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renegade600
April 20th, 2007, 08:14 PM
If people from Poland are called "Poles," why aren't people from Holland called "Holes?
# 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 drycleaners depressed?
# Do Roman paramedics refer to IV's as "4's"?
# 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?

Miz
April 20th, 2007, 09:48 PM
Cows have calves. So when a cow gives birth, why isn't she decaffeinated?

Mares have foals. So when a mare gives birth, why isn't she exfoliated?

Ewes have lambs. So when a ewe gives birth, why isn't she laminated?

rlprlp
April 21st, 2007, 02:36 AM
How come if it's in a truck, it's a shipment; but if it's on a ship, it's a cargo?

If pro is the opposite of con, then what's the opposite of "progress"?

Sinister-wolf
April 21st, 2007, 08:53 PM
If pro is the opposite of con, then what's the opposite of "progress"?
congress.

sounds about right anyways, just look at the american government for proof.

Amiduffer
April 23rd, 2007, 07:27 AM
Ha ha ha. :laugh:

cHiNgY1788
April 23rd, 2007, 08:44 AM
Why do doctors call their work "practice"?

ggross
April 23rd, 2007, 01:32 PM
Why do doctors call their work "practice"?

cause they dont have a clue what they are doing.:disgust: