Why Ask Why?

These questions come from all around & have been asked for a long time, but I still have yet to find the answers... Maybe you should give it a try! You can post your response under "Comments." If you want, just let me know which one is your favorite. Here goes...

• Why is abbreviation such a long word?
  
• Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
  
• Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
  
• Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called a cargo?
  
• Why do we drive on parkways, and park on driveways?
  
• If you're driving in a vehicle at the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
  
• Why don't you ever hear about gruntled employees?
  
• What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?
  
• Why do they call it necking?
  
• Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
  
• If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen?
  
• Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
  
• If he's arrested, does a mime need to be told he has a right to remain silent?
  
• Why do they call it a TV "set" when you only get one?
  
• What was the best thing before sliced bread?
  
• If you throw a cat out a car window, does it become kitty litter?
  
• If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown, too?
  
• If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose?
  
• What's another word for synonym?
  
• What is the speed of dark?
  

Thanks to Uncle John's Giant 10th Anniversary Bathroom Reader for the content for this blog.