1. Why 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 does "slow down" and "slow
up" mean the same thing?
7. Why
does "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 do we say "after dark" when it really
is "after light"?
12. Does
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's 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? (I have always been bothered by this one)
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 is the only time of the year we sit in
front of a dead tree and eat candy out of socks?
28. Why do we
drive on a parkway and park on a driveway ?
