Sweet Mysteries of Life

During a lifetime, we must all acknowledge a trickle, like a leaky faucet, of questions for which satisfying answers could never be found; no matter how long we lived nor how far into the cosmos our thought waves radiate.  While we accept the fate, we are never dissuaded from posing the all-encompassing question, "Why"?  What follows, then, is a sampling of this writers collection; all prefaced with that single, solitary word, Why......

.....when we dine at a restaurant, does the bride always get the prime people-watching place at the table. while I get to stare at the wall behind her?
.....does "one good turn" always get her most of the blanket?
.....is it imperative for me to hang onto 150 vhs tapes of movies I watched once, and will probably never watch again?
.....Chica, our West Highland terrier, is forever being conned by jackrabbits into believing that they are catchable?
.....has life treated me better than I deserved, especially in matters matrimonial?
.....can't most women enjoy driving a car with a six-speed manual transmission?
.....do competetive juices need to surge when the car, once behind you, pulls up alongside to your right at the stop signal, while ahead of you, traffic narrows to one lane?
.....did the Wasco Country sheriff's deputy let me off, without even so much as a warning when he had me nailed for going over the 55 speed limit by a good 20 mph?
.....upon furtively reaching for my wallet as the plate is passed, at a church other than my own, are the odds less than 50-50 that the first "pull" will yield a bill that's the right "denomination"?
.....should I feel emasculated for no longer owning a pickup truck, nor having ever grilled steaks on a 500 hp barbecue with surround sound?
.....in our society, did an upraised middle finger become the commonly recognized gesture of scorn, while an upraised thumb has come to connote approval?
.....during some times of desperate need, has an angel, in the guise of a total stranger, appeared in response to that specific need?
.....do casual acquaintances casually ask, "How are you?", all the while knowing that anything more than a three-word response will probably amount to something more than they'd want to hear?
.....did a flock (yes, flock) of over thirty rufous hummingbirds gather, and hover like helicopters over our deck, of a summer's day, for close to two minutes before dispersing?
.....when traveling, does the outbound leg always seem to take longer than the journey home, even when the route is the same?
.....is it no longer astronomically correct to call Pluto a planet?  For heaven's sake, if it isn't a planet, what is it?
.....doesn't Hallmark call Valentine's Day what it is: the "Sweetie-you'd-better- deliver-the-goods-or-you're-toas-titos" day?
.....do rhetorical questions require a question mark?