Post by SunnyGirl on Dec 31, 2003 14:12:23 GMT -5
Ponderings for the New Year
If you mixed vodka with orange juice and milk of
magnesia, would you get a Philip's Screwdriver?
Why do we say something is out of whack?
What is a whack?
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
Why do women wear evening gowns to nightclubs?
Shouldn't they be wearing night gowns?
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
When someone asks you, "A penny for your thoughts,"
and you put your two cents in, what happens to the
other penny?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a
broker?
Why do croutons come in airtight packages?
It's just stale bread to begin with.
When cheese gets it's picture taken, what does it say?
Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist,
but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?
Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?
Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
If horrific means to make horrible, does terrific mean to
make terrible?
Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one?
"I am " is reportedly the shortest sentence in the
English language. Could it be that "I do " is the
longest sentence?
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked,
doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted,
musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models
deposed, tree surgeons debarked and dry cleaners
depressed?
Why is it that if someone tells you that there are 1
billion stars in the universe you will believe them, but
if they tell you a wall has wet paint you will have to
touch it to be sure?
If you take an Oriental person and spin him around
several times, does he become disoriented?
If people from Poland are called "Poles," why aren't
people from Holland called "Holes?"
Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy
adultery?
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.