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JustJo
10-30-2005, 07:12 AM
When French people swear do they say pardon my English?

Why do they call the small candy bars the "fun sizes"? Wouldn't be more fun to eat a big one?

Why do we teach kids that violence is not the answer and then have them read about wars in school that solved America's problems?

Can you cry under water?

Why do you have to "put your two cents in" but it's only a "penny for your
thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?

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 is it that when we are humming and then we plug our nose, our humming stops? Do people really hum through their nose, or their mouths?

When you see the weather report and it says "partly cloudy" and then the next day it says "partly sunny"; what’s the difference?

What happens when you say “hi” to your friend on an airplane who's name is Jack?

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

Why does "lake" come first (Lake Michigan) and "river" come second (Mississippi River)?

If the weather man says "it's a 50% chance of rain" does that mean he has no idea if its going to rain or not?

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

How come, in the Frosted Mini Wheat’s commercials, Sweets has a Brooklyn accent and Wheat’s has an English accent? They're attached at the back, wouldn't they have been raised in the same place?

Why isn’t the Q or the Z included on the phone?

What are those little things on the end of your shoelaces called?

When you put 'THE' and 'IRS' together, it forms 'THEIRS'. Coincidence? I think not!

If rabbits' feet are so lucky, then what happened to the rabbit?

If a police car, an ambulance, a fire truck, and a mail truck are all at a 4 way stop who has the right away?

Why do people say heads up when you should duck?

What do you say when someone says you're in denial, but you're not?

What does OK actually mean?

Why do we say "bye bye" but not "hi hi"?

If you tell someone they are being judgmental aren't you being judgmental yourself?

Why do British people never sound British when they sing?

Why is it called a TV set when there is only one?

If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth?

If Dracula has no reflection, how comes he always had such a straight parting in his hair?

Why do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?

Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?

Why does mineral water that has "trickled through mountains for centuries" go out of date next year?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

If the professor on Giligan's Island can make a radio out of coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?

Why do people never say "it's only a game" when they're winning?

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

If Practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, then why practice?

Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!

How do you know which armrest is yours in the movie theaters?

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

If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

If soap is used to make you clean, why does it leave a scum?

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?

jojoalexis
10-30-2005, 09:22 AM
good ones - I think I can give you answers to all of the "my" answers of course :p

Magnum
10-30-2005, 12:33 PM
LOL.......Good questions......hahaha. I think it would be funny to see some answers..........:p

Hanajunsmom
10-30-2005, 04:14 PM
How funny! Now I want to know how many of your tried humming and then holding your nose? Anyone? Anyone at all? Hee hee. . .

Gina
10-30-2005, 04:59 PM
LOL...very good. :D

By the way those little things on the end of your shoelaces are called aglets ;)

JustJo
10-30-2005, 06:10 PM
How funny! Now I want to know how many of your tried humming and then holding your nose? Anyone? Anyone at all? Hee hee. . .


I did! I did! And I couldn't do it could you???

Magnum
10-30-2005, 07:15 PM
I did! I did! And I couldn't do it could you???
LOL..........every time I try, I go from Hmmmmmmmm to Ahhhhhhhh..........:p

FFstpay02
10-30-2005, 07:22 PM
Haha - I tried it as soon as I read it and couldn't do it. But then I scrolled down and read that you guys tried it too! That's too funny - Great questions Jo!

Riosmommy
10-30-2005, 09:05 PM
I tried it too. You had to mention it didn't you! These are great!
Made me laugh on a dull and boring day!
Rio&Nicksymommy

mom2bichons
10-31-2005, 12:48 PM
Those are good. makes you think about some things.

And yes I tried humming with my nose plugged. It did not work.

riana
11-01-2005, 04:19 AM
Very good - make you think about a lot of things.

Cat&Dog mom
11-05-2005, 07:09 PM
Great questions, now who has all the answers?lol

I tried it too.

jojoalexis
11-06-2005, 10:54 AM
you can hum with your nose plugged if your mouth is open :p

FFstpay02
11-06-2005, 04:59 PM
That is too funny that this is being tested in so many ways - LOL

We should publish some kind of scientific research in a journal somewhere - Hehehe

JustJo
11-13-2005, 08:06 AM
you can hum with your nose plugged if your mouth is open :p


Isn't quite the same lovely tone though! A bit nasal for Bullwinkle. He looks at me funny if I do that. :D

ChihuahuaCat
11-14-2005, 04:35 PM
Wow, those are all really funny!:D
I tried it! It's true! lol

ChihuahuaCat
11-17-2005, 07:08 PM
I can answer these:

If a police car, an ambulance, a fire truck, and a mail truck are all at a 4 way stop who has the right away?

believe it or not, The mail truck:)


Why aren't the Q and Z included on the phone?

cause a long time ago they used numbers and letters both in phone numbers and the Q looked too much like the 0 and the Z looked too much like the 2:rolleyes: