Frequently Asked Questions

Would you still be hungry if you ate pasta and antipasta? 
Why must there be five syllables in the word "monosyllabic?" 
Why isn't there a mouse-flavored cat food? 
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds? 
Why is the third hand on a watch called a second hand? 
Why is the period of the day with the slowest traffic called the rush hour? 
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, while dishwashing liquid is made with real lemons? 
Why is it that when you send something by truck it's called a shipment, but when you send it by ship it's called cargo?
Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio? 
Why is it that rain drops but snow falls? 
Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin? 
Why is experience something you don't get until just after you need it? 
Why is "abbreviated" such a long word? 
Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"? 
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains? 
Why don't people snore when they're awake? 
Why does unscented hair spray smell? 
Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin? 
Why do you never hear about gruntled employees? 
Why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive? 
Why do we say that something is out of whack? What is a whack? 
Why do we put suits in a garment bag and put garments in a suitcase? 
Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways? 
Why do superficial paper cuts tend to hurt more than grosser cuts? 
Why do psychics have to ask you for your name? 
Why do people like to pop bubble wrap so much?  
Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets? 
Why do hot dogs come 10 to a package and hot-dog buns 8 to a package? 
Why do engineers call it research when they're searching for something new? 
Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with. 
Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed? 
Why are they called apartments when they're all stuck together? 
Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes? 
Why are people immune to their own body odor? 
When you pick something up so your hands are full, why does someplace on your face start to itch? 
When two airplanes almost collide, why do they call it a near miss rather than a near hit? 
When dogs bark for hour on end, why don't they ever get hoarse? 
When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say? 
What would the speed of lightning be if it didn't zigzag? 
What was the best thing before sliced bread? 
What size were hailstones before the game of golf was invented? 
What is the speed of dark? 
What happens to the tread that wears off tires? 
What happens if you turn on your headlights when you're in a vehicle moving at the speed of light? 
What happens if you get scared half to death twice? 
What does the phrase "Now then" really mean? 
What do you call a male ladybug? 
What do ducks have to do with duck tape? 
What's another word for Thesaurus? 
Should we be concerned that engineers describe their work as "practice?" 
Light travels faster than sound; is that why people appear bright until you hear them speak? 
Is there another word for synonym? 
Is it OK to use the AM radio after noon? 
If you go to a general store, will they let you buy anthing specific? 
If you don't pay your exorcist, do you get repossessed? 
If you build an idiot-proof system, will the world create a better-quality idiot? 
If we're here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for? 
If they squeeze olives to get olive oil, how do they get baby oil? 
If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him that he has the right to remain silent? 
If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2? 
If quitters never win and winners never quit, why should you "quit while you're ahead?" 
If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest also have to drown? 
If nothing sticks to Teflon, how do they get Teflon to stick to the pan? 
If man evolved from apes, why do we still have apes? 
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? 
If it's zero degrees today and tomorrow is supposed to be twice as cold, what will tomorrow's temperature be? 
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy? 
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal? 
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? 
If cement was invented 7,000 years ago, why isn't the whole planet paved? 
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? 
If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? 
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know? 
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled? 
If a cow laughs, does milk come out of her nose? 
If a book about failures doesn't sell well, is it a success? 
If 7-11 is open 24 h/d, 365 d/yr, why are there locks on the doors? 
How many roads does a man need to travel down before he admits he is lost? 
How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink? 
How do they keep all the raisins in a cereal box from falling to the bottom? 
How do they get deer to cross a highway where they place one of those yellow warning signs? 
How do military cadets find their caps after tossing them in the air at graduation ceremonies? 
How and why do horses sleep standing up? 
Does current emphasis on artificial intelligence support the existence of artificial stupidity? 
Do they use sterilized needles for fatal injections? 
Do Roman paramedics refer to IV's as "4's"? 
Do fish ever sneeze? 
Do crematoriums give discounts for burn victims? 
Can vegetarians eat animal crackers? 
Can sour cream go bad? 
Airplanes have an indestructible black box. Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff? 
A bus station is where a bus stops; a train station is where a train stops. What occurs at a desk with a work station?