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

7. Why does "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?       

28. Why do we drive on a parkway and park       on a driveway?