Ah, the many mysterious questions life poses! Where have we come from? Where are we going? Whay are we here? And most important of all, is it really illegal to kill a preying mantis?
The world is full of oddities requiring anecdotal explanations. Pondering the little things keeps us out of the trouble we tend to get into when we are poking into the big things. For instance, the next time you find yourself boiling up into a stew over the latest political scandal, why not take a moment to consider why is a score of zero in tennis called "love"? (for lack of something more exciting to think about)
So since I got you thinking about it, here's an explanation: I'm assuming that this tennis term is not very lovely for the players. But, no matter; the word's origin has nothing at all to do with amore. Love is really a distortion of the French word oeuf, which means egg, as in goose egg. Love is definitely a kinder way of refering to zero points than goose egg.
Alright , I now go on to ponder if Dr. Seuss is really a doctor...
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