I always have more questions than I do answers. As such, I like to share them with friends like you, if for no other reason than to give you something to ponder. Questions like:
Why do you bake cookies and cook bacon? If Superman can stop bullets with his chest, why does he always duck when a gun is thrown at him? How come there aren’t “B” cell batteries? Why do tourists go to the top of tall buildings and put money into telescopes so they can see things close up on the ground?
Why are feet smelly and noses runny? If vegetarians eat vegetables, what to humanitarians eat? If the number 2 pencil is so popular, why is it still number 2? If corn oil comes from corn and olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
Why is an alarm clock said to go off when it actually turns on?
Why do people call them “apartments” when they’re all together? So, if “horrific” is akin to horrible, why isn’t “terrific” akin to terrible? If the Professor on “Gilligan’s Island” could make a radio out of a coconut, why couldn’t he fix a hole in a boat? If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about it? Why is the alphabet in that order – is it because of the song?
Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposite? If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? What do people in China call their good plates? When the clock was first invented, how did they know what time it was to set it to? Why do we buy hot dogs in packages of 10 and hot dog buns in packages of 8?
Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? If a man is walking in a forest and his wife isn’t there to hear him, is he still wrong? Are part-time band leaders semiconductors? Before people invented drawing boards, what did they go back to? Why does Donald Duck wear a towel when he comes out of the shower when he doesn’t usually wear any pants?
Why do we call something sent by car a shipment, and something sent by ship a cargo? How do you know honesty is the best policy unless you have tried some of the others? If a fly had no wings, would you call it a walk? Is it true that cannibals don’t eat clowns because they taste funny? Why are builders afraid to have a 13th floor, but book publishers aren’t afraid to have a Chapter 11?
Why are there locks on the doors of stores open 24/7, 365 days of the year? If a picture is worth 1,000 words, what is a picture of 1,000 words worth? Where in the nursery rhyme does it say Humpty Dumpty is an egg? In the word “scent,” is the “C” or the “S” silent? Why do we call it a “hamburger” when it’s made of beef?
Why do they call it “getting your dog fixed” if afterwards it doesn’t work anymore? If athletes get athlete’s foot, do astronauts get missile toe? Is there another word for “synonym?” And finally, why isn’t the word “phonetic” spelled as it sounds?
I was just wondering.
