Friday, 8 September 2006

Food for thought

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 ligh t"?
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. Wh y 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?

6 comments:

  1. This is good!
    Pam

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  2. They're all good but I love the ridiculousness of the last one! Jeannette xx  http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Welcometomytravels

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  3. They're all good but I love the ridiculousness of the last one! Jeannette xx  http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Welcometomytravels

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  4. LOL  And "Why do fools fall in love?"   Thanks for the grin.  :o)  -  Barbara

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  5. ROFL!!!!! Too funny! :o)
    Lisa

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  6. the tug boat thing used tobe unsettling for me as a child; it had no logic!
    the whack thing is delicious!And as  chid I did wonder about Webster gooing around "hunting" for words..I was thinking... if he's hunting for them... then, they coudl not be his??? right?:)
    natalie

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