The great mysteries of life

[sprayer]

Why is it that an AIRcraft TAXI'S to the runway,
if you send someting by air freight it's called a SHIPment
if you send something by ship it's called a CARgo. ????

[poodicat]

Very deep this morning sprayer!

[Bbbananas]

Yeah doc, yeah.... good one.

[jackthehat]

Why does the word LISP have an 's' in it ?

[B00]

While you're musing on this, perhaps you can answer my question in How it Works?

[marval]

Good questions, here are some more.

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 booze, and why do bars have parking lots?
Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
Why is it called a TV "set" when you only get one?
Why does your nose run and your feet smell?
Why is it, whether you sit up or sit down, the result is the same?
Why call it a building if it's already been built?
How can there be self-help "groups"?
Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?
Why is a pear called a pear when there is only one?
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?
Why is abbreviated such a long word?
Why is there an 's' in lisp?

[marval]

Since bread is square, why is sandwich meat round?
Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?
If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway
Why are you in a movie, but you are on TV?

[sprayer]

I did'nt know there were so many of em
"great fun" keep em coming!!

[marval]

Why are there locks on the door of stores that are open 24/7 365 days a year?
Is there another word for synonym?
Why is the fear of long words hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
If a turtle loses its shell is it naked or homeless
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Why don't psychics predict the winning lottery numbers and retire?
What happens if you drive at the speed of light and turn your head lights on?
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
Why do we call it a hamburger when it is made from beef?

[mollykins]

marval, i don't know of shops that are open 24/7 265, normally the shops that are big enough to be able to be open 24/7 have to close for christmas day and easter sunday.

[janbee]

Why is there only one Monopolies commission?

[mollykins]

there is an antonym of antonym, which is synonym, but i don't know of a synonym for synonym.

[sprayer]

Ha Ha, you're all crazy, the lot of you! I'm beginning to think that I'm the only sane
person on here!!! ---- but well done are there any more ?

[marval]

OK Molly, you are right shops do have to shut sometimes.


Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Is Disney World the only people trap operated by a mouse?
Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt?
Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

[bigfoot3000]

Lol, marval your a mine of information!

[mollykins]

why isn't pallindrome a pallindrome?

does similie have a similie?

is there a mataphor for a metaphor?