Food For Thought (041411)

These are things that make you go hmmm. Some of them are valid questions that I would like to know the answer to. Others can be explained but still give you something to think about.

1. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?

2. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

3. Why do women wear evening gowns to go out at night? Shouldn't they be wearing night gowns?

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

7. Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?

8. Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?

9. Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?

10. If horrific is akin to horrible, why isn't terrific akin to terrible?

11. Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one?

12. Do Roman paramedics refer to IV's as "4's"?

13. 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?

15. Why are there locks on the door of stores that are open 24/7 365 days a year?

16. Why are there braille dots on a drive-through ATM keypad?