{"id":8189,"date":"2018-03-15T19:07:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T00:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=8189"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:23:08","slug":"unanswered-questions-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/unanswered-questions-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"So Many Unanswered Questions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Do you have the answers to my unanswered questions?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am over 50 years old and I have so many unanswered questions!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I still haven&#8217;t found out who let the dogs out.<\/li>\n<li>Where&#8217;s the beef?<\/li>\n<li>How to get to Sesame Street?<\/li>\n<li>Why doesn&#8217;t Dora just use Google Maps?<\/li>\n<li>And why do all flavors of fruit loops taste exactly the same?<\/li>\n<li>How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?<\/li>\n<li>Why are eggs packaged in a flimsy paper carton, but batteries are secured in plastic that&#8217;s tough as nails, yet light bulbs too are in a flimsy carton?<\/li>\n<li>Ever buy scissors? You need scissors to cut into the packaging of scissors!<\/li>\n<li>Why are there Braille letters on drive up ATM&#8217;s?<\/li>\n<li>And why is &#8220;abbreviated&#8221; such a long word?<\/li>\n<li>Why is there a &#8220;d&#8221; in &#8216;fridge&#8217; but not in refrigerator?<\/li>\n<li>And why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor yet dish-washing liquid is made with real lemons?<\/li>\n<li>In prisons, why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?<\/li>\n<li>Why do you have to &#8220;put your two cents in&#8221; but you only get a &#8220;penny for your thoughts&#8221;?\u00a0 Where is that extra penny going anyway?<\/li>\n<li>Just what is Victoria&#8217;s secret?<\/li>\n<li>What would you do for a Klondike bar?\u00a0 You know as soon as you bite into it, it falls apart.<\/li>\n<li>Why do we drive on Parkways and park on Driveways?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you really think I am this witty? I actually got this from a friend, who stole it from her brother&#8217;s girlfriend\u2019s uncle\u2019s cousin\u2019s \u00a0baby momma&#8217;s doctor who lived next door to an old classmate&#8217;s mail man. Now it is your turn to take it from me&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>If you can answer my unanswered questions, you are very smart.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging words<\/a>\u00a0in these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a>\u00a0posts help you<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">soar like an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a>\u00a0above life\u2019s storms.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/rotten-day-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">Have a rotten day!<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/one-liners-near-river-bj-rae-encouraging-words-eagle\/\">Ever read these one-liners?<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Stay strong and don&#8217;t let criticism drag you down.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Do you know what happened to the engineer when he died?<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">If you enjoyed this post, remember that BJ writes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">books<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u>common core\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">is available on\u00a0Amazon.com\u00a0and\u00a0Barnesandnoble.com.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Buy BJ\u2019s\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/child\" slimstat=\"5\">child<\/a>\u00a0you care about today!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have the answers to my unanswered questions? I am over 50 years old and I have so many unanswered questions! I still haven&#8217;t found out who let the dogs out. Where&#8217;s the beef? How to get to Sesame <a href=\"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/unanswered-questions-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,137],"tags":[1588,77,1271,1269,1328,1334,1270,1329,1337,1332,1321,12,1331,1330,1320,1273,1322,1302,1274,1323,1325,1326,1324,19,1275,1319,1318,716,1327,1336,1335,1268,1333,297,1604,1299],"class_list":["post-8189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-live-happy","tag-common-core-eagle-reading-book","tag-bj-rae","tag-books-for-children","tag-books-for-kids","tag-child-eagle-reading-book","tag-childrens-book","tag-childrens-books","tag-childrens-eagle-reading-book","tag-childrens-reading-book","tag-common-core-reading-book","tag-core-reading-book","tag-eagle","tag-eagle-book-for-child","tag-eagle-child-book","tag-eagle-children-book","tag-eagle-childrens-book","tag-eagle-core-reading-book","tag-eagle-kid-book","tag-eagle-kids-book","tag-eagle-reading-book","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-child","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-children","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-kids","tag-encouragement","tag-encouraging","tag-encouraging-childrens-book","tag-encouraging-kids-book","tag-encouraging-words","tag-kid-eagle-reading-book","tag-kid-reading-book","tag-kids-book","tag-kids-books","tag-reading-book","tag-soar-like-an-eagle","tag-unanswered-questions","tag-words-of-encouragement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8189"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21180,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8189\/revisions\/21180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}