Are Lobsters Ambidextrous? (40 page)

Preserves, contents of

Pretzels, shape of

Pubic hair, purpose of

Pudding, film on

Purple

Christmas tree lights

royalty and

Putting, veering of ball toward ocean when

Q-tips, origins of name of

Quarterbacks and exclamation, “hut”

Rain, impending, smell of

Ranchers’ fenceposts, boots on

Razors, men’s vs. women’s

Recyclable plastics, numbers on

Refrigeration of opened food jars

Remote controls, men vs. women and

Restrooms, group visits by females to

Roaches, reaction to light of

Robes, black, and judges

Rodents and water sippers

Roller skating rinks, music in

Roofs, gravel on

Rubble, Betty, nonappearance in Flintstones multivitamins

Sacks, paper, jagged edges and

Salads, celery use in

Salt and pepper, as table condiments

“Sea” gulls in parking lots

Settling in houses

Seven-layer cakes and missing layers

Shaving of armpits

Shirts, single-needle stitching in

Shoes on side of road

Shopping malls, doors at entrances of

Side vents in automobile windows

Silica gel packs in electronics boxes

Single-needle stitching in shirts

Skating music, roller rinks and

Skyscrapers, bricks in

Sleep

babies and

drowsiness after meals and

eye position during

heat and effect on

Smell of impending rain

Snake emblems on ambulances

Snickers, wavy marks on bottom of

Social security numbers

Socks, disappearance of

Soft drinks

bottles, holes on bottom of

brominated vegetable oil in

calorie constituents in

phenylalanine as ingredient in

Soups and shelving in supermarkets

Speech, elderly vs. younger and

Spelling, “i” before “e” in

Sperm whales, head oil of

Stains, elimination of, on clothing

Steak houses and baked potatoes

Strait, George, and hats

Sundials, mottoes on

“Super” glues vs. ordinary glues

Supermarkets

check approval policies of

public bathrooms in

shelving of soup in

Surgeons’ uniforms, color of

Tall people, aging and

Tape counters, audio and VCR

Taste, sense of, in children vs. adults

Television sets, measurement of

Thermometers, color of liquid in

Throwing, sex differences in

Tiles, ceramic, in tunnels

Tires

atop mobile homes

bluish tinge on new whitewalls

inflation of, and gasoline mileage

Toothpaste, expiration date on

Traffic noise of U.S. vs. other countries

Traffic signs

“
DONT WALK
,” lack of apostrophe on

“
FALLING ROCK
,” purpose of

Trailer parks, tires atop mobile homes in

Trees

bark, color of

growth on slopes of

Tumbleweed, tumbling of

Tunnels, ceramic tiles in

“Turkey,” origin of term

Turn signals in automobiles, clicking sounds of

TWIX cookie bars, holes in

Underarm hair, purpose of

Uniforms

painters’ whites

surgeons, color of

Upper lips, groove on

Vegetable oil, vegetables in

Vending machines, bill counting and

Vent windows, side, in automobiles

Vitamins, measurement of, in foods

Voices, elderly vs. younger

Vomiting and horses

Watches (timepieces)

Water, boiling, during home births

Water temperature and effect on stains

Water towers in winter

Weather

clear days following storms

forecasting of, in different regions

smell of impending rain

Whales, sperm, head oil in

Whitewall tires, bluish tinge on

Women

dancing ability of

feelings of coldness in

group restroom visits of

leg kicking when kissing of

remote controls and

Wool, shrinkage of, vs. cotton

Worms, larvae and

Wrists as perfume target

Wristwatches

Yellow Freight Systems, orange trucks of

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