The Origin Story: Allergies and Balls

Bring your kid to work day

Who is the primary beneficiary?

Kid pros: miss school, eat dank food, chill with parent, so much attention, free candy

Kid cons: soooo much cheek pinching

Parent pros: don’t do any work, don’t pay for babysitter, mess with your kid, leave early

Parent cons: have to deal with your kid

Allergies in the city

I get awful allergies every spring. But there’s not many trees and plants in NYC. Is this why my allergies have not been that bad yet?

Elementary

Forget all of the other periodic elements because I have no idea what they’re like, but how the hell did we discover helium? Who was the first to suck it out of a balloon? How is that guy not famous?

“Where are you?” origins

I can’t take credit for this because I read it somewhere a few years ago but I feel the dire need to share:

The question “where are you?” is such a commonly used phrase. But it was very seldom used before cell phones/car phones. If you were speaking to someone, you were either with them or talking to them on your home phone.

Modern chivalry

Who decides what is chivalrous with new inventions? Like elevators. Who decided it’s polite to press the “door open” button while you let everyone walk out first.

Too many questions

This post has been overloaded with random questions I ask myself. So the below video is an answer. The answer to the commonly asked question: “can you fit a stress ball under your beard?”

The answer is yes, yes I can.

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