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According to Holiday Insights and the Atlanta Journal Constitution, today is Ask a Stupid Question Day.  Okay, I’ll go first.  Why?

ROT Warning!  That would be Really Off Topic.  Don’t you just love it when someone just says it’s a holiday and, thanks to the Internet, it is?  Holiday Insights says that teachers started this day back in the 1980’s to encourage students to ask more questions.  This is a problem?  (Question #2)  But back to the off-topic topic.  The folks at Well Cat are always creating holidays and they copyright them.  So here’s Question #3.  How do you copyright a day?  That means no one else can what on this day?  (That must be Question #4.)  Should the rest of us just hold our breath on the copyrighted holidays?  (#5!)  Actually I really like the WellCat holidays.  Thanks to them, this is also Fish Tank Floorshow Night.  Back to our regularly scheduled blogging . . .

The best thing about this day is that it gives me a reason to use a quote from Scott Adams that I’ve been saving just because:

“If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask?  Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?”

Heh.  In the spirit of today’s observance, here are a few questions that no one wants to ask . . .

How many teaspoons in a tablespoon?  That would be three.

How many tablespoons in 1/4 cup?  That would be four.

How big is a coffee measure?  That would be two tablespoons or 1/8 cup.  It’s a handy addition to your measuring cup set.

Why isn’t a cup of coffee one cup?  Don’t ask me.  Actually the cup is was (as in your grandmama’s china set) one cup.  But if you fill it to the tippy top, there’ll be a big mess so a “cup of coffee” is really 3/4 cup or 6 ounces.

It’s Friday with sunshine and lunch possibilities and Springsteen and the E Street Band playing in the background.  So go Ask a Stupid Question or four and have a great day.