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Are Lobsters Ambidextrous?

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by David Feldman


  Funerals, and head position of deceased, in caskets

  Gasoline pumps, rubber sleeves on

  Gauges, fuel, in automobiles

  Glues, “super,” vs. regular

  Golf balls and veering toward ocean, when putting

  Gowns, and caps, at graduations

  Grading of cigarettes

  Gravel and placement on flat roofs

  Gravy skin loss, when heated

  Greeting cards, shape of

  Gulls, “sea,” in parking lots

  Hail, measurement of

  Hats

  decline in use of

  dents in cowboy

  Haystacks, shape of

  Hearts, shape of, idealized vs. real

  Heat and effect on sleep

  Height of elderly

  Holes on bottom of soda bottles

  Horses, vomiting and

  Hotel amenities, spread of

  Houses, settling in

  “Hut,” as football term

  “I” before “e,” in spelling

  Ice cream and thirstiness

  Imperial gallon, vs. American gallon

  Ink, color of, in ditto masters

  Insects

  ants, and separation from colony

  moths, and attraction to light

  roaches, and reaction to light

  Jams, contents of

  Jars, food, refrigeration of opened

  Jeans

  Levi, colored tabs on

  Levi 501s, naming of

  Jellies, contents of

  Judges and black robes

  Kissing and female leg kicking

  Letters

  Levi jeans

  colored tabs on

  origin of “501” name

  Light bulbs, air in

  Lighters, disposable, and fluid chambers

  Lips, upper, groove on

  Lobsters, ambidexterity of

  Lotion, after-shave, and stinging

  M&Ms, peanuts in plain

  Mailboxes and postmaster general approval

  Mall, shopping, entrances, doors at

  Marmalades, contents of

  Matchbooks, location of staples on

  Matches, color of paper

  Meatloaf, taste of, in institutions

  Meats and doneness preferences

  Men

  dancing ability of

  feelings of coldness

  remote controls and

  Mickey Mouse, four fingers of

  Milk, skin on, when heated

  Mobile homes, tires atop, in trailer parks

  Monitors, computer, shape of

  Moths, reaction to light of

  Mottoes on sundials

  Movie actors, speed of speech of

  Mustaches, policemen and

  Neckties

  direction of stripes on

  taper of

  Nine-volt batteries, shape of

  Nipples on men

  Nutrition labels, statement of fats on

  Oakland A’s, elephant on uniform of

  Orange coffee pots, in restaurants

  Painters and white uniforms

  Pants, height of old men’s

  Paper sacks, jagged edges on

  Penmanship, bad, doctors and

  Pens, disappearance of

  Pepper, and salt, as table condiments

  Perfume, wrists and

  Philtrums, purpose of

  Photographs, poses in

  Physicians and bad penmanship

  Pita bread, pockets in

  Plastics, recyclable, numbers on

  Pockets in pita bread

  Policemen and mustaches

  Poodles, wild

  Pot pies, vent holes in

  Potato chips, green tinges on

  Potatoes, baked, and steak houses

  Preserves, contents of

  Pretzels, shape of

  Pubic hair, purpose of

  Pudding, film on

  Purple

  Christmas tree lights

  royalty and

  Putting, veering of ball toward ocean when

  Q-tips, origins of name of

  Quarterbacks and exclamation, “hut”

  Rain, impending, smell of

  Ranchers’ fenceposts, boots on

  Razors, men’s vs. women’s

  Recyclable plastics, numbers on

  Refrigeration of opened food jars

  Remote controls, men vs. women and

  Restrooms, group visits by females to

  Roaches, reaction to light of

  Robes, black, and judges

  Rodents and water sippers

  Roller skating rinks, music in

  Roofs, gravel on

  Rubble, Betty, nonappearance in Flintstones multivitamins

  Sacks, paper, jagged edges and

  Salads, celery use in

  Salt and pepper, as table condiments

  “Sea” gulls in parking lots

  Settling in houses

  Seven-layer cakes and missing layers

  Shaving of armpits

  Shirts, single-needle stitching in

  Shoes on side of road

  Shopping malls, doors at entrances of

  Side vents in automobile windows

  Silica gel packs in electronics boxes

  Single-needle stitching in shirts

  Skating music, roller rinks and

  Skyscrapers, bricks in

  Sleep

  babies and

  drowsiness after meals and

  eye position during

  heat and effect on

  Smell of impending rain

  Snake emblems on ambulances

  Snickers, wavy marks on bottom of

  Social security numbers

  Socks, disappearance of

  Soft drinks

  bottles, holes on bottom of

  brominated vegetable oil in

  calorie constituents in

  phenylalanine as ingredient in

  Soups and shelving in supermarkets

  Speech, elderly vs. younger and

  Spelling, “i” before “e” in

  Sperm whales, head oil of

  Stains, elimination of, on clothing

  Steak houses and baked potatoes

  Strait, George, and hats

  Sundials, mottoes on

  “Super” glues vs. ordinary glues

  Supermarkets

  check approval policies of

  public bathrooms in

  shelving of soup in

  Surgeons’ uniforms, color of

  Tall people, aging and

  Tape counters, audio and VCR

  Taste, sense of, in children vs. adults

  Television sets, measurement of

  Thermometers, color of liquid in

  Throwing, sex differences in

  Tiles, ceramic, in tunnels

  Tires

  atop mobile homes

  bluish tinge on new whitewalls

  inflation of, and gasoline mileage

  Toothpaste, expiration date on

  Traffic noise of U.S. vs. other countries

  Traffic signs

  “DONT WALK,” lack of apostrophe on

  “FALLING ROCK,” purpose of

  Trailer parks, tires atop mobile homes in

  Trees

  bark, color of

  growth on slopes of

  Tumbleweed, tumbling of

  Tunnels, ceramic tiles in

  “Turkey,” origin of term

  Turn signals in automobiles, clicking sounds of

  TWIX cookie bars, holes in

  Underarm hair, purpose of

  Uniforms

  painters’ whites

  surgeons, color of

  Upper lips, groove on

  Vegetable oil, vegetables in

  Vending machines, bill counting and

  Vent windows, side, in automobiles

  Vitamins, measurement of, in foods

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sp; Voices, elderly vs. younger

  Vomiting and horses

  Watches (timepieces)

  Water, boiling, during home births

  Water temperature and effect on stains

  Water towers in winter

  Weather

  clear days following storms

  forecasting of, in different regions

  smell of impending rain

  Whales, sperm, head oil in

  Whitewall tires, bluish tinge on

  Women

  dancing ability of

  feelings of coldness in

  group restroom visits of

  leg kicking when kissing of

  remote controls and

  Wool, shrinkage of, vs. cotton

  Worms, larvae and

  Wrists as perfume target

  Wristwatches

  Yellow Freight Systems, orange trucks of

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  Also by David Feldman

  Do Elephants Jump?

  How Do Astronauts Scratch an Itch?

  What Are Hyenas Laughing at, Anyway?

  How to Win at Just About Anything

  How Does Aspirin Find a Headache?

  Do Penguins Have Knees?

  Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?

  When Do Fish Sleep?

  Who Put the Butter in Butterfly?

  Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?

  Why Don’t Cats Like to Swim?

  (formerly published as Imponderables)

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  Cover design and hand tinting of illustrations © 1990 by Gloria Adelson/Lulu Graphics

  Cover illustration © 1990 Kassie Schwan

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  ARE LOBSTERS AMBITEXTROUS? Copyright © 1993, 2005 by David Feldman. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of PerfectBound™.

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  Previously published by HarperPerennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, in 1993 as When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth?

  Mobipocket Reader February 2006 ISBN 0-06-114306-5

  Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows:

  Feldman, David, 1950-

  When did wild poodles roam the earth?: an Imponderables TM book /David Feldman.

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  Includes Index

  ISBN 0-06-016908-7 (cloth)

  ISBN 0-06-076295-0 (pbk.)

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