Weird thoughts...what are yours?

Why do we have child molesters?
Why do “some” people think it’s a thrill to kill someone’s pet?

Like everyone else, I have a million questions that I will probably never get an answer to.
 
Olivia said:
My weird thought is why didn't the cockroach develop into being human-like more than mammals. After all, we know that above all, that cockroaches are the most survivable creature about all others.
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Evolution is all about survival of the fittest. The cockroach is already the fittest to survive. It doesn't need to evolve any farther.
 
I sometimes think back to when I was a kid and ponder on the fact that almost all of the adults that were alive then are now dead. And for sure, every dog that was alive then is now dead. Even if I think back to the 1980's, every dog and every cat that was alive then, is now dead. Even when I watch an old movie, from say the 1940's or even 50's, I think of how most, if not all of the people in that movie are now dead.
 
win231 said:
Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we're already there?
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I think it became tradition at all Chicago Cubs’ games when Harry Carey was alive. He started it during the beginning of his radio an TV announcing career of White Sox home games and then the Cubs’ home games during the 7th inning stretch. I think Harry actually started with the St. Louis club.

Harry Carey’s favorite line was, “Holy Cow.” He even named his chop house in Chicago the Holy Cow. I ate there once and enjoyed the atmosphere.

It’s just a song that gets people in the spirit of the event, IMO.
 
Olivia said:
I have had that very same thought. Can't really shake it. I think that humans can take life,, but never really create it.
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Funny, you should mention this. I always think to myself that if I kill the bug, I’ll be taking away a bird’s, spider’s or other predator’s meal. Every animal and insect has a purpose. If I see a spider in the house, I snag it and put it outside thinking that it has a purpose for being here. The exception would be mosquitoes. Even though frogs eat their eggs, there’s just too many of them, not to mention the diseases they carry.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Thank you, C'est Moi "I wonder if all people see color the same. How on earth would we know? Maybe my green is actually red to Gary". That is something I have wondered about since I was a little kid. If I've been told that what I see is "RED", then, to me, that color is RED. How do I know what I call RED is what exactly is being seen by you, as RED?
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Finally, someone gets it. :ROFLMAO: (I'm lookin' at YOU, RR!! 😛) Thanks, Fuzzy!!
 
Trade said:
I sometimes think back to when I was a kid and ponder on the fact that almost all of the adults that were alive then are now dead. And for sure, every dog that was alive then is now dead. Even if I think back to the 1980's, every dog and every cat that was alive then, is now dead. Even when I watch an old movie, from say the 1940's or even 50's, I think of how most, if not all of the people in that movie are now dead.
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911 said:
I think it became tradition at all Chicago Cubs’ games when Harry Carey was alive. He started it during the beginning of his radio an TV announcing career of White Sox home games and then the Cubs’ home games during the 7th inning stretch. I think Harry actually started with the St. Louis club.

Harry Carey’s favorite line was, “Holy Cow.” He even named his chop house in Chicago the Holy Cow. I ate there once and enjoyed the atmosphere.

It’s just a song that gets people in the spirit of the event, IMO.
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Phil Rizzuto used to say that too.
 
911 said:
I think it became tradition at all Chicago Cubs’ games when Harry Carey was alive. He started it during the beginning of his radio an TV announcing career of White Sox home games and then the Cubs’ home games during the 7th inning stretch. I think Harry actually started with the St. Louis club.

Harry Carey’s favorite line was, “Holy Cow.” He even named his chop house in Chicago the Holy Cow. I ate there once and enjoyed the atmosphere.

It’s just a song that gets people in the spirit of the event, IMO.
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According to Wikipedia:

Jack Norworth, while riding a subway train, was inspired by a sign that said "Baseball Today – Polo Grounds". In the song, Katie's boyfriend calls to ask her out to see a show. She accepts the date, but only if her date will take her out to the baseball game. The words were set to music by Albert Von Tilzer. (Norworth and Von Tilzer finally saw their first Major League Baseball games 32 and 20 years later, respectively.) The song was first sung by Norworth's then-wife Nora Bayes and popularized by many other vaudeville acts. It was played at a ballpark for the first known time in 1934, at a high-school game in Los Angeles; it was played later that year during the fourth game of the 1934 World Series.[2]


Below are the lyrics of the 1908 version, which is out of copyright.

Katie Casey was baseball mad,
Had the fever and had it bad.
Just to root for the home town crew,
Ev'ry sou1
Katie blew.
On a Saturday her young beau
Called to see if she'd like to go
To see a show, but Miss Kate said "No,
I'll tell you what you can do:"

Chorus

Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd;
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back.
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win, it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game.

Katie Casey saw all the games,
Knew the players by their first names.
Told the umpire he was wrong,
All along,
Good and strong.
When the score was just two to two,
Katie Casey knew what to do,
Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
She made the gang sing this song:
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