The 5 W's: Why?
An Omnium-Gatherum of World Wars & World Series, Superstitions & Psychoses, the Tooth Fairy Rule & Turkey City Lexicon & Other of Life's Wherefores
Published on 14. June 2011
128 pages
978-1-4027-9215-1 (ISBN)
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Why do mosquitos love to bites us so much? Why does baseball have a seven-inning stretch? And why do some countries drive on the left of the road? Get the details and data needed to answer an incredible range of questions, from everyday queries to philosophical conundrums.
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Erin McHugh
Content
- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- BLUE SKIES SMILIN' AT ME
- POINTS OF LIGHT
- IS IT A HAPPY PUPPY?
- ORDER IN THE COURT
- A COOLING-OFF PERIOD
- DOWN AND OUT
- "WITH THIS GARTER . . ."
- ROAD FOOD
- AUTOPILOTS
- LINCOLN ASSASSINATION THEORIES
- HOW HAPPY?
- WHEN PHIL SPEAKS . . .
- THE NOT-SO-WORLDLY SERIES
- LIGHT SHOW
- COME 'N' GET IT
- VERY SLIPPERY
- THE GREAT WAR
- OW! HA HA
- RAINING CATS
- FOR WHOM DOES THE BELL TOLL?
- MOUNTIES' MISSION
- "HERE, HORSEY . . ."
- VIGILANTE JUSTICE
- JUST A MIRAGE
- GOOD DOG
- SPLITSVILLE
- HOW DOES IT KNOW?
- SLEEP ON IT
- THE PURPLE HEART
- FIFTY WAYS TO NAME YOUR COUNTRY
- PLACE NAMES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
- SO ROMANTIC
- AVAST!
- COCKROACH VS. HUMAN
- SHIVER ME TIMBERS!
- SOME LIKE IT HOT
- THE GRIM REAPER
- HAIL, SPARKY!
- SHALL WE DANCE?
- ROADSIDE AMERICA
- CRAZY CAT
- SHAZAM!
- THE PSYCHOLOGY OF COLOR
- TAPHOPHOBIA
- COLOR ME ASLEEP
- SCHOOL UNIFORMS
- HEAVY STUFF
- SO FUNNY I FORGOT TO LAUGH
- THE TWELVE LINKS OF DEPENDENT ORIGINATION
- MOVING RIGHT ALONG
- DRINK UP
- MONEY FOR NOTHING?
- A LITTLE SOMETHING ON THE SIDE
- ROOM AT THE INN
- WASH ME CLEAN
- THE DANGERS OF MARRIAGE
- POINT IN QUESTION
- WELCOME CHAOS
- THE SMELL OF VICTORY, AND THEN SOME
- WHY DIE?
- WHAT FLOATS YOUR BOAT?
- TURN TO THE CHASE
- HOLE-Y COW
- STOP IT, I LOVE IT!
- DID I DO THAT?
- GLIMPSES OF THE SOUL
- A DIFFERENT STRIPE
- THIN STRIPES AND PINSTRIPES
- WHO THE HECK IS OLLIE?
- NO STRINGS ATTACHED?
- FALL INTO . . .
- JUST-WAR THEORY
- LIAR, LIAR
- BECAUSE I'M THE AUTHOR
- UBER-BRRR?
- A STARRY, STARRY POISONED NIGHT
- GLASS OR PLASTIC?
- WHICH COLOR IS BETTER FOR CHOCOLATE?
- BUGGY
- EDWARD BARLEYCORN
- TRADE AGREEMENT
- FINE FRIGID FRIENDS?
- THE BAD-TEMPERED LILY
- ANIMAL LOGIC
- NUMBER, PLEASE
- FABULISTS
- LIGHTNING GLASS
- CHEERS, INDEED!
- THE TWELVE DAYS OF CATECHISM
- DEAD GRANDMOTHER REDUX
- PREMATURELY, OF COURSE
- FLIGHT SCHOOL
- FORTY WINKS
- A LONG WINTER'S NAP
- SINCERE BUT FLOWERY
- THE ORIGINAL HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
- FORE . . . AND A QUARTER
- PUT A HOLE IN ONE
- NOW AND LATER
- NEW YEAR-IT'S WHAT YOU EAT
- FLAG WAVING
- WHAT A DUMB HAT
- MURDER MOST FRIENDLY
- AM I BORING YOU?
- SMALL STUFF
- SOME WHO HAVE ASKED WHY
- YOU WORM!
- HIGHWAYS OR SKYWAYS?
- FIELDS OF GLORY
- DIAL-A-RIDDLE
- FEET ON THE GROUND
- COPYCAT
- SEEING EYES
- LAUGH, LAUGH, LAUGH
- MONEY FROM THE SEA
- ON THE CLOCK
- THE WHY OF WHO
- WHAT PRICE, BEAUTY?
- SMELLY LOGIC
- THE MARCH (AND MAY AND JULY) OF TIME
- SEE THROUGH
- SEASON FOR SNEEZIN'
- CHOOSING POLITICAL SIDES
- LIFE BLOOD
- WHY CAN'T I GO?
- THE DIRT
- EYES WIDE SHUT
- COMATOSE
- TOP 10 REASONS TO STOP SMOKING
- FRIEND OR FOE?
- YES, THEY ARE WATCHING YOU
- 'NIGHTY-'NIGHT!
- DREAM ON
- DOG GONE
- LUCK OF THE DRAW
- WHY, ROBOT
- BIRD FEED
- BYE-BYE, LOVE?
- THE UNWELL
- COLOR MY WORLD
- THE STATE OF YOUR ESTATE
- THANKS, WALT
- ALWAYS GREENER
- SPACE HEROES
- TO YOU!
- AND THE AWARD GOES TO . . .
- HE LOOKS AWFULLY SUSPICIOUS
- THE SCOTTISH PLAY
- "WHY DIDN'T I ORDER THE HOMARINE SALAD?"
- HOGGING THE TRUFFLES
- PLANE MAGIC
- WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?
- RISING TO THE OCCASION
- WAS IT AN INCREDIBLY BUMPY SILK ROAD?
- TOWER OF FAITH
- HURRY SUNDOWN?
- WORDS TO WRITE BY
- WHY CAN'T I GET THE BLUE PLATE SPECIAL?
- MAGIC METAL
- FAMILY OF CAT
- LAST WORDS
