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As I was looking for a legal blog to model something I want to put on the O&L Blog (a sidebar blog for books) I stumbled across this site that has hilarious stuff. It's called "the Striaght Dope" and offers the opportunity to pose questions to the worlds smartest human being, Cecil Adams. It clarifies that we know Cecil Adams to be the worlds smartest human being because: 1. He knows everything, and 2. He's never been wrong. How do we know Cecil Adams knows everything and has never been wrong? "Because Cecil told us, and he would never lie."

Here is a list of questions Cecil Refuses to Answer:

Why do we need a hot water heater? If it's hot it doesn't need to be heated.
How can we have jumbo shrimp?
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Why do our noses run and our feet smell?
Why does quicksand work slowly?
Why are boxing rings square?
Why, when lights are out, they are invisible, but when the stars are out, they are visible?
Why do we call them apartments when they are all together?
If cows laughed, would milk come out of their noses?
Why does Denny's have locks on the door if it's open 24 hours?
Why do ships carry cargoes and cars carry shipments?
When will a building actually become a built?

Because I am a huge dork I will admit that these question remind me of reading Wittgenstein, who illustrates his points on philosophy by pulling up all sorts of funny examples of strange word uses. For a hysterical Straight Dope answer read this one: How come a woman shaving her legs wears out a man's razor so fast?