Why Do They?

[ECO]

Simple, just ask or state something that makes you

I'll start;

Why do they put braille signs in stupid places?
Today I was on a nature walk and they had a sign saying "stone wall" next to a stone wall! The odds of a blind person finding a 8x12" sign along a 300' stone wall are pretty small while the odds of them feeling the stone wall and knowing exactly what it is are rather high.

[ECO]

Why are the "rip here" lines on bags of rice or cheese always made so they never rip along the line?

When you use scissors to cut along the line, why is the line always 1/2" above where you should really be cutting?

[ECO]

Why do airlines offer trip duration times up to 3x longer than the flight should take? Honestly, do they think someone wants to take a 3+ leg trip with layovers that add up to over a day to see the world?

[ECO]

Why are magic mushrooms legal in Jamaica when they put you in jail for smoking ganja?

[ECO]

Fare (A1): DL MBJBOS USJ013 fare (rules) , psgr type ADT $119.00
Tax: US International Arrival Tax $16.10
Tax: Jamaican Passenger Facility Charge $2.50
Tax: Jamaican Passenger Service & Security Fee $10.18
Tax: Jamaican Int'l Airport Improvement Fee $5.00
Tax: Jamaican Travel Tax JMD 1800
Tax: US Immigration Fee $7.00
Tax: USDA APHIS Fee $5.00
Tax: US September 11th Security Fee $5.00
Tax: US Passenger Facility Charge $9.00
Total for 1 adult passenger: $198.88

Charge me:

a USDA fee when I don't drink milk at the airport or on a plane?
a US immigration fee when I'm just returning home and not immigrating to the US?
an arrival tax for returning to the US......I'm coming back to earn money so I can pay taxes......they should give me a bonus check for actually returning!

[Wahoo]

Why are the "rip here" lines on bags of rice or cheese always made so they never rip along the line?

When you use scissors to cut along the line, why is the line always 1/2" above where you should really be cutting?

It's sort of like my favorite sport and passion: orienteering. Where you have to take into account the difference between magnetic and true north and make an adjustment in degrees on your compass before positioning it on the map. So when I see the "rip here" line on a bag of rice, I know I have to adjust for the 1/2" before cutting. But I always end up over-adjusting and cutting too close to the seal, leaving nothing to grasp with my fingertips to open the bag. And then when I finally manage to get the bag open, rice spills all over the place and I yell "dammit"!

[ECO]

Good, at least I'm not the only one with challenges. Now I need to put on my detective hat to figure out who designed those bags to torture us.....my bets are on the sock bandit!

[Nanoose]

Why are the "rip here" lines on bags of rice or cheese always made so they never rip along the line?

When you use scissors to cut along the line, why is the line always 1/2" above where you should really be cutting?

It's sort of like my favorite sport and passion: orienteering. Where you have to take into account the difference between magnetic and true north and make an adjustment in degrees on your compass before positioning it on the map. So when I see the "rip here" line on a bag of rice, I know I have to adjust for the 1/2" before cutting. But I always end up over-adjusting and cutting too close to the seal, leaving nothing to grasp with my fingertips to open the bag. And then when I finally manage to get the bag open, rice spills all over the place and I yell "dammit"!

Well why don’t you just get a sticky star and put it on one end of the bag
and then use a sextant to find the latitude? Cheers and happy weekend!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextant

PS: Congratulations on becoming a Granddad – I’m a little bit jealous because I know
I will never have the pleasure because my kids are fixed or something like that.

[ECO]

A sextant has been on my list of things to buy at a yard sale for the past 10 years or so! I'm pretty good with a nautical chart, a ruler and a compass when compared to a GPS but being able to correctly use a sextant is the mark of a real man.