Many questions; not too many answers

I'm stealing an all-question column format from BHS Arrow editor Xavier Billingsley this week.

Do you think he will mind?

Is imitation really the sincerest form of flattery?

How long will it be before all the political yard signs are finally taken down?

Does anyone else find it interesting that the signs for those who lost elections — both locally and nationally — seem to be the ones being left up the longest?

Has anyone heard a rational explanation for why Blytheville's gas prices are at least 30 cents higher than anywhere else?

Do gas station owners realize how much money our community is losing as motorists travel elsewhere, not only to buy gas, but to eat supper, buy groceries, and do shopping?

When it comes to gas prices, is Blytheville earning the moniker, "Rip-Off City"?

Have you heard Pink's new hit, "So What"?

Is it possible for the area pop radio stations to go longer than 20 minutes without playing "So What"?

For that matter, can they go 15 minutes without playing “Time of My Life” by David Cook?

Now that the elections are over, will people finally stop acting crazy?

Can I expect to finally stop getting phone calls and e-mails that randomly accuse me of being unabashedly liberal, or unabashedly conservative, or a racist, or a (offensive term for the opposite of a racist which I won't repeat here)?

Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?

If I put up my Christmas tree soon, will you laugh at me?

Does anyone know where I can find some black-and-gold tinsel for my Iowa Hawkeye-themed Christmas tree?

Have we heard the last of Sarah Palin?

Will Palin fare better than other losing VP picks, like John Edwards, Joe Lieberman, Jack Kemp, Dan Quayle, Lloyd Benton and Geraldine Ferraro?

Isn't it nice to see how classy President Bush — and other administration officials — have been in regard to President-elect Obama?

Do you feel sorry for those who were so bitterly opposed to an Obama presidency that they were unable to appreciate the historic milestone that last week's election represented?

Did the community do enough to celebrate Veterans Day this year?

Does the existence of so many holidays throughout the year, all honoring those who have served our country — including Veterans Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day (not to mention other frequently celebrated days, like D-Day, Pearl Harbor Day and Sept. 11) dilute the tributes paid to those who have served our country?

Can you imagine a world without the Internet? Or e-mail? Or YouTube? Or Facebook? Or Wikipedia? Or Google?

Have you bookmarked Snopes.com?

Do Internet message boards, which allow users to say whatever they want to, under the cloak of complete anonymity, really promote the cause of free speech?

Does it further the cause of free speech to give a megaphone to a moron?

Is anybody else just about ready for basketball season to begin in earnest?

Will the Memphis Grizzlies ever capture the devotion of area basketball fans, especially as long as the Memphis Tigers are around?

Am I making any sense at all?