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    RickJ Posts: 7,762, Reputation: 864
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    #1

    Oct 16, 2006, 06:41 AM
    Just wondering...
    Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?

    Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?

    Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?

    Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?

    Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

    Why do "tug" boats push their barges?

    Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?

    Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?

    Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?

    Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?

    Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?

    Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?

    Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?

    If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

    If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?

    Why is bra singular and panties plural?

    Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?

    Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?

    Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

    Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?
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    Oct 16, 2006, 07:49 AM
    I LOVED it. Sounds like something that comedian Steve Whatshisname would do.

    Like Why do they call it a driveway when you park on it and why do they call it a parkway when you drive on it.
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    RickJ Posts: 7,762, Reputation: 864
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    #3

    Oct 16, 2006, 08:01 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by J_9
    Why do they call it a driveway when you park on it and why do they call it a parkway when you drive on it.
    Haha, another good one :p
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    Oct 27, 2006, 10:43 PM
    If you ate pasta and antipasti, would you still be hungry?

    Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

    Why does your nose run and your feet smell?

    If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?

    Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

    Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?

    Do radioactive cats have 18 half-lives?

    What was the best thing before sliced bread?

    If corn oil comes from corn, where does baby oil come from?

    If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

    How can there be self-help "groups"?

    Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?

    If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

    If you spin an Oriental person around and around, does he become disorientated?

    If a vegetable goes into a coma, is it called a person?

    If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

    If you were scared half to death twice, would you be 3/4 dead or 100% dead?

    If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen?

    If the front of your car says 'DODGE', do you really need a horn?

    When you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?

    Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

    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 do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?

    If you put a chameleon in a mirrored box what color would it change to?

    If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
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    #5

    Oct 28, 2006, 01:34 AM
    :D All are great... Loved it...
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    #6

    Nov 2, 2006, 09:16 AM
    Lol!!
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    #7

    Nov 2, 2006, 09:31 AM
    Why do eggs and lightbulbs come in most fragile of packaging, when scissors and electronics take forever to open?
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    Nov 2, 2006, 09:31 AM
    THIS is a great thread, hahaha:).

    *nods to this*
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    #9

    Nov 14, 2006, 02:36 PM
    Lol...
    Why are apartments called apartments when there so close together?
    And why is the word abbreviation such a long word?
    If flying is meant to be safe why do you land at a terminal?

    Nice Stuff People! :D

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