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THINKER


Spending his time thinking of things so you don't have to.

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WHY?????

Sometimes, the easy way to think about a question is to just ask WHY?

  • Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?
  • Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?
  • Why are hemorrhoids called "hemorrhoids" instead of "asteroids"?
  • Why do ballet dancers dance on their toes? Why doesn’t the company just hire taller dancers?
  • Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds" fee on money they already know you don't have?
  • Why are highways build so close to the ground?
  • Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
  • Why are they called "stands" when they’re made for sitting?
  • Why do they report power outages on TV?
  • Why are violets blue and not violet?
  • Why does a grapefruit look nothing like a grape?
  • Why can’t you make another word using all the letters in "anagram"?
  • Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
  • Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with.
  • Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
  • Why do flamingos stand on only one leg?
  • Why are raisins called raisins if they are only dried grapes? Why not just call them dried grapes?
  • Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
  • Why do hot dogs come ten to a package and hot dog buns only eight?
  • Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
  • Why are all blackboards called that when some of them are green?
  • Why do people always remember where they were when someone famous was killed? Do they feel perhaps they’ll need an alibi?
  • Why do people park in driveways and drive on parkways?
  • Why do people tell you when they are speechless?
  • Why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up a project, I end it?
  • Why do the signs that say "Slow Children" have a picture of a running child?
  • Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?
  • Why do they call it life insurance?
  • Why do they call it quicksand when it sucks you down slowly?
  • Why do they call the piece of wood a two-by-four if it's only 1 3/4" x 3 1/2"?
  • Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
  • Why do tourists go to the top of tall buildings and then put money in telescopes so they can see things on the ground in close-up? Weren’t they just down there?
  • Why do we call something sent by car a shipment and something sent by ship a cargo?
  • Why is it that if someone tells you that there are 1 billion stars in the universe you will believe them, but if they tell you a wall has wet paint you will have to touch it to be sure?
  • Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM? They didn't drive there, did they?
  • Why is it that night falls but day breaks?
  • Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
  • Why do we call them restrooms when no one goes there to rest?
  • Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?
  • Why do we have hot water heaters when hot water doesn't need to be heated?
  • Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
  • Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
  • Why do we say "a pair of pants" when there is only one article of clothing involved?
  • Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
  • Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game," when we are already there?
  • Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
  • Why do wise guy and wise man mean entirely different things?
  • Why do you need an appointment to see a psychic?
  • Why do you feet smell and your nose runs?
  • Why can't we tickle ourselves?
  • Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
  • Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?
  • Why don’t they call mustaches "mouthbrows?"
  • Why don’t you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
  • Why get even, when you can get odd?
  • Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?
  • Why is a boxing ring square?
  • Why doesn't the fattest man in the world become a hockey goalie?
  • Why don't tomb, comb, and bomb sound alike?
  • Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?
  • Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?
  • Why is a procrastinator's work never done?
  • Why are you expected to slow down in a speed zone?
  • Why is brassiere singular and panties plural?
  • Why is clear considered a color?
  • Why do they call it ‘chili’ if it's hot?
  • Why is it called a "building" when it is already built?
  • Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?
  • Why aren’t there ever any guilty bystanders?
  • Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?
  • Why is it that bullets ricochet off of Superman's chest, but he ducks when the gun is thrown at him?
  • Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
  • Why don’t they just make food stamps edible?
  • Why is it that famous people are always born on holidays?
  • Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
  • Why do they give you a tape with a VCR to tell you how to use it? Why is it you must wait until night to call it a day?
  • Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
  • Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
  • Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?
  • Why do we put shirts in a suitcase, and put suits in a garment bag?
  • Why is the word dictionary in the dictionary?
  • Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one?
  • Why do they make cars go so fast its illegal?
  • Why do they make scented toilet paper?
  • Why does it take 15 minutes to cook minute rice?
  • Why do women wear evening gowns to nightclubs? Shouldn't they be wearing night gowns?
  • Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?