When Do Fish Sleep?
WHEN DO
FISH SLEEP?
An Imponderables
®
Book
David Feldman
Illustrated by Kassie Schwan
For Phil and Gilda Feldman
Contents
Why
Do Roosters Crow in the Morning?
Why
Do Many Hotels and Motels Fold Over the Last Piece of Toilet Paper in the Bathroom?
How
Is the Caloric Value of Food Measured?
Who
Put E on Top of the Eye Chart? And Why?
If
Water Is Heavier than Air, Why Do Clouds Stay Up in the Sky?
Why
Are There More Holes in the Mouthpiece of a Telephone than in the Earpiece?
How
Do Fish Return to a Lake or Pond that Has Dried Up?
Why
Do We Call Our Numbering System “Arabic” When Arabs Don’t Use Arabic Numbers Themselves?
Why
Do New Fathers Pass Out Cigars?
What
Are Dimples? And Why Do Only Some People Have Them?
Why
Do Bath Towels Smell Bad After a Few Days When They Are Presumably Touching Only Clean Skin?
How
Do Stamp Pads Keep Moist When They Are Constantly Exposed to the Drying Influence of Air?
Why
Are Tupperware
®
Brand Products Sold Only at Parties? Couldn’t They Make More Money by Selling the Stuff in Stores Too?
What
Is the Circle Adjacent to the Batter’s Box on Baseball Fields?
What
Exactly Is One Hour Martinizing?
What
Flavor Is Bubble Gum Supposed to Be? Why Is Bubble Gum Usually Pink?
Why
Don’t Traffic Signal Light Bulbs Ever Seem to Burn Out? Can We Buy Them?
Why
Does Mickey Mouse Have Four Fingers?
Why
Don’t Migrating Birds Get Jet Lag? Or Do They?
Why
Do Some Hard-Boiled Egg Yolks Turn Gray or Green When Soft-Boiled Eggs Don’t Discolor?
What
Causes Floaters, or Spots, in the Eyes?
Does
It Ever Really Get Too Cold to Snow?
Why
Do Females Tend to Throw “Like a Girl”?
Why
Do Telephone Cords Spontaneously Twist Up? What Can One Do About this Dreaded Affliction?
Why
Do Golf Balls Have Dimples?
Why
Is a Navy Captain a Much Higher Rank than an Army Captain? Has This Always Been So?
Why
Do Chickens and Turkeys, Unlike Other Fowl, Have White Meat and Dark Meat?
Why
Haven’t Vending Machines Ever Accepted Pennies?
Why
Is a Blue Ribbon Used to Designate First Prize?
What
Is the “Cottage” in Cottage Cheese?
Why
Are There So Many Ads
for
the Yellow Pages in the Yellow Pages?
How
Did the Toque Become the Traditional Chef’s Hat? Does It Serve Any Functional Purpose?
When
and Where Do Police Dogs Urinate and Defecate?
How
Can Hurricanes Destroy Big Buildings But Leave Trees Unscathed?
Why
Are Downhill Ski Poles Bent?
Why
Can’t (Or Won’t) Western Union Transmit an Exclamation Mark in a Telegram?
Why
Do Telegrams End Sentences with
STOP
Rather than with a Period?
Why
Are the Commercials Louder than the Programming on Television?
Why
Is U.S. Paper Money Green When Most Countries Color-Code Their Currency?
Why
Do We Have to Close Our Eyes When We Sneeze?