Separated by a common language? -- a statement

Reading my musings, it has occured to me that I am not the mark of consistancy that I had hoped. Misspellings, incorrect punctuation, subject-verb agreement, etc. I can forgive those, because this is only a blog not a dissertation on good spelling or correct punctuation. What has really miffed me is my inability to conform to a standard of spelling -- US or UK English. We all know the differences: humor vs humour, flavor vs flavour, tomato vs tomahtoe. Of course, there are others: fetal vs foetal, pedophile vs paedophile, potato vs potahtoe.

I just can't seem to choose a side. I'm torn. Do I stay with my heritage, my roots, my birthplace or do I embrace my new place in this world? It is a tough question, and one that I shall struggle with. What you should know is that I am struggling with it, so BACK THE HELL OFF!

Black Cars

Can anyone tell me why cars that are painted black are said to get dirty faster? Time and time again people have told me that black paint shows up dirt, mud, wear and tear more than, say, white cars do. Does this really make sense? That is like saying it is easier to see blood stains on a red shirt rather than a blue shirt, or grass stains on green trousers rather than white ones. It would seem to me that the more dirt coloured your car is to begin with, the longer it will be before someone says "Hey, your car sure is dirty." Since black is closer to the colour of dirt than white is, shouldn't it look cleaner? "Hey, is that car dirty?" "No, it is just naturally dirt coloured."