Oxymorons...Sort Of

There are certain things you see that just don't match what you think they should be or even what makes logical sense. You could say this is due to preconceived notions, first impressions, narrow mindedness, making assumptions, etc.; nevertheless they just aren't what they would seem to need to be.

Some examples might be nice about now so let's start with cooking shows. Am I the only one who is suspicious of a skinny, perfect figured cook? They aren't all like this but there are some.




And what about a home (interior) decorator who wears clashing colors and/or prints? That kind of advice isn't cheap so why would you trust that person with your personal environment?

Then there are the attractive, ultra-feminine sports announcers, standing at courtside or fieldside pretending they know what they're talking about (or doing a really good job of reading cue cards).

How about the sports umpires and/or referees whose stomachs spill so far over their belts you can't even tell they're wearing one? It just seems odd that someone would choose a job they are so obviously out of shape to do.



That, of course, leads us to police or firemen who are in similar shape. How can they possibly climb to the top of a building (the Monte Carlo casino in Las Vegas comes to mind) or run down nasty criminals?

American or U.S. History professors who are emigrants cause me to do a double take. It's not like they grew up with it or anything. In fact, they probably grew up with an entirely different perspective of it.



Then there are physicians who smoke, how can they possibly be considered credible if they can't heal themselves?


The one from my past that still makes me smile is meeting someone for the first time (in my case it was a man with definite Asian features) who speaks a completely different language than you would expect (in his case it was Swedish). I found myself staring at his mouth but not really hearing anything he said. My bad!