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