nominated for the ignobel price.
It appears that the phenomenon is connected to the table height / bread size relation. Unfortunately, toast and tables are both so wide and high respectively, that a toast falling from a table can only make half a turn, hence landing on the buttered side. If you drop the toast from shoulder-height, the toast makes a full spin and lands on the butterless side.
The tie problem is possibly working by the same principle as cats and dogs shedding hair: they always do it in teh highest possible contrast to your clothes. I.e.: if you wear something dark, they'll leave white hairs, if you wear something white, they'll leave black hairs. I can't prove it yet but my working hypothesis is that both phenomena are aspects of Murphy's law.
I usually breakfast in my birthdaysuit. It's easiest to clean
The buttered toast problem has been investigated some 15 years ago and iirc was nominated for the ignobel price.
It appears that the phenomenon is connected to the table height / bread size relation. Unfortunately, toast and tables are both so wide and high respectively, that a toast falling from a table can only make half a turn, hence landing on the buttered side. If you drop the toast from shoulder-height, the toast makes a full spin and lands on the butterless side.
The tie problem is possibly working by the same principle as cats and dogs shedding hair: they always do it in teh highest possible contrast to your clothes. I.e.: if you wear something dark, they'll leave white hairs, if you wear something white, they'll leave black hairs. I can't prove it yet but my working hypothesis is that both phenomena are aspects of Murphy's law.
I usually breakfast in my birthdaysuit. It's easiest to clean
Your assuming I wear pants to bed.
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I usually breakfast in my birthdaysuit. It's easiest to clean
I am pretty sure that the maid would file a harassment suit if I did.
I am no longer assuming anything about you. I am just sorry I asked.
Why would you be? You asked a perfectly reasonable question, I in turn answered it.
Alright then.
So why are you sorry to have asked?