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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 doesnt
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 theyre
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 cant 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 theyll 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? Werent 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 dont they call mustaches "mouthbrows?"
- Why dont 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 arent 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 dont 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?
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