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Questions of the age

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JustJohn

JustJohn Report 28 Feb 2014 09:58

:-D :-D :-D All funny and true.

"Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?"

I was noticing whilst walking through a big city yesterday that one person would press the pedestian button to change the traffic lights. Then everyone else who arrived at the crossing would do a detour and also press the button.

Yet all of us would believe that the night had a thousand stars (or 4,000,142, 008 to be very precise) :-D

Dermot

Dermot Report 28 Feb 2014 09:04

How is it that Road Sign Manufacturers know the directions to all areas?

Joy

Joy Report 28 Feb 2014 08:57

Jonesey :-)

Renes

Renes Report 28 Feb 2014 08:49



<3 <3 <3

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 28 Feb 2014 08:42

:-D :-D :-D - excellent Jonesey!

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 27 Feb 2014 22:59

:-D :-D :-D

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 27 Feb 2014 22:45

Brilliant and all true :-D

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 27 Feb 2014 22:10

Why have a sign that says "one way" when we are only going one way, it may not be the right way but it is only one.

Kim Annette

Kim Annette Report 27 Feb 2014 22:03

well done Jonesey..... cracked me up...

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 27 Feb 2014 13:32

Oh why tell me why :-D :-D :-D

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 27 Feb 2014 13:16

:-D

Roy

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 27 Feb 2014 11:30

How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?:-S

Why does a round pizza come in a square box?:-S

What disease did cured ham actually have?:-S

Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up roughly every two hours?:-S

Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?:-S

Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?:-S

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?:-S

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?:-S

Why, Why, Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are almost dead?:-S

Why do banks charge us a fee for having 'insufficient funds' when they know there is not enough money?:-S

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?:-S

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?:-S

Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?:-S

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?:-S

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?:-S

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?:-S

Why do people keep running over a thread a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?:-S

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?:-S

In winter, why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?:-S

The statistics on sanity is that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness.
Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you. :-D