What Ifs

On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give this humorous look at "What ifs" a 6. WaPo Link. Excerpts:

What if the wheel had never been invented?

Even worse mileage for SUVs. . .

What if there were a doomsday Web site, where if any-one logged on, it would instantly annihilate the world in a fiery inferno? And what if the url were published in a news-paper? You know, something like "Log on to www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/endofworld.html and the world will end?" How long would it take some irresponsible jackass to do that?

Probably no more than three sec