WHY?

Over the weekend here are a few questions I have been pondering

1. Why do so many Ticos wear Sesamie Street T-Shirts? Is the whole country perpetually 4 years old?
2. How long does it take the average Tico woman to paste her jeans on?
3. Why is it necessary to wear shirts that show off every single roll in one's body? That doesn't look good on anyone, especially when you are 50.
4. How is it ladies here can walk up and down hills in their heels, yet if they walk a mile on flat ground in running shoes they fall on their face?
5. Is cilantro really the best thing you could find to season your food?
6. In a country that has the ability to grow everything, why can I not find okra to add into my gumbo.
7. Why can a Tico ask you whatever they want even if it is offensive or inappropriate, but if you accidentally speak to them in the form you (and don't know them well) have offended them?
8. Why do you not let your children play in the dirt?
9. Why are 4 year old children still drinking from a bottle, but the habit of a pacifier for a 1 1/2 year old is considered to be a bad habit?

Sorry, no 10th question. We do love our time here in Costa Rica and we love the people here too. However, sometimes we see or experience things and the only reaction we can have is WHY?