I've Got Questions

 

 

There is, in fact, such a thing as a stupid question. Turns out there are many of them. And there will be ten more of them by the end of this post (just a little something for you to look forward to).

 

Today, according to those who are in the know, is National Stupid Question Day. 

 

When I first saw that mentioned on one of those silly holidays and celebrations websites, I thought it must be a mistake. I mean, everyone's heard of Carl Sagan's quote "there are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the word. There is no such thing as a dumb question." Well, we've all heard that last sentence anyway.

If I were to question Carl Sagan, that would be stupid, right? So would that be a stupid question? And did Carl Sagan actually help me prove that there is such a thing as a stupid question after all?

I went in search of enlightenment. And, since Sagan himself died in 1996, I couldn't look to him for answers. Not without a seance or a ouiji board anyway. So I went to the next best place, Google. My query sent me to an article by an African website called Briefly, in which they compiled stupid questions from a number of online question and answer sites.

All I needed to convince me that the developers of Ask a Stupid Question Day may have been onto something that had escaped the renowned Mr. Sagan was in that article. Some of the questions compiled:

"Should I tell my parents I'm adopted?"

 

and

 

"What happens if I don't show up for an interview?"

I rest my case.

 

 

So, in the celebration of my newfound knowledge about the whole question thing, and in recognition of this clearly necessary national holiday, I've got questions.

 

~ If you're on the job driving the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile, would you get fired if you're caught in the line at the McDonald's drive thru?

 

~ If you bake an upside down cake and eat it upside down, is it then a right side up cake?

 

~ Why would reservations mean restaurant bookings and also mean doubts, when I'd never have reservations about making reservations?

 

~ Shouldn't Walgreens signs be green?

 

~ If your pork chops have a crunchy cereal coating, are they dinner or breakfast?

 

 

Baked Apple Cinnamon Pork Chops

(or Chicken Breasts)

 

 

~ With so many people blocking each other, shouldn't internet communities now be called antisocial media?

~ They've shown us the self-driving cars, where are they hiding the self-cleaning houses?

 

~ Why does working out not always work out?

~ Are new medications named by having a cat walk across a keyboard?

 

~ Why are political representatives political, but not representative?

Question everything. 

 

Or not.

 

Baked Apple Cinnamon Pork Chops

(or Chicken Breasts)      

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Printable Recipe

 

NOTE: You can make this recipe using boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Ingredients: 

6 boneless pork chops

1/3 cup apple juice

1 1/2 cups Apple Cinnamon Chex cereal

2 TBSP butter

 

OPT: my Devil's Applesauce for serving 

Directions:
*Place the pork chops (or chicken breasts) in a sealable bag or shallow dish. Pour the apple juice over the chops. Seal the bag (or cover the dish) and refrigerate for at least 1 and up to 4 hours. Turn the chops a few times.

*Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 X 13 baking dish.

*Crush the cereal to crumbs, place on a plate.

*Coat the meat with the cereal crumbs, pressing down and making sure all sides are coated. Place in the baking dish. Melt the butter and drizzle over the top.

*Bake for about 45 - 50 minutes. For safety, make sure the meat is completely cooked through.

*OPT: serve with my Devil's Applesauce.