Sharing a Laugh or Tear ?

I guess it depends how you look at it. After reading these I have a better understanding why some in our country vote the way they do ;)

Below are questions sent in to "Ask Marilyn" a Sunday column in Parade magazine in which Marilyn vos Savant,who rose to fame through her listing in the Guinness Book of World Records under "Highest IQ". Guinness retired the category of "Highest IQ" in 1990, solves puzzles and answers questions from readers on a variety of subjects.



Some of my readers’ questions would confound the Oracle of Delphi! Here’s a selection of recent unanswerable ones worth pondering anyway:

As I travel the highways, I notice signs that read “Deer Crossing.” How do the deer know to cross at those signs?
—from a reader in Ovilla, Tex.

Why are the Three Musketeers always depicted with swords? Why not muskets?
—Burbank, Calif.

I play racquetball. The court is a large, enclosed room with a 20-foot-high ceiling and one small door, which players use to enter or exit during warm--ups, etc. Why—although this door is open only briefly—does the ball go through it about 75% of the time?
—Spearfish, S.D.

Why do the eyes of life-size cardboard figures of people appear to watch and follow you as you pass by?
—Tyler, Tex.

I’ve heard that the Earth’s magnetic poles are reversing. Will the strip in my credit card still work? Will my refrigerator repel my magnets?
—Portland, Maine

Why don’t eggs taste like chicken?
—St. Louis, Mo.

Do I have more of a chance of catching a cold if I’m chewing gum and blowing bubbles? In other words, can airborne germs be caught by my bubble and then ingested after it has deflated and the gum is back in my mouth?
—Saddle Brook, N.J.

Do you know whether Christopher Columbus brought pickles with him aboard his ships when he explored the New World?
—Cary, N.C.

The city of Toledo, Ohio, is urging its residents to lose weight to the tune of one million pounds. With that much weight exiting our planet from such a small location, could it alter the Earth’s orbit around the Sun?
—Swanton, Ohio

In movies, when someone gets out of a car at night, why doesn’t the dome light ever go on?
—Sebring, Fla.

I notice that global warming increased after daylight saving time started in 1974. Well, duh! More daylight is going to make the world hotter, isn’t it?
—Altadena, Calif.

If a person on television held up a mirror facing a camera, could someone at home see his reflection in it?
—Colorado Springs, Colo.

WORD PLAY
In all of these words, two adjacent letters may be replaced with different letters to form new words. The replacement letters are the same for each word. What are the letters?

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INSPIRE _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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