Points to Ponder
06 Mar '05 15:062 edits[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?
[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?