I Wonder … (and maybe you do, too!)

Fule for Thought

 

I’ve been thinking lately. I’ve been thinking, pondering, musing, but most of all I’ve been wondering. These are the things I wonder:

I wonder:

1) … if the 23 year-old Pat knew he’d stay in Strathmore for 30 years?

2) … why I swear so much putting up Christmas lights? Isn’t that a bit ironic?

3) … if I’m the only living person who’s never read, or seen Harry Potter?

4) … if the Doobie Brothers know that “China Grove” is played at the Co-Op?

5) … which super hero you’d be?

6) … why I thought the original Star Trek was cool?

7) … what happened to my lost dog in Grade 9?

8) … how Mick Jagger got knighted?

9) … if my kids think I’m cool, or a dork?

10) … why Charlie Brown ever trusted Lucy to hold that football?

11) … If current generations can ever match the ones who went to WWI and WWII?

12) … why it’s called “breaking wind”?

13) … why I have Enya AND Justin Bieber on my iPod?

14) … how Grad became as big a day as a wedding?

15) … why we wore leisure suits and big shoes in the 70s?

16) … why some kids doubt the moon landing?

17) … how I could possibly have taught a student who’s now a grandfather?

18) … how I know the characters’ names from “Young and Restless”?

19) … how long guys will think wearing their pants half way down their butts is cool?

20) … why Debbie said yes?

21) … if our kids REALLY know how much we worry about them, no matter their age?

22) … if my Junior High English teacher really knows he was my hero?

23) … why (after my colonoscopy) I asked the nurse to read me a story?

24) … why “good” girls STILL go for “bad” boys?

25) … who really did write the Book of Love?

26) … why people have to take 6 years of University to become a teacher?

27) … if I really know how hard it is to be a farmer or rancher?

28) … why I’ve watched some of “The Bachelorette”?

29) … if there WERE other gunmen on Nov.22, 1963?

30) … why Archie doesn’t see that Betty and Veronica are almost identical?

31) … why Main Street was put on a hill?

32) … if Womens’ work is never done?

33) … if you knew that “hat trick” came from a Canmore guy who scored three goals in a NHL game?

34) … how an actor in a SILENT movie won “Best Actor”?

35) … why OUR generation worried so much about hair loss? (Now, everyone shaves their heads!)

36) … why I’M the one who shops for ‘feminine products”?

37) … why pro athletes make more money than doctors who save lives?

38) … why we “coddle” this generation?

39) … when it became okay to stand in music concerts?  (Now, everyone does)

40) … how moms make everything better?

41) … how dads can be so unselfish when it comes to their kids?

42) … why it gets “un-cool” for kids to do well in school?

43) … if By-Law Officers, Police, and Firemen know they ARE respected?

44) … if our parents know (knew) how much we love (loved) them?

45) … WHY Disco!?

46) … how people can abandon cats or dogs?

47) … if we had a “do-over”, would we stay in the same jobs?

48) … Terry Fox ever believed his run would motivate so many?

49) … how we’d ever get along without grandparents?

50) … if I’ll still have a column next week?

(“Fule for Thought” is a slice of life humourous column that will appear in the Strathmore Times, written by long-time resident, town councillor, high school teacher, coach, husband and father of two – Pat Fule. If you would like to get in touch with Pat, you can send him an e-mail at Pat.fule@shaw.ca)