Ever wonder why.....

Ever wonder why:

Eight ounces of coffee at a convenience store costs more than 32 ounces of soda?

The day before vacation drags by, but the day before you go back to work whizzes past like a tiger was chasing it?

No one makes T-strap flats any more. Or am I the only one who remembers the girl dancers on American Bandstand wearing them, and how cool those shoes were?

Whenever there's a product that's just about perfect the way it is, someone has to go and improve it. But then it isn't really improved. My favorite grocery store has discontinued 10 pound bags of cheap store-brand cat litter, saying it will be back after the manufacturer makes some "packaging changes." I'm taking bets that it'll either cost more, the cats will hate it, or it won't be in convenient 10-pound, easy-to-carry bags, but will be super-sized to the point it can't be carried or lifted into and out of a car trunk.

You take a chance and run into a store for a quick purchase. You're in baggy sweats, no makeup, your hair's a mess and you see everyone you know. Including an old boyfriend who dumped you years ago and you still want him to regret it. But when you're dressed to the nines and lookin' good, you don't see a soul you know.

What does dressed to nines mean?

Correlative: You take that chance running into the store looking like death on a stick and they're out of what you went in for.

You find a flavor of catfood your feline-American will eat willingly and with gusto, and the store doesn't have that flavor in stock. You ask when it will be restocked, and keep coming back asking about that flavor until they're sick of seeing you. They get the stuff in, you load up on it and then the cat won't eat it.

This also applies to children and certain types of breakfast cereal, husbands and brands of beer, teenage girls and yogurt, the list goes on.

Your car develops a symptom that goes away whenever it's within 500 feet of a mechanic.

Your boss is never around when you're busy churning out enough work for three people, but when you have a little down time, he's flitting around like a hungry mosquito.

The more you need to hurry home the greater the likelihood you'll hit every red light on the way.

The possibility that a group of children will sit behind you in a public place is in direct proportion to the possibility they'll kick the row of seats you're in throughout the entire time you're sitting there.

The later you are for work, the greater the likelihood you can't find your car keys.
Correlative: the greater the likelihood also the keys are in an obvious place that you've searched several times already.