What???

Sayings -- how do they come about? Who was the first person to say:

I'm gonna jerk a knot in your tail......physically impossible

Seven ways to Sunday......I don't even know what that means

I'm so tired, it isn't even funny......why would one think that would be funny in the first place?

Cute as a button......since when are buttons so cute?

That goes without saying......then why do people say it?

You can't have your cake and eat it too......Why would someone get cake if they can't eat it?

I've been working like a dog......most dogs lie around all day

I slept like a baby......when babies wake up like every two hours?

It's seven years of bad luck when you break a mirror......isn't seven supposed to be a lucky number?

Ignorance is bliss......then why aren't more people happy?

It's like killing two birds with one stone......has anyone ever killed two birds with one stone?

I feel blue......then what does a smurf feel like when they are sad?

I'm between a rock and a hard place......well, isn't the rock a hard place also?

I'm head over heels in love......isn't your head always over your heels?

They're selling like hotcakes......how fast do hotcakes actually sell?

It disappeared into thin air......is there such as thing as thick air?

You scared the living daylights out of me......when daylight is not living?

They vanished without a trace......then how do people know they are missing?

It is out of whack......what exactly is a whack?

Money doesn't grow on trees......then why do banks have branches?

I'm not a complete idiot......why, are some of your parts missing?

You can't have everything......where would you put it all if you could?

Expect the unexpected......doesn't that make the unexpected expected?

The best thing since sliced bread......What was the best thing before sliced bread?

You scared me to death.....obviously not.

And here are some interesting observations:

If Barbie is so popular, then why do you have to buy her friends?

If the #2 pencil is so popular why is it still #2?

Why do psychics have to ask for your name?

Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injections?

The "Psychic Friends Network" went out of business... didn't they see it coming?

Is it possible for someone to become addicted to therapy? And If so, how would you treat them?

Why do we drive on the parkway and park in the driveway?

Isn't is it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?

When sign makers go on strike, is anything written on their signs?

Why is the word abbreviation so long?

If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, is it misspelled? And if it is misspelled, how would we know?

Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?

Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?

Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?

If you are dialing from a touch-tone phone, Why do you call it 'dialing'?

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink what comes out"?

Isn't Disney World just a people trap operated by a mouse?

Why is it illegal to park in a handicapped parking space but its OK to use a handicapped toilet?

Why is it that when things get wet they get darker, even though water is clear?

Why do you go "back and forth" to town if you really must go forth before you go back?

Why do companies offer you "free gifts?" Since when has a gift NOT been free?

Should vegetarians eat animal crackers?

Whose cruel idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have a "S" in it?

Do they have reserved parking for non-handicapped people at the Special Olympics?

Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

If quitters never win, and winners never quit, how can it be wise to: "Quit while you're ahead"?

If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?

What's another word for Thesaurus?

Why is it that when transporting stuff on a car its called a SHIPment, but if transporting stuff on a ship its called CARgo?

How does the guy who runs the snowplow get to work in the morning?

Why does your nose run and your feet smell?

If a man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?

Could it be that all those people dressed up, wearing sheets, aren't going as ghosts but as mattresses?

Why do scientists call it research when they are looking for something new?

Why do they say new and improved? It can't be new if it was improved can it?

Why do they call it rush hour when nobody moves?

Why is it called a “drive through” if you have to stop?

How can there be self-help “groups”?

Why are four wheelers called bikes when bike is short for bicycle?

If practice makes perfect and there is no such thing as perfect then why practice?

If 7-11 is open 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, why do they need locks on the doors?

Just some things to consider.