Jokes!

 Unanswerable Questions

 Return to Homepage

Unanswerable Questions
  1. Why is "Abbreviation" such a long word?
  2. If one Synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too?
  3. Do witches run spell checkers?
  4. Why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor if you can't drink and drive?
  5. Why isn't "phonetic" spelled the way it sounds?
  6. Why are there Interstate Highways in Hawaii?
  7. Why are there flotation devices under airplane seats and no parachutes?
  8. Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?
  9. Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?
  10. Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
  11. How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the morning?
  12. If 7-11's are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?
  13. If a cow laughs really hard does milk come out its nose?
  14. What makes Teflon stick to the pan?
  15. If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, which would hit the ground first?
  16. If you were driving at the speed of light, what would happen if you turned on the headlights?
  17. Why does anyone bother calling a Psychic Hotline…If they really are psychic, shouldn't they call you?
  18. Why are there Braille Dots on the keypad of the drive-through ATM?
  19. Why do we drive on Parkways and park in Driveways?
  20. Why is it that when you transport something by car it's called a shipment, but if you transport it by boat it is cargo?
  21. Why is an orange orange, but a banana is yellow?
  22. Why don't they make the whole plane out of the same stuff as the indestructible black box is made of?
  23. Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address you turn the volume on the radio down?
  24. Why do they call them apartments when they are all close together?
  25. Why do people keep saying it's such a small world? I wouldn't want to paint it.
  26. Why is it when you buy a parakeet at the pet store you only get one?
  27. When they ship Styrofoam, what do they pack it with?
  28. Why do they call them Jumbo Shrimps?
  29. Why is chili so hot?
  30. If fish spend most of their lives in schools, why aren't they smarter?
  31. Why do they have an expiration date on sour cream?
  32. Why do they call in "tennis"? Shouldn't it be "twonis" or "fournis"?
  33. Why do they call a single TV a set?
  34. Why do irons have a permanent press setting?
  35. Why does my AM radio work in the afternoon?
  36. If vegetarians eat only vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
  37. Why does the word blind have an "i" in it?
  38. Why do free agent baseball players cast so much?
  39. Do you have to live in a small country to enjoy cross-country skiing?
  40. How young can you be and still die of old age?
  41. If you break a mirror and get seven years bad luck, could a good lawyer get you off in five?
  42. Why do "wiseguy" and "wiseman" have such opposite meanings?
  43. Why isn't room temperature just whatever the temperature of the room is?
  44. How much deeper would the ocean be if there weren't sponges living in it?
  45. Why isn't the fattest man in the world a hockey goalie?
  46. Why are highways built close to the ground?
  47. If olive oil is made from olives, what is baby oil made from?
  48. If a fire fighter fights fires, what does a freedom fighter fight?
  49. How come your nose runs and your feet smell?
  50. How come you chop a tree down and then chop it up?
  51. What's the synonym for thesaurus?
  52. What is the speed of dark?
  53. How come a woman can man a workstation, but a man can't woman one?
  54. Why do they call it rebooting the computer when kicking the computer is usually not involved?
  55. Why do they call them a backyard when most are more than 3 feet long?
  56. Why does life insurance only pay off if you die?
  57. Why do they call the buildings when they are already built?
  58. If men get hernias, do women get hisnias?
  59. Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
  60. Who puts the "thin ice" sign out there?
  61. If you're a kleptomaniac, is there something you can take for it?
  62. Why don't dry beers make you thirsty after drinking them?
  63. Why don't most people wok on Labor Day?
  64. Why does a rabbit bring Easter eggs, not a chicken?
  65. Why is it called tourist season if you can't hunt them?
  66. Why is a rabbit's foot considered good luck? It didn't work for the rabbit.
  67. Why do they call them a pair of pants when it's only one?
  68. Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
  69. Why do they call them hamburgers when they are made of beef?
  70. Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
  71. Why is the President's wife the First Lady? I thought Eve was.
  72. Why do women wear one bra but a pair of panties?
  73. How much aging time would they save if they made wine out of raisins?
  74. Do cows believe that all Hindus are sacred?
  75. If you fart in a baking soda factory, can anyone smell it?
  76. What do batteries run on?
  77. Do most hockey players prefer ice beer?
  78. Why do they make ballerinas dance on their toes? Why not just hire taller ballerinas?
  79. Why is a "W" pronounced "double-u"? Shouldn't it be "double-v"?
  80. Why does common sense seem so rare?
  81. Why do they always call Wednesday "hump day" when most people get it on during the weekends?
  82. Why do they call it a wake when no one ever wakes up?
  83. Why do they call them runways at airports and not flyways?
  84. Why are they calling "hot water heaters"? Hot water doesn't need heating.

Return to Top