Things to Ponder

[Pam]

Why? . . .

Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?

Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?

Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?

Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?

Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?

Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?

Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?

Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?

If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?

Why is bra singular and panties plural?

Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

[Catty1]

Why are they called apartments when they're stuck together?

Anyone else?

[Cincy'sMom]

Why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

[Lilith Cherry]

Why is a person that handles your money called a Broker?

Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?


Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

[AbbyMom]

Why do our noses run and our feet smell?

[lvpets2002]

Why is a Female Dog called a Bitch & a Male dog is just a canine.. Now a Male Cat is called a Tom & a female cat is just a feline..

[M&M's Mommy]

Why does a person order a double cheeseburger, supersized fries, and a diet coke?

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

Why is it when some products you have to turn it upside down to read the directions, and the directions say do not turn upside down?

If mars had earthquakes would they be called marsquakes?

Do movie producers still say lights, camera, and action when it is a dark scene?

If our body temperature is normally 98.6 degrees, how come when it's 98 degrees outside, no one is comfortable?

How come only car keys are the only keys with teeth on both sides?

Why is "number" abbreviated as "no"? When there is no "o" in number?

If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?

Can you cry under water?

If no one buys a ticket to a movie, does the movie still play?

If a 911 operator has a heart attack, whom does he/she call?

Do ducks sneeze?

If a fire truck was on its way to a fire and it passes another fire, which fire would it go to?

What are those little things on the end of your shoelaces called?

Do bald men wash their head with soap or shampoo?

What if you're in hell, and you're mad at someone, where do you tell them to go?

If anything's possible, then is it possible that nothing's possible?

If you had x-ray vision, but closed your eyes, could you still see?

What does OK actually mean?

How do you handcuff a one-armed man?

If someone can't see, they're blind and if someone cant hear, they're deaf, so what do you call people who can't smell?

Can you blow a balloon up under water?

How do they get those boats in those glass bottles?

Why is it called a TV set when there is only one?

If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?

Can you breathe out of your nose and mouth at the same time?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

If an atheist has to go to court, do they make him swear on the Bible?

Can people who cannot speak burp?

Why isn't chocolate considered a vegetable, if chocolate comes from cocoa
beans, and all beans are a vegetable?

Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?

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 it called a "building" when it is already built?

Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?

Why is Mickey Mouse bigger than his dog Pluto?

How come the sun makes your skin darker but your hair lighter?

Did they have antiques in the olden days?

Are zebras black with white stripes, or white with black stripes?

Can blind people see their dreams?

If there's an exception to every rule, is there an exception to that rule?

Why do most cars have speedometers that go up to at least 130 when you legally can't go that fast on any road?

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

How does Santa get into a house that doesn't have a chimney?

Why does Donald Duck wear a towel when he comes out of the shower, when he doesn't usually wear any pants?

What should one call a male ladybird?

Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it, do the other trees make fun of it?

If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

If an orange is orange, why isn't a lime called a green or a lemon called a yellow?

If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

If you were traveling at the speed of sound and you turned on your radio would you be able to hear it?

If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?

If you can't drink and drive, why do bars have parking lots?

If you take a shower, where do you put it?

Can you grow birds by planting birdseed?

What do little birdies see when they get knocked unconscious?

What do sheep count when they can't sleep?

What is a free gift? Aren't all gifts free?

Why are there never any artist's materials in a drawing room?

Why are they called 'stands' when they're made for sitting?

Why aren't there bulletproof pants?

How come the sun makes your skin darker but your hair lighter?

Did they have antiques in the olden days?

Are zebras black with white stripes, or white with black stripes?

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

Why is it that when a person tells you there's over a million stars in the universe you believe them, but if someone tells you there's wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure?

Why does Donald Duck wear a towel when he comes out of the shower, when he doesn't usually wear any pants?

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it, do the other trees make fun of it?

If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

Can you grow birds by planting birdseed?

What do little birdies see when they get knocked unconscious?

What do sheep count when they can't sleep?

Why are there never any artist's materials in a drawing room?

Why are they called 'stands' when they're made for sitting?

Why aren't there bulletproof pants?

Do cows drink milk?

If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth?

Since we see little birdies when we just get knocked out, what do little birdies see when they just get knocked out??

If an ambulance is on its way to save someone, and it runs someone over, does it stop to help him?

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

Don't you find it worrying that doctors call treating you their "practice" ?

Do they have the word "dictionary" in the dictionary?

If you stole a pen from a bank then would it still be considered a bank robbery?

Why is the third hand on the watch called second hand?

Can good looking Eskimo girls be called hot?

What's the opposite of opposite?

If Practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, then why practice?

Why do birds not fall out of trees when they sleep?

If you died with braces on would they take them off?

[smokey the elder]

If vegetarians eat vegetables, then what do humanitarians eat?

[sparks19]

Why? . . .

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

Love may be blind... but Lust has 20/20 vision lol

Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?

Because we don't want to have to get up to change the batteries unless absolutely nessecary... so we will try anything

[Husky_mom]

awww........ what a great thing....... ponder....... hmm......

have you ever wondered why are there so many things to wonder?

one simple one...... why is a dog called "dog"? I know the naming of species and all but WHY "dog" what does it mean really? ahy even those letters? why do they sound like they do?........