{"id":225,"date":"2010-02-12T13:45:16","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T13:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=225"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:40:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:40:15","slug":"just-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/just-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Just Thinking &#8230;<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A very brief exchange reminded me of a few questions that I&#8217;ve pondered repeatedly in my life.\u00a0 I wondered if you lot out there in internetland could help me.\u00a0 Either that, or simply damn you, <a title=\"Why Does This Man Find Things Out To Make Me Think About Them? Why?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/PipWilson\" target=\"_self\">Pip<\/a>.\u00a0 The questions follow the theme of:<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;How Effing Desperate And\/Or Inspired Must Someone Have Been To Discover This Stuff?&#8221; :<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Who discovered that cress was edible?<\/strong> And how hungry must that person have been?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mung Beans?\u00a0 I mean, MUNG Beans, for goodness&#8217; sake?<\/strong>\u00a0 I know there are hippies out there who like those things, but really? What are they for?<\/p>\n<p>Apparently someone in\u00a0South Korea\u00a0published that <strong>sausages make great touchscreen stylii<\/strong> (<em>styluses? whatever<\/em>) <strong>for iPod Touches<\/strong> (<em>what&#8217;s the plural for them while we&#8217;re on the subject?<\/em>).\u00a0 How, in the name of all things unholy\u00a0did they find that out between canine snacks?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re checking your google reader blog lists over the weekend, and maybe slightly less busy than I am right now, please solve these problems for me.<\/p>\n<p>Too many questions for one day maybe, but help me out.\u00a0 Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>And, sorry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share with your friends:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-225\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/just-thinking\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-225\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/just-thinking\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-225\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/just-thinking\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-225\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/just-thinking\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-skype\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-skype-225\" class=\"share-skype sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/just-thinking\/?share=skype\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Skype\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/just-thinking\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20%3Cb%3EJust%20Thinking%20...%3C%2Fb%3E&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.phillconnell.com%2Fblog%2Fjust-thinking%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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