Points to Ponder

[1] Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but not to their crotch when they ask for the toilet?

[2] What makes teflon stick to the pans?

[3] Why is 'abbreviation' such a long word?

[4] What's a synonym for 'synonym'?

[5] Why is yawning infectious?

[6] Did Adam & Eve have navels?

[7] Why is the Universe here rather than not here?

[8] Why do Americans park in the driveway and drive in the parkway?

[9] Why are they called 'apartments' if they are all bunched up together?

[10] How come a shipment is sent by truck or car, but a cargo is sent by ship?

[11] How come there is only one word for 'thesaurus'?

[12] Did the same cruel person who decided to spell 'dyslexic' like that also put the 's' in 'lisp'?

[13] Why are boxing rings square?

[14] If you throw out some odds and ends, what have you got left?

[15] Why isn't 'phonetic' spelled with an 'f'?

[16] If Dracula can't see himself in a mirror, how come his hair is always so neat?

[17] Why do hot dogs come in 10's and hot dog buns in 8's?

[18] If a book about failure doesn't sell, is it a success?

[19] When it rains, why don't sheep shrink?

[20] Why do we say 'after dark', when it's actually 'after light'?

[21] Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

[22] Is a castrated pig disgruntled?

[23] If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

[24] Why do they have 'interstate' highways in Hawaii?

[25] Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?

[26] Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?

[27] Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?

[28] Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?

[29] Why is it that to stop Windows 98 or XP, you have to click on "Start"?

[30] Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavour, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

[31] Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

[32] Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

[33] Why isn't there mouse-flavoured cat food?

[34] Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

[35] Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

[36] You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?

[37] Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

[38] If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

[39] If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

[40] If Batman is so smart, how come he wears his underpants outside his trousers?

Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
[1] Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but not to their crotch when they ask for the toilet?

[2] What makes teflon stick to the pans?

[3] Why is 'abbreviation' such a long word?

[4] What's a synonym for 'synonym'?

[5] Why is yawning infectious?

[6] Did Adam & Eve have navels?

[7] Why is the Univer ...[text shortened]... terminal?

[40] If Batman is so smart, how come he wears his underpants outside his trousers?