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16th April 2021, 01:38 AM
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How were hailstones measured before Golf ball were invented?
Why is stuff transported by ship called Cargo and stuff transported by road called Shipment?
Why are they called Apartments when they are built so close together?
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16th April 2021, 02:29 AM
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Good few posers there Des. lol.
Will wait to see what the experts come up with.
Keith.
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16th April 2021, 11:37 PM
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Why are Apartments also called Flats?
Why do people who drop something from above , shout look out, surely they should shout look in?
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17th April 2021, 01:13 AM
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Hi Louis
Like you should never shout duck on a building site, as the person will look up to see the duck and cop a falling brick.
Des
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17th April 2021, 04:59 AM
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#1:
A shipment can be cargo when it is in transit. But it can still be a shipment even when it is no longer in transit?
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17th April 2021, 03:29 PM
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Had these sent to me for you Des.
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard when he lives in the jungle without a razor?
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?
Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they know there is not enough?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Whose idea was it to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp'?
What is the speed of darkness?
Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up every two hours?
If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?
Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?
How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Did you ever stop and wonder.......
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze
these pink dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?'
Who was the first person to say, 'See that chicken there... I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's bum.'
Why do toasters always have a setting so high that could burn the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?
Why does your Gynaecologist leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs !
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
Stop singing and read on......
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
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18th April 2021, 05:24 AM
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Keith.
I think I worked out the zero one,
Zero zero
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18th April 2021, 08:05 AM
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If Adam and Eve were the first people on earth, why do paintings depict them with belly buttons
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18th April 2021, 08:08 AM
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Ivan Cloherty
If Adam and Eve were the first people on earth, why do paintings depict them with belly buttons
well ivan were else would they stick there chewing gum ......on second thoughts dont answer that ....its sunday
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18th April 2021, 09:01 AM
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What function did the appendix have at one time. ? JS
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