- If we Americans feed our babies with tiny spoons and forks, do Chinese mothers feed their babies with toothpicks?
- Shouldn't we be concerned that the person who invests all of our money is called a 'broker?'
- Why don't they put parachutes under plane seats instead of flotation devices?
- Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?
- Why do the words 'loosen' and 'unloosen' mean the same thing?
- If you have 50 odds and ends on a shelf, and you break 49 of them, are you left with an odd or an end?
- Why didn't Tarzan have a beard?
- Why are boxing rings square?
- Why do 'fat chance' and 'slim chance' mean the same thing?
- Why is it that when lights are out, they are invisible. But, when the stars are out, they are visible?
- If 'poli' means 'many'.....and 'tics' are 'blood-sucking creatures,'.......then what does 'poli-tics' really mean?
- Why do we recite at a play, and play at a recital?
- Why, at sporting events, do we sit in stands?
- Why is it that, when two planes almost collide, we call it a near miss? Shouldn't it be a near hit?
- If our country promises free speech, why do we have phone bills?
- If you mixed vodka, orange juice and milk of magnesia, would you end up with a Phillips Screwdriver?
- When it's dark out, why do we say it's 'after dark?' Isn't it 'after light?'
- Doesn't 'expecting the unexpected' make the unexpected expected?
- Why is it good to be 'under par' in golf, but is bad to be 'under par' in anything else?
- If every thing's possible, then is it possible that nothing is possible?
- What's the opposite of "out of whack?" In whack? What is whack?
- Do Australians call the rest of the world "up over?"
- Why does Hawaiian pizza also contain Canadian Bacon?
- Why are there no grapes and no nuts in Grape Nuts?
Ta-ta for today.