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1. Is it good
if
a vacuum really
sucks?
2. Why is the
third hand
on the
watch
called the
second hand?
3. If a word is
misspelled
in the
dictionary,
how would we ever
know?
4. If Webster
wrote the first dictionary,
where did he
find the words?
5. Why do we say
something is out of whack?
What is a
whack?
6. Why does
"slow down" and
"slow up"
mean the same thing?
7. Why does "fat chance"
and "slim chance"
mean the same
thing?
8. Why do "tug"
boats push their barges?
9. Why do we
sing
"Take me out to the
ball game"
when we are already
there?
10. Why are they
called " stands"
when they
are made for sitting?
11. Why is it called
"after dark"
when it really is
"after light"?
12.. Doesn't
"expecting the unexpected"
make the
unexpected expected?
13.. Why are a
"wise man" and
a "wise guy"
opposites?
14. Why do
"overlook" and "oversee"
mean
opposite things?
15. Why is
"phonics"
not
spelled
the way it
sounds?
16. If work is so
terrific,
why do they
have to pay you to do it?
17.. If all the world is a
stage,
where is the audience
sitting?
18. If love is
blind,
why is
lingerie so popular?
19. If you are
cross-eyed
and have
dyslexia,
can you read all
right?
20. Why is bra
singular
and panties
plural?
21.. Why do
you press harder
on the buttons of a
remote control
when you know the
batteries are dead?
22. Why do we
put suits in garment bags
and garments
in a suitcase?
23. How come
abbreviated
24. Why do we
wash bath towels?
Aren't we
clean when we use them?
25.. Why doesn't
glue
stick to the inside of
the bottle?
26. Why do they
call it a TV set
when you
only have one?
27. Christmas
- What other time of
the year
do you sit in front of
a dead tree
and eat candy out of
your socks?
28. Why do we drive
on a parkway
and park on a
driveway?
I
dunno, why do
we?
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Ya, this definitely gave you pause to think, didn't it? So, it's now Thursday and altho it is early as I post this, it looks it gonna be a nice day. Tad nippy this morning but hey, its 6:30 what can ya expect.
I won't get to enjoy much of the outdoors tho--surgery day to have a port inserted -- lovely. I wonder how many scars my chest can have? Oh well, we do what we need to do and that is all we can do, right?
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