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Questions To Ponder
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 do "slow down" and "slow
up" mean the same thing?
7. Why do "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 is such
a long word?
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 oxymoron:? What
other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy
out of your socks?
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