Wondering Why!?

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too?
If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry?
Why is it that no word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple?
If a pig loses it's voice, is it disgruntled?
Why do women wear evening gowns to nightclubs? Shouldn't they be wearing night gowns?
Why is it that when we bounce a check, the bank charges us more of what they already know we don't have any of?
When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with.
When cheese gets it's picture taken, what does it say?
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
Why can't you make another word using all the letters in "anagram"?
Why, is it that when I wind my watch, I start it, but when I wind up a project, I end it?
Why is it that we recite at a play and play at a recital?
Why is a wise man and wise guy opposites?
Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
Why don't tomb, comb, and bomb sound alike?
Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
If horrific means to make horrible, does terrific mean to make terrible?
Why do politicians in America run for office when those in Britain only have to stand for it?
Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one?
"I am." is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I Do." is the longest sentence?
If the singular of GEESE is GOOSE, shouldn't a Portuguese person be called a Portugoose?
Why is a procrastinator's work never done?
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked and drycleaners depressed?
If people from Poland are called "Poles," why aren't people from Holland called "Holes?"
Do Roman paramedics refer to IV's as "4's"?
Why is it that if someone tells you that there are 1 billion stars in the universe you will believe them, but if they tell you a wall has wet paint you will have to touch it to be sure?
Are people more violently opposed to fur rather than leather because it's much easier to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs?
Originally published November 14, 2002.