woensdag 31 juli 2019

Why ask why?

  • Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
  • Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
  • Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?
  • Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?
  • Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
  • If you can't drink and drive, why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor, and why do bars have parking lots?
  • Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
  • How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?
  • If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?
  • If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose?
  • If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick to the pan?
  • If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen?
  • If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
  • You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?
  • Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
  • Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
  • Why isn't "palindrome" spelled the same way backwards?
  • Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?
  • You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes, why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance?
  • Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
  • If you have your finger touching the rearview mirror that says -- "objects in mirror are closer than they appear", how can that be possible?
  • Why is it so hard to remember how to spell MNEMONIC?
  • If someone invented instant water, what would they mix it with?
  • Why is it called a TV "set" when you only get one?
  • Why does your nose run and your feet smell?
  • Why does an alarm clock "go off" when it begins ringing?
  • If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?
  • Why does "cleave" mean both split apart and stick together?
  • Why is it, whether you sit up or sit down, the result is the same?
  • Why is it called a "building" when it is already built?
  • Why do they call them "apartments" when they are all stuck together?
  • Why is there an expiration date on SOUR cream?
  • If you keep trying to prove Murphy's Law, will something keep going wrong?
  • Why does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
  • How can someone "draw a blank"?
  • Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"?
  • Why is the word "abbreviate" so long?
  • Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
  • What is another word for "thesaurus"?
  • When they ship styrofoam, what do the pack it in?
  • If 75% of all accidents happen within 5 miles of home, why not move 10 miles away?
  • Why doesn't "onomatopoeia" sound like what it is? 
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