Q U E R I E S


Some questions that come up from time to time
Revised 6/1/98 and 07/28/2023


How do they get teflon to stick to the pan?
Why do you park in a driveway but drive on a parkway?
What was the greatest thing before sliced bread?
If something falls between the cracks, won't it fall onto something?
Why is the spokesperson always moving around on TV car ads?
Why do they call it a hot water heater? It heats cold water.

Why is the man who invests your money called a broker?
Why is there never time to do it right but always time to do it over?
Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?
Movie ads. Why so many names cluttering up the poster/screen?
Why don't the beneficiaries pay the premiums on life insurance policies?
Why is abbreviation such a long word?
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
If a train station is where a train stops, then what is a workstation?
A pair of pliers, a pair of pants? I don't think so.
Does an infinite list have a top?
Is there another word for synonym?
If we're descended from apes, why are there still apes?
Why couldn't the Egyptian Kings find anyone who could draw really well?
How high would the oceans be if sponges didn't live there?
Scientists say that the universe is expanding. What is it expanding into?

From Sierra Hourigan
Why do 24 hr. 7-11 stores have locks on the doors if they're open 24 hrs?
Why do you need a drivers license to buy alcohol if you can't drink while you drive?

From Peter and Stephanie Gonos
Why are there Interstate highways in Hawaii?
Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
Imagine you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
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 don't they make airplanes out of the same stuff as those black boxes?
Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?

Do you have any "posers"? I'd be happy to include them here.
Mail them to me at tmurray@surewest.net

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