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May 9th, 2002 at 11:48am

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1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?
2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?
3. If a word is misspelled in th dictionary, how would we ever know?
4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
5. Why do "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
7. Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
8. Why do 'tug' boats push their barges?
9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?
10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?
11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?
12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
13. Why do 'overlook' and 'oversee' mean opposite things?
14. Why is phonics not spelled the way it sounds?
15. If all the worlds a stage, where is the audience sitting?
16. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia can you read all right?
17. Why is bra singular and panties plural?
18. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when the batteries are dead?
19. Why do we put suits in a garment bag and garments in a suitcase?
20. How come abbreviated is such a long word?
21. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
 

"I have a place where dreams are born, And time is never planned. It’s not on any chart, You must find it with your heart."

Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Martin Luther King Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”

Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
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Reply #1 - Dec 6th, 2004 at 11:00pm

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SweeT! I love unanswered questions! Smiley
 
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Reply #2 - Dec 7th, 2004 at 4:15am

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Not bad, only took about 2 and a half years to get a reply.....lmao..... Grin
 

"I have a place where dreams are born, And time is never planned. It’s not on any chart, You must find it with your heart."

Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Martin Luther King Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”

Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
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Reply #3 - Dec 7th, 2004 at 4:25am

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Not bad, only took about 2 and a half years to get a reply.....lmao..... Grin


ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!! Grin Grin Grin Grin

Maybe Jareds love life has already failed him? LOL Wink
 
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Reply #4 - Dec 7th, 2004 at 1:54pm

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ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!! Grin Grin Grin Grin

Maybe Jareds love life has already failed him? LOL Wink


lol, what love life? I'm stilling waiting to get one...  Grin

Just really depressed last night and needed a good laugh, so back I went to the oldest ones! from before I came here... Grin
 
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Reply #5 - Dec 7th, 2004 at 2:57pm

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lol, what love life? I'm stilling waiting to get one...  Grin

Just really depressed last night and needed a good laugh, so back I went to the oldest ones! from before I came here... Grin


Well, I hope this helped a little with your depressed state of mind. Hmmm, I hope it didn't make it worse? My jokes can tend to be depressing at times....or at least some have really sucked....lmao. Grin
 

"I have a place where dreams are born, And time is never planned. It’s not on any chart, You must find it with your heart."

Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Martin Luther King Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”

Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
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Reply #6 - Dec 7th, 2004 at 7:20pm

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lol, no need to worry, just the standard week before finals blur... where everything tends to run into one and you're not sure if your gonna make it through the final exams the next week...

 
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Reply #7 - Dec 7th, 2004 at 9:08pm

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Not bad, only took about 2 and a half years to get a reply.....lmao..... Grin


LOL!!!

I see you dread finals too...well everything feels better once you are done.
 
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Reply #8 - Dec 7th, 2004 at 10:48pm

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YEAH, I sure hope so! lol...

Not too bad now that I had the dreaded presentation today, between 3 of us we had to talk forever! well it seemed like forever..
 
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Reply #9 - Dec 7th, 2004 at 11:03pm

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You already know whats coming...

Been posted before.

There good though. LOL
 

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Reply #10 - Dec 7th, 2004 at 11:03pm

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LMAO Grin

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Reply #11 - Dec 8th, 2004 at 4:53am

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[quote author=Romulus111VADT  link=1020944923/0#0 date=1020959322]
17. Why is bra singular and panties plural?
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... hmmm, good question, might wanna spend some time thinking about that one... hey, perhaps i'll even do some field-research...  ;D
 

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Reply #12 - Dec 8th, 2004 at 5:05am

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You already know whats coming...

Been posted before.

There good though. LOL


Nah, really....lol....I think I posted it about 2.5 years ago, before you were a member of the forum....lol.  Grin
 

"I have a place where dreams are born, And time is never planned. It’s not on any chart, You must find it with your heart."

Albert Einstein - "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Martin Luther King Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”

Mark Twain - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
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Reply #13 - Dec 8th, 2004 at 9:53am

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I got one

Why do you drive on the parkway and park on the driveway?
 
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Reply #14 - Dec 8th, 2004 at 6:06pm

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why do we have hot water heaters? We don't need to heat hot water right???

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

Who was the first person to say "See that chicken there....I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's butt."   

Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat? 

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

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him? 

Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane? 

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

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

Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?   

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

What do you call male ballerinas?   

Can blind people see their dreams? Do they dream??   

If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?   

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? 

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?   

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

Is Disney World the only people trap operated by a mouse?   

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

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup? 

Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt? 

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you,  but then 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?   
 
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