Have you ever come across situations that confusing? Some things "rait cheer" in Missouri leave me perplexed like:

#1. Today, a big dual wheeled pick-up truck pull into, parking across in two regular parking places. The driver seemed to deliberate in taking an extra car slot in a shopping center parking lot. The confusing part was on its the Missouri tags. The truck had permanent, authorized "Handicapped" insignia plates, but parked in regular spots. The driver unassumingly opened the driver’s side door, stepped down from a running board, and limped into a nearby store.

Here’s where the confusion that kicks my butt. If handicapped parking is provided with WIDER SPACES and closer to stores, what prevented this special needs driver from using a specially designated spot? However, if I park in their cherry, closer, wider & most convenient parking places, I will get a parking violation. If they park in someone’s regular place, shouldn’t they get a ticket for parking in regular spots? What happens if that driver parked in two handicapped spots instead of one?

I am quite curious and find this paradoxical: how far do special privileges extend? How do the police justify issuing parking violations to one set of regular drivers, but not the other violators? Adding insult to another "injury", only doctors can write medically legal certificates for Handicapped parking stickers. But, isn’t this a form of medical malpractice in that it is a conflict of interest; don’t MD’s want & need ill patients? Which group pays the big-ticket fees for most medical costs, healthy patients or ill patients’ insurance? OR---have you ever heard a policeman say, " That’s OK, Buddy. You are forgiven, because lots of other people violate the same parking law". What doctors have you ever heard utter something like, " Oh, I only want healthy patients, not sick ones"? Neither of these soap opera drama happens in real-life. The Police want your ticket revenue and Md.’s want everyone’s insurance bucks.

Which raises the question of whom actually is needy or deserving of Handicapped parking? The simple solution is to element Handicapped Parking spaces, because currently the system is segregation in disguise. If folks want a special parking place, then make special parking in the back. There would be the percentage of designated slots, but fewer folks would apply and fewer would scam our officials.

In reality, had I asked about the driver about such sloppy parking, The guy would have had to put out his cigarette. A social situational scene would have occurred, which would cause him to hang-up his cell phone conversation. Probably that driver would have become defensive, felt oppressed, blamed me for the physical ailment, or angrily uttered a few local colloquialisms. The dual irony is very funny.

# 2. Missouri’s local wisdom shines in brilliance. Three guys were having breakfast. The conversation turned from St. Louis & KC’s Pro-Sport Teams. Talk became serious as they discussed the most important modern inventions.

First, Ed thought that the computer was most significant, since it revolutionized communication and business methods. Next, Paul though the jet motor was the greatest. Jets allowed for quicker, more tactical warfare, and jets allowed for faster worldwide travel.

But, Jed disagreed, saying the thermos bottle was THE most amazing modern invention. Ed and Paul laughed, then scoffed at such a preposterous notion! Please explain how a simple, ordinary thermos is so wondrous?

Jed said, " If you put hot stuff in a thermos, whatever hot is put in, IT stays hot. If you put cold stuff in it, the cold stuff keeps cold. But, how does the thermos know?