Contemplations
1. If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times,
does he become disoriented?
2. If people from Poland are called "Poles," why aren't people from
Holland called "Holes?"
3. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
4. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
5. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
6. Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
7. Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread
to begin with.
8. Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a
person who drives a race car not called a racist?
9. Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?
10. Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
11. If horrific means to make horrible, does terrific mean to make
terrible?
12. Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one?
13. "I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English
language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?
14. If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it
follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted,
cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked and
dry cleaners depressed?
15. 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?