# Why is it...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it/9950>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 25, 1999, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it/9950 "1999-10-25T22:19:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 1999, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it/9950/21 "1999-10-26T23:04:00Z")

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Coldfire, there are beds available for people who are hard of hearing that _shake_ at the wake-up time. Also, there are hearing dogs–just as there are seeing-eye dogs–that will “tap” their deaf owners to alert them to the sound.

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I used to think the world was against me. Now I know better. Some of the smaller countries are neutral.

[Laura’s Stuff and Things](http://members.aol.com/lrconaway)

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 1999, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it/9950/22 "1999-10-26T23:21:00Z")

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Go back to the OP, people. LauraRae wanted to know, “What are your most frustrating ‘Why is its’?” She didn’t ask about your alarm clocks. (BTW, I don’t use an alarm clock unless I need to get up earlier than usual.)

Anyway, why is it that some people push elevator buttons more than once?

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Those who do not learn from the past are condemned to relive it. Georges Santayana

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**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 1999, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it/9950/23 "1999-10-26T23:41:00Z")

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Thanks Jab, I thought I was the only one who picked up on that one. Why is it that no matter what line I get in at the store, I always follow someone who has something without a price on it?

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“Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good  
things.” --Edgar Degas

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 1999, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it/9950/24 "1999-10-26T23:50:00Z")

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Continuing that theme, um…Crackwhore, why is it that no matter what line I get in, it will be the slowest? Why is it that if I become the end of a very long line, by the time my turn comes, no one is behind me and there is NO more line? I hate that.

Why do I open my mouth when putting on mascara?

Why is it parents think they’re _helping_ their children when they do the homework for them?

Why is it I can _not_ keep the damn lizards alive? The last one would die right before our desert unit, dammit.

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I used to think the world was against me. Now I know better. Some of the smaller countries are neutral.

[Laura’s Stuff and Things](http://members.aol.com/lrconaway)

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