1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks? <br /><br />2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand? <br /><br />3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? <br /><br />4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? <br /><br />5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? <br /><br />6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing? <br /><br />7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing? <br /><br />8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges? <br /><br />9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there? <br /><br />10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting? <br /><br />11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"? <br /><br />12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected? <br /><br />13. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites? <br /><br />14. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things? <br /><br />15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds? <br /><br />16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it? <br /><br />17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? <br /><br />18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? <br /><br />19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right? <br /><br />20. Why is bra singular and panties plural? <br /><br />21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead? <br /><br />22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase? <br /><br />23. How come abbreviated is such a long word? <br /><br />24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them? <br /><br />25. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? <br /><br />26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one? <br /><br />27. Christmas - What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?
