Why do we park in a driveway, yet drive in a parkway?
Why do we pack suits in a garment bag and garments in a suitcase?
Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
Why does your nose run and your feet smell?
Why do privates eat in the general mess and generals eat in the private mess?
Why do we call it newsprint when it contains no printing but when we put print on it, we call it a newspaper?
Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Why does an alarm clock "go off" when it begins ringing?
Why is it, whether you sit up or sit down, the result is the same?
If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?
Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists?
Why do 'tug' boats push their barges?
Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game,"when we are already there?
Why does quicksand work slowly?
Why are boxing rings square?
Why, when lights are out, they are invisible, but when the stars are out, they are visible?
Why are they called 'stands' when they're made for sitting?
Why does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
Why does "cleave" mean both split apart and stick together?
How can someone "draw a blank"?
Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?
Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
If the front of your vehicle says DODGE, do you really need a horn?
Why is there an interstate highway in Hawaii?
Why do they call it rush hour when everything moves so slow?
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Why are apartments joined together?
Why are there floatation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?
Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?
Why are there door locks on 24hour convenience stores?
Why is it when we send something in car, it's a shipment, but if by ship it's cargo?
If you are in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
Why are a wise man and wise guy opposites?
Why is abbreviation such a long word?
Why is it that we recite at a play and play at a recital?
What hair color do they put on the driver's license of bald men?
Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
What is a free gift? Aren't all gifts free?
Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?
Why do they report power outages on TV?
What do you do when you see an endangered animal that is eating an endangered plant?
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?
When will a building actually become a built?
How can we have jumbo shrimp?
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