Silly Questions To Make You Think

October 11th, 2005

Why is a round pizza put in a square box?

Can you cry under the water?

Is it still called a hearing when deaf person goes to court?

If you have a cured ham, what disease did it have?

Will you be fired if you drink Pepsi at a Coke factory?

Does a person have to be important before they are considered assassinated instead of just plain murdered?

If sandwich bread is square, then why is most luncheon meats round?

When you go to Heaven, do you wear the clothes you were buried in forever?

Babies wake up almost every two hours or so, then why say, “sleep like a baby”?

Why did man walk on the moon before it was discovered that wheels could be put on luggage?

Why go to the top of a tall building only to put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

Money does not grow on trees then why do banks have branches?

Why do you “put your two cents in” when it is only “a penny for your thoughts”? What happens to the other penny?

If you are IN a movie, why are you ON TV?

By Bertha Sutliff

25 Responses to “Silly Questions To Make You Think”

  1. Jordan Says:

    I am nine years old and these are interesting.

  2. Dorothy Says:

    Food for thought. Great trivia.

  3. marvin Says:

    Wow, Bertha, these facts are certainly food for thought. Great going.

  4. daisy Says:

    great. here is some more.
    If walmart is always lowering its prices why is nothing free?

    why is it that people go to the frig find nothing sit back down and come back in a few minutes thinking that something has magicaly apeared?

  5. cici Says:

    hey, heres some more:
    who tows the tow trucks when they break down?

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

    why do people say “I have to use the ATM Machine” They are really saying I have to use the automatic transaction machine machine! ?

    why do you park in a driveway, and drive on a parkway?

  6. Aubrey Says:

    Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

    Why is it that if someone told you there are a billion stars, you would believe him, but if someone told you there is wet paint on the wall, you would have to touch it to be sure?

    If quitters never win and winners never quit, who said “Quit while you’re ahead”?

    Why is it that when something is sent in a car, its called shipment, and yet when something is sent in a ship, its called cargo?

    Why do bars advertise live bands? What does a dead band sound like?

    If one synchronized swimmer drowns do the rest of them have to drown too?

    If today is the first day of the rest of our lives, what in the world was yesterday?

    Why do they call them apartments when the are all stuck together?

    Why does bottled water have an expiration date?

    If rabbits’ feet are so lucky, then what happened to the rabbit?

    How do they get the swirls in the toothpaste to come out so perfectly?

    How would you throw away a trash can?

    How would you know when you are out of invisible ink?

    What would happen if you get scared half to death twice?

    If tomorrow is going to be twice as cold as today, and today it is 0 degrees, how cold is it going to be tomorrow?

    Why is the word “abbreviation” so long?

    What is a free gift? Aren’t all gifts free?

  7. Mary Says:

    Wow, interesting stuff to think about…heres one…

    Ever wonder about the age of charecters like Winnie the Pooh and Bugs Bunny…?

  8. who knows Says:

    why is black called black… why cant they call it red.

  9. jason Says:

    if you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

  10. yael Says:

    why is a building called a building when its already built?

  11. Anonymous Says:

    bottled water has an expiration date because the plastic bottle eventually breaks down, and the chemicals in the plastic can make you sick.

  12. Dan Says:

    do bald men wash their heads with soap or shampoo?

  13. Nicole Says:

    Do you ever think about: If a tree falls in a forest but no one is there to hear it does it make a sound? We Know the Speed of light…so what’s the speed of dark? If the Buckaneers are called the Bucs then what are the Titans Called?

  14. HooDie Says:

    Why do you “put your two cents in” when it is only “a penny for your thoughts”? What happens to the other penny?

    the oither penny is for thier listening

  15. Liam Says:

    I kow many answers to these. But I will not answer them. I also have one. Why are buildings called buildings if they are already built? Shouldn’t they be called builts?
    hmm
    And why do we think of ourselves as the smartest, and only ones, when I try to talk to my friends about parrell universes they say ‘But why do they bother to exist?’
    What if we are not the original universe?
    I am rather deep and enjoy questions about life.
    And also in the ‘Moon landing’ how come there is no sound in space but I can still here the engine and the parts breaking off? Hmmm If you would like to contact me email me or add me on MSN using this email address;
    walletis_1234@hotmail.com. Thank-you
    I also love wormholes and deep space physics…

  16. PappaBurns Says:

    This should be the number one silly question to make you think.

    “If there is no such thing as a stupid question, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask?

  17. ? Says:

    What are the 23 flavors of doctor pepper?

  18. MR X Says:

    ‘how did the keep off the grass sign get there’

    ‘why doesn’t super glue stick to the packet’

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

  19. boris Says:

    Does that screwdriver belong to Philip?
    Can a stupid person be a smart-ass?
    Does killing time damage eternity?
    Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?
    Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?
    Why is it that night falls but day breaks?
    Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?
    Why is it that when you’re driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
    Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

  20. George Says:

    Is the opposite of “pro” “noob”?

  21. Dante Says:

    I have one
    In prison why do they swab your arms with alcohol before they give you a lethal injection

  22. Dante Says:

    If you want someone to perform well, why do you tell them to “break a leg”

  23. Dre Says:

    I noticed that alot of people have chinese words as tatoos, do the chinese have english words as tatooes?

  24. Alex Says:

    Why is a pickle green? And why is it bumpy?
    Why do you park in a drive way and drive in a park way?

  25. Josh Says:

    the answer to the one about 0 degrees depends if it is in C or F because 0C is 32F and 0F is -17.77777777777778C so the answer would be either be 16F or -35.55555555555556C

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