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Questions to Ponder

written by Ken Smith

*Is there another word for synonym?

 

*If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?

 

*Why are they called apartments, when they're all stuck together?

 

*If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on your headlights, what happens?

 

*Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?

 

*Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds fee" on money they already know you don't have?

 

*Why is it that when you transport something by car it's called a shipment, but when you transport it by ship, it's called cargo?

 

*Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

 

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

 

*Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

 

*Why are there five syllables in the word "monosyllabic"?

 

*Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice?"

 

*When sign makers go on strike, is anything written on their signs?

 

*Where do forest rangers go to get away from it all?

 

*Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

 

*Why is the word "abbreviation" so long?

 

*Why is lemon juice mostly artificial ingredients but dishwashing liquid contains real lemons?

 

*Do fish get cramps after eating?

 

*When two airplanes almost collide, why do they call it a near miss and not a near hit?

 

*If the universe is everything, and scientists say that the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into?

 

*How is it possible to have a civil war?

 

*How come Superman could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him?

 

*If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

 

*If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?

 

*If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

 

*Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

 

*If the funeral procession is at night, do folks drive with their headlights off?

 

*If a stealth bomber crashes in a forest, will it make a sound?

 

*If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

 

*If corn oil comes from corn, where does baby oil come from?

 

*Why do they put Braille on the number pads of drive-through bank machines?

 

*If you throw a cat out a car window does it become kitty litter?

 

*When a cow laughs does milk come up its nose?

 

*What's another word for thesaurus?

 

*Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

 

*Does fuzzy logic tickle?

 

*Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?

 

*What was the best thing before sliced bread?

 

*What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

 

*How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink?

 

*Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

 

*OK, so what's the speed of dark?

 

*If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

 

*If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

 

*When someone asks you, "A penny for your thoughts," and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?

 

*When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?

 

*If 21 is pronounced twenty-one why isn't 11 pronounced onety-one?

 

*If people from Poland are called "Poles," why aren't people from Holland called "Holes?"

 

*After eating, do amphibians need to wait an hour before getting out of the water?

 

*Why are they called buildings, when they're already finished?  Shouldn't they be called builts?

 

*If all is not lost, where is it?

 

*What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

 

*Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?

 

*At ball games, why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we're already there?

 

*Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?

 

*Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?

 

*Did quitters never win, and winners never quit, what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead."?

 

*Doesn’t "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?

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