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Authors: David Feldman
Why Do Pirates Love Parrots?
An Imponderables
®
Book
Illustrated by Kassie Schwan
This book is dedicated to
Imponderables
readers, especially these five, who represent the contributions of tens of thousands:
Susan Sherman Smith, who died tragically in a fire in 2004, was the first person to contribute an Imponderable used in a book, and it’s my all-time favorite: “Why Do Women Open Their Mouths When Applying Mascara?”
Joanna Parker started writing warm, witty, and supportive letters from day one. Her mail is still cherished, even if it no longer comes encased in pink envelopes.
Douglas Watkins, Jr. has sent in by far the most Imponderables of any reader, every one of them handwritten. As usual, he earned a free copy of this book.
Ken Giesbers is the decathlete of Imponderables, often finding errors in the Letters section, but also contributing Imponderables, commenting on Frustables, and acting as a source about airplanes.
Bill Gerk, king of the Frustables, died at the age of seventy-five in 2004. After each
Imponderables
book was published, Bill took it upon himself to research every Frustable. He would send several envelopes full of at least thirty to fifty pages of musings, ranging from hard research to imaginative stabs in the dark. His humor and never-ending curiosity were an inspiration, and in the true spirit of
Imponderables
.
