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 - What  other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of  your socks?
28.Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
29.   Why is toilet paper tiny squares and tissues big squares  ?
Excuse the golden oldies. I'm still brain-fried from the quick trip, so no new thoughts today (and probably not tomorrow either....lol)
12 comments:
well these were good old thoughts
I'm actually trying to figure some of them out, talk about crazy
Love them! And, yes!! Why, indeed?
I love these!
LOL, LOL....Good Ones, Judy...! These are a lot of fun, and in truth, there are some really good questions here....!
Do take your time recovering from your little vacation, my dear pal.
Love it, just love it!!
Judy, rest plenty and stay well.
lol I think these are excellent questions!
It's all a bbbbbbbbig puzzlement. and I'm finally put off Christmas forever:)
I am so glad I didn't have to learn English as a second language!
Like Tabor, I am so glad I all ready speak English(kind of). We really have a bear of a language to learn.
You do realize that if you thought about these 29 things for more than the time it takes to read them... you would go totally insane? And... why 29... why not just one more to make it an even 30? Did we run out of weird things to think about? Perhaps, whoever thought of these only made it to #29 before going crazy and being led off in a straight jacket to the funny farm.
Old or not, these are fun! Thanks...
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