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Please tell me...

These are great questions to pass the time! I am sure some of you have come accross them before...

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?

Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up every two hours?

Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?

What is the speed of darkness?

If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?

Do you cry under water?

How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?

Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?


DID YOU EVER WONDER....

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these pink dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"

Who on earth was brave enough to eat a lobster for the first time?

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

Stop singing and read on . . . . . .. . . . .

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

the milking the cow qusetion reminds me of how crazy it is how foods and medicines are also discovered, especially when they involve long and complicated processess to procure.

twanji said...

Come to think of it we are a pretty dumb specie...

missy said...

That was quite entertaining :-)

AristoNeeks said...

hmm.. interesting.

i guess if you search long enough, it is possible to find the answers to all these life questions.

but, in the end, what does it matter ultimately?

Trundling Grunt said...

also...

why do we always try and make a hot drink when the power goes off (or turn a light on).

why do we always say "Hi, how are you?" when the last thing we actually want to hear is how they are.

I'm always amazed by the first person who ate a raw oyster and who found out which bits of a pufferfish are poisonous and which aren't.

and do dyslexic atheists lie in bed at night wondering if there is a dog?

Also, why the hell can't I post anything on Karen's blog????

Anonymous said...

Hehe - like I told you on the phone the other day, I like the pointing at the watch/pointing at the bum question best.

grunt - you can't comment on my blog because as part of Google's plan to take over the world, you need to have a Google account to use Beta Blogger (which I have sadly 'upgraded' to). I think I found a loophole, though, go here to see how.

Polyman2 said...

Questions, questions, questions...
Why, how, when, where, who?
Maybe some questions are better
left unanswered. I think.

twanji said...

I have another question. I was mugged at gunpoint 3 hours ago! why was it that he said 'thank you' before I gave him my stuff, as if i was giving him my belongings out of the goodness of my heart? I recall a similar Carrie Bradshaw/ Sex and The City moment...
People never use manners when they are appropriate, but decide to use them when it isn't - what a pickle?

mike said...

Haha, I love that first one with the remote!

Its like asking why people walk around the house making 'door-unlocking' hand motions when you're looking for your keys. As if pretending to turn a key in thin air is going to make finding the key easier.

Art_Fulldodger said...

thats the best list I've seen in quite a while.

My freezer does have a light

You busted me singing. No it wasnt good either.

Yes the newer elevators are computer controlled to go to the floor with the most need first. So keep pushing that button!

Purple Pigeon said...

Hmmm, just wondering when the last time you threw a revolver at superman, or blew in a dogs face was. I confess i was singing....

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