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• Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
• Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
• Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?
• Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?
• Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
• If you can't drink and drive, why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor, and why do bars have parking lots?
• Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?
• Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
• How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?
• If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?
• If a cow laughed real hard, would milk come out her nose?
• If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how do they make Teflon stick to the pan?
• If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
• Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
• Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
• Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?
• If a black box in a plane is indestructible, why can't they make the whole plane out of it?
• Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
• If someone invented instant 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 opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?
• Why does "cleave" mean both split apart and stick together?
• Why is it, whether you sit up or sit down, the result is the same?
• Why is there an expiry date on my sour cream container?
• Why call it a building if it's already been built?
• Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
• How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?
• Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?
• If the front of your car says 'DODGE', do you really need a horn?
• What do sheep count when they can't get to sleep?
• When you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?
• Does fuzzy logic tickle?
• Do blind Eskimos heave seeing-eye sled dogs?
• How come wrong numbers are never busy?
• Do radioactive cats have 18 half-lives?
• Why call it "take" a dump, when you leave something behind?
• What was the best thing before sliced bread?
• Why do we call it a hot water heater if the water is already hot?
• If you throw a cat out a car window does it become kitty litter?
• If corn oil comes from corn, where does baby oil come from?
• How do they get a deer to cross at that yellow road sign?
• If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
• Is there another word for thesaurus?
• Is the color orange called that because it's the color of the fruit of the same name, or was the fruit called orange because that's its color? Which came first, the color or the fruit?
• After eating, do amphibians have to wait one hour before getting out of the water?
• How can there be self-help "groups"?
• If white wine goes with fish, do white grapes go with sushi?
• If a mute swears, does his mother make him wash his hands with soap?
• If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
• Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
• Is there another word for synonym?
• Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?
• If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
• What do they pack Styrofoam in?
• Why did God give men nipples?
• Is grass really greener on the other side?
• Why do you wear a pair of panties and only one bra?
• Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
• Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
• Why is it called a "near miss" when you don't hit something?
• When sign makers go on strike, is there anything written on their signs?
• Before the light bulb was invented, what appeared over peoples heads when they had an idea?
• If you spin an Oriental person around and around, does he become disorientated?
• If a vegetable goes into a coma, is it called a person?
• If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
• Why does the word monosyllabic contain five syllables?
• If you wear an antennae to a wedding, would the reception be better?
• Why is abbreviated such a long word?
• If you put a chameleon in a mirrored box what color would it change to?
• Why is there an 's' in lisp?
• If you were scared half to death twice, would you be 3/4 dead or 100% dead?
• If the cops arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
• If you ate pasta and antipasti, would you still be hungry?
• If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest end up drowning as well?
• What should you do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
• If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
• If you asked a librarian where the books on self help were would they tell you, or would that defeat the purpose?
• If ATM stands for Automatic Teller Machine, why do we call it an ATM machine? And if PIN stands for Personal Identification Number, why do we call it a PIN number?
 
Holy Jesus ......... :popcorn: I think I'll just check this now and then and see where it goes. I'm just too old to start on something This Big. :smilie_happy:
 
:swoon: Why ask why?
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• If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress? ABSOLUTELY!!
:smilie_happy: :Doh2: :eek:k: :party: :Doh2: :Doh2: :smilie_happy:
 
slabghost":3pagxay9 said:
• If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress? ABSOLUTELY!!
:smilie_happy: :Doh2: :eek:k: :party: :Doh2: :Doh2: :smilie_happy:

Said to the girl in the shop today "keep the change", she said "gee thanks, 5 cents WOW what will that get me", I said "without change there can't be progress" :popcorn:

If Superman can catch a bullet why does he duck when you toss a gun at him? :cool:
 
Yeah....but a chicken is a lot faster than an armoredilly.....the armoredillys don't do so well crossing the roads around here. Funny thing is, ya NEVER see a dead chicken in the middle of the road... :smilie_happy: :smilie_happy: :smilie_happy:

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While we're pondering life's great mysteries...
Why does a light switch have "On" and "Off" on it? If it's on, you can see it's on...if it's Off, ya can't see to read the dang thing....
 
ahem....

I have no idea what time it is, but change is my promise, and hope is my plan.

When I am elected, I guarantee there will be a chicken in every pie! :good: :party: :hi:

PS- I'll clear this through my wife at our next meeting. :popcorn:
 
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