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The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sat, 10/20/2007 4:04 PM
It's only natural to ask
Why is it we have the weight of the world on our shoulders but have to get it off our chests?
Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
Why does caregiver and caretaker mean the same thing?
Why does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
How come overtones and undertones are the same thing?
Why are things typed up but written down?
When an adult is kidnapped, whyit called adultnapped?
Why is it called a pineapple when it contains neither pine nor apple?
Why is it called eggplant when there's no egg in it?
If marbles are not made of marble, why are they called marbles?
Why is Grape Nuts cereal called that, when it contains neither grapes, nor nuts?
Why is an elevator still called an elevator even when its going down?
Why do they call themwhen they are all stuck together?
Why can the sayingall downhill from here"" mean both that it will be easy and that it is going to get worse?
Why doand ""hot"" mean the same thing?
Why is a person that handles your money called a broker?
Why is it called lipstick when it always comes off?
Why is the blackboard green?
Why do they call someone ""late"" if they died early?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
Why are they called goose bumps? Do geese get people bumps?
Why are semi-trucks bigger than regular trucks?
Why do people say, ""you've been working like a dog"" when dogs just sit around all day?
Why is a square meal served on round plates?
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
Why aren't blue berries blue?
Why does an alarm clock go ""off"" when it actually turns on?
Why is it called a ""drive through"" if you have to stop?
Why is a boxer's square called a ring?
Why are softballs hard?
Why is it called a pair of pants when it is just one garment?
Why is an electrical outlet called an outlet when you plug things into it? Why isn't it called an inlet?
Why do we scrub Down and wash Up?
Why do they call it taking a dump? Shouldn't it be leaving a dump?
If an orange is orange, why isn't a lime called a green or a lemon called a yellow?
Why is it, whether you sit up or sit down, the result is the same?
Why is it when a door is openajar, but when a jar is open it's not adoor?
Why is it called ""after dark"", when it is really after light?
Why is it called a TV ""set"" when you only get one?
Why is it called a bust, when it stops right before the part it is named after?
Why is it called a ""building"" when it is already built?
Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?
- compiled from various sources
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