Wednesday, July 15

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:

Dianne said...

well these were good old thoughts

I'm actually trying to figure some of them out, talk about crazy

Sylvia K said...

Love them! And, yes!! Why, indeed?

Travelin'Oma said...

I love these!

OldLady Of The Hills said...

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.

Gilly said...

Love it, just love it!!

Grannymar said...

Judy, rest plenty and stay well.

Kay Dennison said...

lol I think these are excellent questions!

Pat said...

It's all a bbbbbbbbig puzzlement. and I'm finally put off Christmas forever:)

Tabor said...

I am so glad I didn't have to learn English as a second language!

Arkansas Patti said...

Like Tabor, I am so glad I all ready speak English(kind of). We really have a bear of a language to learn.

srp said...

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.

amarkonmywall said...

Old or not, these are fun! Thanks...