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Some funny and weird questions. I wonder if you can answer any of them Go and try, and vote for the best answers.

1. Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?

2. Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?

3. Why is abbreviated such a long word?

4. Why is a boxing ring square?

5. Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?

6. Why is it that doctors call what they do practice?

7. Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?

8. Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on Start?

9. Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

10. Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

11. Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

12. If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

13. If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

14. Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

15. Is there another word for synonym?

16. Is Disney World the only people trap operated by a mouse?

17. If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?

18. If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

19. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out!"

20. When your photo is taken for your driver's license, why do they tell you to smile? If you are stopped by the police and asked for your license, are you going to be smiling?

• I´m going to share this on Facebook. Thanks... - quépasa Oct 8, 2009
• I know this is an old thread but I just stumbled upon it and it's hilarious. - DJ_Huero Apr 25, 2011

Answer 1

When your photo is taken for your driver's license, why do they tell you to smile? If you are stopped by the police and asked for your license, are you going to be smiling?

Only if I'm drunk

• I wonder if that would help ;)) - Issabela Oct 8, 2009
• Here in NM they actually ask you NOT to smile. Good Morning. - nizhoni1 Oct 8, 2009
• What do they say? Frown! Snarl! Look like you just stepped in old gum! - webdunce Oct 8, 2009
• Yes - pout and look as if Santa has just taken half of your salary! - Issabela Oct 8, 2009
• Jejeje - recently they do it in Poland, too. In my old documents I'm smiling; in my new ID I look like "wanted". - Behemoth Oct 8, 2009
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Answer 2

If I actually tried to answer those, I would take the fun out of it.

I like the Disneyland Trap operated by a mouse. Did you know that by painting only 4 fingers on Mickey´s hands instead of 5 fingers that Disney was able to save Hundreds of thousands of dollars?

• Get out! That can't be true. - Goyo Oct 8, 2009
• || whips out a sketch pad and draws a mouse with only 4 fingers || ... it's not working for me ... - webdunce Oct 8, 2009
• I guess from saving animation labor...the earlier versions of Pixar's software were pretty labor intensive. - webdunce Oct 8, 2009
• OK....I've been looking this up and apparently quépasa is correct. At least there is a lot out there to support it. I humbly bow. - Goyo Oct 8, 2009
• Wow... but yes, it may be true - as in those days every single frame had to be painted or drawn separately. - Issabela Oct 8, 2009

Answer 3

Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?

For BackUp...

Why is it that doctors call what they do practice?

Everybody needs to start somewhere...

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Otherwise he would invest his own...

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

It´s so safe...

Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

In(to) different dimension...

Answer 4

Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?

Actually, back in the old days they never nailed them shut. Then somebody dropped one during a funeral. They've been nailed shut ever since.

• Jajajajaja :D - Issabela Oct 8, 2009

Answer 5

I tried answering these, but I got dizzy. I better quit.

• You don't need to answer all of these (or any) :P - Issabela Oct 8, 2009
• I think I may have actually wet myself. - Seitheach Oct 8, 2009
• jejejejej - Heidita Oct 8, 2009
• Why don't you make us wet by posting a few completely crazy answers :P - Issabela Oct 8, 2009
• Hmmm... wet is ambiguity also... I don't know, why I like English language so much ;) - Behemoth Oct 8, 2009
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Answer 6

Erm... the answer to ALL of those questions is blatantly "magic!". I thought everyone knew that.

• Incorrect ;) - Issabela Oct 8, 2009
• Yeah - especially when you concider my favourite definition of magic - "art of making conscious decicions" - Behemoth Oct 8, 2009

Answer 7

Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?

Actually there is a very practical reason for this. Opening the mouth helps to widen the eyes a bit and that helps to apply the mascara. Of course you can widen your eyes with your mouth closed, but, for some reason it's soooooooo much easier to perform this when the mouth is open because you are engaging the other muscles of your face. When the other muscles of the face are engaged it seems to help to KEEP the eyes widened for an extended period of time. Whereas if you widen your eyes with the mouth shut it's a bit of a chore to KEEP your eyes widened for a prolonged period of time.

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out!"

Think about it. Of course they knew what came out. All they had to do was watch the cow nursing the calf and they had the answer. I'm sure they figured out that all female mammals were able to give milk to their young.

Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

Answer 8

Another silly question:

Anyone ever tried to wake up a sleeping pill ?

• Once, but, after several hours, I gave up. - webdunce Oct 8, 2009
• Tylenol tablets, on the other hand, get right up. - webdunce Oct 8, 2009
• I know about one more tablet that get right up, but can't tell ;) - Issabela Oct 8, 2009
• And - paradoxically- it doesn't make you blue...? - Behemoth Oct 8, 2009
• It does when the chemical magic is gone ;)) - Issabela Oct 9, 2009

Answer 9

I had to bump this one up, because it's an old thread that not many people were exposed to (probably because they weren't members then) & I'm sure it will give many laughs to many people.

•Why is a boxing ring square?

I would say they've probably been hit in the head so many times, they can't tell the difference.

•Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out!"

Wow, good question... hmm... wouldn't it have been more practical just to continue using women since that's where we start from birth. Jaja... imagine if we were all still drinking breast milk. How odd...

• Only practical if the women are permanently pregnant. Who would want that? I would prefer to drink water. - ian-hill Apr 25, 2011
• That is why beer was invented. - lorenzo9 Apr 25, 2011