Why
Ask Why?
(from
Uncle John’s Great Big Bathroom Reader with a bunch of extras I've
heard that I added at the end)
Sometimes, answers
are irrelevant--it’s the question that counts. These cosmic queries
are from the Internet.
Why do psychics
have to ask your name?
Why
don’t sheep shrink when it rains?
How
much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?
What
happens if you get scared half to death twice?
Despite
the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?
How
do you tell when you run out of invisible ink?
Did
ancient doctors refer to IVs as “fours”?
Why
are they called apartments if they’re all stuck together?
If bankers
can count, how come they have eight windows and only four tellers?
Is Dan
Quayle’s name spelled with an “e” at the end?
Why
do we play in recitals and recite in plays?
If the
#2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?
If most
car accidents occur within five miles of home, why doesn’t everyone just
move 10 miles away?
Why
can’t I set my laser printer to “stun”?
If all
the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
Why
do they called them “hemorrhoids” instead of “asteroids”?
Why
is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
If you
write a book about failure and it doesn’t sell, is it a success?
Would
a fly without wings be called a "walk"?
If white
wine goes with fish, do white grapes go with sushi?
If the
funeral procession is at night, do people drive with their lights off?
Why
do we drive in parkways and park in driveways?
Why
doesn't the word "onomatopoeia" saound like it's meaning?
Why
are there flotation devices inder plane seats instead of parachutes?
If you
can't drink and drive, why to you need a driver's license the buy liquor,
and why do bars have parking lots?
Why
are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?
Why
do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
Why
isn't phoenetic spelled the way it sounds?
If you
are arresting a mime, do you tell him he has the right to remain silent?
Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot one?
Have
you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
How
does a snow plow driver get to work in the morning?
If 7-11
is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?
If a
cow laughed really hard, would milk come out it's nose?
If nothing
ever sticks to Teflon, how to they make it stick to the pan?
If you
tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it frm a height, what
would happen?
If you're
in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn the headlights
on?
Most
packages say, "Open Here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open
Somewhere Else"?
Why
do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
Why
isn't "palindrome" spelled the same way backwords?
Why
is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment,
but went you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?
You
know that little indestructible blck box that is used in planes? Why can't
they make the whole plane out of the same substance?
Why
is it that when you're looking for an address, you turn the volume down
on the radio?
If you
have your finger touching the rearview mirror that says, "Objects in mirror
are closer than they appear,"
how
can that be possible?
Why
is it so hard to remember how to spell "mnemonic"?
If someone
invented instead water, what would they mix it with?
Why
is it called a "TV set" when you only get one?
Why
does your nose run and your feet smell?
Why
does an alarm clock "go off" when it begins ringing?
If pro
is the oppisite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?
Why
does "cleave" mean both split apart and stick together?
Why
is it when you sit up or down, the result is always the same?
Why
is it called a "building" when it is already built?
Why
is there an expiration date on sour cream?
If you
keep trying to prove Murphy's Law, will something keep going wrong?
Why
do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
How
can someone "draw a blank"?
Shouldn't
the be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"?
Why
is the word "abbreviate" so long?
Why
do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
What
is another word for "thesaurus"?
When
they ship Strofoam, what do they pack it in?
Why
do tugboats 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're made for sitting?
Why
is the only one Monopolies Commission?
Does
a fish get cramps after eating?
Why
do "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
Why
is it when two planes almost hit each other it is called a "near miss"?
Shouldn't it be called a "near hit"?
What
does Geronimo say when he jumps out of a plane?
Why
are there interstate highways in Hawaii?