A long list of questions...

A long list of questions a friend sent by email today.....lol, enjoy.

Auspetian

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1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?

2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the
second hand?

3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how
would we ever know?

4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he
find the words?

5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a
whack?

6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same
thing?

7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the
same thing?

8. Why are they called "stands" when they are made
for sitting?

9. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is
"after light"?

10. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the
unexpected expected?

11. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?

12. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite
things?

13. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?

14. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay
you to do it?

15. If all the world is a stage, where is the
audience sitting?

16. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

17. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you
read all right?

18. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote
control when
you know the batteries are dead?

19. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments
in a suitcase?

20. How come abbreviated is such a long word?

21. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when
we use them?

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

23. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have
one?