Sports

1. WHY DO we sit in stands, at sporting events?

2. WHY DO running backs run forwards and not backwards?

3. WHY IS it good to be "under par" in golf, but bad to be "under par" in anything else?

4. WHY DO they sing, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame"? When they are AT a ball game?

5. WHY are boxing rings square?

6. WHY DO skydivers say “Geronimo” when they jump out of a plane? Did he skydive?

7. WHY DO ballerinas dance on the tips of their toes? Couldn't they just get taller girls?

Words

1. WHY IS 'Abbreviation' such a long word?

2. WHY DO they call a building a building? Isn't it already built?

3. WHY DOES the sun come up and go Down, when everything else goes up and comes Down?

4. WHY DOES the word 'monosyllabic' have five syllables?  

5. WHY DO they call them apartments if they're so close together?

6. WHY DO 'fat chance' and 'slim chance' mean the same thing?

7.  WHY IS the third hand on your watch called the second hand?

8. When it's dark out, WHY DO we say it's 'after dark'.  Isn't it after light?

9. WHY are you "in" a movie, but "on" TV?

10. WHY AREN'T greyhounds grey?

11. WHY DO people say something IS indescribable? Isn't that describing it?

12. WHY DO all the moons of all the other planets have a name, and ours IS just plain "Moon"??

13. WHY IS it that when lights are out, they are invisible, but when the stars are out, they are visible?

14. WHY Isn't 'phonetic' spelled the way it sounds?

15. WHY Does quicksand work slowly?
16. WHY IS common sense so uncommon? WHY are they called stairs when they are inside and steps when they are outside?

17. WHY DO people say heads up when you should duck?

18. In the Army, WHY DO privates eat in a general mess and generals eat in a private mess?

19. WHY IS the man who invests your money called a 'broker'?

20. WHY IS it that night falls, but day breaks?

21. WHY IS there only one monopolies commission?

22. WHY Does the sun come up and go Down, when everything else goes up and comes Down?

23. WHY DO the words 'loosen' and 'unloosen' mean the same thing?

24. WHY IS there no name for the TOP of your feet?

25. WHY DO we recite at a play, and play at a recital?

26. WHY IS it so hard to remember how to spell 'mnemonic'?

27. WHY DOESN’T "onomatopoeia" sound like what it IS?

28. WHY DO they call it a TV set if you only get one?

29. WHY DO we say an alarm clock IS 'going off' when it begins ringing? ISN’T it going on?

30. WHY IS it that, whether you sit up or sit Down, the result IS the same?

31. WHY IS the word 'dyslexic' so hard to spell?

32. WHY DOES the word 'one' has a 'w' sound in it, but the word 'two' DOESN’T?

33. WHY DO women go out and get a "permanent" every six

34. months?

35. WHY DOES a priceless object cost more than a pricey one?

36. WHY DO they say that Doing the Hokey Pokey IS what its all about.

37. WHY DO people still say something that "goes without saying",

38. WHY IS it when a Door IS open it's ajar, but when a jar IS open it's not adore?

39. WHY IS the alphabet in that order? IS it because of the song?

40. WHY DO 'fat chance' and 'slim chance' mean the same thing?

TRAVEL

1. WHY DO they call it 'rush hour' when traffic IS usually moving very slowly?

2. WHY are there interstate highways in Hawaii?  

3. WHY DO we put suits in a garment bag and garments in a suitcase?

4. WHY IS it that when you send something by ship, it's called a cargo, and if you send something by car, it's called a shipment?

5. WHY are semi-trucks bigger than regular trucks?

6.  WHY DOESN'T the Washington Monument look like George?

7. WHY DO they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?

8. WHY DO so many rivers have the uncanny ability to follow state lines?

9. WHY DON’T boat Skippers skip?

10. WHY IS it that, when two planes almost collide, we call it a 'near miss'? Shouldn't it be a 'near hit'?  

11. WHY are there flotation devices under plane seats, instead of parachutes?

12. WHY ISN’T Rhode Island an Island?

13. If "Star Wars" takes place 'a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away', WHY almost everyone speaks English?

14. WHY DO we put suits in a garment bag and garments in a suitcase?

15. WHY DO they call a building a building? ISN’T it already built?

16. WHY DID kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

17. WHY DO we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

18. WHY DO we struggle to find the closest parking place when we go to the mall, then spend three hours walking all over the place?

19. WHY DO gas stations lock their bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will come in and clean them?

20. WHY DO people pay to go up in tall buildings, and then put money in binoculars so they can look at things on the ground?

Occupations

1. WHY DO scientists call it 'research' when they're looking for something new?

2. WHY DO psychics work if they can tell you what the winning lottery numbers will be? And WHY DO people call them for answers?

3. WHY DO Doctors Practice Medicine? Shouldn’t they already be good at it?

4. WHY IS the man who invests your money called a 'broker'?

5. DO preschools have preteachers?

6. WHY are you in a movie, but you are on TV?

7. WHY DO drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?

8. WHY IS there only one monopolies commission?  

Food

1. WHY are peanuts that DON'T have shells called 'shelled peanuts'. Shouldn't they be 'unshelled peanuts'?

2. WHY DO privates in the Army eat in a General Mess and generals eat in a Private Mess?

3. WHY IS tuna sometimes called 'tuna fish'?  Chicken IS never called 'chicken bird'.

4. WHY IS sweetmeat not meat, but sweetbread IS?

5. WHY Does a Chinese fortune cookie have a message in English in it?

6. WHY DO we wait until a pig IS dead to 'cure' it?

7. If croutons are just stale bread, WHY DO they ship it in airtight packages?

8. WHY IS tuna sometimes called 'tuna fish'? Chicken IS never called “chicken bird”.

9. WHY DO we need tomato paste? Did someone break a tomato?

10. WHY DOES a round pizza come in a square box?

11. WHY DO they say 'easy as pie'? Have you ever tried making a pie? It Isn't easy!

12. WHY DO people view a glass as "half empty" or "half full" when actually the glass IS just too big?

13. WHY DO they say 'easy as pie'? Have you ever tried making a pie? It Isn't that easy!

14. WHY DO they call the little candy bars "fun sizes". Wouldn't it be more fun to eat a big one?

15. WHY IS bread square, but most sandwich meats round?

Animals

1. WHY DON’T sheep shrink when it rains?

2. WHY didn’t Noah swat the mosquitoes?

3. WHY DO we wait until a pig IS dead to 'cure' it?

4. WHY DON’T sheep shrink when it rains?

5. If Wile E Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME stuff, WHY didn't he just buy dinner?

6. WHY ISN’T there mouse-flavored cat food?

7. WHY IS Mickey Mouse bigger than his Dog Pluto?

8. WHY AREN'T greyhounds grey?

 Mixed

1. WHY DO banks charge you fees for having insufficient funds?  They already know you DON'T have the money.
2. WHY AREN'T there bulletproof pants?
3. WHY IS it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?
4. WHY IS it that people who tell you to have an open mind always want you to agree with them?
5. WHY DOESN'T Tarzan have a beard?

6. WHY IS it that your feet smell and your nose runs?

7. WHY DO they sterilize lethal injections?