Things to make you go hhmmm

1. If a store is open 24/7 why are their locks on the doors?

2. If a psychic can predict your future why do they ask you for your name?

3. Before they invented drawing boards where did they go back to?

4. Why is it that a doctors work is called a practice?

5. If our body temperature is normally 98.6 degrees, how come when it's 98 degrees outside, no one is comfortable?

6. Why do they say "an alarm going off," if it is really going on?

7. Why is the 0 on a phone after 1 and not before 1?

8. Why is Charlie short for Charles if they are both the same number of letters?

9. Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?

10. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

11. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

13. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

14. 364 days of the year, parents tell their kids not to take candy from strangers, yet on Halloween, its encouraged Why is that ?

15. Why is it that someone says head up when they mean for you to duck?

1. If a store is open 24/7 why are their locks on the doors?
If they go on holiday & have to close.

2. If a psychic can predict your future why do they ask you for your name?
They may know your future, but they don't get told your name.

3. Before they invented drawing boards where did they go back to?
I dont get that.

4. Why is it that a doctors work is called a practice?
Cos tahts just what its called.

5. If our body temperature is normally 98.6 degrees, how come when it's 98 degrees outside, no one is comfortable?
Aint it 36degrees?

6. Why do they say "an alarm going off," if it is really going on?
dont get it.

7. Why is the 0 on a phone after 1 and not before 1?
dno

8. Why is Charlie short for Charles if they are both the same number of letters?
charlies a nickname for charles, also short for charlotte

9. Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?
not all of i is, & bread isnt always square.

10. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
mmk

11. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
the same with woman only producing eggs in at a certain age

12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
k

13. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
k

14. 364 days of the year, parents tell their kids not to take candy from strangers, yet on Halloween, its encouraged Why is that ?
cos halloweens a festival about taking candy

15. Why is it that someone says head up when they mean for you to duck?
idno.

none of that makes me go 'mmm'

Lol.. Dey gud! I did go Hmmm.. Where did you get them from? x

It was more *yawn* then hmm..

I like the ones off brainiac ^_^

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Originally Posted by :soph

I like the ones off brainiac ^_^

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o ye they're good.

I don't really go "Hmm" when I read them. Also, a few near the end wouldn't make anyone go "Hmm" cos they were just facts.

1. If a store is open 24/7 why are their locks on the doors?

Bank Holidays? Etc...

2. If a psychic can predict your future why do they ask you for your name?

Because in the future, you might not tell him your name.

3. Before they invented drawing boards where did they go back to?

That's just an expression.

4. Why is it that a doctors work is called a practice?

Everything you do is a practice.

5. If our body temperature is normally 98.6 degrees, how come when it's 98 degrees outside, no one is comfortable?

That's the inside of your body, it's the outside that feels the heat.

6. Why do they say "an alarm going off," if it is really going on?

They decided it to be that.

7. Why is the 0 on a phone after 1 and not before 1?

0 is a weird number.

8. Why is Charlie short for Charles if they are both the same number of letters?

It's not short, it's a nickname. Like Jimmy is a nickname for James, yet its got two syllables.

9. Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?

They wanted it to be.

10. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

Cool.

11. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

Thats nice...

12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Special.

13. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

I don't need a wake up in the morning when I have an alarm clock.

14. 364 days of the year, parents tell their kids not to take candy from strangers, yet on Halloween, its encouraged Why is that ?

Because its a candy holiday.

15. Why is it that someone says head up when they mean for you to duck?

Heads up, means "look up" because the ball is coming from overhead.

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Originally Posted by Starburst..x

1. If a store is open 24/7 why are their locks on the doors?

2. If a psychic can predict your future why do they ask you for your name?

3. Before they invented drawing boards where did they go back to?

4. Why is it that a doctors work is called a practice?

5. If our body temperature is normally 98.6 degrees, how come when it's 98 degrees outside, no one is comfortable?

6. Why do they say "an alarm going off," if it is really going on?

7. Why is the 0 on a phone after 1 and not before 1?

8. Why is Charlie short for Charles if they are both the same number of letters?

9. Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?

10. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

11. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

13. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

14. 364 days of the year, parents tell their kids not to take candy from strangers, yet on Halloween, its encouraged Why is that ?

15. Why is it that someone says head up when they mean for you to duck?

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1) They close on holidays
2) their a rip off they cant tell you the future
3) paper
4) its called a general practice, it has a different definition and here it is: Diagnosis and treatment for medical care of all ages.
5) Were not used to different heats
6) way of speech
7) they wanted it that way.
8) its not short for charles thats just what some people like to be called
9) lazy people
10) its got the same properties.
11) has to grow first
12) gravity affects it differently
13) sour taste ( in some )
14) special holiday
15) never heard that before.

(found off a site)

1) Since Americans throw rice at weddings, do Asians throw hamburgers?

2) The Scarecrow got a brain, Tin Man got a heart, Lion got courage, Dorothy got home, what did Toto get?

3) Since there is a speed of light and a speed of sound, is there a speed of smell?

4) What do sheep count when they can't get to sleep?

5) Can fat people go skinny-dipping?

6) Crime doesn't pay... does that mean my job is a crime? << funi question

7) Do fish get thirsty?

8) When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?

9) How come wrong numbers are never busy?

10) Where in the nursery rhyme does it say Humpty Dumpty is an egg?

11) How do they get the "Keep off the Grass" sign on the grass?

12) Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?

13) Why are violets blue and not violet?

1) Since Americans throw rice at weddings, do Asians throw hamburgers?

You don't grow hamburgers in fields in America.

2) The Scarecrow got a brain, Tin Man got a heart, Lion got courage, Dorothy got home, what did Toto get?

**** all, the wizard hates that stupid dog for pulling the curtain open.

3) Since there is a speed of light and a speed of sound, is there a speed of smell?

Yes, it's carried on the wind.

4) What do sheep count when they can't get to sleep?

Sheep can't count they're too stupid.

5) Can fat people go skinny-dipping?

Yes but they shouldn't.

6) Crime doesn't pay... does that mean my job is a crime? << funi question

o lol!

7) Do fish get thirsty?

If they do they die.

8) When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?

Turns into dust, erasers pull up a section of the page init.

9) How come wrong numbers are never busy?

Because it's only the people who you reckon are you friends that don't want to talk to you.

10) Where in the nursery rhyme does it say Humpty Dumpty is an egg?

In the pictures.

11) How do they get the "Keep off the Grass" sign on the grass?

With a really long hammer.

12) Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?

To make money.

13) Why are violets blue and not violet?

The dye you get from crushing them is violet.

1. If a store is open 24/7 why are their locks on the doors?
Holidays and stuff

2. If a psychic can predict your future why do they ask you for your name?
So they know who you are ;] They could be thinking of the wrong person!
3. Before they invented drawing boards where did they go back to?
iunno
4. Why is it that a doctors work is called a practice?
It always has been, sounds more pro dont you think?
5. If our body temperature is normally 98.6 degrees, how come when it's 98 degrees outside, no one is comfortable?
Because 100 degrees is boiling point wich would kill us with 3rd degree burns, obviously 98 degrees will also do this.
6. Why do they say "an alarm going off," if it is really going on?
"Quick, run, the alarm is going on!" ;/
7. Why is the 0 on a phone after 1 and not before 1?
So its easier to press and to remember.
8. Why is Charlie short for Charles if they are both the same number of letters?
If you were called Charles, would you rather be called Charles or Charlie?
9. Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?
Not all sandwich meat is round, you can square smoked ham, kfnx.
10. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
Proove it pls
11. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
Who cares?
12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Lovely
13. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
Proove it
14. 364 days of the year, parents tell their kids not to take candy from strangers, yet on Halloween, its encouraged Why is that ?
Because, its tradition to take candy and sweets on halloween, its like saying "dont take presents at christmas", its tradition.
15. Why is it that someone says head up when they mean for you to duck?
To see where the ball or whatever is? You dont just duck, it could just hit you on the back rofl, people look for it, then move.