Frivolous Questions

Today, I thought I’d share some things that aren’t the most pertinent things on my mind, but come to mind every once in a while. Like:

Why do we call a cold a cold when the effects of getting one occur from your body temperature getting warmer?
In football, why is the scoring play called a safety called as such? It’s confusing. Why not call it a Deuce, a Reverse Touchdown, something like that.
Speaking of sports, why is it in tennis the first point in a game is 15, the second point is 30, but the third point is 40, and not 45?
If a news story is a couple of days old, is it still breaking news?
Why is it you can get AAA, AA, and A, C, and D batteries, but there isn’t a size “B” battery?
Why is it in heterosexual pornography, there are dozens of starlets, but very few male actors?
In that vein, why is it if man gives a woman oral sex, the common vernacular includes the word “eating” when you’re actually sucking, just like when a woman gives a man oral sex?
If a man has sex with a ten, wouldn’t that be the same as having sex with two fives?
Why is it the District of Columbia gets three electoral votes in the Presidential Elections, but doesn’t have a Congressman nor two Senators?
Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?
If Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day, doesn’t that make Christmas technically New Year’s, since that’s technically the beginning of how most of record time?
Also, was there a year “0” or did we go from 1 B.C. to 1 A.D.?
How did we go from “being gay” meaning you were happy to meaning you’re homosexual?
If you get a call that says “Invalid Number” on the caller ID, doesn’t that defeat its own purpose?
Do they eat turkey in the nation of Turkey?
When will the state of Confusion be recognized as a US state? We all seem to go there on occasion.