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Lol...things to ponder...or not.

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

• Why does the psychic hotline ask for your credit card number? Shouldn't they already know it?

• Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?

• Isn't the best way to save face to keep the lower part shut?

• Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

• How does Elmo hear? Elmo has no ears?

• Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

• Did Washington just flash a quarter for his ID?

• Why is it that when you tell a person that there are 400 billion stars in the sky and he'll believe you, tell him a bench is wet and he has to touch it?

• If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it do the other trees make fun of it?

• Is the grass really greener on the other side?

• Why is an orange an orange but an apple not a red?

• If you set to work with a knife that will cut through anything and Tupperware that's guaranteed not to break, what happens?

• How do I set my laser printer on stun gun?

• Why don't we get dizzy from the world spinning so fast?

• Is it possible to be totally partial?

• If blind people wear sunglasses why don't deaf people wear ear muffs?

• Does a fish get cramps after eating?

• Do infants have as much fun in the infancy as adults do in their adultery?

• What happened to the first 6 "ups"?

• Why do doughnuts have holes?

• Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift?

• If you throw your pet cat out the window of your car does it become cat litter?

• Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations if smoking is prohibited there?

• Why is it called a building when it's already built?


• Why isn't phonic spelled the way it sounds?

• Can fat people go skinny-dipping?

• Why do we play in recitals and recite in plays?

• If trailer parks didn't exist would tornadoes exist?

• If a man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?

• Why do you have a hot water heater when you don't need to heat hot water?

• Just before someone gets nervous do they experience cocoons in their stomachs?

• Why do phone companies give you a number to call if your phone doesn't work?

• Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

• How come you press harder on a remote when you know the battery is dead?

• Why isn't there mouse flavoured cat food?

• Why are they called apartments when they are stuck together?

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

• Why don't we get goosebumps on our face?

• Why can't we make newspapers that don't smudge?

• Who really took the bite out of the Apple logo?

• If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?

• How is it possible to have a civil war?

• Will wearing short sleeve shirts show your support for the right to bare arms?

• If a person kills their clone is it murder or suicide?

• Why are they called stands when they are made for sitting?

• If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?

• Whose cruel idea was it for the word lisp to have an s in it?

• If vegetarians eat vegetables what do humanitarians eat?

• How do you tell when you are out of invisible ink?

• When an elevator is overloaded with passengers, who is criminally responsible?

• If the entire world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

• When sign makers go on strike is there anything written on their signs?

• How come superman can stop bullets with his chest but he always ducks when someone throw a gun at him?

• Do hungry crows have ravenous appetites?

• Why is it that when you are driving and looking for an address you turn the radio down?

• Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?

• IF you're cross-eyed and have dyslexia can you read all right?

• If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation or a murder?

• Why is it that when you see someone in a cast or a brace you say ouch?

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

• What do you plant to grow a seedless watermelon?

• Was the only reason God gave us a shin is to find things in the dark?

• Why are there 5 syllables in the word monosyllabic?

• Where are the germs that cause good breath?

• If one synchronized swimmer drowns do the rest have to drown too?

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

• If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?

• Before they invented drawing boards what did they go back to?

• Why do scientists call it research when they are looking for something new?

• If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how do they get Teflon to stick to the pan?

• Are there seeing eye humans for blind dogs?

• Why don't more psychics win the lottery?

• If I break the laws of Physics do I go to jail?

• Why is it that when you transport something by car it is called a shipment but when you transport something by ship it is called cargo?

• Do they have reserved parking for non-handicap people at the Special Olympics?

• Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?

• What was the best thing before sliced bread?

• Why is it when to planes almost hit each other it is called a near miss? Shouldn't it be called a near hit?

• If you can't drink and drive why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor, and why do bars have parking lots?

• If you don't repair your brakes right away should you make your horn louder?

• How many turtles does it take to make one can of turtle wax?

• What do little birdies see if they get knocked unconscious?

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

• Why is yawning contagious?

• Why do we sing Take Me Out To the Ball Game if we are already there?

• Why is toilet paper scented?

• Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

• How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn't grow in it?

• Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

• What do you do when you see an endangered animal that is eating an endangered plant?

• If you have an open mind is there a chance your brain might fall out?

• Where does the lost sock in the washer and dryer go?

• Does fuzzy logic tickle?

• Why do people who know the least know it the loudest?

• Why do psychics have to ask for your name?

• If the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, what is the speed of dark?

• Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

• Why does slow down and slow up mean the same thing?

• What does the Q in Q-tip stand for?

• Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would the still grow? Only to be troubled and insecure?

• What happens when none of your bees wax?

• Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injection?

• What's another word for thesaurus?

• What does Geronimo yell when he jumps out of a plane?

• When companies ship Styrofoam what do they pack it in?

• Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?

• Why do we label underwear as a pair?

• What would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?

• Why is it called a TV "set" when you only get one?

• Why in a country with freedom of speech are there phone bills?

• Does the little mermaid wear an algaebra?

• Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

• Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive up ATM?

• Should you trust a stockbroker who's married to a travel agent?

• Why do they report power outages on TV?

• Sooner or later doesn't EVERYONE stop smoking?

• Why is a keyboard called a keyboard if it just has little buttons?

• If 75% of all accidents occur within 5 miles of home, why not move 10 miles away?

• Why does your nose run and your feet smell?

• Will you die if you get scared half to death twice?

• If a vampire can't see himself in a mirror, why is his hair always so neat?

• If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

• Why do men's bicycles have crossbars?

• Why is the word abbreviated so long?

• Do married people live longer than single people do or does it just seem longer?

• Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone is going to clean them?

• Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?

• Can you be a closet claustrophobic?

• If you are in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens if you turn on your headlights?

• Isn't Disneyland a people trap operated by a mouse?

• If you keep trying to prove Murphy's law, will something go wrong?

• Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?

• Are people born stupid or do they have to work at it?

• How did a fool and his money get together?

• If the cops arrest a mime do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?

• If you try to fail and succeed which have you done?

• How can someone draw a blank?

• If quitters never win, and winners never quit, than who is the fool who said, "Quit while you're ahead"?

• How do you know when it is time to tune your bagpipes?

• If someone with multiple personalities robs a bank who is charged with the crime?

• Corn oil is made from corn, Olive oil is made from olives, so what does baby oil come from?

• How can there be self-help groups?

• If fire fighters fight fires and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?

• Why do we pay tolls on the freeway?

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

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

• Why is a black light not black?

• Why is it when a door is open it's ajar but when a jar is open isn't not adoor?

• If it is tourist season, why can't we shoot them?

• Since light travels faster than sound, is that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak?

• If someone invented instant water, what would they mix it with?

• If you’re born again do you have two belly buttons?

• Why do they say new and improved? It can't be new if it was improved can it?

• Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

• How does the guy who runs the snowplow get to work in the morning?

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

• If you got into a taxi and the driver started driving backward would the taxi driver end up owing you money?

• Why do we wait until a pig is dead to cure it?


And my personal Favourite:
• If you choke a Smurf what color would it turn?
 
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Damn good list Jason. Took me 20 minutes to read it, and now it's gonna take me a whole month to ponder them all :O
 
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Damn good list Jason. Took me 20 minutes to read it, and now it's gonna take me a whole month to ponder them all :O

lol...don't ponder too hard or too long Gil.
 
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Lol...things to ponder...or not.

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

• Why does the psychic hotline ask for your credit card number? Shouldn't they already know it?

• Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?

• Isn't the best way to save face to keep the lower part shut?

• Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

• How does Elmo hear? Elmo has no ears?

• Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

• Did Washington just flash a quarter for his ID?

• Why is it that when you tell a person that there are 400 billion stars in the sky and he'll believe you, tell him a bench is wet and he has to touch it?

• If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it do the other trees make fun of it?

• Is the grass really greener on the other side?

• Why is an orange an orange but an apple not a red?

• If you set to work with a knife that will cut through anything and Tupperware that's guaranteed not to break, what happens?

• How do I set my laser printer on stun gun?

• Why don't we get dizzy from the world spinning so fast?

• Is it possible to be totally partial?

• If blind people wear sunglasses why don't deaf people wear ear muffs?

• Does a fish get cramps after eating?

• Do infants have as much fun in the infancy as adults do in their adultery?

• What happened to the first 6 "ups"?

• Why do doughnuts have holes?

• Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift?

• If you throw your pet cat out the window of your car does it become cat litter?

• Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations if smoking is prohibited there?

• Why is it called a building when it's already built?


• Why isn't phonic spelled the way it sounds?

• Can fat people go skinny-dipping?

• Why do we play in recitals and recite in plays?

• If trailer parks didn't exist would tornadoes exist?

• If a man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?

• Why do you have a hot water heater when you don't need to heat hot water?

• Just before someone gets nervous do they experience cocoons in their stomachs?

• Why do phone companies give you a number to call if your phone doesn't work?

• Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

• How come you press harder on a remote when you know the battery is dead?

• Why isn't there mouse flavoured cat food?

• Why are they called apartments when they are stuck together?

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

• Why don't we get goosebumps on our face?

• Why can't we make newspapers that don't smudge?

• Who really took the bite out of the Apple logo?

• If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?

• How is it possible to have a civil war?

• Will wearing short sleeve shirts show your support for the right to bare arms?

• If a person kills their clone is it murder or suicide?

• Why are they called stands when they are made for sitting?

• If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?

• Whose cruel idea was it for the word lisp to have an s in it?

• If vegetarians eat vegetables what do humanitarians eat?

• How do you tell when you are out of invisible ink?

• When an elevator is overloaded with passengers, who is criminally responsible?

• If the entire world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

• When sign makers go on strike is there anything written on their signs?

• How come superman can stop bullets with his chest but he always ducks when someone throw a gun at him?

• Do hungry crows have ravenous appetites?

• Why is it that when you are driving and looking for an address you turn the radio down?

• Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?

• IF you're cross-eyed and have dyslexia can you read all right?

• If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation or a murder?

• Why is it that when you see someone in a cast or a brace you say ouch?

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

• What do you plant to grow a seedless watermelon?

• Was the only reason God gave us a shin is to find things in the dark?

• Why are there 5 syllables in the word monosyllabic?

• Where are the germs that cause good breath?

• If one synchronized swimmer drowns do the rest have to drown too?

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

• If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?

• Before they invented drawing boards what did they go back to?

• Why do scientists call it research when they are looking for something new?

• If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how do they get Teflon to stick to the pan?

• Are there seeing eye humans for blind dogs?

• Why don't more psychics win the lottery?

• If I break the laws of Physics do I go to jail?

• Why is it that when you transport something by car it is called a shipment but when you transport something by ship it is called cargo?

• Do they have reserved parking for non-handicap people at the Special Olympics?

• Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?

• What was the best thing before sliced bread?

• Why is it when to planes almost hit each other it is called a near miss? Shouldn't it be called a near hit?

• If you can't drink and drive why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor, and why do bars have parking lots?

• If you don't repair your brakes right away should you make your horn louder?

• How many turtles does it take to make one can of turtle wax?

• What do little birdies see if they get knocked unconscious?

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

• Why is yawning contagious?

• Why do we sing Take Me Out To the Ball Game if we are already there?

• Why is toilet paper scented?

• Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

• How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn't grow in it?

• Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

• What do you do when you see an endangered animal that is eating an endangered plant?

• If you have an open mind is there a chance your brain might fall out?

• Where does the lost sock in the washer and dryer go?

• Does fuzzy logic tickle?

• Why do people who know the least know it the loudest?

• Why do psychics have to ask for your name?

• If the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, what is the speed of dark?

• Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

• Why does slow down and slow up mean the same thing?

• What does the Q in Q-tip stand for?

• Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would the still grow? Only to be troubled and insecure?

• What happens when none of your bees wax?

• Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injection?

• What's another word for thesaurus?

• What does Geronimo yell when he jumps out of a plane?

• When companies ship Styrofoam what do they pack it in?

• Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?

• Why do we label underwear as a pair?

• What would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?

• Why is it called a TV "set" when you only get one?

• Why in a country with freedom of speech are there phone bills?

• Does the little mermaid wear an algaebra?

• Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

• Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive up ATM?

• Should you trust a stockbroker who's married to a travel agent?

• Why do they report power outages on TV?

• Sooner or later doesn't EVERYONE stop smoking?

• Why is a keyboard called a keyboard if it just has little buttons?

• If 75% of all accidents occur within 5 miles of home, why not move 10 miles away?

• Why does your nose run and your feet smell?

• Will you die if you get scared half to death twice?

• If a vampire can't see himself in a mirror, why is his hair always so neat?

• If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

• Why do men's bicycles have crossbars?

• Why is the word abbreviated so long?

• Do married people live longer than single people do or does it just seem longer?

• Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone is going to clean them?

• Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?

• Can you be a closet claustrophobic?

• If you are in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens if you turn on your headlights?

• Isn't Disneyland a people trap operated by a mouse?

• If you keep trying to prove Murphy's law, will something go wrong?

• Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?

• Are people born stupid or do they have to work at it?

• How did a fool and his money get together?

• If the cops arrest a mime do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?

• If you try to fail and succeed which have you done?

• How can someone draw a blank?

• If quitters never win, and winners never quit, than who is the fool who said, "Quit while you're ahead"?

• How do you know when it is time to tune your bagpipes?

• If someone with multiple personalities robs a bank who is charged with the crime?

• Corn oil is made from corn, Olive oil is made from olives, so what does baby oil come from?

• How can there be self-help groups?

• If fire fighters fight fires and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?

• Why do we pay tolls on the freeway?

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

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

• Why is a black light not black?

• Why is it when a door is open it's ajar but when a jar is open isn't not adoor?

• If it is tourist season, why can't we shoot them?

• Since light travels faster than sound, is that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak?

• If someone invented instant water, what would they mix it with?

• If you’re born again do you have two belly buttons?

• Why do they say new and improved? It can't be new if it was improved can it?

• Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

• How does the guy who runs the snowplow get to work in the morning?

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

• If you got into a taxi and the driver started driving backward would the taxi driver end up owing you money?

• Why do we wait until a pig is dead to cure it?


And my personal Favourite:
• If you choke a Smurf what color would it turn?
One other thing to add.


• Why did I marry my EX Wife?:P
 
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rotflmao...only you can answer that one. :)
 
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Thaz a very long list dude :)
didnt read it all but liked what i read :)
• Why does the psychic hotline ask for your credit card number? Shouldn't they already know it?
 
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that'd keep me going for a few months to ponder...lol


thanks firefly (I was actually bored, so thank you. I have a lot to think about now) :P
 
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Let me add one more :p

WHY ARE THE BOXING RINGS SQUARED IN SHAPE :D

Thanks
PHYza
 
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Let me add one more :p

WHY ARE THE BOXING RINGS SQUARED IN SHAPE :D

Thanks
PHYza

"1839 when the London Prize Ring Rules introduced the use of a 24 square-foot boxing ring with ropes surrounding it. Also known as the ‘Pugilistic Benevolent Society’ this was to mark the end of the days when spectators formed a ‘ring’ around the fighters."
:wave:
 
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"1839 when the London Prize Ring Rules introduced the use of a 24 square-foot boxing ring with ropes surrounding it. Also known as the ‘Pugilistic Benevolent Society’ this was to mark the end of the days when spectators formed a ‘ring’ around the fighters."
:wave:

ya but the ring could even have been a circled shaped or a hexagon ;P :hehe:
 
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ya but the ring could even have been a circled shaped or a hexagon ;P :hehe:
There is also a belief that it could come from the mathematical problem of squaring the circle.:wave:
 
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Huge list, nice read .
Although a lot of them i don't get it !
 
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wow really funny stuff there.
thanks for sharing =D
 
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hahah nice post! I def enjoyed that.
 
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• Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

• Who really took the bite out of the Apple logo?

• If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?


the bests.
lol.

Thanks for sharing this. :D
 
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Glad you all liked them. I actually didn't expect anyone to read through them all.

You must have been *really* bored...lol
 
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I actually got bored after reading it lol
Glad you all liked them. I actually didn't expect anyone to read through them all.

You must have been *really* bored...lol
 
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