Interesting thoughts...

[EternallyPierced]

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?

Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?

If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick to the pan?

If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen?

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?

You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes, why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance?

Why does "cleave" mean both split apart and stick together?

Why is it called a "building" when it is already built?

Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"?

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Why do 'tug'boats push their barges?

Why are they called 'stands' when they're made for sitting?

If love is blind, how can we believe in love at first sight?

Why do they call it “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” when they know the answer is going to be everyone?

If a robber tried to rob a dance club and yelled, “Everybody get down”, would all the people start dancing?

If you cut off a glowworm’s tail would it be delighted?

If you say something is indescribable, isn’t that describing it?

Why do they call it a black light when it’s really purple?

If Pringles are “so good that once you pop, you can’t stop” why do they come with a resealable lid?

Have you ever wondered why Trix are only for kids?

If Wile Coyote had enough money for all that Acme stuff, why didn’t he just buy dinner?

If when people freak out they are said to be “having a cow”, when cows freak out are they said to be “having a person?”

Aren’t you tired of people asking you rhetorical questions and you don’t know if they are rhetorical questions or not?

Where in the nursery rhyme does it say humpty dumpty is an egg?
If someone owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the center of the earth?

Why is the show called unsolved mysteries? if they were solved they wouldn't be mysteries.

Why did Sally sell seashells on the seashore when you can just pick them up anyway?

If you pamper a cow, do you get spoiled milk?

Why do you put two cents in when its only a penny for your thoughts?

Why do we sing "Rock a bye baby" to lull our little ones to sleep when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle to the ground?

Why do sleeping pills have warning labels that state :'Caution: May Cause Drowsiness?

If humans evolved from monkey's/apes, why are they still here?

If they have angel food cake on earth, do they have people food cake in heaven?

 

[H2Row]

Haha. How interesting

 

[jream]

Why is the show called unsolved mysteries? if they were solved they wouldn't be mysteries.

ROFL!!!!

 

[arensb]

Do you have any idea what it's like, being someone who feels compelled to answer rhetorical questions?

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

I'd say this is a question of grammar. Presumably "Interstate" here doesn't describe the highways themselves, but rather their ownership: they're managed by the federal interstate highway commission. If American Airlines owned a building in London, it could similarly be referred to as the "American building", even if it were built and staffed by British citizens.

Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?

My guess is that someone did a risk calculation and figured out that the odds of passengers safely airdropping out of a plane in trouble were lower than those of a trained pilot making an emergency landing that would allow them to float long enough to evacuate to the ocean surface.

If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

So that if there's a robbery, they can lock the store long enough for the police to conduct an investigation.

If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick to the pan?

With some difficulty, I'm told.

If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen?

Unknown: by the time you got the toast tied onto the cat, you would have suffered multiple lacerations and died of blood loss.

You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes, why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance?

The design requirements are different: the black box only has to hold the tape recorder, while the plane has to have empty space to hold passengers, cargo, etc.

Besides, it wouldn't help: the hull of a plane could be indestructible, but the passengers inside are comparatively fragile: try putting an egg inside a safe, and drop it onto the pavement. The safe will emerge unscathed, but the egg won't.

Why does "cleave" mean both split apart and stick together?

In the sense of "to split apart" comes from the Old English "cleofan", while in the sense of "to stick together", it comes from the Old English "clifian". This is one of those quirks that make etymology so fascinating.

Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"?

No.

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

If I had to guess (which I do), I'd say it was because without a helmet, a pilot is more likely to die from an anti-aircraft fire near-miss, and therefore not make it to the target.

If love is blind, how can we believe in love at first sight?

Easily, actually.

Why do they call it “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” when they know the answer is going to be everyone?

a) Because it's a rhetorical construct that really means "I invite you to become a millionaire". b) Actually, not everyone wants to be very wealthy. Having lots of money comes with its own problems, which not everyone wants to deal with (e.g., the need for increased security, increased risk of kidnapping, long-lost relatives coming out of the woodwork and begging for money, etc.)

If a robber tried to rob a dance club and yelled, “Everybody get down”, would all the people start dancing?

Judging from the last few clubs I've been to, I doubt anyone would notice.

If you say something is indescribable, isn’t that describing it?

Interesting question, similar to Russell's Paradox. I'd say that describing something as "indescribable" gives you a very very small amount of information about it, but not enough to give you an idea of what it's like. If someone told you that "X is indescribable" with no further description, and you later ran across some entity Y that you would qualify as indescribable, you wouldn't be able to tell whether Y was the same as X.

Why do they call it a black light when it’s really purple?

Marketing.

If Pringles are “so good that once you pop, you can’t stop” why do they come with a resealable lid?

Because advertisers lie.

Have you ever wondered why Trix are only for kids?

No.

Aren’t you tired of people asking you rhetorical questions and you don’t know if they are rhetorical questions or not?

No. I have a tendency to answer rhetorical questions.

Where in the nursery rhyme does it say humpty dumpty is an egg?

It doesn't, but according to Wikipedia, the rhyme was originally posed as a riddle. No one bothers doing so anymore, because everyone knows the answer these days.

If someone owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the center of the earth?

Not necessarily: in a lot of cases, people own a plot of land in the sense that they may build a house on top of it, but they don't have any of the mineral rights.

Why did Sally sell seashells on the seashore when you can just pick them up anyway?

Because she's really good at sales, the sort of person who could sell a freezer to an Eskimo, or water to a fish.

Why do we sing "Rock a bye baby" to lull our little ones to sleep when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle to the ground?

Perhaps because what matters is the tune, not the lyrics. But yeah, I've often wondered the same thing.

Why do sleeping pills have warning labels that state :'Caution: May Cause Drowsiness?

Do they, really?

[goes to look at a bottle of NyQuil]

Hm. Turns out that NyQuil does say that if you use it correctly, "marked drowsiness may occur". So presumably it's required by the FDA. If sleeping pills carry a similar warning, it's probably for the same reason.

If humans evolved from monkey's/apes, why are they still here?

My ancestors were Russian, so why are there still Russians? You'd be amazed at the number of people who think this is some sort of problem for evolution.

I guess all this goes to show that one can learn something by trying to answer a silly question (I didn't know about "Humpty-Dumpty" being a riddle, for instance).

 

[christianmomof3]

If you cut off a glowworm’s tail would it be delighted?

I like that one best

 

[pimorton]

"Why do we sing "Rock a bye baby" to lull our little ones to sleep when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle to the ground?"

That's why I rewrote the song and renamed it "Rock-a-bye 21st Century Baby"

Rock-a-bye baby in the tree top
Nosey old neighbor calls for a cop
Cop calls the social worker and then
Mommy and daddy end up in the pen'.

 

[notanordinarygirl]

Lol! We live in a mad, mad place... That'd be the answer to most of the questions.