Thing I Do Not Understand

1. The difference between knickers and capris.

2. Why chocolate chip cookies are made with morsels instead of chips.

3. That I still consider myself intelligent while voting.

4. How anyone can think the jerkiness and pixelation of digital images is superior to film.

5. Is there a role that cannot be successfully interchanged between Rob Morrow, Jerry O’Connell, and Kyle Chandler?

6. Why posters here don’t use the “split” to keep more titles visible?  (4th from the right, top row of rich text edit controls.)

7. Why America’s Got Talent is judged by 2 Brits and 1 Canadian.

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