THE WHY'S HAVE IT

Some apparently unanswerable questions from the past week:
 

• Why was there a desiccated French fry in the bottom of my knitting bag?
  
  
•  Why were there two pair of Foghorn's underpants and nine empty juice boxes behind the futon?
  
  
• Why does the dog drink out of the toilet and the cat wash her feet in the water bowl?  (Wait a minute.  Maybe the former happens because of the latter.)
  

• Why did I find peanut butter in the fridge and margarine in the pantry?
  
  
• Why do the dogs think the only reason to put on gym shoes is to take them for a walk?
  
  
• Why does my husband wait until after I've tidied up the whole kitchen at 9 p.m. to forage for food, ensuring that I wake up to dry and hardened Frosted Flakes glued to the stainless steel sink?

• Why does the dog think a 19th century book on the World's Columbian Exposition is so much more toothsome than kibble?  Or a Nylabone?  Or a 21st century, easily-replaced Harry Potter volume?
  
  
  
  
  
• Why are children always their most quarrelsome/hungry/thirsty/talkative at bed time?
  
  
• Why does the mailman produce such ire in the dog?
  
  
• Why does the dog produce so much ire in the cat?
  
  
• Why does the Vulcan produce so much ire in the Warden?

Finally, and maybe most importantly:

11.  Why does the cat always choose to puke on the carpet, never on the bare floors?

If you all will excuse me now, I have a date with the Spot Bot.






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