Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV? _________________________________________________________ Why do you have to "put your two cents in".. but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to? ________________________________________________________ What disease did cured ham actually have? ________________________________________________________ Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural? ________________________________________________________ If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? _________________________________________________________ Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt?
Just a side note so one misunderstands, I did not write these, they came in an email. I don't know who came up with them.
Well, i believe there are answers, like: Because older babies sleep very well. Because you are ON projecting screen. But answers destroy fun
If a stealth bomber crashes in the woods, does it make a sound? Is PROgress the opposite of CONgress?
why is "sh*t" more or less tolerated in common speech despite that horrid stench whereas "f*ck" is much more frowned upon although everyone loves to do it?
Shouldn't a fly that loses its wings be called a "walk"? If an orange is orange, why isn't a lime called a green or a lemon called a yellow? Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"? How come abbreviating is such a long word? Why are they called buildings, when they're already finished? Shouldn't they be called builts? Why are there 5 syllables in the word "monosyllabic"? Why is it, when a door is open it's ajar, but when a jar is open, it's not adoor? Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush our?
Why do we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway? (kudos to George Carlin who had a whole routine based on this kind of stuff)
At many fast-food places they give you ketchup packets with your fries. Has anyone noticed that sometimes the packets say "fancy ketchup"? Is this opposite of "crappy ketchup"? Sometimes the "fancy" tastes "crappy", if it is an off-brand. Ahh, the mysteries of ketchup packaging :roll: .
What goes up, must come down, I guess. Of course, then again, if that were true, whenever you got fed up, you'd have an uncontrollable urge to chow down.