WONDERING
1. 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 do "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
7. Why do "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 is it called "after dark" when it really is "after
light"?
12. Doesn't 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 is 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?
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 - What other time of the year do you sit in
front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?
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