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message 551: by [deleted user] (new)

Because 'someone' doesn't know that 'nobody' likes it.

Why is the film roll from which photos are made called 'negative'?


message 552: by Rose (new)

Rose (roseo) Because there are many more bad shots than good ones.

Why do birds sing?


message 553: by Apokripos (new)

Apokripos (apokalypse) Because they got nothing else to do besides crapping on someone's head...


Did you take your kitchen sink's gunk?


message 554: by [deleted user] (new)

No, I get my gunk from the ATG 'Any Time Gunk' like other normal people.

Has it ever really been wrinkle free (as they claim in those ad's)?


message 555: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments Only when newborn - and we all know that doesn't last!

Why should I want whiter whites? isn't plain white good enough?


message 556: by GracieKat (new)

GracieKat | 864 comments If it was there wouldn't be eggshell white, ivory white, etc.

Why do our kids have so much more energy than us when we are the ones that need it?


message 557: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments I think it has something to do with the law of diminishing returns - but I'm not up on physics, so I could be wrong!

Why can't we have grass that reaches a height of two inches and stops growing? Shouldn't some of that genetic research be put to practical use?


message 558: by Atishay (new)

Atishay | 1451 comments Because that would be injustice for grass, it may sue you for curtailing its human rights!

Why does 'green' signal means 'go' and 'red' means 'stop'?


message 559: by [deleted user] (new)

They came up with the grazing cow some time back but those creatures keep disappearing..lord knows where! They should clone some more!

Why are mice used in labs more than other animals?




message 560: by [deleted user] (new)

green = spring time = spring ahead
red = fire = don't go further if you want to see another spring!

Why are mice used in labs more than other animals?


message 561: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) It's all a ploy on the part of the mice... You see, they are secretly doing experiments on us! ;)

Who decides what is "politically correct" and what is not?


message 562: by Rose (new)

Rose (roseo) You do.

Why do people read their horoscopes?


message 563: by Apokripos (new)

Apokripos (apokalypse) Because there's nothing else worth reading in the newspaper anyway... why bother... at least the horoscope page always has cool colors to look at... and see the zodiac sign illustration?!... i be that would make MichaelAngelo cringe....


What book will be the big thing?


message 564: by GracieKat (new)

GracieKat | 864 comments The next big thing

Can tutles come out of their shell?


message 565: by Atishay (new)

Atishay | 1451 comments Yes, they can and they don't as they are very shy about it.

Why do we grow old?


message 566: by Rose (new)

Rose (roseo) Recycling of the planet. :D

Why do people want to live forever?


message 567: by Atishay (new)

Atishay | 1451 comments To eat and sleep.

Why do the dustbins say 'Use Me' ?


message 568: by Stella (new)

Stella (stella_exlibris) | 458 comments because they are masochistic.

Why do we sneeze?


message 569: by Jessica (new)

Jessica | 489 comments Smog causes too many boogers.

Why does everyone value thinness?


message 570: by [deleted user] (new)

Everybody loves taking sides.

Why is colour so important? (How many people like a yellow watermelon?)


message 571: by Sara ♥ (last edited Apr 22, 2009 08:27AM) (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) A fruit of any other color would NOT taste as sweet...

I think with foods (fruits and vegetables, especially), color is one of the main indicators of ripeness, so when you see a yellow watermelon, you automatically think it's not ripe yet.....

Of course, on St. Patrick's Day, people dye all sorts of foods green, and that's perfectly acceptable...

Why do some authors love to make people cry??


message 572: by Stella (new)

Stella (stella_exlibris) | 458 comments because usually people don't cry as easily as they laugh, it is a challenge.

Why are there 4 seasons and not more or less? who decided of it?


message 573: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) In Texas, we like to joke that we have two seasons: hot and not-so-hot.

BUT, it's all about how the earth goes around the sun in an elliptical orbit and how the earth is rotating on a tilted axis. So I would say whoever put the earth here, traveling around the sun in an elliptical orbit and made the earth rotate on a tilted axis is responsible. (*coughGodcough*) Aren't the seasons lovely?

Why do people make fun of engineers?


message 574: by Stella (new)

Stella (stella_exlibris) | 458 comments I wasn't aware they did. Do they? really?

Why do mothers want their daughters to marry doctors?


message 575: by yellowbird (new)

yellowbird | 55 comments because they don't want them to marry bank robbers


why are there many types of mustard, but only one type of ketchup?


message 576: by Amanda (new)

Amanda (amandahandiamhen) | 10 comments Because humans didn't try to breed it for its looks or taste because it was perfect the way it was and so it never branched off into different sub species and there was no pattern of evolution.

Can I ask you a question?


message 577: by gina~* (new)

gina~* Why couldn't you ask me a question?


Why do people sometimes answer questions with questions?


message 578: by Mosca (new)

Mosca | 828 comments I'm sorry, could you repeat that please?

Now where did I leave my pencil?


message 579: by Sara ♥ (new)

Sara ♥ (saranicole) Is it a regular pencil or a mechanical pencil?

Why do I hate cleaning so much?


message 580: by Apokripos (new)

Apokripos (apokalypse) Because dust has a strange of attraction to you...


What can you do to repel dusts from Saranicole's face?


message 581: by Rose (new)

Rose (roseo) Keep the fan on.

Who does a crossword puzzle in ink?





message 582: by Mosca (last edited Apr 22, 2009 08:13PM) (new)

Mosca | 828 comments Newspapers do it every day.

Where did I put my shoes?


message 583: by Rose (new)

Rose (roseo) LOL, Mosca!

Wherever you left your pencil.

What came first, the chicken or the egg?


message 584: by Esther (new)

Esther (eshchory) | 575 comments The dinosaur

Why did the Big Bang?


message 585: by Jessica (new)

Jessica | 489 comments Because the little one couldn't.

Why am I still awake?


message 586: by Atishay (new)

Atishay | 1451 comments You're dreaming that you're awake. You're actually fast asleep.

Why do birds fly?


message 587: by Stella (new)

Stella (stella_exlibris) | 458 comments because they can't swim.

Why are there oceans and not just land?


message 588: by Esther (new)

Esther (eshchory) | 575 comments Because people need somewhere to go and cry

Why are tears salty?


message 589: by Atishay (new)

Atishay | 1451 comments Because sugar molecules are larger than salt molecules. Tears are small, so salt molecules can only come in.

Why did man invent television?


message 590: by [deleted user] (new)

So we can take a break from answering stupid questions.

Where do all these 'stupid' questions come from?


message 591: by Stella (new)

Stella (stella_exlibris) | 458 comments from stupid people ;-)

who determines who/what is stupid?


message 592: by [deleted user] (new)

Tom Hanks said it "Stupid is as stupid does"

Why don't we have famous lines among common people (or do we?


message 593: by Stella (new)

Stella (stella_exlibris) | 458 comments We do, it's just that a limited number of people are aware of those famous lines, since you only know a limited number of people.

Why do opposites attract?


message 594: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments Because the iron in your blood works like a magnet - and we all know the opposite ends of magnets attract!

Is that why so many people kiss their boss's a**, because their opposite ends attract?


message 595: by [deleted user] (new)

You didn't buy them a luxury cave fitted with a trendy scratch post.

Do parrots understand what they are taught to speak?


message 596: by Catamorandi (new)

Catamorandi (wwwgoodreadscomprofilerandi) | 1045 comments No, it is simply an automatic response.

What planet am I from?


message 597: by Stella (new)

Stella (stella_exlibris) | 458 comments for the experience called a lifetime.

Why is birth so painful?


message 598: by rebecca j (new)

rebecca j (technophobe) | 6029 comments because if we didn't it would be too hard to work the remote and get snacks during commercials

Why do we have hair


message 599: by [deleted user] (new)

So we'll know when the wind is blowing.

Why did we do away with the barter system?


message 600: by Rose (new)

Rose (roseo) When did that happen?

Why do herbs make food taste better?


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