Archive through May 07, 2001

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Ocean_Islands

Friday, April 27, 2001 - 09:57 am Click here to edit this post
Why do Americans mail letters at the post office
while British people post letters at the mail office?

Zeb

Friday, April 27, 2001 - 10:11 am Click here to edit this post
If you try to fail, but you succeed, which have you done?

Grooch

Friday, April 27, 2001 - 10:13 am Click here to edit this post
Maybe the same reason you drive on Parkways and park on Driveways?

Ocean_Islands

Friday, April 27, 2001 - 12:35 pm Click here to edit this post
What's an original copy?

If it's a copy, how could it be the original?

Ocean_Islands

Friday, April 27, 2001 - 12:36 pm Click here to edit this post
When a house burns down, how can it also burn up?

Grooch

Friday, April 27, 2001 - 12:40 pm Click here to edit this post
Why do they call them buildings if they're already Built? They should be called Builts.

Wink

Friday, April 27, 2001 - 12:50 pm Click here to edit this post
How come it's not over till it's over?

Zeb

Friday, April 27, 2001 - 03:26 pm Click here to edit this post
If most car accidents occur within 5 Kilometers of home, then why doesn't everyone just move 5 K's away?

Zeb

Saturday, April 28, 2001 - 08:20 am Click here to edit this post
If love is blind, then why is lingerie so popular?

Twiggyish

Saturday, April 28, 2001 - 08:31 am Click here to edit this post
Why do the seniors in Florida stop at green lights and run red lights or stop in the middle of the road?

Ocean_Islands

Saturday, April 28, 2001 - 08:36 am Click here to edit this post
Haven't you ever heard of braille?


It's a French manufacturer of lingerie.

Wink

Saturday, April 28, 2001 - 04:14 pm Click here to edit this post
Is there another word for synonym?

Gail

Saturday, April 28, 2001 - 05:17 pm Click here to edit this post
What if there were no hypothetical questions?

Zeb

Monday, April 30, 2001 - 01:58 pm Click here to edit this post
A stitch in time saves nine what?

Jenhavins

Monday, April 30, 2001 - 02:14 pm Click here to edit this post
How do you throw away a trash can?

Ocean_Islands

Tuesday, May 01, 2001 - 05:05 am Click here to edit this post
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Nancy

Tuesday, May 01, 2001 - 08:47 am Click here to edit this post
Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3)The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to
present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Grooch

Tuesday, May 01, 2001 - 11:01 am Click here to edit this post
If a turtle loses its shell is it naked or homeless?

Ocean_Islands

Tuesday, May 01, 2001 - 11:35 am Click here to edit this post
Dead.

Zeb

Tuesday, May 01, 2001 - 11:38 am Click here to edit this post
If there is life after death, do we ever truly die?

Grooch

Tuesday, May 01, 2001 - 11:45 am Click here to edit this post
OI,

The chicken.

Zeb

Wednesday, May 02, 2001 - 07:51 am Click here to edit this post
Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

Grooch

Wednesday, May 02, 2001 - 12:41 pm Click here to edit this post
If nothing sticks to teflon, then how do they make teflon stick to the pan?

Zeb

Monday, May 07, 2001 - 09:01 am Click here to edit this post
How many Presidents must be put in office until we find a leader that satisfies everyone?

Max

Monday, May 07, 2001 - 09:23 am Click here to edit this post
Here's another example, Nancy. :)

A man from Slough burned his hands and jumped in the slough to cool off, but the outer skin began to slough off anyway.

Translation:
Slough (pronounced slow) is a suburb of London.
slough (pronounced slew) is a swamp, marsh, pond, or bog
slough (pronounced sluf) means to shed an outer layer or covering