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Life's interesting and confusing questions

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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 tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen?
• If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
• You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere
• else"?
• 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 isn't "palindrome" spelled the same way backwards?
• 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?
• You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes, why can't they make the whole plane out of the
• same substance?
• Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
• If you have your finger touching the rearview mirror that says -- "objects in mirror are closer than they appear",
• how can that be possible?
• Why is it so hard to remember how to spell MNEMONIC?
• 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 it called a "building" when it is already built?
• Why do they call them "apartments" when they are all stuck together?
• Why is there an expiration date on SOUR cream?
• If you keep trying to prove Murphy's Law, will something keep going wrong?
• Why does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
• How can someone "draw a blank"?
• Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"?
• Why is the word "abbreviate" so long?
• Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
• What is another word for "thesaurus"?
• When they ship styrofoam, what do they pack it in?
• If 75% of all accidents happen within 5 miles of home, why not move 10 miles away?
• Why doesn't "onomatopoeia" sound like what it is?
• Why do 'tug'boats push their barges?
• Why do we sing 'Take me out to the ball game', when we are already there?
• Why are they called 'stands' when they're made for sitting?
• Why is there only ONE Monopolies Commission?
• Does a fish get cramps after eating?
• Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
• Why is it when two planes almost hit each other it is called a "near miss"?
• Shouldn't it be called a "near hit"?
• What does Geronimo say when he jumps out of a plane?
• How can there be "self help GROUPS"?
• Why are we afraid of falling? Shouldn't we be afraid of the sudden stop?
• Why is it called a bust, when it stops right before the part it is named after?
• Why is it called 'after dark', when it is really after light?