Welcome to the debut of “Philosophical Quandaries,” in which questions you never asked get answered:

Q. Why is it that drivers with new expensive cars (and even new not that expensive cars) seem to drive recklessly and tailgate more?
A. There’s a reason they’re driving new cars: They’ve wrecked their old ones.

Q. Why is it that if you’re getting ready to get in line, you always pick the line that has someone arguing with the poor cashier at the front of it?
A. It’s your fine-tuned sense of wanting to watch a show, no matter how late you’re running. Also, pure luck. Stop kvetching and take notes for the next time you need a pointless argument for your next book.

Q. Why is it that whenever someone who’s clueless asks a question and you know the answer, that clueless person ignores your correct answer and keeps asking the question?
A. There’s a reason that person is referred to as “clueless.”

Q. Why is it that doing a good deed seems to end up with a backlash against you?
A. I don’t know the answer to this one. Anyone? Any theories?

Thanks for stopping by, and stay tuned for our next entry of “Philosophical Quandaries”!

Eilis Flynn
ECHOES OF PASSION and INTRODUCING SONIKA, both available now on Kindle!

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