PONDERING-----

Don't ask, just enjoy this photo -- it caught my attention and my camera said; "snap this, snap this"and I did -- end of story.

And now on to the subject offered: Pondering...

Oh come on, like you never pondered or wondered why this or that happens or does this and not that? Ya, I thought so – see, we are more alike than different (damn that is scary, eh?).

What I ask you is the “cottage” in cottage cheese? Aha, now you are thinking and pondering this too, aren’t ya? Food historians speculate that cottage cheese was probably the first cheese. And it was undoubtedly made by accident (lot of births can make this claim too). Some anonymous nomad was probably carrying milk on a camel in the desert and at the end of the day found lumps rather than liquid. And much to the nomad’s surprise, the lumps tasted pretty good.

According to the United Dairy Industry Association, cottage cheese was made in the home all over Europe as far back as the Middle Ages. “It was w called ‘cottage’ because farmers made the cheese in their own cottages to utilize the milk remaining after the cream had been skimmed from it for butter making.”

See and you thought all this pondering was nonsense…not so silly now is it!!!

Okay, let’s have a few “frustables” – what the hell, it could be entertaining:

• Why do Americans, unlike Europeans, switch forks to the right hand after cutting meat? [Did someone give the Pilgrims radical etiquette lessons on the Mayflower? Is there any sense to the American method?]

• How, when and why did the Banana peel become the universal slipping agent in Vaudeville and Movies? [Vegetable oil would work better, no?]

• Why did the Grade E disappear from the grading scales in most schools? [An F makes sense as the lowest mark (F=failure); but why did the E get lost?]

Had enuff fun for today, how about you? Hey, the sun is shining but some clown is saying rain is expected later – that clown should be shot. Well, enjoy your day, I may be back later with more nonsense or not.

Keep smiling!