Amuse-bouche: When I order at the bakery in France, I never know if I should say “un” or “une” baguette. So, my friend told me an easy solution. It’s more expensive, but it works. Order “deux baguettes.”

Today’s Wonderful Words: “comb, womb, bomb.”

These words have identical endings yet different pronunciations.

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Have you ever wondered why…

• we call them cookies when we bake them?
• we call it bacon when we cook it?
• Teflon sticks to the pan?
• our noses itch most often when our hands are full?
• we park on driveways and drive on parkways?
• they’re called apartments, but they’re all together?
• “guns” is another word for arms, and “arms” is another word for guns?
• a “fine” is a tax for doing bad, but a “tax” is a fine for doing good?
• catching your breath and holding your breath are two very different things?
• the letter W starts with a D?
• “pony” and “bologna” rhyme?
• doctors call what they do “practice”?
• the person who invests all your money is called a broker?
• the time of the day with the slowest traffic is called rush hour?
• “abbreviated” is such a long word?
• your nose runs and your feet smell?

Misc. questions

• If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done?
• Can you be a closet claustrophobic? 
• Is a turtle without its shell considered naked or homeless? (Or both?)
• Have you ever wondered what people in China call their good plates?
• Have you ever wondered what a cured ham had?
• If you’re a nobody and nobody’s perfect, then does that make you perfect? (ooo, burn)

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Answer to Saturday’s riddle:

“Are.”