Curious questions: pondering the quirks of language and life

Here are a few curious mysteries and observations about our language and life in general.

Which letter is silent in the word Scent, the S or the C?

100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. Today everyone has cars and only the rich have horses.

At a movie theater which arm rest is yours?

If money doesn't grow on trees, how come banks have branches?

Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?

Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift?

Have you ever seen a toad on a toadstool?

If a pig is sold to a pawn shop, is it a ham-hock?

Why do hot dogs come ten to a package and hot dog buns only 8?

I hope you were able to laugh at a few of these.

I wrote this column to lead up to a rather serious question.

Why wouldn't you stand and clap for a 13 year old brain cancer survivor?

It really shouldn't matter what party you're affiliated with.

Let's just celebrate this young man.

Will we ever come together as a nation?

For the foreseeable future I think we all know the answer to that one.

Just an observation.

See you out there