Why is it that….?

Why is it that a dog can find your most expensive shoe to chew?

Why is it that when stores have a sale on “selected varieties” they are never the varieties you would select?

Why is it that so many agriculture policies that profoundly affect farmers and the way they  produce our food are made by people who never leave the cities?

Why is it that a cat will zoom in on the one person in a room who hates cats?

Why is it that the main critic of the Iditarod lives in Miami, has never been to Alaska, and refuses invitations to visit mushers and meet the dogs?

Why is it that the only segment you want to see on TV news is the one they show at the very end?

Why is it that dogs will leave gourmet dog food in their bowl to rummage through the trash can or chomp on kitty rocha?

Why is it that dark colored dogs insist on lying on light colored fabrics and light colored dogs gravitate to dark fabrics?

Why is it that PETA wants flies and mice to be spared, but kills 97% of the pets entrusted to them?

Why is it that most of the money the Humane Society of the United States makes from their direct mail goes into producing and sending out more direct mail?

Why is it that people who have the freedom to eat what they want insist on taking the choice of what to eat away from the rest of us?

Why is it that whenever a 49er makes a terrific catch in the end zone the play is called back because of a penalty?

Why is it that people who make laws for the rest of us exempt themselves from those laws?

Why is it that a dog can do a perfect “sit” and “stay” when no one is watching and then look at you blankly when you are trying to show her off?

Why is it that there are so many dogs in the shelters, but if a dog has a sad story in the media, dozens of people come forward to adopt that dog?

Why is it that people who should know better propose mandatory spay and neuter laws to reduce shelter populations when it hasn’t worked any place it has been tried?

Why is it that bacon tastes better than broccoli?

Why is it…?.

Comments

[threecollie]

Oh, what a great post! Of course my favorite is number 3, but these are all excellent questions!

[cube]

All good questions, but I must defer to my old thermodynamics professor who used to say we humans can only accurately answer the how questions, but not the why questions.

[Khyra]

Furry good khwestions!

Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra

[Stumpy and cyndi]

There's a standard one word answere the questions in that involve the beans... a$$holes... and that's putting it nicely...

Can I say a$$holes on this blog?

[Lori @ According to Gus]

Love this post. And bacon most definitely tastes better than broccoli :)

[utenzi]

Let's see, legislators like to make laws, cause it's what they do, even if nobody is going to follow them, and PETA is full of hot air.

[Clive]

Great questions there!

[jackie]

I don't know....why?

[Peggy Frezon @Peggy's Pet Place]

Why is it that when I tell people Kelly can do something smart, she will never ever do it in front of them?

[Dennis the Vizsla]

Why is it that Michigan J. Frog only sings when there's no one around except the poor schlub who found him?

[Linda]

You are so very right! Great post!

Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com

[Karen Friesecke]

Why is it that you can buy the hottest toy for your kid at Christmas and they end up having more fun playing with the box that it came in ?

[Lynne]

I can give you an answer on the cat lured by one person who doesn't want to pet it. That's me. I'm allergic. I pay the cat NO attention. Next thing I know it's drapped around my neck and the owner is saying, "It's never friendly to strangers." It's because I'm the only one not in it's face saying goochy goo. It gets use to me on the cat's own terms. Ok that's my theory.

[cube]

Lynne: That has been my experience as well, but not because I'm allergic to cats. I love cats and they love me precisely because I don't pursue them. I let them come to me.

We adopted two feral kittens, sisters from the same litter, and they hid immediately after being let out of the carrier. No one could pry them out of their hidey holes without being scratched to pieces. That night, when my family went to sleep, I made myself comfortable on the floor, and soon enough, I had both kittens climbing all over me. It was their idea, not mine.

[Three Dog Blogger]

I know the answer to the Cat one.

'Tis because they are EVIL and take a perverse delight in doing exactly what they KNOW is not wanted.

Although, amazingly, my Cat has now become rather a nice Kitty (after 5 years and many cold nights) and has been promoted to being called only the SLIGHTLY EVIL CAT.

[online pet]

I recently came across the blog and have been reading along. Great post! My favorite is number 8, but these are all outstanding questions! I will keep visiting this blog very often!