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Registered: 2005-05-12

Posts: 76

Ever wonder..

EVER WONDER..
...why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
...why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?
...why you don't ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
...why "abbreviated" is such a long word?
...why doctors call what they do "practice"?
...why you have to click on "Start" to stop Windows 98?
...why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor, while dishwashing liquid is made
with real lemons?
...why the man who invests all your money is called a broker?
...why there isn't mouse-flavored cat food?
...who tastes dog food when it has a "new & improved" flavor?
...why Noah didn't swat those two mosquitoes?
...why they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
...why they don't make the whole plane out of the material used for the
indestructible black box ?
...why sheep don't shrink when it rains?
...why they are called apartments when they are all stuck together?
...if con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
...why they call the airport "the terminal" if flying is so safe?

anyarules

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Registered: 2005-07-24

Posts: 29

Re: Ever wonder..

uuuuuummmmmmmmmm, pal, you worry tooooo much. make yourself useful. and with the noah thing, i suppose that the cow ate the mosquitos before he had the chance to swat them.---------------------------------------------------oploplop

mathsyperson

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Registered: 2005-06-22

Posts: 4,900

Re: Ever wonder..

For the needle thing, probably because if something goes wrong and the person doesn't die, but then they get ill from germs on the needle, they could sue or something. The government's crazy like that.
For the black box thing, because the material is far too dense.

...why overlook is the opposite of oversee?
...why 'lisp' has an 's' in it?
...why 'hippopotomonstrosequippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words?

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Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

EveryoneTookTheGoodNames

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Registered: 2005-07-19

Posts: 155

Re: Ever wonder..

hahahaha!!! i love it!!!!!

MathsIsFun

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Registered: 2005-01-21

Posts: 7,713

Re: Ever wonder..

And why "Chop Up" is not the opposite of "Chop Down"?

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Monox D. I-Fly

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From: Indonesia

Registered: 2015-12-02

Posts: 2,000

Re: Ever wonder..

And why "Shut Up" is not the opposite of "Shut Down" as well as "Sit Up" is not the opposite of "Sit Down"?

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Actually I never watch Star Wars and not interested in it anyway, but I choose a Yoda card as my avatar in honor of our great friend bobbym who has passed away.
May his adventurous soul rest in peace at heaven.